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Evening journal., 1919-01-10
"Ne Were Glad to Sink
Women and Babies" Says Hun

The element OF bitterness seemed to
be gone from the situation from their
point OF view. The surrender had
wiped that out" And now they want
ed to begin over again and be friends.
They were not sea-faring boys. never
had been and never would be. The one
at my elbow was from Berlin, the one
beyond from the Rhineland; another
from Dusseldorf. They were mosly
inland boys.
They knew nothing Of the traditions
Of the sea. Several years ago they had
never seen salt water. Which Drl5 bly,
partly explains the absence OF deDrea-
sion. They were not so much ton-
cerned with the fact that the German
navy had been the frst navy In his
tory 10 deliver itself almost intact to
an enemy in surrender, as they were
concerned that this was the final act
necessary TO end the war.
Occasionally. Of course, a sober face
told a different story.
10 seemd such an incongruous pic
ture-that Of these youngsters scurry-
ing down the steel ladders, swapping
shut the matches and rushing TO the
torpedo tubes 10 commit murder Of
the worst kind. Standing there right
at your elbow they looked so harmless.
The officers, however, were OF diff
ferent stamp. There was one in par
ticular, a 20-year-old lieutenant, from
Hanover. He was a flne-looking chap.
light hair, clean features, friendly blue
eyes and an easy smile-which servei
TO accentuate the perverslon and bit
terness OF his point OF view.
How incredible II sounded when he
replied, with a smile, Certainly. sub
marine commanders willingly carried
out orders TO sink passenger shins with
WOMEN AND CHILDREN ABOARD
They were GLAD TO DO IT. That Is
war;
It seemed so incredible, from fellow
like that. asked him TO repeat He
said the same thing over again, slowly
with the same smile, and seemed to
see nothing odd in IL. He rather ap-
peared a bit amused that the question
should arise.
There were very few officers. how
ever. Most OF the captains and lieu
tenants had preferred 10 let their sub
ordinates do the surrenderlng. More
than one U-boat was surrendered by
petty officer, or a junior grade lieu
tenant.
Evening journal., 1919-01-10
Go.:.. Go. HOUSE ESCAPED s-BosT.

BOSTON. Jan. i0.-Lleutenant E. M.
Major and several members Of the crew
Of the United States destroyer String
ham, which has arrived here, said that
Colonel House and other American
peace delegates on the Northern Pacific
narrowly escaped being torpedoed by q
pirate" German U-boat while bound
for Europe.
The strlngham, the officer and men
explained, was one OF the convoy
guarding the Northern Pacific, the ves-
sci that ran onto Fire Island on her
return journey.
Several torpedoes were flred" Lieu
tenant Major, officer OF the deck on the
Stringham. said. "The first was seen
and the big ship sheered of Destroyers
raced to the spot where the submarine
submerged and many depth bombs
were dropped. II is not known whether
the raider was sunk"
Evening journal., 1919-01-10
Ry EDWIN uuLuNGER.
'rlnited Press sian correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent
HARVICH. Eng, Dec. is.-IBy MaiD
What Kind Of fellows personally are
these German slomarine sailors-they
who used to go about sinking passen-
ger and hospital ships without wa-n-
ing?
This is a question every American
has asked himself at some time.
From a British launch today ] saw
hundreds Of DEMONSTRATING in gro
tesaue groups on the U-boats' decks,
tumblins from the submarine into the
launch. and leaning against their kits
as the launch hurried them back 10
thcia transpo.t-and ! talked PERSONAL
~ with dozens of them.
The first personal impression as yoIf
launch draws up beside a submarine Is
the boyishness OF the face before you
Many seemed from 10 10 i6. Several ad-
miiied they were rs, one A.
The next, is the remarkable express
si0nlessness Of thei- features. You had
expected TO and sullenncss or dejec-
tion. or spite Instead you find your
self looking into a group Of absolute
masks, registering neither Joy nor
sorrow, relief or strain, pleasure nor
hste-absolutely nothing giving the
faintest hint as to what is going on
behind. You never realized before the
capacity Of the German physiognomy
10 conceal feeling
You came TO find desperate men. You
found strange-loOking boys, in gro
tesque nondescript uniforms.
Some wore the conventional grayish
jacket worn by locomotives and sta
ilonary enginemen in the states.
Others combined the regular blue jack
ct Of the German navy with a pair OF
olive khaki trousers. Still Others had
their engineers jacket over an ordinary
dark brown or black pair Of civilians
trousers. All had the little round blue
cap Of the Germany jackie.
As the crew swarmed Off the submar-
inc into the launch IL became apparent
all were not boys. Here and there was
a man OF 30, bristlng in a 4 or days
growth OF whiskers. Here was a chap
Of 26, looking as II ne had Just come
out Of a machine shop.
Once aboard the masks dropped from
their faces, and | was surrounded by
a ring OF eager. smiling German boys,
With fat cheeks and friendly blue eyes.
an trying to answer al questions at
once.
Evening journal., 1919-01-10

Science says that old age begins with
weakened kidneys and digestive organs
This being true. Il is easy TO believe that
by keeping the Kidneys and digestive or
gans cleansed and in proper working order,
old age can be deferred and life pro-
longed far beyond that enjoyed by the
average person.
For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Oil has been relieving the weaknesses
and disability due TO advancing years. It
is a standard, Old-time home remedy and
needs no Introduction. GOLD MEDAL
Haarlem oil is inclosed In Odorless, taste
less capsules containing about . drops
each. Take them as you wOuldNa pill, with
Evening journal., 1919-01-10
JERSEY DEVIL"
NOW SAID TO BE A
GENUINE GHOST

WOODBURY.. n. j., Jan. i0.-It has
been determined the so-called Jersey
Devlr seen at the bag-loading plant
Tuesday night by a couple Of guards Is
not a "devil," but a genuine ghost IL
appeared again last night, according
to good authority, when some more
of the bolder men decided to get near
enough 10 find out what il really was.
u was after midnight when it was
Evening journal., 1919-01-10
OLD AGE STARTS
WITH YOUR KIDNEYS

swallow Of water The oil stimu-
lates the kidney action and enables the or
gans to throw on the poisons which cause
premature old age. New life and strength
Increase as you continue the treatment.
When completely restored, continue taking
a capsule or two each day. GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM oil Capsules viii keep you In
health and vigor and prevent return or
the disease.
settled down for good At the hrst
sign that your kidneys
working properly, go TO your druggist
and GET a box OF GOLD MEDAL Haarlen
OH CAPSULES Money refunded II they do
not help you. Three sizes. But remember
to ask for the original imported GOLD
MEDAL brand In sealed packages.
Evening journal., 1919-01-10

seen. Three men advanced toward II
between a couple OF dormitorles, but
when they got just within reach the
object dissolved slowly and IL was not
seen again. Today four more men gave
up their night posts. III was white,
withoutstretched arms, the face con-
cealed, and evidently the figure Of a
man." Is the way one man described
II. Not one Of the men had nerve
enough to shoot.
Evening journal., 1919-01-10
SCHOONER WRECKED OFF CUBA.

WASHINGTON, Jan. iO.-Loss Of the
Gardner w. Tarr, a small American
owned schooner, near Cardenas, Cuba,
was reported yesterday to the State
Department. The vessel was wrecked
on the rocks.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-01
LOCAL NEWS

Monday.
Andrew Richie and Leslie Thorn
ton of Barnet were here Monday.
Miss Marion Merrill spent the
week end in West Burke.
The Red Cross meeting will be held
at the armory Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Cecil Palmer went Monday to
Derby to visit Mrs. Lewis Nye.
Miss Gladys Mailhot of Littleton is
visiting Mrs. Julia Landry few
days.
LOST-An automobile chain and
holder somewhere in town. c. e.
Kirk. adv.
Miss Florence J. May is spending
the week at the Valley House, Or
leans, recuperating.
C. E. Merrill, manager of the local
telephone company, was in West
Burke Monday on business.
Mrs. Robert Watson of Farming
ton, Me-, has been visiting Mrs. OAR
win Houghton.
Ralph Hubbard returned to Guild
hall after spending Sunday with
George Moore on Orchard street.
Mrs. L. P. Leach returned home
Saturday from South Ryegate where
she has been the past few weeks.
Miss Rose Provencal went to Cen
tervale, Monday to visit Mrs. Fred
Bennett.
Miss Caroline Williams has return
! ed from a visit with Mrs. Charles
Temple at Westboro, N. H.
Freda Perry is taking a weeks va
cation from her work in the Wool
worth store and is at West Burke
visiting.
Mrs. J. B. Warden and Miss Alice
B. Warden are visiting the formers
son, Herbert J. Warden and family in
Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. Abbie Balch, who has been
spending the winter in Boston is Wis
iting relatives in Haverhill, N. H., on
her way home.
Miss Madeline Randall is enter
tanning with readings and dances in
the New London Conn.,, cantonment
this week.
r. N. Ram has finished travelling
for Henry Clark of Boston and began
work for Henry Goodrich Monday
morning.
John Page, who spent the winter in
Florida resumed his position as trav-
cling salesman for the Cross Bakery,
Monday.
Miss Lucille Stuart of South Da-
kota and Miss Donna Martin of
Whitefeld are spending a few days
in town.
James Antle, who has been in
Brightlook hospital the past six
weeks has returned to his home and
is able to be out.
Mrs. Helen Burdick and son, Fred,
of Danville, who has been visiting her
son, Charles Burdick, for the week
end, returned home Monday.
Mrs. H. Dean Pearl, teacher of
Domestic Science at Plymouth Nor
NAL school, is spending ten days
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. A. Houghton.
Mrs. Charles Bradshaw returned to
her home in Lyndonville from visit |
with her sister, Mrs. John Montgom-
cry.
Mrs. Prescott Stearns, teacher in
the Junior high went Monday to
Hartford to visit her parents, Mr.. |
and Mrs. w. F. Braley.
Mrs. C. 7. Walter and daughter,
Alice, who have spent the
winter in town went to their home
in Lyndonvillc, Monday, accompanied
by her son, Edward Walter, from
Norwich University and his friend, /
Harold Rcmpscn from West Port,
Conn,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-01
LOCAL NEWS

MISS vera Barrett is home from
two weeks spent in New York.
Truman Carder of Meredith is Wis
iting his brother, William Carder
Miss Marie Provost is in Lanes
boro visiting friends.
Hon. E. A. Cook of Orleans was in
town on business Monday.
Miss Fanny Parkhurst spent the
week end with friends in Passumpsic.
w. A. Kicker went Monday to
Montpelier to visit the legislature and
from there to Boston.
Milton Montgomery is home from
the U. S. Navy, being placed on the
waiting list and subject to call.
Mrs. Jennie Spaulding of Newport
visited Mrs. w. e. Blodgett, Mon
day.
John Ling of Beecher Falls and
his son, Joseph Ling, from Windsor,
Que, are visiting at Edward Ling's.
Mrs. Harry Writer'S has been i'll at
her home on Mt. Pleasant street the
past few days.
Edmund Hamilton spent the week
end at his home here from
Montpelier.
Mrs. j. j. Corcoran and Mrs.
Hastings from Fitzdale were here
Monday.
Henry Carter of the U. S. S. Meade
of East Boston, who has been visit
ing his sister, Miss Agelia Carter, re-
turned to his post Monday.
Hand tinted Easter and birthday
cards and folders are now on sale at
Stiles book store. Orders taken for
baby announcements, place cards
and tally cards. adv.
Miss Mabel Wheeler of West Burke
visited her mother, Mrs. Emma
Wheeler at Brightlook hospital, Sat-
urday.
Miss Helen Joyce of the st. Johns
bury Academy is at Brightlook hos
pital recovering from an operation
for appendicitis.
MI. and Mrs. George Ladd of Mont
plier who have been visiting Wallace
and Fred Ladd, returned home Mon
day.
/ Raymond Blodgett went Monday to
Bellows Falls to visit G. A. Blodgett.
Mrs. Louis Smythe went Monday to
Rumney to visit her mother.
Wayne Wooley, who has been yis-
iting friends in town, went to the
home Of his parents in Mortified
Saturday.
Postmaster Gleason returned Mon
day from Chicago where he has been
the past week attending a meeting Of
the Modern Woodmen of America.
Mrs. Patrick Demanch of Bellows
Falls, who has been visiting Mrs.
Fred Narcotic, the past few days,
left for her home Monday.
Mrs. Ida Lakedon of Concord, N.
H., spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Chamberlain and sup
piled at the Advent church Sunday.
The members of the Comus Club
met at the home of Miss Ruth Impey,
Monday evening. The time was spent
with sewing and refreshments were
served by the hostess.
The April meeting of the Woman's
club will be held at Pythian Hall,
Monday evening, April Z at 7.45.
The executive board will meet with
Mrs. Somerville at GAS. Members of
the industrial class are cordially inyit-
ed Miss Kendall and Miss Cobb of
Hartford will be present and tell
about the work done at the Cavendish
House.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-01

Bradstreets Says That "a Percent of the Retail Business
Firms That Failed the Past Year Had PrOpriet0rs Who
Confessed They Did Not Believe In Newspaper Adyerts
ing. You Can Tell Prosperous Merchant BY His Ads.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29
SUITABLE SPRAY FOR FLIES
Mixture Suggested by Iowa state
Colleges VIII Keep of pestlf.
erous Little insects.

Tho Iowa State College experiment
station suggests the following mixture
as being suitable for spraying dairy
cows for flea;
Four and one-half quarts Of coal tar
dip. four and onehalf quarts Of Ash
OIL. three quarts OF coal oil. three
quarts OF whale oil, one and one-half
quarts OF oil OF tar Dissolve three
pounds OF laundry soap in water, add
the ingredients of the spray, and bring
the whole up 10 thirty gallons with
lukewarm soft water.
This spray win keep on the flies
and prevent the coats OF the animals
from becoming harsh, The cows should
he sprayed twice a day--ln the morn.
ing after milking and In the afternoon
when In the barn for sllage or green
feed. with portable cart. made
from q half.barrel by attaching wheels
and a spray pump and nozzle. two men
can spray forty cows In ave minutes
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29

things. During the writer's experience
of IA years he has yet to see an OWL
err, who kept the working parts OF his
car absolutely clean. experience serl-
GUS trouble on the road.
Returning home after long fida
the first thing you should do Is 20 re-
move the dust. During the entire trip
the carburetor has been drawing dust
laden air into the hot-air tube. Cream
1t out and keep II clean.
When you fill the tank, strain me
gasoline. The man at the gasoline
station may tell you that il isn't nee
essary, but strain II just the SANG.
Clean the vacuum tank strainer ana
examine the pipes to see if they are
being chafed by rubbing on the
chassis. Be careful when you wash
the car. Some carburetors are SO
placed that there is danger of filling
them with water.
Perhaps you would like to know
how all this attention to detail can
prevent the unexpected breaking OF q
rear axle. What causes a rear axle to
break? For one thing, ii is bad for
the rear axle and for everything else
to Jerk along on three cylinders II
you should be running on four. II
the clutch does not engage properly,
you are throwing a sudden load on
the axle, a sudden shock which has a
tendency to twist it off. The writer
knows of many cases in which the
axle has been broken by letting in
the clutch suddenly in an effort to get
out of mudhoIe or snow bank.
Don't neglect the clutch. 1t can be
kept soft and smooth in operation
without slipping, and then, when you
engage 1t, there will be no sudden
shock. Save the car all you can from
jolts and Jars by using the brakes.
Universal joints fairly cry for
grease and attention. Unless you heed
the warning at once, it is too late to
save them, for they are worn and
will ever after rattle. Invest in a
creeper or hunt up some old clothes
and go for a tour under your car. 1t
isn't necessary to do 1t very often, but
1t is a great deal better to explore
the under part of the car at your
leisure in the garage than under COM
pulsion on the road.
You will be amply repaid for your
trouble, and, while cleaning and adj
justing the universal joints under
your car, seize the opportunity to put
some oil on the brake toggles and
equallzer.-By G. F. Collins in Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29
TRACTOR USEFUL FOR
FLOWING WHEAT LAND
Larger Number of Farmers Using
Machines This Year.
Main objects Sought Are High DUAL.
lty Of Work and Economy Of Time
Greater Thought In Laying
Out Plans Needed.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
The tractor will be used for blowing
wheat land this year by larger num-
Der Of farmers than ever before per-
haps. The farmer who is using a
tractor for the first time win have to
solve great many problems. And
many farmers who have used tractors
for one or more years have not yet
found the best way of avoiding all
the difficulties of tractor blowing.
The two main things to be consid-
cred In tractor blowing, as in any other
kind OF blowing, are high quality of
work and economy of time. They are
somewhat harder to attain with the
tractor than with horse plows, or, to
put 1t more accurately, greater care
in planning is necessary to attain
them.
The initial problem Is to lay out the
field In such a way as to attain a two
fold result--a high-class job Of plow-
ing over the entire field with rs little
use as possible Of horse-drawn plows
In starting ana finishing, and to con-
sumo as little time as possible in turn
ing and In running with the plows out
of the ground.
To lay out field exactly right for
tractor blowing is something of an en-
gineering feat. but the United States
department of agriculture has under
taken to simplify it as much as posi-
BILE. Bulletin 1045, Laying Out Fields
for Tractor Flowing, contains diu-
grams of 13 ways Of laying out fields.
Nine of these are methods in which
the plows are lifted at the ends. The
other four are methods in which the
plows are left in the ground In going
across the ends. They are designed
for both rectangular and irregular
fields. and one or another of them Will
be found adapted to practically any
piece OF ground that is TO be plowed.
/ The bulletin Is free.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29
INA InnNIT
Hi TIE ny
ul11-AluHA il
FREE HERD or TUBERCULOSIS


prepared BY ths United states Depart.
ment e Agriculture
The 1876 veterinarians Of the United
States department Of agriculture who
are Ia the field doing tuberculosis Grad
tcation work, together with an equal
number Of state men. have tested APP
proximntely 900 purebred herds and
found them free from the disease. The
owners Of these herds have been given
an official certificate, stating that they
have tuberculosls-free accredited
herds The veterinarians also have
given one test 70 1000 herds In prep.
aration for the accredited Hist. The
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29
CLEANLINESS is
OF IMPORTANCE
1t Is Proper Attention to Little
Things That Adds Years of
Service to Car.
LIST or COMMON TROUBLES
Each Part of Machine VIII Operate
Better, Wear Longer and Give
Less Trouble II II Is Kept
Clean and Free From Grit.

What troubles occur most frequent
iy on the road? Let us make list Of
the ailments which most frequently
affiict the automobile while 1t is serv-
Ing our pleasure. This done, we will
consider what the careful owner can
do to eliminate them as far as posi-
Bile. If we leave out of consideration
skids and collisions, which are either
unavoidable or the result of sheer
carelessness or negligence, we have
the following list of common trou-
bles; Ignition trouble, carburetor
trouble, broken rear axle, burnt-out
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29

are present, however, 1t may be. adj
visable 10 go over the ground with a
disk harrow, pillow shallow and disk
again.
II wheat Is to follow cotton, the
stalks should be plowed under as soon
as picking can be finished and the
plowing should be deep enough to bury
the stalks completely--that by way Of
destroying the boil weevlI. Disklng or
narrowing Is not advisable, as 1t un-
earths the buried stalks. The land
should be firmed with a roller and the
wheat sown with disk drill.
Late Flowing Should Be Shallow.
There are said to be exceptions to all
general rules. and there may be one or
two exceptions to this rule of early
blowing for wheat. II 1t rains great
deal during July and early August, ear
ly blowing can not be done. But, for
tunately, the exception appears to
come In Just there. Early blowing is
not so essential in wet seasons. But 1t
may be well to observe this caution !:
If you have to pillow late, pillow shallow
where there Is danger of winter killing.
Shallow blowing makes the firining of
the seed bed an easier matter and is a
measure OF insurance against winter
killing.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29
NOTEs
- - %

There's something to sell every day.
Good siIage win cut the feed bill
one-half
The COW with a good appetite Is
better producer than the hnicky one
Cows fed well before being turned
on heavy green forage will not be
likely 10 bl0at.
Sometimes one can fool a slow
mixer into "giying down. by feeding
her at milking time.
Cows viii require attention in the
summer when the days are warm and
flies are troublesome.
Often old cows are offered for sale
at low prices but they are seldom a
good investment for the dairyman.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29
MUST REPAY GENEROUS FEED
Cow IL Living Machine. Taking Raw
Materials and Working Them
over Into MIX.

prepared by the United states Depart.
ment Of AgrlcultureD
The COW must be regarded as a sort
of living machine. she takes the raw
materials given her In the form OF food
and works them over Into milk. II the
supply Of proper materials Is small the
output will be small The COW that viii
not repay generous feeding should be
disposed o. and one bought that will
There are. Of course, certain inbred
characteristics or natural qualities
which even liberal feeding cannot
overcome.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29

- s'SN~g JSSt fSSNShs
engine bearings, slipping clutch,
stripped transmission gears, universal
joiEr troubles and stripped differen-
tial gears. 1t is quite formidable
list, and nine out of ten owners, whose
cars are towed into garages, can
charge the resulting expense to one
Of the above items.
Cleanliness is next to godliness, I"
but as applied to the automobile,
cleanliness comes first and is all-im-
portant. Each part Of your car Will
operate better, wear longer and give
less trouble If it is kept clean and
free from grit. Careful cleaning also
involves inspection, for the two go
hand In hand. When you clean the
dirt out of corners with kerosene and
a brush you may discover that an oil
pipe which feeds an important bear
Ing is broken; loose taper pin in
the pump or magnetic shaft; missing
grease cup and countless other
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29

In regions where potato production
Is specialized, motortrucks are being
rapidly adopted for hauling even when
the distance to the railroad siding is
relatively short. Two-ton trucks are
popular for this purpose, and 100
bushels, or 5000 pounds, are common
ly taken at a trip. One business
like potato grower whose farm is four
miles from railroad states that he av-
erages five trips a day, hauling 100
bushels to a trip; that he uses the
truck little except during a two
months shipping season; that his
haulage costs, allowing for interest,
repairs, storage, depreciating and
drivers wages, averages about $2.25
a trip, or 21L cents bushel. He
states that the haulage cost would be
notlceably reduced If he used the
truck over greater period.
Five Trips Per Day.
He figures ten-mile round trip,
three tons being carried in going. 1t
woula possible to make six trips a