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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-23

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the seritnre of universal humanity.
we call them epic poems, they are
ssiher great Historical romances,
Each Inns q story of IT'S own, I'm the
tIiad II In the wrath OF Achilles arnin.t
MahS Agnmemnon; In the Odyssey n
~ the wnnderfngs Of Odysseus ON his
way back from the wars Mt Troy. Rack
OF them both ns remoter cause n The
tale OF the fatal beauty of Helen. In
ench are innumerabIe short stories.
which have been storehouses Of ro,
mn.ces for writer's ever since first thex
became known.
Il II one of the marvcls NJ IN.
Greeks that they step out Of The inlet
OF unrecOrded history with . h,ghIv
seveicped ciytiization, portrayed In two
of the worlds masterpieces of utero-
lure. The Greeks In Inter years vvrot.
lives" OF Homer with great exactne.s
hna minute detail. They knew mn NOR.
nbeut the "blind bard" thnn 10 W..
sndeeo. they were not even sure tb,t
one poet wrote both tales. NM thnt
me sSories were the work of supreme
.enass they were NJ sure M have been
Al men since their day who have read
Homer was the Greeks, ~best .erIcr,,
e"ey tnronged In thousands to hear hin,
rcSftcd, their religion, their tbou~ht
tneir education were nil based nm h1,,,
49,. whose name n told the great
story Of their heroes.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-23

."e.r eoueation were nll based ON him
whose name In told the great
story Of their heroes.
Is the tenth year since TROY bas
fallen. Though the niad aid NOT
go beyond the death of Hector Of
Achilles hands. other stories carried
on the tale through the death of
Acnilies, the capture of Troy by the
Hreeks by means Of the straterem Of
sne wooden horse. tho sae,.;re-rn,,
burning Of the city. the death OF
Priam and his queen, the slavery IF
Andromache which Hector had fore
seen. the slaughter of the little son
ne loved so dearly, the escape Of
Aeneas with his aged father.
After the booty had been divided,
the Greek chiefs took leisurely courses
TO their homes. The great King Aga
memnon sent his dramatic night let
ter. announcing to his queen at home
Wy the light Of flames leaping from
hilltop to hilltop across the sea that
Troy had fallen; for his pains he met
the dramatic death ut the hand of
Queen Klytaimnestra which Aeschy-
lus has made forever famous in his
great play, "Agamemnon the latter
has In It the beginning Of the story
OF Orestes, the close Greek counter
part Of Hamlet. The kings brother
Menelaus. had better fortune; he had
journeycd homeward with his erst
while Queen Helen, as If the great
Trojan episode had never been, and wa.
reigning again In peace and quiet Will
the Worlds Desire by his side al
Sparta. with no dread Of maraud
ing Paris sent on the quest OF beaut,
by Aphrodite. And So too, the Other
princes had returned with varying
fortunes.
But not SO the Great Adventurer
Troy had taken ten years to capture
ten years more still found the willy
Odysseus detained in the Isle Of
Ogygia by the fair Calypso. Mean
while the patient Penelope bides a,
home. beset by the riotous suitors who
make Liberty hall Of the absent kings
palace and would force the queen e
wed one Of them. She, ever an aler,
and resourceful as her wandering
lard. pats on her promise till abe has
woven web-of which she each night
uAGaveas what she has done durins
the day. .
This 0rst great story Of wanderins
adventure has q much moro perfect
unity than the Mad. II centers close
" about the person Of Odysseus, ant
divides itself into three parts, the ad
ventures Of Telemechus in quest O.
Odysseus, the wanderings Of the hero
and his return home. where with tn,
few still faithful to him he makes
himself his own detective, lays tn
scene for the destruction Of the vii
lains. and finally brings about tn
happy ending which has so CONSTANT,
distressed critics Of the novel and TIL
theater since man began to write an,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-23

Roy Gardner, California's mail ban.
dit. escaped from McNeilPs island fed.
eral prison recently. This is the third
escape of Gardner. In April, 1920 in
San Diego. Gardner held up and
robbed a United States mail truck Of
1000 and was serving 25 years when
he. with number Of other prisoners
made dash for liberty during a base
ball game at the federal prison. Two
Of the prisoners who tried to escape
with him We're shot while Gardner
escaped.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-23

A Chinese government representa-.
tive who was new to American ways
came to the home Of an eminent New
York banker for a weeks visit. It
was winter. but he came without bag
gage. and yet every day he appeared
at dinner with change Of garments.
AT hrst his hostess wondered how
ne managed 1t, but soon she dIscoy-
cred that his body was his trunk, and
that instead Of putting his clothes into
a trunk, he put his trunk into his
clothes.
His garments were like the layers of
~ onion. except that any layer might
he worn on the outside. and as some
Of his gowns-fcr such they might be
called--were Of silk. lined with fur. or
fur lined with silk, he could wear them
either side out. At will.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-23
The Greeks were

The Greeks were
princes of story
telling, and Homer
WINS their king.
Who he was and
where he lived is
one of the unan-
swered questions
Of history. Seven
cities and more
claimed him n
their greate Ut
source of pride.
The most We can
be sure of n that
to NJ have come
down two Of the
many poems that
bear his name. the
I1iad and the
Odyssey.
Like the Hebrew
Bible, they have
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-23

Queen Annie Stanley, once the ruler
OF all American gypsies. has virtually
lost her throne and her followers have
dwlndled to few faithful ones who
dwell with her in bedraggled tents at
Stickney. near Chicago. Queen Annie
attributes her downfall to the spirit
Of democracy developed among her
people since the war.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-23
Gentle h,ntlna.

He-Those dramatists are always
making their lovers propose In the
same old way.
She-Weli. anyhow. they do propose
and that's the main thing.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
Shelton Whitehouse, counsellor

Shelton Whitehouse, counsellor
for the American embassy said
that the reply of the French gov
eminent had been cabled to Wash
ington during the morning. There
was no indication, he added when
the formal invitation would be
presented to France. 1t was said
at the foreign office that Premier
BRAND probably would represent
France at the proposed Confer
9nce if circumstances permitted
and that whoever was sent would
20 with the idea of cooperating
v holeheartedly in any scheme for
disarmament with the security of
Trance.
Concluding, the premier said:
France will go TO the conference
without mental reservations Or
Interior motives. She will seek
every means to limit armament,
military as well as naval in order
to diminish the frightful charges
that weigh upon the people, at
the same time safeguarding, it is
we'll understood, our own national
security. The government eXper-
fences particular pleasure in the
fact that the conference will be
presided over by President Hard
ing"
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
Vermont Lady De-
clines Advanced Salary

A most unusual case comes to
our attention from Washington
subscriber to the CALIFORNIAN
Record of a Vermont lady whose
loyalty to duty has prompted her
to remain faithful to her present
work rather than accept another
government position at an advance
in salary of $500 year.
1t is the case of Miss Helen c.
Silliman, a sister of Mrs. Charles
w. Ruiter, who has held the po-
sition of chief cataloguer in the
Government printing Office. The
new public printer, George H.
Carter, was appointed by President
Harding and wished to promote
Miss Silliman to the Office of AS
sistant Superintendent of Docu-
ments at an increase of salary of
some 500 per year, in recognition
of her high merit as cataloguer
in charge in the Office of the Sup
erintendent of Documents, which
he felt that was clearly entitled to
as a tribute to her faithful service.
Miss Silliman very gracefully de-
clined the promotion on account
of her honest belief that she could
better serve the Government in her
present capacity, and thus de-
liberately denied herself a much
merited increase in salary.
Miss Silliman is well-known in
st. Johnsbury and her many
friends cannot help being pleased
at her decision.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
ST. JOHNSBURY
Local News

Mrs. Pearl M. Brock underwent
serious operation this morning
at Brightlook hospital.
The covered bridge on the St.
Johnsbury Center road just above
the Plymouth Creamery was re-
paired last Sunday making a de-
tour necessary around the old
road to the Center on the west side
of the river.
Miss Ruth Taylor is i'll at the
home of Mrs. William Zero on
Boynton Ave.
E. N. Randall is at Brightlook
Hospital for few days where he
is getting along comfortably.
A boy was born on Sunday, July
10 to Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond K.
Fisk.
st. Johnsbury has quite sum-
mel' colony in New York city at
this time who are taking special
courses at Columbia University.
These include Supt. c. C. Hitch
cock, Miss Kate E. Wakefield,
Miss Emma Swanson, Miss Rhea
Gibson, Miss Marion Ramage and
Miss Dorothy C. Walter.
]. Clark Amey is in Boston this
week on a business trip.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
"KAZAN" HITS WITH
A WALLOP

A classic of the PICTURESQUE
northland with its snow and forest
clad wilds, it's romance and its adj
venture, its mystery and charm,
is the screen version of James OH
yer Curwood's delightful story,
"Kazan", which opened at the
Globe Theatre last night to ca
pacitv crowd.
The spirit of this tale of the
great pack-dog "Kazan", who be-
comes the enemy of all mankind
following the murder of his master
and who joins a wolf pack and
becomes its leader, has been ad-
mirably caught.
The part of "Kazan" is taken by
one of the most intelligent "hus-
kies" of the Canadian northwest.
The picture, abounds in wonderful
photography of the great snow
country and makes use of many
varieties of wild animals in their
native haunts. 1t is a gripping
story of treachery, love and adj
venture, with a lesson taught
and an example set by the savage
ut faithful dog "Kazan." -Ad-
vertisement.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
The Evening Caled0nian-Record

of Chicago are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold c.
Abbott.
James Albert Greenwood, Jr.
celebrated his first birthday or
July 10 by entertaining eight little
people. Refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served.
Marion Nudge celebrated hen
18th birthday by entertaining 1e
of her friends. Games were played
on the lawn and ice cream, cake
and wfaers were served. Many
gifts were left to remind her of
the happy event.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myles S. Gilman
are enjoying a ten days vacation
at their summer home at the head
of Willoughby lake.
Lois Kicker of Littleton is visit
ing at the home of Mrs. William
Parks.
Congressman Porter H. Dale,
who has spent the week at his
Island Pond home since his Fourth
of July address at st. Johnsbury,
returned to his Washington duties
Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Narcotic
spent the week end with their sis
ter, Mrs. Ernestine Shastany, at
Rouses Point, N. Y. Alfred
Shastany, who accompanied them,
remained for a weeks visit with
his mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Frasier land
two sons, who have been visiting
relatives and friends have returned
to their home in Montreal.
Mrs. James Burns and Miss
Dorothy Burns are at Old Or
chard, Me-, for a few weeks.
Horace NJ. Goodwin and Har-
old Stearns have purchased the
Buick service station here.
Their many friends wish them
success in their business venture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard Massey
are receiving congratulations over
the arrival in their home on Sun
day of seven pound boy whom
thew have named Norman Love
land.
Miss Beatrice Thibeault. Miss
Isabel Moroncy ard Miss Anna
Desrochers spent Sunday in
North Danville as the guests off
Mr.. and Mrs joseph Ducios.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alphonse Nolan
are in Boston this week where
Mr.. Nolan is attending the shoe
style show.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
ST. JOHNSBURY
Local News

The Office of DR.. w. B. Fitch
will be closed until July %.
Advertisement
The rooms in the Pythian build
ing formerly occupied by Or.
George F. Cheney have been made
into a tenement and are now oc-
cupid by Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Page.
Frank o. Kreager, assistant di-
rector of the Junior Achievement
Bureau of the Eastern States
League of Springfield, Mass, is
here today to interest the towns
people in the formation of boys
and girls clubs for all kinds of
work. Mr.. Kreager will meet the
officers of the Community League
and the directors of the CONNER
cial club during the day.
Word has been received from
Los Angeles, Calf, that Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Morrill, have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Doris Emily, to A. V. Stanley of
Illinois. The wedding will take
place early in September at Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Rebecca Eldridge of 81
Spring street will snend the next
two months with Mrs. Florence l..
Palmer at the Nelson bungalow in
Danville.
Mrs. Wallace French left town
Saturday for two months vaca-
ton. She will visit her son, Lin
dol French of Watertown, Mass,
and later her son, Eldridge Fernch
Of Bridgeport, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guv H. Abbott
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
FRANCE TO ATTEND DIS
ARMAMENT CONFERENCE

PARIS, July 12-The French
government will accept with
pleasure and without reserve the
invitation 10 a conference for the
limitation of armament. This Is
stated in a letter sent to the Am
crican embassy here by the French
government this morning. Premier
BRAND later in the Chamber of
Deputies expressed thanks to
President Harding for his noble
initiative while the Chamber
broke into cheers. France ;, said
Premier BRAND in his address to
the Chamber, "replied eagerly to
the suggestion for a conference
from which we may hope Win come
the final peace of the world.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
THE PRICE OF POSSESSION"
AT THE PLEASE u TODAY

Supported by a cast of unusual
merit, directed by a master in a
play which has for its contrasted
settings the savage wilds of the
Australian bush and the refine
ments Of an English manor. Ethel
Clayton gives in "The Price of
Possession, one of the most sat
isfying and pleasing demonstra-
tions of her ability to play intense
" human roles that she has yet
ena cted for the screen.
The dramatic incidents arising
in the development of the pot
crowd one upon another with such
haste, and withal so logically, that
the interest of the spectator can
not flag for a moment.
Do not miss this splendid pro-
duction. Advertisement.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
AlimOny Ordered
In Two Cases

A hearing on the question of
temporary alimony was held at the
court house Tuesday forenoon in
two divorce proceedings.
In the case of Josephine Shores
of st. Johnsbury against C. F.
Shores $50 alimony and sent mon
cy was awarded. ]. B. Campbell
appeared for Mrs. Shores and f.
w. Baldwin of Barton for the
husband.
In the Essex county case of
Mamie Fourier of Lunenburg
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
VISCOUNT GREY MAY
REPRESENT BRITISH

LONDON, July 12-Viscount
Grey of Fallodon, who was Brit
ish secretary of state for foreign
affairs when the world war began,
may, says the Daily Mail, lead
Great Britain's delegates to the
disarmament conference. After
the preliminary program is COM
pleted, the Mail said, Prime Minis
ter Lloyd George may go to the
United States. 1t appears to be
the concensus of opinion that the
conference will be held during che
coming autumn or at the latest
during the early months of 1922.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
against George Fournier alimony
and the custody of the three MINOR

against George Fournier alimony
and the custody of the three MINOR
children was decreed to the peti-
toner pending the trial of the
case at the October term of Essex
county court. J. r. Searles was
attorney for the petitioner and H.
w. Writers and Jutten Longmore
for the petionce.
The case of Ernestine Woods VS.
Garfield Woods, which was a petit
ton for the custody of minor child
rem and not proceeding for di-
voice, has been discontinued.
The hearing in the Williams In
surance case before Judge Wilson
as chancellor, has been continued
to July 25. The evidence was
practically all introduced with the
exception of two dispositions.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12
REPUBLICANS TO FORCE
FORDNEY TARIFF BILL

WASHINGTON, July 12-The
House today adopted, over almost
solid Democratic opposition, the
rpecial rule governing considcra-
ton of the Fordnay tariff bill. The
vote was 222 to 100 with four
members voting present.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-12

NOTICE-Our factory is now
ready to care for your machine
repairing and general job work of
all description. Special attractives
prices on quantity orders and to
garages. Virgins Machine and
Mfg. Co., Burke, VT. 297 If
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-07
Steal $4,000 Furs
AS Lookout Chats
With a PatrOlnan
Waterman i'm Brooklyn Fac
tory Overpowered by Men
Thought to Have Escaped
i'm Car Parked at Door

Four armed men entered tho plant
of the Excellent Fur Dressing Com
pany in the rear of % Adelphi Street,
Brooklyn, shortly before 8 o'clock yes
terday morning, overpowered the
Waterman and stole furs valued at
$4,000, while q fifth man, believed
to have been the lookout, passed the
time of day with q patrolman.
Matwy Dudek, the Waterman, who
was making his rounds of the building,
was dragged down by two men who
sprang on him from behind a dool
and was disarmed by third, wht
struck him in the stomach with the
butt of q revolver
Dudek was carried to rear room
and while the trio bound and gagged
him a fourth man went to the stock
room and began to select the fines
furs from the stock. According to the
Waterman the men also tried to opel
the safe. Officials of the company sait
later the safe had not been entered.
A patrolman saw an automobile i,
front of the place and asked the driver
who was standing at the side Of tn
car, what he was doing there at tina
hour Of the morning.
"Oh, Pm waitin for the boss, tn
gink that owns this factory. Mic
weather we're having. He Away
keeps me waitn' this way" was tn
reply.
~ wouldn't be q chauffeur for any
thing" the patrolman replied. "I'
almost rather be fireman. But it
nice weather were havin', all right.
hope you don't have to wait long" AN
he walked on.
The four men were in the factor,
less than twenty minutes. After the
had gone the Waterman struggled
about on the floor trying to loosen hi
bonds, calling for help. He rolled an
tried to reach the telephone to knocl
the earpiece from the hook, but coul
not reach it. Finally his cries wer
heard by Charles Decker, a tenant il
the building in front of the factory.
Decker ran from the house and over
took the patrolman who had talked t.
the chauffeur in front of the factory
AS they entered the plant the patrol
man noticed that the automobile hat
departed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-07
Union Telegraphers,
And Agents Reject
Pennsylvania Cut
Delegates for $500 to Take
Is Per Cent Reduction
Under Consideration, but
Smaller Groups Acquiesce

PITTSBURGH, April e.-Representa-
tives Of the Order Of Railroad Station
Agents and the Order Of Railroad
Telegraphers late to-day announced
thsy had rejected proposals of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for a
wage reduction Of approximately 10
per cent. Delegates FOR tho telegraph
ers' union took the company's PROPOSE
ton under consideration and will sub
init an answer later, while Adam Reid
Of Philadelphia, who said no repre-
sented 100 telegraphers and telephone
men in the Eastern region ard dele
gates for general office telegraphers
announced that 1--WE place our case en-
tirely in your 1.-THE railroad'sl hands
and trust to the good judgment Of the
management"
Plans Of the company for wage re
auctions we're submitted by the man
ayers committee of the road to tn
representatives of the telegraph de
partment employees at to-day's con
ference. The cut would average 121
cents an hour and would affect $50
workers. In presenting the plan tn
managers declared the wage reduction
were necessitated by changed economi
conditions, decline in living costs an
wage decreases in other industries.
J. E. Hindmarch, chairman of tn
telegraphers, informed the manager
that his committee would take the pre-
posnls under careful consideration an
would submit an answer at a late
day.
W. L. Heacox, general chairman c
the Order of Railroad Station Agent
appeared on behalf Of the agent-tcleg
raphers, agent-telephon men and nor
telegraph agents. He informed tn
company's representatives that the
r. S. A. declined to accept any reduc
tion in wages, but would join with tn
road in submitting the case to tn
United States Railroad Labor Board.
Martin J. Kelly, representing tn
Order of Railroad Photographers, Di:
patchers, Agents and Signhlmen, sal
ne was not authorized to accept an
reduction in wages
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-07
Lloyd George
Averts Tie-Up
By New Offer
toon1ausd from nrst ssss3

and the, public feels there is posi-
muddled through.
The possibility mentioned yesterday
-reimposition of control for one
month-now seems the most favored
theory as the first to be taken up,
Lloyd George having mentioned that if
1t were question of this alone it
would be worth while.
The danger Of a general strike IL
still very real, however, and The Eve
ming Standard estimates that if the
coal strike alone continues q month
100000 more workers will be rendered
idle.
During the day the governments
plans for meeting a complete stoppage
of transport were rushed to a conclu-
sion. Three thousand troops, with steel
helmets and full war equipment, have
been placed at Kensington Gardens to
guard against possible disturbances.
London Gardens was closed to the pub
lie, and it was indicated Hyde Park
also might be closed.
A dispatch from Dublin asserts that
any serious reduction Of the military
establishment in Ireland Ia considered
abso utely out of the question. in view
of the tense situation there.
Under drastic powers acquired under
the emergency act, acquisitions of
means Of transport for food distr;bu-
tion WAS begun in the north Of Eng.
land, while twelve destroyers left
Portsmouth for ports near the coal
fields. Sailings Of Atlantic liners have
not been affected as yet. They are re-
ceiving plenty Of bunker coal and there
are no signs of an exodus of Ameri
cans.
White Star Line officials said this
afternoon that their schedules might
be seriously disarranged in the event
of dock workers strike
continuation of rioting is reported
in Scotland and Wales, while the last
safety men have been withdrawn from
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Ere
quent clashes between police and min
ers have occurred in Scotland, but
none has yet assumed the status of
widespread disorder. Welsh miners.
also are said to be growing FESTIVE,
but it was generally quiet in Wales
to-day. Mines in the midlands are
untroubled, generally being assured of
enough volunteer workers to prevent
flooding.
Incidental strikes, not connected
with the main Issue, include the walk
out of 600 teachers in the Croydon
schools and strike Of gas workers
in Southend, a suburb on the Thames,
leaving the community in darkness.
LONDON, April (By The Associ
! ated Press) 1.-THE frst meeting Of the