The Evening Caledonian, Vermont: Porto Rico Famine (1918) by Adelante Reunificacionistas de Puerto Rico y España

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San Juan,, P. R.f Dec. 1, (Correspondence of The Associated Press) Many towns in the; island are without a single bag of rice and the' shortagv- about in many localities ha3 W , JL a condition aescnoea by tnos'c 8s? 1 U mJf &JL2LJVrXl PJ position to know as bordering on famine. This food shortage is adding very i greatly to the seriousness of the in- "NOT I, THE POILU Counter-revolutio- n Being Attempted by the von Hin-denbfluenza epidemic and many deaths are MRNE" THE OF VICTOR attributed not so much to the disease Gang Other Militarists are with Him in itself as to the complications brought Marshal Foch Says the Glory Belongs the Plan Wires Berlin Government What He Proabout by lack of food. , . to the Soldiers Shipments . of rice from New Orposes to Do leans and other Gulf pox-t- which are Dec. 19 Jean Richepin rc- Paris, now frorti four to six weeks overdue plied to the oration of Marshal Joffre probably will biing some relief but in today, wrhen the great soldier was forthe meantime the island authorities mally initiated to the French Acad- PRESIDENT WILL EAT CHRISTMAS anticipate much suffering and hard- emy. When he referred to Marshal ship that at present they seem poAver-les- s Joffre as the victor of the Marne, the to prevent. , Marshal arose and said: According to Albert E. Lee, Fed- 'WITH U NITED STATES TROOPS Poilu." is I, not is it the "It chair-nan eral Food Commissioner and All eyes turned to a blind French 1 of thc Porto Rico Food Commis- soldier who was standing at the salute sion, the question now is wholly one in the front row of the balcony. Thej if transportation and the commission soldier stood at rigid attention while Spent the Day Visiting Italian Statesmen Conferring on has considered the local situation so loud cheers resounded through the-- ; ? serious that it has urged upon the hail. Italy s Claims at the Peace Conference Before Go- United States Shipping Board thc As the audience filed out, an old 'mg to England He Will Visit the devastated Regions necessity of immediate relief. Help man was heard reciting to himself m c Shipping by promised the has been oi ranee and Belgium. a trembling voice: Food so local the Board but far " ' "Any unit wrhich can advance no has not been advised of the more must at ail costs nola conthe sailing of any ships bringing rice. quered ground or be killed on the London A People's League has been organized ' in a year and a in first time For the spot, retreat." than rather half the Food Commission has no reThe words were an extract from Berlin, says a Central 'news despatch from Copenhagen. serve stock of rice on hand, all of its Marshal Joffre's order of the day at The league committee included Prince Maximilian, form- tock having been released as needed the start oi the battle ot tne Marne ; and in anticipation of the arrival of which opened the doors of the French! er Uerman Chancellor, Hugo Hase, independent social the new crop. In order to provide Academy for him. ist, Count Vonbernstorrr, former ambassador to ttie Red Cross with rice needed for the United States, Mathias Erzberger, centrist leader, the relief of earthquake sufferers the SUCCEEDS ANDERSON Dr. Solf, former German Foreign Minister, Prince von commission was forced to pick up small lots' of rice here and there. ;Hohenlohe, bcmllmgs luient, Austrian ambassador, and Many sugar centrals in the island Joseph B. Eastman Now Interstate Cardinal von Hartman, Archbishop of Cologne. commerce Commissioner employing large quantities of labor Save been scouring the island for rice A Paris despatch says; that Field Marshal .von Hin-EastmWashington, Dec, 19 Joseph b. at any price in oi'der to provide food of Massachusetts hag been denburg has telegraphed the Berlin government of his. in- f or the sick on their plantation. In 10 form a new front six miles behind the neutral many instances they have not been able to buy a single bag. ber of the interstate commerce com- - zone fixed by the armistice.- - The government has asked Four ships, each one. of which was mission. i von Hinclenburg for an explanation of his despatch, but to have brought ricey to Porto Rico, no reply has been received. is affirmed that von Hin- have been delayed in sailing by strikes tJnntwdn the winHoLn,Tn or other causes or else have been by wireless. denburg and other militarists are behind the counter re-wMr. Anderson rcce rushed to Europe with food supplies appointed federal court judge at volutionary movement, but that von Hindenburg and his which are badly needed there.' Whet- E MrEastman is a member of the j s.ociates are icapable of preventing the realization of her other ships to take their place will be directed here promptly is a Massachusetts nublic service com-- : heir SChemeS. tuestion that is giving many people mission. Although a Republican in Wilson j s familiar with food situation in the politics, he was appointed by former1 A despatch from Paris says that Presidenti'iitm Island very serious' concern. j.uovernor waisn, uemocrat. plans 101' VlSltlllg JLiOnaon Willie JlOl yeL positive CUHIU1U- piisuniption ; of rice .The his leaving for England Thursday. He .will AMf'p? plate tn; the island- is m;.the;neihborhood jCUSTOMS OFFICERS -aijg-fomdaysT-immediately He' will b OI li.J,UWU j IU j. yJl 1J1U11111. ceed 25,000 bags .of .new c Gale Placed in charge at after he has had his Christmas dinner with the American have. so far been delivered to Porto --

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Like most of the older cities ; of France, Chaumont seems to have been founded on a site of strategic defensive value. It crowns a, high plateau between tho Marne.and the Suize and from the walls and towers of the old city is a wonderful view of the valley of the Marne, here the river being hardly as wide as the Mame Caha? that flows beside it between its poplar bordered banks. Northward over the narrow vale of the Suize the view takes in a wide sweep of rolling for est crowned hills. General Headquarters were removed from Paris here in Septembei of last year, Chaumont being selected after careful search of available locations. , It lies in the center ; of what was the American training area, every camp as well as the Toul sector in which the:Amei-icaforces firsi saw. oatue, ana an tne. lines irom. Tbui eastward where wc were located, being ..wnmn reaeh by motor; The r rencn post occupied as head- quahei omces is .typical, of. ' French gamsoiis. v ' . i nree long, four story, Rico led tne rooteu oarracKS 'irom tnicv. u yictic ijUauraiigie lacing a .j, jt:.s-POST OFFICE BUILDING iji'ou Oi ' itotw uveiif. '

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following changes have been made. in the. cus- ; ,;tUV, toms district in Vermont: Winfleld ; Tf o14oi-- cfofocmon nnrl pnnsirlpr- W. Stiles has been promoted. irom . , . pnv ,. u TJ.i av.c nnn deputy collector and inspector ' to mg tne claims tnat luny wm ici,y wiuic mc deputy colector and inspector in class ence. 2,- stationed at Alburg, Deputy Col-- : lector and Inspector. Cameron ' C. Gale ,who has been on duty at Island; DECORATED BY PERSHING FOR BRAVERY Pond and Quebec, has been trans- fered and appointed deputy collector in charge at Swanton, vice T. M. Tobin," deceased. fl-ia-

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Postmaster Gleason received word from Washington Friday morning to jive notice to the Village of .St. lohnsbury to vacate the land now occupied by the fire station within 60 days. When the government bought the site for the post office1, which included the land now occupied by the TWO SCARLET CHEVRONS :-fire station, they allowed the village to retain its fire station by paying-renta- l on the land and with a CO All Soldiers Honorably Discharged to days' notice of vacating the premises Wear Them on Left Sleeve ;

pave iiieir posts m ever, ' jianu, ine Muauraiigie is linea Wit., uurryiiijj ouct:rs ana oruemes duu cjciKci, Jianua nasn in saiuve, Dug-iegive xnviv aiinosc nouriy cans lor inw various munary evems ana perious o tne aay, siair cars ana' motorcycle., ion in anu out and how ana tnen luv. sentry at tne gate stiffens 'even mor. rigiui ana Drmgs ms piece up 'win. t iiivre .map wncii a olive dran.. car, snimng UKe a yacnt, slides iii, when ordered. Dec. 1!) Secretirry Washington, Postmaster Gleason has no further tne scanet tao on tne wmasnieiu today directed Baker that each solwith tour white stars signifying tht inf ormation as to thc government's 1872 Ci Tl-..Total ' honorably discharged dier be furB. A. Palmer v, ; , ju:iiiuui commanaei-in-cnieplans, but it looks as if the t Ti. t n chevrons, two with nished to scarlet was building government frequently the general's car ap on worn sleeve. be the left Harry Davis started. to be soon proaches unheralded and so swiftly column. If you have not seen every Mrs C. L. Smith tnat the sentrys cry of "Turn out ' person on your territory and they."11 Ralph C. Turnbull the guard," is too late and the com-- ; MARTINI SENTENCED have not all joined, including children, Uyaj"u GERMAN CANNON Mrs. Florence Kingsbury mander-m-chiis gone before the; A. F. Grow guard can tumble from the guara South Walden, for St. Pleaded Guilty to Manslaughter and An Excellent Suggestion E. W. Powers house. Watei'ford, Goes to State's Prison FRIENDSHIP FOR RUSSIA Wheelock, Dr. S. W. Draw l. Fairbanks bury from Until last spring General Pershing . Mrs. P, N. Alien In Caledonia county court Friday made his residence in a large villi, Editor Caledonian: Pop. 1919 1918 near headquarters. Martini was brought up from Frank He soon found, Siberian Paper Says Word of United! I venture to suggest that St. Johns- - county jail and pleaded guilty to the quota quota however, that so near the workshop , bury should have a captured ,German' cnaij;,' States Can Be Trusted 375 of the army he could not 1200 1700 JuMge Barnet c of manslaughter. have the cannon., aa iowii wmcu uas jcspuimcu 5000 1880 quiet and lack of intrusion 8800 Harbin, Manchuria, Nov. 30 (Cor- St. Johnsbury to Waterman sentenced the him nccessai-' so loyally to every call for men and 465 to ms 1200 725 respondence of the Associated Pretis) Burke growing responsibilities and money is entitled to a trophy. I am state's prison at Windsor for a term 425 he removed in May 1600 1000 America's friendship foiN, Russia is last to a beauti- sure that it would be very gratifying not less than seven yeai's nor more 925 392 ful chateau about five miles 550 recognized by thc Manchuria, a labor JGroton from to our soldiers as they return, not than nine years and he was taken 825 town. 1925 3200 back to jail awaiting Importation to oigan uf this city which declares cd-- ! Hardwick Here, in a great rambling only present time but through- Windsor. the at 175 300 Martini . got into an ill- itorially tha4. the words of the United Kirby castle situated in the Marne valley 3200 1925 1500 (among groves and wide sunlit lawns, out their wholel ives, to have before tcrcation with Philippe Grenaldi atj States can be trusted and that Amer- -' Lyndon y of the ' 400 250 St. Johnsbury onHhc night of Aug. ican diplomacy is straightfox"ward and j Newark he lived with his personal staff.Con- - them a tangible reminder participated. they in which 45Q 775 130 nected by telephone, with every di24 and fatally stabbed him. The democratic'.' , The pdper quotes the jPeacham I don ot know Whether it will be case was presented to the Court ,by j 725 1200 250 visional, corps and army headquarAmcricAn consul at Irkutsk as an- - Ryegato but State's Attorney Campbell and the 700 425 93 ters, his own offices in Chaumont possible to obtain such a gun nouncing that the United State's Sheffield to is tiy. effort worth surely the it Stannai-200 125 respondent was represented by tlic can be treated and that American and with Paris, he did his work there sup- firm of Seniles Graves.. Allied to the the Thanks amies 700 425 diplomacy is straightforwaixl. and (Sutton when not with the army. ply of such material is fairly plenti- 450 180 750. The last of the divorce ca.;es aveiThe paper quotes the! Walden democratic. Chaumont itself has become almost Urfnl but. tbr dpmnnd will nlsn ho brifilr being tried this afternoon. j G50 ord 400 210 Americanized by the' presence of the At the American consul at Irkutsk as an- Waterf I S00 - 65 Headquarters. 500 conclusion of this case the Court will nouncing that the United States Wheelock Its little hotels are and the early bird gets the worm. 1G5 always crowded with officers. 950 ;v 375 would in no way interfere in Russian! Greensboro It has Doubtless the emiont delegation in jannounce the decisions in all the di- '" .' internal affairs. heen very hospitable to the American Congress would be ready to lend their vorce case-- that have been heard and "We must learn from America to occupation. Nearly every home with aid in this matter upon request made the court will then adjourn for the HOG ISLAND REPORT term. Judere Waterman expects .to build our fortunes by ourselves and a spare room is thrown open as a in a representative way. FAIRBANKS; JOSEPH nj, ms nome in develop the wealth of our countiy," returns raiiieooro j . The Department of Justice Makes billet .for officers and many of the Washington, ' ' r . t "America is the Manchuria says. finest residences have been taken over ' Public Its Inquiry : ! our true friend offering her services entirely by the hundreds of mese? Dec; 18, 1918. e Tr' !. il, any hypocrisy wio we desire 'if without Washington, Dec. 20 The long an inaiiy .oi iiiciu me viuccis uave ; Heroism. How tirinntpd rpnnrt. of t.ho innuirv nf t.hs installed electricity and bath rooms j Russia and America! them. howsame, always the Heroism is Portugal Onr Lusitania. strong would be such an alliance, j Department of Justice concerning the and in some cases central heating! ever the fashion of a hero's clothes as formerly was Portugal known plants and with French servants live What possibilities it would present, great Hog. Islaml ship building-pit- Every hero in LlHtory js may alter. depresent name is io our iong.suueiing counirj. Ame- r- ject was made public at the White comfortably, almost luxuriously as Lusitania. The Port Callo. the ancient as near to a man as his neighbor, and ica extends to us a helping hand House today, on a wireless, from the measured in' military Hun- - rived from tiniown now known to us as If we should tell the .simple truth of of May we not fail to grasp it. And President. The report says a search- - dreds less fortunate oi lacking in name ' some of our neighbors, it would sound ()Kl-tO- . it must not be for one mo- - inir vinvosst.in'jitinn hn: rlisrlnsort nn rank take their chances on whatever! like poetry- - George W. Cur' is. ment i hat if anyone should occupy! -- Hminnl li.ihilitv nnA billet may be found in the crowded nnmmor, Siberia it will not be America." Down to Earth. j that the arbitration board decide town where a bed is always at a Confirmation. Mrs. Peavish" says 'that, before tliey what part if any over sixty million i really satisfied with Mr.; woman were to PeavJsh married liked plant, dollars, cost was the of the Frank II. Clark has resigned as her mirror pay? her compliments "Home, sl;ig Home," Sweet hfar horr the WEATHER postmaster at Windsor to take effect in ecess of a searonable necessity, and reiterated by. sonic are they to now ond himr h? her liks rattle unless ns soon as his successor may be should be demanded by the contrac-choseIfiljl?. TV(MMTilt. TiONfOtl 5ivcton Nfw. tors of the government.'! Kain tonight and Saturday warmer. dihes on Iiih !

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Chaumont, France, Nov. 20 (Correspondence of the Associated Press) This little city of the Haute-Mam- e is the home of the General Headquarters- of the American ExpediUntil now its mentionary Forces. tion has been taboo and the whei'e-abouof "G. H. Q." one of the secrets of the war. Here lives the commander-in-chie- f and in the buildngs of the French garrison are housed the offices of the general staff and all the auxiliary organizations that go with it the nei-vcenter of the army. A city of normally about fifteen thousand inhabitants, Chaumont lies on the Eastern Railway lines, 163 miles east of Paris. It was formerly the capital of Bassigny and is now the capital of the Department of the Haute-Mam-

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Caledonian yesterday called attention "This war must not end like this," to "the fact that this campaign was she said with a vehemence which con going slow. trasted greatly with her gentle ap pearance, "wc must go into Germany, s Errors, in reports from two teams made " the total figures yesterday they must suffer, expiate." On the about 350 larger than they actually day of their departure the Germans were so that the figures as corrected robbed her store of $500 worth of her tonight wfth the additions of today best cigars and cigarettes. give a total of only 1872 memberships On the Grande Place in theshadow up to last night. of the famous belfry, an irate gentleThe local committee, however, man was discoursing loudly, gesticuwhile disappointed at the poor re- lating wildly. "The pigs, the infasults so , far, arc patiently working mous swine," he was saying, "shall it and hoping for better results later. come to pass' that they will escape This campaign closes Monday night, punishment, is it possible that the Dec. 23. Join now or if you have German population will not suffer any joined help some one else to join of the hardships that theiy soldiers Mention was macie m cbieruay im an(j officers have inflicted upon us. e report cf the Christmas roll call that Shan they not salute our officers, only public meeting of this cam-- I gcent into the gutters as oursoldiers paign was the one at the Globe Thea- - pv0jmeTUUie on their sidewalks? Is it And, as conceivablc that their wmrmn will be tie, last Sunday evening. this .vfas known to be a union service spared thc humilation of humbly beg-o- f Protestant churches, for that rea-- . nff of om. officers a passport; to son our Catholic people missed the tmvd between and opportunity to hear the stirring ad-- 1 Col ne as our wives, and daughters dress by DivHillegas. . Our report , , : . in A frnm Rru tn Os- went on to say: - end wcthey now are beait tend? If "If our Catholic people failed to ten militarily but they are not vanget this message from the speaker ished in their pride, in their hearts!" last Sunday night, they may read re"He is a hotel keeper. The Gerports- from speeches made this week mans requisitioned 27,000 bottles of bv some of the most prominent Cath wine from his cellars,"' volirateei-eolic clergymen in New England urging one of his audiences standing near by. their people to Join the Red Cross ah Qf M thj Alli6d goldiers the Bel htartiiy ar.a empnaucauy aa.xney . n ..v- to np who x unrcd participation in tne T'nitofl have the greatest desire to enter Ger-- . . War Work campaign." it. many, nis country is strewn wun report this Dwyer criticises Father the Wreckage of former happy homes, as indicating, that the Red Cross perhaps the- - very one where the solChristmas roll call had been neglected dier dwelt is now a heap, of ruins. But by his chmeh. lie states that he these soldier boys display no hatred. gave u very extended notice of this not been, robbed of their They campaign last Sunday, urging his cigars, have They have or their wine.' U Twl t i .' move. hr ricl-n- r f "r livna in" vmn'fi Pf thoiv ing .their, attention to the- mddest trenches' r and bullet swept fields amount: asked for- as compared topre; yearn- vious drives,' thus making it possible the- past :f ou t for almost everyone to join, It ap hasi jJjgD CJJOSS pears from' this that" eveii-thin.1 i i.pcen uoin1 '" vy tins vnuicui. in ol. ROLL CALL QUOTA Johnsbury t(- bring this impoitant and valthy cause to thc attention of The cam- The County .Organization and Memall W'Jihlisbury' pebple. bership Data paign has been advertised sufficiently. Let's Wc all know about it now. Caledonia, county is thoroughly or get on with it. ganizcd for the Red Cross Christmas The standing of the teams as re with Arthur E. Brooks of St. call roll ported last night was as follows as county chairman. Fol Johnsbury 125 Team No. 1, are lowing the chairmen of the other 100 Team No. membership data; and the towns 108 Team No. II. J." Phelps Barnet, 103 Team. No.. .4, S. Harris Porter East, Burke, ISO Team No. 5, ; H.C.Colby West, AO Burke, Team No. C, Ml i " 1Janvillc Mrs. D; D. Cjement 1 7, No. tT Team Mrs. Charles J. Bailey rvGroton, Team No. 8, j Hnrdwick, Mrs. C'. C. Cobb j jn Team No. 5, W. P. Rwssell 15!Kirby, Team No. 10, O. D. Mathewso.n Lyndon, 9;rJ Team No. 11, D. Goi'don L. Newark, o Team No. 12, J jgj M rs. Olive McFarlane Pcacham, ' Arthur J. Symes j

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