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New Britain herald., 1917-08-18
ARMY FOOD IS NOT
 LIKE MOTHER MADE
But New Britain Men in Service
 Hope for Improvement.

Harry c. Jackson, formerly en- ployed at the P. & F. Corbin office, who recently enlisted in the medical corps, has written to Mayor G. A. Quigley from Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, enclosing the greetings from the other New Britain boys, expressing firm disapproval of the army food and asking that arrangements be made whereby the boys may receive cop- ies of the two local dailies. The mayor has replied to the letter, which follows
 Always 2 booster of yours and in terested in the doings of New Brit ain I called meeting at my tent last evening. Intend to have them once a week to discuss New Britain
 and go over what we have heard
 also offer suggestions as to best pos sible means of keeping in touch with the political and civic life. I was appointed committee of one to write you with the idea of letting you un- derstand what our life is here. At the same time asking you to 1 fix it up with the IN. B. Herald" and 1 Record" to forward one copy to the IAlSO LOT you lO WTlJS me l keeping men posted in regard to your
 potatoes, appointments, discharges
 also your political ambitions. As there
 are twenty-five good boys from New
 Britain, all of voting age, and they
 refer to you as George, the best
 mayor New Britain ever had The
 boys are all happy. and seem to like l the camp life. The days are long,
 arising at 515 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. the
 time taken up with lectures and drill 1 ing.
 1 ''One thing would make this life
 more pleasant if you could get back l home once in a while: It looks as | if most of Us have said goodby for
 some time as 1t is hard to get a fur l tough.
 l '"The other disagreeable feature Is
 our grub. It Is very poor but may l improve with time. Still the life is not bad and can be overlooked for
 the principle we are fighting for. We
 have voted to make New Britain l proud of her sons and I think the
 old town Is doing her best, 1 twill you write to the boys. HI. C., JACKSON, 1 Unit G, Fort Ethan Allen. vt"
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18
REAL ESTATE TRADE
 BETTER THIS WEEK
Twentytwo Property Transfers Are Recorded at City Clerks Office
 -Othcr Weekly Reports.

Twenty-tWo realty transfers nine marriage licenses and 3 death cer- tificates were filed in the city clerks office during the past week. The property transfers follow:
 The Equitable Realty company to Carmella Giblisco land and build ing on Mitchell street; the Bodwell Land Co.,, to John P. Brun, ct ux. land on Dudley street; the Bodwell Land Go. to Patrick J. Hickey, land on Carlton street; Peter kastrzewskl et ux to Ignacie Lewicki ct al., land and building on Broad street; Peter c. Flood to Julia A. Flood, land and building on Stanley Quarter road; the Equitable Realty Go. to Luigi Lestini, land on Sterling street; the Bodwell Land Co. to Joseph F. Achiem, land on Carlton street; Peter Dobruk to Albinas Maszdis, land and building on Newington road; Eliza beth A. Weston to Elmore E. Morse ct. al, land and building on Francis Jagodzunski ct al, land and building on Silver street.
 Lena Gorbach to Anna Chanesky,
 
 street; Frank E. RaclSliffe to Julius Sonnenburg, ct. uX, land and building on Allen street; Joseph G. Mann to Rackliffe Bros. Co., land and build l ing on Cherry street; Walter s. E.. | Brown to Walter c. Owens, land and l building on Kelsey street; Mary Ri 1 ley to Mrs. Rose Kelly, land and 1 building on Oak street; estate of George Clary to Mary R. Clary, ct al, l land and building on Lincoln street;
 Charles F. Dunn to Frank Boyle. l land and building on Commercial 1 street; Harry Hankin to Frank I4avechia, land and building on Bron- son street; Frank Boyle to Hugh ! Reynolds, land and building on Com l mercial street: estate of Emma J. 1 Smith to Augusta c. Smith, land and 1 building on Winter street: Josephine Gascone, ct al to Antonio Valente, ! ct ux. land and building on Lasalle 1 street; the Housatonic Power conn pany, to the Rocky River Power company, eight pieces of land.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18

charging and presenting arms. eff the government is sending our men to fight in France we'll go and fight in Russia!" said Colonel N. J. Boardman, the woman commander of the regi- ment, who is seen in the pictures
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18
RAILROAD ACTIVITIES,
Women Gatctendcrs and Bell Signal
 Alarm Are Latest Innovations.

Radical changes at the various railroad crossings . are promised shortly, including everything from women gatetenders, q bell alarm sys- tenn and the elimination of the Lake street crossing. Already four women ire employed as gatetenderS, two each at the Whiting and East Main street crossings, and others have quail fled 1t Is said, and are awaiting as- signment by the railroad agent. One woman will shortly be sent to the Curtis street crossing.
 Railroad men state that already a more intricate and efficient plan of signalling has been put in effect at the Main and Washington street crossings whereby a loud gong in the gatetenders' sheds sounds in ample time to warn them of the approach of train. The device works auto matically and is said to make 1t DOS sible for the gatetenders to know of the approach of a train even though the weather be so fogEy that they cannot see it rounding the Stanley Works curve
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18

ner to indicate that he was in the least concerned with the import of the moment.
 When the clerk of the court inquired whether the prisoner had anything to say as to why sentence should not be pronounced in conformance with the law Cohen arose to his feet very quiet ly and indicated that he wished to say 8 few words. Justice TompkinS nod ded his consent, whereupon the con- demned man. in an unbroken voice, made the following declaration:
 ''I am an American citizen and 1 have always had the most profound respect for the courts of my country, but I cannot conceive how twelve in tellignt men could lave brought in a verdict against me charging murder on the testimony of degenerate witnesses who are now walking the streets in the enjoyment of complete liberty. am not guilty your Honor, and my only hope is that some time the opportunity will come when I shall prove my inno- cenCe."
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18
CONNECTICUT SUFl
 IN CAPITAL HAl
Mrs. C. M. Flanagan Arrested
 White House Gate l

Washington, Aug. 1s.-The tated by the seditious banners red by Stuff pickets, came yesterI when six pickets were arrested front of the sWhite House, cha1 with obstructing traffic. At p4 headquarters each gave $25 bailI her appearance in court.
 They are Miss Natalie Gray of orado;. Miss Luck Ewing and William U. Watson of Chicago; Lavana Dock of Philadelphia; Edna Dixon of this city, and Mr1 M. Flanagan of Connecticut.
 Headed by Miss Lucy Burns, q Suffs left the headquarters at n They had two of the Kaiser VIII banners. One was destroyed b1 mob before the Suffs had gon4 yards. But they succeeded in. gel the other to the White House. there a jeering crowd made it's to Miss Burns. who carried It, it from he and tore it into bits. Burns dress was torn during
 struggle.
 Then Major Pullman. superin dent of police, went to Stuff headQ ters and told Miss Alice Paul picketing at the White House " not be permitted and that If women persisted they would be rested. Miss Paul maintained the Suffs had a legal right to pet the president for the right to and that they were not violating law.
 From noon until 4:30 in the q
 noon the picketing was carried
 as usual, but the women displ only the purple gold and white l ners, the colors of their organizR l But just as the department q
 were passing down Pennsylvania
 nue by the thousands six pickets 1 up their stand at the east and
 gates of the executive mansion. 1 Gray and Miss Swing carried I 1 banner inscribed:
 "The government orders our ners destroyed because they tell truth"
 A squad of policemen under di ton of Major Pullman took oh, of the women at once and put t in waiting patrol wagons. This {, ed the picketing. and it was sai, headquarters that no further alter will be made this week. The arr ed Suffs face either jail or W, house sentence, for they say they not pay any fines imposed by
 court.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18
PRESIDENT STANDS
 FOR MARRIED MEN
Believes They Should Be Exempt
 From Draft

Washington, Aug. 1S.-President Wilson has come into conflict with Provost Marshal General Crowder on the policy to be pursued by local and district exemption boards in passing upon cases of married men or men with dependents drafted for the mil itary service. Provost Marshal Gen. eral Crowder has ruled that depend- ency exemption claims shall be al- lowed by local boards only when such exemptions are necessary to pre- vent dependents from becoming charges upon the government.
 The president takes the position that married men should be exempt as a class. Should the presidents in depreciation of the conscription pre- vail thousands of cases where claims for exemption have been disallowed by local and district boards may have to be reopened.
 In letter to Senator Weeks, Massa chusetts, President Wilson agrees with the latter that drafting of men with families is unsound and unwise and concludes: II shall take pleasure in calling the attention of the war department again to it'
 This action was received in army Sl1ClcS 'WlIlA SuTpi1So ana dHdZGmonC in view of recent rulings by Provost Marshal General Crowder, which in effect instructed local and district boards to grant exemptions on pleas of dependency only when the contri- button of the drafted man to the SUD- port of family cannot be made up from some other source in the event of his being taken into the army
 In arn1v circleS if iS ooid tl,o+ +bo position taken by Senator Weeks, which the president indorses and plans to impose upon the depart ment Is contrary to the clear spirit of the law and to the spirit under the law has been administered to date. It is asserted that exemptions of married men as a class would be contrary to the terms of the law and therefore illegal.
 Senator Weeks in his letter to the president said in part
 Drafting married men with fam liles excepting in cases where mar: rage has been entered into for the purpose of escaping the draft is eco- nom1cally an unsound policy, and it IS unwlse from the standpoint of suc- cessful prosecution Of the war to take married men as long as there are suf- f1cient single men to meet the govern ment's requirements"
 After replying to Senator Weeks contention that aliens should be in cluded Tn the draft whatever may be our treaties with foreign countries on thls sub1ect that this matter lis all ready interesting the deparment of state the president concludes:
 our point with regard to drafting of men with families is undoubtedly well taken. and I have reason to be- lieve that it is very much in the mind, at any rate, of most of the drafting boards. l shall take pleasure in call ing the attention of the war depar,x ment again to it."
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18
FIRST CONTINGENT
 TO NUMBER 3S,OOO
Two Army Divisions to Embark
 For European Shores

Washington, Aug. 1s.-Two army l divisions instead of one comprising a total of at least 3S,OOo men, prob- ably will make up the first contingent of the National Guard to go to France.
 Although no official confirmation was obtainable, there are evidences that the composite Forty-second Divi- sion. whose organization recently was announced, will be accompanied abroad by the Twenty sixth, made up of New England Guardsmen. NO New England states are among the twenty-six having representation in the composite division which in cludes the lighting Sixty-ninth" of New York city.
 The commander of the Twenty sixth is Major-Gen. Clarence Edwards. .now acting as commander of the De- partment of the Northeast, and 1t is presumed he would go to Europe with the division. The Forty-second Is commanded by Major-Gen. w. A. Mann.
 report was current that sufficient shipping will be available for for- .warding two divisions within the time fixed for the departure of the Forty second and that the Twenty sixth had been selected to go because it comes from a compact area and is composed for the most part of regiments of high rating and representing states whose troops were left out Of the composite division.
 The Forty-second Division is being mobilized at Mineola, L. l., under the new European standard, which re- uuires that the strength of the in- dividual infantry regiments be in- creased more than 50 per cent. The process necessitates the addition of some units not included in the orig inal order, for where one company of infantry for instance, was to have <come from any state two companies have been consolidated to give the 250 men necessary.
 Thus hundreds of men have been transferred to fill up the regiments selected to go. All the other Ma tional Guard divisions will go through . similar process on their arrival at their divisional camp.
 |, No hint has been given as to the probable time it will require to pre-. pare the Forty second for embarka- tion AS 1t is wholly new organi- zation, it Is logical to assume that
  working shape. The question of equipment also entered into the fixing of sailing date. The same consid- .arations apply also to the Twenty sixth.
 The original plan for a composite National Guard expeditionary force is known to have provided for two divi- sions made up on the composite plan Approximately 40 states would have contributed toward forming the For ty-second and Twenty sixth, and sup. plemental divisional or army corps troops might have made up an ex. petition that represented every state The war departm ent announced the final allotment of state troops among he national army cantonments anC made public the list of colonels as. signed to regim mental commands in the various divisions, both of the national army and the National Guard.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18
CONVICTED OF RATE MURDER.
Joseph Cohen Calmly Protests Verdict
 of Jury.

New York, Aug. 1S.-Clamly pro- testing his innocence, Joseph Cohen, the poultry merchant who was con- victed of planning and procuring the murder of Barnet Baff in the West Washington Market on Nov. 24 1914 was sentenced by Justice Tompkins in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court yesterday to Gie in the electric chair in the week of Oct. 1. His ar sociate, Abraham Graf who was found guilty of manslaughter in the first de- gree, was sentenced to a term in Sing Sing of not less than ten years and not more than twenty years
 Cohen received his sentence with out a tremor. Alth Ough his face was touched with the pallor which a long stay in the Tombs had developed there was nothing in his presence or man.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18

The composite national guard diyI sion, to be known as the Iro-ty-secolI to be formed immediately Out troops from tWenty-Six states and t1 District of Columbia was to be niI bilized immediately Ut Mineola, N. NJ it was announced in Was hington T3 camp where this division will be tefI polurily stationed will be known RI Camp Mills, named for the late MatI General Albert l.. Mills. who VII Mapor General William A. MauY| predecessor as chief Of the division \ militia affairs.
 General Mann is to command til new division. relinquishing III duties as chief of the division d militia affairs. Beyond stating th, this division will be sent to Frant immediately and will be the first nt ti6nal guard contingent sent to th front, for military reasons particula1 rega rding the plans for the use { this force cannot now be stated.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18

The federal grand jury in New York began an investigation of the charges against Louis I. Cherey, the druggist, who was the chairman, and Dr. Samuel J. Berntield, who was one of the medical members of local exemption board 99. They are ac- cused of conspiracy ''to make false statements and certifications as to the fitness and liability of those wh" came before them" for examination. kalman Gruher: who admits he "dis- tributed exemption blanks to various men in district s9, is also being in vestigated.
 Several men, all of the New York
New Britain herald., 1917-08-18
.@.XZoMAM,s REGIMENT DRlEGlNGH- coaasz BoARPMAN<.

can we, say these members of the American Womens League for Self Defense. And to make good their professions of readiness to serve the country they are drilling actively
 The pictures show some of them
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-06-22
Heiuht of a Camera.

A safe rule in most cases, Is to
have the camera at such height
that the lens is about level with the
eyes of a person of average height,
standing. This implies that most tri-
pod stands, all ultra portable ones, are
too short in the leg, as even those
which allow the camera to be at this
height only do so when the feet are
so near together that the stand Is
unstable. With lenses of short focus
it is usually advantageous, especially
in interior work. to have the camera
lower, while with very long focus
lenses it may be higher to avoid a
foreshortening Of the ground. In the
case of domestic interiors, it is i'm
portant to have the lens well above
the level of table top, as the effect
Of the furniture seen from lower
viewpoint will be unsatisfactory.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-06-22
SUDBURY

Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Chase of Proctor
spent Sunday at the home of Mrs.
Julia Wallace.
Rollin Keyes of Brooklyn, NJ. Y, is
spending the summer at the home of
DR.. B. d. Colby.
Miss Ruth Sawyer is spending the
week in Middlebury and Brandon and
attending commencement exercises.
Miss Helen Beardslee of Hartford,
Conn, and James Potter of Schenec-
tady, N. Y, are guests at John Kings
bury's.
Lester Burt has returned from Ran
dolph where he attended the commence
ment exercises of the Agricultural
school,
Mrs. Herman Bissett was called to
Leicester Junction last week by the
illness and death of her brother, George
Murray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Trudo ac-
companed by Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Trudo of Salisbury. have returned
from an automobile trip to Dandy.
The Ladies Aid society will hold
their last meeting of the year at the
town hall Wednesday. A picnic dinner
will be served. A quilt lbe tied and
other articles finished ready for the
annual fair to be held in August.
Sudbury Grange will unite with Noun
tain View Grange,of Goshen and Neshobe
Grange of BrandonIn holding a picnic at
the Waterhouse picnic grounds, Lake
Dunmore, on Saturday, June 49, State
Lecturer O. L. Martin of Plaintield,
State Master w. N. Cady of Middle
bury and Addison County Agricultural
Agent, j. E. Carrigan of Middlebury
will be present.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-06-22
DAIRYMEN TO GET MORE
MIX Producers win Force Price
Of MIR Up

The New England Milk Producers
Association announces that II is perfect
ing plans for CARRYING into effect the
prices announced for milk during the
months of July, August and September
These prices are between seven and
eight cents a quart for milk delivered
in the city markets of southern New
England.
Fifteen organizers are now at work
in Maine and Vermont, who will later
in the month be transferred to other
New England states. A grand "round-
up" campaign is being prepared for the
last three days in June. Each local
branch will divide its territory so that a
man can cover each section in day and
a man will be assigned to call on and
enroll every milk producer. 1t is eX.
pected that by this means the member
ship will be practically completed eX-
cept in new territory in outlying dis
tricts where trained organizers will be
kept at work
In the event of a strike all New Eng
land will be divided into districts with a
leader in each district, backed by
corps of assistants. The city end will
be looked after by the Central Associa-
ton which has already partially com
pleted arrangements for getting milk
to consumers through other than the
regular dealers. A campaign of public
ity to acquaint the public with the JUS
tice of the farmers demands has been
arranged. In any event the associa-
ton will do every possible thing to
supply the market and increase the con-
sumption of milk.
While no intimation of the attitude of
the dealers has reached the association,
it is hoped that the reasonable price de-
manded will be accepted without con-
troversy. If necessary, however, the
N EN- P A will fight to the limit for the
price its members demand,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-06-22
Estate of
&. Jasper Miller and
EInOr Miller

STATE OF VERMONT
DDISTRICT OF ADDISON, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
Aforesaid
To the heirs and all p ersons interested in the
estates of G. Jasper Miller and Elnor Miller. late
of Cornwall and Whiting respectively. in said Dis
trict. deceased, GREETING
Whereas, application hath been made to this
court in writing, by the administrators of the es-
tates of G. Jasper Miller and Elnor Miller pray
ing for license and authority to sell all of the real
estate of said deceased, for the payment Of debts
and charges of administration. setting iorth
therein the amount of debts due from said
deceased, the charges of administration, and the
amount of personal estate and the situation OF the
real estate.
Whereupon, the said Court appointed and as
signed the 9th day of July, 1917, at O'Clock p. M
at the Probate Office in Mddlebury, in sa d Dis
trict to hear and decide upon said application and
petition, and order public notice thereof to be
given to all persons interested therein, by pub
fishing said order, together with the time and
place of hearing, three weeks successfully IN the
Middlebury Register, newspaper which circu-
lates in the neighborhood of those persons inter-
ested in said estate. all which publications snail
be previous to the day assigned for hearing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said Court at the time and place assigned
then and there in said Court to make your obJec-
tions to the granting of such license, If you see
cause.
Given under my hand at Middlebury, in said Dis
trict, this Goth day of June, 1917.
% Charles !. Button. Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-06-22
WAS MODEL FOR "PEER GYNT"
lbsen Inspired In Creating Masterpiece
Partly by an Eccentric
Young Dane.

There are many models back or
"Peer Gynt," and among them a young
Dane. Ibsen met the young man fire.
quently in Italy. He was peculiarly
conceited and affected young buffer,
Georg Brandes writes in the Century
Magazine. He used to tell the Italian
girls ut lscha and Capri that his father,
schoolteacher In reality, was the best
friend Of the king Of Denmark, and
that he himself was one Of the great
est men in Denmark. To prove this,
he often appeared in entire suits OF
white satin. He called himself poet,
but could find poetcal inspiration only
in the wilderness or in desolate, dreary
spots. He once went to Crete to write,
he said, great drama Of tragedy. He
returned, however, without having &C.
complshed his purpose. He averred
that he could feel tragic emotion only
in the mountains, and lived in self
delusion and illusion.
Some Of his characteristics have
passed in "Peer Gynt." Otherwise
peer Gynt" is supposed to be an in
carnation Of Norwegian foibles. Peers
lies are not really falsehoods, if this
Implies the intention to deceive others.
They are rather self-deceptions. peer
Gynt" has something in common with
Cervantes' Don Quixote," and is more
closely related to Daudet's "Tartarin."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-06-22
Unrelated Potatoes.

Sweet potatoes have not much in
common botanically with their more
familiar namesakes. They have long
been cultivated as food in tropical and
subtropical countries, and were actu-
ally introduced into England at an
earlier date than the common potato.
The two tubers' we're often confound-
ed by writer's of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, but the sweet
potato won more popularity than Its
rival. STEPPED in wine or made into
sweetmeat, 1t was regarded as an
excellent invigorator. Swedish and
agreeable to the taste, its flesh-form-
Ing qualities are considered equal at
least to those Of the common potato.