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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-05
Haig's Forces Make Further
Gains Over TeutOnS.
DESPERATE BATTLE RACES
Germans Making Great Sacrifices In
Men in Effort to Stem Advance OF
Allied Armes-French Report Addi-
tionaI Progress in Champagne.

London May 5.-The British have
burst through the Oppy line and are
fighting the bloodiest and sternest bat
tie Of the present offensive in a great
effort to smash the famous Wotan line
before its organization is completed.
The Hindenburg line outaanked and
pierced in several places has failed to
stop the forward surge Of the British
armies and the Wotan positions are
the last great barrier barring the road
to Douai, Cambria and Germanys s
richest prize in France, the great coal
and iron fields north of Lens
The Wotan line runs from Drocourt
to Queanti, a stretch of fifteen miles,
running north and south about five
miles west Of Douai ana Cambria
Around Queanti, the southern eXtrem-
ity OF the line, General Haig has form
cd great human nippers and is striv-
ing with all the powers at his com
mand to close the jaws OF these nip
pers.
Realizing the menace of the situa-
ton the Germans are lighting with
a grim determination which reckons
no cost in blood too high If it halts
their advancing foe.
The renewed fury into which the
great battle OF Alras has famed has
diverted attention from the possibly
more significant events which are
shaping behind the battle front.
Germans May De Trapped.
East of Bullecourt, according to
the Reuter- correspondent. the Brit
ish are in strength right across the
Hindenburg line sector of which
they hold running in the direction OF
Queanti Thence their line forms a
sort of disjointed salient around all
but the northern entrance 10 Bulle.
court, which is reported to be full Of
Germans The enemy thus is in an
enclaye which seems to be dangerous
to possibilities of retirement.
The British gains in and around
Fresnoy have been consolidated. The
struggle for Oppy continues and has
produced a striking situation to the
north OF the village. a considerable
length of the line being at present
untenable for either side owing to the
mutual concentrations OF machine
guns.
Only on one narrow front was tht
British advance negative. This was
in the vicinity Of ChprfsV and ON the
Arras-Cambrai road just to the north
Here the advanced positions taker
were evacuated under the German
pressure
The French along the Aisne from
and in the Champagne are continuing
TO pound the German lines with theil
artillery West Of Mont Cornillet il
the Champagne they have made fresl
progress in the wooded district.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-05

Cambridge, Mass MAY 5.-Rear Ad-
miral George William Beaman, n s.
~, retired, who was a newspaper cor
respondent with Grants army in the
early part of the Civil war, died sud
denly at his home here, aged eighty
years. He entered the navy in 1862.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-05
TWO REAR ADMlRALS DEAD
Willitts and Beaman Had Been Re-
tired Some Years.

Woodbury., N. j., May Rear Ad-
miral George William Beaman, y. 5.
~, retired, died at the home of rela-
tives here after a long illness. He was
born in Philadelphia sixty-four years
ago
Rear Admiral Willitts was awarded
a service medal for his part in the
China expedition during the Boxer
rebellion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-05
VILLA WITHIN FIFTY MILES
or BORDER.

: Fl Paso, Tex. May Fran
!. cisco Villa. with his main com
I. mand. j. believed by American
!. secret agents TO be within fifty
+ miles OF the American border
: southeast of Juarez
1. Reports received here from
! the border said a large Villa
+ command has been seen on the
+ Calderon ranch. fifty miles
+ southwest of Fabens. Tex
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-05
Censorship Section Defeated.

Washington. May 5.-The house by
a vote of 220 to l67, struck out the
censorship section of the espionage
bill
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-05
FREE EGGS As INDICTMENT
TO PklSE POULTRY.

Harrisburg, IA, May o.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars
worth of Matching eggs will be
distributed free by Pennsylva-
MIA poultrymen 70 persons not
now raising poultry, but who
viii agree to hatch the eggs
Three hundred and seventy
five THOUSAND eggs will be Civ
en- away.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-05

Liverpool, May 5.-"The excellent
weather conditions make me certain
that the missing boat was safe some
where said Captain Edwards, who
arrived in Liverpool with twenty-five
men of the crew If so the Rocking
ham victims are only two, Second
Engineer Harry Margey and Oiler
William Wann, who were both killed
in the engine room by the explosion
of the torpedo We were hit at 2
D. NJ on Tuesday $50 miles from land"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-05
ROCKINGHAM CREW
SAVED EXCEPT TWO

London, May 5.-The admiralty re-
ports that the missing boat from the
Rockingham with all the fourteen
men has been picked up by British
steamer
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-05

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
HEPBURN ON WAR LOAN
Believes It Big Mistake to Float
Seven Billion at Once.

A. Barton Hepburn, Middlebury II,
is one of the New York bankers who
are threshing over the plans advanced
at Washington for financing the war.
The Wall Street correspondent of the
Philadelphia Public Ledger has much to
say Of the prominence Of Mr.. Hepburn
in these discussions. He says, in part:
"a. b. Hepburn, chairman of the
Chase National Bank, was one of the
first bankers to come out flatfooted
against the proposed financing. Mr.
Hepburn belongs to the old school
When he talks the younger generation
Of bankers in Wall street listens, Any
body in this country who keeps in touch
with financial affairs knows that the
chairman of the Chase National under
stands his buiness from the ground up.
"Mr. Hepburn was graduated from a
small college back in 1871. Since then
he has been given degrees by half
dozen large universities for what he has
done, as well as for what he knows.
"Mr Hepburn, in discussing last
week the proposed $1,000, 600, 900 issue
of Government bonds, pointed out that
we are now in the struggle to be vic
torious or to be beaten, and the sooner
people come to a realization Of that the
better. An issue as large as the one
named, he said, will dispel any doubts
that may remain as to the extent of our
participation. He believes that the
ST. 600, 600, 600 should be authorized, but
issued in small, broken doses; also that
the interest rate should be high enough
to attract the very small investor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
REVIVAL WELL ATTENDED
The Rev. Mr.. Hughes an Inspiring
peaker.

The revival services now being con-
Quoted by the Memorial Baptist church,
assisted by the eloquent Welsh preach
err, Rev. Thomas Bennett Hughes, are
being well attended and proving most
inspiring. The attendance has increased
each night from the opening of the
campaign. The subject Monday even
ing was "The Worst Man in Middle
bury" whom the speaker depicted as
the religious scoffer and cynic. The
"Story of Hayward Boy on Tuesday
evening brought home very practical
message to our young people here. One
of his strongest sermons was delivered
on Wednesday evening, the subject
being Stop, Look, Listen, Mr..
Hughes aim being to arrest attention
and concentrate thought upon the Cos
pel's invitation. to all. Last nights
service was especially for members of
fraternal organizations, the topic being
The Unanswerable Question, empha-
sizing the great error that is made in
neglecting gospel and the peril involved
Several young people have already
desire to begin the Chris
tian life, but the greatest effect thus
far has been to arouse the Christians in
the community to a new conservation
of life.
This afternoon there will be a meet
ing for the boys and girls. Tonight
will be student night and all students
are especially urged to be present. Mr..
Hughes will also conduct the evening
services at the Baptist church Sunday,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20

those who participate in 1t, The
pessimists who don't, are welcome to
feed on minus signs,
For us, we are content to pick the
more choice morsels from the statistics,
feeling that a gain in any item of pro-
gress is proof enough that Addison
County with fewer people or more, as
the case may be or prove to be, is hold
ing its own as one of the most delight
full and profitable farming and village
sections of the state or Of the East, If
there are obstacles to overcome, let US
get together to overcome them,
Our anonymous correspondent did
sign his letter He signed it "School-
boy" frankly indicating that he had
not finished his education in the facts
and possibilities of Addison County
He did suggest clue to his identity
Having no grievance against our neigh
boring city, we are loath to suspect it,
But in the listing Of towns which had
showed a loss in population our morbid
informant mentioned Middlebury and
omitted Vergennes! Was this because
Vergennes is not properly town? Or
was it that in the ten years $500 to
1910, which are the only figures we have
available), that city apparently lost q
per cent, as compared with loss Of !
per cent in Middlebury? Mind you, we
are loath to record any suspicion, and
do so only under compulsion for why
should our correspondent have made a
"seective draft in picking up his
minus signs?
We have noted fleeing item in the
exchanges recording the recent discov-
cry in Bristol of a pair Of spectaces a
hundred and odd years old. We venture
to suggest that Addison County looks
just as good, if not better, through
those old old goggles today as it did
when their wearcr first put them on.
If it doesn't look as good to you, Brother
Gregory, buy some new spectacles.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20

naval recruiting officers, coming here
during the absence of the President OF
the College, and pressing the men to en-
roll at once before they could take full
counsel on the matter, did not act with
undue haste, We cannot believe that
the interests Of the country would have
suffered by waiting for twenty-four
hours. 1t is known to The Register
that there are many men among those
who enrolled who did so from prior
deliberation, and that there were others
who were FASTENED into it with promise
that if everything was not all satisfac'
tory the papers would be destroyed,
We do not believe that recruiting
agent is privileged to act in just that
manner We do not believe it is in the
interests of the country for them to 30
act. We believe it encourages Tin
discriminate volunteering, blunder
against which The Herald itself rails on
Tuesday, and a thing for which it shouts
on Monday,
Aside from the reversible gearing of
the Heralds own kind of patriotism, its
imputation of the lack of high
minded patriotism on the part of the
President of Middlebury College is re-
ceived with very poor grace by The
Register, ard by the students and
alumni of Old MIDI. DR.. Thomas served
ably in the recent Mexican border SER
vice, since when he has done everything
possible to instill the highest order of
patriotism at Middebury, The Col
lege as a whole, faculty and students,
recently committed itself in a general
way to army training by the formation
of corps that has been drilling daily.
The Herald may well ponder whether
"indiscriminate writing" is not handi-
cap to efficient patriotism.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. Roy Il. Whittemore, Pastor

This Friday evening at 1880 Gospel
service at the church with preaching by
Rev. 7, b Hughes A.students espec.
tally invited and everybody welcome,
The subject, "The Secret of Success
Morning worship at 1915 o'clock,
with sermon by the pastor
Bible school at II o'clock, Glasses for
all,
Bible school at BrooksviIe at 9 p. m.
Christian Endeavor meeting at $3.50
p, m.
Evening worship at 7;30, the ooncud.
ing service Of the special series, Rev. T,
b, Hughes will preach, and there will be
special music
Nlid.week prayer meeting on Thursday
evening at 1880. Subject, Conserving
the Blessing Those who have recently
started IN the Christian life are especially
invited,
Friday, 7;4j, the monthly meeting of
the Ladies' Missionary society. Gentle.
mans night, Illustrated lecture on
China by Rev. William Leughton of
Nergennes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20

his graduation he has been in business
at North Stratford, N, II, He is a
member of the Sigma Chi fraternity,
Delta Tau and Waubanakee and mem
Der Of Mt. Sinai Temple, No, 8, A. A.
N. T, M. S. He is at the present time
Chancellor Commander of the STRAIT
ford lodge, No. 80 X. of P.
. The women of the college were given
a tea by the Young Women's Christian
Association last Wednesday afternoon at
Pearsons Social hall in honor Of Miss
Sage and Miss Baker.
The caps and gowns for the seniors
which are to be worn during Junior
week were ordered last Tuesday by
William Slade.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
WARNING

The legal voters in Town Meetings of
the town Of MiddIebury are h ere by
warned and notified to meet at the Town
Hall in said town Tuesday, April "a, 1917,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon to transact
the following business, to wit;
First. To see if the town will vote to
exempt from taxation for period Of five
years the Plant and Property of the Mid.
debury Marble Company,
Second, To transact any other bust
ness proper to be done,
T.. f. Ross,
f. &. BRooKINs, Selectmen.
w. n, CADY,
Middlebury, Vermont.
April, 8, 1911 15t2
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
COLLEGE NOTES

Mr.. and Mrs. F. 7. Brockington of
Laconia, N. H., announce the engage
ment of their daughter Alice Elizabeth,
to Ralph NJ Hutchns. Miss Brocking-
ton is a graduate of the Laconia High
school and Plymouth Normal Hutch"
will be remembered as captain of the
1913 football team and a graduate of
Middlebury College, class of 1914. Since
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
ADDISON COUNTY POPULATION 2O,OlO
(By Federal Census in 1910

Land values per acre in Addison County a-e
mounting. They did so in the decade from 1900 to
1910 when the jump was from 1928 to SlGT as
an average per acre This decade, and es-
pecially this year, values are going higher There
are many opportunities to buy farms which this
year, above all others, can be made profitable irC
YeBtments.
There are only three counties in the state whore
the average value per acre is as high as it is in
Addison.
This is the third of a series Of 81 brief chapters
on Addison County, appearing from week to
week Facts and figures may be verified from
Federal statistics on file at the Register Office.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
WATCH YOUR STEP.

Born on Monday, Editor Howard l..
Hindley's ideas of what constitutes
efficient patriotism are one thing: born
on a Tuesday. thew are quite another.
On Monday the Rutland Herald pro-
fessed great patriotic concern because
fftv Middlehurv College students who
had enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense
Reserve were not to be granted gcncroi
release but rather would be required by
the college faculty to submit their appli-
cations for release iud,cil,ally to the adj
ministration committee of the college.
The Herald spent quite a bit of force in
demanding of President Thomas some
''mjphtv good reason" for the attitude
the college had taken, and, lacking
that. The Herald looked for an "im-
mediate revocation" of the ruling.
On Tuesday Mr.. Hindley failed to
watch his step. He himself furnished
the "mightv good reason" he had de-
manded of DR.. Thomas. Forgetting
the fervor of his MondaN demand that
those fifty men should be granted "A
general release. without consideration
of individual fitness for naval service,
Mr.. IIindley wrote with equal violence
in denunciation of "indiscriminate
volunteering" The folly of it, said he,
had been England's greatest bIunder in
this war He hoped to see this country
avoid such "tragedy" by adopting
selective conscription.
1--WE shaIl' (said The Herald on Tues
day) "be able to select the man for the
lob, and the Job will be done by fitted
man, rather than by what the hasty,
historical scourings of frantic war
Offices can hustle into recruiting sta
tions
"Give us the right men in the ripht
place at the right time and YOUR war is
almost won in advance.
The Herald was right. on Tuesdoyy
It was greviouslv wrong on Monday
II did Middleburv College, its president.
its facultv and its students great in
iustice. If was wrong in thinking that
the college placed anv discriminating
obstacles in the wav of men who desired
TO enlist in the navy The ruling the
faculty made about individual applica-
tion for release and reference of the
same to parent or guardian applied
alike TO men who desired to enlist in
either the armv or navv or work in q
mnnition factory or laboratory If was
a ruling the faculty. was forced to make
in iustice to itself the narents Of
students and in tbe interests If efficient
natriotism If was . ruIino Mr. Hindlev
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
PIANOS ARE ADVANCING

in price, yet we offer at the present
time to those who wish to join our
Piano Club, a beautiful upright
mahogany piano with stool and scarf
for $3.50, on terms of $40 down and S. a
month. If you are interested in having
one of these beautiful pianos send for
catalog and full particulars to George
d. Jarvis & Son, Burlington, VT adv.
1872.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
Hair Tonic Needed.

Lodger-I wish you would put anoth'
er mattress on my bed Landlady-
Why, that is a genuine hair mattress
you have? Lodger-Well, perhaps It
was once, but it's baldheaded now
Indianapolis Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
ST. STEPHENS CHURCH.
Rev. John Evans Bold, Rector.

Rectory No. 1l0 Main street,
1880, Holy Communion END, 4th and
9th Sundaye,)
l0A5, Morning Prayer, Holy Com.
munion Cst and 3rd Sundays), Sunday
school l0a m,
1880 p, m, Evening Prayer Sunday
and Friday,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev Henry c, Newell, Pastor

lO;45 m. Morning worship, Ser
mon by the pastor
l2 m. Bible school; classes for all,
$40 p m, Christian Endeavor meet.
ing, Topic, GLOW Lying Undermnes
Character" Leader, Miss Marion Cliff
ford,
Wednesday, 1880 p, m, Christian En-.
deavor social in the vestry,
Thursday, 1880 p, m, Mid'week prayer
meeting in the vestry, Topic, "The
Country's Call to the Churches
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20

METHODIST CHURCH.
ID. II. Corkran, Pastor.
Morning worship at lOI45.
Bible School at noon,
Evening service at 1880, Miss Clemen.
tine Butler, returned missionary, will
give the address Miss Butler Ia the
daughter Of Dr. and Mrs, Butler, former
missionaries In India and has recently
been in charge Of mission. work in
Mexico,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
Published EVcTU Friday Morning
The Register Company
NlIddIcbury, Vermont.
CHARLES II. CRANE,
Editor aud Business Manager.
Term. strIctly In Advance.

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Advertising copy must reach the Office by
Thursday noon TO insure publication in The
Register for the current week.
The Register will be found on file at the Con-
gressional Library reading room, Washington
ID. G.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-04-20
CHURCH NOTES

tine pastors and congregations OF all
Middlebury churches very cordially well
come strangers 10 all Of their services
and invite them to avail themselves Of
many other privileges which the churches
Offer
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-08-24
TWO DEAD AS RESULT
OF AN EXPERIMENT

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 20.-Charles
A. Wall, Jr., and Richard H. Mead
were burned to death here late today
when an airplane in which they were
experimenting with smoke bombs
caught fire in the air. Both men were
dead when the destroyed airplane fell
to the ground.
Wall was a civil engineer in train
ing for aviation service. Mead was
aviation instructor, who came to Buff
falo recently from the training camp
at Mineola, L. I.
Wall and Mead had gone to a
height of about 700 feet to make tests
of the new bomb, which had been of
fered to the United States govern
ment for work in spotting gun posi-
tions. Circling the field, they released
one of the bombs, which burst into
smoke at safe distance below the
machine.
Then watchers on the ground,
among them the inventor of the
bomb, saw Wall lean over the side, a
second in his hand. He dropped it,
and almost Immediately there was a
flash and the planes were ablaze.
When the flaming machine dropped
the men were found burned beyond
recognition.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-08-24
FINDS LOST TOY SOLDIER.
(London Chronicle).

The latest batch of recruits were
giving their sergaent an unbelievable
amount of trouble. He was an old
soldier of 30 years experience and the
poor attempts of his new squad to
understand the mysteries of army
drill nearly drove him frantic.
At last in desperation he called the
men to stand at ease as he wished to
tell them little story. 1t was this
when was tiny boy" he said,
81 had box of wooden soldiers. One
day | lost them and cried bitterly.
They told me not to worry, as they'd
turn up some day, and now, to think
that after 40 years, I've just found
the little devils"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-08-24

opinion as to the way of raising the
army to fight this war. | personally
believed in and fought with all the
might that | possessed for the volun-
teer system. | gave my reasons in a
speech which l made and which
mailed out to you for my attitude in
this matter. The majority of the house
and the administration differed with
me, and as between the draft system
and the volunteer system voted for
the draft system.
after | had been defeated for the
volunteers l voted for bill which
followed the ideas of the majority. 1t
was question of voting for this bill
or not having an army with which to
fight this war.
1T was such a case as would be in
our election system, when in the pri-
mary | could not win for my man.
and, although thought that he should
have been elected, voted in the gen.
eral election for the candidate whom
l had opposed. l think this explains
to you my position. After the draft
bill was passed it became the only
law in this land for raising an army
and | propose to uphold the law in
every way within my power.
81 have talked to you longer than
/ intended to. l hope I have given
you our reasons for getting into this
war. We may have been wrong. l
do not grant that, but, right or wrong,
| am for my country, and l have no
respect for the man who is not"
A very pleasing feature of the meet
ing was the presentation to the audi
ence by the chairman the boys recent
ly returned from training camps, each
name being called and whether pres
ent or absent, the crowd cheered
At the close Mrs. J. w. Mixson,
county chairman of the women Cour-
ell Of Defense, made plea for
the women of the county to cooperate
ir this great work