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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
WARM INNOCENT,
GIRLS UNCLE SAYS
Mystery of Jennie Hemming.
ways Death Still Unsolved-
Inquest Going On.

st. Albania Aug. 1+-State's Attor.
ney w. r. McFeeters left by motor
this morning for the federal reserva-
ton at Fort Ethan Allen. where to-
day he continued the secret inquest
into the death of Jennie. the 1l-year.
old daughter Of Henry Hemminsway
Of Catherine street. who was found
dead in a corn field on the Newton
road early yesterday morning. Mr..
McFeeters was accompanied by Nom.
bers Of the local police force and
Deputy Sheriff L p. Martin. Al
though no official report has been
made yet on the autopsy performed
by DR.. B. H. Stone. State patholosist,
State laboratory. Mr.. McFeeters
states that he will proceed with the
investigation on the superstition that
the girl was a Victim Of foul play.
As the victim was perfectly strong.
normal. healthy girl. he would not BE-
Justified in assuming that her death
was due to anything but violence. the
States attorney says.
Private Robert Warm Of the Eigh.
teenth cavalry. who 10 hold pending
the investigation. reiterated his state
ments made yesterday. when aues-
toned to-day. He said he had moth.
ing different to tell. He said there
was a mistake regarding the Potts
town. Pa. despatch which appeared In
the morning papers stating that he
Is 80 years old and has been in the
army several years He said he would
not be Fl years old until next De-
cember and that he never served in
the army until he enlisted Just sub.
seouent to the declaration Of a state
Of war by the United States. He said
to day, also. that he was married last
year and before his enlistment he was
employed as a teamster. Communica-
ton with his father in Pottstown will
bear out these statements. he added.
Joe Wiley, uncle of tho dead girl.
remarked to-day that Mr.. McFeetera
found in Warns pockets letters writ
ten by Jennie. which indicated the in
tention Of the two marrying. Warm
was asked regarding the matter and
he said that he had no thought OF
marrying at present. but that there
was serious consideration Of such q
step after the war. He says he
thought very highly Of the girl and
SO far as he knew she was good
girl.
Another matter regarding which Mr.,
Wiley was questioned was the find
ing Of the body yesterday morning by
himself and Private Warm. Mr.. Wiley
said the body was found only after
systematic search and that when
they stumbled across 1t Warm burst
into tears and soon went to Post
master william H. Firms house to
telephone for officers. Mr.. Wiley says
he thinks Warm had nothing to dc
with the girls death. The girls
father. Henry Hemingway. also
says that he considers Warm fine
young man.
The funeral Of the unfortunate girl
will be held at the Baptist Church to-
morrow morning at ten o'clock. the
Rev. ]. Wesley Rafter officiating. The
burial will take place in Greenwood
cemetery,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
QUESTIONING SOLDIERS.
franklin County Officers Investigatin
Death Of Jennie Hemingway.

w. r. McFeeters, States attorney Of
Franklin county, and several police
officers from st. Adams were in this
city Tuesday. The party was on
its way to Fort Ethan Allen to OBJ
tain testimony from several soldiers
that might have a bearing on the man
ner in which Jennie Hemingway met
her death last Sunday night. The re-
suit of the inquest could not be learned
Tuesday. but 1t Is known that several
of the men at the Post appeared and
gave testimony in regard to trips to
st. Adams.
General Dickman. who is in charge
Of the Post. sent the following telegram
to Chief Of Police Mahoney Of st. AL
bans Tuesday: please arrest all SOL
diers coming to your town without q
pass. Wire me and will send a guard
to take charge Of them"
That General Dickman takes this at.
titude of strict cooperation with the
authorities means that the going to st..
Adams Of great number Of soldiers
daily will probably be stopped imme-
diately.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16

the allies over the forthcoming winter
will result in a larely increased amount
Of wheat available for export. If 1t were
exported as wheat. II would result In
dminution of employment of mill feed
for our dairy cattle. Therefore. the food
administration will stipulate for large
proportion of export orders for -four will
be given subject to the approval of the
food administration. those mills which CO.
operate with the administration will be
given the benefit of the exports employ
ment. BY thus encouraging the home
production of -four the manufacturing
cost will be reduced and therefore the
American public will receive indirect ben
eft In lowered margins of cost in distribu-
tions.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
tain this fair price in protection Of the
producer. we intend to do so.
HOARDERS ARE CAUTIONED.

HOARDERS ARE CAUTIONED.
Furthermore. the holding of wheat or
flour contracts by persons not engaged in
the trade, and even when In trade. in
larger quantities than Is necessary for
the ordinary course of their business, Is
unlawful under the act. and such cases
will be prosecuted with vigor. And we
would advise such holders to liquidate
their contracts at once.
by the above arrangement. we believe
that we shall stabilize the price of wheat
throughout the year; that the hazards of
operations due to fuctuating prices which
are imposed upon our milling and distrib-
uting community will be eliminated and
therefore their business can return to
the normal lines and the normal margins
OF profit. and that we shall not only have
stabilized the price OF wheat, but stabil-
lied the price of -four and that 1t should
enable us to arrive at a stabilized price of
bread.
THE universal endeavor over the coun-
try to reduce consumption OF wheat
breadstffs In order that we may have the
requisite exports with which to carr,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
DEATH FROM POLIO
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY

Young Man Taken Ill Thursday, Dies
Monday Evening-No other Cases.
Enosburg Falls. Aug. 13.-Death followed
within few hours Of diagnosis in Frank
lin county's first case Of infantile paraly-
sis when Ned Carter 20 years old. died
last night at the home Of Carroll Leach at
Enosburg Center. where the young man
was taken Ill Thursday. Saturday the
disease was diagnosed as infantile par
alysis by DR.. Edward Taylor and DR.. c..
A. Rebey Of the State board Of health,
Burlington. who had been called by the at
tending physician. DR.. H. D. Human.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
FRANKLIN COUNTY
BOARD EXAMINES 90
Forty-Eight Physically Fit, hut Twen-
ty-Nine File Exemption Claims.

ST. Adams, Aug. l4.-Ninety men
have been examined by the Franklin
county exemption board which began
its work here last Saturday Forty
eight passed the physical examination,
but of this number twenty-nine filed
claims Of exemption on grounds of hav-
ing dependents wives or children, three
under aged or infrm parents clause,
one son of a widow, and two as aliens
Eighteen have filed no claims for cx-
emption. Thirty-f -four were found ply
sically disqualified. 1t is not known
yet whether the board will call more
men for examination.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
A DIPLOMATIST,

ITO avoid quarrels my wife and ar
ranged when we were married that was
to be the deciding power in all major mat
ters and she In all minor AFFAIRS"
But who decides In which category
your problems Gomez"
"Oh. she does that, and thus far no
major matters have come up."-Boston
Transcript.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
CONTROL OF FOOD
SUPPLY PASSES TO
u. s. GOVERNMENT

Signs Survey and Regulatory Bills and
Immediately Appoints Herbert G Hoover
Food Administrator Issues State
ment Declaring Governments Purpose Will
Be to Stabilize not Disturb Conditions
Abuses Will Be Corrected-New Laws Give
Government Sweeping Powers
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
LOW EXPERIENCES
CHANGE OF HEART
Barre German. Says Confinement Has
Proven Beneficial.

Montpelier. Aug. 14.-Carl Heinrich
Low of Barre. the young man arrested
by Deputy Marshal Lackey because of
statements made while he was await
ing examination by the exemption
board. has had a change of heart dur
ing his confinement in the county Jail
and after a talk with Inspector W.. A.
Hennessey which lasted until nearly
midnight admitted he had made state
ments derogatory to the government.
that ne Is not an enemy OF the country
now and hoped that he would not be
informed an an alien enemy. He be-
lieved that he would be a good citizen
II released. No action is expected to
be taken In Lows case for a while.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
CATERPILLARS IN
APPLE ORCHARDS
Doing Much Damage in State. Says AG-
ricultural Expert.

White River Junction. Aug. 12.-Four
different species Of late season cater
pillars are at work on apple orchards
about the State. according to a state
ment given out yesterday by H. L. Bailey
Of Bradford. of the State department of
agriculture. who Is in charge Of insect
and plant disease work. Mr.. Bailey
advised the thorough spraying Of apple
trees and in cases where the fruit is
nearly ripe and liable to be spoiled by
spraying urged that farmers kill by hand.
the caterpillars. which gather in clusters.
The caterpillars are already doing much
damage and unless measures to check
them are promptly taken may seriously
interfere with the apple crop.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
WANTS KNITTED THINGS.
Red Cross Needs 100000 Of These and
Other Articles.

A million and one-half knitted articles.
such as sweaters, muffiers. socks and
wristlets. are required by the Red Cross
for the use OF American troops in
Europe and destitute civilians. Major
Grayson Murphy, commissioner for
Europe. has issued a special call for the
things. Probably other wooden articles
also will be required.
The Red Cross hopes to get a large
amount Of wool soon. says Division
Manager James jackson of Boston, who
wants each chapter. branch. auxiliary
and auxiliary-at-large In New England
to canvass their knitters and get them
to work on tho articles during the next
two months.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
STEARNS GRIST MILL
AT JOHNSON BURNED
Building Gutted-Hyde Park Fire Com.
pany Called.

johnson. Aug. 1.-THE grist mill
owned by C. H. Stearns q Son, was
seen to be on nre at about eleven
o'clock Friday night. by people passing
by. The structure was completely gut.
ted. The Hyde Park hre company was
called on and they did good work.
With the johnson hre company they
saved the bridge. creamery building and
PEARLS wooden factory. which would
not have been possible but for the
plentiful supply OF water. Much of the
feed in the front side OF the mill was
saved.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16

In advertising that furnished room. pen.
picture II as 1t Island the description
VIII interest the Right Person.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
KENosHA BOYS TO CAMP GRANT.
Five Who Were Waiting at Columbus
Fall into Same Company and
Go TO Camp Grant

At least five of the Kenosha boys
who are with the army spent Christmas
together with plenty of memories of
Kenosha. They were Joseph and
Francis Wells, Jack Kehlor, Earl White
and Frank Van Der Wee. These five
boys had been waiting at Columbus,
Ohio, for the government to decide just
where they were needed the most and
on the night before Christmas all five
of them got orders to move. They
are assigned to the Twelfth Company
of the Ordnance Department and di-
rected to report at once to Camp Grant
at Rockford. It is believed that they
reached Rockford today. On account
of the presence of these well knoA1
Kenoshans at the Rockford camp it is
going to be lot more interesting to
Kenosha people In the future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
STATE GUARD ARE BARRED BY
RULING

Members of the state guard COM
panies and the police department will
not be accepted in the United States
guard, according to a ruling coming
from Washington. The United States
guard is to be made up of $4,000 men,
all of them to have had some army
service. In several eastern cities mem
bers of police departments who had at
one time been connected with the army
sought enlistment and there was danger
of the ranks being badly depleted and
an appeal to the federal government
brought out the recent order. There
are many men of military experience
in Kenosha, but most of them are in
the guard companies and few men are
expected to be enrolled in the United
States guard from Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
MERRY XMAS FOR CHILDREN

One of the most enjolable features
of the celebration of Christmas In Ke-
nosha occurred Sunday afternoon when
two hundred and fifty Italian children
of the city gathered at the Holy Ros-
airy Hall to be made happy by the pre-
sentation of gifts. The entertainment
was a part ofthe work of the Catholic
women of the city who determined to
make happy Christmas for many of
the italian children, whose parents
could not afford to provide it. Songs,
candles, Christmas tree and all the
festivity of theholiday helped to her.
aid the coming of Christmas and won
many of the children to the church hall.
Father Perardi was very much pleased
with the interest which the women have
taken in the children of his parish and
feels sure that it will be appreciated
and remembered as one of the bright
spots in this years history.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
Social Happenings
"start the New Year Right.

Now that Christmas has come and
gone Red Cross officials are urging
Kenoshans to "staTt the New Year
right" by becoming working adherents
of the cause Of Country and
Humanity''-with the accent on the
"working.' The coolest part of the
winter is still ahead and unless all re-
ports from the front are false it is al
ready causing no end of suffering
among the Sammies E'over there" The
situation should make strong appeal
to Kenosha women who have satisfied
their obligation to their families by a
real yule-time celebration but who
have as yet done little if nothing to
protect the men who are fighting their
battles. IF re thinking over New
Year IS resolutions consider your duty
to the Red Gross Association and de-
eide to give it more of your time and
energy in 1918 than you have accorded
it in the crowded months of 1917.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
CHRISTMAS AT CASTLE HALL.
Pyth1an Sisters Entertain Children Of
the Knights With Charming
Yule-Time Celebration.

Yule-time revelry and romance made
Castle Hall a scene of Christmas gaiety
on Saturday night when the Pythian
Sisters entertained the children of the
Knights of Pythias with charming
holiday party. The specious rooms were
appropriately decorated for the occa-
sion with holly, mistletoe, and the Stars
ard Stripes. The "kiddies all dressed
up and with '"some" place to go, ar
rived early and stayed late-at least
as late as good children should stay
anywhere on night or 1.-TWO before
Christmas. It was no wonder they
stayed until the last candle went out.
There was something doing all the
time from the moment the program be-
gan to the last shout of the last game
in the many festivities Of the evening.
Noteworthy among the attractions Of
the evening were Christmas tree bril-
liantly lighted in shades of red, white
and blue, and Santa Claus, who brought
a gift for every little guest. At the
close of the celebration the Christmas
tree was sent to Willowbrook, where it
served the same purpose at an appro-
pirate commemoration of the holiday
at the local sanitorium.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
.'To THE OLD AND THE NEW
Local Elks Will Revel in Memories Of
the Past and Hopes for the Future
In Annual Frolic.

Bidding farewell to the old year and
greeting to the new, Kenosha Elks will
meet on the evening of December 31st
for their annual card-party, cabaret,
and dance. Advance notices of the
function give promise of great enjoy
ment. Wartime decorations will make
the rooms on Wisconsin street bower
Of patriotic coloring and an admirable
background for the gaiety of the frolic.
The merriment will begin at o'clock.
Tables, previously reserved for mem
bers of the order and their wives, will
offer the usual card-games. Shortly
thereafter a cabaret entertainment of a
high order will present Chicago artists
in song-and-dance classics. A New
Years ball eliminating in a conserva-
tion luncheon, served at midnight, will
conclude the festivities of the evening
and make it an occasion of rare enjoy
ment for those who are privileged to at
tend.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
Total $50, 1881, O24

Ohio took first place in the big cam
paign, winning out over Illinois by
several thousand dollars. Every state
and practically every city in the de-
partment exceeded the amount it had
been asked to raise.
Twelve to fifteen millions of the
fund are being spent for the American
work. Y. M. G. A. huts have been pro-
vided for every five thousand men in
the service and somewhat more than
two thousand secretaries are now en-
ployed in the environments and camps
in this country alone. This number
will have to be doubled by next sum-
mer, it is stated.
In France, Russia and Italy the Y.
NJ. C. A. now has five hundred secre-
taries and plans to increase this num-
Der at the rate of at least one hundred
a month The Pershing expedition in
France viii require nearly five hundred
trained secretaries alone. Half of the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
THOUSANDS GO TO CHURCH
Midnight Masses at Catholic Churches
Sung TO Filled Auditoriums - Many
Soldiers from Kenosha Barracks
Take Places ofBoys at the Front.

Kenosha had 'Ehomey" Christmas
on Tuesday with just enough of the
touch Of the military to make it q
really fashionable Christmas. Nearly
every one spent Christmas at home
about the family Preside. The weather
man made the wind biting and the air
cold and the temperature dropped down
toward the zero mark early Sun
day morning just in time to nip
the ears of the early morning celebra-
tors of the day.
Early morning services at the
churches of the city proved big draw
ing card on Christmas morning Mid
night services were held at practically
all Of the Catholic churches and the
auditoriums of these churches were
filed to overlooking. At st. Matthew's
church a midnight service was held
which drew crowd which filled the
auditorium of the church.
Sunday morning special services
were held at many Of the Protestant
churches. Notable among these services
was the six O'Clock service at Grace
English Lutheran Church.
OF course only small percentage of
Kenosha people went to church on
Christmas. Most Of them were busy at
home watching happy kiddies about
the Christmas tree. There were plenty
of home celebrations Of Christmas.
Kenosha boys and girls came home
from distant cities and states. Many
were home from schools and colleges
to take part in the family reunion
which marked the Christmas Observ-
ance. OF course there were vacant
chairs at some Of the family dinners
and about them were draped the flag
which proclaimed that the young man
who was won't to fill that particular
chair was off doing the business of his
nation. But lot Of these vacant
chairs were filed, for nearly every
soldier quartered in Kenosha was in
vited out for Christmas dinner in some
Kenosha home. There were few
backward ones who declined to accept
invitations for the Christmas feasts but
some of the boys in khaki found them
selves forced to divide their time by
taking dinner at one home and supper
at another. The day was an unusually
happy day for the poor of the city.
They were in no way forgotten this year
and every home in the city had some
reflection of the joy of Christmas.
Social events were conspicuous for
their absence. There was no big party
to mark the coming or going of the
day. Special performances were given
in many of the theatres and they were
crowded at the Christmas afternoon
matinee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
EDUCATION FOR SOLDIERS
Professional Teachers Employed to Help
Boys With Their TRENCH and Other
Educational Work Is Outlined for
Appreciative Embryo sam1nies.

The part which the z. M. G. A. is
playing in the daily life of Michigan
and Wisconsin boys stationed at Camp
Custer, is detailed in survey of the
recreational, social and religious life
Of the camp just received here. AS
compared with other national army
camps the work at Custer is said to
have reached a high standard
An atmosphere Of home is being
fostered in the six Y. M. G. A. green
huts and thousands of young men are
being given not only the creature com
forts but educational advantages and
religious instruction. More than five
hundred and fifty thousand letters to
the folks back home were written in
Y. M. G. A. huts on Y. M. G. A. sta
tionery in November, which the survey
points out as being an indication of
the frequency with which the soldiers
use the buildings.
A strong educational work is being
promoted, with eighteen hundred en-
rollments in English classes and seven
teen hundred in French. Glasses in
Spanish, Telegraphy, Geometry and
Trigonometry also are being conducted.
Many Of the colored and foreign-born
troopers are now studying English
under Y. M. G.. A. auspices. Twenty
officers have been secured to teach Eng
fish. Army commanders believe that
this is one of the most valuable serv-
ices rendered by the z. M. G. A. for
with many raw troops illiteracy reach
ed high percentages; mary of them
did not know how to take orders.
Professional teachers in English and
French from colleges at Albion, Battle
Creek, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Ann
Arbor have been secured for the Y. NJ
G. A. classes. Prof. Garfield of the
University of Michigan is the advisory
head of the French department, and
d. M. Robbins of the Ford Motor Com
pany English school, is adviser for the
English classes. The monographs used
in the French classes, it is stated.
were donated by the State Teachers
Association.
A feature Of the religious work in
camp is the organization known as
Comrades of Service, composed of two
thousand enlisted men. The Comrades
promote helpful religious meetings in
the barracks as we'll as aiG in the
larger evange1istic meetings and Sun
day services.
Final auditing Of funds raised in tie
Central Military Department by the
Y. M. G. A. in its recent war work cam
paign shows a total of nearly twenty
million dollars. The department com
prises fifteen states, with contributions
to the ffty-two million dollar nation
al fund as follows: