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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
SOLDIER RISKS
LESS THAN BABE
Says DR.. Johnson to Mothers
Here
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Outlines Nationwide Program to Pro-
tect Infant Lives

Opening the local phase of the nation
wide Baby Saving Campaign, DR., c,
X. Johnson OF the staff of the Mary
Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, spoke
at the Middlebury High School build
ing yesterday afternoon to an audience
of about 35 interested persons, mostly
mothers some of whom came with their
children, DR., S, S. Eddy, local health
officer introduced Dr. Johnson, who is
known as one OF the most successful
baby specialists in the state, and DR.,
r. c. Flagg made few remarks on the
necessity of raising strong men and
women after the war,
Although the problem of infant NOR
tality has been wrestled with for many
years, said Dr. Johnson, the need Of
baby saving activity was never more
acute than in this second year of the
war, England in the second year Of
its war; entered on similar campaign
with such success that its infant NOR
tality rate was the lowest in years, and
it was hoped that the United States
might make as good a showing,
One particular problem which the
war brings is the effect of war rations
in children under school age, and in this
connection special care was to be eX-
pected by mothers Though the sta
tistics are well l-known to students it is
a sensational fact that the children that
are born every year are taking a greater
risk than the soldiers who go over the
top, The figures, said Dr. Johnson,
show that 100000 infants die every year,
and it is estimated that over half that
number might be saved with proper
care. The deaths of infants during their
first year average one out of every ten,
or ten per cent; while only two per cent
of the men who go over the top of the
trenches lay down their lives
The main cause of infant mortality is
unpreparedness for motherhood, he said.
He pointed to the success which the
Welfare League was having in instruct
ing young girls in the high school stage
Continued on page ten
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
Ratification Meeting

A meeting OF the Addison County
Ratification Committee will be held at
the Grange Hall, Middlebury at 2 o.
clock Thursday afternoon, June 81
The object of the meeting is - con-
fer in regard to the best methods OF
procedure to secure the nomination and
election of Representatives and Sena-
tors to the next Legislature from this
county who will work and vote for inn
mediate ratification of the Prohibitory
Constitutional Amendment, and to ad-
opt such form of organization and in
augurate such plans as in the judgment
of those present will be most helpful
to this end,
The meeting will be entirely non
partisan in character and will commit
no one to anything except the one OBJ
ject in view,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
COURT ADJOURNED
LATE YESTERDAY
Many Cases Made Last Week Busy
One

One
The June term of Addison County
Court ended shortly after oclocl
yesterday afternoon when Judge Franz
L. Fish of Nergennes declared adjourn
ment. During the past week a larg,
number of cases were cleared. Thl
Hallock- Tucker breach of promise cas-,
which was expected to develop rather
sensational trial, was abruptly ended or
the first day by Hallocks agreement tC
settle. The amount sued for, in behal
of Miss Della Tucker, was $4,000 but
by the terms agreed upon, Hallock is
to pay Miss Tucker Sl,S00, beside,
which he agreed to relinquish all claims
he had against the fuckers.
Among the most important cases
of the week was the will case of the
late w. M. Lawrence of Bristol, appeal
from decision by Judge Tuttle of Rut-
land now being argued The argument
for the appellants was by March M
Wilson or Randolph and Alfred L. Sher-
man of Burlington, while c. |. Button
appeared for the executors.
The petition for partition by Mrs
Fremont Hamilton of Brattleboro VS.
Henry C. Ward of Shoreham Center
was argued for Mrs. Hamilton by John
Gale of Guilford and for Ward by AR
Sturtevant of Middlebury.
In the case of the appeal in the Wal
ter B.. Field estate case, a settlement
was reached and reported to court on
Tuesday.
The usual number of divorce cases
were heard.
In the case of Leila Elliott VS.. George
G.. Elliott for separate maintenance, a
Starksboro case, Elliott was ordered to
pay his wife S75 down and So a month
until the next term of court.
The case of Margaret Lilly VS.. Levi
Lilly--she of Orwell and he of Brook
lyn, N. Y. for desertion was also ar
gued, but no decision was rendered,
The first case called was Catherine
E. Beaudry VS.. Nelson Beaudry. These
parties live in Shoreham and were mar
ried in Ferrisburg last year. The caus-
es set up in the bill were refusal to
support, intolerable severity and adul-
terry
The next case was that of George G..
Shaw VS.. Flora M. Shaw of Bridport,
where the parties were married eight
years ago, The ground alleged in the
petition was desertion, and no decision
has been handed down.
The petition for divorce brought by
Susan A. Daniels against Henry K.
Daniels, the plaintiff alleging intoler-
able severity and desertion, was also
heard.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21

Such is the gist of the situation
with regard to the Liberty Endowment
Fund as the Register learned it by
telephone this morning at the Presi-
dents Office Dr. Thomas, though he
has been in town for a moment or two
has been absent most of the time since
Wednesday making a desperate effort
to raise the small balance that will
complete the fund and fulfil the con-
dition that it be raised by July /, He
was in Vergennes again Wednesday,
Rutland and Brandon yesterday and
was off again early this morning, de-
claring that he wouldn't return until
he had made good with the fund.
On Wednesday he made his last
formal appeal to the alumni and friends
of the college in circular which is re-
produced on another page OF this issue,
5000 copies of which were sent out in
the mails, and replies from which are
coming in slowly, as most of the like
ly sources Of help have long ago been
exhausted
Last night he was somewhat entour-
aged by receipt of 1900 in his evening
mail, one a gift of a thousand and an
other of $500, the largest contribu-
tions that have come in for several
days, In fact, there were several days
when the fund made practically no
advance at all The $4,000 balance
needed-in addition to the $1,000 which
Mrs, Ilsley has promised as the last
contribution-means that he is obliged
to raise nearly $4,000 a day during the
next eight days.
Local contributions are still coming
in but in very small denominations, and
it requires a large number to make
much of a rise in the endowment ther-
mometer. The situation as President
Thomas views it is almost desperate as
he declares he will not welsh. The
word is one borrowed from the race
track lingo-a welsher being one who
bets on race without being able to
pay.
One of the most pleasant surprises
of the week was a "pious pilgrimage"
Continued on page ten
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
BIG LOSS BY
FROST DAMAGE
Beans Killed In Exposed
Places
Other Crops Less Affected, But Some
Suffer

An immense, but definitely incalcul
able loss has been occasioned by frost
which struck hard on the more exposed
places OF Addison County on Wednes
day night according to reports which
have been received by County Agent
n. Bartlett The crops to suffer most
were the beans, acres OF which were
killed after having attained or s,
inch growth.
Wednesday was the coldest night ev-
er recorded in June at the government
station at Northfeld, where the mer-
curry dropped to 2S and there is no me-
mory here of a killing frost having
occurred as late as the Goth of June
There is a tradition that if the Goth
OF the month be reached without a
frost, all danger is passed. but tradi-
tion will have to be revised by at least
one day for Wednesday nights killing
was severe one in many localities
There were some places unaffected
Local gardeners escaped without great
loss except to tomato plants and some
OF the other more susceptible things
The warning of the possible killing had
been so general after a cold north wind
all day that many had taken precau-
tions to cover things
President Thomas on a trip to Rut-
land Thursday said he passed acres
and acres of beans that were black
with death, and it is expected when ac.
counts are received from the county
at large the loss will prove a severe one
particularly at this time when labor
is so scarce and when there is but a
short time left for replanting,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
TO CANVASS ALL
FOR FARM HELP
Rounding Up Aid For Har-
vest Time
Middlebury, Bristol and Vergennes Are
Recruiting Centers

Aroused by the peril OF a great loss
to the county II the harvesting of crops
is not properly accomplished, important
meetings of farm and civic leaders were
called at Vergennes, Bristol and Mid
dlebury on Wednesday, as the result
OF which it is proposed to conduct a
thorough canvass OF the county to en-.
list helpers for the harvesting season.
In Middlebury Wednesday night K,
7. Burdick, Farm Help Specialist, rep
resenting the Department of Agricul-
ture, and Mayor Estes OF Montpelier,
who has been doing much toward re-
lieving the farm labor situation in
Washington county, were present to
tell OF the plans which are being put
into operation in all of the counties of
the state Willis n, Cady, state master
of the Grange and member of the State
Public Safety Committee, John E.
Weeks, Il, b. Cornwall and Elmer
Wright of the executive committee of
the Farm Bureau, A, J, Blackmer of
the local Public Safety Committee,
Frank Hubbard, master of Middlebury
Grange, President Thomas of the Col
lege Municipal Judge A, w Dickens,
and County Agent /. n Bartlett were
present at the meeting,
Judge Dickens was appointed to have
charge of the local canvass for farm
help, with Mr. Hubbard and Mr.. Cady
as assistants The plan is to have all
farmers who are in need of help to send
their inquiries to County Agent Bart
lett, In the time between now and
the haying season certain men are to
canvass each town to find out who can
90 out to the farmers to help in emer-
gency, and just to what extent they
can help. The information gathered by
this canvass will be filed with the
county agent and from this data he will
seek to fill in where emergency help is
desired 1t is urged that all who can
spare any time at all for lift on the
farm should register themselves for
whatever help they can give, as the
situation is deemed critical on many
farms where the owners have succeeded
in getting their crops planted alone but
when it comes to harvesting they will
be in despair for help.
In Vergennes a similar movement
was started, Mr. Staples, teacher of
agriculture in the Vergennes High
School being appointed to do the can
vassing. w. H. Stone, of the Public
Safety Committee, Wm. H, Wheeler of
the Board of Trade, and Others were
present at the meeting.
In Bristol, Mr. Burdick and Mayor
Estes met Ralph DEMO, of the Board of
Trade, F. R. Dickerman of the Bristol
Bank, Rev. M Hughes, Thorpe Thomas
of the Bristol Box Factory, Mr.. Selden,
teacher of agriculture in the Bristol
High School and others, who took up
the problem in detail and decided to
hold a meeting of the Board of Trade
on Monday night at which a canvasser
for that section will be appointed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21

Fred A. Rowland, state director of
the War Savings Campaign in Vermont
himself deeply stirred with patriotic
duty, inspired an audience made up of
town chairmen and a number of inter
ested Mddlebury citizens at a meeting
in Grange Hall Monday night, when
he outlined the plans for the great war
savings drive which will begin next
Monday and which will culminate with
rallies in practically every town in the
United States next Friday night,
DR., Thomas Chairman for Addison
County presided,
The plans are completed for Yer
mont's intensive drive from June "A
to June Is for pledges to buy United
States War Savings Stamps, said Mr..
Howland Beginning Monday morning
June "a, a personal appeal will be made
all over the state for men, women and
children to show their patriotism by
pledging to purchase stamps to the
limit of their ability during the remain
der of 1918.
A house toulouse or perSon-to- person
canvass will be made by the local can
vassers, and a careful record kept Of
the number of stamps sold, as well as
the reasons given for not buying, This
record will be sent to Washington so
that the government will know who are
and who are not buying stamps and the
reasons for refusing. People will be
asked to pledge to buy war savings
stamps regularly, as many as they can
afford and copy of their pledge will
be sent to Washington,
Continued on page nine
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
NAMES A SHIP
''MIDDLEBURY"
Ocean, Going Steamer of
1000 Tons
Elizabeth Wilds, Now Mrs. Peabody,
Honors Her Home Town

The town of Middlebury is to be rep
resented on the Atlantic ocean soon
with a ship named "Middlebury," This
news, of unusual patriotic and senti-
mental interest, was received by The
Register yesterday in a brief letter from
Robert +, Peabody who is connected
with the United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation, Division
OF Operations, at Washington, d. c.
Mrs. Peabody, who was Miss Eliza
beth Wilds of Middebury and daugh-
ter OF the late Charles Wilds, has had
the honor of selecting the names for
about 200 of the new steamers now
building or recently put into service by
the Shipping Board for the American
merchant marine, and desiring to re-
member her home town, she has seec-
ted the name of "Middlebury' for a
steamer that is to be launched about a
week hence at Wilmington, Del. The
"Middlebury is to be an ean-going
freight steamer of about 1000 tons d.
W. and will be ready for sea about the
first Of August,
Although Addison County has sent
a number of her boys into the navy
and merchant marine service, it is the
first time in her history that her inter-
est in the sea has been so closely linked
up as it will now be with a ship named
after her'own county seat
Mrs, Peabody will be we'll remem-
bered here, The former Wilds home
was on South Street, the house now oc-
cupied by DR., M, H. Eddy. She is
one of three children of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Charles NJ Wilds her brother,
Percval Wilds, a graduate of the col
lege here in 1902, now being a trustee
of the college He is in law partnership
with Lester S, Kafer at 2 Rector St,
New York City, A sister, Miss Sophie
Wilds, is also in New York. Elizabeth
Wilds' marriage to Mr.. Peabody No
vember l6, 1916, was at the beautiful
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Swift
at Crosse Point on Lake Champlain,
following which the couple made their
home in Boston, Mass, where Mr..
Peabody was in the shipping business.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
REGISTER COMPANY
is INCORPORATED
Its Lucky Birth Date is June 18th
Seymours Move

The articles of Association of The
Register Company, Incorporated, were
officially recorded by the Secretary of
State June 18th, and from that date
the new company begins its corporate
existence for the publication of The
Middlebury Register and the conduct
of general printing business in the
Register building, 1886 Main Street,
Middlebury.
The new company has paid-up cap
ital of $4,000 divided into 200 shares
of 500 each, its property including the
printing plants of the old Register Com
pany and the Seymour Press, and the
three-story brick building in which the
machinery and other printing equip
ment of both plants are now being con-
centrated. The incorporators are
Charles Edward Crane, as the principal
stockholder, and Nelson A. and Edward
p. Seymour
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
Death of Mrs. Laura F. Wright

Mrs. Laura F Wright, widow of the
late Silas E. Wright, aged 70 years,
died at the home of Mrs. Grace Church
Thursday afternoon following several
weeks illness She is survived by a
brother, Amos Fisher, of Florence, Wis,
and a son-in-law, Douglas c. Sibley of
the Chatham National Bank of New
York City, her only daughter died
about II years ago. Mrs. Wright was
born in Waltham the daughter of Hi
ram and Hannah Fisher. Mr. and Mrs.
Wright came to Middlebury several
years ago and resided on Court ST.,
where Mr.. Wright died. The funeral
will be held Saturday afternoon at two
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Grace
Church with burial in Evergreen ceme-
terry, New Haven.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
FOOD CONFERENCE MONDAY
Meeting at High School Building With
State Leader Here

County chairman John A. Fletcher
of the Federal Food Administration
has called a conference of the town
chairmen and committeeman from all
the towns of the county to be held in
Middlebury High School building next
Monday, June "a. Frank H. Brooks,
Federal Food Administration for Ver-
mont, will be present with all the men,
bers of his staff, all of whom will ad-
dress the meetings The general con-
ference will be held at 1890 in the fore
noon, and the group conferences OF l:3O
in the afternoon,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
HER NOT DEAD;
IS A PRISONER
Bristol Boy Reported Safe At Darn
stadt


After two months on record as mis-
sing in action" it has been definitely
learned that William R. Hier, son of
Mr.. and Mrs George R. Hier of Brs-
tol, is not dead but is a prisoner in the
hands of the Germans His name ap-
pears in a list Of 81 Americans who
have been found by the American Red
Cross in German prison camps. Some
of the men are at Limburg town
that is famous for its infamous cheese
and still larger number Of Americans,
including Hier, are at Darmstadt,
city of $4,000 which is the capital of
Hesse in West Germany.
The forty or fifty other Americans
in the Camp at Darmstadt are prac-
tically all New England men, most
of them, like Hier, being members of
the l02nd Machine Gun Company
which was made up largely Of men from
Vermont and Connecticut HERS par
ents learned about a month ago that
their son was missing, and he has been
officially reported so in France as far
back as April 20 without any word as
to his safety, his mother, particularly,
had grave fears that he had been killed
in action. They have, however, as yet
received no letter from him, the priso-
ners probably having not been allowed
as yet to communicate with the outside
world.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
NEW TIMETABLE

Rutland Railroad Goes On To Summer
Schedule
The new timetable going into effect
Sunday was announced at the passen-
ger station this noon as follows
1855 am. North, remains unchanged
daily,
1918 Noon, North, instead of 12:40
$40 pm. North, instead of 4:50
1920 pm. North, instead of 1917.
1857 am. North, instead of $50.
12:lS Noon, South, instead of II: l3.
4:50 pm. South, instead of 4:54,
1854 pm. South, instead of 1919.
No change in Sunday trains
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
SCHOOL MEETING
SATURDAY, 10TH
Women Hoping to Get Place on tn
Board

Women Hoping to Get Place on the
Board
The annual meeting of the legal vot-
ers in Middlebury School District No,
4 will be held at the Town Hall next
Saturday evening at 8 o'clock to vote
upon the school tax and elect officers
of the school board for the ensuing
year. The annual school report is be-
ing published and will.be in the hands
of the voters early next week.
The present board consists of Ira H.
LaFleur, Allan Calhoun, the Rev, T, J.
Leonard, c. E. Pinney, and Dr. H. l..
Averill.
More than ordinary interest will at
tach to the meeting next week, as the
Middlebury women have presented
Mrs. E, c. Ryder as a candidate for
the board. 1t is hoped that large rep
resentation of the legal voters both
men and women will be present.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
Arrested For Assault

Hugo Hilman OF Salisbury was arres-
ted Wednesday by Sheriff n, J. Sanford
on a warrant charging an assault on
Robert Leggett at Lake Dunmore last
Monday, He was brought here and ar
raigned before Judge A. w, Dickens in
municipal court, His case was contin-
ued under $500 bonds for his appear
ance next Tuesday morning,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
w. S. S. RALLY
HERE FRIDAY
Judge Darling Probable
Speaker
Probable
Similar Meetings In Towns Through
out State at Same Time

Word was received by telephone
from Judge IL, c, Darling who was
at Barre this morning that he would
accept the invitation to speak at the
War Savings Rally at Middlebury
Town Hall next Friday evening,
1t is hoped that this will prove one
of the largest patriotic rallies which
Middlebury has known since the
war began
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
GETTING BLUE
AS TIME NEARS
DR.. Thomas Is Desperately
Anxious
$4,000 Needed In Next Eight Days to
Save 100000 Fund

By telephone;
"Hello Is this Dr. Thomas Officer"
"Yes, But he is out of town"
when will he be backi"
Not until he gets that 100000"
"How is the fund coming alongI"
mot quite as well the last few days"
How much is there still to getl"
Fifteen thousand more, in the next
eight days"
"Does he think he will get it,"
"Well, don't know; he was pretty
blue yesterday"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
WARNING TO
MIDDLEBURY WOMEN

The opportunity is at hand to
exercise your duties as voting
citizens. The annual School Meet
ing for Middlebury district will
be held Saturday, June 29. Every
tax-paying woman in Middlebury
should take the Freeman'S Oath,
which is administered at any
time at the Town Clerks Office,
free of charge. 1t is necessary to
take this oath, otherwise your
be challenged. 1t is no ordeal to
vote at the School Meeting may
take this oath-it is a simple
oath Of allegiance to your coun-
try. 1t is patriotic duty of eve
ry woman to stand for good gov
ernment and to make full use of
her voting rights. Please see at
once that you are qualified by
taking the Freeman's Oath.
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