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Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
OLDER BOYS AND GIRLS OF
SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO MEET

Plans are well in hand for the
county conference Of older boys and
girls Of the Sunday Schools. These
conferences are being promoted by
the Young Peoples Division Of the
State Sunday School Association and
are in charge Of Mrs. L. r. Beard
slee, W. S. Watson and General Sec
retary Preston. The conference for
Sussex County will be held in the
First NJ. P. Church, Milford, on SAT-
urday morning. September 2ist, at
1O.30 O'Clock,
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
MANY REGISTER FOR SERVICE

AS the Chronicle goes to press men
between Is and 46 years of age who
had not already registered are regis
tering with the three registration
boards in Milford So far as has
been known at this time, there have
been none who have neglected to
register between those ages, but
should it develop that any such failed
to qualify, they will Immediately be
reported to the proper authorities.
The government gave every man am
ple notice of what he was to do and
if he has failed to take advantage OF
this notice he will be punished in a
manner in accordance with the draft
laws of the United States.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
GEORGETOwN LIBERTY KITCHEN

The building on the corner of Pine
and Race streets. formerly occupied
by Miss Wagamon as a milliner shop,
is being fitted up for Liberty Kitch-
en-. These Liberty Kitchens are be-
ing put into each county by the Wo-
mems Committee of the State Coun-
Gil of National Defense. They are
under the management Of the Home
Demonstration Agent working in CO.
operation with the local Home Eco
nomics Committee, and the Council
of National Defense.
All are cordially invited to attend
the opening of the kitchen on Satur-
day, September IA. 1918.
Three to five o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
TWO REGISTRATION DAYS LEFT

For the information Of the voters
OF Delaware it Is we'll for them to re-
member that If they intend to vote al
the coming NoYember elections they
must register on either Saturday, Sep
tember 21st, or Saturday, October 19 .
Remember the dates and qualify al
that time II you want to vote.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
j LOST VALUABLE C00Wss

Wi lliam G. Draper has lost four
valuat pie Holstein cows the past week
from san unknown disease. The cat
tie wefre highly bred stock and were
exceptionally valuable. Those who
have seen them state that the ami
mz,Is were suffering from seme sort
Of Ee.a poisoning. Mr.. Draper had
the stock on his farm east OF Milford
and from the herd Of five there is but
one remaining.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
PGY FOR STUDENTS

DeRsT ,eIformS. and tuition I5sa4s aae who enlist
IN Il he D' stgdsntss s3ass4s College. dn9S n
o0TRii TBis IS IS an sn has sheo4a eooo@4pissd 1T
sog seryear y0s high school qp9sslf cGf1s to becom
an rbis P'Ss course WIN s, soTt bo on are sO inssI
ssRsdiSou ssERsd should enroll goIuss st O. once 'sSrtchel
: tbe me college and reporVlps ~
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
COMMUNITY CANNINGs.

A Community Picking for the Red
Cross will be held at Mrs. Charles
Phillips, Friday Sept, 21st, at P. NJ.
Come and help US. Don't let any
pickle material waste, as It can be
made up here. II you can't come
send II, or notify Mrs. COhee and It
will be called for.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
WILL LAUNCH BOAT MONDAY

A fishing steamer will be launched
at the shipyard OF William G.. Abbott
in South Milford, on Monday after
noon next. The launching will take
place at high water, which will be
late in the afternoon. The boat is
being built for the Lewes Marine Op-
Grating Company, Of Lewes. Her keel
is ia feet in length, 10 feet depth OF
hole, and % feet beam. The name
for the boat has not been announced
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
HOME NURSING CLASSES

III Announcement is made Of the or
| ganization Of Glass A, in Home Nurs-
/ ing and Hygiene. This class is to
meet each Monday at 8 p. m, in the
! old hospital building. The second
class, known as Glass B, is being en-
\ rolled for organization, and will meet
,stap Thursday at 8.5S p. m, in the
5aIl ne room. All who are interested
are T. urged to attend and hear the
Dlait-ls for this work.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
DAUGHTER ARRIVES

Mr.. and Mrs .Haswell Pierce of
South Walnut street are receiving
congratulations upon the arrival Of a
daughter, Cornelia Abbott Pierce, on
Tuesday, September 10th, 1918, at
noon. Mr.. Pierce is the junior mem
Der of the Pierce Hardware Company.
Mrs. Pierce before her marriage was
Miss Blanche Bfocksom.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
RED CROSS NOTES

During the month OF August 100
hospital garments were sent to VIII
mingt0n headquarters from Milford,
besides 265 knitted articles. OF these
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
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ssy ss@B s sss cotton sss ssss :s
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asd leather and s18iRs ssatis neiudias
;S1ss5 s85 v;sS%s vSss% vs@s, 5 sTs goods ss is
Pisnta sssgass. saS s5slgssss's ssoss plants sn
ss' Sss .as isfls:sss sss; 5ssg ss95 'R'ss@ 'sisss
: plants tsso,gsTapers or periosalse.alss as secor
't ing anntered At the postonaiecs rSreservil e
d are 80 mail matter; plane and storii
er .dS.eeo. aTy,ne, but not for mAnul1'~'
n nd md marketing
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
NEW STATE GAME WARDEN

James Hall Anderson, the Dover
Milford attorney, has been appointed
chief game and FISH warden for Del
aware to succeed MAJOR John F. Le-
Fevrs. whose military duties have
compelled him to relinauish the same.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
MARRIED.
HANDY-MAJOR

4
Miss Mary S. Major of Newark. and
Victor H Handy, Of Baltimore, Nd. :,
were married in Newark on July 25,
1918, by Rev. w. G. Haupt. Mr..
Handy is a former Milford boy, and
brother Of Justice of the Peace Wal
lace S. Handy.
ARTIS-DYER.
Mrs. Mary P. Dyer and William T.
Artis, both of Wilmington, were mar
ried at the residence Of J. p. Har-
rington. in FELTON,, at 2 o'clock, Mon
day afternoon, September ?, 1918, BY
Rev. H. s. Dulaney, pastor Of the
FELTON, NJ. E. Church. The bride Is
widow Of Frank Redden Dyer, and
the groom a brother of Mrs. William
G.. SammOns, OF Milford. Mr.. and
Mrs Arts are both former residents
Of Frederick. They will reside in
Wilmington.
HUGG-MAYHEW.
MISS Lillian b. Mayhem, daughter
of Mr.. a4id Mrs. Winfield S. Mayhem,
of Milford, and William NJ. Hugg. son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew p.
Hugg, of Milford, were married at
Eastlake Methodist parsonage, Will
mington, on Friday. September 9Th,
1918, by Rev. E. H. Collins. Miss
Maude Short of Dover was brides
maid, and o. ]. Jester Of Wilmington
acted as best man. Miss Cornelia
Bennett, OF Milford, an intimate friend
Of the bride. was also present, After
short wedding trip they will make
their home in Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
BIG CROWD AT SING

The most enthusiastic crowd yet to
attend any OF the Community Sings
gathered at the Plaza on Tuesday ev-
ening OF this week and sang patriotic
songs. The members Of Crystal
Fount Lodge No. 10, Improved Order
.afae r. ~ ~ Milford ~Squded
Evening star., 1918-11-03
AMONG THE CLUBS

The Young Ladies' Sodality of St.
Aloysfus Church will reconvene to-
morrow evening at 7:30. Social fea-
lures to make the war workers at
home are being arranged. The course
of talks by the director, Rev. Edward
J. Sweeney, S. j., will be continued.
The Anthony League will meet
Thursday at s pm. at the home OF the
president, Mrs. Anna E. Hendley. 2oO7
meeting, which will begin at 7:30
o'clock, the speakers will be Mrs.
Francis c. Axtell. chairman Of the
Federal Employees Compensation Com
mission, and Mrs. John Trumbell,
chairman of the legislative committee
of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Trumbell will
tell of her experiences with the state
legislature in that capacity for the
years since women have been voting.
The war service committee will
meet as usual Wednesday afternoon
at 3 30 o'clock at the same place. Mrs.
A. .Wadhams. wife of Commodore
Wadhams. L. S. NJ. will talk on the
work of the Home Service Of the Red
Anthony League are open to the public
and strangers in the city are es-
pecially invited to attend.
The Excelsior Literary Club will
meet Tuesday at the Y. w. C. A.
rooms. 18th and G streets.
Twentieth Century CIub.-There will
be the regular meeting of the club
Thursday morning at 1890 o'clock at
All Souls Church. An address will be
given by Capt. julius I. Peyser. act
ing chief of the housing and health
division of the War Department. Sub
ject, Housing of Government Work.
ers: A New American Problem" Dis
cussion will follow the talk. and Capt.
Peyser will answer questions relative
Evening star., 1918-11-03

and later continued in the Beaux-Arts
Institute Of Design, Paris, and the
American Academy in Rome. 1t was
in 1912 that he won through compe-
tition fellowship in sculpture at the
American Academy in Rome ana from
then until 1915 he was in residence
at the academy. Since he returned TO
the United States he has worked quite
little with Herbert Adams ana mas
exhibited independently in some OF the
larger exhibitions. In the 1913 exnipl-
tion of the Architectural League OF
Wood Nymph" and "Bacchante."
X
Miss Mira Edgerly,- the miniature
painter. has taken an apartment in
Stoneleigh Court and will spend the
winter in this city. Miss Edgerly was
born in California and is to a great
extent selftaught, but has lived Tor
many years in England and had
among her sitters many persons OF
distinction both in British official and
social circles. An exhibition of MISS
Edgerly's portraits on ivory was held
here last May, it will be remembered,
in the Moore Galleries.
X x
Sorol1a, the great Spanish painter
it is reported, is at work at present
on a large painting representing the
reciprocal friendship between France
and America. The composition por-
trays Lafayette's expeditionary force
to the United States and also, it Is
understood, the American exped1-
tionary force to France, under Gen.
Pershing. For a Spanish painter at
this time to have chosen this theme
for great historical canvas is note
worthy.
!: x
James Montgomery F1agg, the well
known illustrator, was in Washington
last week to paint poster portrait OF
Gen. Pershing, on one of the sign
boards in front of the War, State and
Navy Department at the request OF
the fuel administration and in the in
terest of fuel saving.
These outdoor pictures painted in
the briefest possible time and in the
most direct manner by artists of high
standing have been feature in the
several drives for war funds in New
primarily of directing attention to
war loans, to which end all such effort
is directed, and in acquainttng the
public in a measure with the artists
way of working. 1t is one Of very
many tangible ways in which the ar
lists of the country have patriotically
contributed their talent and time to
LEILA MECHLIN.
Evening star., 1918-11-03

to the subject. The public is cordially
invited. There will be q special board
meeting tomorrow at II am. at Hub
bard. Hall. corner of 18th and NJ
istreets.
The Petw0rth Woman,ss Club will
meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock
in the schoolhouse, Sth and Shepherd
streets. After business transactions
members will be entertained by the
home committee.
The Legion Of Loyal Women COM
piled with the health departments re-
quest and omitted all regular meet
ings during October. The organixa-
ton will commence its fall work at
its first meeting November II at its
new headquarters in the rooms Of the
Teachers Club, corner Of 11th and r
streets. The pillow committee. which
has supplied over 500 pillowa- to the
surgeon generals department. u. s.
A., since January l. also donated
twenty-five pillows to the Casualty
Hospital during the epidemic. This
committee will meet Wednesday at
1890 am. for an all-day session at
the home Of Mrs. M. L. Tucker, 1898
18th street. All members. friends Of
members and women interested in this
work will be cordially welcomed.
Evening star., 1918-11-03
Notes of Art and Artists.
soon as the museum space is released
he a ho

soon as the museum space is released
the gallery will again be opened.
AS the National Gallery contains an
exceptional collection of American
paintings. that generously presented
by William T. Evans of New York
an ana some choice examples of works
by old masters lent by collectors. and
as there are many persons in WASH
lngton now who have. not had the
privilege of visiting the gallery, it is
to be hoped that when it is opened ar
rangements will be made which will
make 1t available to war workers out
of working hours.
Among the artists who are giving
their entire time at present to naval
camouf1age are Everett L. Warner,
Frederick ]. Waugh and John Greg
ory, the first two painters and the last
a sculptor, all at present stationed in
this city.
Lieut.. Warner is exceedingly we'll
known here not only through the ex-
hlhltion of his paintings from time to
tlme, but on account of having been
a Washington boy and a member of
the local art socities, though residing
for some time in New York. Plans
are in progress for an exhibition of
Mr.. Warmers paintings at the Arts
club the latter part of November or
early in December
i:
Frederick ]. Waugh is one of the
best known American marine paint
ers. He is represented by two admir-
able works in the National Gallery
of Art in this city and by equally i'm
pressive pictures of the sea in the
METROPOLITAN Museum, the Chicago Art
Institute and the Pennsylvania Acad-
emy of the Fine Arts in this country.
the Liverpool Gallery in England and
the Durham Art Gallery in South Az
rica He was born in Bordentown, N. J..
IN 1861. and is the son of S. b. Waugh.
a portrait painter. He studied at the
pennsylvania Academy and later in
Paris. and has made a name for him
self first as an illustrator and then
as marine painter. Better than all
most any other has he interpreted the
force and beauty of the sea breaking
on the rocky New England shores
John Gregory is an Englishman nv
birth He must. however, have come
to this country when still lad. for his
studies We're begun in the classes of
the Art Students League of New York
Evening star., 1918-11-03

Owing to the fact that the National
Museum is almost entirely given over
to the office force of the war risk in
surance bureau. the National Gallery
Of Art is at present closed to the pub
lie. But other quarters are being pro-
vided for the war workers. and as
Evening star., 1918-11-03

John Gregory is an Englishman hv
blrth. He must. however. have come
to this country when still lad. for his
studies were begun in the classes of
the Art Students League of New York
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-28
CUTTING AFfRAY At
EAST HAMMOND HOME
Father Objects to Having
Daughter Attend High
School. Gary Man
Is Arrested.

The methods of the old world and
America clashed in the household of
Valentine Pernic on Morton avenue in
East Hammond. and two innocent by
ISLANDERS were carved up as q result.
Valentine Pernic objected to having
his daughter attend high school. the
polioe have been told. but insisted in
stead that his wife and the girl work
on the truck garden he had near Ham
mona. lie carried his troubles to a
saloon. evidently. because his actions
when he returned home indicate he had
been drinking.
Louie Farbich. 9ss Wash street. Gary.
was with Pernic when he returned to
the house, Mrs. Pernic had employed
Andrew and Louis Barilatz. two young
mon. to make some repairs around the
place. While Pernic held a gun on the
two boys Farbich attacked them with
knife, the police state. The wounds
were nasty, but not dangerous.
Fernic is charged with feIonious as
SAINT and pointing firearms. and Farbich
with feloniOus assault
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-28
THEY
MOVING 4
D|ST|[LERY?
South Bend Men Get $50
Gal. of Whiskey Through
Lake County Without
Camoufiage Being De
tected.

VALPARAISO. Ind. Sept 2s.-Two
men. stephen Kotch and James La
vile. both Of South Bend. are in the
Porter county jail. charged with trans
porting 500 gallons of whiskey
through here contrary to state law
They came through Lake county
The two men were arrested last
night at Westville by Deputy Sheriff
Wood. after n chase for. them. They
had the booze on a big truck. and
when near the Cash Brown farm. near
the Lincoln Highway. between here
and Westviile, they found a bridge
out, and in attempting to drive around
il mired in the muck and applied to
Mr. Brown for assistance. He saw
that they had many kegs of whiskey
on hoard and after helping get them
started he phoned the sheriff. and Dep
uty Wood started out after them. over
taking them at Westville.
Today were both arraigned be-
fore Judge Loring and pleaded not
guilty Their bonds were fixed at $500
each. and being total strangers here.
they were sent to jail in default Of
bondsmen. The booze was teEen in
charge by the sheriff and placed in
the basement Of the Jail pending or
ders of the court for its disposal
The men claim to have been trans
porting the liquor from wet territory
in Chicago to wet territry in Ohio.
and said they intended to change
trucks at South Bend.
The truck was loaded down to ca
pacity and the weight was too much
10 negotiate the wet. spongy bottom
OF the stream over which the bridge
was out. The whiskey. in kegs. was
in the center of the load. and it's real
contents were hidden from view by
mattresses and furniture being around
the kegs. giving the appearance OF
g big load OF furniture being moved
The farmers in the vicinity assist
ed in unloading the truck to Tighten
it, and in so doing discovered that it
was a load OF whiskey instead OF fur
niture. The sherif's office was noti-
fed OF the find by telephone. but
Sheriff Forney could not be located.
Deputy Wood was located in a BARRIERS
chair. and he hurried out, overtaking
the two at Westville This afternoon
one OF the two men. driver of the
truck. succeeded in giving bond for
his appearance, and was released from
Jail.
The men claimed to have paid a
trifie over $4,000 for the whiskey con
hscated. at wholesale price. but it is
believed that they paid more than that
or else the whiskey has been greatly
diluted with water
The driver Of the truck. who was
released on bond. left with the ma
chine this afternoon. loaded up with
the furniture to screen the real con-
tents of the load before the whiskev
was taken from them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-28

Ness time came and went. and no one
paid any attention to it-they were
thinking only of the Sergeant.
The Sergeant was Frank Carbough of
Greencastle. Pa. member of the 18th
Machinesun Sanitary Detachment. His
mother IS Mrs. Carbaugh, and no mother
ever rear a Drawer son.
Didn't Talk of Deeds.
The Sergeant. who was a mathematic
teacher before the war. was wounded
when his OUTFIT was rushed into action
near Chateau-Thierry. None Of his
bunlSies knew just how. because. as one
of them explained. The Sergeant wasn't
the kind of a fellow who'd talk of HIM
self You can bet he was wounded do
ing something for somebody. though"
They did know that the Sergeant lay
out in the open a long time after ne was
wounded. Medical records showed that.
His leg was badly smashed. and they
operated at the nrst hospital he reached
But gangrene had set in. end four oper-
atoms had followed in an EFFORT to save
him.
They have had lots of brave patients
that doctors and nurses and patients adj
mired alike In that hospital. but never
one Just ike the sergeant VINO Sald
little was always joking and cheerful.
and never had complaint. The rest Of
the boys in the ward would DO anything
in the world for the Sarge
The little group sitting on the cots.
with the nurse. had been talking of the
Sergeant for a long time when one of
the boys said. You ought to write to
his mother Miss Cutter. The Sarso
thought the world of his mother"
I'm going to- replied the nurse. you
boys write out what you think Of the
Sergeant. and I'll send that. too"
What the Boys Wrote.
The boys did. and here are a few lines
from them:
Private Elmer HyIand wrote. Il was
with him as soon as he came from the
operation, and cried when he went He
was a great boy-a clean fellow through
and through. 1 wish my foot was so 1
could walk with him to the cemetery
Wagner John Trask wrote. Our Ser
geant is gone. Why. I loved that fellow
like my own brother. I've seen other
fellows go but 1 never felt like this"
Serg Vincent Sauer wrote. Il never
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-28

felt worse since / came In the fight. He
was game to the last. always cheerful.
and when l called Good luck TO you he
answered. Thanks. I'll be o. X. soon.
We always had fun around his bed. he
was SO cheerful. He was one Of the
finest fellows | ever knew.
Arthur Stain who knew the Sergeant
better than the rest. the boys say. be-
cause 'hc and the Sarge liked to dabble
in poetry" wrote a poem to send the
Sergesnt's mother
They buried the Sergeant in the little
American graveyard in a pretty Lor-
raine valley. with an American flag over
the coffin. as Is soldiers fred 3 shots
over the grave and the bugler gave
taps Then some or the boys whose
injuries permitted their attending the
funeral. gathered flowers in the valley
and the nurses placed them on the grave
with red, white and blue ribbons around
them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-28

He has been steadily employed about
Hammond for seven years. He admits
his knowledge of the war was gained
through reading German newspapers;
that he has brother and sister engaged
IN the German war work in Germany
and that he has consistently refused in
any manner to support the United States
in the war. He has failed TO donate e
penny to the Red Cross Y NJ C A.
K. Of c. or any other funds or buy
Liberty bond until today He didn't
even purchase a War Savings Stamp
Approached yesterday in the plant
on the Fourth Liberty Loan. he refused
to subscribe for a bond and made the
statement that with his people in Ger
many he would not buy bond or sup
port this country in the war in anyway
He said that if he did that his people
would not speak to him when he went
back to Germany after the war to visit
He was brought TO my office this
noon in the police patrol. / questioned
him al length and it was apparent that
his viewpoint regarding the war was
sadly warped. He spends his leisure
time in certain West Hammond saloon
reading German newspapers and hob
nobbing with other German sympathiz-
ers. He is not in my opinion. a danger
Gus alien enemy. but badly misled. After
I had finished talking to him he said
that he would like to buy Liberty bond
and subscribe to the Red Cross and he
was taken in the patrol to his room.
where he got $3.50 and then TO the bank.
where he bought a 500 bond and do
mated to the Red Cross"