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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
YANKEE GIRL TENDS BAR.
Serves Drinks-Soft Ones of Course-to
Soldiers in France.

PARIS. Sept lo-An American girl,
clad in the sky blue uniform of the can
teen worker, stands behind shining ma
hogany bar, bought at auction by the \
NJ. G. A. for the benefit of soldiers and
sailors III the heart of French port
town. Over the door appears the words
THE Red Triangle" The fixtures were
left where they were. All that was
changed was what was passed across tho
bar.
The IN. G. A. has three soda foun.
tains in that one port town, and the
sailors and soldiers order strawberry
sodas, chocolate milk shakes and pine
apple sundaes across bar where liquor
formerly was sold.
Il figured out half the attraction of {
bar is the sociability of drinking slowl,
and gossiping," said Arthur S. Taylor
| former American newspaper man, nov
head of the Y NJ c. A. in the district o
the port town.
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Sergeant John J. Clarity of Company
ID, l02d machine gun battalion, writes
from France to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. p. Clarity of Clark street, under
date of Aug. A, reading in part as fol
lows:
My dear Mother and Father:
We are out of the trenches for a rest
(eensored) been in Paris once for a
furlough and believe me, we have
earned it in the last couple of weeks.
This division was head over heels in
this drive against the Huns and when
we got the word to start over the top
we did and got them right and left.
We drove them IL kilometers and they
are still going and we won I stop driv.
ing them until we reach Berlin and we
will put Old Glory right In the center
of the town, that Is if there is any
town left to put it in. After we get
on the German soil we have lot tc
pay back to them devils and we will
pay them back for all there is in it.
saw John Manning today and h,
came out of it (censored). Joe Fleming
was in and shook hands with him.
hadn I seen him since | left school. H,
looked great.
Well, mother, / am just back aftel
taking a swim in the Marine river anC
1t was great.
JOHN.
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FROM THE BOYS IN SERVICE
Recent Letters Descriptive of the Life of the Boys
in Army and Navy
in Army and Navy

Mrs. G. A. Deyo of 4 Frost place has
received the following letter from her
son, Private Wilfred Deyo of Company
g, 1llth machine gun battalion, Goth
division, dated in France Aug. 10:
Ny dear Mother,
Just few lines to let you know that
j am well and hope you and all the rest
are the same. have just got letter
from my friend saying that the New
England people have had an early
frost and he hopes to see us home by
January. Well, the condition of the
war is very favorable for the allies
just now | suppose you have read all
about the fight, and still the allies are
keeping them on the run, and, besides
our papers over here tell us there is
mutiny in the German forces so the
war cannot last very long now, so hope
TO be with you once more before long.
Tell Richard received his letter and
was pleased to hear from him, and
will remember him and the rest of the
boys. / will try and send them some
thing one of these days, and if / live
long enough / will try and bring some
souvenirs from France after the war is
over.
have seen some beautiful scenery
and some nice farms. Not only the
cattle are big, they use the cows over
here for horses they have harness and
lines to drive them with.
saw an airplane fight this morning
One plane came down to the ground
I could not tell what kind of plane
IL was.
Remember me to Uncle Frank ant
Aunt Mary and Aunt Mary Fillior
and the boys, and write to Aunt Jen
ME and tell her / am in France anC
will write to her some day just as quicl
as / find out her address. l wish on,
thing, that is nice piece of shortcake
Well i will be home by Christmas
/ hope. If | don't come home afte
the war is over il will be because
cam get home. Everything is all RICH
over here. Anyway l will be hom
some day so cheer up and wear you
golden smiles.
Well, mother have you heard iron
Francis. latelyl | wish you woul
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
Lemon Juice
For FreckIes
GIrlsi Make beauty lotion at
home for few cents. Try Il!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces Of orchard
white, shake well, and you have a quarter
pint Of the best fteekle and tan lotion, and
completion beautifer, at very, very small
cost
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store OF toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of orchard white for a few
cents Massage this sweetly fragrant 10.
ton into the face, neck, arms, and hands
each day and see how freckles and blem
ishes disappear and how clear, soft and
white the skin becomes Yesl 1t is harm
less-Adv.
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had been selected as the other members
of the board. A committee composed of
Messrs. Mills, Perry and Grerson was
named to see what can be done about
changing the granite plants in essentials.
One of the interesting things told by
Mr.. Simonds was that 100000 sets of
dominoes will be manufactured by Bris-
toll concern for the government, to be
sent to the Y. NJ c. A. in France for war
activities.
Mr.. Simonds also told the granite man.
ufacturers that the granite industry is
non-essential and urged them to get
something in the nature of war orders to
retain their men in Barre as far as posi-
| BILE
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Persons having canned goods at the
community canning kitchen may secure
them by calling at the rooms Thursday
afternoon.
A regular meeting of the Ladies' Enter
prise society will be held tomorrow after
noon at 5 o'clock in the home of Mrs. T.
S. Hewitt.
At the request of the superintendent of
the public schools tomorrow afternoons
showing of Nv Four Years i'll Germany
will be delayed until o'clock sharp IN
order to give the pupils an opportunity
to witness this powerful film
Mrs. Richards NJ Bradley viii speak
to the members of the Patriotic league
Thursday evening at s o'clock in their
rooms. Mrs Bradley will read some Of
the letters received from her daughter,
Miss Amy Bradley, who is doing war
work in France.
| The BODY of Mrs. J. F. Cummings
of New York was brought to Brattle-
boro Yesterday for burial in the Yaw-
key family lot in Morningside ceme-
/ terry. Mr. Cummings died year ago
and was brought here for burial Mrs.
Cummings was the daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs William c. Yawkey of
New York. Mr.. Yawkey was a mil
lionaire lumberman. Mrs. Yawkey was
formerly of Guilford, member of the
Noyes family. Rev. w. c. Bernard
rector Of. st. Miehael's Episcopal
church, oficiated at the committal serv
ticc.
Hazen Leroy Farr, son of Mr.. ane
Mrs. O. d. Farr of Belmont avenue ant
! Mrs. Mabel (Nicholas) LaPlant, daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Nicholas
Of Brattle street. were married at {
o clock last evening by Rev. I. NJ
J Compton, pastor of the West Brattle
boro Baptist church, in the parsonage
A double ring service was used. The,
were unattended. The bride wore
E blue silk gown. Mr.. and Mrs. Far
/ left for a week s wedding trip to Low
t Tell and other places in Massachusetts
4 Mr. Farr is employed as janitor of tn
n Barber building.
Hats off, Red, white, blue asters, Is
{ dozen, until 2So. A, II. Harvey. 153-t
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Major General, Commanding.
Army July %, 1918.

Army July 30, 1913.
From: Degoutte, Commanding the With
Army.
To: General Edwards, Commanding the
Goth American Division.
The operations carried7out by the Goth
American division from July Is to "a
demonstrated the fine soldierly quail
ties of this unit and the worth of its
leader, General Edwards.
Cooperating in the attack north OF
the Marine, the Goth division fought
brilliantly on the line Torcy Belleau, al
Monthiers, Epieds, and Trugny, and il
the Forest of Fere, advancing more thar
Is kilometers in depth in spite of tn,
desperate resistance of the enemy.
/ take great pleasure in communicat
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write to him the next time and give
him my address and tell him to write
and let know how he is getting along.
Also ! am on a lookout for letter
from you and the rest l have written
to and hope you will give them my adj
dress so they viii get line once in a
while to me. Tell them not to send
any tobacco to me for l will not get it.
Well, mother, / must close now. Hope
to hear from you as soon as you get
my letter. With love, best regards best
wishes and many happy returns of the
day l remain, your son,
PRIVATE W1LFRED DEYo.
Francis is Wilfred's brother. He is
member of. Company II, 103d United
States Infantry, Goth Division, and has
beenin France since October, 19i7.
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HIGH PRAISE
FOR VERMONTERS.
Letter from Gen. Edwards
Of 26th Division to
Gov. Graham
FRENCH GENERAL
EXPRESSES ESTEEM
Vermont Boys in Ammunition Train
and Machine Gun Battalion Have
Done Splendidly,' Says Gen. Ed
wards in Speaking of Their Work.


MONTPELIER, Sept. 10.-High
praise for the conduct of Vermont boys
in the early days of the Franco Ameri-
can offensive is contained in letter re-
Gently received by Gov. Horace i.
Graham from Gen. Clarence R. Edwards
commanding the Goth division, A. E. +.
As evidence of the bravery of this di-
vision Gen. Edwards sent the governor
copies of general orders from his head
quarters and orders issued by Gen.
Degoutte of the French army in ae-
acknowledgement of the work of the Goth
The letter from Gen. Edwards and the
orders follow:
Headquarters, Both Division,
American Expeditionary Force.
France, Aug. 10, 1916.
My dear Governor
/ have your good letter. | have been
awfully slow in answering it, you may
think, but it just reached me. Again,
we have been so actively engaged as
you can imagine that this is the first
moment l have had to answer.
am going to enclose you some orders
that speak for themselves. Your Yer.
| mont boys went into the ammunition
train and the machine gun battalion
and they have done splendidly. The
whole division carried on, after six
months in the trenches without bit of
rest, for eight days advance and went
| 1872 kilometers. l do not believe it is
beaten by anybody. Two days and two
nights they marched and fought all the
time. The artillery and the ammunition
train stayed in with the two divisions
that relieved us and went 40 kilometers
| and | do not believe there are better
troops in France. Anyway, | am PROUD
of them.
| We are sending so many of our mel
who have made good home to instruc
other divisions that it has been a ter
rible drag on us. l am very anxious t.
promote by non-commissioned officers
especially the educated men, to com
missions; but it is-required that l sen'
them to the candidates school, and thel
when they graduate they are sent t
other divisions. The result is that thes
men say they would rather stay, as
rule, as non-commissioned officers thai
do the other thing No men have stoo
the iron better than these fellows. The
do not grumble, and most of it is gut
and heart.
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) c. r. EDWARDS.
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Headquarters, Goth Division,
American Expeditionary Force.
France. Aug. 2. 19lS.
General Orders


General Orders
No. 81.
To the Officers and Men of the Goth
Division:-
On July Is you entered, as part of
the allied drive against the enemy, upon
the offensive, and continued the often
sive until the major portion of the com
mand was relieved on July %.
On the assumption of the offensive
your position in the line demanded an
important and difficult Vancouver
Your success in this was immediate and
great, and the way in which you exc
cuted it elected high praise from the
French army commander. The eight
days from July Is to %, marking the
first great advance against the enemy
in which American troops bore proper
tionately considerable share, are sure
of historical setting. Your part there
in can never be forgotten. In those
eight days you carried your line as
far as any part of the advance was
carried Torcy, Belleau, Givry, the
Bouresches woods, Rochet woods, hill
| 1870 overlooking Chateau Thierry, Etre
| pilly, Epieds, Trugny, and finally La
Fere woods and the objective, the Jaul
| gonne Fere-en -Tardenois road, belong t
| your arms. You are the recipient OF
praise, thanks and congratulations OF
our commander-in-ch You went un
| afraid into the face of the enemy 4
Ere; you forced him to withdraw before
you, or to accept the alternative o
hand-to-hand combat, in which yo'
proved yourselves morally and physical
ly his superior you gave freely an
gave beyond physical endurance, fight
ing night and day, you still forced your
selves forward, sustained almost b
spirit alone.
These things are now part of you
own consciousness. Nothing can detrac
from them. Nothing that | can say ca
add to them. But / can testify in thi
way to my pride in commanding sue
troops, 50 capable of achieving success
in every undertaking; and this test
mony l give to each of you gladly an
with deep gratitude.
G. r.. EDWARDS,
Major General, Commanding.
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Recovering from Snake Bite.

Alfred II. Hall, son of Mr.. and Mrs. HI.
w. Hall of keene. y. H., is reported to
have been bitten by diamond rattle
snake on Aug. 2s. at Ansted, West Va.
According to information received at
keene he was out of danger on Sept. 3
If he RECEIVERS il will be the first case out
of % in that section that has not result
ed fatally. Mr.. Hall is a foreman for the
Virginia Powder company, doing govern
ment work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
NOT BUILDING FoRDs.
Plant to Be Devoted Entirely to Gov
eminent Work.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 1O.-Produc-
tion of motor ears by the Ford Motors
Company has been suspended entirely,
it is officially announced at the plant
The step will enable the company to de-
vote its entire facilities to government
work, the announcement says.
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ing to General Edwards and his valiant
division this expression of my great
esteem together with my heartiest con
gratulations for the manner in which
they have served the common cause.
DEGOUTTE.
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DoMINoES FOR SOLDIERS.
Simonds Says Bristol Firm is Making
100000 Sets for Government.

MONTPELIER, Sept. l0.-R. w. ST.
monds met the employers of manufactur-
ing plants in Washington county in Barre
Saturday evening. He explained the pur-
pose of the selection of representative
from the employers to form the com
munity labor board for Washington coun-
ty and those gathered named H. W. Var
mum of Boutwell,, Milne & Varnum. Mr..
sSimonds announced that Joseph ID. Will
of Barre and G. l. Hunt of Montpelier
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ADVERTISE YOUR FOR SALES
IN THE DAILY REFoRMER
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Hats off, Red, white, blue asters, 15c
dozen, until 2So. A, FL. Harvey. 153-tf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-20
SOUTH AMBOY

At six o'clock Saturday night, Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller, wife of Stephen II.
Miller died at her home in Henry
street after an illness of many weeks.
Funeral arrangements are being made.
She is survived by her husband, two
sons, both of whom are in the service
Of the United States-one who is now
at home, the other in France, and
two daughters.
A noticeable increase in passengers
has been seen, on the train due in
this city for New York at 6:33. On
account of the men working here, and
having no work on Sunday, all make
home visits over the week end, and
thus crowd for this train. On account
of the crowded condition several more
cars have been attached to this train
to accommodate the increased traffic
OF passengers.
James j. Lynn, of Camp Dix, has
been promoted to corporal, of Com
pany !, 311th Infantry.
In an explosion which occurred in
Pittsburgh Saturday Afternoon Sigmund
SalZ, a well known man in this city,
was instantly killed. Mr.. Salz re-
sided in this city for some time, acting
as q representative of an insurance
company, and was formerly a resi-
dent in Red Bank. He also conducted
store in this city some time ago.
under the name of SalZ & Steiner
His body was brought to his brothers
home in Red Bank yesterday after
noon. r'
Sergeant George Gundrum. Jr.. Of
Fort TOtten, spent the weekend fur
Tough with his parents in Henry street.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. C. Osborne of
Trenton, visited with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
f. Thompson, in Stevens avenue, for
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Solt of Perth
Amboy spent Sunday afternoon, with
relatives in Pine avenue.
John Quinlan of the Naval Reserve.
visited over the weekend with his
parents in upper Henry street
Alfred Clark, of Camp Dix, is en-
joying furlough in this city.
On account of having such a short
notice, the Jr. o. U. A. NJ. of this
city, can be accounted for not having
a larger representation in the line OF
parade which took place yesterday
afternoon. The only notice that the
members were given was through the
newspapers on Friday.
Mrs. James Flanagan of Main street
who has been i'll for some time with
an attack of pneumonia, is now able
to be about again.
Joseph Gominger. of the Quarter
masters Corps at Governors Island,
spent the weekend with relatives in
Second street.
Misses Virginia Widerstrom. Ruth
Hughes and Gertrude Toolan. of Perth
Amboy, spent yesterday afternoon
with Mis- Ruth Nilsson in Henry street
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-20
MEMORIAL DAY FETE
Mechanics Home Council Plan Usual
Big Time May 80
BIZ Special C0rrespondenf

JAMESBURG, May 20:-The
twenty-eighth annual festival of
Mechanics Home Council, Junior
Order United American Mechanics,
will be held as in former years on
Decoration Day and evening. The
unsettled conditions of the country at
this time will materially alter the
program of the days doings but
there will be sufficient to keep the
large crowd amused as in former
years. The large list of sporting
events has been omitted and there
Will be but one or two events sched-
uled. Taking the place of these
amusements will be the judging of
the handsomest. decorated automobile
that will pass in front of the band
stand in front of Triangle Park where
the fete will be held. A first prize
Of $40 will be awarded and a second
prize of IS should spur all on to win
these awards. w. Harry Lokerson
has been chosen to head the affair as
chairman and Oliver Soden, secretary.
The following committees have
Advertising, Walter Shreve, chair
man, w. Harry Lokerson; sports,
Oliver Soden, Oliver Richards;
grounds, Herbert Dey chairman; re-
freshments. Fred L. Dey, chairman,
John Jennings, Henry Schenck, w.
Fl. Lokerson; canes, Clarence Dock;
cocoanut, Herbert Dey; soft drinks,
Henry Schenck; express packages,
Thomas Snedeker; ice cream, w. H.
Lokerson; candy, w. II. Lokerson;
tent, Fred L. Dey, Henry Schenck;
light, w. II. Lokerson; treasurer,
John Jennings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-20
MATAWAN

While driving an automobile up
Main street Saturday afternoon
Warne Lambertson, of Morganville,
returning home from the government
plant at Morgan with a load of men,
when near Spring street tried to pass
the car of II. II. Longstreet with the
trolley car of the Jersey Central
Traction Company bearing down on
him. AS Lambertson tried to pass
the Longstreet car it swung out.
which forced Lambertson to take the
trolley track with the result that his
car was sideswiped by the fast moy-
ing trolley. Both the trolley car and
the automobile were placed out of
commission, the automobile being
severely damaged. The trolley car
was returned to the barns and the
injured. t.s.;i
Benjamin Stryker, of Jackson
street, was removed to the Monmouth
Memorial Hospital at Long Branch
Saturday morning by DR.. l.. E. Davies
suffering with a fracture Of his left
hip. Mr.. Stryker received his injury
about noon Thursday, when he fell
from load of straw. This accident
is the last of a series of many that
Mr.. Strykcr has had the misfortune
to suffer and is probably the most
serious of them ALL
Frank Joseph Short has enlisted
in the United States Engineer Corps
and is stationed at Fort Slocum. He
was visited by his mother, Mrs. James
Short, Thursday.
Harold Dolan and Thomas Carroll
were Cheeseqr?ke visitors Saturday
James Hulsart spent Sunday in
Allenhurst as the guest of Earl Hoff-
man.
John Mulsoff is a Freehold visitor
today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-20
JAM ESBURG

Mrs. Louise Asson, of New Egypt,
is guest of her son Howard S. Asson
of Vine street.
T. Milton Matlack has taken a posi-
ton with the George w. Helme Com
pany. at Helmetta after an employ
ment with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for eight years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter LaPlace have
received a card telling of the safe ar
rival overseas of their son, Corporal
Joseph LaPlace, who has been at An
niston, for some months.
George Vanderveer has placed g
contract for the erection of a store
building adjoining the residence o1
Reed Vanderveer
Mrs. Alice voorhees,, of Trenton. is
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton I.
VOORHEES,.
The meeting of the Alice Unior
Women's Temperance Union, sche-
duled for this evening has been post
poned until Tuesday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-20

There will be a meeting of the Citi-
zen's Memorial Day committee in
borough hall this evening to render
reports of the work of the committees
who are at work.
The annual meeting of the South
Middlesex Farmers Association will
be held this evening at the residence
of H. Courtney Brown, vice president.
Claude Tilton, who has been in
Trenton hospital for some weeks with
a broken leg, was brought home Sat
urday.
julius Frizzen, instructor in tailor
ing at the Home for Boys has resigned
his position owing to the low salaries
paid at the home. Laborers at the
muniton plants are receiving double
that paid tradesmen at the Home.
Joseph M. Perrine, president and
Milton I. Voorhees,, cashier of the
First National Bank of town repre-
scented the local institution at the Ma
tional Bankers Convention held Fri
day and Saturday at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Morris Fisher, of Hooker
street, who had been patient at the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-20
"DRyS" hRRAIGN SALOONS
At prediction MEETING
Speakers Tell of Advantages to be
Gained by Passing Local
Option Measure


SPOTSWOOD, May 2O:-At a big
rally held in Whitney Hall on Friday
evening last the greatest enthusiasm
was manifest by the large audience
that greeted the speakers of the
evening who were present to give to
the citizens the facts in the present
drive for dry Spotswood. The meet
ing was held under the auspices of
the Spotswood No-License League.
Hamilton Hazelhurst presided and
was also one of the speakers.
The main address of the night was
made by the Rev. W. J. B. Edgar,
pastor Of the Jamesburg Presbyterian
church, who severely arraigncd the
saloon element.
Thomas Lloyd Lewis, assemblyman
from Monmouth county also address
ed the audience and told of the work
being done by the New Jersey Anti
Saloon League. He called on all de-
cent citizens to go to the polls on
Tuesday next with the firm resolve
that the saloon would be banished
forever from Spotswood.
The effect that the dry borough
would have on the pocketbooks of
the taxpayers was dwe1t on by Ham
ilton Hazelhurst in his talk. He de-
clared that if the two drinking places
of the borough were put out of bust
ness the taxpayers would have to pay
about fifteen cents more for the privi-
lege of allowing their children to
walk down the streets without fear
of insult from intoxicated persons.
He claimed that most all the crimes
committed in the borough can be
traced to drink.
Spotswood with less than seven
hundred people has always had three
saloons but recently one automatical-
ly died a natural death due to the
agitation against the saloon.