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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-09

II Is not too early to say that
senator Rccd the attacks on Food Admin!stra-
and tor Hoover. which have been
Mr. Hooxor aired before tho Investigating
" "'Si Senate subcommittee. are borne
Of or fostered by tho personal
cnmity tclt for Mr.. Hoover by the chairman OF
that subcommittee. What is the cause OF Sena.
tor Reed feeling toward Mr.. Hoover tho public
noeS not KNOW Perhaps il is puue due
10 the failure OF his attempt to prevent the CON
Irmation or MI Hoover as food administrator
and and former President TAFT. in the Phiiadelph
Public Ledger makes that fact clear I-nless
we save food our allies cannot he fed I,nies,
they arc fed the issue Of the war is doubtful
AS to the food saving Mr.. Hoover both because
Of his experience and his position. knows more
,han any other man In the country. Ills word
on this after. says Mr. Taft should be law 10
our people. IF his prestige is injured, II his
motives are impeached. If his statements are
questioned. then food conservation and ali de-
pendent on it will fail In trying to injurc
motives in questioning his statements unjus,i-
vent America winning the war Some way
should he found to make IL plain to him what
the American people think about his bcha vior-
Baltimore SUM-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-09
Fine Idea, This.

I've got great invention. It's a door ma,
with the word Welcome on IT,"
Humph, that's no invention; that's old
Il know, but I've got 'Smalpox-keep Away
on the other side"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-09

iWas ever thus when the weather be-
comes warm coal becomes plentiful.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-09

Advice TO the Thoughtless-Dr Brady bcgs
SEND anonymous letters or loose stamps:
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BoIshcvik-
ism in
America

So weaken our arm. Boshcvikism Win "' ~.
V Ne Isl, ,nr.tSnsions is exactly suited 10 this
10 'ocate that the war Will not last long. We
h h.s .oio ny mysterious advisers that Germany
i''ta no rear amnesty toward WHY sborIT
We " wana 10 kili Germans. anyway? What are
we 70 get out OF 1t: Let keen ca I'm he rr,
Sonanle. have patience: everything will fur, M,
al rJsh1 IN the end 1t is IN the air From
,.o"o"! h"oWS where comes tho flow OF lultnr
.a,h ~ Is about the most vicious form OF prom,
~. a', ~ .nat VIC nave had to contend with from
tue beginning. 1t must be I'm ana
out. Open sytnpaih izors with the theories and
Practces OF the rulers of Petroerad, TO tho nun
per Of 30 rs reported. assembled In Carnegie
iaii, New DIRK, the other evening, aud after
airing their views adopted a resolution which
1eittesrapEed to prSsident Wilson. nrgng
cooperation with It's efforts to sccur" a ,ro ,nr
arnstice on ALI battle fronts and a peace COW
ference OF all the be!ligerent nations "--provi
dcnce journal. ''''-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-09

The French government has rcquisitioncd
The entire wheat crop OF that country. and
has ordered the reduction OF the amount of
bread allowed each individual to seven ounces
daily. This restriction has been imposed that
additional shipping may be released for the
transportation OF American soldiers to France
This example of French Willingness to make
further sacrifices Of the food allowance ought
10 stimulate Americans TO greater food
economy, as nothing but the drcst need for
man power TO strengthen their resistance to
the enemy would have induced such cheerful
acceptance OF the new food regulation as is
noted III behalf OF the French population
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Fiction.

That tale ToI tell when, as the clock strikes ,yvo
You hold your breath and drop a cast off shoe.
Then rs the noise awakens one who .,arcs
iiasie 10 make literature, upon tho stairs.
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.Auctioncd.

Father drom the head OF the stairs)-Mary,
is that young man never going?
Mary-Oh. it's all right, dad. I had him going
and then got him going again. and now he's
gone
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II plain tablespoonful or two with cerea,
gems, bran bread or bran cookies.
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our friend. who with manuscripts and
illusi rn for notification wish have unavailable
articles returned they must in all send stamps
for that purpose
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BRANCH OFFICES: wash
ingtop. il6 Fourteenth
street, y. W.; New York
City, Fifth Avenue Build
ing; Chicago, Peoples Gas
Building: philadelphia, NIL
tual Life Building.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-09

German claims of enemy arplanes de-
stroyed on the western front during the past
week exceed by more than twice the number
of German craft claimed to have been de-
stroyed by the allies. For several weeks
past 1t has been apparent that the Germans
maintain slight superiority in the air, but
from reliable limitations OF progress being
made III the American program OF arplane
construction and the training of aviators this
superiority "iil be overwhelmingly overcome
by the time the spring campaign is ready 10
be launched. Indeed il is within the realm
OF probability that allied supremacy in the
air Will have attained by that time such nro.
portions as TO make it a deciding factor in
Fastening the state of German mind that
VIII sue for a peace of justice on a dura BILE
founda tion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-09

Ihd mole accomplishes its work y bur
rowing in the ground where the light Of
Gay does not reveal its operations. Similarly
Germany prefers to conduct its scpa rate peace
negotiations with Russia under secrecy al
German general headquarters on the Rus
sian front, where its Vaccinations will moi
he disclosed until its net Of intrigue has
securely enmeshcd the Russians beyond OK
trication. Hence the demand OF the Bolshe-
visit government that further negotiations he
removed TO Stockholm has been rejected nv
the Huns and the pourparers temporarily
suspended. The German explanation OF It's
motive In refusing to go to Stockholm a fear
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY .. tolS.
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Entered January 81, 1908. at tho Post Ohfcc ut
Richmond, Va. IL second. class matter.
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Gle aiming UE

Cleaning Up.
in 1915, | declare,
Old habits ] will dofr:
For instance, just to make a start,
I'll swear off swearing off.
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randolph l..
Private Branch EAchnngc
connecting with all depart
Inrnts
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Current Editorial Comment


originally. II was tho stcal,hv
po!'cy ar the hired prisoners OF
nc public mind to keep us out
VI inc war. y new situation
CalI Tor Il ncM MIN ,Ihn ..nfi, =.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-09-20
LOCAL MINSTREL
SHOW is TONIGHT
Lively Entertainment is Forecast at
the Town Hall

The patriotic Minstrels," consist
ing wholly OF local talent, will be given
at the Town Hall tonight under the di-
rection Of Miss Dorothy Frost and W,
M Gibson,
Miss Frost will be the Interlocut,
ress, Mildred Cady, Gertrude Dona-
hue, Philip Aines, Frances Caswell, Ar
thur Trudeau, Beatrice Dumas, Leslie
Day, Marjorie Calhoun George Rich.
ardson, Leah Corkran, Roy Howard,
John Lowell, and Orren Nelson will
play the tambos while Louise Rob,
ertson, Margaret Graham, Rena Dumas
Paul Bristol Murriel Vttum, Harold
Stearns, Elizabeth McMahono Sam
Davis, Esther Frost James Searle
Pauline Kent, w. NJ Gibson, and Will
lam MacMurtry will manipulate the
bones, Accompanied, +, S, Edwards.
The popular songs include, Dixie
Lee, entire circle Belgian Rose Esther
Frost; Smiles George Richardson
Coney Isle W, NJ, Gibson; solo, Will
lam MacMurtryBAll Aboard for Home
Sweet Home, entire circle; Mother
Mine, Leslie Day; Three Wonderful
Letters, Pauline Kent; Good Morning
Mr. Zip.Zip-Zip, John Lowell When
Richardson, "Coney Isle" W, NJ Glib.
son; William MacMurty;"An Aboard
for Home, Sweet Home" Mother
Mine" Leslie Day; "Three Wonderful
Letters" Pauline Kent; Good Morning
Mr. Zip.Zip.zip", John Lowell; when
the Yanks Come Home Roy Howard;
"When You Come Back" entire circle
Among the specialtes are Reading
Mildred Cady; Solo, James Searle;
Patriotic Drill, Misses Sanford, Brain
erd Fletcher, Lois and Louise Rabin-
son, and Howard, Speciality, d. Frost
and w NJ, Gibson; Tableau, Her
Allies; Solo, Mrs. Luther Bonney
"Over There" William MacMurty, and
Chorus; a sketch "No Harm Done, in
which Miss Frost, Mr. Gibson, and Mrs
Kent appear
The program will close with a tab
leau The Star Spangled Banner,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-09-20
ON THE MAKING
OF A SOLDIER
Pres, Thomas Opening Col
lege Address
Following is Full Text Of His Stirring
Appeal to Students at
Chapel Yesterday

We undertake today a new and in
spring task, the initial training Of
mon, in cooperation with the Depart
mcnt Of War for positions Of rcspons'
ibility In the armies Of the United
States, We are part Of great nation
nj experiment, revolutionary in cduca,
tional procedure involving radical ad'
justmcnts in all departments Of college
activity, full of uncertainties and dif.
fcultics, What we institute today is
not the addition Of a new department
on equal footing with long established
studies, but the transformation Of the
larger portion Of the institution into n
war college, in which every thing shall
bend to the primary and specific pur'
pose of fitting men as speedily as pos
| siblc to take their place Of greatest use.
! fulncss in nation at arms The issues
Of this experiment are large, II the
colleges of the United States succeed
in the work thus committed TO thcm
and il the men they send into the
military forces Of the nation are found
worthy of the college men who have
preceded them, there can he but one re-
suit in the great conflict, and the Amer
( lean colleges will have won place in
our national life and debt of graft
tudc from the American people which
will establish them forever secure, If
we fail, we shall not lose the war since
the cause we fight for simply cannot be
! lost but the colleges and the college
men Of our nation will have lost the
most magnificent opportunity ever pre-
sented to men Of learning to prove the
worth of their teaching and their ability
to perform a great national duty in a
worthy manner.
Our hearts spring to the task. We
are eager to show that we are equal to
if. We thrill at the call to assume a
definite and important function in the
winning Of the war. Our enthusiasm is
sufficient to tide us over all the Difficult
ties, which we know will be many, and
to keep us in that patience which will
he largely required in the new and un-
tried work. We shall make mistakes
and we shall have many temptations to
discouragcmcnt, but we will not be dis
couraged and we shall not fail. -
The making of soldier fit and skilled
for modern warfare is large undertak'
ing. In the first place, physical pre-
partition must receive careful attention,
The endurance Of hardship is the pro
verbal lot of the soldier and the body
must be in condition to stand the
severest strain. sometimes continued
CONTINUED on page four
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-09-20
OLD MIDD BEGINS
A RECORD YEAR
$50 Students Are Now Being
Accommodated
And Many More Applicants Are On
Waiting List
HailI Halll The gang's aIl hereI

Hail HALL The gangs all here
Here-there-and everywhere in
fact; for old Midd has the biggest
student enrolment in her history, with
every dormitory filled to overlowing
and about 1875 other men being accom-
modated at houses in the village
Officialy, the 10th year OF academic
life on College Hill opened at nine
o'clock yesterday morning when Presi-
dent Thomas delivered the opening
address at the Chapel exercises, on
"The Making of a Soldier" text Of
which is presented in another column
OF this issue, 1t was heard with keen
attention by the 450 students present,
and drove home to them and to a mum
ber Of outsiders who looked on, that
Middlebury is to be a real war college"
this year
The first reveille was sounded at $3.50
o'clock this morning when 300 men
turned out in military formation to
march to breakfast then again at
they marched to the gymnasium for
drill Pending the formal induction of
the Students Army Training Corps in
to the regular service, which will come
about October lst, the organization
at the college is a provisional unit, at
present in command OF Albert Hough-
ton, one OF the students who has just
concluded a course at Plattsburgh.
Within the next ten days six or posi-
bly, eight regular army officers are to
be detailed here to take command of
the unit.
Every item OF military discipline is
to be required. President Thomas has
told Officer Houghton and his associ-
ates who were at Plattsburg that they
will be backed up by all Of the author
ity Of the college in their temporary
command until the regulars" take
charge Taps will be sounded every
night at TO-
Dr. Thomas said this morning that
while it was impossible to give the ex-
act figures on the enrolment since
they change with every train arrival,
the total was about $50, of whom 161
were women. Middebury's previous
record was established two years ago
when she had 3S7 students There is
possibility that accommodation can
be found for total of 400 men The col
lege appreciates greatly the manner in
which the village people have assisted
in this matter, they having taken care
OF about l25 students.
Continued on page five
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-09-20
STATE D. A. R. HERE
Conference Will Be Held in Middle,
bury October 9th

The Annual State Conference OF the
Vermont Daughters OF the American
Revolution will be held with the Ethan
Allen Chapter at Middlebury at Mas
onic Hall, Middlebury on October 9th,
Mrs. L, c, Russell, regent of Ethan
Allen Chapter, has appointed the local
committees with the chairmen as fol-
lows: Information, Mrs. J. H. Stewart,
Reception, Mrs. E P, Cushman; Gre
dentials, Mrs, w. H. Brewster.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-09-20
M. H. S. HAS II BOYS
AND 1O6 GIRLS
Complete List of This Years
Enrolment
Total Attendance Of l76 With Many
from Out Of Town

Total Attendance Of l76 With Man
from Out Of Town
Seniors
MIDDLEBURY
Marjorie c. Bentley
L. Christine Billings
Ruth p, Boulia
Dorothy L Brainerd
Isabel 5, Bristol
Frank c. Brown
Frank W, Cole
NJ, Frances Caswell
Gertrude M, Donahue
Margaret L, Graham
Walter l. Grosvenor
Henry Hammond
Jennie H. Leno
Agnes A Pidgeon
Jessie l., Robertson
Elizabeth A, Stokes
Arthur G., Trudeau
Kathryn A. Vassar
Mary p, Warner
Florence l.. Yates
BRIDPORT
Helen Bennett
Blanche l.. Norton
Ruth L, Payne
Allen d, Bliss
Lewis T Highter
Mildred II Parkhill
Catherine L, Robbins
NEW HAVEN
Eva M, Weston
ORWELL
Eunice M, Aunchman
SALISBURY
Ella R. Scarborough
Percy T. Whitney
Orren S, Nelson
SHOREHAM
/. lone Baldwin
WEYBRIDGE
Harold A. Baker
Ethel w. Bingham
Kathryn Z, Johnson
Lorena N. Sturtevant
WHITING
Elizabeth Wells
Juniors
MIDDLEBURY
Evelyn M. Adams
William J. Baldwin
Ethel M. Brown
Daniel +, Burns
Grace G.. Burns
NJ. Cecile Burns
NJ. Elizabeth Condor
Marie Z. Gotta
Mildred H. Delphia
Ruth G.. Delphia
Mertrude B. Dennis
Ruth Eddy
CONTINUED on page five)
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14
The New Suit.

The country boy had come TO visit
his city friends, and before leaving
home his mother had spent much time
on his wardrobe. but he soon saw that
things were not quite right.
At a small party given In his honor
he remained firmly fixed In a corner.
At last his hostess. thinking TO make
him feel more at ease, said: How nice
you look, william; who made your
suit 2" From the depths came the re-
ply: Mother, blame It"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14

Look at the tongue, motherl II
coated, it is a sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad !; has stOmach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhna, full of cold, give a
~teaspoonful of california Syrup of
Figs" and In a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, ~undlgested food
and o u bile gently moves out of the
little bowels without gripping, and you
have a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless "fruit laxative"
they love its delicious taste, and II
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
california Syrup of Figs" which has
directions for babies, children OF all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware of ~counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine,
ask TO see that II Is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14
CHAPTER XIII.
Despair-and Freedom.


While / was working at the hos
pital conditions at my old barracks
had been getting worse and worse.
Very few of the men were absolutely
right in the head, / guess, and almost
all had given up hope of ever getting
out alive. Though they put up a good
front to the Huns, they really did not
care a great deal what happened to
them. The only thing to think about
was the minute they were living in.
The day / came back two English
men, who had suddenly gone mad.
commenced to fight each other. 1t was
the most terrible fight / have ever
seen. 1t was some time before the
rest of us could make them quit, be-
cause at first we did not know they
were crazy. When we had them down,
however, they were scratched and bit
Both of them bled from the nose all
that night, and toward morning one
of them became sane for u few min
utes and then died. The other was
taken away by the Germans, still
crazy.
Another time an Australian came
into our barracks and very seriously
told us that he had a drag with the
German officers and that he had been
to dinner with them, and had had tur-
key, potatoes, coffee, butter, eggs,
sugar in his coffee, and all the luxuries
you could think of. We just sat and
stared at him. 1t seemed impossible
the gall to torture us like that, and yet
we could not possibly believe that it
had really happened. Finally, n
fellow could not stand it any longer.
He was nothing but skin and bones,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14

but he grabbed a dividing board and
there were just two wallops: the
board hit the Australians head and
the head hit the floor. Then half a
dozen more pounced onto him and
gave him a real licking. When he
came to he had forgotten all about
the wonderful dinner he did not have.
Not long after this the Russian doc
tors proved to the Germans that there
was no black typhus in our barracks
and We were allowed the freedom of
the camp except that we could not
visit the Russian barracks. That was
no hardship to me nor to the rest of
US, except n chap from the Cambrian
Range, who had a special pal among
the Russians that he wanted to see.
And, of course, when II was verboten.
he wanted to see him all the more.
A day or two after the order I was
standing outside the barracks door
when / saw this fellow come out with
a dividing board In his hand. I thought
he was going TO smash somebody with
II, so l stood by. But he stopped over
and jammed one end of the board
against the threshold of the door,
scratched the ground with the farther
end OF the board and measured again.
He kept this up, length by length. in
the direction of the Russian barracks.
The sentry in the yard stopped and
stared at him, but the fellow kept
right on, paying no attention to any
body. Pretty soon he was right by the
sentry's feet and I thought any minute
the sentry would give him the butt,
but he just stared a while and let him
pass. That lad measured the whole
distance TO the Russian barracks. went
inside, stayed a while and calmly
strolled back with the board under his
arm. When he reached our barracks
again he told us he had found a vino
mine. What he had found was some
thing not so unusual-a boneheaded
German.
There was a lot of bamboo near the
Russian barracks and the Russians
made baskets out of Ii and turned
them in to the Germans. For this they
got All the good JOBS in tine kitchen
and had a fne chance 10 get more 10
eat. But they were treated like dogs
that is, all except the few Cossacks
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14

pound my husband wanted me to try it
i took Il for q week and felt q little bet
ter. kept itup for three months, and
j feel fine and a. eat anything now
without distress or nervousness. Mrs.
J. WoRTHLINE, 2842 North Taylor St.
Philadelphia Pa
The majority Of mothers nowadays
overdo, there are 90 many demands
upon their time and strength; the result
Is invariably o weakened, rundown,
condition with headaches, back
ache, irritability and depression and
soon more serious ailments develop.
1t Is at such periods in life that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will
restore Q normal healthy condition, as
It did to MIRA. Worthline.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14
I Every Woman Wants
P%atriotic.

Patience-I saw Harry at the pa
triotic meeting last night. He was
in khaki.
Patrice-Oh, you saw him, did you?
Patience-YeS, and he was so pa
triotic hat he stood up during the
entire meeting.
Patrice-Oh, that wasn't altogether
patriotism. He's Joined the cavalry,
you know, and yesterday was the first
day he'd tried to ride a horse.-Camp
Lee Bayonet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14
At Least He Had None Left.

Charles went visiting with his father
and on their return his father was
asked as to>the boys behavior. Beau
tiful," was the answer "He couldn't
have been better" WhereupOn the
young hopeful said: Il used all the
/ had" And the family
judged from his behavior the next day
or two that he certainly had.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14

Just as Dor as you eat a tablet Of
Pape's Diapepsin all the dyspepsia, in
digestion and stomach distress ends.
These pleasant, harmless tablets Of
Pape's Diapepsin never fail to make
sick, upset stomachs feel fine at once.
and they cost so little at drug stores.
Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14
STOMACH ACIDITY,
INDIGESTION, GAS
QUICK! EAT JUST ONE TABLET
OF PAPE'S DiAPEPSIN FOR
INSTANT RELIEF.

When meals don't fit and you belch
you feel Jumps of distress in stomach.
pain, flatulence, heartburn or headache.
Here is instant relief-No waiting!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14

sickly o or the
time. ] went TO q
doctor and he said
/ had v indi-
gestion, which adj
ded to my weak
condition kept me
worrying most OF
the time - and he
said X / could not
stop that, / could
not get well. /
heard so muchabout
Lydia <. Pinkham's
U---&Ak1n Cora
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14

Dixie, the French poodle, was bark
ing noisily and wagging his tail at the
same time.
"0h," cried little Lucy. "Dixie Is
cross at n end and happy at the
other"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14

If women have beauty they don't
need in order to get husbands
that is, certain kinds of husbands.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-14

Perhaps the Germans sudden fond
ness for peace Is born of his inability
TO make further war.