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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-02
He old Bee Hide
May g, 1918
The Store that Sells Betty Wales
Dresses Is the Store that insists
On QMolity
May g, 1918

BETTY WALES dressmakers too proud of
their product to let it be sold everywhere Only one
store in city may carry these famous dresses And
that is selected for its reputation for quatyer
chandise.
In every detail, Betty Wales Dresses measure up
to our standard Customers constantly remark on the
exceptional material and fine tailoring given Cleverly
designed and experty fashioned, Betty Wales Dresses
need less alterations than other dresses and they hold
their style longer Betty Wales Dresses easy to get
into and busy little lady sad "a pleasure to stay
in-you feel so smarty dressed all the WHILE"
Every Betty Wales Serge or Silk Dress is fitted
with Keinerts Gem Dress Shields sewed in place-an
example of the careful attention given to detail.
Betty Wales Dresses are made on the simple, chic
lines that will give the wearer whatever her age, q
youthful trim figure.
Only the genuine Betty Wales Dresses bear the
Ploshkin label Look for it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-02
Dress No. IL

A roguishly youthful
serge with vestee, collar
and cuffs of pincheck
Bingham Tin blue or
pink. Novelty buttons
to harmonic. Windsor
tie Navy only. Priced
$18.75
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-02

The funeral Of John A. Cookie. whose
death occurred early Friday morning.
was held on Sunday afternoon at one
o'clock at the Methodist Church, with
burial in Hinesburg. Mr.. Cookie had been
in Ill health for long time and died at his
home at Is Bank street. For some years
he had been janitor at the county court
building, but had to resign some months
ago because of failing health.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-02

Joseph A. Ciminera. an honor graduate
Of the University Of Vermont college Of
medicine In the class Of 1916 Tho other
members comprising tho board are: Major
]. Alfred Moss. signal corps. U. S. A.,
Major Charles H. Rich, quartermaster
corps. U. s. A.. Capt. William Bowman.
| quartermaster reserve corps, and First
Lieutenant Thomas p. McLendon. DR..
Ciminera. whose home was In Waterbury.
Conn.,, previous to his marriage in this
city last October to Miss Catherine
Francis Powers Of Loomis street, enlisted
In the army last fall.
Another chapter in the famous divorce
| suit of John Deyette against Mrs.
Deyette Of Burlington, which has been
| to the Supreme Court OF Vermont. was
| enacted In Chittenden county court yes.
terday morning when Mrs. Deyette an
peared. Mr.. Deyette appeared before the
court on April 10 and asked for and
obtained temporary injunction restrain
Ing Mrs. Deyette from taking the child
over whom the contest Is being waged
out OF the State. Yesterday Mrs
Deyette' through Attorneys Rufus f.
Brown and A. l.. Sherman. appeared with
MOTION TO dismiss the injunction given
| to Mr.. Deyette and for a hearing on a
petition which she had filed asking I'm,
the court modify the order of Judges
Waterman and Butler superior Judges
The court dissolved the Injunction given te
Mr. Deyette. but declined to act on tn,
petition for modifying Of the order of tn,
superior judges until the Septembe,
term. Mr.. Deyette was represented b,
vernon A. Billiard and John J. Enright
The officers Of Temple Chapter, No. 7s
order OF the Eastern Star. who wer,
elected at the annual meeting April 16
were Installed Thursday. the installinl
onicer being the past matron, Mrs. w. II
collins assisted by Past Patron C. j
broadbent as marshal. These are the of
hcer: worthy matron, Mrs. Olive Drew
worthy patron, c. II. Harrington: a.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-02


and Sherman II. Moulton appeared for
the plaintiff
Next Friday night tho ,nembers Of
Stannard Post. G.. A. r.. are to meet
in Their hall on Church street and
make arrangements for the observance Of
Memorial day. The orator of the day 10
to be Warren r. Austin of this city. for
merly of st. Adams On the Sunday eve
ming preceding Memorial day the men,
bers will attend church In a body.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Matthews Of 51a
South Champlair street have received q
letter from their sons. Edward and Napo-
leon. telling Of their safe arrival over
seas with the Second Cavalry. The for
mer was employed In the Free Press
bindery department: and the latter by
the Wells q Richardson Co. Both en-
listed at Fort Ethan Allen June Of last
year.
At q meeting Of the board of charities
Thursday afternoon DR.. p. r. McSweeney.
who was recently reelected to the COM
mission, was made chairman of the board.
Other business Of the board included the
appointment Of c. H. Harrington and
r. A. Delany to their present positions
for tho ensuing year. those Of super
intendent of the poor farm and overseel
OF the poor. respectively.
Byron N. Clark, State Y. NJ. G. A. sec.
rotary. who has spent ssven months In as
citation work In France arrived In New
York Monday. according to telegram
received by Walter e. McGovern. who
has been In charge Of the State Office In
this city during Mr.. Clark's absence
abroad. Mr.. Clark will 20 to Lebanon, N
H.. TO visit his mother for few days be-
fore coming to Burlington.
The annual meeting Of the Chittender
County Dental society was held Thurs
day at the New Sherwood. A banquet
was served at $50. the meeting following.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
NO MYSTERY IN
CASH BALA Of
THE LEVY COURT
Due to Boosting Both Assessment
and Tax Rate for Cur
rent Year.
A DEFICIT THUS AVERTED

The Levy Courts preparing to boast Of
having q surplus fund June go when the
fiscal year 1917-l9l8 will end But should
that body have bank balance then it
would be due TO increasing the assessment
of real estate So, ,24S, COZ for l9l7-I9l8 and
raising the tax rate l5 cents on each Sl00
of the total assessment of $50, 922, ,20S,
instead of TO judicious expenditures Had
the assessment and the tax rate not been
increased the Levy Court, instead Of
having bank balance of Sl54. 154 Is now,
would be rapidly approaching deficit,
possessing less than $20.00U TO defray
New Castle county's expenses IN the last
II weeks of the flscal year
Money reserved for the redemption Of
bonds and the payment OF interest IS not
included in the bank balance of SI54-
754 Is herein mentioned This balance IS
appropriated as follows: Maintenance of
miscellaneous roads, S59l. Y maintenance
of bridges and causeways, S6.377.l9
maintenance of stone roads, S23, PSI 90;
maintenance of dirt roads, S25, $50 %;
current expenses, S9o, ,967. .33. The balance
TO the credit of current expenses may BE-
reduced $4,000 next Tuesday by an
extra appropriation OF that amount 10 the
Trustees of the Poor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
PATRIOTIC DISPLAY
At PUSE7 & JONES
Flag Presented by Emergency
Fleet Corporation Unfurled
This Morning.

very Impressive ceremonies accom-
panied the unfurling of the flag of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation at the
yards of the Pusey Il Jones Corporation
this morning At 10 o clock the yard
VIII stle summoned the men from their
posts and they gathered around the flag
pole Addresses were made by Father
McGraw of Boston, representing the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, and Gen
eral Gordon, British army officer. Then
the men uncovered, while the band played
The Star Spangled Ranner, and the
American flag WAS raised, the detachment
Of the j0th Infantry, on guard duty at
the same time going through the salute
TO the colors.
The flag of the Emergen Fleet Cor
poratlon was then unfurled, showing a
tri-color shield, an anchor and the letters
L. ; Shipping Board in blue, on a white
ground
An unrehearsed feature of the occa-
cion was furnished 10y the passage OF a
tram on the Pennsylvania tracks, filled
with soldiers on their way to new billet,
just as the flag was going up to its position.
The soldier bows leaned out of the car
windows and cheercd as long as they were
passing
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
AUSTRIA SOUGHT PEACE.
Ex- French Premier Says She
Sought Farley n
1917.

by Associated Press TO Every Evening
Paris, April 6-former Premier Pam
leve. after reading the official government
statement confirming Premier Clemen-
ceau's denial that conversations concern
ing peace had been held between Austria
and France made the following statement:
During the year 1917 Austria made
several attempts to open semi-otticial
negotiations with the Entente Allies
Notably In June, 1917, | was advised by
the second bureau thatAustria through the
parsonage of Count Revertata had several
times asked through Swiss intermediary
for an interview with the officer attached
to the second bureau, Major Armand, a
distant relative, Alexandra Ribot, then
premier having been consulted. Major
Armand and Count Revertata met in
August 1917.
'''rhe matter stopped there and no inter
view took place from August until No
vember when | left office. The events
which occurred afterward naturally are
unknown to me, but Presume that after
the statement made by premier Clemen-
ceau that Count Revertata returned 20
the charge.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
AVIATOR KILLED.
Windal Eaton Met Death in a
Seaplane Collision at Key
Westi Fla.

Word has been received here that
Thomas Windal Eaton, II years old, Of
this city, in the naval aviation service, was
killed and Student J. j. Mitchell, Jr., was
seriously injured as a result Of a collision
of seaplanes at Key West.
Eaton formerly was employed by Laird
& Co, brokers Of this city, and was
formerly active in local High School ath-
letics.
He was first graduated from the aviation
school at Claymont and finished at Boston
Tech.
Notice Of his death was received here
last night in a telegram sent TO EatOns
mother at Bellefonte. Full Instructions
for a burial with military honors were
given. The sympathy Of the naval officials
was also expressed in the telegram. The
body will be brought here for burial.
Eaton was a graduate Of the Wilmington
High School in 1915. and lived with his
brother. G.. Roy Eaton, and his widowed
mother at Bellefonte.
Matthew J. Denning, former member
of the reportorial staff Of the Wilmington
Morning News and member Of the class
from the Claymont school, Is now at
Kew West
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
WAR GUILT! GERMANY S.
Michaelis, Former Chancellor Mod
ifieS His COnfeSSion-SeeS
Woe Ahead.
BY Associated PeeSs to Every Evening

BY Associated PceSs TO Every Evening
Amsterdam. April 6.-"H / were ever
responsible again for the government
would decline to ask "A war indemnity,
DIR George MichaeliS former imperial
German chancellor, said in an address
on leaving Berlin to assume his post as
President OF Ponerania Rather than
see our people throw itself into the abyss
of materialism, which would be the case
il our war expenditures were defrayed by
our enemies, we must teach our people
to become simple, sober and economical.
Our time Of trial viii not end with
termination of the war Our misery viii
continue We must bear it without muir
muring. Poverty will be our cook. We
must admit, too, we are guilty Of this
war not in a political sense, for the em-
peror tried to maintain peace to the last
minute, but circumstances have brought
us trials which threaten to make money
the master Of the day We must save the
from a surrender to materlalism
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
$3,0OO,0OO,0OOLOAN
DRIVE BUSIES ALL
AMERICANS TODAY
Every Community Participating in
Campaign to Raise More Sin
cws for Liberty's War.
MILLIONS POURING
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Washington, April 6.-One year from
the day the United States entered the
world war, the nation started today col
lccting So ,O00, 100000 from its citizens
as the third Liberty Loan to finance the
fighting.
It was day Of patriotic celebrations,
Of parades Of soldiers, sailors and civilians
marching together 10 symbolize the inn
portaut part each must play 10 winning
the war
Indications were that many millions
would be pledged before night, n0twIth-
standing that in many cities the day was
given over 10 The celebration rather than
10 bond sales.
President Wilson was the principal
speaker on the days program He IS 10
20 to Baltimore for an evening address
Of unusual importance, considering the
big part American armies arc about 10
play IN France, and other international
phases of the war situation
Secretary McAdoo went 10 Philadcl-
phia - speak a. the unveiling Of 2 LIB
crty statue, and 10 review q parade Of
1000 marines and soIdlers and 200
young women singers
Vice-President Marshall will speak az
St Louis and Secretary Daniels N Cleve-
land late today.
The ofFicisl opening hour ~ the cam
paign was nine O'Clock local time Scores
u small communities had promised 70
raise their full quotas II subscription
within a few hours and win the right 70
hv the third Liberty loan honor flag
Early mails received at the 'reasury
contained a number of letters and checks
with the request To be sold he first Lab
erty bond. All could not be satisfied
but each was gwen "one If the first
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
oVERsUBsCRIPTIoNS MANY
Twenty Towns Wire Washington
Sales Had Exceeded Their
Quotas.
n Associated - % &C. Evenlng

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Washington, April 6.-Before $50
this morning or within an hour after the
campaign officially opened, three towns
teIegraphed to Liberty Loan headquarters
here that they had subscribed their full
quotas. One Of them, Southborough,
Mass, reported its quota OF SI19, $50 had
been exceeded by s26, $50.
BY 10 o clock more than twenty towns
had wired headquarters claiming the
distinction Of being The first 10 subscribe
their quotas.
Towns whose reports Of over slbscrip-
tions were received at the Treasury within
five minutes after clock were
Bernardsville. ~ J., quota Sll600O,
subscriptions S22I 900: Compton Lake.
\. j., quota, SSl 900, subscriptions, Sl0l.-
900; Crawford, y j., quota. Sl34 900,
subscriptions S220.0OU; Elmer, y j.,
quota, Sol 900. subscriptions, Sos, 900.
Among the communities whose reports
OF over subscriptions were filed oy 9
0 clock this morning we're Catasauqua, Pa.
Bed ford, Pa. ana Fawn Grove, Pa.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
BISHOP FLAYS KAISER.
HohenzolIerns Never Respected Law
of God or Man, He Tells Conference.

By Associated Press 70 Eyery ENtnlng
Newark, N j., April 6.-Gount Won
Bernst0rff and his aides should have been
hanged at the time of the sinking of the
Lusitania, Bishop Richard J. Cooke, Of
Helena, Mont, declared today In address
ing the Newark Methodist Episcopal
Conference.
America should have entered the war
when the water was fine" as 1t would
have heartened Belgium, England and
France, he added But we now are IN 10
stay, and the only peace the American
nation will endorse will be a coming from
unconditional surrender
The house of Hohenzollern has been
from its beginning a house OF thieves and
scoundrels that never respected the laws of
God or man"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
PRESIDENT FREES RYAN.
Structural Iron Workers Head Was
Serving Term for Dynamite Conspiracy.

By Associated Press 10 Every Eycning
Washington, April g President VIII
son has decided to commute u expire At
once the prison term OF Frank NJ Ryan.
formerly president OF the International
Union OF Structural Iron Workers, now IN
Leavenw penitentary.
Ryan was convicted in the dynamite
conspiracy" and his term originally would
expire July 20, 1910.
Ryan was one of II union leaders con-
victed as an outgrowth OF the sensational
Mcnamara case and the dgnamiting OF
the Los Angeles Times building The
President also has connuted the terms Of
four OF the men sentenced with RYAN
and the terms OF all but three Others have
expired
Repeated efforts have been made FOR
communication oi all the sentences
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
CLEMENCEAU ASSURES
DEPUTIES OF VICTORY

Paris, April s. Premier Clemen-
ceau told the committees on foreign
and military affairs Of the Chamber
ofDeputies at a Iiont session yester-
day that they could have confidence
regarding the outcome Of the great
battle now in progress.
Two Deputies win 60 n the front
on Monday IN observe the opera
tons.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
TWO ARE DEAD.
Result of Motor Accident at Mid
dletown Last Night. Second
Death Occurring Today.

The accident last night ut kirkwood.
which resulted in the instant death OF
Harold 5. Padley, aged % years, of Cecil
ton, Md. claimed its second victim to-
day. when Wilbur Il. Wooleyhan, aged
so years. of the same place, died ut the
Delaware Hospital.
An account of the accident appears
on another page Of today's paper.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
Troops Flee Blazing Barracks.

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Portland, Me, April 6.---Soldiers sleep
ing in the barracks at Fort Williams, on
Cape Elizabeth, were driven out early
today, BY fire which destroyed three
buildings. All the men escaped without
injury and saved most Of the movable
property in the barracks. Officers said
the blaze was started by crossed wires.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
Samuel Fault Fatally Hurt.

Samuel r. Fault. aged l3 years, a
son of Mrs. Agnes Hayden of oil Pop
lar street, was found At the bott m of
the freight elevator shaft at the NJ Me
gary q Son 60 : warehouse, in Tatnall
street near Sixth, yesterday afternoon.
The boy was removed to the Homoeo-
pathic Hospital, where he died at 6.45
O clock last night Death was due TO
fractured skull How the boy fell into
the shaft is a mystery
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
AMERICAN AIRMEN MISSING.
Two Phiiadelphians, Of Lafayette Esea-
drille, Believed 10 Have Been Killed.

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
Paris, April 6.-Charlcs kerwood, OF
Bryn Mawr, Pa, and Houston Woodward
of Philadelphia, both members Of the
Lafayette escadrille, have been missing
since April l.
Kerwood, while patroling in the Somme
region, encountered seven German air
planes He unhesitatingly engaged one
OF the Germans. Whether kerwood
was killed or taken prisoner is not known.
Woodward left on a scouting expedi-
ton and has not returned
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
I2. 600 900 TONS OF LEAD A
MONTH FOR II. s. ARMY

Washington, April 6.-The War
Industries Board today reached an
agreement with the lead industry
whereby the industry will furnish
all government requirements for
lead products g ,O0O, 900 tons mini
mum and $4,000, 900 tons maxi
mum a month at prices averaging
seven cents pound. The lead is
10 be used for making bullets and
big gun missiles.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
Amusements Tonight.

Piayhousgs-''rhe Laughter OF Foo4a-
CSarrlck-N amdeville.
Ouecn---'.T The HALF Breed
tic Love Me
VICTORIA FarzaD OF the AEless
Savoy Y uder suspicion.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
u. S. WILL SURPRISE
PRUSSIA GEORGE
associated Press 20 Every Evening

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
London, April 6-Premier Lloyd,
G. Gorge telegraphing today to the lord
mayor Of London on the occasion of a
luncheon given to celebrate Americas
entry into the war, said
During the next few weeks America
will give the Prussian military iunta
the surprise of their lives
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
PENNA. TOWNS BIG BUYERS.
Berks County Village Subscribes Nearly
4 Times Its Quota.
- % - Evenlng

By AsSOclated PISS 20 tFery Evening
Philadelphia April Hamburg, Pa,
set the pace today in the opening Of the
Liberty Loan drive for Sl36, coo, 600
The town is in BerilS county, and has q
population Of 900 Its quota IS 500, 600
and one hour after the drive opened
$50. 900 in subscriptions had been report
cd from 800 subscribers
Fifteen other towns subscribed the full
amount IN the opening hours. Each won
the right to 1y a Liberty loan honor flag.
Hamburg, flag will contain two stars.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
Petition Denied.

Judge Rice, in the Orphans Court,
today denied a petition for the appoint
ment of Clarence r. Cheffins as guardian
of his daughter, Dorothy +. Cheffns.
Hearing on the application was given
week ago.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
PARIS UNDER FIRE AGAIN

By Associated Press to Every Evening
Paris, April 6-The bombardment Of
Paris by long range German guns was
raeumod ~ ] / 40 O'Clock this morning
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
Wilmington Bank Clearings.

Bank clearings for the week ending to-
day are s3, $50, ,35S.52; for the same week
last year, S2771 ,S32.05.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
Weather Forecast

By Associated Press 20 Every Evening
washington. April 6.-weathcr forecast fw
delaware
day. showers In the afternoon OF by night
sunday, with rising temperature, light south
winds.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
GERMANS ATTACK
ALLIES IN VAIN:
MAKE NO GAINS
Huns Make Savage Onslaught in
Another Strike 70 Capture
Aniens.
BRITISH LINE UNYrELDYNC

BY Assocla.ed Press 10 Every Evening
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Imperial Valley press., 1918-12-21
No. CSC
NOTICE To CREDITORS.

In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the County
of Imperial.
In the matter of the Estate of Ga
len Nichols, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned, Rollin Nichols, admin
strator of the Estate of Galen Mich
OILS, deceased, with will annexed, to
the creditors of and to all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, that they, and each of them,
must within ten months after the
first publication of this notice, file
said claims with the necessary vouch-
ers, in the office of the clerk of the
ahove-entitled court, or exhibit said
claims, with necessary vouchers, to
said Rollin Nichols, administrator as
aforesaid, at his place of business, to
wit: the law offices of E. R. Simon,
attorney law, at the court house in
the City of Ell Centre, Imperial coun-
ty, California.
Dated December 10, 1918.
ROLLIN NICHOLS,
E. R. SIMON, Administrator.
Attorney for Administrator.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-12-21
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION


An examination fer clerk and car
rier will be held at the postoffice in
this city on January 25, 1919.
Age limit, 18 to as years on tho
date Of the examination.
Excepting wives of soldiers and
sailors in the military or naval serv-
ice, married women will not be adj
mitted to the examination. This pro
hibtion, however, does not apply to
women who are divorced, but they
are eligible for appointment only as
clerk.
Applicants must be physically
sound, ana male applicants must be
not less than 5 feet inches in
height in bare feet, and weigh not
less than 125 pounds without over
coat or hat.
For application blanks and for full
information relative to the eXamina-
tions, qualifications, duties, salaries,
vacations, promotions, etc., address
Immediately