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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
CALL IS PENDING
FOR TWELVE MORE
Two To Syracuse, July 20, And Ten To
Fl, Slocum August 6

Secretary Rufus Wainwright of the
Addison County Draft Board received
this week two more calls for men from,
Addison County, Out Of forty men
who are wanted from Vermont to 90
to Syracuse, n, Y, for training as fire.
man and guards at various ports of en-
barkation, two will be drawn from Adj
olson County. Men qualified for full
military service will not be accepted
for this special service,
Another call is for 80 men from Yer
mont to go to Fort Slocum on August
6, ten OF these men to be drawn from
Addison County. Still another CALL for
ten men to so to Tufts College for
training, has been withdrawn so far as
Addison County is concerned, leaving
only the Syracuse and Ft Slocum as
signments to be filled at this time.
OF the l4l6 in the first draft in Addi-
son County only Is have thus far been
reclassiiled according to the new regu-
lations, The Redistribution of these
men affects the dependency claims only,
and those who have agricultural claims
are still privileged to appeal from the
local boards second decision. The
names of those who were notified to-
day follow:
Benson, Harry ~, Whiting; from IA
to 2B wife but no children.
Bessette, Giard b.; Bridport from
2B to Ia Married since May II, 1910.
Commo, Alexander Panton; from "A
to 2B Wife but no children
Dutton, Attic T.; Goshen; from BIB to
Ia Father able to work.
Ellis, Clayton J.; Middlebury; from
2B to Ia Married since May H. 1910.
Foster, Theodore H.; Mddlebury;
from "A to pa Wife and child.
Fay, Frank ~; Goshen from &C to
2B Wife but no children
Lee, Charles A.; Ferrsburg; from IA
to 2B Wife but no children
Lathrop, Thadeus E.; Bristol; from
IA to 2B Wife but no children.
Pecor, VERNE j.; Bristol from SC to
Ia lfor denomination
Reynolds, Smith S.; Middlebury;
from IA to 2B Married since May II,
1917
Swenor Lawrence H.; Springfield,
Mass; from 2D to Ia Released from
Springfield Armoryl,
Sullivan, Frederick, Vergennes, from
&c to 2B Wife but no children
Steadman, Myron S.; Lincoln; in 2B
wife but no children
Tredo, George W; Nergennes; from
"A to IA wife but no chiidrenl
Nirchow, Gustav L.; Middlebury;
2B wife can support herself.
Wiley, Edgar J.. Middlebury; from
"A to 2B Dependency not established
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
STATE CONFERENCE
is COMING HERE
Social Workers Will Meet In Middle
bury October 1917

Announcement was received yester-
day by The Register from the execu-
tive committee of the Vermont Confer
ence of Social Work that it has decided
to hold the fourth annual meeting of
the conference in Middlebury, October
lG-l7, 1918 The three preceding confer
ences have been held in January, but
the lack of transportation facilities in
the winter season. coupled with the fact
that an earlier date favors the presenta-
ton Of a more carefully prepared legis-
lative program, made a change in the
time Of meeting seem desirable
The activities of the conference thus
far have been directed towards helping
the condition of the dependent and ne
elected child and it was the legislative
committee of this organization which
initiated the movement which resulted
in the creation of the present board of
charities and probation by the last leg
islature. At the Middlebury meeting
while the child welfare movement will
be kept constantly in mind, the thought
of the conference will be particularly
focused upon the problems of recon
struction which are being presented by
the war and the program committee,
which consists of Professor Groat of
the University of Vermont, Miss Lena
Ross of Rutland, and DR.. Grace Sher-
wood of St Adams, is already at work
securing a strong group of speakers for
the occasion The president of the con
ference is Prof. K R. B, Flint of Nor
witch University, and the secretary,
Professor A. R. Clifford Of the Univer-
sitv of Vermont.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
BASTILLE DAY

A large audience attended the cele-
bration of the French national holiday
Bastille Day, in Mccullough gymna-
stun at Middlebury College Saturday
evening. The exercises opened by sing
ing the Star Spangled Banner and the
Marseillaise.
The address OF welcome was made
by Prof Parker Williamson de Nisme
after which Prof Lacalle, in behalf OF
the Spanish school, presented the
French school with large bouquet
Tableaux appropriate to the day fol
lowed.
The address of the evening was deliv.
cred by de la Jarrie, educational rep
resentative of the French govrnment
The exercises closed with readings by
Miss Lott of Boston and the singing Of
\ MarSeilaise.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
10 MIDI MEN GO
TO PLATTSBURG
Continued from page one)

ton for appointment,
The Admission Committee at the col
lege, OF which Prof, Frank w, Cady is
chairman, expects that the new ar
rangement with the Government where
regular part OF the United States Army,
will prove a great attraction to young
men who desire to get in readiness for
service and at the same time pursue
by The Middlebury Students Army
training Corps will be recognized as a
their education up to the very moment
Of their call to the colors, An attractive
poster setting forth the advantages OF
enlistment in the Students Corps was
prepared by Prof, Cady this week and
is being sent TO towns throughout the
state, The advantages are enumerated
as follows;
students IS years OF age or over
joining the Corps will be regularly en-
listed men in the United States Army.
Equipment will be furnished by
the Government,
"a regular army officer will be in
charge.
4-There will be frequent inspection
by army officers,
Six weeks intensive training at a
summer camp will be required,
6 Unless extraordinary emergency
arises no one will be called into active
service until OF draft age
Z Those who are called in the draft
during a college year will be ordered to
report for duty June 80 next follow
ing
S Thus an uninterrupted college
year will be assured all who come of
draft age.
9-The members Of the student body
will not be given deferred classification
under the selective service act,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
MIDDLEBURY

Miss Nita Wallace of Yonkers, n
Y, is visiting Miss Genevieve Halnon,
Mrs Latham of Waltham, Mass,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. William Ford
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Warner and
daughter OF Albany, n, y, are guests OF
Mrs Warmers mother, Mrs. G,E. Vain
wright
Mrs. Emery Wissell, daughters
Marjorie and Isabel, visited Mr. and
Mrs. David E. Ryan of Nergennes We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Blackmer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Campbell are en-
joying an automobile trip through the
Adirondacks.
Harold Delphia who has been in the
employ of the U. S. government at
Thetford for several weeks setting out
trees, has returned.
Frank Bissette has returned from
Washington, d, c., where he went in
charge of a consignment of horses from
the government farm here,
Word has been received here of the
death of Mrs. Belle Turner, wife of the
late Joseph Turner, a former resident
here, at her home in St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. William Ford and Mrs La
than have gone to Lake Dunmore for
weeks visit to their sister, Mrs. f
c. Brown, who is spending the summer
there.
Mrs. Albert Laird left yesterday for
New York where she will meet Mr.
Laird, who is in the aviation service
and who has been in the West for sew.
eral months training and who expects
to start overseas in a short time. She
was accompanied by Mr. Laird's par
ents of Montpelier.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
TWO HURT WHEN
FORD OVERTURNS
Oliver Farnham of Shoreham Still In
DANGER


On the way from Orwell to Middle
bury, intending to entrain as a draftee
for Springfield, Mass, last Monday
morning, Norman Forcier of Orwell was
badly hurt and Oliver Farnham of
Shoreham who was driving a Ford car
in which they were riding, was still
more dangerously injured when the au-
toinobile turned turtle about four miles
north of Shoreham village The young
men were riding at high speed in order
to catch train
This morning Forcer, who was struck
about the head and over the right eve
was reported to be resting comfortably
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Moses Forcier in Orwell and al
though he had been unconscious much
of the time, he was believed to be out of
danger, Farnham, who is the son of
Arthur II. Farnham of Shoreham, has
been unconscious most OF the week, and
is still in danger from blood-clot on
the brain.
The accident occurred near the home
of w H. Birchard who helped to res
cue the men from under the overturned
car. He called Drs Plat and Sharon
who removed the injured men to their
own homes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
Held For Non-Support

Emmett Armstrong was brought be-
fore Judge A. W. Dickens in the Ad-
olson county municipal court Wednes-
day for alleged non-support of his fam
lily. He pleaded not guilty and his case
was continued until Wednesday, Aug
ust T.
Armstrong was ordered by the
court to furnish bail of $50 for his APP
pearance in court on that date and i'll
the meantime pay over the sum of $40
to his employer each week for the sup
port of his family,
During the hearing Armstrong was
served with a notice to appear before
the local board of selection to entrain
with Others on August and the court
accepted the papers as bail.
Attorney Allen r. Sturtevant APP
peared for the state and Armstrong
was represented by Leroy c. Russell.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
HER LETTER
FROM GERMANY
Continued from page one)

do but eat and sleep How is that for
a prisoner. xxx Three lines erased
by German censor, Probably you saw
about our being captured in the paper
didn't your can imagine how you all
felt when you read about it,
Well how are all the folks in old Bris-
toll? Hope you folks are all well and
happy When | get back we will have
regular golden wedding day, Ha Ha,
We are in a camp with some French
men now and they tell us we
are going to an American camp in a
few days so | will write as soon as VIZ
get there and give you my address,
and list of stuff that want, So look
for another letter in few days, Good
bye with love and kisses from William
X. HER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
Venison Is Costly

A fine of 500 and costs of Sl9.4S each
was paid Friday by Richard Trombley
and Richard Gould of Goshen whose
homes were raded and venison being
found in each. Fish and Game Warden
Chaffee and James Hodges went to
Goshen to investigate. In the from
bley house the venison was found in a
jar under the pantry floor. In the
Gould home, the venison was found on
the dinner table The men were taken
to Ripton and fined by Justice Chand-
Ter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
LOCAL MEN BACK
NEW ENTERPRISE
incorporate To Manufacture Auto Ii
cense Holders

In articles Of corporation which were
filed at Montpelier this week, Harry L
Palmer Of Burlington Allen R. Sturte-
want, Rufus Wainwright and A. ID
Wright of Middlebury appear as the
incorporators of new manufacturing
company in Middlebury to be known as
the Auto License Holder Company, Inc
The device which the company will
make is a nickel plated holder for auto
mobile licenses, designed to be attached
to the automobile so that drivers NAV
be protected by having their licenses al
ways in readiness for police inspec-
ton when challenged.
No announcement is yet made of the
plans of the new company, except that
Offices will be established in Middle
bury. The capital stochi is $4,000.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19
SUCCESSFUL WEEK
OF CHAUTAUQUA

Continued from page one)
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19

Relatives of Walter E. Simonds of
Middlebury have received no addition
al information as to his condition, a
telegram received about three weeks
ago saying he had been seriously in
jured in a fight with Germans, being
the only news of his having been hurt
He is son of Elmer E. Simonds and
brother of William H. Simonds, sales
man for F. A. Evans.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-19

[, 5, Food ADMINISTRATOR
Jist ez de buckwheat cake got
flop over on his face, Br'er Bacon
rim dance 'roun' en- say, sezee:-
zone good tun deserves en- nuth-
err" sezee.-Meanin' dat eff de
sojer boys go en- do de fightin' fer
us, de leas' we alls kin do is ter
SEN 'em all de wheat-en eat
buckwheat instid. Con meal, rye
en- barley flour fer us will hep a
lot too.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-17
A CONTRAST

Editors NOte:-"The hymn OF the
German Sword" which follows
first, appeared, so far as l am able
to learn, in a German paper publish
ed in Leipzig, Germany. 1t has had
a wide circulation in both the land
of its origin and in the German
newspapers of the United States. It
finally reached such a paper in
the western part of North Dakota
where Honorable Lewis F. Craw-
ford, President of the Board of Ed
vocational Regents of North Dako-
ia. saw it. 1t impressed him strong
ly in two ways; first, as being a cor
rect Interpretation of the German
spirit as manifested in the present
war and, secondly, as calling for a
reply. "The American Sword" is
Mr.. Crawford's reply.
Hymn of the German Sword.
It is no duty of mine to be either
just or compassionate; it sufices
that l am sanctiied by my exalted
mission, and that l blind the eyes
of my enemies with such streams of
tears as shall make the proudest of
them cringe in terror under the vault
of heaven.
have slaughtered the old and the
sOrrowful; I have struck off the
breasts of women; and l have run
through the bodies of children who
gazed at me with the eyes of the
wounded lion.
Day after day I ride aloft on the
shadowy horses in the valley of
Expresses and as l ride / draw forth
the life blood of every enemy's son
that dares to dispute my path.
1t is meet and right that I should
cry aloud my ride, for am 1 not the
flaming messenger Of the Lord AL
mighty?
Germany is so far above and be-
yond all the other nations that all
the rest of the earth, be they who
they may, should feel themselves
well done by when they are allowed
to fight with dogs for the crumbs
that fall from her table. :
When Germany the divine is hap
py, then the rest of the world
basks in smiles; but when Germany
suffers, God in person is rent with
anguish, and, wrathful and aveng-
ing, he returns all the waters into
rivers of blood.
The American Sword.
I am the American sword.
I have never unsheathed except
in the cause of justice and human
ity.
punish only under solemn and
compelling obligations.
In my presence national perfdy
and dishonor never go unchalleng-
ed.
opened In generous trust to all
nations the portals of American OPP
portunity and gave equal rights to
all in the inheritance created by the
toll and blood of our ancestors.
In me everything that is good
finds approval, everything mean
meets rebuke.
My people are inticed to love me
by the gently responsiveness of my
life.
I am the visual enchantment Of
the d%owntrodden and the oppress-
ed; the emblem Of national honor;
the embodiment of the worlds hope.
In me is linked the command Of
duty and the love of Calvery; 1t is
mine to trace the hidden equities
Of divine reward and connect nation
al wrong-doing with its swift re-
tribution; under me fulfllment adds
splendor to the gorgeous Mosaic Of
our dreams.
o Kaiser; obsessed with power,
drunk with passion, enemy of peace
and light and freedom throughout
the world, slayer of age and infan-
cy. ravisher Of virginity. spreader
of contagion, friend incarnate!
Against thee barren fields cry
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-17

out in protest; venerated works of
art and architecture, hallowed by
the centuries, thou hast crumbled
under shells of frenzy; thou art
wasting the flower of the worlds
manhood in red ruin spurred on by
the grim reaper Of Hate.
Thou international brigand; en-
SLAYER and robber of Belgium, loot
er of servia, betrayer of n%eutrals;
thou art a pirate running mad on
the painless sweep of oceans, plumb
ering and numbering on the worlds
highway.
Diplomatic intriguer: Thou hast
faithlessly broken age-old treaties,
thou hast torpedoed hospital ships,
bombarded defenseless cities, and
unleashed liquid fire and poison gas
outlaw demons of destruction. In
this epilepsy of the worlds horror
thou art not bowed with a ems Of
unfathomable guilt and sodden
shame; thou, the arch gutter
snipe of civilization, art more un-
sparing than Torquemada, more
cruels than Nero, more atrocious
than Caligula, more crafty than
Geronimo; thou hast loosed the
hosts of i'll upon a peaceful world
and darkened the heavens with
blasphemy.
Thou art chased by the madden
ing pillows, the deeps, in malice
open to receive thee; ashen faces
turned toward 1ame-lit skies, ap-
peal for vengeance.
My presence gives courage to en-
dure the appalling strain and ON
%ni-present peril of battle.
1 bestow superhuman nerve,
sleepless caution, capacity for sac
rifice, and the justice of my cause
palsies the hand of brutal might
anu S0nSa amD1ClOQ.
1 pity the victim, not the violator;
the sorrows l bring wear no weeds
of mourning.
I open a new era in history; I
fire the human soul with new dar-
ing and new hope; l will survive
this conflict and pronounce it's
sentence.
When. the name of Kaiser shall
have lost its stencil and been cover
ed by the dust of remorseless cen
turtles, I shall still be glorified as
the main-stay of democracy-the
p~eace-maker. of the world.
LEWIS F. CRAWFORD,
President of the State Board of
Regents Of North Dakota.
Sentinel Butte,
North Dakota.
Reprint from the Quarterly
Journal of the University of North
Dakota, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Oct. 1917.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-07
A LAND OF HORRORS
Belgian Who Escaped From Occu-
pied Portions Of Northern
France Tells of Horrible Con-
ditions of Slavery and German
Brutality.

A London dispatch to the Ottawa !
agency of Reuters Limited says it
has received from a trustworthy Bel
oian citizen. who has just reached
London from the German military zone
at Valenciennes. an account of terri
bic conditions existing in the occupied
districts of France. from which vlr-
tually no news ever reached Eng
land
For obvious reasons it could not he
stated how this man escaped. he
still bore traces of heavy blow on
the Jaw and showed Reuters reore-
sentative a handful of natural teeth
which had been knocked out by the
butt end of German guards rifle.
I He said:
"The Germans have organized
slavery army in the zone of northern
France When / left St. Amand
few weeks AGO conditions were unen-
durable. All the men between the
I ages of II and so had been taken
away. Unmarried women under Ao
are obliged to work in the fields while
1 girls from II to IA must collect acorns
and nettles.
"Everywhere you meet civilians
working under armed guards. Every
one wears a hrassard showing the
town he comes from. Some wear bras
sards also around the leg showing
they tried to escape. | saw an Ole
man with a large cross painted on his
back. ! knew what that signified. II
YOU refuse to pay the fine you are
imprisoned; if you refuse secone
1 time YOU are sent to Germany from
where one seldom comes back alive.
Besides civilian prisoners the Ger
mans have great numbers OF wa
prisoners behind the lines. workin,
under terrible conditions. The Eng
lish are especially badly treated. AZ
want food, but the sufferings OF tn
Russians owing to lack of food ar
awful. 1t was while / was endeavol
v. ing to give a starving Russian III
tie of my own small supply Of foo
that the guard knocked out my teeth
/. The informant told how domest
clocks and lamps are broken up +
copper; mattresses are ripped +
I wool and sacks and clothes are seize
Farmers and peasants must decla
everything.
"Ihave seen people dragged to pri
on" said the refugee, "for hiding.
pound Of potatoes. Hiding an egg
wolves a fine of five marks. One Y
man was deported to Germany
keeping three pigeons. Another
sentenced to Ii months for hiding
Alsatian refugee The refugee "
immediately killed by a non-comm
stoned officer who struck another v
man with such violence that she
came deaf. A little girl was shot de
without warning because she eros
the France-Belgian frontier
bread"
l The Belgian disclosed dates and
names Of the persons in all cases.
! :. 'T1!Iherever you turn you eyes
same tragedy IS evafv1yhere,,.sta,i
ton, slavery and untold brutaslsttyy,
| concluded.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-07
WAR SAVINGS INSTITUTE.
Governor Issues Call For Insti-
tute to be Held in Raleigh Feb
ruary IL and 13.

Governor Beckett has issued the
following call for War Savings In
stitute to be held in Raleigh Febru-
ary IL and 13:
The one supreme task that con-
fronts this Nation is the winning Of
the war To this end the Government
is calling on the people of North Car
DINA to invest forty eight million dol
lars in Thrift Stamps and War Saw
ings Certificates. To the timid this
task is a terror-to the heroic 1t IS 4
challenge.
"If the people of North Carolina re-
spond to this call it will mean two
| things:
First, that we have done. rot our
| bit but our best.
| Second, the habits Of thrift nee
essary to save forty eight million dol
lars and the working capital thereby
created will insure the financial IN
| dependence of our people.
| "To accomplish this gigantic task
plans systematic and comprehensive
| must be laid To this end and at the
request of Col F. H. Fries, State di-
rector of the National War Savings
| Committee, | hereby call War Saw
ings Institute to be held in the city of
Raleigh on the 18th and 18th days of
February, 1918. Trained experts will
conduct the Institute, and on Tuesday
night, the 18th, speakers OF interna-
tional reputation will address the
public.
"All people interest in the work are
cordially invited, but l nominate anc
appoint the following special dele
gates:
81. Every county superintendent O:
!, public instruction.
"2 Every superintendent of tow
and city schools.
"3 Every farm demonstratiol
! agent.
"a Every home demonstrate
i agent.
\ IS. One physician from each cour
: ty in the State to be named by tn
{ Board of Health.
Il "6. Every county chairman of
:, political party in the State.
'uu 81 earnestly urge the boards
county commissioners to pay the a
~ tual expenses of the farm and hon
or demonstration agents and the phys
- 3 clan. l earnestly urge the county al
.. city boards of education to pay tt
70 actual expenses Of their represent
; tives. It would be impossible for the