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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
ONLY 54 BOATS OWNED
BY u. S. LOST IN WAR

Washington, Dec. 11.-Only forty
-four vessels Of the navy, including
army and cargo transports manned by
naval crews, were lost from the dec
.aration Of war, April 6, 1917, until
hostilities ceased Nov IL. And only
twelve Of these were destroyed by
enemy submarines.
This is revealed by an appendix to
the annual report OF Secretary Dan
iels, made public yesterday. Only
three Of the twelve ships torpedoed
were war craf'. the destroyer Jacob
Jones, sunk Dec. 6, 1917, with a loss
OF sixty.two lives; the coast guard
cutter Tampa, sunk Sept. 8, 1915, with
a loss Of ll2 lives, and the armed
yacht Alcedo, which carried down
twenty men
Three ships lost by mines included
only one war craft the armore1
cruiser San Diego which went down
off Fire lsiandd, n. Y, last July 10
with loss OF fifty lives.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
CHICAGO HERO INSISTS
ON BEING IN FIRING
LINE; KILLED IN ACTION

Chicago, Dec. lI.-Because First
Lieut.. Otto Staeheli chose to pretend
incapacity for intelligence corps
work, thereby obtaining his assign.
ment TO a front line regiment, his
mother, Mrs. Emma Staehi, 51l Al
dine street. yesterday took down her
blue starred service flag and substi-
tuted for it one OF gold.
The lieutenant, a war department
message read, had been killed while
leading his platoon against intense
machine gun fire.
He was with the intelligence
corps" statement reported, but he.
came sick and pretended that he was
incapacitated for all Interpretation
work. That's why-as ne had
planned-he got into the regular fight
Ing
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE TO
AID IN STATES HISTORY

Springfield, Dec. ll.-When it
comes time 10 write history OF what
Illinois did in the great war it is
proposed that there shall be officially
collected data on hand from which
to write it. To this end war his
tory committee of the State Council
OF Defense and an advisory history
committee have been appointed and
county war history committees are
being formed 10 gather up all pos
sible data and material that may
have historical value and to pre-
serve it.
Among the classes OF data wanted
by the COMMITTEE are, Complete files
Of all local newspapers from Aug. /,
1914, to the present; letters and
diaries oil soldiers, sailors and others
in war service; official documents,
including draft board records, blanks,
missionaries and proclamatiOns !;
data on Red Cross, Y NJ. C. A. and
other war relief bodies; data an anti
war and paciiist movements; posters,
suckers, plaeards and community
service flags Photographic material
tof all Kinds connected with the war;
iiitary statistics and war records
OF all local men, Red Cross nurses
and reserve militia; economic and
industrial materia. data concerning
war gardens, food production, labor
organizations and corporations in wal
service
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
MORE THAN 1890 u.
OF |. STUDENTS IN ARMY

Urbana, H., Dec. 1l.-More than
400 names already have been re-
corded and published in the war rec.
ords of alumni and university sol
dlers kept by the Alumni Association
OF the University of Illinois. A. new
list OF 4s0 nam s will be issued be.
tween Dec / and Is.
Since the first war directory was
published by the association, Dec. !,
1917, three other directories have
been issued. The first directory con-
tanned the names of 2.2S7 men in the
service.
The records are in special forms
requiring information of every pos.
sible poinL of interest in the soldiers
individual career. His rank, deco
rations and authentic address
changes are kept.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
YAMkS IN FRANCE NEED
LETTERS FROM HOME

New York, Dec. 11.--An appeal to
Americans TO break down the bar
rier created by 1900 miles of ocean"
between Yankee troops and their
home land by writing letters full of
home flavor. was m6de here yester.
day by the war department commits
sion on training camp activities and
Secretary Of War Baker.
Since our soldiers cannot come
home al once ii is for us more than
ever to carry the thought of home to
our soldiers" says a statement by
Raymond b. Fosdick, chairman of the
commission, who Is on the United
states steamship George Washington.
Secretary Baker in a letter to Mr.
Fosdick, declared Il believe that
among all the influences which may
be focused upon this subject, the
strongest and most far.reaohing is
thar which emanates from home let
ters"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
FARM HELP OlRECT0Y
TO BE MADE BY STATE
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE

Chicago. Dec. 1.-THE number OF
men needed on the farms of Illinois
now and at planting time next spring
and the counties in which they viii
be needed will be compiled by the
state councils food production and
conservation committee at once. This
information will be forwarded At the
war department at Washington >as
soon as i. is compete that no time .
viii be lost in returning the men
needed when the armies are demo
biliZed.
Letters have been sent county
cEairmen OF food production and con
seryatiOn asking them TO complete
the survey in cooperation with the
draft boards and forward the figures
10 the state council within week.
The agricultural wsr board At its
last NEE ing estimated that Illinois
farms would need at least 10, 900
men for next years planting and har.
vest. These figures are based on the
ramber of farm men from the state
now in service, and the number OF
men who have been drawn from the
farms to war industries as a result
of the higher wages
AS the war department has indi-
Gated that men will be released from
the army only when they are needed
| in particular industries and when
definite jobs are awaiting them, il is
important that Illinois farmers re-
/ port at once on the number needed.
that the immense crop OF food which
the state is expected to raise next
year may in no way be jeopardized
County ehairnen into whose hands
the survey has been put should lose
no time in completing it,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
BANKERS MAY HAVE
UNIFORM CHECKS

Springfield. Dec. IA movement
is under way among bankers OF Hi
uais To establish 4 UNIFORM sized
check They believe q great seel Of
good can be Accomplished by such a
measure since. it is argued, it would
permit of more efficient work IN
handling checks Small checks. the
bankers declare. some time become
lost among the larger ones and re
suits in much confusion and loss OF
time as result II is urged that
business and commercial concerns
have their own checks printed on L
standardized size OF paper
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
ENGLAND OWES u. S.
$2,000,000, 1000. 90

Dundee, Scotland, neC. 1l.--"Eng-
land sent American 1000 900 pounds
Of bullion said Col Winston spen.
Ger Churchill. minister of munitions,
in "A speech here America has taken
from eight hundred to a thousand
millions in British securities That
Is a serious burden for the future. {"
Col Churchill declared the natIonai-
cation of the railroads was already
accomplished.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
TO TEST VALIDITY
OF GOOD ROADS ACT

Springfield Dec Whether the
$G0,01U,Oo0 good roads bond issue is
constitutional will be decided at the
next term Of the state Supreme
Court. In order to test the validity
of the act a friendly suit has been
iiled by taxpayer seeking TO en-
join the state from issuing the bonds
Judge Rodenburg, assistant attorney
general will handle the case for the
state.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
PRINCE HENRY HEADS
GERMAN ROYALIST PART

Paris, Dec. ll.---Prince Henry of
Prussia, brother OF the former Ger.
man emperor, has proclaimed the es-
Establishment Of a royalist party in Ger.
many according to reports from Hol.
land
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11

Danville Holding match too
c.ose while searching for a piece Of
clothing in a clothes closet resulted
in a fire AT L. Cozett's home The
fire did considerable damage before
being extinguished
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11

TiXon George Bush negro en-
ploye of the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railway at Nielsen, was murdered
in a running revolver battle with
three other employees, who have been
arrested charged with lhe crime.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
ROOSEVELT WOULD
LET BRITAIN RULE
MAN WHO URGED PREPARED
NESS NOW OPPOSES BUILDING
A NAVY TO SuRPASS THAT OF
ENGLAND.

New York. Dec l1-That the
United States and Great Britain could
today agree to a universal arbitration
treaty which would make war be-
tween the TWO nations Impossible for
all time is the opinion expressed by
Theodore Roosevelt in letter made
public here yesterday which the colo
nel wrote to George Haven Putnam.
president of the American Rights
League.
Il am now prepared 10 say what
five years ago would not have said,
the former President wrote Il think
the time has come when the United
states and the British empire can
agree on a universal arbitration
treaty.
Would Vow Peace Alliance.
In other words. believe that the
time has come when We should say
that under no circumstances shall
there ever be a resort TO war between
the United States and che British en-
pire that no question can ever arise
/ between them that cannot be settled
in judicial fashion, in some such man
ner as questions between states OF
our own Union would be settled
Col Rooseyelt's letter was written
In response to an invitation extended
to him by Mr. Putnam to join the
English speaking union, OF which Ar
thur J. Balfour, British foreign sec
rotary, is president.
Declines Membership.
Although declining to accept mem
bership, explaining that he was de-
voting his time TO secure in this
country a spirit of undivided Amer
lean nationalism. Col Roosevelt said
he was in sympathy with the general
/ purpose of the English speaking
1 union.
| In his letter the colonel expressed
! opinion, also, that the United States
should not try To build a navay equal
to Englands which he described as
probably the most potent instrument
tally for peace in the world but
that Americas navy should be second
in strength.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
ILLINOIS BRIEFS.

Moline. sing a restaurant 10
cover alleged blind zig operations,
Andrew Gustopolis. aged 47. has beef.
arrested. Police used marked
money in purchasing liquor from Gas
topolis as evidence.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11

pecatur.--Grown triplets in (ami
lies are rare But Laurel, N, a
small town near here. has one, 1t is
the Ross family with three girls,
named Emerald, Opal and Ame,hy"t
aged l., all in good health
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11

Quincy-Eyen thtd.rate crook
won't keep a tin lizzy' when il balks.
So it developed when car stolen
from a farmer near here by his farm
hand was found abandoned on the
outskirts CT the city.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11
Daily Thought.

Studious lot me so and hold high
converse with the mighty dead.--
Thomson.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11

two very bad at
taclis of inflamma-
tion. My do t or
said he could d o
nothing more for
me and | W oul d
have to 60 to the
hospital for an
operation but
Lydia E. PINK X
h a ms Vegetable
Compound and
Sanative W q sh
have entirely cured
me of my troubles
and / an how in
good health. / am
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-11

W0odbine St, Brooklyn, N. 7.
Operations upon women in our hos
pitfalls are constantly on the increase,
but before submitting to an operation
for ailments peculiar to their sex every
woman owes it to herself to give that
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham s Vegetable Compound, trial.
If complications exist write Lytia &.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
advice.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-01-18
WOMEN VOTE FOR
FIRST TIME HERE
Help Choose a New Water
Commissioners
Village Meeting Largely Attended,
Comparatively Speaking and
Is a Little Exciting.

Women for the first time had voice
in the general conduct OF village affairs
in Middlebury at the annual village
meeting held in the Town Hall on We'd
nesday evening, Some fifty women were
present. When the time came TO ballot
on the principal issue of the evening"
the election Of new water commiss-
ioner--- some thirty of the ladies
wrote their choice on scrap of paper
and together with the men filed past
the moderators desk to cast their vote
for the first time.
The whole scene was a rather novel
one. 1t was no wonder that Moderator
John L, Weeks, in putting the quest
ion addressed the house backwards
Now and then he found himself say
ing "Gentlemen-and ladies'! But
perhaps the etiquette OF politics will
still allow male precedence in parlia-
mentary praCticel In any event, the
ladies made no protest, They seemed
sufficiently grateful OF their newborn
rights without requiring any irills, and
they took serious minded interest in
III hll AllAN NNlll WI hN NllN lANNNAAlh
They had a voice but did not exercise
it beyond saying aye or mo when
the voting was done and in the silent
ballot on the water issue they undoubt-
cdly "cinched" if they did not entirely
carry the vote in favor of p. n, SWEET
as commissioner over John ID. Woods,
the incumbent, who had been renomin-
ated by some of his supporters,
The whole vote cast for election Of
a water commissioner was llS, There
were necessary for a choice, 75 Mr.
SWEET received SO and Mr. Woods So
The opening of the election was met
by an almost instantaneous nomination
of Mr. Woods by George T. Kidder.
The motion was seconded by someone,
Judge A, W. Dickens thereupon made
a short speech, declaring that while
Middlebury had a fine water system,
Continued on Page 4.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-01-18
REGISTER INSTALLS
LINOTYPE MACHINE
Promises to Help Us Make
A Better Paper
A Popular Description of One Of the
Most Human Machines Ever
Invented.

Dedicated to the greatest possible i'm
proVement of our newspaper and print
ing facilities, The Register Company,
with great deal OF satisfaction, an
nounces this week the installation OF
one of the most modern instruments OF
the printing industry, The new ma
chine is known as the Model Ia Linotye
and it is the very latest development
which the Mergenthaler Linotype
Company has produced among re-
markable series of Linotypes that are
now used the world over,
Aside from the trade advantages OF
this fine equipment, it has a wide
popular interest as the machine is gen
orally regarded as one of the most hu-
man combinations of mechanical parts,
and the model which The Register has
installed is so highly developed that
many of our friends who have already
viewed it have remarked at does every
thing but think" 1t does in fact,
however, exercise at least a low form
of intellect, for it is equipped with a
manifold series of safety devices which
govern its complex mechanism.
4 full description Of its organization
and its capacities would be almost as
hopeless an effort as complete eX-
position of all the functions OF the hui
man body More than 1000 separate
parts, aside from the various type
moldS, go to make up the machine,
and yet with a little study its process
of setting and casting a new line Of
type with great rapidity and eXacti-
tude, and in the meantime distributing
the molds from which the type was
cast, is remarkably simple.
The general outline of the machine
is we'll pictured in the cut that accom-
panes this story, the governing key
board having a close resemblance TO-,
but differing considerably from an or
dinary Typewriter The super-struc-
ture of the machine stands some six
feet from the floor. The broad fiat
front of the uper-structure, as seen
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-01-18

in the picture, is what is known as one
of the magazines" of the machine.
While only one of these magazines is
in view in the picture there are three
of them one above the other, each
magazine containing a series of brass
"molds" or what are technically known
as matrices"
1t is from these matrices" that the
type is cast The most delicate press
ure upon any one of the buttons on the
keyboard brings down from the cores
ponding channel of the magazine one
of these little brass matrices" and
they automatically assemble to
any length of line that the
operator may have previously de-
termined by setting his cages properly.
The spacing between the words is done
by a small steel band, in the form of a
delicate expanding double wedge.
These wedges act one upon the
other to bring the line taut on either
side and the line is ready to cast. The
operator presses a lever at the side OF
his keyboard which automatically car
ries this line of matrices" into position
before the mouth of a metal pot A
light of lead which has been melt
ed to a temperature of 500 degrees by
electric heat is by automatic operation
of the machine squirted through a
series of small holes, coming in contact
with the brass matrices" The latter
- the matrices s"-are, meanwhile,
held tight in a vice, and locked SO
squarely against the mold that the
metal escapes only into its proper
chamber. The line of solid type thus
cast is automatically swung into what
is known as the "ejecting position
and knife through which the line Of
type or Slug" is pushed, cuts il
squarely and truly, and the finished
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-01-18
BIG CHANGE IN
TRAIN SERVICE
Loss of Two Mails, Begin
ming Next Monday
New Postofiiee Schedule Will Also Be
In Effect at Local Office.

In common with the rest OF the
country, Addison County will put up
with a big curtailmcnt of its railway
service, beginning next Monday morn
ing A preliminary schedule of the
new timetable as received by The
Register orders the discontinuance OF
two local trains,
The 9;26 southbound morning mail
known as train so, will be discontinued
from Burlington to Rutland,
The 3;l5 north-bound mail, known
as train No, 50, will be discontinued,
Rutland to Burlington,
The southbound flyer which has
been due at about ten minutes to one
in the afternoon, will leave Burlng-
ton at II a. m, and arrive here at
approximately 1905 p, m,
The northbound flyer which has
hitherto been due at 5;5j p, m, will
now leave Rutland at $3.50 and arrive
in Mddlebury at about dj0,
In view of the loss Of the south
bound early morning mail, the post
Office will, beginning Monday not open
until 7;3O a m, instead Of at :, in or
der that Postmaster Calhoun may so
arrange his working force that the
mails may be properly handled at the
noon hour and late afternoon The
railroad company has not yet issued
its complete schedule Of time and
stops, and it cannot be definitely said
at what minute the mails will close,
but it will be 30 minutes ahead Of train
leaving time.
The city carriers will start out at
S o'clock, and the rural carriers for the
present at their usual hour though it
is probable in the near future they
will be put on an earlier schedule, pos.
sibly 9 O'Clock.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-01-18
FUNERAL TRIBUTE
TO COL. ILSLEY
Mr.. Whittemore's Sermon
Given in Full
Burial in Brooklyn Cemetery Amid
Some 100000 Graves Last Friday
Afternoon.

Draped with the American flag in
recognition Of his service through the
Civil War, the body OF Coloney 5, A.
Ilsley was taken last Thursday night
to Brooklyn, n, ", his former home,
and buried in Greenwood Cemetery
Mrs, Ilsley, the Rev, Roy f. White
more, President John NJ. Thomas OF
the College, and Others who accom-
panied the body to New York were
met at the Grand Central station by
A. Barton Hepburn and number OF
other business associates OF the
Colonel The funeral party went
directly to the Cemetery where brief
remarks were made by Mr. White
more and the body lowered to its grave
beside the graves of Colonel llsley's
two sons,
Mr. Whttemorc, who delivered the
principal funeral remarks, spoke most
We are united this afternoon in the
sorrow of great loss, One whom we
have honorcd, one whom we have
loved, has been taken from our midst
and we shall miss him As | have pass
ed up and down our village streets
these last two days, ! have been stop
ped again and again by those who
wished to say something to me, and
it was always in substance the same
something, How we shall miss him. -
And | am persuaded that never words
were more sincerely uttered, for every
man and woman and child in all this
countryside knew and honorcd and
esteemed the name of Colonel llSey.
How shall | in any poor words of
mine give expression to this common
sorrow | speak, while you are busy
with your thoughts thoughts
are the worthier tribute. And if, my
friends, you should voice just now the
things that are in your hearts to say
OF him, what a testimony to the life
and the character and the service Of
this man would fill this place
Some of you would recall II am sure
his rare business capacity, his fine
judgment, and his splendid efficiency
as a man of affairs. Many OF you would
linger upon his public benefactions, the
enduring evidences of which adorn our
village. Some of you, long time friends
of this man, would become reminiscent
and tell us of the days of his vigor
and his prime,
All too the secrets that might be told
here this afternoon of the little known
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-01-18
CUTTING WOOD IN
CARNEGIE FOREST
Geo, M. Shea Tells Story Of
Interesting Work
Ten New England Saw Mills Are Busy
In Scotland, the Land Of the
Heather and Blue-Bells.

In Skibo forest, owned by Andrew
Carnegie, in the Highlands OF Scotland,
some Vermont 8awmill equipment and
Yankee lumbermen are at work doing
eheir Bit to win the war. 1t will be re-
remembered how, early last summer,
it was proposed that New England
should aid Old England by raising ten
portable sawmill units and shipping
them to Great Britain to relieve the
shortage of timber that handicapped
the British war preparation, George
M. Shea, son of Mrs L, M, Shea, Of
High Street Middlebury, who will be
remembered by many friends here, is
one of the men who went to Scotland
with the sawmill equipment last June
and The Register is now in receipt of
an interesting report from Mr., Shea
Of the work the American lumbermen
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-01-18
SAYS WATER is SAFE

Enquiries are still made as to the
safety of our Village water for drink
ing purposes, oCcaSioned perhaps by
ill founded rumors. The Board OF
Health wishes to state that the Village
water is and has been at all times
safe water to drink The water is
regularly analyzed at the State Labor
atory. 1t has recently been submitted
for analysis on an average of at least
once a week. The State Laboratory
at Burlington is we'll equipped for
making water analysis and the work
there is supervised by DR.. Stone in
whom we can place full confidence.
aside from our reports we have DR..
Stones personal assurance that the
water is safe to drink and | am per-
mitted by Professor Hamlin of our
College to quote him as saying that he
finds nothing that he recognizes as in
consistent with normal drinking water.
Rather than to spread reports unwar-
ranted it would be better judgment
for anyone having question as to the
purity of the water to submit evil
dence to the Board of Health. If there
is any reason found why the water is
unsafe at anytime the public will be
notified at once to boil the water or
discontinue its use for drinking pur-
poses. 1t is unfortunate for the peo-
pie to have their confidence in the
safety of the water unnecessarily dis
turbed by false rumors or in-founded
reports. We might add that the reser-
voir is practically full and there is an
ample supply at the source, though of
course the people should be cautioned
at all times against wasteful use OF our
village supply.
Stanton S. Eddy, M. D.
Health Officer.