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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-12-13
BUSINESS NOTICES

BUSINESS NOTICES
(Ten cents a line first insertion; Eve
cents line each succeeding time
Count six words to a line)
Good sweet oranges at calvis
Fancy grape fruit very reasonable. at
CoIvis
FOUND. Gard of ,cwclry. Gcors.
II Cmdcv SOL
WANTED Two bell boys at once
at The Addison Sjd
FOR SALE. White liar robe for
baby M X Moore iOu
Old Fashioned Ilorchouul Drops
shs.dou's RN5u Store.
ROOMS TO RENT over Evan
tore Mrs d. s Bond 2lt
TO RENT A large barn in village
Inquire Of c, | Button All
TO RENT Furnished rooms aud
board Is College street jO,2p
FOR SALE Dining room table and
six chairs Mrs Arthur Dcsjadon lSt3p
FOR SALE DcLayal Scplrators
and parts j. B. Nelson, Salisbury ,SU
TO RENT:Ncw modern hous. on
Wcyhridgc ST. Inquire Lavonchc, Jr
of
XMAS STATIONERY: New de.
signs new packages at Sheldon, Rex.
all Store.
TO RENT: Large house ON Court
street Vacant November LIST NJ J Nc.
Naughton 43u
FOR SALE: De Laval cream sepa.
rator practically new. Inquire at Reg,
lister Office 4jU
WANTED;-Good girl for side room
good wages and steady employment.
The Addison 3Stf
FOR XMAS; A CoukGn. Moore, or
Waterman Fountain Pen Sheldon,
ReXall Store
FOR XMAS; Gold mounted Rosa.
rieS and Prayer Books Mrs. B. Albert,
l6 Seymour st, 1878
TO RENT Desirable room. for
light housekeeping Inquire a. the
Register Office. soft
FOR SALE: Pictures for antique
mirrors and clocks. Ms, E H, Thomas.
5 Themes St, Tel 1921 42t9p
NOTICE: Came to nv enclr sure
December two year old steer ".
] Leonard, Shoreham Vt.
TO RENT; A seven room tenement
to a small family. Apply to Miss Lucy
N Tinney, 30 Washington street 37tf
FOR SALE: 80 bushels buckwheat,
also one quarter of yearling beef H.
c. Gill, r. f. d. Middlebury Tel 2.l5
50t2p
XMAS; For mother, wife or sweet.
heart-one of those Service Frames at
Goves Studio See them
CHRISTMAS GOODS at n. L.
Bhnns millinery store, and great re-
duction on all trimmed hats.
XMAS CANDY 80 cents a pound
at Concord Kitchen. Home made can
dies and ice cream at Concord Candy
Kitchen.
FOR SALE;-A-1 driving horse. Sew
en- years old Weight 1850 lbs. Would
exchange for large work horse. H. J.
Lapham, Bridport, VT 4St3p
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Blue and Gray Division
To Have Merit System
Commendation Certificates for
Distinguished Service Will
Be Issued to Men

CAMP MCCLELLAN, Ala, Feb. g.
Major General Charles &. Morton, in
charge of the Blue and GRAY Division,
has inaugurated the meritorious men
ton system in use in the French army,
which he had an opportunity Of study
ing while with the American forces
abroad. Commendation certificates are
to be issued to all men who distinguish
themselves along military lines. Rec
ords of all commendation certificates
are to be kept at division headquarters.
Three divisional schools in charge Of
New Jersey officers finished their
courses of instruction to-day. The
classes were those in muskctry, auto
matte arms and gas defence The first
was in charge of Major William A.
Higgins, Of Jersey City; the second was
under Sergeant Ralph V. Peckham, of
Newark, and First Lieutenant James r.
Dabb, of Trenton, was at the head of
the last class.
A delegation from the field bakery
company, composed Of New Jersey men,
has been transferred to Camp Greene,
N. c. The men left some days ago, but
news of their arrival was not permitted
to be made known until to-day.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Kaiserism to End
Next Winter, Says .
Returning Priest

An ATLANTIC PORT, Feb. 1.-The
present German strikes, in reality be-
ginning of revolution, will be put
down by the government this year, but
will succeed in overthrowing the Kaiser
next winter. according to the prediction
of Father Aloysius Daniels, on his ar
rival here to-day on a French steam
ship. The priest speAt three and a half
years as a student in Germany, and left
the Central Empires several months ago.
Germany has been dsheartened and
discouraged since the entrance of the
United States into the war, Fathc r
Daniels said. Scarcity of food and raj
mcnt becoming constantly more press
ing. had caused an alarming death rate
among children. he added.
President Wilson is regarded with
implacable hatred by the German peo-
pie, in spite Of his statements that the
United States is warning against the
government, not the masses, the priest
declared.
"The Germans place the responsible
ity for American participation upon
President Wilson," said Father Daniels
"They have no grudge against the peo-
pie of the United States, although they
consider our entrance has sounded the
deathknell of their hopes of winning
- the conflict
THE present strike in Germany is
not an ordinary strike. but q revolution
1t has been expected since last July,
and the government has prepared since
then to suppress 1T, and will do so. The
military authorities are still too strong
for the people to overcome. They will
keep the people under the iron fist un-
III bn ho
harvested and the rcvolutionists will be
appeascd.
You will hear no more labor trouble
during the spring and summer. Next
winter. however. there will be scarcely
any food lef7. and the end of kaiserIsm
must come. The rich, who have proiited
by the war, are solidly behind YOU
Hindenburg. They look upon him rs
their god. for his presence alone has
prevented the revolution from wiping
out the arlstocracy."
Father Daniels painted vivid pict-
rre of the Germany of to-day, far diff
terent from the land of Teutonic re-
spcct for government and militarism.
He declared that, for lack of material
the streetcars, railroads, elevators and
all other machinery are disintegrating,
while wooden shoes. paper clothing and
food substitutes were wearing down the
masses.
"This general suffering has caused
the people to look about them, and dis
cuss the kaisorism that has been re-
sponsible." he said. ain Berlin the peo-
rle are bitter against the Kaiser, and
openly rdicule him and the Grown
Prince. Their discussions are generally
not interfered with.
"The people now feel that Germany
cannot win the war, and they say so
openly in the streets and denounce
their authorities for not making peace
Father Daniels, who is from Hewitt,
Wis, will stop for while at the Alex
ian Brothers Hospital. in Elizabeth,
n j.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Du Points Get Contract
For y. S. Powder Plant
Especial Correspondence

WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. Am
nouncemcnt came from Washington to-
day that the United States government
has commissioned the Du Pont Engi-
neering Company to act as its agent in
the construction of smokeless pow
der plant on the Cumberland River,
near Nashville, Tenn. This plant will
be similar to the one on which the
governments began work month ago
near Charleston, w. Va.
The two plants, it was announced at
Washington at the time the first con-
tract was let, will have combined ca
pacity of 100000 pounds Of powder a
day. The cost of these two plants, ac-
cording to Secretary Baker, was to be
about $90,000,000.
The Du Pont company has had ex-
tensive experience in building war
plants. The building of the Hopewell
plant at the beginning of the war and
the rapid expansion of the Carney s
Point and other smokeless powder
plants were carried through with great
rapdity.
The new plant will combine the feat
ures of the Hopewell and Carney's
Point plants. When CONTRACT was let
some time ago for the construction of
the plant near Charleston the Du
Pont company turned over to The Gov
ernor, for the benefit of the contrac-
tors and architects. without expense to
the government, all of it's plans and
surveys and complete plant layout, to-
gether with detailed working drawings
OF the necessary guncotton and smoke
less powder plant units.
Thousands Of skilled artisans will be
drawn from all parts of the country to
carry on work on the new plant.
Houses will be built for these yorkers.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
School Enrolment
Decreased by War
Fewer Boys in Higher Grades,
but Elementary Glasses
Near Normal

Enrolment in American public
schools has been affected by the war,
but not to the extent of making it less
than last year. according to figures
compiled by the Department of the In
terror through the Bureau of Educa-
tion. Figures from / Ali cities and COG
counties or districts show an increase
of close to the normal amount of 21a
per cent in elementary schools In
high schools, however. the increase is
only one-fourth of the usual 91s per
cent.
Such increase as there is in high
school enrolment is caused by the girl
students. Fewer boys are enrolled
this year in every class in high school
except the fourth; apparently there is
healthy tendency for boys in the
senior year to remain and graduate.
In city elementary schools the in
crease in enrolment is actually some
what above normal; but in city high
schools there is marked falling off,
especially among the boys.
Country schools show some gains
over last year, both in elementary and
high school enrolment, but not as great
as would be expected under normal
conditions. Rural high schools show
increases for both boys and girls. de-
spite the war.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
100000 Serbians Die
From Starvation in
euton Prison Cages
lBy The Associated Prcssl

ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS
Feb. 2.-Exchanged Italian prisoners
who have just arrived from Austrian
concentration camps tell of almost un-
believable cruelties practised against
prisoners, particularly Serbians, who
are. reported confined in cages and fed
through bars like animals. An authori-
tativc summary Of the statements OF
these returned prisoners says:
"The treatment of the Serbians is
even worse than that Of the Italians,
indicating that Austria intends to de-
stroy the Serbians as o race. AS re-
suit OF these conditions there are up
to now not less than 10000 to 10000
dead from starvation.
They are permitted to receive no
parcels and are unable to work, Ec-
cause of weakness. They are pul like
ANIMALS in cages with wooden bars.
Through these bars the keepers throw
them scraps of uneatable bread, carrots
and turnips as their sole sustenance.
The mortality, already great, is ncreas-
ing, as they are given no care and
there are no doctors and no sanitation" j"
Concerning the Italians, the state
mcnt says they returned in rags after
suffering i'll treatment and exposure to
cold while compelled to work on enemy
trenches under the guard of Hun
garians, who are declared to be particu-
larly hostile to the Italians. They re-
ceived small loaf of bread daily for
division among eight men. Conditions
are SO terrible, the report says, that
they will result in not more than one
third Of the Italian prisoners coming
back alive
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Commission Upbraids
Queens Gas Company
Public Service Board Denies
Rehearing in ~Douglaston
Case, Three Years Old

Arragning as "'fagrant" and "un-
conscionablc" the effort Of the NV
York and Queens Gas Company "to
turn judicial processes into a hippo
drome," the Public Service Commission
yesterday issued an order denying the
company's application for a rehearing
IN the so-called Douglaston gas main
case, which was taken to the United
States Supreme Court. The action of
the commission was taken pursuant to
an opinion filed by Commissioner Her
vey. and made clear the commissions
purpose that the company shall now
proceed to build the extension of its
mains to Douglasron, Douglas Manor
and Little Neck, as ordered by tbs
commission three years ago.
Commissioner Hervey's opinion offers
to give the company little more time
for actually doing the work if needed
until the frost is out of the ground
and materials can be procured, but in
the absence Of reasonably prompt cou-
pliance with the order. penalty actions
and criminal proceedings are threat
ened The company fought the original
order through all the courts, the ST.
preme Court finally deciding that the
commission had the power to enforce 1t.
The case was first opened in the spring
OF 1911 upon the complaint of 500 or
more residents Of Douglaston, Douglas
Manor and Little Neck that the COM
pany was doing nothing to fulfill its
franchise obligations to supply them
with gas
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Thousands at Funeral
Of Senator Hughes

PATERSON, N. j., Feb. 2.-While a
special train which was to carry United
States Senators and Congressm back
TO Washington stood long past the hour
set for its departure, thousands OF the
citizens of Paterson slowly filed past
the caskct in which lay the body of
Senator William Hughes. Then. when
it was impossible to delay longer, the
police were forced to close the doors
of st. Pauls Church in the face of still
other thousands.
The funeral services were impressive
in their simplicity. The Rev. David
Stuart Hamilton, rector of st. Paul's,
preached the sermon, taking for his
text, "Thc last enemy that shall be de-
stroyed is Death" from the first Cor
inthians. The only music was solo
by Edward j.. Mcnamara, who sang
beautiful Land on High"
The special train from WASHINGTON
which brought the committees appoint
ed by the Senate and the House of Rep
resentatives, reached the city at noon.
The Senators were Joseph S. Freling-
huysen, Ollie James, John Sharp Will
Jams, Key Pittman, Henry r. Hollis.
James D. Phelan and Porter j. Nc.
Cumber.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Asks Manufacturers
70 Safeguard Plants
General Johnson Declares Sol
diers Should Not BE Recalled
to That Service

BOSTON, Jan.i 31.-An appeal to
manufacturers to help themselves and
their country by taking effective meas
ures to safeguard their plants from
c!andestine enemies and disloyal citi-
zens, instead Of relying on military
aid, was issued tonight by BrigadieT
General John A. Johnston, command
ing the Department Of the Northeast.
"The soldier" said General John.
ston, "once having stepped across the
line into the filed Of soldlerly prepara-
tion for efficient life sacrifice, should
not be called back at the expense of
that efficiency at this time to do the
police work Of guarding the property
CT others left safe behind that line"
"Manifestly," added General John
ston, "the greatest danger to an indus
trial plant comes from within its own
walls, protection against which is a
matter, first, Of detailing from its own
officers plant protection personnel
officer to employ, become thoroughly
acquainted with and card index its en-
ployes, and to organize a system of
day. and night patrol from cellar to
roof"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Lobster Saving Urged

BOSTON, Feb. Reconsideration of
the lobster industry occupied the at
tention yesterday of the International
Fisheries Commission, continuing it's
hearings here on questions involving
the fishing interests OF this country and
Canada.
A Federal law regulating the size of
lobsters trapped in the waters of the
United States or shipped in interstate
commerce, with similar law in Nova
Scotia, was favored by several of the
speakers. Lobster dealers told the COM
mission that if the industry was to be
saved it would have tc be protected by
laws rigidly enforced They advocated
the adoption of ten and one-half inches
ss the minimum size for marketable
Holsters in both countries.
During discussion of the fish-curinp
business it was brought out that the
increased consumption of salt fish as a
meat conservation measure had caused
an unprecedented demand, which the
dealers had not always been able to
meet. Plans ave being made for the
expansion Of the steam trawler Acct
operating out of Boston to three time :
Its present size.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
DR.. Manning Scores
Hating of Parade
Germans Will Approve Ban
ON Soldiers Here To-day,
Chaplain Says

CAMP UPTON, Feb. 2.-For causing
the postponement of the 3OSth Infantry
parade in New York from tomorrow
until Monday the New York Sabbath
committee was to-day attacked by the
Rev. DR.. William T. Manning, rector
Of Trinity Church and acting volun-
teer chaplain of the 302d Regiment Of
Engineers.
Dr.. Manning 'gave out the following
statement:
"As minister of religion wish to
enter my protest against this action Of
the New York Sabbath Committee, as
reported in the newspapers.
"No doubt the members Of this COIL
mttee are good Americans, but their
action in this matter will be highly
approved by all paciists and pro-Gcr-
mans.
From the standpoint Of morals, what
possible wrong could there be in such
a parade as that which had been ar
ranged? From the standpoint of pa
"tiiotism nothing is more needed than
that our soldiers shall march through
the streets a great deal moro than they
have done. Our people have not seen
nearly enough of our men in uniform
More frequent parades through the
streets would help greatly to arouse
among US the spirit that we must have
if we are to do our full part, and to
win the war. Our soldiers are answer
ing the call to service and sacrifice.
They are offering their lives in the
cause of justice and freedom.
why should they not march through
our streets on Sunday, or any other
day, with bands playing and colors
flying? If there is any law on our
statute books which forbds this, it
should be Immediately repealed in the
name of common sense. of patriotism
and Of sound religion. The officers and
men of this Metropolitan Division at
Camp Upton, and Of our whole army,
deserve every honor and recognition
that can be shown to them.
"It appears that, owing to this pro-
test of the New York Sabbath Com
mittec. the 308th Infantry will feel
compelled upon detraining at the Penn
sylvania Station to proceed softly and
without music to the list Regiment
Armory.' What sort Of spirit is such
a reception as this likely to arouse in
our soldiers, or in our people? May
l suggest that our patriotic societies
shall at once take up this matter and
secure whatever changes in the statutes
may be necessary, or else Chat in
future any regiment wishing to parade
shall put on its gas masks and march
through the streets in spite of the
Sabbath committee"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
"New York's Own"
To Parade Here

Twenty-Five hundred men in the Ma
tional Army will get an opportunity to-
morrow to show the folks at home what
months Of intensive training at Camp
| Upton have done for them, when the
30Sth Infantry, of the 77th Division
(NeW York's Own, marches doWn Fifth
Avenue.
The parade will be notable because
it will be the first event of its kind in
New York since the Federal govern
| ment asked the city 70 contribute to an
army Of drafted men. The soldiers who
will march were lust few months ago
civilians here.
Governor Whitman will be among those
who will review tns soldiers from a
stand in front of the New York Public
Library. Mayor Hylan, Brigadier Cen
eral =. NJ. johnson, acting division COM
mander OF the 77th; Brigsdier General
Eharies 4 Sheriff., adjutant general of
the state; Major F. S. Hutchinson, head
of the Federal Draft Bureau in New
York State; Martin Conboy. local
director of the draft, and George w.
Loft, chairman of the Mayors Commit
tee on National Defence, will also be on
the reviewing stand.
The 30Sth is expected to arrive in the
city this morning at II o'clock and pro-
ceed to the list Regiment Armory. The
reglmental benefit entertainment will
begin in the Hippodrome at O'Clock
this afternoon. After the show the SOL
diers will be free to visit their rela-
tives overnight. At II O'Clock to-mor-
row morning the regiment will form at
the armory, and at 1880 will leave for
the parade, marching along Thirty
fourth Street to Eighth Avenue, thence
north to Fiftyninth Street to Fifth
Avenue, south along Fifth Avenue to
Twenty-third Street, thence east to
First Avenue and north to Thirty
fourth Street to the Pennsylvania Sta
ton.
A battalion of Home Defence Guards
VIII escsft the 30Sth, and platoon of
mounted police, followed by a police
band of eighty pieces, will lead the pa
rade. ~
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Australia Has Big
Wheat Reserve for
Allies; No Ships
300, 100000 Bushels Wait.
ing Tonnage, Ex-Premier
Tells Shipbuilders

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Millions of
bushels OF wheat are available in Aus
tralia to feed the armies of the Allies,
If only ships can be obtained, Crawford
Vaughn, former Premier of South Aus
sralia, to-day told twenty-cight state
directors of the Public Service Reserve,
who are aiding the campaign to enroll
workers for shipbuilding.
The prime need of the Allies is
ships Mr.. Vaughn said. "Thcre are
to-day S0O,O00,000 bushels of wheat in
my country waiting for tonnage. The
Workmen IN the yards of America must
realize that every time they slacken
up or take time off the effect is just
the same as if their artillery in France
stopped the '-arrage fire during a
charge"
Louis +. Post, Assistant Secretary of
Labor. selN d reassuring message to
the states represented by the directors
that the voluntary recruits for indus
from their present positions in such a
way as to disturb manufacturing con-
dltions as little as possible.
I'VE do not want these men to rush
Off to the shipyacds," he said "The
yards arc not ready for them. We will
enroll sll who are willing to serve,
then they will be met by examiners,
who will determine their fitness for
positions, and not until then will they
be offered Jobs.
"Tell your people that the war de-
pends on ships; the ships depend on
men. The part America will play in
this war vii. depend on the response to
this call for shipbuilders
COODerctiOn of all hrarchoc of +bc
government and of the Red Cross was
promised the state directors in their
work. The campaign has two weeks
moro to run. and from preliminary re-
ports it is expected the goal of 250 1000
men cnrol led yvill he N ore thar reachcd
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
London Meeting Pledges
Embargo ON Germans Un-
til Prussianism Falls
For League of Nations
Prime Purpose Is to Awaken
Citizens to the Menace
of kaiserisn
IStaf Co7vespondenccl

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.Advices from
London received here to-day state that
the American Ambassador was repre-
sentcd at meeting held there to in
cuguratc the "Entente4 Peoples Ali
ance," an association which aims at a
united effort among the democracles OF
the nations struggling against Prussian
autocracy and oppression to support
their governments in the prosecution of
the war.
Other aims of the organization are to
promote a league Of nations for the
future preservation Of peace, TO bring
about Brotherhood and mutua! service
among mankind, and to refrain from
business with Germans and their allies
until Prussian militarism has been de-
strcyed.
Ame erican Consul General Frost was
present at the meeting, together with
repres natives Of the Italian and jap
aneso ambassadors and the Greek and
Rumanian ministers. Major H. B: Bar.
ton, who presided stated that he hoped
the movement would strengthen the
bands of the government by awakening
people from the Statc OIL pasoivley INV
which they had fallen and inducing
them to respond to the call made. on
their patriotism in this time OF CRISIS.
This great awakening work, he said,
was an immediate aim, but the ultimate
IDEAL was to foster and maintain pub
lie opinion that would bring the dawn
ing of new and happier world. 1t
would be an encouragement to minis
tiers in their responsible work, he said,
to know that the people were prepared
TO "strip themselves bare" for the great
cause.
The following resolution, which is to
be the model for national sections OF
the alliance, was adopted:
ave arc determined to steadfastly
support by every means in our power
the constituted government of our coun-
try in the prosecution of the war until
prussian mlitarsm has been finally
overcome and rendered incapable of
further evil; and that copy Of this
resolution be sent to the mayors Of
horoughs and chairmcn of borough
councils throughout the country, with
an invitation to submit it to their coun-
ellis for adoption and dispatch to his
majesty's ministers."-
G. w. Jarrett, secretary Of the Brit
ish Workers League, in seconding the
resolution, said the executive of the
Labor party was doing the worst SER
vice to the country in issuing memo
randum on war aims. He described this
as an impcrtinent document. These
aims, he said, were not to be dictated
by a section, but by the whole of the
people of the nations now fighting
shoulder to shoulder.