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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21
South AmbOy Hospital Auxiliary
TO Have Another Gard Party.
Br sptciaI cor-csrorderk

BY Special Co~r-csponderG
SOUTH AMBOY. May 2f.-So great
was the success of the recen card
party given under the auspices of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the South AM
boy Hospital that another similar
event will be held on the evening OF
June 3. The same program of games
as was played at the last party will
be repeated and it is hoped that the
council chamber, where the event is
to be held. will be well filled.
The asst party he'd on a Saturday
afternoon netted neary one hundred
and fifty dollars and the people are
expected to stand behind this event
in the same name For those who
do not play cards there will be other
features of entertainment hat are
sure to be enjoyed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21

work, while several outsiders have
been doing business.
The State Commission of Conserva-
ton and Development has granted the
city the water rights on property Sc
cured from the Wessco Realty Com
pany. In order to hold these water
rights, however. the city council must
take definite steps toward improving
the grounds within six months.
The County Board Of Freeholders
are making much needed repairs on
the roadway on Ridgway avenue In
Mechanicsyille section OF b city. A
heavy top Goa OF heavy gravel is be-
ing placed on the road.
Mrs. A. c. P~arisen, of Pine avenue,
was a Perth Amboy visitor on yes
terday afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21
Repair Amboy Avenue at Fords

BIZ Stdr Correspondent
FORDS. May 21-A force of work
men yesterday started to make re-
pairs to the roadway along Amboy
avenue, which was torn up a year age
for the purpose of laying a UNI
der tina fhoroughfare.
The loose top soil at the center oil
the road Is being removed and will
be replaced with trap rock and a top
dressing similar to hat on the part
that was not torn UP.
A steam roller. the force of work
men and the fact that one side OF the
road is closed to traffic would seem
to Indicate that his road which has
been such a source of annoyance to
those using it. will soon be in better
condition.,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21
To Give Play in Metuchen
BIZ SpcciaI Correspondenl

By Special Correspondent
METUCHEN. May 21-The senior
class OF the high school will give a
play in the auditorium OF the school
Thursday evening. May 29th. at s
O'Clock. The play The New Co-Ed'
will be presented. the cast including
Letitia Willis. Miss Annis Dolph.
Madge Stevens. Miss Helen Van
Dorm.
Estelie Doolittle. Miss Helen Prize
kett.
Miss Rice. Miss Katherine Ford.
College Chums, the Misses Edith
Campbell, Ruth Drake, Loretta Knox.
Richard Bradley, Robert Nook,
Punch Doolittle. Clifford Breen.
Jim Young. Edward Wolfe.
George Washington Watts. Edward
Allen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21
Changes Plea to Non VuIt
By star Correspondent.

By Sfor Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, May I'll
William Simpson, of this city, who
was indicted py the grand jury for
larceny fr9m person, and-wh0Se bail
was declared forfeited on his nom
appearance in the court of quarter
sessions yesterday morning, at the
time he was to have been tried, came
before the court officer after the
noon recess and requested to change
his plea.
Through his attorney, c. T. Cowen-
hoven, his former plea of not guilty,
was retracted and n of non vult en-
tered. Bail was continued at $500, no
forfeiture of bail being required. as
an excuse satisfactory to the court
was given. for failure to appear at
the time called for.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21
South Amboy K. Of c. Smoker

By specsor Cor respondent. A.
SOUTH AMBOY. May 2lMIonisn
the knights of Columbus viii enter-
tain at a smoker to be given In honor
of the return of its members W.
have served in the world oy.h
tbe enteTtainment and every
is urged to be on hand to extend tne
glad hand" to the returning MEM
hers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-21

IHal. Some OF the persons are local
residents and second ofense ines wiz
be imposed.
Mrs. Mabel Dey. OF Lincoln avenue
has moved to The nome OF net P
ennis. MT. and Mrs. John Franklin, al
Prospect Plains.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28
SUGGESTS MDDLEBURY MEMORABILIA
US. SENATORS ON LEAGUE PLAN
Professor c. F. Abbott Would Have Our People Make
Their Voice Heard
Cady Mcfarland and Abbott League
Nauons-Pro and Con

On smaller scale but still intense
and dramatic, the famous Lowell Lodge
discussion on the merits of the League
of Nations idea was simulated in Mid
dlebury last Sunday night when four
able local speakers for more than two
hours kept large audience in the Me
mortal Baptist Church highly interest
ed in the subject of internationalism.
1t was announced by the Rev Roy
E. Whittemore that the speeches of the
evening were not to be in the nature of
a debate, but were to be a presentation
OF the individual opinions of four vari-
ousminded men on the great topic of
the hour. If it had not been for the
injunction against debating, and the
decorum required of Sunday evening
service, the excitement might have
reached high pitch; even as it was, it
became remarkably tense before the
last word had been said.
The Rev. E. B. Holmes of St. Steph-
ems Episcopal Church opened the pro-
gram with an address in support of the
League. He believed its ideals ran
parallel to those of every branch of the
Christian Church, and he believed that
there were times when patriotism and
nationalism were as great drawbacks
toward the progress of the world as
they were, at other times, high, vir-
tues He wanted America to take the
larger vision of her obligations and op-
portunities and not to wallow in the
slough of selfshness and isolation Those
who were opposed to the League, he
said, appeared to be acting in the inter
ests of such national selfshness and
lack of vision, and he for one would
regard the blood of this war shed for
practically nothing unless out of it
came the realization Of some new world
covenant. The cry from some quar-
tiers about America losing her sover-
eign rights in adhering to a super-state
was comparable to a similar hue and
cry that, was raised when the thirteen
colonies in America adopted the Con
stitution When Vermont, as late
conner, volunteered to join the union
Though first of all the new states tc
do so she gave up her sovereign rights
to make war as she pleased on the
Workers, but no one today felt deprived
of the sovereignty of our State simply
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28

because we had merged some OF our
greater interests into those of AZ other
states, making up our Union. The
world would come to find that the sape
was true in the covenant of a world
league that would restrain nations from
it as the duty of every right thinkn
making unjustified war and he looked to
Christian to further this ideal instead
of opposing it with specious objections,
Following Mr. Holmes came the con-
servative voice. and conciliating words
Of Willis n Cady. Mr.. Cady said he
had read the speeches delivered by
Senator Lodge and by President Low
ell OF Harvard University in the famous
Boston discussion, and had been i'm
pressed that there were no essential
differences in the point of view of these
two deep thinkers He believed every
one wanted a beague of Nations, but
whether just the League that had been
proposed was the right one, he felt in
doubt and urged that counsel be taken
slowly and that the League plan should
wait until after the Peace Treaty had
been concluded when it could be given
a prolonged discussion
The higher pitch of arguments was
reached soon afterward, when Professor
Raymond Mcfarland a Rooseveltian
Republican, launched his offensive
against the Wilson draft of the League
Starting with the broad view point re-
quisite to high plane of discussion, the
Professor profoundly expressed his en-
thusiastic approval of some sort of
League of Nations, but wanted white
.Ian's League and declared with We
hemence that the kind of League the
world was in need of today was a
League of the victorious allies that
would keep the Prussan head of mill
tarism crushed forever In rapid-fire
attack on various clauses of the Will
son draft he branded it as vague and
open to misinterpretations and declared
that he wanted to see a covenant which
everyone could understand as plain as
day Toward Article 10 of the cove
nant he directed special attention. This
article is the one in which the contract
ing parties undertake to respect and
preserve as against external aggression
the territorial integrity and existing in
Continued on page fve)
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28
MAY HAVE DISTRICT
NURSING IN TOWN

The Register learned through an in
terview with Health Officer s.. s. Eddy
yesterday that steps would probably be
taken soon to establish district nurse
in the town of Middlebury. Dr. Eddy
said that although the need OF dis
trict nurse had been felt for many years,
the large number of cases of illness dur
ing the past winter, especially among
many poor families, had so emphasized
this need that some steps might now be
taken to meet it,
District nursing has been adopted in
large number of towns in Vermont,
as we'll as in other states, and has work
ed out so successfully toward health
protection that insurance companies
have in many instances appropriated
funds toward maintenance OF this more
or less charitable mission.
at is probable" said DR.. Eddy, that
within two or three weeks we may have
public meeting at which the project
may be fully presented. A considerable
portion of the needed funds is already
assured from various organizations, and
the amount which will have to be added
by public subscription is comparatively
small
DR.. Eddy believed that if district
nurse had been available during the
recent epidemic of influenza it would
have been possible to better control the
epidemic and to have greatly relieved
suffering. Even in normal times there
are distressing cases which entirely es-
cape public notice and for which public
assistance ought to be provided both in
the interests of those who are ill and
for the protection of the public general
ly
The duties. of the district nurse are
confined generally to short visits to
homes that are not able to provide nur-
sing assistance, and through general
oversight to see that proper care is be-
ing taken of the sick In some emer-
gency cases a nurse might be available
for longer visits, but her work generally
would be daily calls from place to place
helping to carry out the physicians di-
rections. 1t is the custom for those who
are able to do so to pay something
toward her services, but where clrcum-
stances do not permit OF this, the service
| is free
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28
TO HEAR TRUTH
ABOUT BOLSHEYIKl

The first opportunity Middlebury
has had to hear first hand information
about the Russian situation will be pre-
sented two weeks from tonight, Fri
day, April 18th, when Jerome Davis,
who was recently Active Senior Secre-
tary of War Work of the Y. NJ c. A.
in Russia, will deliver an illustrated
lecture in Middlebury Town Hall under
auspices of Middlebury College.
Mr. Davis has spent three years in
Russia and will cover the high points
of developments there from the time
of the Cars regime down through the
Bolsheviki revolution and up to the
time that all Americans were ordered
out of Soviet Russia. Mr.. Davis was
recently returned to this country and
resigning from the Y M. {. A., has at
tached himself to the J. B. Pond Ly-
ceum Bureau as public speaker.
Through the good will of General
Kuropatkin, Davis was the first Ameri-
can who secured permission to work
among the Russian prisoners in Turkes-
tan, a service which became so widely
recognized that he was later permitted
to work among all the regiments and he
received from the soldiers themselves
letters of thanks and recognition. Be-
cause of this success in keeping up the
morale of the Russian soldiers in Turk
estan he was later made Acting Senior
Secretary for all of the organizations of
war work in Russia With the over
throw of the Cars government, he
came personally to know Alexander
Kerensky and later when the over
throw Of the latter's government
brought the Soviets in power and when
the dreaded menace of Bolshevism be-
gan Mr.. Davis was in Moscow as a sani-
tary worker during the seven days of
deadly street fighting. Mr. Davis came
into personal contact with Lenine and
Trotzky and came to fully understand
what it was that the Bolsheviki stood
for in theory and in practice and his
lecture is said to be one which makes
remarkably plain the origin and menace
OF the present worldwide epidemic of
Bolshevism.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28
CAPT. ROSS HOME;
MANY SOUVENIRS

Captain Jacob Ross, former Physical
Director at Middlebury College, after
eleven months army service, most OF
which has been with the 18th Aero
Squadron acting in conjunction with
the Royal Flying Corps of the British
Expeditionary Forces in France, ar
rived home Saturday for a ten day fur
Tough which he is spending with his
family on South Main street.
Captain Ross, was allowed to bring
home large number of souvenirs and
his front porch this week was almost
barricaded with an outfit OF war relics
which number of his friends have been
privileged to view. One of the most
interesting to The Register was a COM
plete outfit of surgical instruments
which Dr. Ross had seized from the bar
racks in Metz. The American soldiers
had entered the barracks Sc much ear
lier than the Germans expected that the
fleeing Germans had to leave behind
many of their personal belongings. The
surgical instruments were all new, OF a
fine quality of manufacture, and from
the printing on the case it was evident
that they had belonged to some captain
of the German army.
Most of the other war souvenirs DR.
Ross had himself personally picked up
at battle scenes, and they included a
number of shells, a German pistol and
Regulation army rifle, bayonet and he'll
NETS. He also had among his collection
large horn operated by rattle, which
is said to have been one that did duty as
an alarm at the furthermOst outpost
of the Germans at Verdun, and which
instrument is badly torn by a shell
Continued on page four
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28
COUNTY INTEREST
IN BIG DAIRY PLAN

Four Addison County delegates, who
were Paul Fields of Salisbury, Elmer
Cowles of 'Weybridge, Frank Clark of
Vergennes and George Everest of New
Haven, represented the State of Yer
mont at a mass meeting of over 1000
dairymen which was held at Utica, N.
Y, last week to discuss the proposed
organization of the Dairymens League
Cooperative Association, Inc, as a par
ent company to act as head of the
large number of cooperative dairy as
sociations which are springing up
throughout New York State, Pennsyl-
.vania, New Jersey and a portion of
Vermont
County Agent l. n Bartlett of Mid
dlebury, who also attended the meeting,
reports that the proposition will be
placed before the producers of every
branch of the present Dairymen's
League so that every member will have
the privilege to vote his support or
disapprovsl of the project. The pri-
mary objects are as follows:
ID To provide method whereby
league stockholders may care for their
own surplus milk
" To regulate the supply of fluid
milk and milk products to meet the de-
mands of the market
81 To regulate the proceeds of the
sale of such fluid milk and milk pro-
ducts to the end that each producer
may receive the same price less equita-
bic differentials due to varying freight
rates, butter fat content, etc
The parent company would consist
of nine directors elected annually by the
regional members and the business of
this parent company would be to own
and operate plants, to manufacture and
sell surplus and to make pro rata pay
ments for milk. Recent amendments
of the corporations law in New York
State has made it possible for the far
mers to do collective bargaining, and 1t
is declared that if this privilege be
taken advantage of dairymen will be
able to place their business on a sound,
economic basis and allow them to act
as a unit in making collective sales.
One great problem Of the dairymen IS
| the occurrence at certain seasons oil tne
wear of a great surplus Of milk and it
is the feeling of the directors oil the
| Dairymen's League that some method
should be provided to care for this loss
in such a manner that each stockholder
will stand on an equal footing with
others in the sale of his milk. The par
ent company would therefore act in the
handling and sale of all milk and mllk
products by a central control which
would regulate the supply to whate
is demanded by the market and equi-
tably pro rate among the dairymen the
returns from the business.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28
G. S. BLINN
DIES AF72 YEARS

Robert G. S. BInn, for 25 years
known in Middlebury and Cornwall as
a popular and prosperous farmer, died
at 8 o'clock last Wednesday morning
at his home, just the other side of Col
lege Hill about mile west of Middle
bury village He had marked his 72nd
birthday the day before his death. He
had been in failing health for some
months and little over a week ago be-
gan to suffer such rapid decline that
his only daughter, Miss Nellie L. Blinn,
who is we'll known as trained nurse,
absented herself from the millinery busi-
ness in which she had recently engaged
and gave her whole time to the care of
her father. His end on Wednesday was
from an attack of heart failure
In addition to his daughter Mr.. Blinn
is survived by one son, Edgar L. Blinn
who had been living with him on the
farm, and by his wife. Two sisters,
Mrs. Emeline Merrill of New Haven,
and Mrs. Munson Holt of Keene Valley,
~ Y, and one brother A. B. Blinn OF
Westport, N. Y, also survive.
Mr.. Blinn was born in North Elba,
N. Y, March 25, lS47, the son of Mel
son and Julia (Boyntonl Blinn. Be-
fore moving to Vermont he had been
successful as a hotel keeper in Keene
Valley, N. Y. When he moved across
the Lake he settled for three years in
Cornwall, and then moved to the pres
ent Blinn farm in Middlebury. He was
a Mason and member of the Metho-
dist church.
Robert Taylor, student at Middle
bury College, who is training for the
ministry, and who comes from a neigh
boring town to Keene Valley, and who
has for long time been a friend of the
family will conduct the funeral services
which will be held at the Blinn farm
tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock. A
delegation from Union Lodge will at
tend and perform Masonic rites. The
bearers will be George H Chaffee, c
J. Mathews, Arthur L. Hinman, w
Fred Hammond, Horace D. Payne oi
Bridport, and Alfred Payne OF Corn
wall In accordance with Mr. Blinn'
own wishes the burial will be in Pros
pect cemetery in East Middlebury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28

Miss Gertrude Ilsley who has been
at The Addison House as a companion
to her cousin, Mrs. S. A, Ilsley, since
the death of Colonel Ilsley a year ago
last January, was called this week to
Newton Center, Mass, by the death
of her sister, Mrs. Frank Padelford
the wife of Rev. Frank Padelford of
that place Mrs. Padelford died of
pneumonia after only few days illness.
She is survived by her husband and
one son, II years old, who is now ill of
pneumonia als6 She is also survived
by her father, the Rev. George B. lis
ley of Newton Center, who is well
known in Middlebury, and who cous-
in, is the nearest surviving blood rela-
tive of the late Colonel Ilsley.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28
Death of AdoIphus King

Adolphus King died at the home of
Charles J. Mathews east of the village
Wednesday evening He was 65 years
old and is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Charles Conant of Salisbury Mr.. King
was born in Salisbury in 1854, the son
of the late Mr. aud Mrs. Dennis King
of Middlebury, and had lived on the
Mathews farm for the past 26 years.
The funeral will be held at the Mathews
home this afternoon at o'clock. Rev.
Roy E. Whittemore will officiate. Bur-
ial will be in the West cemetery.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28
COUNTY BOYS SIGN
LETTER TO CLEMENT

Thirty-one Addison County boys who
are members of the 302nd Field Artil-
lerv. which is still in France, are signers
of a letter in behalf of the regiment
which was received at Montpelier this
week by Governor Clement Since the
lst Vermont Regiment lost its identity
and the Vermont National Guardsmen
were absorbed into other organizations,
there has been no distinctly Vermont
regiment, but it appears from the letter
from the 3O2nd Field Artillery boys that
this regiment probably had the larger
percentage of Vermonters than any
other one organization in the war.
The boys expressed the hope that
their battle flags may be preserved at
the State Capitol, and asked that the
Government cooperate with them in the
desire to bring these war momentoS
back home to Vermont.
"Our regiment" says the letter, "be-
ing corps artillery-was- not a part OF
any division, but when the armistice
was signed we were in position on the
heights of the Meuse, backing up the
8lst Division generally known as the
Wild CATS who were on the edge OF
the great plain of the Woevre which
extends % miles to Metz. Our infantry
took several small villages and early in
the morning of November 18th 1.-THE
day the armistice was signed I'VE had
moved our guns down from the ridge
to new positions on the plain from
which we could cover the further ad
vance of the Wild Cats.
Throughout the war the line hac
changed very little at this point. Just
north, the German drive upon Verdur
Continued on page four
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28
Middlebury's Oldest Alumnus Dies

News has just been received OF the
death of Rev. Peter J. H. Myers, age IS,
Middlebury's oldest alumnus Mr. My
ers has for l2 years been a resident Of
Madison, Wis. For nearly 20 years he
acted as a Presbyterian clergyman, and
was Chaplain in the Union army
throughout the Civil War. Mr.. Myers
was born in Herkimer County, N. "
July %, 1921, graduated from Middle
bury in the class of lS47, and from
Union Theological Seminary in 1850. He
was ordained the same year and held
a pastorate for about 20 years in Chazy,
N. Y. In 1907 he went to Madison to
reside with his niece, Mrs. a. H. Cook.
Mr.. Myers is said to have retained his
mental and bodily activities to a re-
markable degree until within a short
time OF his death.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-28
Road Commissioners Meet April 3,

Stoddard B. Bates, State Highway
Commissioner announces that the
annual meeting of the road commits
sioners and selectmen Of Addison
county will be held at Middlebury on
Thursday, April 3, at l0:3O in the
morning and 1870 in the afternoon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-21
NAVY RECRUITING
STATION OPENED IN
FARMERS TRUST BLDG

Chief Gunners Mate NJ. T. Rother-
mel has opened United States navy
office at room $40, Farmers Trust
building and is now ready TO receive
applicants. The following first en-
listments are open to applicants:
Apprentice seaman, from II to 80
years old, who are sent TO training
stations for instructions in seaman
ship; signals, ordnance, infantry and
artillery tactics. Special attention is
given to personal cleanliness and
taking care of the outfit of clothing
which is given 10 seamen by the gov
eminent
Those accepted to the naval service
are automatically insured for $4,000
for four months, after which they
may take the government insurance
up to $4,000.
Those applying as electricians be-
tween the ages of Il and 80 are
sent to the electrical school at
Hampton Roads, Va, for further
training. Other branches of the
service in the navy open for those
with trades are as follows: Fireman,
from Is to 80 years old; hospital ap-
prentices to naval hospitals from is
to % years old; bakers, blacksmiths.
boilermakers, coppersmiths, en-
gineers, machinists and shipwrights
from q TO 80 years.