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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-05-27
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
U. V. M. BASKETBALL FIVE
HERE TOMORROW NIGHT
Midd Hopeful in Spite of Previous Sad
Showing

Still smarting under a defeat at the
hands of the U v NJ team admins
tered about two weeks ago, the Mid
dlebury basketball five will endeavor
to turn the tables on the Burlington
passers when they will invade the To-
cal court Saturday. Coach Brown and
Captain Heath are not at all downcast
over their chances in the coming con-
test which will be the fourth game
in which Middlebury has engaged in
the Vermont State Championship Sc
ries.
When the local five went to Burling-
ton they played for the first time with
out their usual combination, Leonard
and Lacy, two star players, having
been declared Ineligible on the night
preceding the game. This loss was
quite naturally a serious handicap to
the Middlebury teamwork. Leonard's
accuracy being sorely missed on the Of
fensive, but despite this the Vermont
team was held to low score until the
second half in which she succeeded in
amassing a total of 80 points to Mid
dlebury's 81.
Despite this defeat comparative
scores, which are at best deceptive, in
dicate that Middlebury has an even
chance in the return game which will
be played on the local court Playing
in full strength the Middlebury five
smothered Northeastern under by So
10 score whereas Vermont, two days
later Was able only to administer a
29-lS defeat to the same aggregation.
In her most recent game that with N.
Y. U. Vermont suffered a severe set
back, losing Sis.
Coach Brown has had time to build
up a new offensive and defensive with
out Leonard and Lacy and though
their loss was a hard one, will put
strong, well-balanced team on the floor
Saturday against the invaders from
Burlington.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
CONGL MINISTERS WILL
AGAIN MEET HERE
Vergennes Selected for Annual State
Conference and Clergy Come to Midd

VergenneS Selected for Annual State
Conference and Clergy Come to Midd
The annual state convocation of the
ministers of the Congregational church
will be held at Middlebury again in
1921, according to plans made at a
recent meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Vermont Congregational
Conference and the Vermont Domestic
Missionary Society The clergymen
will convene at the college here from
September ) to s. Vergennes has been
chosen as the place for the annual
meeting of the State Conference on
Nav TO- II and II.
Charles H. Newell of the Citizens
Saving Bank & Trust Company of
ST. Tohnsbury was elected treasurer
Of the Society to fill the vacancy caus-
ed by the death of John T. Ritchie. A
budget for the current year was adopt
ed calling for expenditures Of $4,000.
This will take care of missionary work
in forty-nine different fields, in eighty
two per cent of which the Congrega-
tonal church has practically the sole
responsibility for ministering to the
Protestant people. 1t makes possible
as well advisory. and supervisory rela-
tions with one hundred and fifty other
self-supporting churches thus render
ing service to practically two hundred
churches in the state. 1t also pro-
vides for the employment of two Pas
tors-at-Large in addition to the Secre-
tary who spends a considerable portion
Of his time in the field. On account of
the small endowment OF the Society,
yielding an income of less than $4,000 a
year, $4,000 of this expenditure must
be secured in contributions from the
churches. The date of the financial
canvass was fixed for the week of April
to May lst when the effort will be
made to raise not only the sum above
mentioned for work in Vermont, but a
total of $4,000 for Congregational
missionary work in the state, nation
and world. Secretary Charles c. Mer-
rill will have charge of the campaign
as last year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
TOWN BAND PROJECT
WELL UNDER WAY
Organization Meeting Held; Ap-
preparation will Be, ASKED

Twelve musicians attended the or
ganiZation meeting and first rehearsal
of the proposed Middlebury Town
Band in the old band rooms in the
Battell Hose house Monday evening
Plans were formulated for the imme-
diate revival of the time-old institution
that had been so popular until the cir
cumstances of war in 1918 interrupted
its succession of many years OF COM
munitv service Robert Hope, cornet-
ist, veteran of the pre-war organiza-
ton, acted as chairman of the meeting
The enthusiasm that was apparent in
the Monday meeting stimulated the
committee to proceed toward perma-
nent reorganization 1t is expected
that the town meeting will be asked
Tuesday to appropriate the traditional
$500 to defray the expense of uniforms,
instruments and music. The town had
voted this amount for the ten years
prior to the dissolution of the band at
the end of the 1917 season. 1t had been
usual to play II concerts in Middle
bury and in East Middlebury.
A leader has not yet been sought
The committee has received the recon-
mendation Of good musician, an
Italian, himself a member of a city
band in the state, who it is said would
be willing to move to Middlebury if
he could obtain work.
II the town appropriation should not
be made by the. voters, 3 subscription
may be started for the necessary funds.
Mr.. Hope emphasized the fact that in
the 1917 season, after Is concerts and
more than 80 rehearsals the players
received only Sab per man, or about
three cents per hour for their work.
He said that the players did not join
with the expectation of remuneration
other than the pleasure of providing
entertainment for others and for the
mere joy of playing.
The band men in Vergennes have in
part offered to come to Middlebury to
assist the local banI on special occa-
sons on the condition that the favor
would be returned. Some of the mem
bers of the college band too have vol
unteered to play with the town boys.
The men who attended the meeting
we're James McNulla, bass; George
Rose, Felix Liberty and William ST.
monds, altos; Gideon Abbey, from
bone; R. F. Churchill, Robert Hope
and Elmer. cornets; Frances
Halnon, clarinet; Frank Heighter and
Tommy Moore. drums; c. E. Morgan,
clarinet Among the prospects are DR..
H. 1. Slocum and William Brileya as
saxophones if these instruments can be
procured.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
"PICK" FISHER SIGNS
1921 CINCINNATI CONTRACT
Will Leave Monday to Begin Eleventh
Season of Big League Baseball

Ray Fisher, familiarly known as
"Pick" by a host of friends and ad-
mirers in Addison County, signed on
Friday last his 1921 contract with the
Cincinnati Baseball Club OF the Ma
tional League.
"Pick" will soon enter upon. his
eleventh season of major league base
ball. record of service as a pitcher
that is better by far than the average.
He himself in his modest way will say
that he feels himself losing the cunning
that had baffled both American and
National League batters for a decade,
but his employers seem to think differ
emily. His friends think that he has
still several years Of first class 5aSe0all
ahead of him before he will have lost
his speed and curve. He will leave
Monday noon for the southern training
camp of the club for the preliminary
spring practice He has spent the win
ter in Middlebury with Mrs. Fisher
at the home of the latter's parents on
High street.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
BRADFORD DENIES
PRESIDENCY OFFER
RefuteS Rutland Report of DeCIin-
ing to Succeed Thomas

Rev. DIR. Arthur H Bradford of Pro-
violence, R. l., has not been offered the
presidency of Middlebury College, ac-
cording to his own message to this pa
per Yesterday morning. Considerable
publicity had been given a report that
originated Saturday in Rutland where
he had been pastor of the Congrega-
tional church from l9l3-lS, that he had
declined the Office of head of the col
lege here to succeed DR.. John M Thorn
as who has resigned to accept the pres
idency of Pennsylvania State College.
President Thomas was among the
first to doubt the correctness of the
press report of the supposed offer to
DR.. Bradford, because. as he said, the
committee entrusted with the choice
of his successor, had not yet organized
and the probability would be very
small that any such step had been
taken. The Campus, the weekly of the
student body, published a similar de-
NAL OF the story on the basis Of a tel
ephone interview with Frank c.. Part
ridge of Proctor, a member of the NOM
mating committee.
The Rev. A. H. Bradford received the
degree of Doctor OF Divinity from
Middlebury in 1916 when pastor of the
First Congregational church in Rut-
land. He is an alumnus of Yale and
about 35'years of age. He accepted a
call to a Providence pastorate in 1918
and is reported to have recently de-
clined his fathers former pulpit in
Montclair, N. !.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
FORCED OUT OF NAVY
BACK TO VERGENNES
Kelley Sought by State When Dis
charged by Uncle Sam

When recognized on the streets of
his home town a few days after his
discharge from the navy, William Kel-
lev of Montpelier was returned to the
Industrial School at Vergennes from
which he had escaped in October after
serving two years OF an until minority
sentence. He enlisted in the navy at
Manchester, N H., in November with
in few weeks after leaving Vergennes.
When the recent ruling of the navy
department to reduce the personnel by
$1,000 men was applied, Kelley was dis
charged He went to visit his mother
in Montpelier. He was met by George
S. Lawrence. one of the school staff,
and has rejoined his pals in Vergennes
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
CORNWALL SENIOR ELECTED
TO PHI BETA KAPPA HONORS
Miss Dorothy Bliss Among Seven SEN
iors to Receive Coveted Initiation

i Miss Dorothy d. Bliss of Cornwall
is among the honored few who have
been selected for initiation to the Mid
dlebury College chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa, the society to which none are
admitted except those with marked ex-
cellency of scholarship. Miss Bliss is
a member of the senior class. 1t is
noteworthy that of the seven chosen
for the honor. only two are men, Leroy
r. Bigelow OF Rutland and Arthur T.
Harding of West Boothbay Harbor,
Me. Three of the five women who
have ranked the highest in their stu
dies and thus merited the coveted hon
or are Vermonters. Besides Miss Bliss,
they are the Misses Esther l. Carlson
of Proctor and Edith M. Cowles OF
Derby Line. The other two are both
from Massachusetts,, the Misses Cor
inne NJ Weber of Hyannis and Flor
ence H. Langley of Newton Highlands.
Miss Bliss sister Mary was intia-
ted into the society last year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
FIFTEEN MOOSE RECRUITS
JOIN RUTLAND LODGE

Fifteen Middlebury men took a trip
to Rutland Wednesday evening to take
the first and second degrees in the 10y
al Order of Moose with Rutland
Lodge, No. 1922 They were John Gero,
Edward Tulley, Stanley Vancelette;
Harry Grant, Harry Abbey, Joseph
Marseilles, Charles Ash, George Hol-
Ian, Clayton Murray, Clayton Shores,
Arthur Kenworthy, Ernest Cutting,
Roy Crossman, Cushman Delphia and
Leo Coursey. Several local members
accompanied them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
Tonight's Grange Program

The regular meeting of Middlebury
Grange, No 3l5, will be held this
evening After the business, the fol-
lowing program will be carried out:
Music. selected by chorister; paper,
"The Shady Side Of Farm Life" Miss
Nellie Blinn; paper, "The Sunny Side
Of Farm Life" Mrs Samuel James;
vocal solo. E. C. Ryder; debate, "Re-
solved. that the average worker in
trades and professions encounters more
discouragements than the average
farmer" affirmative, d. H. McHugh,
George Mead; negative, B o. Wales,
Samuel James; recitation, Bernice Bar
ton; vocal solo. Mrs. E. 1. Terry;
smile makers. Hugh Atwood.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
MIDD AGAIN LENDS
GOVERNOR PRO TEN

Lieut.. Governor A. W. Foote of
Cornwall was acting governor of
the Commonwealth last Saturday
and will again walk the bridge of
the ship of state next week during
a longer absence of Chief Execu-
tive James Hartness. A contem-
porary remarks that Gov. Foote
sat on the job at the state house
with all the grace and dignity of a
real governor He was not called
on to transact any official busi-
ness however but was ready if the
occasion called for it. His friends
took advantage Of the opportunity
to drop into his office, shake hands
and call him Governor"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
ToWNSPEOPLE REJOICE WHEN
FIRE RAZES HOBO HOSTELRY
Leno Shack in E. Middlebury Had
Been Tramp Headquarters

East Middlebury will now be check
ed off the itinerary Of the Knights of
the Road as their hospitable rest
house on School Hill, was totally des-
troyed by fire Wednesday night. The
building was in a run down condition
and had not been occupied for more
than two years, except by transient
hoboes. The townsfolk seem elated
over the loss as they have long been
hostile to the establishment of the
tramp hostelry in the neighborhood.
Mrs. Eliza Leno was the owner of
the house, The cause of the fire is not
known. Before any effort could be
made to save it the flames had razed
it to the ground, The loss was small
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
GRAD OF '13 PRECEDES
DIR. THOMAS TO PENN STATE
F. G, Williamms of Bridport Has Join
ed Faculty as Math Instructor

When DR.. John NJ. Thomas enters
upon his duties as president of Penn
State College within the next few
months he will find among his faculty
young graduate of Middlebury who
was well known here while attending
college. Our Bridport correspondent
has sent the following notice of this
young mans rise.
Franklin G.. Williams. who has been
teaching in a Boys Preparatory School
in Pittsburgh, Pa, has accepted a posi-
tion as instructor of Mathematics at
Pennsylvania State College and has al
ready commenced his duties there Mr.
Williams is a graduate of Middlebury
College in the Class of 1918
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
PROF. DE VISME TO LECTURE
TO LOCAL WOMAN'S CLUB
French Life Seen in the Music of
France Will be Discussed

Professor H. P Williamson de Visme,
dean of the department of French of
Mddlebury College, will deliver a lee
ture under the auspices of the Music
Department of the Woman's Club on
Wednesday afternoon, March g. The
subject will be one that the professor
has discussed in similar lectures Of
late before various clubs throughout
the state French Life as Expressed in
French Music. The members of the
other departments of the Woman's
Club are invited to be guests of the
Music Department that afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock, in the Sigma Kappa
rooms to assist at the lecture.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
BRIDPORT MAN AT
HARDING INAUGURAL

Julius A. Wilcox, Secretary of
Civil and Military Affairs of Yer
mont, and a native of Bridport,
will attend Governor James Hart
ness at the Inauguration of Presi-
dent-elect w, G. Harding next Fri
day. Mr.. Wilcox and General H.
T Johnson are the only attendants
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hartness. The
party will be in Washington near
ly a week.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
Norwich Defeated

Middlebury college defeated Norwich
University at basketball at Mortified
Tuesday night by the score of 81 to 26.
The game was we'll attended, fast and
clean Norwich showed improvement
in the passing game but was outclassed
by Middlebury, which had the decided
advantage in shooting baskets.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25
HURRIED OPERATION
FOR ACUTE APPENDICITIS
Shoreham Bride Stricken While Lacing
Her Shoe; Specialist Called from City

Her Shoe; Specialist Called from City
Mrs. Frank Dumas of Shoreham
Center was operated upon at her home
yesterday noon by Dr. P E. McSwee-
ney of Burlington. She had been strick-
en- with acute pains that morning when
lacing her shoe. The physician sum
moned from Orwell diagnosed her all
ment as acute appendicitis. The sur
geon was called from the city and op-
Grated Immediately after his arrival
at noon. Mrs. Dumas is a bride of
but three weeks She and her husband
have been living with his parents in
Shoreham since their marriage, await
ing an opportunity to start housekeep-
ing
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-25

The Sunday School Of the Memo
rial Baptist Church held a Washington
Birthday social in the church parlors.
Following the program, refreshments
were served.
Evening star., 1921-08-26

in the interest Of fair dealing. The
question is one for Congress to settle.
and Congress has it in hand. That it
was not settled before the recess was
due to a parliamentary maneuver Of
the vets. 1t seems likely that vote
in the Senate will be taken soon after
Congress reassembles.
The vets are organizing for this
years elections and next, and pulling
every string they can reach. In this
matter of Treasury regulation they
had hoped to score by securing what,
once in operation, might not easily be
Cancelled.
The confessed aim is not the resur.
Iectiop Of John Barleycorn, but Of
King Gambrinus. But, as a matter of
fact, tosserve one is to serve the other.
If beer is restored to privilege. the
fight for whisky will be aided; and the
full objective Of the vets is the sesto-
ration of the old order-the return of
the saloon, and the dispensing of all
kinds of beverages over the counter.
The era of kings is passing. So let
this king remain in his cerements. He
was not laid out in haste or thought
lessly, and the country can get along
we'll without him-is getting along
we'll without him.
Evening star., 1921-08-26
Halt the Race for Size!

Evidence of the exact cause Of the
dirigible disaster in England is dificult
to obtain owing to the completeness
of the destruction and the submerg.
ence Of the wreck in the Humber
river. In fact. it may never be known
to a certainty just what happened. But
from the statements Of eye-witnesses
on the ground, from those Of the few
survivors, and from knowledge Of the
condition Of the ZR-2 just before the
test trip, it is deduced as fairly well
demonstrated that one Of the girders
buckled. and this punctured one of the
balloonets or gas containers, or per-
haps one of the fuel tanks, and the ex-
plosion resulted. In short, all that is
known points to a structural defect.
And it Is reasonable to believe that
this was no mere accident Of bad ma.
terial or bad workmanship, but was
the consequence of overextension. In
short, that ZR-2 was too big for safety.
1t may be that a dirigible 700 feet
in length, and proportionate in other
dimensions. can be built strong enough
to Withstand the air strains and the in
ternal strains. Possibly the girders
were too frail for the load they had to
carry, and the fault was, after all. one
Of engineering and not merely of size.
But is it we'll to try the experiment
beyond the point at which 1t Is known
that a dirigible can be built and safely
used? This big gas bag which fell the
other day cost approximately $2,000,-
600. She is a total loss. There is no
salvage. The questions, who is to
blame. who is to pay. are OF less i'm
portance now than what is the future
of the dirigible. Is there any advan-
tage in putting out bigger bag with
q longer radius? Has the dirigible q
commercial, practical utility against
the airplane that justifies these expert
ments in magnitude and power SO
costly in terms of both money and
lives?
On the 11th of November delegates
Of the major nations will meet in this
city to discuss the question OF dis
armament. 1t would be well for the
United States, on the eve Of that meet.
ing. quietly to halt: further works IN
giant dirigible construction. Whatever
the outcome of the session may be.
whatever the purpose OF an immense
propelled. self-foating airship of
vast size may be. there is now ample
reason for checking the race for df.
mensions that has cost so sorely.
Evening star., 1921-08-26
Base Ball in Janan.

Just home from the east. Mischa
Elman declares that the most i'm
pressive. thing he saw in Japan was
the skill Of the boys at base ball.
They. played with expertness and
abandon. and hit the ball, hard.
It would be q good thing for our
national game IL some other. people
took II up. In q serious way. The
prospect OF an international series
should appeal to ball players and to
fans Fich enough to pay the passage
to Toxic. We have international
golf. tennis, polo and yachting. Moth
ing has prevented international base
ball. except lack Of enthusiasm and
skin in the other countries.
Most parts of the earth have seen
the American ball player in. action.
thanks to the tours made by our
professionals. But there can never
be true interest. except where the
eene II played by the natives. Has
Japan 4 waiter johnson or a Ruth? ?
New York Herald independently
Evening star., 1921-08-26

overhead cost, If any. It can be load
ed to capacity with a. miscellaneous
freight. 1t can make direct delivery.
It can carry at rates that can be com.
puted with precision to cover costs and
profits.
The railroad must maintain for the
short-haul freight all the equipment
that is required for the long. haul
service. 1t must submit to rate in.
spection that takes into account the
total cost Of operation. It cannot de.
liver directly. It o. must adjust its
schedules of operation to certain
limitations of safety.
After losing q profitable line of bust.
ness to the motor trucks the Boston
and Maine railroad has determined to
60 after the trafic. It has just an.
nounced heavy cut In all freight
rates within q fifty-mile radius of Bos.
ton. It remains now to be seen whether
this cut will bring tho rates down to
the point at which the motors cannot
compete. The motors will perhaps
meet the cut with one of their own.
The question is which side can afford
to lose eventually on the operation for
that period in a ratecutting war when
both sides get below actual cost.
Rates being equal, the motor has
still certain advantages. The contest
around Boston will determine whether
the shipping public has any prejudices
against the traditional foe. the rail.
road, or will acquire new prejudice
against the truck using the common
highways for regular scheduled freight
operations, without paying special
taxes for road maintenance.