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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04
The Right Man for the Job
philadelphia Evening Public Ledger

philadelphia Evening Public Ledger
Friends of education will be gratified
by the selection of DR.. John M. Thorn
as, of Middlebury College, to succeed
DR.. Sparks as the president of the
State College in Center county
Soon after DR.. Thomas was elected
to the presidency of Middlebury about
twelve years ago he attracted atten-
tion by announcing an unusual sort of
program. He said that he did not in
tend to conduct campaign for money,
even though the college needed much
larger endowment Instead, he in
tended to exert himself to serve the
people of Vermont, confident that if
he succeeded in providing for the sons
and daughters of the people the kind
of education which they needed the
money required to develop the insti-
tuition would appear. In the interven-
ing years he has exerted himself to
make the college serve the state and
he has strived to impress on the stu
dents their duty to serve their gene
ration, duty which he told them was
much more pressing than the duty to
make great fortunes for their selfish
enjoyment.
Under this policy the number of stu
dents increased from 220 to $50, the
faculty from fourteen to fifty-seven,
several new buildings were erected and
the endowment was largely increased.
A drive for a still larger endowment
was organized last yaer but that was
not until the high cost of living had
compelled all colleges to seek more
funds DR.. Thomas program of SER
vice worked as he thought it would
He will have an opportunity to ex-
pertinent with it on larger scale at
the State College. The number of stu
dents in that institution has increased
from 1900 in 1908 to 5000 in 1920, and
the faculty has grown in the same
period from l20 to SIS. This expansion
has come about under the able admin
istraton of Dr. Sparks.
The retiring president has always
been a teacher DR.. Thomas was a
Presbyterian clergyman before he went
to Middlebury The theory of service
WHICH IlSDllCS an ICdNuClS - AC-Cn-
forced in his case by belief in the
Christian obligation to sacrifice ones
self for the general good. His bacca-
laureate sermon to the graduating class
in Middlebury few years ago was de-
voted to setting forth the need for edu-
Gated men and women in the rural
communities of Vermont and to a
summons to the graduates to fill that
need by going into the small towns to
teach or to practice medicine. or even
to manage, a farm or to run store,
and to take with them the torch of
learning which had been lighted for
them while in college andIdo wat they
could to illuminate the darkness, The
fact that several members of the class
eagerly volunteered to become mission
aries of enlightenment according to
his plans proved that he had been
working to some purpose to instill the
idea of service into the young men
and women who came under his influ
ence
If he can inspire the great education
al plant at State College with the same
kind of high moral purpose, the col
lege there will become much, more use
full than it has ever been.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04
FORMER CORNWALL WOMAN
DIES IN CALIFORNIA

The san Francisco Chronicle had
the following obituary notice of
woman we'll known locally.
Mrs. Baumelle SturtevantP Peet, for
seventeen years president of the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union, pio-
neer suffragist of the State and a close
friend of Susan B. Anthony, died late
Sunday evening, January %, at Fabiola
Hospital in Oakland, Cal, following an
illness of nine weeks duration She
was so years and months old.
During her seventeen years as head
of the W. c. T. T., Mrs Sturtevant
Peet made record of bringing to-
gether the 5000 members in binding
harmony. Upon retirement from ac-
tive leadership in the organization she
was elected its honorary president
One of Her Accomplishments
Among the other benefits Mrs
Sturtevant- Peet gave to the women.
of the State was the raising of the age
of consent to Is years.
Mrs. Sturtevant- Peet was born in
Cornwall VT, April 27, 1910 In 1856
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. S. b. Rock
well, moved to Middlebury, having
purchased the house where DR. Ezra
Brainerd now lives. On June y, 1866
she was married to E. Allen Sturtevant.
After spending some years in Michigan
they returned to Middlebury where
they lived in the house now owned by
Philip Crane. MIR. Sturtevant died
June TO- 1878 and was buried just south
of the adjacent cemetery. -Four years
later Mrs Sturtevant married E. War
rem Peet of Cornwall and went with
him to California where she spent the
remaining half of her active and bene-
ficient life.
Besides being State president of the
Women's Christian Temperance I'm
ion she was president Of the Alameda
County Women's Christian Temper
ance Union for six years.
Last February she was seriously in
iured in an automobile accident, when
her sister, Miss Alice Rockwell, visit
ing from the East, was instantly killed.
As Mrs. Sturtevant- Peet was slowly
regaining her strength she fell in her
home. She did not fully recover from
the second shock.
Survived by Daughter
She is survived by her only daugh-
Ter, Mrs. Edwin Boyce Kimball of
Piedmont and three nieces, Mrs. Carl
Plehn, Mrs. Dudley Baird and Miss
Alice Brainerd. Her only son, Robert
Taft Sturtevant, died eight years ago.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04
Chosen from Entire Country
philadelphia Inquirer

Dr. John Martin Thomas, retiring
president of Middlebury College, Yer
mont, has accepted the presidency of
Pennsylvania State College, to begin
his duties mot later than July l."
Judge H. Walton Mitchell, Pitts
burgh, chairman of the board of trus-
tees of Pennsylvania State, declared
here that DR.. Thomas had been the
unanimous choice of the board to head
the institution after countrywide
search of more than year.
"To a man." said Judge Mitchell,
"the board voted for Dr. Thomas after
the entire country had been surveyed
fo a suitable head for Pennsylvania
State. Dr. Thomas has the confidence
of us all that he is the logical educator
and administrator to fill the office"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04
SHORT HORN BREEDERS
FORM FIRST N. E. CLUB
Association Field Secretary Mc-Nutt
Gives Them Start

Twenty-one cattlemen of Addison
county met in Grange hall at Middle
bury Saturday morning for the pur
pose of forming an association to be
known as the Addison County Short
horn Breeders association. Prof John
c. McNutt of Amherst Agricultural
college, field secretary of the Eastern
Shorthorn Breeders association assist
ed in the organization The following
officers were elected:
President. Winslow Clark, Shoreham.
Secretary and treasurer, Charles S.
James of Weybridge.
Vice presidents, Ernest Kelley Of
Salisbury. F. c. Ward of Waltham,
Carl Wolcott of Bridport, H. c. Hub
bard of Whiting.
Addison county takes the lead in
this matter, being the first county in
New England to form an organization.
Prof. McNutt made a partial survey Of
the county last fall, accompanied by
Mr. Clark. and reported some OF the
best stock he had yet seen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04
YANK MAKING GOOD BUTTER
IN DISTANT COLORADO
H. F. Arnold Churns Same Excellent
Product as in Salisbury Creamery

The success of a Vermont dairyman
in Colorado is told in the following
clipping from the local paper, the Her
aid, Meeker, Col Mr.. Arnold, the sub
ject of The comment, moved there from
Leicester two years ago on account of
his health. He had been buttermaker
at the creamery in Salisbury.
"The Herald would like to see the
dairy industry in this valley take on
larger proportions.
ON the Bear Creamery we have a
good, up-to-date plant, and in H. F.
Arnold no better butter-maker in the
state. Under Mr.. Arnolds manage
ment, the Bear Creamery Butter has
gained fame that extends beyond the
state limits, Every pound of butter
produced could be sold at outside
points But for lack of &eam the
plant only runs about every other
daV"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04

George Fassett has returned from
Bennington where he was called by the
illness of his brother at the Soldiers
Home
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04

The life of President Thomas is rela-
lively well known to readers Of the
Register That and his accomplish
ments at Middlebury can be deferred
to form another chapter for future re-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04
Jury ACOUITS HOLMES
OF ILLEGAL HUNTING
Attorney Sturtevant Loses his Last
Prosecution for the State

FIOSeCullOu AOI lHe Oldtc
Allen R. Sturtevant made his last
appearance as States Attorney for Ad-
olson County in jury trial at Bristol
on Monday. incidentally he failed Of
conviction of Erpest Holmes on the
charge of hunting deer illegally but not
until the jury had been sent back
three times by the court for a verdict.
Holmes who is resident of Bristol
and salesman for the United States
Rubber Company, was accused of try
ing for a second deer during the weel
of open season in December. He hat
even broken the leg of another ami
NAL after his first bag had been shipped
to his home. said the state. But the
jury failed to side with the retiring
prosecuting attorney and declared thc
defendant not guilty.
Deputy Game Warden William Gro
yer had made the arrest. Jasper Pag
and James Donoway appeared TO
Holmes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04
HATCH FINED S. AND COSTS
FOR EXCEEDING SPEED LIMIT
Local Auto Salesman Hailed into Mu-
nicipal Court for Minor Offense

c. A. Hatch of Middlebury appeared
in Municipal Court Saturday to ans
wer to a charge of exceeding the speed
limit on Main street when driving an
automobile last Thursday He pleaded
guilty and Judge A. w. Dickens fined
him s. and costs of S605, whcih he
paid. Officer Charles ]. Shaw made
the arrest. The village limits for the
speed Of vehicles is Is miles an hour
which is cut to 10 in the business sec
tion. Mr.. Hatch was the first offender
in this regard to be brought into local
court this year. 1t is expected that
others will follow. even some Of the
Office holders of the town, for accord
ing to the police no exceptions will be
made in the enforcement of traffic reg
ulations this year. Mr.. Hatch is a
salesman for the Haynes car for which
c. o. Frost is the local agent.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04
WOMAN'S CLUB CAMPAIGNS
FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
Plans Perfected for Campaign During
Week Of February IA

During the week of February IA the
Woman's Club of Middlebury will push
vigorously a campaign for new mem
bers. The committee entrusted with
the canvass is headed by Mrs. A. S.
Hartman and Mrs. Emma Brewster
It's present membership is about us.
The dues of the Club are one dollar
annually. The Century and the Music
departments elect members whose
names are presented The members of
the Music department must be willing
and able to take part in the musical
programs.
At the Essay department guests are
always welcome and any club member
may become an active member by eX-
pressing her wish to do so. The branches
of the Club are CivicS, Education, Es-
say, Century and Music. Meetings are
held regularly at the homes of the
members.
All women are invited to join The
Club is non-sectarian and membership
is the privilege of all Ladies desirous
of learning more of the organization
are invited to communicate with the
Campaign Committee, Mrs. Hartman
or Mrs Brewster
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-02-04

view, Greater interest locally may be
found in the following Philadelphia
newspaper comments regarding his ac-
ceptance of the Pennsylvania presi-
dency.-Ed
The Washington herald., 1921-08-26
Am ericans Report Terrible
Conditions in Volga Valley
Hordes Of Ragged Peasants Desert Every
thing in Flight to Lands Untouched
By Famine.

spscial cabls 10 rhs washf-etsn Hsfah
and ohicsss rribuas.)
RIGA. Aug. 25.-Aibert A. JohnS
son. of Farmingdale. N. T.. chair
man OF the American Near East and
Relief Commission. his
colleagues. Paxton Hibben. of In
d annapolis. and John Worries. Of
New York. and Frank Connex. an
interpreter. have just arrived from
.doscow after having crossed Rus
Ia from the south. They taintei
an almost indescribable picture Of
conditions an the famine areas
which they visited and told Of the
herculean tasks necessary, to re-
'isve Russia adequately.
The Americans pointed out the
necesSity for help. which they said
ought not to be confined to the re-
ief children and sick. but should
be extended to the Others.
Mr.. johnson and his aids left
TifiIs on August ls, reaching Mos
cow. via Petrovsk. vladiksvkaz
Rostor and Kozlof. They were over
whelmed with the extent Of the
danger attending the immi grafton
II the people from he stricken
volga provinces. They said that It
vas doubtful whether the author
tiles would be able to control the
situation
Upper volGa Refugees
They say that 100000 persons
iave left the Simbirsk and Samara
districts and the province of Sara
OF has been transformed i,no a
The Washington herald., 1921-08-26
DES MONIES
TORUN CNE WEEK
Will Help Carry Exposition
Crowds, Then Go Back
To Limbo.

pEs MONIES. Iowa. Aug. 25.-
sexenty Des Moines street cars
we're rolled out OF their barns late
.onight, and will be put into opera
ion carly tomorrow morning, after
twenty-five days of rust gathering.
The trolleys will work eight days
# fair week. handling the ex-
,ected crowd of 100000 Iowans.
hen they will return to their limbo
f cobwebs and bankruptcy, waiting
or the city council to eradicate the
1usses and grant them a perma-
lent Scent fare. 5 :
Federal Judge Martin Wade late
today handed down an order. ad-
Judging that the receivers .'as soon
rs practicable. restore street car
srvice until the, close Of the Iowa
state Fair. September g." -
E. B. Perry, acting as attorney
for the State fair board. which will
officially open tho big Korn King
exposition here tomorrow at .
o'clock. applied for the permission.
This order is conditional upon a
guarantee by some individual or
70 pay to the receiver
any deficit In actual cost Of putting
the care In operation and operating
same" Judge Wades order said. II
an advised that those interested in
The Washington herald., 1921-08-26
Last Pictures
Submitted for
Final Decision
Judges Today Start Work
. In Selection of Miss
Washington"

Last photographs I'm the COM
petition for the selection of
.Miss washingtsu" were re-
eeived ut The Herald office last
night and st 10 o'clock this
morning the Judges will meet
and begin the difficult task of
selecting the Districts most
beautiful and attractive dauEh-
ter.
As q preliminary step the
Judges will closely examine the
Photograph and select n num-
ber of the more promising can
didntes. A sumeient number
will be picked to insure q fair
dc ision. ----r-.
The comparatively few con-
didates 30 selected who In the
opinion of .the Judges possess
qualifications which entitle
them to consideration for the
signal honor Of being named
.AIiss washington,1 will nnd
their names published in The
Herald Tomorrow morning and
will be asked to appear I'm per-
son during the forenoon. satur-
dny, when q nnal selection viii
be made. The fortunate young
women VIII also be notified by
telephone and messenger. The
Anal announcement will be
made In The Sunday Herald.
CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-26
DEATH TOLL OF 40
MAY RESULT FROM
SINKINGoF
Crowded Lifeboat Not
Yet Found; May Be
Rowing to Land.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. est is
feared that a death list as high as
forty NAV result from tie sinking
in the Pacific early today of the
steamer Canadian Importer, S25
miles off the mouth of the Columbia
River.
Word was received that the res
cuing ship Cordova. carrying. ac-
cording to the dispatches, part of
the crew" had left the scene OF the
wreck and was making for Portland.
Ore. The Cordova had responded to
wireless calls for help.
A previous dispatch to the Seat
tie harbor commander said one OF
the lifeboats, believed to have con-
tained forty persons. most of them
members of the crew, was still miss
ing. The two reports coming on
the heels of each other were taken
in marine circles to mean that the
Cordova had abandoned hope Of
finding the missing lifeboat.
May BE Picked Up.
The possibility that the missing
boat may be able to survive open
sea and eventually be picked up or
reach land. was considered. Be-
lief that the crew may have set
out immediately in an attempt to
row to the mainland. more than 400
miles distant. was EXPRESSED. Wire
less stations have flashed requests
to mariners to be on the lookout for
the lifeboat.
Reports that the boat contained
forty men seemed discredited. how
ever, when the owners said there
were but sorty-four aboard the
ship.
At p. nj. Wednesday the position
of the Cordova was given as 625
miles south of the Columbia River
lighthouse. She was on her way tn
Portland from Honolulu, when
shortly after midnight, she receive
the distress call from the Canadian
Importer.
The message simply said:
There fs seventeen feet Of water
In our engine room and we are sink
ing fast"
Lifeboat Already Gone. .s
The Cordova steamed at full
speed for the sinking, vessel. when
she arrived one hfehoat had already
pulled away into the darkness an
{ ould not be found. The remainder
Of the crew were taken aboard the
rescue ship.
There were no known passengers
on the vessel, which left Vancouver.
B. c., August 0 for Melbourne, Au-
stralia. She is believed TO have
stopped at several ports on Puget
Sound to complete her cargo, which
would account for her not being
further along on her journey.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-26

SAVED IN SMASHING
BIG 'SWDNDLE RING
$21, 100000 in Spurious
Securities Taken, Fed
eral Attorney Says.

- CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Financial
collapse Of forty-eight banks and
kindred institutions in various parts
of the country wfs averted by the
breaking up Of the Charles w
Wrench nationwide ''swind'e ring"
according to Col. John v. CIinnin
acting United States District At
torney. who is dire ting the pres
ent expose, OF frenzied Nnance.
cfinnin already has IN his posses
sion s2l. 100000 in spurious securi-
ties and notes
Branded ssT,n Rex, Company.
Notes with a face value of 81 ooo.-
900 were seized in the Milwaukee
home OF Alva w. Harshman, sec
-etary to French. Four of the notes
were for $500 each and were
signed by Harshman as TREASURER
nf the Development Securities Conn
pany said by Federal oft.ials to be
--e-eiy "tin hoN" comp-ny. Note.
to the face vaiue Of ssoo.o0o were
said TO be si~ned by z. w. Davis
Cleveland millionaire and forne-
p-esident of an automobile companv
Twelve new arrests If Nnan~iers
sna fraudulent security one-ato-s
lost of whom live in othe- cities
---'" he maSe sNo"tlv. Ci'n-in sd.
TIE cor-i'o-s leadine to c'inn'n'<
o-ce we've avain crowded t"d-v
--ith hrsiress man a,~inus to cl"ar
themselves cor-e NJ them had haer
~onnerteS with French in business
'ea's in the past.
Ns-y s'C~II'' s~r SrAe-e.
Geor-e E'rhy n Chicago business
man. told Clinnin of the operat ons
of c. Fl. peni"ke. arrested with
French. He said nenicke induced
him To tra~el over the co"ntry on
re-Hnan~inE proposition and then
left him stranded in New York afte~
--ettinr t'dn from him.
Late in the day John Lewis
Thoras Of Winnipeg. Man, was ar
rested nv Secret Service men on >
warrant charging him with using
the mails to defraud.
Federal officers said Thomas was
caught in the act of selling $4,000
worth Of stock of dubious value to
Joseph De Vie Edwards, of Chicago.
One of the companies whose stock
Thomas was attempting TO dispose
of was said by government inves-
tigators to be noneNistent.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-26
BENDER PUTS OVER
REAL GOLF SCOOP;
HARDING IS THIRD
Bad Luck on 18th Hole
Throws Marion Star
Man Out of Lead.
By GORDON SHAND.

Bob" Bender. Of the United
News. took the edge off the hrst
annual golf tournament OF the
Washington corps of correspondents
t the WASHINGTON Golf and Coun-
-ry Club yesterday right at the out
st. He turned in a gross sen OF
l, which. with his handicap of 20,
ut him SO FAR in the lead that the
est OF the field had not so much q
burglars chance to head him of.
As early as noon Bender had the
ournament all sewed up. The rest
- the, entrants might as well have
Iuit then and there. Arthdr w.
Dunn, of the American Press Asso-
cation. who finished in second
place. was 13 strokes behind.
Warren g. Harding, of the Marion
Star. tied for third place with Rich
,rd Lee. of Universal Service.
Hands BENDER Trophy.
Bender, you've scored a beat"
said President Harding in preseo.-
ing the George NJ. Cook trophy
You got of to a good start and
made a better finish. / take a great
deal of pleasure in presenting this
trophy to you as one newspaper
man to another.
TT has given me tremendous sat-
isfaction to play with my brother
craftsmen this afternoon, and !
hope that this tournament Is per-
petuated. 1t will better fit you for
he tasks that you will be con-
'ronted with"
Dunns second place prize was q
golf bag. The. Presidents third
place award was a driver, the gift
of Freddy Mcleod. Lee took the
fourth prize, a brassie. the mate Of
the driver won by Mr.. Harding.
bill" Brigham. of the Boston Tran.
script. capture fifth honors. two
points behind Harding and Lee. and
was rewarded by another river, the
rift Of the Washington Golf and
Country Club.
Price There Too.
1t YVES left to Harry Price, of the
Washington Post. 70 carry away the
.onsolation award. which went I"
the player finishing fifth from the
bottom. Mason NJ CURE, of the
New York Tribune. thought that
he had this prize cinched until Ls,
Sack. a post entry. robbed him By
finishing an un"isputed last with a
net score of $50. thereby pushing
Mcclure up one notch In the final
standing. ' -
In preserting to Price the six
golf balls and the picture pr,zie
which were his reward. the Presi-
dent complimented, him on distin-
gushing himself In at least one re-
spect
'If I couldn't be third prize win
ner, 1 would have nc higher ambi-
ton than to win the consolation" ("
he remarked.
"At that. Mr.. President. I beat
you on the eighteenth hole" was
Prizes comeback. u only took an
eight!".
The President played in a four.
some with bill Brigham of the
Boston Transcripts; wiimott Harsant
Lewis, of the London Times, and
Bryan Morse, of the Washington
Times. The gallery. which Included
a flock Of movie. operators and, cam
era men, was reminiscent of the
national open championship.
: Brigham had the honor on the
first tee and sliced. his drive rather
on1trsnrn on PAGE sr..
The Washington herald., 1921-08-26
TWO KILLED WIEN
AIRPLANE FALLS

Lieut.. r. M. Merrell and Jack Rode
HEAVIER, brother OF II mer Rode
newer. choir leader fer the Rev.
pi'ly Sunday, were killed near here
late today when their airplane
turned trrtle and crashed to tn.
ground. The young wife OF Lieut.
"nrrelI. FORMER navy flier and Mrs.
Betty Rodeheaver. mother OF Jack
saw the tragedy.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-26

auge concentration camp for the
efugees from the Upper, voiga
The plight Of the refu;ees Is ter
q BILE. They have parted with ever,
ossession they own In the world
-nd-they have been reduced to eat
ing horses and other animals. Lit
rally millions are takirg part in
the exodus. they are leaving taeir
homes under stress Of indescribabIe
hunger and moving westward by
ny and every available means of
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.