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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-04-07
The Senate's Duty

The veterans adjusted compensation bill which passed
the House with such favorable vote is before the
Senate 1t will face opposition from exceedingly small
minority, but the opposition will be bitter
But there does probability that the Senate
Will see anything but its duty to the ex-service men,
20 against the wishes Of vast majority of the fair
minded citizens of the country Misrepresentation and
violent attack by metropolitan press, endeavor to
create wave of opposition have thus far resulted in fail
ure And the Senate knows this to be true. recent
canvass Of the members confirms the opinion that the
will pass the Senate at the present session in
substantially the form it through the House
Five important facts apparent from the Senatorial
canvass They
l. The bonus bill will go through by sub
stantial vote-there may he not than
dozen or fifteen votes against it its final
passage.
2 Only tremendous of sentiment
against the measure among the rank and file OF
the taxpayers can halt it. So far the Senators
say there has been no indication of such wave
Of opposition
g. The contest in the Senate will center
around proposals for the levy of special tax or
taxes to raise revenue pay the bonus.
! Notwithstanding the recommendation OF
the President that any soldier bonus bill should
carry provision for raising the money to pay the
bonus a considerable number of the Senators
now considering with favor the bonus bill as it
7assed the House minus any such provision
). The proposal of the President that sales
tax be carried in the bonus bill has 50 far made
comparatively little headway The sales tax IS at
present as unpopular i'll the Senate as it was in
the House.
Senator Mccormick than whom there is no better
gauge of senatorial sentiment frankly expresses the opin
len that the Senate will act iavoraby and act without
delay And his opinion shared by many other leaders
Opponents of the compensation measure surprised at the
complete success of the bill the House have consoed
themselves with the open boast that the bonus VIII
sleep in the Senate" They have adopted it as by
word They haun their boast the faces OF eX-service
men But the United States Senators owe 1t to
themselves and the country to prove that the boast
cf the opponents is idle Guided by the over
whelming sentiment in favor Of the measure, which IS
indeed county-wide the upper branch of the Congress
must see their plain duty and act promptly on one OF
the most vital questions that has been presented
fer their consideration We believe that they will
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-04-07

Emery /. Handelong
Addison County Court,
June Term, 1922.
Order of Publication
Whereas Cora L Handelong of Lin
coin in the county of Addison has filed
her petition in the Addison County
Court, the next stated term of which
is to be held at Middlebury within and
for said county on the first Tuesday of
June, A. d. 1922 therein setting forth
i'll substance; That she has been a
resident Of said Lincoln for more than
three years prior to the bringing of
said petition; that her maiden name
was Cora T. Atkins and that at said
Lincoln on February /, 1915, she was
lawfully married to Emery /. Handle
long, then of Fort Ethan Allen, Yer
mont, that there has been born of said
marriage one child, to wit, Miriam L.
Handelong, now a minor; that during
said marriage Coverture said Cora T.
has faithfully kept the marriage cove
naut and performed all the duties APP
pertaining thereto, but that the said
Emery L., on his part, the marriage
covenant has not kept but has violated
the same, for that the said Emery L.
has refused and neglected to support
the said Cora E. that he has at divers
times treated her with intolerable Sc
verify and further that he has wilfully
deserted her, and praying that for the
of
her bill of divorce and the care and
custody of said minor child.
And it appearing upon affidavit of
said petitioner that she does not know,
nor upon diligent inquiry has been
able to ascertain, the present where
abouts of said Emery L., therefore,
1t is ordered that the said Emery L.
he summoned to appear and answer
the foregoing petition on the first dav
of the next stated term of said Addison
County Court to be held at Middle
bury aforesaid OH the first Tuesday of
June 1922, by the publication of the
substance Of said petition together
with this order, in the Middlebury
Register a public newspaper, publish
ed at Middlebury aforesaid, three
weeks successfully, the last of which
publications to be at least six weeks
prior to the opening day of said term
of Court.
Dated at Middlebury, in said Add
son County, this 3Oth day OF March
A. D. 1922.
Ira II. LaFleur, Rufus Wainwright,
Atty for Petitioner. Clerk
1873
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-04-07
The Newer Peril

Hotel proprietors and inn-keepers are faced with a
new peril The Springfield Union finds that moonshine
drinkers, and hooc1" users by gross carelessness, are
,ping the corrosive liquids on the furniture and ruin
ing the vanished surfaces
The Volstcad act violators becoming so numer-
on, and careless that many hotel owners find it neces-
,arv to have the mahogany furniture i'll the rooms scraped
and re-varuished every three months Even spar
varnish which supposed to withstand the action OF
most everything strong has been tried but it proves no
match that popular interior finish known as 'hooch
In frantic endeavor to save themselves from financial
ruin the hotel propretors offering hatering rewards
to the chemist who will concoct a varnish capable OF
resisting the bightng effects of the deadly moonShine
WHY not perfect moonshne that will not corode var
nsh or stomachs and thus lives well as tables
writing desks and dressers?
The problems of prohibition are indeed many
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-04-07
IN EDUCATIONAL WORK
Alumni Of Middlebury College Lean
To This Branch

Figures compiled by Edwin R. Big
Glow, Secretary Of the Associated Al.
umni Of Middlebury College show
that out Of l,277 living alumni of the
College over one-third or 479 are at
the present time actively engaged in
educational work Law and mercan-
tile business are the next highest with
81 and Is respectively, while II grad
yates are at present studying in high
er institutions. Ministry and banking
are tied with u each The govern
ment service includes AZ while % are
engaged in scientific pursuits. Tween
ty-one are actively engaged in liter
allure and journalism OF the 79S
women graduates, 324 have married
None Of these figures are exact for
they do not include all living Middle
bury graduates, but they may be
said to he representative as showing
the relative popularity Of the various
professions
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-04-07

Ludlow suffers serious loss this week in the destruc
ton of the hall by fire peculiar misfortune was
that owing to the fact that the fire alarm located
the burning building impossible to sound the
ing and call out help by the usual effective method.
When once under way, the plucky volunteers fought
desperately however and with all hands taking hold
cessfuly kept the flames confined building. The
fathfuness of volunteers is seldom better demonstrated
than at the Ludlow fire.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-04-07
The problems of prohibition are indeed many

George Whiting, dubbed Haverhill Mass champion
rum drnker shows what be accomplished only
has enough stck-totiveness Georges record accord
ing to the files of the police court dcloses that he has
been arrested charge of drunkenness 63 times in the
last p years He has spent eight out OF the last
Is in state institutions He has just gone up the river
for another y months Georges record is one that will
test the endurance powers of the most ardent rum
devotees.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-04-07

The water taxes are due from village users and
the commissioners that the payments coming in
altogether too slowly. While patrons given to the
18th of the month to pay the taxes will be wise plan
to pay up now while the notion fresh in your mind Do
not wait until the eleventh hour rush OF the last day. and
besides you might forget it entirely.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-04-07

A b,nkng institution which opened for business July
1919 with capital and surplus of $4,000 and shows
assets of $4,000 the close of business on March 81
1922 is what might with call growing insti
tuition Such the record of the Addison County Trust
company The pride which the directors and sockhold
er feel in the remarkable achievement shared by the
whole county.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-04-07

If YOU have not already done So there three things
that YOU must attend right away. You must get your
tomato plants started, you must get your new spring
su-sport model beforehand you must cart those
ashes out Of the cellar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-04-07

Mddlebury College opens the baseball season in Bos-
ton Monday and supporters of the Blue and White look
for the team majority OF the games their first
spring trip Though Middebury has had but little OPP
pounity for practice because of unfavorabe weather
conditions there promise that winning team will be
developed this Keen competition for the neld
and abundant box material will undoubtedly make a
dangerous aggregation when the boys able to
cavort the diamond and get mbered up Batter up,
Middleburyl
, 1922-12-07
Evening Suits.

Isn't II possible hat there IS more
harm in wearing evening suits than
people generally realize? The trouble
IS that n can not put on an evening
suit without also putting on evening
suit thoughts. As soon as you get
into evening dress you begin to feel
fashionable II not snobbish. Any
uniform tends to rob one of his own
Observation-Disclosures tho uniform is
black broadcloth or army khaki.
Surely no r capable of independ-
ent thought EVER wore an evening suit
except under some form OF duress. A
sensible person disilkes to do any
thing foolish merely because It is Gus
tomary.
1t does not take much erudition TO
appreciate that the standardized male
evening cult Is illogical in design. un-
lovely. uhdemocratic. and generally
reprehensibie. II one must wear de-
grading garments with absurd tails,
why not at least have different col
OTIS? Would there be any sound OBJ.
lection to an evening suit OF navy
blue. But Is there n rational argu-
ment in favor of maintaining evening
suits at all? Anybody able to look
facts in the face must recognize that
the garments comprising male eve.
ming dress detract from n mans in
dividuality. max him look ridiculous
and should be aboiished.-Fred C.
Kelly.
, 1922-12-07
Sufticiencu of Fairgrounds

THE BRlEfEST way 10 answer the question as
l. to whether the children of the city have ade-
quate recreation grounds for wholesome play, is
to count the children on the city streets after
school hours.
If there are sufficient grounds and facilities, the
children will not be on the streets. II there are
not they will be on the streets, lodging automo-
biles while they play ball, making mud pies in the
cutters, hanging around corners and getting into
gangs You know all about it. You can see il all
tomol low as soon as you step outOf-doors. Just
And, as you count them, just notice how easy it
is for children playing on the curb to be run over
by an automobile suddenly turning the corner No
tice what chances children have TO take when
they play ball on the city streets. Look at the
faces Of the boys, hanging around on the cor
ners without anything TO DO.
But don't think you can stop all this by passing
laws to keep children from playing on the streets.
1t can't be done. If children do not have play
grounds, they will play on the city streets, for they
must play. Play is as necessary for children as
breathing And without it they can not grow
healthy and strong playing on the city streets. On
the contrary, children in street play are being
killed and injured by the hundreds every year. In
one. large city as many as 5000 children were killed
or injured on the city streets in one year.
Find out tomorrow how many children have been
killed and injured on the streets of this city. Then
reflect-"it might have been my child"
Then see what you can do to help, school author
tiles or any other authority or organization secure
enough playground space for your child and other
children of the city TO keep them entertained and
off the streets.
You cannot help your child without helping other
children. And remember what injuries other chill
dren may injure your child.
, 1922-12-07
Illiteracy Cause of Acct
dents.

Not only is there loss in production
because of the low wage earning
power OF the ililterate foreigner, but
there is n tremendous loss in acct
dents and casualties among the for
e gners engaged in dangerous u
tons. Marian X. Clark. of the New
York State Industrial commission,
estimates that one-half of the acct
dents IN factories. with n resultant
loss Of $4,000 per day to industries.
are due to ignorance OF the language.
There are 100000 factory workers in
New York state who can o sneak
English. In 1916. $11. 500. 900 was
paid out in that state in accordance
with the workingman's compensation
law. asETanount which would be in
creased ITO s35, 900, 900 If to It were
added loNs of wages, labor turnover.
doctor bills n administration of the
law. Statistics of the United States
bureau of labor show that the rate Of
accidents in the iron and steel indus
try during n period of eight years
was highest among tbs non-English
speaking workers and showed little
decrease from year 20 year. The Ford
Motor company officials state that
accidents have fallen off 81 p4r cent
since their school was started in
1914.
In mining. the most hazardous DC.
cupetion in this co;:ntry, lack OF abIl.
ity to read the English language is a
tremendous handicap. In 1919 the
director OF the bureau OF mines stated
that 6 5000 men in the mining indus.
try came from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
races, and that many of them were
h~literate. He states that IL these
men were taught to read and write
English it would be a .remendou
economic factor in the industry
through a reduction in the ~asualt
list. He says: "This is a plain bust.
ness proposition 10 prevent the death
Of at least 1000 miners each year and
to the injury of moro thar
10000 miners each year. Thousands
of illiterate foreigners. many of them
unable even TO read or writo their
native language. are poured into the
great American mining machine each
year and with most disastrous re.
suits. The mines that employ mum.
bers Of foreigners generally have the
precautionary rules printed in tbs diff.
ferent languages: but II the foreigner
can not even rea his own Language,
, 1922-12-07

these safety guides are of no value
to him. The best estimates from a
number of the larger mining states
are TO the effect that the non-English
speaking foreigners suffer twice the
fatalities that the English speaking
miners do. This means an excess OF
$40 non-English speaking foreigners
killed each year. and I may say un-
necessarily. II the average state
compensation is $4,000, which is a
fair figure. the total economic loss
each year to the country through the
excess OF deaths of non-kns.ish-
speaking miners injured zach year
amounts to 6s.75o men. This is a
loss In wages alone of sI,743.75o. TAX
ing the excess Of deaths and injuries
together due to non-English speaking
foreigners. the economic loss each
year reaches s4.533.75 This Is en-
tirely aside from the other costs TO
the industry In production ios:."
, 1922-12-07
Theoru in Business.

THERE Is n reason for everything, and while
Il that may sound prosaic, failure to realize it
has spelled disaster 10 countless business men. The
merchant does not sell as much goods as he used
to sell, the manufacturer finds his product becom-
ing less popular What is the reason? There must
be a reason. It does not just happen. And unless
he gets to the bottom of the condition., the trouble
is going to continue.
Experience is n good thing to go b~y-sometimes.
Very often it is the very worst criterion. You may
have begun with wrong ideas on the subject, so
where is experience going TO lead? Certainly not to
valid conclusions. The difficulty may be almost
staring the unfortunate business man in the face.
but he is oblivious of its operation. and therefore
all the experience in the world will avail him moth
ing. He is wrong, and he is going to remain so
unless he takes the trouble q setting himself
right again.
In older days il was the custom to leave the oh
~servation of business conditions generally to the
men in big business" so called. They were sup
posed TO be concerned with wider interests, and
so it was thought that only they should be con
cerned with such n topic as foreign exchange or ex-
port or import figures. Modern business-that is
TO say, business of the twentieth century-has
changed this view somewhat. 1t has come TO be
recognized that there arc certain principles behind
business transactions and conditions which can not
be overlooked, and so there arc increasingly fewer
men every year who do not take more interest IN
trade journals, financial journals and any other
publications which help to instruct in the more the.
oretica1 phases of business.
, 1922-12-07
Toll to Check Manipu
lators.

One dollar Is stolen By the forgsr
and check raiser for every 5000
cleared through the banks Of the Uai-
ted States. The c~learances in recent
years have nuctuated In the vicinity
Of 0 1900 million yearly. On the
other hand. according TO the estl-
mates OF various experts. including
some officials OF bankers associations.
the yearly amount stolen through the
misused checks is now about 80 md
Hons.
In 1850 the loss was probably not
more than two million a year and
possibly Is low as one million In
1914 William ]. Burns told the Amer
lean Bankers association the steaiase
had been % million. The writer esti-
mated the 1915 loss as 30 million. bas-
ing his calculations on reports which
seem now TO have been incomplete.
IT was more likely between 40 and 30
million then, and the best informed
specialists IN bank protection believe
that It has now passed the Iatter
figure.
Check manipulation is. therefore.
one OF the commonest and costiiest
forms OF property crime. Only swind.
AAh ~ IAc@AAe VI C0A PoAANN A3AENH
which costs the American public sew
ersi billions a year. and embezzlement
or defalcation. which totals more
than 100 million. can be ranked above
1t. Bank burglary and robbery. types
OF crime which strike the average
Imagination as much more dangerous
because they are committed in a more
dramatic manner rsohably yield the
thieves about 2h million every year.
one-twentieth the check alteration
loss.
Accordingly. there Is and has been
IN progress n long-standing warfare
between the banks and their support
ing police organizations on one side
and the check criminal on the other.
Into this fight the inventor ond
techn'cian has been drawn in moro
recent times n he has devoted IN
told energy and ingenuity to the tact
f,l problem of thanking and routing
the larcenous forces. To date he has
achieved no victory. Indeed. the
mounting figures OF check losses
would seem TO indicate clearly ti,at
The tide OF hattie is swinging 10 tho
oher side.-E. II. Smith.
, 1922-12-07
Community Centers

IllO 1OU ever SIT on a store box at the corner
~ grocery of your village and discuss local, state
and national problems with other men? OF course
you have, and you will admit that your time
was not wasted, although the grocer may have
secretly mathematical you as a loafer or n nui-
sance.
But the corner store, postoffice, and other places
are passing as social ~centers, and community for
ums, and must be replaced with something better.
The better locale is the public school building,
which is now being used in many communities as
the common meeting place of the people There
are discussed such questions as good roads, public
health, methods of raising and spending public
money, or methods of production and transporta.
ton of food products. In many school buildings
there is created that neighborhood spirit so essen
tial for concerted action. The means employed arc
various-games dances, theatricals, music, debates,
literary exercises-which require the subordinatior
of self to cooperative effort.
The use of the school building as a community
center or forum will furnish the key to the pos.
sible solution of a variety of problems, the Amer
termination problem, for example. The great OBJ
ject of the community center is TO break down the
barriers of racial and religious prejudices and to
promote a spirit of fraternity among the native and
foreign born. Citizenship means membership. It
is obvious that the teaching of English to aliens
is not sufficient to make them members of America.
To acquire the language as a means of communi-
cation with their fellow is, of course, necessary.
But it is only a means to an end. If they are ever
to feel that they belong with us, the right hand of
fellowship must be extended to them. The neigh
borhood spirit alone can create in them the spirit
of America.
, 1922-12-07
Respect for the Flag.

When you see the stars aud Stripes
displayed, son, stand IN and take off
your hat. Somebody may litter. 1t
Is in the blood of some to deride all
expression Of noble sentiment. You
may blaspheme in the straet and
stagger drunken in public places. and
the ~bystand9S viii not pay much at
.tent'on TO vol. but II you should get
down on your knees and pray TO Al
mighty God. or II you should stand
bareheaded while a company of Old
soldiers marches by with flags to the
breeze. mos: people will think you
are showing off.
But don't you mind When Old
Glory comes along. ~salu.l, and let
them think what they please! when
the hand plays Tho Star Spangled
Banner in a restaurant or hotel din
ing room. get IN. even II you rise
alone; stand there, mad don't be
ashamed OF It, either.
Don't be ashamed when your
throat chokes and the tears come
when you see the flag flying from
the masts OF our ships on the great
seas OF floating from every fRgstaff
of the Republic. You will never have
n worthier emotion. For Of all the
signs and symbols since the world
began there is none SO full lof meaning
as the flag of this country.
Other flags mea n glorious past:
this flag means a glorious future. 1t
IS not so much the flag OF our fathers
as It is the flag of our children. and
of countless children yet unborn. 1t
is the flng OF tomorrow. tho signal of
tho Good ame coming It is not
the flag OF your king; it is the flag of
yourself and your neighbors.
Your flag stands for humanity, for
an equal opportunity to all the sons
Of men. OF course. we have not yet
arrived at hat goal: injustice still
dwells among us; senseiess and cruel
customs of the pas. still cling to us,
but the flag leads the wal to righting
the wrongs of men.
Our flag Is the worlds symbol OF
liberty. That piece of red. white and
blue bunting means five thousand
years of struggle upwards. It is tne
full-grown flower OF generations
fighting for liberty. 1t is the century
plant of human hope in bloom.-Col
Alvin NJ. owsiey. National Comman.
der of the American Legion.