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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1917
Page
4
Government urges Middletown residents to support the law requiring men aged 18 to 45 to register. It condemns propaganda aims to discourage registration, vows punishment for resisters, and calls for community solidarity against anti registration plots tied to the German/imperial government.
The newspaper states it does not knowingly print fraudulent advertisements. It offers a moral guarantee and invites anyone who feels victimized to contact the advertising department to discuss the matter with Times Press.
A wartime notice urges men aged 21 to 31 in Middletown to register tomorrow. It notes little local trouble is expected but warns that dodging the draft will lead to jail and possible army service, with federal authorities determined to enforce conscription.
The Times-Press reports on two men riding wains through the Otisville tunnel as a risky outdoor sport. Guards warn them, but the train noise drowns warnings, leading to injuries. The piece compares the danger to wartime scenarios and notes the Eastland to be converted into a gunboat. It also quotes a New York Sun letter about Uranus promising rains and crop protection, and ends with Milton Kline from Callicoon enlisting in the U S Army, marching to Fort Slocom.
A fragment from a 1918 era page mixes humorous verse with patriotic appeals and social notes. It rails at slackers, lauds Irish fighters, mentions a golf handicap winner H. F. Mentley, and features a mock front on conscription aid. It also includes a light cartoon caption and a poem by Eva E. Bignell, with references to Uncle Sam and registration debates.
On June 4 1738 George III, then ruler of England, led through the American revolutionary era. In 1860 French and Italian forces achieved a decisive action. In 1916 Canadians suffered 5000 casualties at Ypres ridge. Austrians captured De visna with 600 prisoners at Tren tino. Algol appears as a bright star near the western horizon early evening. Sun crosses Washington’s meridian 68 minutes after 9 pm.
On June 4 British counterattacks on a preserved ridge were repulsed with Canadian losses of 5 000 men. Austrians captured Ceiasna between Assiero and Asiago taking 5 600 Italians. Russian armies under General Brusiloff began an offensive along a 250 mile front in Volhynia Galela and Bukowina toward the Romanian frontier.
Albany reports Dr. Arthur D. Dean predicting year round schooling with compulsory military training for boys and vocational tracks for older girls and boys. Schools would serve as social work centers, with grades 17 and up handling nursing aid or war time tasks, while Dean criticizes overemphasis on classics and urges useful defense related roles. The plan emphasizes broader educator duties and the scope of universal training to 16 to 18 year olds, with September implementation and statewide impact. Frank H. Finn oversees a countywide military census in Orange, counting residents 16 to 60, a demanding task highlighted by local commentary.
The State Department disclosed that President Wilson sent a message to the new Russian government. Ambassador Francis presented the message in Petrograd, but the contents were not revealed. The report notes the communication occurred in Washington in June.
Metro stars Jimily Stevens and Lionel Barrymore visited MetroRolfe studios to view filming of The Pugitive and Peter Ibbetson. Valeska Suratt joins a studio volunteer company. Mary McLaren debuts in Shoes and appears in Saving the Family Name and Wanted-A Home. Bluebird Photoplay to film The Doll's House. Gertrude Kelby receives silk pajamas gift and to wear them in a Sunshine comedy scene.
Miss Rose Livingstone spoke at Christ Church under the Woman Suffrage Party urging greater effort to remove dark spots in civilization. Introduced by Miss Myrie Gibbs, she discussed her work with unfortunate girls in New York and her near-misses with violators of the laws of God and man. Burglarious crabs in the West Indies hide clothing in beach holes. The Earth’s growth history notes meteoric matter adding about 20,000 tons yearly, with planets having swept up most original fragments. When in need of anything use the Times-Preasant columna-Adver tisement.
An editorial urges Americans to treat home life as a warfront, stressing rationing and waste reduction. It cites Hoover on cutting wheat use by 30 percent, notes 70 percent of households thrifty, and urges practical steps like using cornmeal and rice, stewing perishables, boiling vegetables, and keeping potato jackets on to save food.
Bloomingburg hosts a Tuesday 2 30 p m meeting at Woodmen's Hall to form an auxiliary of the Red Cross with Middletown representatives expected. The Bloomingburg Free Library seeks funds for continued work and a cake sale is planned at the chapel Saturday afternoon. A 24th Separate Company Band concert is set for Tuesday at 1 70 o'clock on the front porch of the Commercial House West Main Street.
Dalton Georgia notes twelve children born to Mr and Mrs 7 M Hayes from 1905 to 1916 with six living. Also reports Rev Dr Aquille Webb of Louisville has received a call to Third Presbyterian Church in Chicago.
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