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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-18
BE CAREFUL WHAT
YOU TAKE FOR COLD

Johns Medicine has had so years Of
success as a tonic and body builder,
for healing throat and lungs and in
the treatment of coughs and colds.
Father Johns Medicine is a doctors
prescription,-pure and wholesome.
Guaranteed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-18

The danger in using patent medic
ines is from the stimulants and dan
gerous drugs which many of them de-
pend on for their temporary effect.
Because it is free from alcohol, mar
coties and dangerous drugs, Father
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-18

Clyde Fitchs masterpiece, The
City which ran all last season at
the Lyric Theatre, New York, comes
TO the Bennington opera house Fri
day, Oct. 2lst. when the Messrs.
Shubert will offer this most remark
able OF all dramas. Years ago, be.
fore his death. II was said OF Clyde
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
AN AIRsHIP MADE OF WOOD
German Inventor Says He Has Solved
Problem Of Long Voyages.

Berlin, July 29.-An engineer named Ret
tig has constructed a new airship, the pc
cuiarity Of which Is that instead of using
silk or rubber fabric the balloon is made
of wood, three layers of Canadian pine.
one over another, being employed Be-
sides the balloon itself the frame and car
are also of wood. The length of this
wooden airship Is 400 feet, and the diam
eter As feet and it is driven by two mo-
tors, each Of rs horsepower.
Rettig states that wooden balloon offers
the following advantages over balloons of
the material hitherto used: The escape of
gas from his balloon will be two thousand
times less than from the ordinary balloon.
This reduced susceptibility to the rays of
the sun is due to the fact that wood is a
bad conductor of heat and will protect the
gas inside from expansion. The airship
will thus be able to ascend to far greater
attitudes without anything like the same
loss of gas. and will be able to remain
in the air for weeks together, owing to this
avoidance of the loss of gas. In this way
Rettig claims to have solved the prob
lem of long aerial voyages, such as trips
across the Atlantic and other long-dis-
lance and long-duration Journeys above the
clouds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
ROAD CONGRESS ENDS
u. S. Delegates Say Necessity OF
State Highways Was Shown.

Brussels Aug. G.-The International Road
Conference, which opened its sessions here
.Jlly 81. finished its work to-day and ad-
-eurned the members remaining for sew
erai attractive excursions organized by the
Belgian government
The American delegates say that the
great lesson of the congress for America
S the showing OF the absolute necessity for
TIE introduction Of a uniform system Of
road building in the United States Joseph
". Jones. of New York, one of the rep
resentatives of the Automobile Touring
club Of America. said to-day that chaos
IS bound TO prevail so long as the idea that
local engineers should have fun control of
road building governed in America w g
need said Mr. Jones. "a system like
that Ia France OF national state and coun-
~ roads decreasing in width according 10
the Importance Of the traffic and built at
tbe expense Of the national government
and the department.
The American representatives believe
that the American roads, especially in the
South are too wide and lack the requisite
dep;h OF foundation. The idea that II Is
cheaper TO keep them in repair than &c
rebuild them entirely also prevails They
consider that the English roads, although
she narroHest are the best in Europe
especialiv when the surface is thoroughly
rarred and covered with light coatng o.
Sand.
The Americans favor an American roac
congress TO meet annually
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
Do You Weigh Too Much
The Real Remedy and the Recipe

There are some stout people WHOM ihe
alove question does not seem TO troupie
very much. They are, however. wrong u
10 sr careless. for obesity Is complaint
which brings many evils IN It's train There
e-e Others who have sought long ana
earnestly for a really reliable remedy Tor
,ofesitr, and TO :hese the following pre-
scrfp,ion will he of absorbing interest, be-
cause 81 presents In d simple and harmless
form. and sure relief-a remedy which Is
randy gaining worldwide reputation.
The reader may make up The prescription,
for himself cor HERSELF On getting the In
ereiIents from the GyTigsist-or the Latter
vii do 80 Willingly
T,t..s i tie 1,il recipe: Y o. Marmola,
II ~ Fluid Extract Cascara Aromatic, ana
81 or Peppermint Water Take G dose OF
one feaspoonfui after each meal and al
Tlsfs admirable and quite harmless rem
edy Will coon take off pounds OF the offend
SIG szily excess. and as, day by day, me
T,rict. decreases. strength aEd yiSor eitl
return IN equal ratio: for, be ii observed
shere Is 10 fasting o. exercise required
f2esl. good food. regular doses-tfese are
al thst IS necessary 10 reduce weight "a
rnrti,s: tn-rease the supply of pure blood.
slea- nc sz:n. beauty the complexion ana
restore energy aad excellent sQlIlts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
CAPSULES INITIATE BALLOONS
New Powder Used in Paris to Supply
Gas to AirshipS.

Paris, July S0.-Interesting experiments
relative to the imitation of balloons or air
ships were carried out at the park of the
Aero Club. spherical balloon, OF go Gu
bic metres capacity. was inflated by a new
process. A powder. called hydrogenite
packed in capsules. used for the ex-
periments. Each capsule. when lighted by
match. produces Immediately eight cubic
metres OF hydrogen. with a lifting force
of l.1o0 grams. Crhe purest hydrogen
as manufactured by NM. Lebaudy has a
normal lifting force of Ills grams to
the cubic metre) The apparatus required
weighs about seventeen hundredweight.
and the simplicity of the process. coupled
with tho fact that no water is required
makes IL probable that 1t will be of con-
siderable utility for airships in war condi-
tons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
SMILING CLUB" GROWING
Initiation Ceremony Performed with
Tones and Poker.

London July 3o.-Mark Tapley's view that
to smile is easy but to smile IN Adversely
is some credit is the philosophy Of the
Matlock Smiling Club which numbers
1900 members in ell parts of the country
and is rapidly growing.
The Smiling Club owes It's creation and
growth to the persistently genial efforts of
THOMPSON Grove, a commercial traveller
who lives at Matlock. Mr.. Grove travels
hundreds of miles every week, and counts
a day Ill spent when he does not enroll a
few more members of the Smiling Club
and induce them to part with the en-
trance fee of a shilling.
The ceremony of initiation In the Smiling
Club is performed by Mr.. Grove with the
aid of two assistants carrying tongs and
poker The club has a secret sign by
which members may recognize one another
1t consists of cheerful smile and a
graceful bow, after which each member
unostentatiously tickles himself under the
left arm.
One reason why the Smiling Club has
proved such a success Is that Mr.. Grove
devotes all the shillings to fund for pro-
viding slunn children with country or sea-
side holidays He has raised f60 in smiling
shillings this year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
EXPLOSION ON SUBMARINE
Two Officers and Five Men In
jured on Luckless British Boat.

Portsmouth. England. Aug. 1.-TWO Of
ficers and five men were dangerously
injured to-day by an explosion OF petrol
on the navy submarine Al. So great
was the force of the explosion that the
coxswain was blown completely out OF
the coming tower and fell into the sea.
The Al seems i'll fated, being the same
boat which was sunk in collision off
Portsmouth in 1904, early in its career
all aboard being drowned.
The Al; single screw submarine OF
the modified Holland type. is 100 feet in
length and u feet inches in beam. She
has a displacement Of $50 tons. She was
sunk off Mob Lightship on March IS
1904. and her crew of eleven was
drowned. Later she was raised and the
bodies of the officers and men were re-
covered.
One hundred and fifty lives have been
sacrificed in the development of the sub
marine type of war craft during the
last ten years. The French navy has
suffered the most, but Russia, Great
Britain, Italy, Japan and the United
States have had their accidents, the
greater number of which were attended
with loss of life or injuries to the
crews. Explosions on board have beer
a common cause of these mishaps. and
collision and laundering have not beer
uncommon. The disasters have beer
marked with heroism on the part Of the
officers and men who figured in them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07

FRENCH BONDS DECLINE
Bad Wheat and Wine Crops Al
feet Securities.
fBy Cable to The Tribune.I

Paris, Aug. 6.-French government
bonds have weakened seriously In we"
of the harvest and ~'ntage prospects,
which threaten to be The worst recoroeu
since 1897, when 1t was necessary 70
suspend the customs duties on foreign
wheat. a measure which is not likely 10
be resorted to this year. because the
harvest in Normandy and Northern
France, which has suffered less than
elsewhere, will. according to the best
estimates. bring the total crop up 70
81 900 600 quintals, 100000 mere than
in 1897, but nearly 100000 quintals
below the average of the last twelve
years.
It is now certain that the present year
will be one of the worst wine years on
record. The rise in the prices of bread
and wine causes uneasiness and dis
satisfaction. Dealers here are making
arrangements for large purchases or
wheat in Russia. which is the only coun-
try in Europe where the harvest is un-
impaired by excessive rains and cold.
Unless favorable change In the wealth
err sets In during the next fortnight the
French sugar beet crop will also be de-
fcIent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
RUSSIA'S CHOLERA SCOURGE
Alarming Spread of Epidemic in
st. Petersburg.

St Petersburg, Aug 6.-Russia's scourge,
the cholera, continues to spread with most
alarming apidity. particularly in the
southern mining districts and in ST. Peters
burg, where the epidemic is fast approach
ing the proportions of the great epidemic
of 1908.
Figures furnished to-day by the central
sanitary bureau show that in the week
from July "a to July SO. the latest avail
able complete figures, there were 1924
cases of cholera and 6.944 deaths. OF
these, 47s0 cases and 2,233 deaths We're re-
ported from the province of Ekaterinoslav
and the territory of the Don Cossacks in
South Russia
A report from the United Mine Owners
Association covering forty-eight mines and
four foundries. gives 2,970 cases and 1,250
deaths. The extent of the panic among the
miners IS shown by figures furnished from
eighteen mines, from which 1900 Of the
sc 600 employees have fed.
In answer TO the appeal Of the associ-
alton for special measures to check the
epidemic and stem the panic, which threat
ems to stop the production of coal and iron
in South Russia, the government to-day
decided TO send TO the mining region spe-
cial commission to study the situation, In
Guiding Professors Zabolotny and Rein, OF
the medical faculty of the university The
commission is given extensive powers to
organize sanitary, preventive work
The mine owners. il is announced, will
bear a considerable part of the expense
OF fighting the scourge. The Zemstvo, or
Provincial Assembly, Of EkaterlnosiaV
province to-day assigned 100000 for the
struggle. The desertion of work by the
Ia borers extends also to the railroad en-
ploves and the workmen in the ports in
South Russia, threatening to cripple the
export movement of grain Advlces from
Ekaterinoslav report that the transport
of the crops is at a standstill.
The epidemic continues to make enor-
nous progress in the capital where the
daily average of cases jumped last week
to thirty. Yesterday 182 cases or suspected
cases of cholera were taken to the hospi-
tails and there were thirty deaths. The hos
pitfalls now contain 962 cases of cholera.
The high record reached in 1903 was 4l2
cases day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD
Bulgarian Peasant Said to Have Been
Born in 1884

Berlin, July 29.-The claim of Frau Dut-
kiewitz, of Posen, born on February q.
I7S5, to be the oldest woman in the world
is now contested by Mrs. Bahia Fasilka,
who was born in May, 1874, in the little
Bulgarian village of Bavelsko. where she
has lived ever since. The record of her
birth is preserved in q neighboring mon
astery of the Orthodox Greek faith. Baba
Vasilka is the daughter of a peasant. and
worked as a peasant up TO a comparatively
recent date. For more than a hundred
years she regularly worked in the fields.
according to the custom Of her country.
where women are employed in all sorts OF
manual labor. When she was born Bul-
Raria was merely province of the Turk
ish Empire. and the entire population
groaned under the tyranny Of their TURK
ish rulers. She lives on a pension PAID
to her hv many Of her numerous de-
scendante, who number more than one
hundred. ---~~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
KAISER'S HEIR TO TRAVEL
Will Make Visit to Far East, and
Nav Come to United States.

Berlin. Aug. Grown Prince Fred
erick William will, according to present
arrangements. start in November for a
long visit in the Far East, including
India. 1t is more than probable that
he will return by way of the Pacific
visiting the United States. although this
is not included in the programme for his
trip as II is now made UP.
The trip of the Crown Prince will bear
an official character, and arrangements
have already been made with the British
government for his reception in India
He will also visit China and Japan. His
ccnsort the Crown Princess Cecilie. will
not accompany him. Nothing has yet
been announced in regard to his mode OF
travel, whether by warship or on a pas
senger steamer of one of the regular
lines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE
New Method of Vaccination by a
Professor at Lyons.
IBy Gable to The Tribune. ]

Paris. Aug. 6.-The vaccination OF
cows and oxen against tuberculosis has
been successfully demonstrated at the
Scientific Congress now sitting at
Toulouse by Professor Arloing, principal
of the Lyons Veterinary School. His re-
searches on the subject extend over
twenty five years. He has vacc1nated
over five hundred head of cattle in vari-
Gus departments of France, and IS per
cent of the cases of animals so treated
have proved immune from tuberculosis
during epidemics where over 30 per cent
of the animals not vaccinated were in
fected.
Professor Arloing's method consists OF
two in Elections of attenuated bacilli at a
three months interval. Immunity lasts
over two years. Th5 Toulouse congress
favor tiyn adoption of this system of
waco. ,tic, for COWS and oxen in all the
beef raia-Ig and dairy districts of
France
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
THE WAR OF THE HOUSES
Mr.. BirreII and Lord CaWdOr
Working for Agreement.
PREPARING FOR ELECTION
Both Unionists and Liberals Try
ing to Win the Vote Of the
Farmers.
ley Cable TO Tie Tribune. ]

London. Aug 6-"The Eight Pious
Brahmtns." as the front bench Of peace
makers are styled by Henry Labou'
chere's Truth are taking holiday
Premier Asquith is paying a series OF
visits to country houses, ana a. ). Bal
four. instead of reverting to gof, Is
undergoing the cure at Bad Gasteln anc
forgetting unpleasant politics. Davlc
Lloyd George is finding open air recre-
alton in Wales. and Lord LansdoWne has
retired to his Wiltshire estate. Lore
Crewe is bored with politics, and de-
clines to talk about the relations or the
houses. and Austen Chamberlain is eager
for a Continental journey.
The two negotiators who are holding
the threads of the conference discussion
together are Augustine Birrell and Lore
Cawdor They are corresponding. ano
exnect to meet occasionally, and they
hope to agree on a definite scheme which
oan be presented TO their colleagues dur
ing the intervals of golf and shooting
This must be a practical device for dis
nensinp with the creation of an unman'
aeeahle swarm of peers when the meas
ures carried by the Radical majority II
the Commons are taken to the House OF
Lords. They are strangely mated as
subcommittee for a conference ou
each has Qualities which may prove ser
viceahIe. Mr. Birrell possesses patience
and a conciliatory temper, and Lore
Cawdor is shrewd and businesslike, anc
tive
While the armistice will be prolonged
until the middle of November, there arr
signs that the leaders expect resun1p
fior1 of hostilities They are making ap
pointments for party meetings ABOUT til'
time of the reassembling of Parliament
so that they can rally their forces for
general election. It is also announce
that the government will take the Wilol'
time for such business as 1t considers
necessary, and, moreover, each side Ii
preparing for an active canvass.
Lord Darlington has proclaimed a CAP
met scheme for the establishment OF CO.
oneratfye credit banks in aid OF Inc
small holders. market gardeners ant
no,,ltrv and dairy farmers. This system
is in operation on large scale III dei
MANY and other Continental countries
and Hodge is expected to be grateful 10
es belated introduction into England
Mr. Ralfour and Jesse Ceilings have Sc
ont TO dish the wings by commltt'hs
tho Irnionist party ts a scheme for mul
tiplving the small landholders ana arm
ing them with facilities for borrowing
money from the village banks on easy
terms. Mr.. Lloyd-George and ME-
Churchill are momentarily silent pu
they have social reforms at their fingers
ends. and can be depended on to pro
vide an attractive programme LOT 'ii'
working people. 49,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
BOYS REMARKABLE EScAPADES.

London. July s0-Riding four hundred
miles on the buffers Of an express after es-
Gaping from reformatory. stealing 1890
from messenger boys outside the more fire.
quented postoffices by the confidence trick
undertaking an Italian tour. stopping three
weeks at a fashionable Berlin hotel fire.
quenting and making bets at the most i'm
portant race meetings, while the police We're
searching everywhere for him-these are
some OF the incidents in the career of a
fifteen year old boy named Adolf Conrad.
who when finally captured by the police to-
day remarked: II regret that you have
temporarily postponed my future arrange
ments." -,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
A WOMAN EXCOMMUNICATED
She Is the Sister of Her Husband S
First Wife.

London, July 30-The refusal of the Rev.
Tufnel Barrett the new vicar of SandSate
TO allow Mrs. William B. kennett VIE OF
a local captain of Territorial Artillery, TO
partake of Holy Communion. because she
is the sister of her husbands first wife.
continues to excite keen interest in the
neighborhood.
Il am sorry that have had to take this
step-more sorry than I can express the
vicar said. "but I am quite powerless In
the matter.
Il am bound by my ordination VOWS
and there is no getting away from them.
| had to make certain declarations again
when I was indicted, and 1 am bound in
honor.
IAN officer of the army does not discuss
reasons Of discipline. but is bound by his
rrai ching orders, and am ] bound. L
must adhere to the Prayer Book"
Asked If he intended resgning if the
Archbishop Of Canterbury decided against
him, Mr. Barrett said that he decided TO
anticjpate the decision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
TURKEY BUYS WARSHIPS
Pays s4,5oO,ooo for Two Old
German Battleships.

RerIin. Aug. 6-The sale to Turkey Oh
the old German battleships Weissenburg
and Kurfiirst Friedrich Wilhelm, was
closed to-day, the price being fixed at 81
500. 600. david Bey, the Turkish Minister
of Finance came TO Berlin TO arrange
terms of payment.
Turkey at first negotiated for the Bran
denbure and the Kurftirst Friedrich WIZ
helm. but finally obtained the Weissehouis'
a sister ship of slightly later construction
than the Brandenburg. The TWO SHIPS soiu
are of $50 tons displacement Win d SPee''
Of fifteen knots, six eleVen-lnch guns,
protected by heavy, old style arihor VI
tvelve-inch thickness around the turls
and fifteen and three-fourths lnches III liie
water line belt. They were Ia'u oo"h III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
THE LAUNCH OF THE LION
Another Stage Reached in the
Competition for Sea Power.
RECORD WARSHIP AFL0AT
Germany Building a More Pow.
-erful DISQUALIFICATION of
London a Failure.
TRv Cable 20 The Tribune. ]


London Aug 6-Anotfler stage Is
reached to-day In the mad race for
naval supremacy. This is the launch
Of the super-lnvincible, the Lion. at De-
vonport. where the Ntscountess Clifden
broke the bottle of champagne and
named the battleship-cruiser. The Lion
is oomplacently described by the Ad-
miralty as record vessel in displace-
ment. arrnor. armament, engine power
and speed. She is 700 feet long. has a
disbursement Of 10000 tons, will have
10000 horsepower, a speed Of 80 knots
and eight 13.5-inch guns in her main
battery. These will throw projectiles
Of 1,25o pounds They will be mounted
In four barbettes. all on the centre line
of the ship. The vessel will be driven
by turbine engines. AS her keel was
iai6 only eight months ago. this enor-
NOUS highly improved fifteenth Dread
noueht has been built with great rapid
fly.
The blue sea patriots ought to be sat
tsfied with this performance, yet they are
discontinued because fresh advances are
reported from Berlin, where engineers
ere designing 27.060-ton battleship-
cruisers and the Krupps' experts are
talking about arrning them with 14-inch
guns. which will outclass the artillery
of the British fleet While England is
building navy mainly for defence and
the maintenance OF her supremacy OF
sea power, Germany is bent on rivalling
and surpa ssing it in various points, at
least on paper. and is reinforcing her
Diplomacy with menace of naval war
fare in an emergency. This challenge Is
met al high cost by multiplying super
preadnoughts and increasing the weight
Of batteries. and new battleships are
scarcely commissioned before they are
outclassed and destined for the scrap
heap.
What makes this contest between de-
signers and gunmakers wellnigh hope
less is the failure Of diplomatic agencies.
The Declaration of London, which was
designed TO be an equitable compromise
between English and Continental law
regarding prize courts. has not been
ratified by a single maritime nation rep
resented at the naval conference
eighteen months ago. Even eminent
turists who have been attending the In
ternatienal Law Conference this week
have condemned it with faint praise,
and have been exceedingly fussy in rals-
ing objections to it, because every power
does not get everything il wants. 1t
would be a suspicious kind of COM
promise if everybody were SATISFIED.
Apparently the declaration is doomed
unless the British or American govern
rnent takes il up and negotiates directly
with other powers for carrying it into
effect Optimists would have ground for
encouragement if the arbitration fish
cries dispute at The Hague, where Sen
etor Root is summing up the American
case with dignity, subtlety and power
were not proof that civilization is
marching on.