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Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-08
SELF PRAISE NO PRAISE

Irving Cobb, the famous war-correspondent, story writer and lecturer, was ap- preached by a stranger who asked him what sort of a fel- low Cobb was. Cobb replied:
 Cobb is related to my wife by marriage, and if you don t object to a brief sketch, with all the technicalitieS eliminat- ed, 1 should say that in ap- pearance he is rather bulky, standing six feet high, not especially beautiful, a light roan in color with a black mane. His figure is undecid- ed, but might be called very bunchy in places. He be- longs to several clubs, includ- ing the YonkerS Pressing Club and the Park Hill Dem ocratic Marching Club, and has always, like his father, who was a Confederate sol dier, voted the Democratic ticket. He has had one wife and one child and still has them. In religion he is an In- nocent Bystander."
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-08
BRYAN'S PROTECTS

Few men have entered up- on the duties of Secretary of State with so many political obligations as did MT. Bryan and no secretary of state has ever repaid his obligations by the appointment to desirable office of so many of h1s pro- teges.
 The assistant secretary of state, John E. Osborne, is not only a protege of MT. Bryan's but was appointed to that of- flee primarily to look after MT. Bryan's political inter estS.
 Bryan's son is a U. s. dis trict attorney and his son-in- law holds a well-compensated office under the government. His former secretary, Robert F. Rose, is a foreign trade ad- wiser, and the other trade ad- wiser is William B. Fleming.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-08

who endeared himself to MT. Bryan by being the only man ever elected to the bench in Louisville on the "16 to I" ticket. Ex-Governor John Lind is a close friend of MT. Bryan and there are a host of others throughout the gov ernment service and the d. plomatic corps.
 Should the new secretary of state be actuated by de- termination to fill these vari- ous offices with his own good friends, there would be such a sweeping out of Bryanites that the state department would hardly know itself.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-08

wrongs have existed or do exist they will be promptly righted, and righted in manner that will make the unit holders and water users glad that they cast their lot with the Yuma project, than which there is no richer land nor better crop-growing climate on the face of Gods footstool. A couple of million dollars lifted from their shoul- yders will make them so happy that they will, each and all, want to rush to the Reclamation corral and hug and kiss every one of those noble "7S horses and mules" and do homage to the unlisted jackasses in a similar affectionate manner.
 A dollar for a brick.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-08

Following the advice of the United States health service to wheel the baby around" not only for the sake of the baby but for the benefit conferred upon the man that does the wheeling, has been taken literally by several Yuma men. Since this proclamation there has been a noticeable increase of men pushcrs.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-08

Not with cannon huge and fearsOme Not with rifles in the trench Will we battle in the future,
 But with gases full of stench. Not with shrapnel nor with Maxims Will we butcher, slay or beat, But with tender hearts we'll spray 'em Thick with ether till they sleep. There will be no cries of anguish And no rivers running red, When the chloroform snipers
 Get their fellows in the head. forward then, the charging squadrons, Not amid the battles roar, But with squirt-guns full of chlorine, Rake the foeman aft and forel Charge for king and so forth, so forth, Firing mustard up the slope Charge with needles hyperdermic- Shoot your neighbor full of dope! Fumes of burning shoes and rubber Pepper, garlic and of hay, Quickly clears the mines and trenches, Help to win the glorious day. Thousands strew the scene of battle, Anaesthesia's victims they, Snoring loudly as they slumber
 
 Resting meanwhile from the fray. Cannon-makers out of business, Chemicals producing now Knockout dOrps instead of bullets Danger turks not in a row. Thus the nations all can pleasure In war that's safe and sane, Save for some poor, sleepy victim, Who, in falling, get a sprain.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-08

Do you keep any servants"
 No, of course not"
 But I thought I say one in your kitchen?"
 "Oh, we have servants on the prem ises, a day or two at a time; but we don't keep them"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24
THANKFUL LITTLE REFUGEE
Belgium Boy Appreciated Gift OF
Stamps From Bennington.

A few weeks ago the New York
World published a letter from little
Belgium refugee. now living in Eng
land. in which the lad told how the
family home had been burned during
the war. Among other things the
boy deplored the loss OF collection
of postage stamps which was de-
stroyed with the building and in his
letter he asked that some one in
America send him some stamps TO
take the place Of those he had lost.
Miss. Isabelle J. Goldsmith OF this
village owned a large collection
from which she selected about 60
different specimens and sent them to
England. In acknowledgment OF
the Gift she has received the follow
ing letter nicely written in English
Bromley, (Kent) May. 1915.
Dear Miss:-I read your letter
with great pleasure. 1t is very kind
of you to send me so many fine
stamps; am beginning TO have
new fine collection and am very
much pleased.
shall always be very grateful to
you. Your country was so kind for
the Belgiums and we shall never for
get the great kindness of your
oountrymen for us.
EIurrah for America!
hope the war will be shortly
over; | shall be SO happy to return
to my country The best love from
your little friend.
Armand Spinette,,
Belgium Refugee.
Westmorland Road 49,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24
You Are the Jury
Hear the Testimony of Bennington
People and Decide the Case.

Doan's Kidney Pills are on trial
are being tried every day for weak
kidneys-for exhausting kidney back
aches. What is the verdict? Read
Bennington testimony-personal ex-
periences of Bennington Witnesses.
There can be only one verdict--a
chorus of approval.
James p. - Toomey, prop. horse
shoeing shop. South G. Elm SITS, Ben
nington, says: 81 have never had
any very serious kidney trouble, but
for some time | was bothered by dull
pains across my back. My work az.
gravated the trouble. | had seen
Doan's Kidney Pills so highly recon-
mended by Bennington citizens that
l sent to Coles Drug Store and got a
box. They helped me from the start
and soon drove the pains from my
back and made me better and strong.
er. You may continue to usee my en-
dorsement as long as You desire
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Toomey had. Foster-Milburn
Co, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24


began teaching school ato Rumfqrd,
n. H., now Concord Her married a
rich widow, but when the RsyNuSion
broke out he was a.Tory. and his life
in America was hopeless lie vent
to England 81 s5{ So lial I
Like magic his career cllanged. ltIs
made startling Inventions and was
.honored by F.nglhnd and France. At
81 he Went to Bavaria, and though
he did not know the German lang
uage, was giyen the task Of reolgasi.
lzing the military department. Atla4
he was a majorgeneral, and at &c.
minister OF war. The next year he
was made chief Of the regency. and
Bavaria Was put into his hands He
made the army over. established
schools, abolished beggary, and con
trived a system Of poor relief. He
went in for domestic economy, and
studied even cooking and fuel-saying
and the warming and ventilating CT
houses Reclaiming waste lands, he
created government stock farms. If
fieieney was his aim, and he put it
into practice in every phase o. l.fc.
When he was created count, he
took for his title 'Rumford'
Professor Giddings CLASHES Ben
jamin Thompson with Benjamin
Franklin and Jonathan Edwards as
the three greatest Americans that
ever lived.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24
kuLTUR MAZE IN AMERICA
Benjamin Thompson Of Woburi
Mass. Originator of German Idea

Benjamin Thompson Of Woburn,
Mass. Originator of German Idea
New York, May 21-That the Ger
man Kultur which we read so much
about is not a German invention at
all, but an American one, and that
Benjamin Thompson of Woburn,
Mass, later regent of Bavaria, is the
man from who're brain it sprung, is
the claim made by Prof. Franklin II.
Giddings, Americas greatest sociol-
ogist
His social efficiency program
the professor says. adopted by Ger
many and yet TO be adopted by all
the world to its lasting profit, was
made in Massachusetts. Thus are
Americans to be saved from the nee
essity of accepting a German-made
view of public responsibility for uni
versal etiiciency"
The life of BENJAMIN Thompson,
better known to fame as Count Rum
ford. was a stirring romance if ever
life was, stirring taletpf genius
achieving its full stature in spite Of
adverse circumstances. Thompson
was born poor and obscure in 1858,
So Eighty and aiipromising was the
youth that he was held p-as.a shin
ing example of the mo account
boy He failed at everything, and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24
LOSS or APPETITE
Most Successfully Treated by Taking
Hoods sarsaparilla.

Loss of appetite is accompanied
by loss OF vitality, which is serious.
1t is common in the spring be-
cause at this time the blood is inn
pure and impoverished and fails to
give the digestive organs what is
absolutely necessary for the proper
performance of their functions.
Hoods Sarsapanlla, the old reli-
able all-the-vear-round medicine. is
especially useful in the spring. Get
it from Your druggist. BY purify
ing and enriching the blood and Civ
ing vitality, vigor and tone. il is
wonderfully successful in the treat
ment of loss of appetite and tho
other ailments that are so prevalent
at this time. 1t is not simply
spring medicine is much more
than that-but it is the best spring
medicine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the
rich red blood that the stomach and
other digestive organs need. Get
ii today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24
A synonym Of fraud.

1t is bad enough to have the Ger
mans hate us because their enemies
can buy war supplies in this country
out what shall we come to If the al
lies also learn to hate us because We
cheat them on the supplies we sell
The Dry Goods Economist is publish
ing this week the statement thai
boots furnished to the French gov
eminent proved TO be OF such infer
Tor quality that the soldiers tore them
into strips, and that 100000 pairs OF
socks purchased from American
mills we're found to be 80 per cent
wool and 70 per cent cotton. instead
of the mixture being the other way
around"
Regrettable as such disgusting ras-
cality must seem to every honorable
citizen of the United States. the
Economist adds that there is no rea
son to doubt the statement it pub
fishes. The revelation is, perhaps,
the more disquieting because our
American-made shells have earned a
reputation within the German lines
of being deadly product; they kill
every time.
The army contractor in the civil
war earned no enviable reputation
among northern soldiers who had to
wear his boots and uniforms and
sleep under his blankets. In the
Spanish war american canned beef
became national scandal. But
those matters were all at home and
could be disposed of as family affairs
This is different. Made in U. S. A"
should not become in European coun-
tries a synonym of fraud on account
Of the inveterate seoundrelism of a
few American manufacturers taking
lnholy advantage OF the necessities
Of hard pressed foreign governments.
Springfield Republican,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24
How's This2

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.. J. CHENEY & Co. Toleds. o.
We. the undersigned. have known T. j.
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any OBLIGATIONS made by his firm
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.,
Toledo, 3.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mli-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free Price 70 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24

People of old-fashioned religious
belief that the Almighty would con
found an unrighteous cause will
watch with interest the progress OF
Italy's war on Austria ana Germany.
Since the dark ages hardly has there
been a war waged with so little
cause
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24
Card of Thanks

Solomon Madison and family de-
sire to thank those who kindly assist
ed them during their recent bereave-
ment, especially the neighbors who
visited and sent delicacies to his
wife during her illness.
SALISBURY, VT. May "a, 1915.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24

that has no kink, and long lane
that has no turn. A man with ample
life insurance for his family stops
worrying about those kinks or turns
that may develop, National Life
ms Co, of VT (Mutual) Earle S.
Kinsley, General Agent, Mead Build
ing, Rutland, Vt. Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24
Monday, May "a, 1915.

The price of carbolic acid has in
creased eighteen hundred per cent
due to the war. We should feel
thankful the thing is something we
don't haze 70 est or wear.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24

1t does not seem possible that the
Germans and Austrians can wage
aggressive war against Italy. In
every other case Germany has car
ried the war over the border so that
the horrors of the conflict have been
on the soil OF her enemies, but 1t
would seem that now the Teutonic
allies will have to fight a defensive
campaign. 8, an
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24
WANTED

All kinds of light trucking to do
Prices right and prompt delivery
George Chandler, $40 School street,
Tel 27-XM.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24

The scarcity of artificial dyestuffs
is being felt more and more acutely
each day throughout the country.
The great textile interests. the
manufacturers OF paper ink, yarnish,
pigments. leather articles. feathers,
etc, find it increasingly difficult to
obtain needed supplies Of colors. 1t
is officially announced that the stock
OF dyes OF German origin in Ameri-
can warehouses and mills is rapidly
approaching exhaustion. 1t will prob
ably disappear before the end Of
July-Burlington News.
In the old days our grandmothers
used to make dyes for their home
spun cloth from butternut shucks
and other native products. Butter
was colored by yellow squeezed out
of home grown carrots and the kids
and clothes were washed with the aid
of home made soft soap. 1t might
not be bad thing. to have the people
of the United States thrown on their
own resources in the matter of bril-
liant eolored dyes and other luxur.
les. an
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
CURVATURE ALMANAC

administration diminishing Bernstorff
and s"verinG diplomatic relations win
Germany earnestly hope the adj
'ninistration will not take this view
.oT TO do $" would be Il fresh sacr;.
fec OF American honor and intcrcs,
The Presidents note TO Germany :,
February last was an cxcel!en, nota
II only II had been lived up to. Rut
every subsequent note has represented
nothing but weakness and t!niditv on
our side. and the sinking Of the L.usi.
tania and OF the Ara bic. the attacks on
the Gulflicht and Falaba. and all the
similar Incidents that have occurred
represent the arrogant answers which
this weakness has inspired Germany
viii care nothing for the mere sever
ancc Of diplomatic relations.
"Th" time for words on tho part Of
this nation has long passed: and 1t is
Uncomfortable TO American citizens who
claim 10 he iuhe:itors 81 the traditions
OF WASHINGTON and Lincoln that our
governmental representatives shall not
see that the time for deeds has come.
VIVA; has just occurred is fresh and
lamcntahlo proof % The unwisdom Of
our pcopi" IN not having insisted upon
the beginning of active military pre-
parcdncss thirteen ~oNths ago"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
BULGARIA CONCENTRATES
TROOPS ON TURKISH rRONTIEl

SALoNIKI. Angus 21.-Bulgaria has
concentrated 10000 troops on tho
Turkish frontier.
This is believed to be the preliminary
step in tho united action Of the Balkan
states on behalf OF the Quadruplc en-
tcntc.
1t is reported here that 10000 Turks,
commanded by Germans. are intrench-
ing and fortifying OH the Bulgarian
frontier near Kirk Killisse
From Athens rcomes the report that
Flintherios NcniZelos has asked for an
audience with King Constantine to-
morrow. 1t is believed he will then
offer to form a Cabinet. lie Is expected
to be made Premier on Monday.
AS Fenizclos has been long an ad-
herent OF the allies cause. his ac-
ceptance OF the premiership is expected
TO be Greece's formal announcement
OF her alliance with the entente
Recent dispatches from Sofia have
agreed that Bulgaria is satisfied with
the territorial concessions in Macedonia
offered her by the entente powers as
the price OF her aid in the war
The consent of Serbia and Greece to
these terms Is momcntarily expected by
the allies.
If Bulgaria declares war upon Tur-
key, 1T is understood that she will re :
ceive general financial assistance from
the entente powers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
RUSSIAN FIELD ARMIES
FIGHTING DESPERATELY

LONDON, August 21.-The Russian
field armies arc fighting desperately
but rainly to check tho onrush OF tho
Germans and Austrians. NovoEeor-
gicvsk. tho last Polish fortress to hold
out. has fallen. Ossowetz. to the north
OF Poland. has resisted thus far only
because OF the marshy nature of the
country. which prevents the Germans
from employing heavy guns effectively.
South Of Brest-Litovsk. Field Mar
shall Won Mackcnsen's forces have pen
ctrated far beyond the Bug. Other
German armies, east of that river rem
der n serious Russian defense along
the Bialystok -Brest- Ltovsk line vir-
tually impossible.
Along the other fronts no important
changes are recorded. with the cNccp-
ton of the French admission of in
ability TO hold the Lens-Arras cross
roads recently captured
The diplomatic problem in the near
east has been brought appreciably
nearer 4 solution by tho formation of
4 Greek ministry under NJ Venizeios.
and the indications that the uncom-
promising attitude Of the military
faction in Serbia against Bulgaria's
claims are being broken down.
After forty-eiEht hours OF unusual
activity. resulting In a heavy toll Of
merchantmen. German submarines ap-
narently have been withdrawn to their
bases. Relief Is expressed that the
freiGhter Bowie is safely in port 1t
is now definitely established that only
two American passengers on the Arabic
arc missing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
OBSERVERS MINIMIZE
IMPORTANCE OF DEFEATS

PETROGRAD. August 21.-Russian
military observers minimize the i'm
portance OF the fall of the fortrcsses
of kovno and Novogeorgievsk. and
point with satisfaction to the heroic
defense by the Russian garrisons.
The military writer's declare that
Brcst-Litovsk is the goal OF all Ger
man forces in the central thcater Of
war. where in the near future the Rus
slams will be forced to contend against
three approaching armies for the pos
session of this important base
Referring to the evacuation of
Kovno it is said that almost the entire
garrison gave up their lives before
surrcndering.
To-day's Russian official statement
indicates that tho Austro- German
forces are pressing towards Brcst-
Litovsk. from the northwest and the
southwest determined to execute n
flank movement to the southeastward,
where they have already crossed the
important north and south railway and
pushed their forces west toward PISA.
twelve miles east of Vlodava. The
Russian defense is aided by swamps
far to the east CO the River Bug.
Russian military men see in the de-
termined German efforts to push across
the railway north OF Brest-Litovsk a
plan to cut off the Russian armies
based on that fortress from those
operating at Ossowetz. and thus en-
able the Germans TO approach Osso-
wetz from the south. The Bialystok-
Rrest Railway is said to be still in
Russian hands. although vicious bat
ties are in progress in various sec
lions.
The German lines now run approx
mately as follows:
Beginning at the Gulf Of Riga i'm
mediately to the east of Riga. they
extend along the River AS to Pone-
viczh, thence to a point east OF Nilko-
mir and southwest to Janova. through
Ossowetz, bending westward to Strako-
vah-Gura, near the intersection Of the
Bohr and Narew; eastward and south
ward along the line of tho upper
Narew to Strablia at the crossing of
the Bialystok-B rest- Litovsk Railway,
directly south to Lipnitza. twelve miles
north of Brest-Litovsk, swinging west
ward around that fortress. touching
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
Mrs. Ella Carlton Snyore

IL.
EST POINT. VA. August ol.-Mrs.
r.ila carlton Savage. wife OF r. l..
savage, of Portsmouth, Va died this
Ii"rhinS IN hospital in Portsmouth
after two weeks illness She leaves
three children and her husband. One
OK the children is only two weeks old.
Mrs savage was born and reared in
west Point and was the only daughter
of the late Milton and Camilla J. Carl.
Ton. Her mother. who has lived in
west Point longer than any one else
now living, and two brothers. Captain
George Is. and John Carlton, are at
present living In West Point She was
n niece Of Mrs. G. II. Winston. Mrs.
Georgia Stcger, Mrs. Jackson and Mrs
Powers, all of Richmond. The remains
OF Mrs. Savage reached West Point
TINS afternoon, and she will be laid TO
rest probably tomorrow in the loca
cemetery. She will be buried from
the Methodist Church. of which she
was a member. Rev. Otis Mead Clarke
officiating.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22

at 2:3o o'clock on Sunday afternoon
from the residence. Mr. Rush was a
native OF Eastern Virginia, but had
resided hero for twenty three years.
re married MISS Emma, Tucker OF
richmond. She survives with seven
children-Mrs L. L. Munday, Of Hunt
inEton. w. Va: A. II. Rush, OF Now
York City: G. B. Rush. of LynchburG,
Va: Mrs. Ella Hawthorne. w. U. Rush
ana Mlsses Oracle and Minnie Rush, of
this city. He also leaves two brothers,
George and Ben Rush. of Buckingham
County, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22

,m 2ShlNGTON. August 3l.-Thcrc
MI Ne ram sunday in New England,
me N,NH!@ Atlantic States and the
toWer Lake region. followed by gem
vraI!E iair weather Monday Else
, wntrs EAST OF the MISSISSIPPI River the
WSIthsr VIII be generally fair Sunday
ana Mo1daH Ii will bc warmer sun
Hiny ana Monday in the ONO Valley.
~ tISSW,heTe temperatures will nor
EtmMnse decidedly. Flood warning 5
nave ,HVc hecn issued Tor the Lower Illinois
Ky the mississippi! River between
~ noun oi the Illinois and the mouth
~ tnc NASkaSk!a ana for the White
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
COLONEL IS HEARD FROM
""a Inmrntnhi" Proof OF In,,isdom
In Not H-ing Prepared.

OYSTER BAY, y. y. August III
Theodore Roosevelt to-day issued This
statement
Il see this suggested in the papers.
that the German answer 10 our las,
note. That Is, the sinking OF tho Arabic
by German submarine. and the con
Scauent murder % certain American
citizens. will b" adequately met by The