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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-19
sPEEDERs TO BE ARRESTED

Automobile Drivers Who Exceed Limit
10 Be Prosecuted.
Village Of Bennington
Police Department
ONCE OF Chief of Police
General Orders
All Police Officers CT the Village OF
Bennington. Regular and Special, are
hereby directed to forthwith appre.
bend all drivers of motor vehicles or
motor cycles found to be exceeding
the lawful speed limit on the streets
of the village, either day or night.
All drivers OF automobiles or other
motor vehicles are hereby notified and
warned that this order and all tramc
regulations will he strictly enforced.
Speeding on the streets must and
will be stopped
All persons interested viii take
notice and govern themselves accord.
ingly.
by order OF the Village Trustees.
Patrick Brazil.
Chief &C Police.
w. p. Hogan.
Village Clerk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-19
RUTLAND

The officials of the Rutland Fair
are doing an unusual amount of work
on the show barns and show ring On
account of the large number OF show
horses promised They say the show.
ing OF sddlers, high steppers, ponies
toadsters, tandems and fours viii be
worth going ways to see. Entries
close August 23d. Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-19
III .yG-EF-E.TC.Ta1 2

To the Tax Payers Of the bennington
Graded School District:
A Rate BIZ has been placed IN my
hands for collection as follows:
90 cents on the dollar on the Grand
List Of 1916.
hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that viii at.
tead at the BENNINGTON County say
inss Bank from o'clock a N. until
4 O'Clock D. IN.
There will be discount OF 4 per
cent on above tax ii paid within 30
days.
c II. Dewey. Treasurer.
Bennington, VI, July 10, 1916.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-19
Last ExeursIon 10 Plattsburn. N. Y.

The Rutland Il. II. will run an cxcur.
sion to plottsburg, N. Y, via Burling.
ton aud steamer on Sunday, August
10Th, 1916, from all stations between
bennington and Shelhurne inclusive.
Fare $3.50 for the round trip, children
soc. For time of special train, see
small advertising flyers.
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
OPEN ST. ANDREWS
CHURCH TOMORROW
Dedication Services To Be Held
At II o'clock Special
Program Of Music.

Appropriate services tomorrow vii!
mark the opening OF the new st. An
drew's Episcopal Church. the Rev. ]. j..
Dimon rector, New Hampshire avenue
and V street northwest.
Tie first service win be at 8 o'clock,
wien the rector will administer the
Holy Communion. The children OF the
Sunday school will hold a service In the
church at 1c o'clock.
The principal service OF the day VIII
be at IL o'clock when the rector will be
assisted by number of clergymen OF
the city, he sermon OF the day being
preached by the Rev. George Calvert
Carter, former rector OF st. Andrews.
The edifice will be set aside for the
purposes OF public worship by speclai
service of dedication. The choir, under
direction of w. q. Caulfield. will render
the music for the services, Gounod' =
Send Out Thy Light to be sung for
the offertory.
Tho new church has been In course
OF construction since June OF last year.
The cornerstone was laid early In sep
tember Apd the first service In the base
mcnt was held on st. Andrews Day.
November 81. the congregation using the
basement ior worship since that time.
The memorials from the old church
have been set In the new building ana
a number OF new ones Will be placed
among the latter being the Estes me
mortal organ. given by l.. Whiting
Estes In memory of his father ana
mother, and the Moran memorial CHOIR
stalls. given by Mrs. Mary +. Moran In
memory of her son.
The Washington times., 1916-04-08

ages. In fact, the distance travelled
by each passenger on the Erie rail-
road was only 22.065 miles. 1t is
apparent from this that the Erie's
passenger burden on the whole
transportation profits Of the service
is less than the average railroads.
In any event nobody can imagine
that carrying only sixteen passen-
gers to the ear and only fifty-nine to
the train, week in and week out,
month after month through the
whole year, could be gold mine for
any railroad; indeed, could fail to be
anything but an expensive luxury
not for the carried but for the car
rier.
These things have to be taken into
account in making freight rates.
They have to be taken into account
in considering increases of wages,
increases of all sorts and descrip-
tions in the costs of operating rail-
roads
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
PRESS AdENTINd A TOWN

Mayor Mitchell told the New York
Advertising Club that what New
York needs to get good government
is a press agent. The town, he ex-
planned, cannot get paid advertising;
it ought to have a press agent,
capable of securing the sort Of ad-
vertising that would keep the people
seriously interested, all the time, in
affairs.
New York has the same trouble as
other communities. There is plenty
of interest and excitement about
campaign and election time, but it is
more largely about men than issues.
People will line up on personalities,
but not on issues; they will even sus-
tain a considerable measure of inter-
est in their favorite personalities be-
tween elections; but they can't be
kept agitated about details of gov
ernmental administration.
Most of the value of important
agencies of the Federal Government
depends on publicity. The Depart
ment of Agriculture might as we'll
shut up shop as try to do anything
worth while without publicity. The
study of publicity is become one of the
great businesses of the time. There
are, Of course, plenty of old fogy
people to protest against spending
public money for press agents; no
Legislation containing provision for
such activities ever gets passed
without at least row about it.
Nevertheless, the publicity idea is
getting better understood. There is
more liberality about supporting it.
New York city probably could well
afford to spend as much money on a
proper publicity organization, as it
does on the Office of it's mayor. Many
cities do maintain various facilities
of related sort. Los Angeles runs a
municipal newspaper; the National
Government does the same on the
Canal Zone.
The press agent represents a
cheerful method of buncoing the
newspapers out of something for
nothing; getting publicity, which it
is their business to sell, for nothing.
But the newspapers are amiable; If
it's interesting and worth while, it's
likely to "get past" They are the
greatest contributors, in this wise, to
the real effort to enlighten the COM
munity.
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
oRRMANY's DAYLIGHT PLAN

While England has discussed for
years the daylight plan, and just be-
fore the war the International Con-
gress of Chambers Of Commerce in
session in Paris unanimously adopt
ed a motion advocating the advance
ment of pushing the clock one hour
ahead between May / and October l,
it has remained for Germany to put
the new plan into effect.
Economic reasons for the change
IN time Of war are obvious. 1t de-
creases the necessity for artificial
light, it makes the working hours
easier and has the advantage Of one
cooler hour Of the morning.
Originally planned to give an ex-
ira hour for recreation when the
days are long, Germany's test of the
plan ought to demonstrate it's value
and disadvantages for both work and
recreation, If there are any.
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
Lenten Sermons to Close
Tomorrow at St. Patrick's

The concluding sermon OF the Lenten
course will begin tomorrow morning at
II o'clock at st. Patricks Church by
the Rev. James A. Smyth. whose subject
will be The Church of Christ an I'm
erring Guide" The celebrant OF the
mass will be the Rev. John M. Nc
Namara and two priests of Holy Cross
College. Catholic University, will act as
deacon and subdeacon.
Mgr. Russell will officiate at the even
tpg. devotions which begin at 1850 and
deliver the last sermon of the course on
Marriage" which he has been conduct
ing Sunday evenings in Lent. The usual
prayers will follow and benediction of
me Blessed Sacrament will close the
services.
During the week, which is designated
as Passion Week. in the church cal
endar. a short mediation on the suffer-
ings OF Christ will be given at 4:45 Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs
day evenings.
Friday the devotions will commence at
80 o'clock. Stations OF the cross will
be recited at 3 o'clock on Friday and
again at 7:30 d. m.
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
EMPTY PASSENGER TRAINS

There are none of us doubtful
about what we want and what we
ought to have in the way of plenty of
trains in every railway service to
suit our convenience of starting from
one place and arriving at another;
plenty of cars on the trains and
plenty of seats in the cars. There
are none of us who realize what a
problem this is for the railroads;
how next to impossible it is to make
a passenger service self-supporting,
and how the people who pay the
freight really have to contribute to
the cost of the passengers riding in
the coaches.
Some OF the facts in President
Underwoods report on the Erie for
1915 throw an astonishing light on
this subject. In the year of 1915 the
number of passengers carried was
26,768,O48. The number of passen-
gers carried one mile was 590,652,-
978. But the average number of
passengers in each train was only
1925. The average number of
passengers in each car was only
1914.
Now, anybody can look in single
crowded subway car and judge just
how much of haul for whole train
o" standard steam railway fifty
nine passengers are. And passen-
ger train of a standard railroad has
to have a good deal more tonnage to
haul in rolling stock than the mere
passenger cars-locomotive, tender,
baggage cars, etc. On the Erie the
average number of passenger cars
proper in a train was $3.50.
The trouble is, of course, that the
railroad has to operate trains and
haul cars through many hours of a
day and over many miles of it's ter
ritory when the public is not travel,
ing in large numbers. The trains
have to run; the cars have to be ir
the trains; the service must be there
whether the public uses it or not
This hauling the empty cars and the
empty trains costs almost as heavily
as hauling those that are filled. Fol
the most part it's ruinous business
Nor will it do to say that the Erie
is exceptional because the Eric is no
comparable with other railroads il
the matter of passenger service-ou
or gross operating revenues of $66,
436,7l9 in 1915 the revenues from
passenger service were only $9,424,
489. On the contrary, the Erie prob
ably tells much better story thai
the average railroad, for the yer!
reason that the Erie has a larg,
local and suburban traffic whicl
tends to improve the general aver
age.
The commuters trains, running
short distances, heavily crowded TO
a number of hours in the morning
and in the evening, fill many a chai
IN the transportation sheet of aver
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
Washington. April 3.
Sees Humor in Argument Over
Speed of Ambulances.

To the Editor OF The Times:
There's just bit of humor in this
ambulance speeding proposition. When
Major Pullman took steps to curb the
inexcusable recklessness practiced by
drivers OF the emergency and other am
balances, 1t was Immediately followed
by deaths. attributed by the enforced
delay OF moment or so.
Heretofore, of course. deaths in am
bulance cases have been frequent but
no criticism has been lodged against
anyone. Following the police order
however. 1t seems perfectly proper TO
lay them to the extra minute or so re-
Quired to make the run.
No thinking person will question the
fact that these ambulances have been
operated at an unnecessarily high speed.
SIMPLY because OF the right of way
privilege. We have all seen them re-
turning to the hospitals empty at the
rate OF about 30 miles and hour, gongs
changing, apparently solely for the joy
of forcing traffic to give away,
The citizens OF Washington should
support Major Pullman In his admin.
istration. He has asked nothing un.
reasonable and his every order has had
a mighty good reason back of 1t.
,.,.-, ~ VoX POPULL
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
THE SUBURBAN RAILWAY
STRIKE

The strike of employees of the
Washington and Old Dominion rail
way is, of course, much less seri-
Gus affair than that recently initiated
and promptly ended on the car lines
of the city. Yet it affects several
thousands of people, and while there
is no danger that it will tie up the
general activities of the city, it is
just as serious, and even more so,
for the people dependent on the Vir-
ginia lines for transportation to the
city.
Washington is constantly reminded
of the misfortune of being politically
aloof from the surrounding commu-
mites. There is a great gap be-
tween Federal authority here and
State jurisdiction and methods in
Maryland and Virginia. The District
has already stopped over into the ad,
jacent regions of both States, and
that tendency must inevitably be
more marked in future. Washington
cannot and will not be kept within
the narrow confines marked by its
political boundaries; it must have
room to grow and breathe and ex
pand.
That was fine demonstration Of
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
COMING EVENTS ON
CAPITALS PROGRAM
Today's Amusements Schedule
for Tomorrow.
Today.

Program. Washington quarter. composed of
members OF the Marine Band, Home for
the Blind. $3.50 II street northwest, 3 y. IN.
A.. Riding and Hunt Club. Twenty second
and streets northwest, s D. m
Advisory council conference. Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage, Cameron
House, afternoon and evening.
Open meeting District OF Columbia Fedora
tion OF Women's Clubs. Public library, .
d. IN.
Celebration of birthday OF King Albert. piS-
trlct of Columbia Belgian aellef Commit
west y a. IN. to p. m.
Address, Railroad Strikes and Government
Mediation Judge Martin A. Knapp uni
versity Club. $3.50 p; m:
Junior Republic, Hotel Lafayette, Six
teenth and streets northwest. 10 a. m. to
Illustrated lecture THE Shores OF the BAL
Souls Memorial Church, s p. m.
Meeting, with address by William Henry
White. Missouri Society. Rauscher's.
Address. Hunting in the Andes" Edmund
Heller, before Biological Society of Wash
ington, Cosmos Club, ., m.
Lecture, THE House of Accuracies," Prof
Roy Y Ferner, before National Union
Columbia Council No. 49, Pythian Tenn
Meeting. Alumni Association OF Howard
University, Library Hall. University CAM
pus, p. m.
Odd Fellows-Canton Washington. No. 1.
PatriRrchs Militant.
knights OF Pythas-Relief bureau. monthly
meeting,
Tent Jointly with Loyal Tent.
National UniOn-Columbia Council, Pythian
Temple; Nonparel Council, Perpetual Hall,
Socialist Party-Social supper. TO s o. m.
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
A MID.APRIL FLARE-BACK

Recollection runs to the impression
that on the day when the meteoro-
logical authorities promised good
weather for an Inauguration and
then Boreas or some other person
from the Greek books delivered a
twelve-cylinder blizzard, it was ex-
planned that a bareback was respon-
sible. We don't know much more
about a flare back now than then,
but the matutinal notion today was
that it had flared again. And this
in the midst of April!
Congress ought to investigate
flare-backs and the possible remedy
for them. They must be at least as
easy to regulate as supply and de-
mand, which Congress tackles with
all assurance. Without doubt the
present annoyance is due to the
heavy firing at Verdun, or to some
other cause outside the purview of
the forecaster who on yesterday
opined that it would rain. Anyhow,
a snowstorm of serious proportions
is bit shocking in this latitude and
at this season, and suggests the pro
priety of moving Inauguration Day
back to, say, July a. Sunstroke is
not more to be feared than pneu-
monia, and there seems to be no
guarantee against some sort of at
mospheric discomfort.
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
Two Anthems Feature
First Church Program

William Stansheld. organist and choir
director at the First Congregational
Church. has arranged for the service
tomorrow morning of the following pro-
pram: Organ prelude. "Andante' in c.
BaJiste; anthem. The Lord Is NV
Rock" Woodman; anthem, Calvary
Rodney; incidental solos, Miss Larner
and MIR. Bowie: offertory. 20 Divine
Redeemer." Gounod: soprano solo, Mrs
Smart; organ postlude, Fantasia" in
&, Tours.
FOR the evening service the following
will be the program: Organ prelude. "A
Sprlngtime Sketch" Brewer; anthem,
''lIark. Hark, My Soul.' Shelly: incl
dental solos. by Mrs. Smart and Miss
Iarner: offertory, 20 Lord. Most Holy
Gilbert. For the musical half hour fol-
lowing the service, the following num-
pers will be given: March, Queen OF
Sheba," Gounod; THE Question and
the Answer" Wolstenholme: 'Varia-
tions From the Kaiser Quartet" (Aus-
tralian national hymn. Haydn; over
ture, William Tell" Rosini.
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
MISSIONARY BOARD !
TO MEET IN CAPITAL!
Laymen's Movement Co.operat-
ing in Arranging for Con-
vention Here.

Advance representatives OF the Lay
mems Missionary Movement are CO.
opera ting with pastors and laymen in
practically all OF Washington's Profess
tant denominations for the Mems Ma
tional Missionary Congress. in Washing
ton Aprir 2s to 30.
This gathering will be the largest and
one OF the most important religious
gatherings since the World Missionary
Conference I'm Edinburgh In 1910. II will
than seventy conventions OF the nation
al missionary campaign, held in large
cities throughout this country.
n. X. Caskey, in charge Of the Lay
mems Missionary Congress. is In WASH
ington. making his headquarters at the
Y. NJ. G. A., arranging for the confer
ence. Practically all the foreign and
home missionary, agencies OF various
denominations are to participate active
Sessions will be held in Memorial Con-
tinental Hall. Delegates have been ap-
portoned among the various denomina-
tions. Each denomination selects its
own delegates. and already registrations
united States.
Among those who will speak are John
X. Mott, Robert +. SHeer. DIR. Shailer
Matthews. DIR. w. ID. Mackenzie. Bishop
Francis J. Mcconnell. George Sherwood
Eddy. Raymond Robbins. Sllas McBee.
DR.. John f. Goucher. and former Lieu
tenant Governor A. ]. Wallace, of Cali
| fornia.
Tho executive committee OF the Lay
mems Mlssionary Movement is directing
the organization of the Congress. James
NJ. sotors is chairman of the committee; |;
| Lieut.. Col. E. w. Halford. vice chair
man, and Eben f, Olcott is treasurer.
a wide range OF topics are to be d s.
cussed. These include "The Present
Day world Appeal to American Lay
men,, The ApDeal From the Mosiem,
BUDDHIST and Christian Worlds" !" "Prac-
ticai WAYS In which Laymen Can Use
iheir Property For the Extension of
| Enective Law Service"
The Washington times., 1916-04-08
BAPTIST WOMEN TO
MEET THIS WEEK
Atlantic District to Hold Third
Gathering Here Tuesday and
Wednesday.

Baptist women OF the Atlantic ais
trIct will hold their third annual
meeting in Washington Tuesday and
Wednesday in Calvary Baptist Church.
TIE first session. a workers con-
ference conducted by Mrs Howard
Wayne Smith. OF Philadelphia will
open at o'clock Tuesday. Mrs.
Smith is president OF the Atlantic dis
trict organization.
Mrs Henry w. Peabody. of Boston,
and Mrs. Andrew McLiesch, OF Chi
cago. national vice presidents will
lead in the discussions.
Banquet Tuesday.
Tuesday evening a banquet will be
given at Calvary Church. Among
those who will respond to toasts will
be the vice presidents. Mes. Smith,
Mrs f.. o Silver. Of New Jersey. and
Mrs II. n. Jones OF Pennsylvania.
Among the Washington women who
will speak arc Mrs John F.. Huhn.
Miss Helen Hughes. and Miss Virginia
Iiaymond. Miss Campbell. Of New
York. will sing.
Wednesday morning the session will
| open with prayer service conducted
nuaI reports will be made. and Mrs
Fillmore a missionary from Rama
! paItam. India. will speak.
Afternoon Program.
In the afternoon Mrs. Peabody and
Mrs. McLiesch will make addresses.
and Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax, of this
! city. will sing.
Wednesday evening Spectacular
pageant. Preparing the Kings High
way" will be given by the young peo-
ple's societies. More than 100 will take
part.
The pageant will he preceded by ar
organ recital by Prof Louis Potter and
song service conducted by George
Judd
4 number of missionaries will bt
heard at the various sessions.
Thursday morning the delegates will
be received at the White House by
| President Wilson.
The Washington times., 1916-04-08

administrative capacity that the off,
cials of the District government pre-
sented, in dealing with the strike in
the city. With the sincere co-opera-
tion of both officers and employees Of
the railroad companies, it was pos
sible to settle the trouble in short
order, and to restore service on the
basis of an understanding that
doubtless will guard against repeti-
tion of like disturbance in future.
If the authorities Of Alexandria
county shall handle their problems as
we'll, they will earn large credit. In
some ways their problem, though
smaller as to numbers of people in
volved, will be more difficult be-
cause Of the wide differences be-
tween the authority and resources OF
State and Federal laws. Neverthe-
less, their problem is essentially an
interstate one, which opens the pos
sibility Of employing the Govern
ment's instrumentalities of media
tion and arbitration. The men who
have struck ought to realize that
their best chance lies in submission
Of their case through these channels; I;
and If the Old Dominion railway
management is as wise as the Wash
ington companies proved, it will be
willing to unite in seeking a settle
ment in this way.