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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-10

down his cheeks. One of his dwindl.
ing encourage murmured few com
forting words, but 20 these King
Peter merely nodded
In many respects King Peter is the
war. Two regioides are intimately
connected with his history. the muir
der OF his predecessor, Alexander
Obrenoyitch, and his queen. Draga,
of Austria, the dual monarchy's heir
pIesumptive. There are those who
claim that King Peter knew of the
two plots, that, indeed. he was instiga
would be hard to say in the absence
of more evidence than has so far been
produced Certain il is only that
King Peter showed no inclination to
case. He even managed to be on
good terms with Maj. Misitch arch
villain of the crime in the old konak
OF Belgrade - years ago.
Peter karageorovitch never forgot
and never was permitted to forget,
that he had taken the place of man
who had been foully murdered. Only
a few sovereigns consented to meet
him and he was always 50 i'll at ease
in the presence of strangers that he
usually stunned them.
King Peter family it is said. is of
GYPSY origin. The original Karage-
however, was a shepherd. King Pc
ter himself spent much OF his lie III
Switzerland. where the summons to
Serbias Inflated throne reached him.
Shortly after his election to the
kingship, Peter entered into close re-
lations with the Russian crown \
large annual revenue was settled up,
on him with the understanding that
in all matters affecting Serbias for
eign policy he was to keep Russia S
interests on the Balkan Peninsula in
mind.
The attitude OF the Serbian liberal
party made such course by Russia
advisable. This party had favored
the esta Dlishment of a republic in
Serbia after Alexander and Draga had
been murdered This. and the fact
that the liberals in those days were
not ardent pan-Slavists which they
became later recommended the rein
forcement of the Serbian crown finan-
cially In Petrograd ii was felt that
Russia needed reliable agent in the
Balkans, nor could it be overlooked
there that experiments in republican
government by a ,Slav people were
not calculated to make life for the
Romanoff dynasty easier. For II
years, Peter drew his Russian reye-
nues, and it is asserted here, never
lost an opportunity to serve in return,
The arrangement made Serbia verit-
able appendix to Russia, and, so far
as the European war has now pro-
crossed, proved Serbias undoing.
Whether or not King Peter will ever
rule in Serbia is hard to say at this
moment; in the Central Powers the
belief, of course, is that Serbia and
its king are no more.
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root crops. Plan to have such crops as
rye and alfalfa available early in the
season in cgsa Of backward pastulaac.
Provide clean, dry quarter, for stock,
feed and water regularly troat hu-
namely. keep housed in stormy wealth
en- avoid noise and excitement. always
handle milk III sanitary way, keep
a simple record of production, Gull out
cows that are Improbable. use full
blooded sires and raise he best fe,
male calves.
Aim to have private customers for
milk, cream ana butter. Make cl1ln-
liness and regularity the cast iron rules.
Assuming that il costs slil Il year to
keep dairy COW. see that the inrome
reaches $50 for each animal This
would he 80 cents Il day for 200 days,
or 20 cents Il gallon for two and ono
half gallons OF milk
Farmers who reach out for these re
suits will get them. The figures are
low, aud with skillfu management
they can he surpassed In all the
great dairy districts there are exam
pies of direct marketing ut compaifl-
lively high figures. the financial returns
being greater than are outlined above
H. w. King and Frank H. Hall Kane
oounty dairy owners. produce and mar
ket milk under conditions which on
able them TO charge 10 per cent more
than ordinary retail rates. Mr.. Hall
makes this statement:
When the cows are in full milk
they get about forty pounds of silage
d day aud sixteen pounds OF mixed
hay which Is mostly alfalfa and clio
yer. ! believe good corn silage AMI
bright alfalfa hay make perfect ri
ton for dairy COWS. and that is what
We are aiming at At milking time !
am feeding in addition to this about
six pounds of mixture of fine ground
oats and corn and cob meal. find
that it pays TO give The cows little
gr" at milking time, as they come
nlo t." milking room without urging
and g.p, Town their milk much better.
With this Kind of feeding and proper
handling o' milk the product com
mands pri,v that make Il dairy worth
while"
Assistant Secretary Nrooman of the
department of agriculture says the
farmers of this country could save S1o,-
100000 day if they would Utilize all
the information now in possession of
that department This would increase
by more than one-half the total value
of farm crops and dairy products ev-
cry year. would pay off all farm mort
equal the value Of all live stock in the
United States
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Making the Little
Farm Pay
By c. c. BOWSflELD

In the big dairy region adjacent to
Chicago farmers are learning how TO
make COWS pay 500 IL year above tie
value Of their feed.
Not all farmers are doing this but
Il sufficient number have reached the
hundred dollar mark to prove That it
can be done. 1t needs good COW,
proper feeding and sensible marketing
TO bring the earnings of the animal
MP 10 500 Il year Farmers To make
COWS pay must weigh the milk of each
once or twice II week. Those which
do not produce four gallons or more
daily are not worth keeping, 1t is also
well to have milk tested occasionally.
Here are Il few winning principles
that may be applied on either small
or large dairy farms:
Feed silage the year through except
when pasturage is at its best
When pasturagc is not good cows
need a balanced ration of slage, hay
roots. beet pulp. bran, ground grain,
etc.
One acre per head is an ample allow
ance for pasture, and the field should
be divided so that one part can fresh
en- while the other is being graZed.
Instead OF wasting land iii large pas
lures devote some of it to FORAGE and
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KING WITHOUT A COUNTRY
Peter of Serbia No Better Off Than
King OF BeIgians.

There is second king in Europe
without "A kingdom as a result of the
war. Peter of Serbia is today no bet
ter off than the king OF the Belgians.
Karageorgovitch is a fugitive before
the advance of the central Powers
and Bulgarian troops. His two capt
tails. Belgrade and Nish, are in the
hands OF the invaders. For a time
King Peter travelled in a special train.
At Krusevatch he had to abandon his
movable court. AS he stood i'll the
station building of that town and wait
ed for the automobile that was to take
him to other parts, tears streamed
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Silace Versus Dry Feed.

An experiment conducted at the Kan
sas experiment station shows that ST
lagc reduces The cost of producing but
ter fat from 80 cents to II cents. The
herds in this case were of sufficient
size to give reliable data and eliminate
the difference that might occur be
tween two cows. The lot which were
milk in the summer and 95.5 more in
winter per month than the herd which
were fed dry feed The butter fat was
also increased by 0.46 per cent in sum-
mer and i.6 in winter. The difference
in the cost of feed was even greater
The silase fed cows saved 60 cents per
month in the cost of feed.
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c. W. KNAPP DIED AT DESK
New Treasurer of New York Times
succumbed to Apoplexy

succumbed to Apoplexy.
New York, Jan. Charles Wei
bourne Knapp, Treasurer of The New
York Times was found dead sitting at
his desk yesterday. He was discov
cred by his stenOgrapher as she en-
tered his private office bringing for
his signature a pile of letters which
he had dictated in answer to many
epistles from friends congratulating
him on his new Office. 1t was only on
Monday that he entered upon his dut-
les with The Times, to assume which
he had recently retired as publisher
OF The ST. Louis Republican.
He sat naturally in his chair with
pen in his hand. On the desk were
flowers that had been placed there by
his new associates in honor of his
coming, and there We're still more let
tiers and kilograms of congratulation
for him to answer. Half an hour be-
fore he was found he had attended
the daily editorial conference, and
had discussed vigorously there ques-
tons of policy that had come up and
had asked questions bearing on his
own department
When his secretary realized that
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The Drysdale Mems Store

Stocks Of Winter and seasonable Merchan-
disc to be cleared away are unusually scant.
season has left our stocks in many instances
almost as bareas Mother Hubbard cupboard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-10

the elderly man sitting at his desk
with smile of happiness still on his
face was dead she called help. A
doctor was summoned. He stated that
death was caused by apopleXy Al
though the door of the private office
had been open and others We're sit
ting within few feet of Mr.. Knapp,
death had come so easily that no one
heard a sound as he died.
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SYNOPSIS

Jane Carleson, an actress of note,
is loved by three men, Murray
Campbell, an assistant district at
torney; Hamilton Ross, a noted
chemist and crimoniologist and
Henry Strong, multi-millionaire
Campbell wins in the suit for her
hand. Disheartened, Ross. accepts
an offer to- assist in unraveling a
mysterious murder in Moscow, Rus
STA. There he discovers that the
victim was killed with fumes from
volatile poison of the East. He
is about to make known his discov-
cry when he decides to withhold it
and use the same poison to kill
Campbell, that he may possess
Jane. On his return to New York
he finds through careful tests that
he can saturate letter with the
poison and thereby bring about the
death of whoever reads the letter.
Jane and Campbell have been liv-
ing happily, until Campbell returns
home Unexpectedly and finds Henry
Strong and Jane in supposedly
compromising situation, which they
explain away Ross telephones
Jane of his arrival and she invites
him to dinner party to be given
her husband An hour before he
leaves for the Campbell home Ross
dispatches a letter addressed to
Campbell. Jane receives the letter
and asks Strong to take it to her
husband, who is mixing cocktail
in the dining room. Jane joins
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-10
For aae and want. insure

while you may. Tomorrow never
comes, it must be done today"
National Life Ins. Co, of VT. (Mutu-
all Earle S. Kinsley. General
Agent, Mead Building, Rutland, VT,
Adv.
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Ross and other guests. Campbell
asks Strong to open the letter,
which he does, and receives the
poison intended for Campbell.
Strong becomes partially paralyzed
and Campbell picks up the letter
Ii states that Strong has been init
mate with Jane Campbell becomes
Infatuated and is about to strike
Strong when the latter topples ov-
err striking a chair and sustaining
fracture of the skull. A maid.
hearing the alteration. and seeing
Campbell start to strike Strong,
summons a policeman, Campbell
is arrested for murder. tried and
convicted.
Jane learns of the poison that
Ross used to kill her husband. and
steals incense from which the poi
sonous vapors arise, and laboratory
notes from the Ross apartments.
That night she invites Ross to her
home, after spurious confession
OF love for him. She secretes po-
lice captain and doctor in her home
and tells them she intends to prove
her husbands innocence. When
Ross arrives she lights the incense
in a bowl. 1t has the same per-
fume as the poison, but not the
deadly effect Ross tries to escape
from the room. but finds all the
doors locked. In the madness that
overwhelms him, he confesses his
guilt and is arrested, while Jane
and Campbell are reunited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-10
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Of Miss Barbara johnson and Arthv
S. Merrill at Informal Tea

The engagement of Miss Barbara Z
Johnson of this city and Arthur 1
Merrill of Pittsfield was announced Il
a charming and informal tea given b.
her sister, Miss Mary Johnson, or
! Saturday afternoon at the Johnsc.
residence on Winthrop street. About
60 Of her friends from this city Halt
we'll and Gardiner were present.
The announcement was made In
unique manner. Little sweetheart ros,
presented with each ice bore car+
Mrs. Harold Allan and Mrs. George
Coombs served ices. Mrs. Edwin {
Burleigh served punch and they we''
assisted by Misses Constance Randi
and Charlotte Noble. With these re
freshments were served a varied a.
sortment of dainty sandwiches AMI
cakes.
The floral decorations Of the parlr
and library were very attractive, con
sisting of bouquets Of red and white
roses and clusters Of pink fox glove
and peonies. The centerpiece of TIE
serving table was a huge mass Of pas
pink sweetheart roses.
Miss Barbara Johnson, daughter o.
the late Hon. Treby johnson. is one O.
city. Mr.. Merrill made many friends %
the city last year while he was BOYS
work director of the Y. NJ. c. a. H
now holds a position as instructor u
Maine Central Institute. Pittsfeld.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-10
COLLECTION SERVICE IMPROVED
In Connection With Augusta Post.
Objective New Boxes Installed

For the convenience of residents I,
the newer sections of the city, Post.
master Plaisted has provided let,.,
boxes at the corner Of Waban an:
Lower State streets and at the corne,
of Cushman and Lincoln streets.
The state street box will be collect.
ed at l. A. NJ. and p. NJ: the Cush.
man street box at lis A. NJ. and Al;
P. NJ.
A package box has also been PLACED
at the corner of Pearl and Murrsy
streets.
A recent improvement in the coec.
ton service provides for later morn.
ing collection Of several boxes in the
residential district. Boxes that ws.
but recently collected at A. M. ar
now collected as follows:
At the corner of Sewall street ani
Western avenue, at $50 A. NJ; cor.
ner of Sewall and Green. s35 A. NJ;
corner of Sewall and Court, $40 A. NJ:
corner of North Chestnut and Win.
tfrop. corner Of Winthrop and Winter
corner of Winthrop and Summer a
s.45 A. NJ: Crosby street, 9 A. NJ.
By this change patrons can deposi.
mail from an hour and a half to tw.
hours later and it will be forwards
by the first dispatch.
An A. M. collection from all bow
is made up at the post office for dr.
patch at 9.23 A. NJ. for mail going wes
The box at the corner of Gage All
Child streets has been added to tn
list of boxes collected at A. NJ. an.
6 20 2 M
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-10
ADJUSTMENTS
OPERA HOUSE
Monday and Tuesday Louise Huff in
"Destiny's Toy" Billie Burke in End
Episode -"GIoria's Romance; Para
mount News Pictures and Others

Today and tomorrow the Paramount
pictures will show Lou Huff in "Destiny's
Toy" The story is as follows
A banker sends his wife and child
abroad. The steamer goes down in a Sc
we're storm. Inquiries from the three
known survivors bring only bad news to
the despairing man. He Is certain of the
death of his wife and daughter The
child. however, Is cast ashore and miracu-
lousy survives the ordeal She is rescued
by fisherman, who by chance sees the
limp form on rock fast sinking below a
swiftly rising tide. At great danger to
himself he gets her ashore. The poor sea
waif grow1 up a child Of nature, as inno-
cent of the ways Of the world at 20 as she
was at five. On the death Of her hardy
protector she goes to a city, acting on
hands Of gang Of thieves, who dress
her in shabby masculine attire and COM
pei her to act as kind of Oliver Twist
entering houses by rear windows to open
the doors to the men in wait outside.
In one Of these desperate trips her con-
federate shoots the butler and is sent to
prison for life. Nan. the girl, is taken
into the household without anyone sus-
pecting her identity. Later when the
convict. escaping and vowipg vengeance
on the girl for her supposed instrumental
ity in sending him to prison, shoots her
who she is becomes known from the mark
on her arm, revealed while the doctor
dressed the wound.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-10
FORMER EMPL0YE
STATE HOSPITAL
TRIES SUICIDE
Lawrence Comey Left the Au-
gusta State Hospital About a
Week Ago-Creates Commo-
ton in North Station

Boston, July 9.-Lawre Comey, a
trained nurse and graduate of ST,
Luke's hospital, New York. created
CONSERVATION in the waiting room Of
the North station about Las Saturday
afternoon by shooting himself twice in
the left side, just below the shoulder.
Comey, who is "a years old, married,
but estranged from his wife, has lived
at Al Woburn street, Reading when
he was not engaged in his profession.
Although the suicidal attempt was
unsuccessful, Conveys maniacal actions
almost caused a panic in the crowded
waiting room. He had been sitting on
bench in the center of the room when
he suddenly arose AMI. brandishing the
weapon with an unsteady hand, turned
the barrel toward his own body and
pulled the trigger. The two shots rang
out in quick succession and at the sec
ond Comey collapsed.
Patrolman Joseph CLANCY Of the
Hanover street station, assigned to the
North terminal. was standing at the
door of the waiting room and, at tn
sound of the first shot, he ran over to
.iiC AiJuIcO Hldil dllu fdu MIN COnVeyeJ
to the Relief hospital.
After an examination showed that
the wounds were not serious, an effort
was made to have Comey identify him
self, but he was extremely reticent un-
til Patrolman CLANCY found his name
on an envelope in his pocket. Then he
admitted his identity and stated that
he has been employed largely in Au-
Gusta. Me.
Later in the afternoon Comey was
removed to the City hospital, where
he was reported to be resting com
fortably at night and in no immediate
danger.
Convey is native of Foxboro. son
OF Ezra c. Comey. A sister, Mrs. Felt.
lives at 11S Sea avenue Quincy
1t was learned at the Augusta State
hospital that Comey had been en-
pioyed at the institution for some time
and left the place about a week ago
and was considered 8 very efficient en-
ployee, having an excellent record.
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EXPECT LARGE
LIST OF RESERVES
TO ANSWER CALL
Army Officers Believe States
Should Not Enlist Men in the
Guard Not Available for Ac-
tive Service-Ban on Bene-
diets

Washington, July Spending new
developments in the diplomatic situa :
ton between the Ullted States and the
de facto government of Mexico, army
officials are learning military lessons
by watching the wtrking out of the
national guard mobilization and the
summoning of regular army reservists
to the colors.
Saturday brought no further intima-
lions from Mexico City as to the pro-
cedure Gen. Carranza will suggest for
diplomatic conferences to settle Dor
Ger questions. Officials at the State de-
partment hope definite progress toward
framing a satisfactory agreement will
be made next week.
At the War department the belief is
expressed that more than 80 per cent.
of the 1000 to 5000 regular army re :
servists called for active duty will re-
port promptly. Publication of the fact
that a call has been made. it IS
thought. will bring most of the men
to the front without the delay neces-
sary for each to receive formal Motif =
cation. To make certain that other men
passing into the reserve at later tim e
realize the seriousness of their obli
cation to return to the colors when
called, prompt milita.% trials will await
any who fail to present themselves.
The exact effect of the call for re-
servists|is not easy to estimate in the
number Of men it will produce. 1t is
much more far reaching than the re-
serve list would indicate, however, be-
cause in addition to summoning back
to duty the men who have been out
of the active service for some time, it
probably will operate to suspend all
discharges into the reserves for the
time being, except for specific causes
which unfit soldiers for duty.
Army officers believe that with the
increase of the regular army authoriz-
ed by the Hay-Chamberlain bill COM
pleted, an average Of more than $4,000
trained men will pass into the reserve
annually Since the period Of reserve
service is four years, they estimate
that a minimum reserve strength OF
nearly 5000 men will be constantly
maintained when the system is in full
working order.
Much attention is being given just now
to the effect of the order directing that
members of the national guard who have
dependent families be discharged. Under
the terms of the order it is optional
whether department commanders issue
only a release from federal service or
formal discharge which would nullify the
soldiers enlistment contract with the
state from which he came as we'll, and
strike him off the national guard rolls
altogether. No statement has been issued
by the war department as to the course
to be followed.
Many officers believe that absolute dis
charge should be granted, and that the
various states should be urged not to en-
list men in the guard in future who are
not in every way available for active SER
vice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-10
VILLA RUSHING NORTH and
BORDER TROOPS MAY Get TASTE
OF BANDIT CHASING IN MEXICO
Authentic Reports Reach Washington Has Recov.
cred from His Wounds and Is to Lead Raid Border

Washington, July Authorization has
reached here from several reliable sources
which has practically convinced officials
that Villa is alive and actively leading
his followers in Mexico. Both at the
state and war departments the reports
are given credence for the first time. The
possibility of a clash between Villista
and national guard forces on the border
are considered no longer remote.
Saw Villa in Mexico
The information, which is given consid-
cradle weight by officials. comes from a
reliable person who has told this govern
ment that he personally saw Villa in Mex
leo less than six weeks ago. For reasons
not disclosed. the identity of the person
having this information cannot be made
public.
Closely following this statement came
information from Captain Frank Tomp-
kins Of the 10th Cavalry, who was wound
ed at Parral while chasing Villistas. and
is now in Washington on his way to Yer
mont to recuperate.
Captain Tompkins said he is convinc-
ed that Villa is alive. and that he was
within half days ride of him when
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the fight at Parral occurred He is
certain Villa has recovered from his
recent wounds.
report came officially to the war
department Saturday from General
Funston, stating that unsupported
rumors were again received Saturday
of the presence of Villa at place
called Canufillo on the Rio Florida.
which is toward Parral" 1t is explain
ed that Villas wounds were caused by
a bullet that passed through the back
muscles Of both thighs without strik-
ing bone, and that Villa had recover
ed sufficiently to walk with a limp and
to ride with greater ease.
In view Of the emi-authentic infor-
nation concerning Villa received Sat-
urday, officials here began checking
up on the mass of rumors that have
come to both the state department
and the war department in the past six
weeks. Most of these rumors have not
been taken seriously, but it is now not
ed taht certain points in the reports
give more than a semblance Of truth to
the assumption that Villa is alive.