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The Washington herald., 1916-10-15
DRY TEN YEARS; OFF WAGON.
After Damp Two Weeks August
smith on Board Again.

Baltimore. Oct. dissatisfied at having
completed a ten-year seh-imposed term
OF total abstention, August Smith fell off
the water wagon with a bump. The
bump was OF two-weeks' duration, ac-
cordtng to his wife. who testified against
him today at the Southwestern Police
Station, where she had him hailed on a
warrant charging disturbing the peace.
Smiths pledge is a record in the dis
trict. He said he kept it faithfully
Today he was penitent. He imposed
another pledge on himself-for two years
this time-and Justice Tormollan dismiss
ed him on condition that he keep it,
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15
DEATH BANQUET PROVIDED.
VIII of New Yorker Sets Aside $3.50
for Dinner TO Friends,

New York, Oct. 14-Philip Goldman
hated all the signs and symbols of
mourning. But he would like his friends
to remember him, 80 in his will, filed
yesterday, a clause reads:
'I desire that $50 be expended in
some fitting occasion at some time after
my burial, at which shall be gathered
my relatives and friends, such as a din
ner or banquet, and my wish is they
should spend a cheerful evening as their
recollection of me. AS 1 do not regard
mourning as desirable or sensible, my
desire is that all signs and symbols OF
mourning be dispensed with
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15

his scholarship at the Oxford University
having been won at the Kinghsher Col
lege. In Oklahoma, in 1906. He was an
Instructor In Jurisprudence at Princeton
Law School in 1sos-1soe. but for several
years has been practicing law In Port
land.
At the time of his appointment he was
secretary Of the University Club, OF Ore
gon, and treasurer Of the Oregon Bar
Association.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15
TO INDIANS WIDOW, $4,000.
Nurse who Wed Young Brave Re
ceivez His Estate.

Ashland, Wis, Oct. 1.-THE $4,000
estate Of Frank R. Brown, an Indian,
goes to his widow, Mrs. Caroline Rogers
Brown. formerly of Avico, Ga. The
Indian was only "a and one of the rich
est belonging on the Bad River reserva-
ton, but he had consumption.
He went to a sanatorium in Arizona
in hope Of cure, and there met the young
nurse, whom he married October g. 1915,
with the consent and good wishes Of
the agent here, P. s. Everest Just three
months later he died.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15

roll out and showed 1t. They didn't grab
1t and run, nothing coarse like that.
But they invited him to Join them at the
public baths, Fourth avenue and Presi-
dent street, and while one Of them per-
formed the kindly office of scrubblng his
back another solved the fearful mys-
teries of the pockets in those funny
sailor breeches. Then they beat Sea-
man Brown in getting dressed and away
from there.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15
N.w Wav tn Kill Rats

Cape Town, Oct. IA new way to kill
the rats which infest the trenches Is re-
ported by a South African officer writing
from France. He says:
I'VE found one of our men putting a
bit Of cheese on his bayonet and firing
a rife every time rat started TO eat it,
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15
CHARLES D. MAHAFFIE HoKoRED

Appointed Solicitor for Department
of Interior.
Charles D. Mahaffie. of Portland, oreg.,
has been assigned to the preparation and
study Of public land cases as solicitor for
the Interior Department, and has taken
up his new duties.
Attorney Mahafrie is a Rhodes scholar
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15

yesterday and found most Of them In a
cheerful place near Troy and st. Marks
avenues. Seaman Brown is proud of his
job and spent most of the day expatiating
to his pals on the joys of life in the
navy. He talked. in fact, like recruiting
poster.
But their interest was slight until he
mentioned that in four years service he
had saved up $40. Just to prove 1t to
the landluoberiy swabs he pulled the
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15
BATH COSTS SEAMAN s475.
Roll Vanishes as LandlubberI,
Swab Rubn His Back.

New York, Oct. H-Peter Brown, sea
man on the U. S. s. Oklahoma, dropped
round to see his old friends in Brooklyn
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15
AUsTRIANs LOST 10000.
In Two Weeks Battle on the Carso,
Rome Says

London, Oct. 1.-THE Austrians have
lost 10000 men in the last two weeks of
fighting on the Carso Plateau, said a
wireless dispatch from Rome today
The battle continues with undlminished
violence.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15
Saves $500 in TIPS.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct 14-John Sum-
mers, II, has saved $500 in a year from
his tips as a bellboy. He received 81 a
month and his board. His tips ran from
80 to so a week. He bought a type
writer with his first savings, and rents
It to guests as a side line.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15
CARRANZA GUARDS WIRES.
Death Penalty for Persons Inter
ferinE with Telegraph Lines.

ferIBg with Telegraph Lines.
The State Department has been advised
OF a decree just promulgated by Gen.
Carranza, which provides the death pen
atty for thieves. robbers, and persons in
terfeEnS with the railroad and telegraph
lines Of Mexico.
1t was declared at both the State De-
partment and the Department of Justice
that no information had been received
here conf1rmatory of a probable detection
from Carranza of his military officers
1t was admitted, however, that the &C.
onomic and financial situation in Mexico
is desperate. The present rate Of ex.
change Is 80 Mexican pesos for one Amer
Load dollar: normally the rate Is one peso
for fifty cents.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-15

Switzerland protects rare plants by law
so strictly that to be found in the DOS
session Of specimens illegitfmateIy COL
lected Is a penal offense.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

Nanon Toby. who for six months
has been exploiting the American am.
bulance field service film for the Tri-
angle film corporation. has made an
unusual publicity record. With four
reel film, Our American Boys in the
European War" Mrs. Toby was Civ
en- a free hand and told to do the best
she could. 1t proved to be this. Since
the first private showing that she
arranged last July at the Majestic no
tel in New York for the press and
society, the film has earned almost
$500, 600. Mr.. and Mrs. Aston have
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

WANTED-Girls to operate clothes
pin and dish machines and for count
ers and packers. Wages SIPS per
day with bonus of S100 per week to
every girl who works her full number
OF hours. Counters and packers who
pack 100 boxes q day will be paid
$3.50 per day straight Excellent
clearinghouse in connection where
board and room may be obtained for
$500 per week Matron in attend
anee, parlors for the girls, hot and
cold water, and all conveniences. Fare
to this town will be returned to all
girls who remain in our employ nine
ty days. Address Ludington Wooden
ware Co., Wilmington. Vermont. 1873
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29
GREAT REJOICING BY
RHEUMATIC CRIPPLES
If SO Crippled You Can't Use Arms or
Legs Rhcumn VIII Help You
or Nothing TO Pay.

If you want relief in two days, swift.
certain, gratifying relief, take one
half teaspoonful of Rheuma once a day.
If you want to dissolve every par
ticle of uric acid poison in your body
and drive it out through the natural
channels so that you viii be free from
rheumatism. get a 50-cent bottle of
Rheuma from your druggist today.
rheumatism is powerful disease
strongly entrenched in joints and mus
cles. In order to conquer Ii a powerful
enemy must be sent against it, Rheu-
ma is the enemy of rheumatism-an
enemy that conquers Il every time.
Judge John Barhorst OF FIT. Lorraine,
Ohio. knows IL. He was walking with
crutches. today he Is we'll II should
20 as much for you; 1t seldom fails.
Rheuma is sold with a guarantee by
w. L. Gokay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

Jn the story, Joe. who also upsets
tradition by selling ice, wood and coal
instead of bananas and peanuts, is
District Attorney Kelland for the con
viction of his mother on charge of
theft The district attorney has been
too active to suit several members
OF the underworld and they induce
Joe to try to kill Kelland. Kelland is
a golf fiend and the idea occurs to
the conspirators of filling a golf ball
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

When it was learned at Marblehead
recently that the star would produce
exterior scenes there for her new
Scotch picture, it seemed as though
the entire surrounding country laid
plans 10 see her at work. The roads
leading to the location" became con
gested with automobiles daily and the
local police proved incapable of hand
ling the crowds. During her stay at
Marblehead Miss Pickford received
many letters requesting all sorts of in
formation, ranging from how to be-
come a film star overnight to how one
can develop a dimple
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

What loss it would be to our
scenario writer's If heart disease were
to be eliminated from the ills to
which human flesh is heir 1t comes
in so conveniently when quick fin.
sh to the career OF some character
is required And it's such complete
neat, and altogether satisfactory
form of RELOCATING party to the re-
gions of the defunct. No nasty mess,
no splitting of gore, just few gasps,
sinking back or falling overland
all's at an end.
Also, 1t gives a chance for some OF
the swiftest MISUNDERSTANDING that
could be desired. The screen physic-
ian outclasses his confrere in real life
by many blocks when it comes to
reaching a verdict as to the cause of
decease in such cases He just claps
twitching ear over the vest or gown
of the collapsed subject, as the case
may be. straightens up like a flash,
and announces heart failure. No in
decision, not bit Of it,; nothing fur
Their to do save notify those Interested
that the patient has departed hence.
Scarcely week passes without n
photoplay being exhibited in which a
weak heart carries off some unfor-
tunate. In one we recently witnessed
there were two deaths from this
cause. Sort of screen epidemic,
you might call it. Surely of all
Affections that of the oyerstrained
heart is the greatest aid to the seen
ario maker.
Motion pictures continue to win
favor with Sing Sing audiences. But
the show place "up the river" must
look to its laurels, for in addition to
film releases. the managers OF Queens
County Jail have arranged weekly
dances for the benefit of the female
prisoners. With Winter coming on,
doubtless many homeless gent will
feel like deadheadlng his way into
one of our popular pen" amusement
centers, where movies and meals are
served free of charge
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

WANTED AT ONCE-Three farms
with some stock and tools included,
by prospects who must locate soon,
but prefer Bennington County, provid-
ed they can find places at reasonable
prices, but more especially on easy
terms. Write at once, giving all par
ticulars, very lowest price and the
last cent you will consider as a first
payment. Also send pictures Of
buildings if you have them on hand.
The E. A. Strout Farm Agency,
George F. Lawrence Agt, Manches-
ter, VT. 66t25
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

German war films have reached this
country despite the strict prohibition
by the German government of the ex-
port of films. They were evidently
smuggled out. Six thousand feet of
film is here containing views of the
German war feet and also of the Bre.
men, which never arrived in this
country. Another section of the film
shows the carrying on of the indus
trial activities in Belgium under Ger
man rule.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

Ruth Roland has been acting for
the moving pictures for eighteen years
and she is only twenty two years old.
She made her debut at the age of four
on the Pacific coast as Baby Ruth and
was regarded as a phenomenon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

about to strike the ball, his wife and
daughter enter the danger zone. Joe
canot permit himself to be response
Bile for the death of these two inno-
cents. so he rushed forward and re-
ceiyed the blow intended for the ball.
Explanations follow which result in
the liberation OF Joe's mother
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

Marin Sais is back in pictures after
receiving a broken nose in a picture
when her horse shying. threw his
head back against her face. The
bone has set perfectly and now Mar
ms nose photographs better than
eve;.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

Boyd Marshall leading man with
Valkyrien, is former University of
Michigan man. He intended to be pro.
fessor in Latin and Greek until he
Joined the college glee club Some
body told him that he had wonder
full voice and he forsook his books for
musical comedy Three years ago he
gave up his musical career to join the
Thanhouser company.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

WANTED-A girl for general house
work. Apply to Mrs. b. X. Wal
bridge, 149 Union Avenue, Saratoga
Springs, N. Y. 74t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

had it shown at their home at Beech
wood, Col Roosevelt has seen it and
praised it and numerous others have
given it credit, all of which have
made it a tremendous social success.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
WANTED

WANTED-Board for two boys 8
and II years old and for girl Is years
Of age. viii pay moderate price for
board and furnish clothing. Would
prefer place for boys in one family,
but will consider separate places.
Address r. Banner Office. 74t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

Among the films objected to by the
commissioner of licenses of New York
were The Sex Lure, Ivan Film com
pany; 1T May Be Your Daughter"
Moral Uplift Society of America;
Wars Women" Exclusive Features,
Inc; and protect Your Daughter"
Radio Film company
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

The program is carried out to the
latter so far as the outraged Joe is
concerned, who conceals himself in
the bushes to steal Keland's real ball.
But when the district attorney is
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29
MOVIE NOTES
Up-to-Date News of Film Land and
Film Actors.

Ann Murdoch may appear in ser
ial marketed by Pathe. The Frohman
star is asking $4,000 for four months,
this salary to be net with her gowns
extra.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FOR SALE-Three white Leghorn
cocks-1S months. The pick of over
100 birds, $3.50 each. Parent stock
cost $40, d. w. Young strain. Fair.
view Poultry Plant, F. T. Huntington,
Mgr. 64tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FOR SALE-Number of first class
chamber suits at reasonable prices,
cook and parlor stoves and one good
work horse which will be sold very
cheap. James Fox. Second hand
store, River st. 72t6*
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FORSALE-A seven room house in
good repair, with a large garden. Lo-
Gated on Branch street extension. In
quire A. r. Rickert, $40 Gage street.
44tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FOR SALE-One 1916 Ford Run
about body, top and windshield and
me touring car body, top and wind
shield. Bennington Garage, N. W.
Williams 32tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FOR SALE-Two cutters and also
one brown road mare; six year old
brown horse, also several light har-
nesses, three strings OF bells and one
gas stove. G. II. Ransom, LOG Pleas
ant st. Tel. 24S.X. 72t6%
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

STRAYED-To the home of II. N
Dyer in North Bennington medium
sized black and white shepherd dog
Owner may have same by proving
property and paying fer this advertise
ment. Tel. 1881. GStG
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FOR SALE-Four nearly new
double tenement houses, rents for
three hundred and sixty dollars per
year each; All have modern improve
ments and are in first class repair;
located on Dewey street. near Main
street and on Gage street near Park
street. For price asked will-make the
best real estate investment in town.
VIII be sold separately or all together
as required. For further particulars
see Nash & Hutchins Taft
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FOR SALE-Pair of light bobs.
nearly new, 2 seats. Apply Frank
Chase, North Bennington 71t12$
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-One bay horse. one
cutter, four wagons Zone two scatter,
one buggy, one phaeton. made at Troy
carriage works. one one horse lum-
Der wagon. One set of light single
harness, one heavy set single har-
ness, one one-horse moving machine.
Apply to James Murphy 75t6*
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FOR SALE-Cheap one long box
cutter hand made, one seat. Or will
exchange for young pigs. George z.
Davis near Haynes corner Tel. 221-3,
73tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FOR SALE-we will arrive Dec
23d with 80 horses, pair 5000 to
1900; Z pair 1900, 2SO0, 5000 and
300. s big mares in load 1000 TO
1900. Some full bloods, several
single horses 1850 to 1850 all young
sound and broke A few seconds on
hand, pair blacks 1900, age 9, IL, 8.
1900, 1850, 1000. Sleds, sleighs and
harness and blankets. Next load in
3 weeks. All horses warranted
Guilford & Wood Horse Co., F. ].
Wood, Proprietor, Shelburne Falls,
Mass. 61t7
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

TO RENT-Storea, oRess. tene
nents, shops, stables, individual
garage, individual storage lockers, fur
nished apartments and rooms all cen
trnlly located. Geo. N. HAWKS, 4Ss
Main st. 1871
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

WANTED-Sixteen cords of green
hard wood. Inquire at. Soldiers
Home. Cliff
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

LOST-In or near Drysdale's store
a pocket book containing valuable
key. Finder may keep cash II they
will return key to Drysdale's store
1916
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

There is novel twist in the story
of His Sweetheart" in which George
Beban is to be starred by the Para.
mount pictures, in that the golf ball
is turned into a deadly weapon by the
Italian in his search for revenge. The
familiar stiletto and the poison vial
give way to this new method of ex-
termination.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

oorJ SuoI u lU9M I9Aou pmoqs
U9s o. SulQlomos VlIM MoHoJ 5qL
uWDiGd p0lI7m W u9ql sud
dip 40 poJooIdI9lBM on u8o ssqolBN
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

WANTED--Pupil Nurses. slalG &n0
female, wanted at the Taunton Stats
Hospital Training School for Nurses
For particulars. address DR. Arthur 2
Goss. Supt-, Taunton Stats hospital.
Tauntop Mas Eats
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

TENEMENT TO RENT-Inquire Of
II. N. Williams
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

WANTED-A single or married
man to work on farm, must be good
mixer. Tenement house on farm.
John Scully, Colgate Rd. 55t25
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FOR SALE-Clear white clover
honey % cents per cartoon, for $1.00;
buckwheat 1Sc per carton, for ST.
The Orchards. Tel. 26l. 74t6
FOR SALE-A good tone square pi-
ano, small size but full octave, in
good condition. Address. Piano Ban
ner Office. 1873
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

FOR SALE-11 building lots on
South Branch street, located about
400 feet from Main street, near water
and sewer and all Improvements. Will
be sold On the monthly payment plan
or will lease for term of years to
persons that has the approval of the
owners Nash & Hutchins. 74tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

Keeping up with the styles, says
Vivian Reed, is the bane of film life.
No screen artist dares to neglect even
a slight change in the fashions, or
else her company will receive let
ter from Mrs. Soandso, of Oshkosh,
suggesting that the actress be in
structed to buy new dress.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

with a high explosive and so placing
it on the links that the district attor
ney will mistake it for his own drive
and will annihilate himself and the
evidence Of their crime with one blow
Of his club.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

Henry Walthall and Mary Charlie
son, stars in THE Truant Soul" risk
ed their lives in an all too realistic
burning of a sanatorium in one of the
scenes. Mr.. Walthall's clothing
caught on fire and Miss Charleston $
blazing dress was put out by an emer-
gency hose.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

The Attic film company OF Buffalo,
makers of educational pictures, has
made screen lecture on Twilight
sleep" the celebrated discovery of
DR.. Kurt r. Schlossingk of Freiberg.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

Helen Holmes has at last been
painfully but not seriously hurt in one
OF her daredevil leaps. While jump
ing from train into a whirling auto
mobile she was dashed against the in
ner side of the machine and as re-
suit is now carrying her arm in band
ages.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

Marguerite Courtot is having her
troubles again with a double" This
time it is Margaret Courteaux. a new
film beauty now appearing in the
Los Angeles studios and who. like
her namesake. has been an artists
model for hundreds OF magazine coy
ers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-29

The matter Of handling the crowds
that gather to watch Mary Pickford at
work has become an item of no small
concern to the producers of her new
photoplay The Pride OF the Clan. T"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-04
FISH. FOOD. FORERTRY
EXHlBITS AT STATE FAIR

A new feature OF interest TO oil
visitors at the coming Indiana state
fair will be I lar1e exhibit of fish
from she lakes and streams OF the
state, which will be exhibited u
Eugene Sl.-.nap, fish end galic
commissioner Fifty varieties of the
finny tribe. rom the smallest perch
TO the lsrgcs bass and carp, will be
shown IN twenty-five acduariums,
making it tie greatest show OF fish
70. l,.dian. wa.ers that has every
been EaAa
The .Iuaiaaa board of forestry will
tasc ...'r.t a5,Ne exhibit in its build
ing on. t,4e iair grounds. and mum
ber OF the lnnher companies will jola
in making the forestry display on
much greater soa.e than usual.
The Iati2nI 10 i commissioner viii
also make a rcet exhibit at the fair
one q. tEe featur, being of fraudr
lent Nai. al measures taker
from ;.ass~d i,.u. dealers over the
state. ara a.. h,r viii be an unsanl
tary gro1rrx sso-a saowing how
foods are h.~fc, some uncled
stores. aal 81 u;c.her will be Z
clean groesry TAI. 1and.es only pure
foods.
All OF T.. y, r-cta government ex
hibits VIII ha -isa educational val
ue and vi = - w',,i attraction fol
nll visitor, - ,fit r