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The Glenwood post., 1916-08-12

No. 1905
10 ssres. About Is ssrss In eulti-
walton; . fruit trees, srsps afs hay,
grain sad potatoss; . Il esod 4-room
house, . good nsw barn, . saall ssllss,
also . lA.ss potato ssllas,, god water
right, S.wirs fs.es, al tie nssAiDssy
70 work tie ranch; . Aoesee, esw,
ssns ehisksns aad talhsys; .fwssoa,
buggy is.d has.ess $3.50 ..ut
Pfies, 1900 with . payment dewn
and balance to suit ct Per sslt.
No, ossl-
1so ssrss . miles from aRa1d Valley,
~ miles from . loading statioa, I
mile y school, god ssil, good
water right 20 ssfss cultivated;
10 sssss IN sifaHa, 100 assss =.
be cultivated; ditehes IN geod eosdi-
The Glenwood post., 1916-08-12

Delaney .................. 81
Kingsbury ................... 8
The Glenwood post., 1916-08-12
CITY Rrpoxr

Report of the City Clerk for month
ending August 81, 1916 and covering
warrants issued in payment of claims
contracted in .July 1916
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
ALBANY TRACTION
men WENT out
THIS MORNING
EffOts to Prevent Threatened
Strike Resulted in Failure
TROY MOTORMEN TO FOLLOW
Expected That Traffic in Five Cities
viii Be Tied Up BY
Tomorrow.

Albany. Oct. 2.-Eight hundred
motormen and conductors employed
by the United Traction company went
on strike this morning, the efforts
of Mayor Stevens and the chamber OF
commerce having tailed to induce the
men to reconsider their decision.
About 700 men in the employ of the
company IN Troy are expected to go
out tomorrow, thus tying up traffic in
five cities.
The Albany division includes all
lines in Albany, and Rensselaer, and
lines into rural districts and the in
terurban lines running into Troy,
WaterVliet and Cohoes.
The Troy division included the lines
in that city and those running into
Cohoes.
The grievance of the employees is
the discharge of motorman without
a hearing, which, the union holds, is
a violation of an agreement between
the men and the company.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
JOY RIDERS KILL BABY
Car Containing Seven Young Men
Speeds on After Accident.


Springfield, Oct 2.--Joy riders kill
ed baby and sped away, leaving the
family automobile, party of Thomas j..
Gass, a Greenfield carpenter. wreck
beside the state road in East Whately
yesterday afternoon. The accident hap
pened when a party of seven young
men rushing south tried to pass the
Gass machine, which was going in the
same direction. The JOY riders jammed
the right side of their car against Mr..
Gass's fve-passenger REQ, hooked a
front hub of the REQ and flung the
light machine in air The family car
lit upside down in the farmyard Of
Michael Halloranl Neighbor women
several minutes later pulled Mr.. and
Mrs. Gass and their four children out
The Smonths-old baby boy was dead
with broken neck. Alfred, 14-years-
old was unconscious. The others were
bruised and shocked Down the road
the attacking car had disappeared in
a cloud OF dust.
All the available description of the
JOY riders and their seven-passenger
automobile was sent broadcast over
the countryside late in the afternoon,
and William A. Davenport. a Green
field lawyer, who happened upon the
scene of the wreck Immediately after
the accident, offered s100 for evidence
leading to the arrest of the seven.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
HELD FOR ASSAULT
Negro and 15-Year-old Boy Lodged
in the County Jail.

Deputy Sheriff James ID. Purdy of
Manchester arrived here by automo-
bile this forenoon with two prisoners.
Calvin Williams. a big negro. and
Francis Douglass. a lad of 10 years.
who are held for an assault alleged to
have been committed at the home of
Ernest Capen near Albert Bucks mill
near East MancheIer.
The alleged assault was committed
at Capen's home Friday and was pri-
matily due 10 q quantity Of liquor
which the pair secured in Rutland.
Both the negro and the boy have been
at work fer the Rich Lumber company
They were arrested Saturday after
noon by officer Purdey and lodged in
the lookup at Manchester. This morn
ing they were given a hearing before
Justice Horace Fuller and held for the
grand jury under bonds of $500 Be
ing unable to procure bail they were
brought to the county jail According
to the statement of officer Purdy the
alleged assault at the Capen house
was a serious affair.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
OTIS MOFF|T RUN
OVER BY Train At
W|LL|AMSTOWN
Lost One Foot and Part Of Other
Saturday Evening
NOW IN NORTH ADAMS HOSPITAL
Injured Man Had Been Living at
Bennington Falls and Working at
H. c. White Factory.

Otis Moffit, who is said to be ma
tive of SALISBURY and who has been
employed at the H. c. White factory
at North Bennington, was run over
by freight train at Williamstown Sat
urday evening and sustained injuries
which are serious if not fatal. One
foot was taken off completely and sey
eral toes on the other were crushed.
Moffit also suffered other injuries to
the head and body and his condition
yesterday was reported to be far from
promising.
Moffit was picked up by the crew of
a freight train just west of Williams
town station about o'clock Saturday
night just west of Williamstown sta
tion about o'clock Saturday night.
Just how he was injured is not known.
He may have been hit by train and
he may have been run over when at
tempting to Jump freight" The lat
ter supposition is believed to be the
correct one.
Mofiit was taken to North Adams
and hurried to the hospital. There
he was found to have lost one foot and
to have received injuries TO the other
that will necessitate partial ampu-
tation. The injured man had some
money on his person and also num-
Der of express receipts showing that
he recently sent away money by mail.
Mofiit was well known in Benning-
ton. He has been living lately at Ben
nington Falls.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
D. A. r. GATHERING
Entertained Saturday at Home of
Mrs. T. r. Turner.

mrs. ]. =. turner.
The Bennington chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion were pleasantly entertained Sat
urday afternoon at $3.50 by Mrs. T. F.
Turner at her North Bennington home.
There we're 81 member of the chap
ter present, the Regent Miss Jennie A.
Valentine presided. The meeting was
opened by the chapter uniting in the
Lords Prayer and in the salute to the
the flag
Reports were read by the Secretary,
Mrs. Nellie Carter and by the treasur
er, Miss Harriet Sibley. 1t was voted
that during the winter the meeting
should begin at o'clock. The follow
ing delegates were elected to attend
the state conference TO be held at
Montpelier. October 18th: Mrs. Har
riet Bradford, Mrs. Mary F. Cummins,
Mrs. John S Holden, Miss Nellie Hath
away, Miss Katherine Hubbell, Mrs.
E. B. Huling, Mrs. f. Livingston Sib-
ley.
An interesting paper was read by
Miss Florence Walbridge covering
some features in the history and de-
velopment of Vermont from the VIZ
of 1912 through the Civil War. MISS
Katherine ] Hubbell, who is not only
daughter OF the American Revolu-
ton but most loyal Vermonter,
called TO the attention of the chapter
the fact that the Vermont soldiers in
the Civil war were the only ones who
brought back to their state every one
of the flags which they had borne
away.
The meeting closed with the singing
OF America. Refreshments were serv
ed The next meeting will be held in
December at the home of Mrs. w. II.
Bradford
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
SENATOR CLARK DEAD
Passed Away at Arkansas Home
Sunday.


Little Rock, Ark. Oct. 2-United
States Senator James p. Clarke, presi-
dent pro tempore of the United States
Senate. died at his home here yester-
day. Senator Clarke suffered a
stroke of apoplexy Friday and never
regained sensibility.
Senator Clarke was born in Yazoo
City, Miss, August IS, 1854. He was
educated in the schools of his native
state and in 1878 was graduated from
the law department of the university
OF Virginia. He began the practice of
law in Heana, Ark, in 1879.
Entering politics. Mr. Clarke was ad
vanced rapidly from legislator In 1886
to state senator in 1888, to the presi-
dency of the state Senate In 1891 and
to attorney-general in 1892. He was
elected governor in 1894 declining re
nomination after one term to take up
the practice of law in Little Rock.
In 1903 he was elected United States
senator and was reelected in 1909 and
in 1915. He was elcted president pro
tempore of the Senate in 1913 and re-
elected in 1915. His present term as
United States senator would not have
expired until March 4, 1921.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
QUARANTINE STILL ON
State Board Of Health Defers Decision
Till Thursday.

Although the regulations imposed by
the state board of health and necessi-
tated by the presence of infantile par
alysis throughout the northwestern
states expired September 80, the
board is not yet ready to lift the quar-
tine in Vermont. For the present. at
least. the restrictions regarding chill
dren coming into the state from points
in Massachusetts and New York will
be continued. Health Officer Joseph
NJ. Ayres telephoned the secretary of
the state board this morning and sug-
gested that inasmuch as the schools,
Sunday schools and places of amuse-
ment were now opened that the quar-
antine be lifted The secretary declined
to make any change at present as
there are a number of cases of the di-
sease in the northern part of the state.
The local patrol of trolley cars and
trains in this village and at North Ben
nington was discontinued Saturday
nigh:.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
GERMANY HAS PLENTY
Good Harvest Mares Increased Bread
Rations Possible.

The larger harvest of this year has
enabled the authorities not only to
maintain the increased bread rations
for persons who have hard manual la.
Dor to perform, granted several
months ago, and to provide an add-
tional so grammessof -four per day for
voting people between To and II years
of age. as recently announced, says the
Overseas news agency statement at
Berlin, but has made ii possible to in
sure the rations being maintained dur
ing the entire year TO come. The
authorities declare these Increases are
based on conservative reports regard
ing the size of this years crops
The price of rye flour has been re-
duced one mark per 100 Kilograms.
the announcement adds. and ii is ex-
pected that grits. cats and other GER
cal products for soup making will be
produced on larger scale within a
short time constituting a considerable
Improvement in the provisioning situ-
alton. Important increases in the fod-
der crops are pointed to. it being noted
that the yields of oats and barley are
far superior to those OF last year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
soUTHERNERs LIGHTER
Than Their Northern Brothers BY
Four to Six Pounds.

Washington. D. c., Sept. 2S.--The
average weight of men south of the
Mason and Dixon line is from four to
six pounds lighter than the average
weight of men north of it, say United
States marine corps recruiting officers
operating there, in report received at
marine corps headquarters today
These recruiting officers have asked
that the minimum weight for recruits
in the south be reduced from 124 to
40 pounds, stripped.
The large, raw-boned southerner'
is seldom seen, the recruiting officers
aver, and, while the men of the South
are as sound and fit as the men of any
other section, they are usually small
boned and light in weight. The Off
GERS point out in their recommends
tion that some of the best "hikers"
and fighters in the marine corps are
the lean. wiry men from the south
land.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
EIGHT KILLED, So
HURT ON DETROIT
TROLLEY CAR
Thrown Under Wheels of Freight
at Street Crossing
THREE INJURED WILL NOT LIVE
Failure to Lower Gate Said to Have
Been Cause of Shocking
Accident.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. Eight per-
sons were killed and 36 were injured
three of whom will die, when freight
train crashed into a trolley car at
the Forest street crossing early this
morning. The trolley car was square
ly across the track of the steam line
when hit by the locomotive. The elec-
trio car was crushed and passengers
were thrown under the wheels of the
freight.
1t is reported that the state Of Michi
gan will .endeayor to fix the response
bility for the accident upon Valentine
Showski, a $35 month gateman, 65
years old. 1t is reported that Showski
neglected to lower the gate to prevent
the street car from crossing the track
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
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FIGHTING THE HESSIAN FLY.
Late Planting on Fly Free Date Has
Proved Successful.

That the Hessian fly can be success
fully controlled by practical methods
has been demonstrated In Harvey coun-
ty, Kan. Under the leadership of f..
i. Lane county agent for the Harvey
county farm bureau, large number
OF farmers were organized last sum
nler and fan to fight the fly.
Methods of control advocated by Mr..
Lane were those devised and recon-
mended 10y the department Of cntomol-
ogy in the Kansas State Agricultural
college-to thoroughly prepare the seed
bed destroy the volunteer wheat and
plant on or about the fly free date,
which in Harvey county is Oct. s or o.
A large per cent of the wheat acreage
of the county was planted according
to these directions, although the wealth
er conditions hindered the work consid.
erably.
a representative of the college de
partment of entomology visited num-
Der of wheatfields IN the county before
harvesting began In nearly every
case where the crop was planted nc
cording to the methods advocated there
was practically no fly injury A few
fields that were planted before the fly
free date or in which no effort was
made to destroy the volunteer wheat
were all badly infested and the yield
reduced. In some cases where late
sown fields adjoined stubble fields or
early sown fields considerable injury
was noted. showing the necessity of
cooperation III the control Of the fly.
An experiment was carried out on
the farm Of Frank Lawton, near New
ton, to show the value OF planting
wheat on or about the fly free date.
a plot OF wheat was planted each
week, beginning Sept 20 and continu-
ing until Oct % The plots planted
on Sept 20, Sept % and oct 4 We're
almost entirely destroyed by the fly.
Those plots planted after Oct 4 came
through with little or no fly injury
and a good yield.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
BAPTIsTs ELECT OFFICERS
supt. J. N. 5arss of Vergennes Was
Chosen President.

Chester, Sept. 2S.-The closing ses-
sion of the Vermont Baptist state con.
vention was held last evening Yes
terday's business included the election
of officers, the following being chosen
for the ensuing year:
President. j. N. Barss of Vergennes I:
vice-president, A. j. Crane of Burling-
ton; secretary, Rev. f. S. Tolman OF
St Johnsbury; trustees, c. A. Day OF
Cayendish, Rev. Henry Crooker OF
Chester, DR.. II. ID. Holton of Brattle.
boro, c. II. Henderson OF St. Johns
bury, T. S. Dickerman of Bristol. Rev
]. S. Brown of Manchester and Rev
W. G. Towart of Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PENAANT ,s.'s,'au
BY RED SOX =
Defeat Of Chicago Assures Boston
the Championship
NATIONAL RACE STILL CLOSE
Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Boston
All Have Chance to Get in Worlds
Series.

Boston, winner of the worlds cham
pionship of 1915, is again this season
the pennant winner in the American
league. Although Chicago's defeat
in their first game yesterday brought
a decision in the American league,
the pennant in the National league is
not vet clinched and it will take the
concluding games of the season to de-
eide the winner. Brooklyn, in first
place, and Philadelphia in second, ap-
pear to have the best mathematical
chances of opposing Boston in the
interleague championship series. The
latter team can lose all its remaining
games without chance of Chicago
catching up.
Whether Brooklyn, Philadelphia or
Boston wins the National, the classic
of baseball will be played in the
East as it was last year, with Boston
as in the preceding two years hav-
ing one of the contending teams. Not
since 1910, when Chicago won first
place in the National league, has the
West had a contender in the cham
pionship series.
Brooklyn, although maintaining its
hold on first place, did not play the
baseball the team showed during July
and early August Against Chicago
in two games on Monday Brooklyn
broke even. On Tuesday and We'd
nesday Brooklyn won from Chicago in
single games. Thursday brought the
opeLIslg game or TIC oc5noiuungi series
with Philadelphia. In an erratic con-
test Philadelphia, with Alexander is
the box. overwhelmed Brooklyn, to
4. Fridays contest was postponed
until Saturday morning, when Phil
adelphia, with Rixey at the helm, de-
feated Brooklyn, 7 to q In the after
noon game Saturday Brooklyn won
from Philadelphia, 6 to l. Marquard
held the champions to three hits,
while Alexander, was hit hard.
Philadelphia lost one game during
the week 1t beat Cincinnati Monday
and Tuesday; was idle Wednesday
and defeated Brooklyn Thursday and
in one game Saturday. Boston dur
Ing the week took five games from
Pitssburg, but fell before New York
Thursday by losing two games at the
Polo grounds. On Saturday against
New York it broke even.
The final games of the season be-
tween the four first division teams in
the National will be played at Brook
lyn and Philadelphia, New York and
Brooklyn will meet in a four-game
series today, tomorrow, Wednesday
and Thursday. while Boston and Phil
adelphia are battling in six games in
the same four days. Double-headers
are scheduled for today and tomorrow
in Philadelphia. Upon these games
the pennant depends.
American League.
Cleveland 2, Chicago first game)
Chicago s. Cleveland (second
game).
st. Louis 6, Detroit
No other games scheduled.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
e. E. eoTTuM & CO.
{. {. Bottum and Earl C'arlne Enter
Into Partnership.

Earl II, Darling, who has been en-
ployed by E, e. Bottum for 16 years,
entered into partnership with him
October 1, and hereafter the grocery
business on West Main Street will be
conducted under the name of e. Il.
Bottum and Co. Mr.. Bottum has been
in the grocery business for sixteen
years. having had store in North
Bennington for two years before com
ing here. He occupied store in the
Putnam House block on South
street for four years, moving into his
present location in 1906.
Mr. Darling is known as an efficient
young business man and this, combin-
ed With Mr.. Bottum's experience will
make material addition to the busi-
ness firms of Bennington,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
SENATORIAL NOMINEES
Republican Candidates for Upper
Branch of Vermont Legislature.

hcPuOllCdH CdHoiudteS Tor upper
Branch of Vermont Legislature.
Following are the 80 Republican can
didates for the Office of state senator,
nominated at the recent primary:
Addison county-H II. Day of Rip.
ton A. w. Foote of Cornwall.
Bennington county-W. d, Howe of
Readsboro, j. II. Dimond of Manches-
te;.
Caledonia county-W. A. Kicker of
St Johnsbury, NJ. G. Morse of Hard.
wick
Chittenden county-D C. Hawley
II. S. Peck and NJ S. Villas of Burling-
ton, H. II. Wheeler of South Burling-
ton.
Essex county-G A. Hubbard of
Guildhali. ta..o
Franklin county-W. II. Fairchild OF
Fairfield, N. p Ladd of Berkshire.
Grand Isle county-N, K Martin OF
Albure.
Lamoire county-Linus Leayens OF
Cambridge
Orange county-c. H. Bigelow OF
Brookfeld.
Orleans county--M. A. Adams OF
Derby, G. w. Russell of lrasburg.
Rutland county-W f. Aldrich and
G. Il. Chalmers of Rutland, C. H. Dun
ton of Poultney, Redfield Proctor OF
Proctor.
Washington county, f. Steele OF
Montpelier, F. c. Bancroft OF Barre
town. B. R. Demeritt of Duxbury.
Windham county,. A. Dewitt OF
Newfane, II. f. Eddy of Brattleboro.
Windsor county-A. l.. Cady Of Beth
el, w. |. Kendall of West Windsor, l.
e. Taylor of Springfield.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
CHILDREN WITH SENATOR PAGE
Hyde Park Man Remains at the Rut-
land Hospital. W

Rutland, Sept. B0.-Russell s. Page
of Hyde Park, yesterday joined his
sister. Miss Alice Page, who has been
a guest at the Berwick. They are in
Rutland to see their father. United
States Senator Carroll S. Page, who is
undergoing treatment at the Rutland
hospital.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
FERRETS FOR SALE

Males 1925; females, $3.50; pairs
$3.50 also 12 and 16 guage shot gun
shells. Smokeless, 9Oc., black pow
der, zoe.
j. w. Pierce, 210 Gage st.
Next to Dayenport's Bakery. Mail or
ders filled,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
. p@H~~@~ ~~NA@@@ 80 .
BEATING NATURE.

9 Although il Is well known that .
{. the best sllage is made from the &
@ large crops of mature corn, it is 4
9 equally well known that good 81 I
= lage eau be made iEQps imma
10 ture corn or that which has suf- {
o fered during the summer from {
9 dry winds In other words, re (:
. gardless Of the season, the silo 6
9 insures prosperity. So well is {
9 this known that farmers who 6
o have used the silo are putting G
@ up a second or II third. This is &
q ample proof that the one who 6
o has not yet erected silo on his {
o farm should not further delay II. {
. 1t may be that some sllos are {
. better than others. but they are 6
g all good. and any silo IS better {
@ than no silo. Therefore the {
g question to be decided Is not {
9 that of determining what kind {
8 of n silo should be built this fall,
3 but that of deciding absolutely I.
o and definitely TO build silo and e
@ take full advantage of good {
o crop of corn or be prepared {
o against the adyerSlty of poor {
o crop If that Is what nature has {
9 determined to give-Kimballs {
o Dairy Farmer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
EAGLES ENTERTAINED
North Adams Party Guests of the Ben.
nington Aerie.

The local Aerie of Eagles had big
day Sunday when they entertained the
Aerie from North Adams. Aboue IT'S
came from North Adams filing one
special car and one regular car and
the turn out of local Eagles was the
largest in years.
A class of 30 candidates were initat-
cd the work being done by the North
Adams degree team which is one of
the best. Owing to the large crowd
Foresters hall was secured for the
initiation After the other exercises
lunch was served The occasion was
a most enjoyable one for all present.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
FIRE ON PHILADELPHIA
Passengers Unaware of Danger Until
After Liner Booked

New York, Oct. 2-Fire which broke
out in the cargo hold of the American
line steamship Philadelphia Thursday
while the vessel was approximately
500 miles from New York was still
smoldering under a blanket of steam
when she arrived there yesterday. So
successful were the officers and crew
in keeping the news from the GAG pas
sengers that few were aware of the
peril they had been in until after the
big liner docked.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-02
RUMANlANS FAIL.
TO REORGAHlzt
AFTER DEFEAT
Austrian Victory in Hermannstadt
Region Complete
SERBS WIN IN MACEDONIA
British and French Claim to Have
Made Slight Gains on
Somme Front.

Vienna, Oct. 2.-The victory gained
over the Rumanians in the Herman
nstadt region of Pennsylvania by Gen.
Won Falkenhayns army was complete
and the Rumanian army was dispers-
ed, the war office announced yester-
day. The Rumanian forces in the
Fogaras region attacked in an attempt
to retrieve the situation, but were not
able to make great hearway, although
they compelled the Austrians to retire
on one section of the front