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The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
BILL WILL ABOLISH
PROXY" BRIDE SYSTEM
immigration Measure to End Japanese
Scheme for Bringing Women
Into This Country.

The proxy" or picture" japanese
bride system. by which Japanese in this
country select wife from pictures, have
a friend at home marry her by proxy.
and then bring her into the United
States. Is going to be abolished IL the
new immigration bill re-introduced In
the House yesterday becomes a law.
Between 1000 and 5000 japanese women
were brought into the United States and
Hawaii last year by this device. Chair
man Burnett, of the Immigration Com
mittee, said:
Too often these proxy brides become
slaves and their husbands proceed to
Obtain another wife from Japan in the
same way" said Mr.. Burnett.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
NAVAL MILITIA
HOLDS Dinner
National Association Praised
for Patriotic Service
1t Renders.
DANIELS MAKES ADDRESS
Says People Regard Navy as Their
Bulwark of Defense-Padgett
Scores Critics.

Secretary Of the Navy Daniels, Admiral
Blue. Chief OF the Bureau OF Nayigation
OF the Navy Department; Representative
Iemuel P. Padgett. chairman Of the
House Naval Affairs Committee; Repre-
sentative Fred A. Britten. OF Illinois, and
host Of other speakers told OF the good
work being done by the naval militia and
something OF the plans for the future or
this branch of the service at the annual
dinner of the National Naval Militia AS
ISOLATION last night at the New willard
Though the people do not give the
naval militia the fun praise II deserves
the officials Of the Navy Department fully
appreciate what you are doing" said
Secretary Daniels.
you members Of the militia have
your business to attend to. but you give
up your time to train your men without
compensation and I believe that this is
indicative OF the high type Of patriotism
which permeates the naval militia.
Though the people OF the early day.
had dread OF a great army, they
never had any fear Of a great navy. Now
as then, the people regard the navy as
their bulwark. their first line Of de-
fense.
I'VE look to the militiamen, who in
time Of peace are being trained for war,
and feel that we can depend upon them
in time Of need"
That the personnel Of the navy today
is vastly superior to what it was thirty
iye or fifty years ago was the state
ment OF Representative Padgett.
Touching upon the criticism heaped
upon the navy, he said it came from
three sources.
First OF all, there are those who, by
their zeal for preparedness, libel the
navy We already have" he said. Then
there are those who are opposed to all
increase in the navy and who magnify
the navy We now have. seeking to create
the impression that it is already over
grown. / sympathize with neither OF
these classes and have no use for the
third. This class is composed Of men
who speak very fluently and eloquently
from their abundant ignorance"
Admiral Blue told the militia officers
not to be discouraged IL legislation now
in Congress for the betterment OF the
naval militia Is not Immediately enacted
into law. He said he was in favor of
using old battleships for the annual
cruises OF the naval militia instead Of old
yachts and cruisers
Capt. Riley. of the Illinois National
Guard. graduate Of West Point. and a
retired officer OF the regular army. who
Eas just returned from the European war
zone. told Of the conflict across the water.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
Struck by Automobile.

Attempting to cross at the inter-
section OF Seventh street and Mount
Vernon place, about o'clock last
night, Joseph B. Junghans. 30. of 3725
Georgia avenue, was struck by an au-
tomobile operated. II is said. by Nor
ris Goodman. 21ss New York avenue.
Junghsns was knocked down and re-
ceived bruises and lacerations on the
head and body. He was treated at
Homeopathic Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
SCHALL THANKS HOUSE
FOR SPECIAL PAGE
Bind Representative from Minnesota
-. Says you Have Released Me
from Bondage.

House members were deeply touched
yesterday when Representative Schall, of
Minnesota, the blind member. feelingly
thanked the House for assigning him a
special page to guide him about the
Capitol Mr.. SchalI's voice choked with
emotion, which was also indicated by
Rev. Couden, the blind chaplain, who
was present.
You have released me from bondage
and given me freedom; it was said the
Lord loveth those whom he chasteneth,
but l often wish he had not loved me 50
much" said Mr.. SchsIl, referring to his
aIliction.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
An Answer to Boost


What E1vc I done for the world you ask
Well not very much. Old Man
Just plugging along with my daily task
Doing the best I can;
When I see a guy worse off than
As down lifes by-ways l squint.
I quietly slip him a bone or two
And ii never gets into print
The world is a pretty good place, Old
Top.
At least ] have found II SO
FULL Of good fellows who'll give you q
boost
Or slip you a bit Of dough:
And II you're in need Of a helping hand
There's Eink on the job. it's pipe
So indUstriOpsly doing his little chores
That he never breaks into type.
q %
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30

The biggest gun reported to have been
used by any Of the armies up to date
is the famous Krupp AZ centimetre, whose
shells measure l6 1-2 inches. However,
]. Balfour, first lord Of the admiralty in
the British Cabinet recently announced
any proof that such a gun as the AZ
Centlmeter exists.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
Nartial Law il I1u,a.ne

Geneva. Jan. ..--Asrtiai isw has been
proclaimed At IL ussnne as the result OF
anti-0erman riots. A battalion Of the
One Hundred and twenty-third iandwehr
is pstrolling the city.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
GERMANS PLAN 22-NCH GUN.

Srecial Cable to The Washington Herald
PetTograd, Jan. 29.-Russian correspon
dents on the western front have SEN
word to PetrogTad that the Germans ar,
reported to be manufacturing a 22-incl
sun for use in the spring campaign.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
Whitney. Boat Arrou.a

Jacksonville. Fls-. Jan. z.-The
motor housebost captivs owned
Payne Whitney. OF New York. is ags
on the mouth OF St L.ncse river :
the crew are aboard.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
We're Doing Some Marvellous Things
for Rheumstism 1t the Hot Springs of Arkansas

-aos with medieine. but with
the famous rsdie-setivs nst-
ural hot baths. We csA make
this stsesment doubiy strong
and authsntie vhea ne remind
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30

you tEAt ~
O o vsrn IN enf
of tho Unsfed
Sfsess coofrels
the wsfere,
endorsss tho
treatmsnt and
sends It's own
army and navy
men hsre fef
o cure.
Aecesding 10
0ovt reports,
Uncle Sam rec
ommeu6a the
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
FLOODS ON Page;
MANY ARE VICTIMS
Fifty Dead in Otay Valley. California.
Great Dam Breaks-Seven Drown
in Arkansas.

San Francisco, Jan D.-with a death
list of at least fifty persons. with scores
missing and with twenty-five farm
houses swept away. the foods in the
otay Valley continued their devaststine
rampage today. according to sdvices re-
ceived here from Los Angeles by wire
less, the only remaining means Of COM
munication between here and Southern
California
About half Of the food victims IN this
section were japanese. Three were swept
to death when the Lower Otwsy Valley
dam broke and wall of water thirty
feet high swept over an area of fifteen
miles long and two miles wide.
Eleven billion gallons of water were
released when the dam went out. with
out warning. Rescue parties. organised
to go into the fiood-swept section to aid
the Inhabitants, were stopped by washed
out bridges and streams that were
swollen to such proportions that the
launching of boats was impossible. A
food famine was threatened, according to
latest reports.
Property loss In the otsy Valley will
reach s., ,ooo. .ooo The radio station at Los
Angeles reported another slooo.ooo dam
age In the vicinity of Los Angeles and
FL sinore. Rivers were out Of their
banks for the second time within less
than two weeks. and residents of New
hope and Talbert were homeless- Sew
erai hundred persons were reported ma
rooned at Muerieta Springs, and rescuers
were unable to reach them
Arkansas City. Ark. Jan. @.-seven
Persons are dead. some Of the streets of
Watson. Arkansas, were under fifteen
feet of water. and thousands of acres of
land in the rural district about that town
were inundated today as the result OF
the foods. A family of six, including
the father, mother. and four children,
were drowned last night in Watson.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
Don't
Suffer
From Piles

Send For Free Trial Treatment
No matter how long or how bad = go to
your druggist today and get q 50 cent
box OF Pyramid Pile Treatment. It
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30

Of ioooncsor sts<is. ehronie
Brights disease (esrfieT stages
oniyl, hanctiorsi disess<s Of ths
fver, gastric dysr~p~as not Of
organic origin. ehrsEie eisr-
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30

waters for such other sreuss<s as
neuralgia, metallic or nsisrtsi
poisoning. paralysis not Of an
ersanse origin, the sarhef stsgss
The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
Children's Shoes

Patent Leather and Gun
Metal, extra high cut. A very
dressy, servicesble and COM
Portable shoe, worth s2.2s.
Now
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

The reported critical illness of Hon.
Clarke c. Fits of Brattleboro is a
pronounced shock to the brilliant at
torney's large circle OF friends, not
only because of the loss that the state
would sustain in the event of his
death, but also because he apparently
possessed a constitution which should
carry him through many more years
to ripe old age. Although consid-
erably under fifty, Mr.. Fits has made
a record in his profession that is not
limited to Vermont. he has main
tanned an active interest in the public
affairs of the state and the work of
the republican party and not only his
personal acquaintance but those who
know him by reputation sincerely
hope for his recovery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Results Obtained by Kalamazoo,
Mich, in Five Years.

Results Obtained by Kalamazoo,
Mich, in Five Years.
The American City" magazine for
May contains an interesting article,
telling how Kalamazoo introduced
physical education into her schools.
1t is titled Life Building in Kalama-
zoo" and the author begins by relat-
ing how, as little girl. she and a
companion equally brave. dared to
ask two of their teachers TO come out
in the school yard and play, 1t was a
wonderful thing to those two little
girls that their teachers condescended
TO enter into their play Soon a
generation will have grown up who
will not know what il Is TO have a
teacher who does not
1t has taken ten years to get the
principle of physical education firmly
established in the school system of
the city, and that the change has
come about gradually is probably one
OF its best features There was
opposition, of course Some teachers
resented the innovation, and not a
few parents considered time wasted
that was spent in gymnastics and
setting up exercises. AS for super
vised play,-one can fairly hear the
conservative ones exclaim. Good
ness Pay someone TO show children
how to run around and cut up,"
But better children. better health,
better scholarship won the day The
teachers were first to realize the
benefits, of course, and to cooperate
more and more heartily. Then the
work grew until corps of specialists
in physical training had to take over
the work. BY using modified form
of the Gary plan a combination of the
regular school work and the play
ground activities was worked out.
Strange to say, the addition of SO
large a force of physical instructors,
six men and eleven women,--adds
so little to the pay roll
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10
ossssssssssssesssssssssss,
ESTATE OF MICHAEL LEONARD

ESTATE OF MICHAEL LEONARD
State of Vermont, District of Benning.
ton, SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for
the District Aforesaid:
To the heirs and all persons inter
ested in the estate of Michael Leon
ard late of Bennington in said Dis
trict, deceased GREETINGS:
WHEREAS, application hath been
made to this Court in writing, by the
Administrator praying for license and
authority to sell all of real estate Of
said deceased, for the payment Of
debts and charges of administration,
setting forth therein the amount of
debts due from said deceased, the
charges OF administration, and the
amount of personal estate and the
situation of the real estate.
WHEREUPON, the said Count APP
pointed and assigned the 18th day OF
November 1916, at the Probate Onioe
in Bennington in said District, to hear
and decide upon said application and
petition, and ordered public notice
thereof to be given to all persons in,
C4NobSu tuCltilf ny puDlioulnB Sdlu
order, together with the time and
place of hearing three weeks
successfully in the Benning.
ton Evening Banner, news.
paper which circulates in the
of those persons inter
ested in said estate, all which publ |
cations shall be previous to the day
assigned for hearing.
THEREFORE,, you are hereby no
tilted to appear before said Court, at |
the time and place assigned, then and
there in said Court to make your OBJ
iections to the granting of such IL
cense, if you see cause
Given under my hand at Bennington
In said District, this 9th day of Oc-
Iober 1916.
Amy H. Harbour, Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10
Friday, November 10, 1916.

The election this year was the hard
est on record for the newspaper Off
ces. With the result in doubt for 4S
hours newspaper employees have been
hard pressed to secure and supply the
news and at the same time get out
their papers. From Tuesday evening
to Thursday night the Banner has an
swered upwards of three thousand
telephone calls besides furnishing sew
eral hundred bulletins. 1t has been an
an exciting two days but the newspa-
per office forces OF the country are
glad that il is over.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10
How's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
We. the Undersigned have known +. ].
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm
NATIONAL BANK Oh COMMERCE.
Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system Testimonials
sent free. Price 70 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists
Take Halle Family Pills for constipation
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10
THE EXCEPTIONS.

Some men, though careful about
their health, die young, while
others. though negligent of their
health, live long. Yot do these
instances alter the truth that
taking care Of oneself is the way
to live Iong7-kyuso.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10
A Bite and a Peck.

His Wife-This paper tells OF wo-
man who suffered two weeks from the
effects Of an insect bite. Her Husband
That's nothing | know man who
has suffered for years from the effects
Of henpeck. Chicago News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'c
( a 8 tt RIA
Nature humps the camel,

but the business man has to hump
himself. He also needs insurance,
and must give it personal attention
serve those who order in time. In
sure and be sure National Life ms.
Co, of VT. (Mutual) Earle S. Kin
sley General Agent Mead Building,
Rutland. Vt. ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

Charlie Chaplin in Behind the
Screen" his next Mutual comedy is
not a scream. 1t is a howl. Chaplin
plays the role OF a stage carpenter,
and he goes about his work of knock
ing down cameras. tumbing over
columns, doing everything he should
not do and acting the pant OF the
poor, willing. benighted simpleton as
unconsoiously as the bear skin rug
lying on the floor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

Makato lnokuchi, Balboa's clever
Japanese actor, has returned to Japan
to engage in the manufacture of mo
tion pictures by and for his own PEG
pie
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

remedy for rheumatic pains, soreness
and stiffness OF joints and muscles,
lameness. sore hands, tired, aching
feet, pains in chest, sore throat, and
for sprains, strains and bruises. You
cannot afford to be without it. 1t can
not possibly harm or burn the skin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

ing Minard's liniment,
an old, reliable pre-
scription. No other rem
edy acts so quickly or
effectively. 1t is pure
and antiseptic, won
derfully soothing, and
ie the mnsf effecfiun
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10
MOVIE NOTES

Up-to-Date News of the Film
World
About 200 pounds Oh -four will be
used to smear Roscoe Arbuckle up in
the making of his next Tlianglc-Key-
stone comedy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

Speaking Of what the public wants
in moving pictures, Herbert Brenon,
producer of "A Daughter OF the
the Gods" "Neptune'5 Daughter,
says: The primal passions and
emotions that are the basis OF poetry
and painting cannot fail TO interest
the public, because they are deep
rooted in the human consciousness.
The photodrama is simply the mod
eIn form Of expressing those clements
Of existence SO long as the artist
deals with truth, whether his medium
be words, paint. or cinema. he is
sure to give the public what it wants"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

Mae Murray is learning to plow for
her new picture. "The Plow Girl" At
her first lesson, when the director
called action" the oxen, feeling that
their driver was an amateur, took the
director at his word and ran away,
Miss Murray felt almost less than
the dust" when the scene was FIN
ished
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

Pauline Frederick will play a Span
ish dancer in her new picture THE
Worlds Greatest Snare an adapta-
ton OF f. Phillips Oppenheim's novel
This part is peculiarly appropriate TO
Miss Frederick, since it was in such a
role in musical comedy that she first
made her mark on the stage.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

The battle Of Gettysburg. one of
the 10 decisive battles Of the world,
will be pictured in See America
First So many monuments have
been raised by federal and state au-
thorities in honor of this battle that
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10
Relief From Pain
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Remove pain misery as many thou
sands of others have done, by apply.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

Shirley Mason sister Of Viola Dana,
and ingenue Of Mcclure pictures, is 16
years old and has been on the stage
since she was g. She was with
Joseph Jefferson in rip Van
Winkle"; with William Faversham in
The Squawman; tnen as Little Jan
in The Piper" and finally as a star in
the western company OF THE Poor
Little Rich Girl while her sister
Viola, was playing the role in New
York.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

Winston Churchill one OF Ameri.
cc's foremost noyelists, sees a great
future in films. Recently viewing a
photo version OF his novel, THE
Crisis he said
Il am convinced that motion pie
lures are capable of great develop
ment as mediums OF entertainment
and aIe, and will be of untold educa-
tional value provided their proprie-
tors are imbued with a sense OF re
sponsibility and refrain from catering
to the ignorance. preiudices. and sen
timentality OF the people. { am most
anxious to see the production of mo-
ton pictures take their legitimate
place as the supplement of worthy
novels and worthy plays, for they
have realm into which, neither OF
these can enter
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

lStu III the Ntilu.
One hundred Chicago University
medical students sat in an amphithea
ire and watched Henry 3. Wathall as
"a SUI geon, perform an operation in a
scene for The Truant Soul" The stu
dents refused to look serious before
the camera Most OF them were inter
ested in asking each other why Wal
than doesn't get hair cnt
Posters, slides and all other adver-
Using matter used in connection with
the motion picture business is going
up by leaps and bounds, due 70 the
high cost OF paper and lithographng
inks and colois Many exhibitors
have dispensed with posters and are
using weekly program signs.
Quite the most daring act done for
4 motion picture in some time was
the leap made by a daredevil actor in
an auto off a high cliff in Altamitos
bay. The scene represented an acct
dent in which the auto leaves the
road, falls over the cliff, killing the
occupants The driver at q 40-mile-
an hour clip dashed over the 50-foot
cliff. and stayed right in the car I'M
Ill it went under water. 4 dummy was
placed in the back seat. which in the
picture viii make il appear that there
We're two persons in the machine.
The auto was an Old machine and is
now being taken out OF the bay The
engine and running gear viii be over
hauled ana used again for another
thriller
In Los Angeles the salaries OF mo-
ton picture actors are undergoing a
drastic change Instead of retaining
players on the regular pay roll there
is a general movement to hire them
only when they are needed. OF late
they have been hired merely by the
day. The latest innovation is to en-
gage embryo stars by the hour, paying
them rate as low as 30 cents for
every 90 minutes they work.
Valkyren is to have her own pro.
ducing company under the title Of
Valkyrien Film nc. The success Of
Diana" feature photoplay in multi
color effect. in which Valkyren made
her debut as star on the American
screen, was instrumental in interest
ing capital on behalf OF the Danish
star. Her company will devote itself
exclusively to classic feature plays
based on the famous episodes OF
Greek, Roman and Scandinavian
Mabel Taliaferro. starring in The
Sunbeam played scene ON the
streets of New York the other day
which resulted in a realistic accident
Miss Taliaferro'a nart WIS TO nm into
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

Jack Pickford-yes, Marys brother
lis rapidly qualifying Tor the title OF
Famous Players crouch. lie is play
ing the part OF William Sylvanus Bax-
ter in the adaptation OF Booths Tark-
ington's Seventeen" II is one Of the
chief points in Williams character
that he detests Clematis, The
"houn dog, which is the property
OF Genesis, the family servant Now
it has so happened that the dog has
taken a violent fancy TO Jack. And
as 2 result Jack has TO spend all his
spare moments in being mean TO the
dog in order to have him shun him
before the camert. Jack, being fond
OF animals, is finding the experience
wearing and the situation nerve
wreckins.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10
OPPOSE EIcHT-HouR LAW

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Takes
Action.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov "a petit
ton enjoining the federal district at
tCrney and labor leaders from put
ting the Adamson bill into effect was
filed in the federal district cour. of
Kansas City, Kas., late today in the
name of the Atcnison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-10

the stree IS, pick up poor waif who
had been run over supposedly by an
automobile. pat the lad into an auto
mobile and order it driven to the
nearest hospital A crowd Watching
the affair thought the accident the
zeal thing. The result twas that doz-
ems Of persons surrounded Miss Tall.
aierro, took the scene out OF her
hands. thrust her and the boy into the
machine. nearly crushing Miss Talia-
ferro's loot in their haste, and would
have sent both TO the hospital had not
the stunned directors interfered.