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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
"TPE BLOODY SHIRT"
Nothing of This Sort in Plain State
ment of Facts.

4 leading democrat writes The Rut
land Herald asking if the voters OF
Vermont are satisfied with the course
ing the last campaign, in trying to ere.
ate sectional feeling, in other words
waving the bloody shirt?"
We have heard this talk of Con-
gressman Greene and do most hearti.
ly approve of it.
He avoided in so far as possible and
stated absolute facts. facts that are a
matter of record, printed from day to
day in the Congressional Record. the
official record of the Senate and the
House of Representatives at Washing
ton.
There was no waving the bloody
shirt" in any of his speeches.
He told just who controlled legisla-
tion, quoting from the Record.
This proved beyond question that
the South had the control of practical
ly every important committee, and
the chairmanship of most of these
committees.
He showed how legislation favor
able TO the South was passed while
legislation favorable to New England
was turned down.
More than half the democratic rep
resentation in Congress is from the
South and he said it is just as natural
for the members from the South to
look after the interests of their sec
tion first as it would be for those from
the North, were the latter in power
instead CT the democratic party, con
trolled by the South.
BY the irony OF fate, when this dem
ocrat was writing this letter. the com
mission of Thomas j. Goodwin of
South Carolina was being signed MAX
ing him National bank examiner for
the district OF Vermont. to succeed
James H. Kelleher, deceased.
This is the first time in the history
of the state that a man from South
Carolina has been appointed to an inn
portant government office in Yer
mont.
We're there no good faithful demo-
Gratis who could fill the place?
Most certainly, a score of them.
But
Vermont can give the administra-
ton no electoral or other votes.
South Carolina can.
New Hampshire can and did If we
remember rightly the appointment of
a lifelong resident of New Hampshire.
U. S. marshal for Vermont did not
set very well with our democratic
brethren.
Neither will the appointement of
South Carolina democrat to the best
office in Vermont, barring only the
collectorship, set well.
AS Frank Greene might have said,
"neighbors, friends. democrats, IL you
do not like it, vote the republican
ticket "-Morrisvill Messenger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04

100000 TONS OF FOOD
$277 10000 Value of Relief Commodi-
ties Sent to Belqium.

London, Dec. 1.-Foodstuffs to the
amount OF 100000 tons and valued at
1927 100000 have been sent into Bel.
GUM and northern France since the
outbreak of the war by the commits
sion for relief in Belgium, says a re-
port just issued here. Besides food
stuffs the commission has shipped
into this war zone something like
$5,000,00O articles of clothing.
Allied government subsidies for the
relief of people III these stricken dis
tricts have amounted to $1S3,000,000.
Public subscriptions, in kind and in
money, and other private monies,
amounted to approximately $30.000,-
900. OF which the United States gave
about 80 per cent. and the British en-
pire nearly all the rest.
The population confined to this ter
ritory as a result of the war, all of
whom received bread from the com
mission, numbers, according to the
report, 9,500,000
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
MANCHESTER
Mrs. VIM. 3. Edqerton.

The funeral of Mrs. William B. Ed
gerton was held at her late home Sat
urday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev.
Sidney r. Perkins of the Congrega-
tional church officiating. There was
a large attendance and a great pro-
fusion of beautiful flowers. The bur
ial was in the family plot at Dellwood
cemetery. Those from out OF town,
who attended the services, were Rob
ert X Edgerton of Burlington, Miss
Mary Edgerton of Bennington. Mrs.
Delbert Edgerton of Arlington, Chas.
Edgerton and Miss Sarah Otis OF Dan
by, Mrs. J. F. Hilliard, John r. Hill
ard and Charles Colvin of Rutland,
George Edgerton, Mrs. Henry Har-
wood, Mrs. Burr Phillips of Dorset,
NJ. Spaulding of Poultney, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Bebee and Mrs Henry
Loveland of East Dorset.
Mrs. Edgerton was before mar
riage Grace Irene Kelley OF Donby
her parents being Mr. and Mrs. Henry
B. Kelley. She was born in Dandy
April 10, 1865. She graduated from
the Castleton Normal school and en-
gagged in teaching for several years.
About twenty-five years ago she was
married to William b. Edgerton Of
Dandy after which they came to Man
chester to reside. She became a
member of the Congregational church
and was an efficient worker in the So
cieties of the church.
During the last ten years she has
been a great sufferer but during her
long illness she maintained real in
terest in the affairs of life and was
patient and accomplishing to the end.
A friend in speaking of her before her
death said, 81 never come away from
her house feeling sad or cross or dull.
She seems to me the most perfectly
self-controlled person" Her life has
been an example to those who have
known her. Probably no one has
heard her express a word of bitter
ness. Her faith was firm and now
altho she has entered into the rest
which remaineth for the people of
God Her works do follow her. She
is survived by her husband, one son,
Robert K, whose headquarters are
in Burlington, and brother Clarence
d. Kelley of Manchester.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
AusTRIA's NEW EMPEROR
Favorlte With Soldiers and a Man of
Modern Views.

Modern Views.
Charles ! of Austria, the new ruler
of the dual empire, was born August
II, 1887, at the imperial chateau OF
Persenbeug overlooking the Danube
valley says a dispatch from Vienna
His childhood training was intrust
ed to Archduchess Marie Therese and
the Archduchess Maria Josefa, assist
ed by an English governess. He is
credited with having shown a consid,
cradle percocity in learning to read
and write and with having developed
a speciality in acquiring languages.
When he was II years OF age the
young prince Joined the 1st regiment
of uhlans as lieutenant and was later
transferred to the 7th regiment of
dragons His military education
was interrupted in 1907 when he took
up the study of law at the university
of Prague. He was graduated the fol
lowing year and returned to his regi-
ment, being promoted to captain on
November l, 1910. Three weeks later
he was married to Princess Zita OF
Parma, a member of the Italian Bour-
bons. He remained with the army,
and in 1912 was promoted to major
and two years later reached the rank
of lieutenant-colonel. The assassina-
tion of his uncle. Archduke Francis
Ferdinand, at Sarajevo on June 2S.
1914. made him the heir to the throne
and on July % of the same year he
was appointed colonel of the 1st hus-
sar regiment.
The opening months of the Euro
pean war were spent by the heir APP
parent at the headquarters of the
Austrian commander-in-chief, Arch
duke Frederick In January, 1915, he
went to the headquarters of the Ger
man emperor on a special mission.
and in July OF this year was promoted
majorgeneral and rear-admiral. Sub
sequently he spent considerable time
inspecting the troops on the various
fronts by command of the Emperor,
Francis Joseph, and in March, 1916,
was created field marshal and vice
admiral, receiving at the same time
the command of an army corps on the
Italian front.
The emperor took part personally
in the great offensive against the
Italians in May of the present year.
and his services were rewarded by the
German emperor by the iron cross of
the first class and the order pour lie
merite. In July Of the present year
he was transferred to the command
of an army in East Galicia, consisting
Of a composite force of Austro-Hun-
garians, Germans and Turks. In
October he took charge of Austria's
armies against Rumania.
Emperor Charles is reported to be a
great favorite with the soldiers and
to like TO talk familiarly with the men
in the trenches. He is tall and slender
in build with a very round, ruddy face
and a hearty laugh. He is credited
with being man of modern views
and nightly progressive tendencies.
and it is believed that under his ad-
ministration the Austro-Hungarian
governmental system will undergo
many changes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
HAD BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
So Badly Man Could Not Lie Down.
Cured by VnoI.

OuTeu ny VinOl.
For years and years we have been
telling the people of Bennington that
Vinol is a wonderful remedy for bron-
chial troubles. Here is positive proof:
Tilden, ILL., Fir five years suf-
fered from bronchial asthma. In the
winter time was obliged to sit in
a Morris chair at night, as | could not
lie down, owing to that dreadful chok-
ing sensation. tried nearly every
known remedy, but nothing gave me
any relief until one day ! met the
Station Agent at Willisville, H., and
he said he had been a sufferer for
years, but had been cured by Vinol.
at once commenced to take it, and
the result is my cough is gone, my ap-
petite has improved, and can lie
down and sleep all night, and my ex-
perience leads me to believe that vi
mol is certain remedy for bronchial
asthma" John H. Condell Tilden,
IL.
The reason that cough syrups fail
in such cases is because they are
palliative only, while Vinol removes
the cause. being constitutional rem
edy In which are combined beef and
cod liver peptones, iron and man.
ganese peptonates and glycerophos-
pilates. 1t strengthens and revitalizes
the entire system and assists nature
to expel the disease-W. H. Gokay,
Druggist, Bennington. also at the lead
ing drug stores in all Vermont towns.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
LIVINGSTON CUSHING DEAD
Former Head of Somerset Land Co..
Stricken In New Haven.

FORMER feau OF somerset Lana TO-,
Stricken in New Haven.
Livingston Gushing, Boston attor-
ney, who had gone to New Haven,
Conn, for the Yale-Harvard football
game, died of heart trouble on the
street there Saturday. Mr.. Gushing
had arrived at the railroad station and
with others hurried to catch trolley
car. He fell Friends went back and
picked him up, and an automobile took
him to the hospital. where it was stat
ed death had occurred some minutes
before. Mr. Gushing was captain of
the Harvard varsity football team in
1878 and 1879 He had practiced law
in Boston since 1884. He graduated
from Harvard in 1879 and was dir
ector of several industrial corpora
tions.
Mr.. Cushing formerly was president
of the Somerset Land Co, which held
large tracts of land in Somerset and
other towns in Windham and Benning-
ton counties. The company sold its
holdings to the Deerfield Lumber cor
poration, in which Mr.. Gushing was a
stockhoder at the time of his death
Mr.. Cushing had dealings with {. {,
Fitts's law Office in Brattleboro.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
SHOW WINDOWS TO BE DARK
Economies in Germany to Save Fuel
and Labor.

ana LABOR.
Prohibition in Germany OF the use
OF electric signs and other forms OF
illuminated advertising, restricting of
lighting for show windows and the In
terror OF shops, limitation of street
railway and elevated traffic and an
early closing ordinance for business
establishments, restaurants, hotels,
theaters and moving picture shows
are in prospect as parts of the cam
paign to reduce the consumption of
fuel and employment of labor to
which the government is now ener-
getically bending its attention, says,
a dispatch from Berlin. These meas
ures have been discussed by the minis
try of the interior and representatives
of the federated states and according
to the newspapers, have been ap-
proved in principle.
The lighting of show windows will
be permitted only so far as it serves
for interior lighting, which will be re-
stricted to half the usual amount in
some cases. Although no definite de-
cision has been reached regarding the
hours OF closing, 1t is probable that
business establishments other than
groceries, butcher shops and other
food distributors will be closed at
D. m. and theaters and restaurants
at 10 p. m. The people will be urged
to restrict lighting in their homes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04

London, Dec. 4.-Premier Asquith
has decided to advise the king to
consent to the reconstruction of the
government. This was officially an.
nounced last night. The statement
reads. The prime minister, with a
view TO the most effective prosecution
Of the war has decided to advise his
majesty the king to consent to the re-
construction of the government"
1t is reported that David Lloyd
George, minister of war, has resigned.
but as he did not call on the king yes
terday there is reason to doubt whet-
her he has actually sent in his resig-
nation. There can be little doubt that
the cabinet is in a precarious condi-
tion and that some important changes
in its personnel will be announced by
the prime minister in the House of
Commons today. 1t is not known what
Mr.. Asquith will attempt to do in re-
constructing the cabinet, but it has
been suggested that he will resign.
Mr.. Lloyd-George is considered his
most likely successor in that event.
The cabinet crisis has been precipi-
tated by the collapse of the Rumanian
campaign and the critical situation in
Greece
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
ESTATE OF ELLEN c., MARGARET
L. AND CHARLES n. SCOTT

STATE OF VERMONT, The Honor.
ODistrict of Bennington, IS. ( able Probate
Court for the District aforesaid.
To all persons interested In the estates Of
Ellen @ NJ rgaret L. and Charles n. Scott
late of Bennin. .ton in SAID District. deceased
GREETING
WHEREAS. said Court has assigned the 2lst
day OF December, nexf for examining and
allowing the accounts of Edward n. Holden,
Administrator nf the estates OF said dece ased,
and for q decree of the residue OF sad
estates to the Ia fu claimants OF the same
and ordered that public notice thereof be
given to all persons interested in said
estates by publishing this order three
weeks successfully previous TO the day assigned
in the Bennington Evening Banner, a news
paper published at Bennington in said Dis
triUt
THEREFORE,. you are hereby notified to ap-
pear at the Probate Office In Bennington in
said District on the day assigned, then and
there to contest the allowance Of said account
IL you see cause, and 10 establish your right as
heirs, le atees and lawful claimants TO said
residue.
Given under my hand, this cath day OF No.
AMY H. HARBOUR. Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
4 COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
~ Estate OF MARY L. IRELAND.

The undersigned, having been app tinted by
the Honorable PrJbate Court for ne Dstr ct
of Bennington COMMISSIONERS TO rece We,
examine and ADJUST the ella ms and demands Of
all persons against the estate of Wary L. Ire
land. late uf Remington In ssid District, de-
lea ed, and all claims exhibited in fist there
to. hereby Pive notice In t we will meet " the
6uiituau in the To gn OF Bennington ia said
Dist,ict. on the gath day OF November next,
from 2 O'Clock y. 10. It'll O'Clock
p, M, on said day, and that SIX months
from the 24th dsy Of Nov mber. A. n. 1915.
is the time limited by said Cour Tor ssid cred
itors 10 present ihsir claims o us Tor exAmina-
uon and sllowance.
. Dated at Benniogt0p, Vermont, this "a b day
of November, A. u 1915.
D. A GCILTINAN.
WILLIAM III w LIS,
commissioners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
BILL REvlsERs READY
c. M. Graves and Thomas c. Cheney
to do the Work.

Montpelier, Dec. collins NJ.
Graves of Bennington and Thomas
Cheney of Morrisville, legislative
craftsmen. arrived in the city today
and will be located at the State House
until the close of the 1917 session of
the legislature. Several weeks ago
notices were sent to the prospective
legislators informing them that Mes
srs. Graves and Cheney would be at
the State House on and after Decem-
Der /, and instructing them to forward
any measures which they might wish
TO introduce in the House or Senate
Hale X. Darling was appointed clerk
and Miss Laura Keegan stenographer
Several bills are already in.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
Gard of Thanks

We hereby wish to express our sim
cere thanks to the friends and neigh
bors for their kindness and sympathy
during the illness and death of our
father. J. d. Carpenter and especially
the employees of Rockwoods and Coo
pers mills for the beautiful floral
tributes.
Signed by Children and Grandchildren
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04

Debutante - wonder why women
used to wear such wide wedding rings.
Blase Matron-Because at that time,
poor things, they expected them to last
a lifetime.-Life.
The two edged weapons are found
among the earliest specimens OF Japa-
nese metal working.
The average inhabitant of this earth
probably uses more than two pounds
of provisions day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
Tsnnis All Year In Ianan.

japanese lawn tennis players can
play all the year round in the Flowery
Kingdom. The game was introduced
into Japan by the nglish.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
Take Your Choice.

Some folks inclined TO careful be
Pronounce the word "calliope,"
But some stick TO the good old dope
And boldly can II ''calliope."
philadelphia Bulletin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
cI.vsland Another Bill Edwards.

Jim Cleveland of Columbia is the
nearest physical approach to big BIZ
Edwards that modern football has pro-
duced.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
BRITISH CAB|y!f11
RECONSTRUCTION
IS UNDER WAY
Proposal Of Premier Asquith is AC-
cepted By the King
ACTION POSTPONED TO THURSDAY
Rumor Persists in London that War
Minister Lloyd George Has
Resigned.

London. Dec. 4.-Premier Asquith
announced in the house of commons
today that the king had consented to
a reconstruction of the government
and asked that all questions relative
to the change be postponed until
Thursday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
Wav II Goes.
duced.

He had his sorrows and his Joys;
lie shares the latter with the boys.
Such are the ironies OF life,
lie shares his sorrows with his wife.
Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont, generally cloudy tonight.
Tuesday warmer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING

TO RENT-A first class double Of
fee steam heat electric lights. In
quire at Harte Theatre. 54tf
FOR SALE-Cheap, this week, num-
ber of parlor and cook. stoves. first
class parlor suites, side boards and
dressers, good horse, wagon and har-
ness. | buy copper, brass and all
kinds CT junk for casn. James Fox,
Second hand store. 2O6 River St
54t6s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
LONG RANGE GUNS
BEGIN GATHERING
OF BUCHAREST
German Shells Now Flying Oyer
fumanian Capital
ENEMY WITHIN TEN MILES
Roads to City Filled With Teutons
and Their Allies Equipped for
Siege.

Copenhagen, Dec. A dispatch
from Berlin published in Danish
paper today says that the Germans on
Sunday began the bombardment of the
city of Bucharest at a distance Of
10 miles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
SnxoR Solve

REMOVES SKIN AFFECTIONS
Ono package proves It. Sold and
guaranteed by. above VinoI druggist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04

FOR SALE-Honey, No. l white
clover honey 22c per carton; for
$1.OO; No. l buckwheat, 1Sc, 6 for
$1.00. The Orchards Phone 261.
54t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04

FOR SALE--An Oliver typewriter,
No. 3, in perfect condition, slightly
used. Address T. d. Banner Office.
54t3
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04

Berlin. Dec. 4.-The Germans on
Friday were within 10 miles Of Bu-
charest and the Rumanian retreat con
tinues. In the Alt Valley the German
advance guard made such rapid pro-
gress that it lost touch with the main
body of infantry.
1t is not believed that the Ruman-
ians will be able TO make an effective
defence Of their capital. Every road
to the south, west and north of the
city is filled with troops of the CEN
tral powers equipped with every pro-
vision for a siege.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04

London, Dec. 4.-The announcement
from army headquarters in Berlin last
evening says the Rumanians have
made a successful advance on the Ar
gechu river on the front before Bu-
charest. The Austro German forces
which are advancing ON Bucharest
have crossed the river Argechu, along
which the Rumanians made a stand,
the war office announced yesterday
according to dispatch from Berlin
by wireless to Sayville A Rumanian
force, which attempted to advance
southwest Of Bucharest, was outfank-
ed and thrown back with heeyy losses.
The Rumanians and Russians who in
augurated an offensive last week over
long section of the front along the
borders of Bukowina and northern
Rumania, the statement says, have
met with further defeats.
Russian troops have arrived on the
front south of Bucharest and en-
gagged in the great battle to save the
Rumanian capital the war Office an
nounces at Petrograd. The German
and Bulgarian troops south of
Buchrest have been compelled to
retire. The Russians and Rumanians
have taken prisoners and booty, in
GLIDING &c guns. Further successes
for the Russians on the Transylvanian
front also are reported.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-28
"Fight Must Be to a Knockout"

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ostopt on
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Belgium and Poland result OF his and while he renakng the
Europe
PREPARING PAY THE PRICE WE KNEW MUST BE PAID FOR THE
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-28

his mahogany chair between his
mahogany desk and his mahogany
ia BILE, in the private office outside
of whose door reporters, shipping
men and prominent citizens were
encamped on the chance of get
ting a word with the head of the
biggest shipping on the Pa
cific coast, and one OF the biggest
in the United States.
I've lived in Tacoma, and so
what | did, ] did in Tacoma.
want to live here as long as |
can.
And That's Why IL Was.
81 began as longshoreman;
but the real beginning of the bus
mess was when got an option on
two vessels, the Buchanan and the
Watson, and got some Tacoma
men with money to back me.
"Once they had got in, they had
to keep on going" he grinned
confidentally, 'and somehow we
weathered the panic of 1897, and
the company grew-and that's
the way it was.
THE Pacific Alaska Navigation
has for some time been the larg-
est steamship company on the
coast. The Pacific Coast Steam
ship company was the next larg-
est. I"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-28

many people actually think that
a telephone operators job is the
easiest in the city"
For the sake of hundreds of
operators want the public to
read this. Just imagine saying,
Number, please?" the live-long
day. And all the time you know
there is a supervisor on the line
waiting to catch you in a mis-
take.
Someone is always calling for
better service. 1t is up to the
public as much as to the girls to
bring this about.
Don't for Everybody.
II YOU want your number
quicker. and your connection on
the wire clearer, read these
"don'ts" which Mrs. Dies has set
down, and heed:
Don't flash on the line. II Is
almost fatal for an operator IL she
does not answer a flash immedi-
ately. Yet 1t may be almost inn