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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
LEGAl|l,ssss.2 BOXING
COMES TO Az: .
IN NEW YORK
Local Option for Cities Also Pre-
walls in Empire State
WHITMAN LEGISLATION WINS OUT
Governors Recommendation Nearly
All Adopted with Exception Of
"War" Food Control Bill

Albany, May 11.-When the legisla-
ture adjourned early this morning,
after being in almost continuous ses-
sion since Monday night, Governor
Whitman had obtained practically all
the legislation he asked for except a
"war" bill, proposed originally by the
senate war committee and giving the
Governor authority to name a council
of three to assume control of food pro
duction and supply in the state.
Repeal of the F'rawley boxing law
fought so bitterly in the legislature
that it twice failed of passage in the
assembly, went through last night
with flying colors, passing the senate
first with just the twenty-six votes
necessary, but being made party
measure in the assembly by a confer
ence of Republican members.
City local option legislation, recon-
mended by the Governor in his annual
message and repeatedly urged since,
was given up by the senate and
passed late Wednesday night. II Was
sent to the Governor yesterday after
the assembly had agreed to an amend
ment permitting New York city
referendum on the question of coming
under the bills provisions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
HOOVER SEES $40 FLOUR
Says Prices Are Outrageous" and
Urges Government Control of Food.

Says Prices Are "Outrageous" and
Urges Government Control of Food.
New York, May 10.--Iierbert c..
Hoover who recently came from Lon
don to advise the government on food
conditions in Europe says that with
out control the United States may see
-four at $50 a barrel before the year is
over, but that with control the pres
ent price of flour can be reduced for
ty to fifty per cent, and at the same
time the producer be treated in a lib
eral manner
Mr.. Hoover, in outlining food condi-
tions to the Associated Press today al
so said;
There is absolutely no occasion for
food panic in this country nor any jus
ti6cation for outrageous prices, unless
the opposition of special interests de
feats the President in obtaining the
necessary powers to control the ma
tons food fully and adequately
Americas problem is not one of
famine. for we have now aud will
have next year, large surplus. Our
problem is after the proper protcc-
tion OF our own people, to give to our
allies the last ounce of surplus OF
which we are capable.
Therefore, the nation needs a food
control for two purposes; TO regulate
prices and to increase the surplus. AT
ter providing our normal consumption
we will have together with Canada n
surplus for our allies equal to only
sixty per cent Of the food they re
quire from u.s. Ii We take broad
measures OF control we can with as
little disturbance to economic ma
chinery as need he, supply them an
additional twenty per cent. Their
loaf, even then, will be a privation
loaf, and every ounce we can put in
it will diminish their privation The
problem is capable of solution. IT,
however. the whole world allied and
neutral, is TO have the unrestricted
run of our markets in competition
with each other and in competition
with the speculator in this country,
we may expect to see five dollar
wheat before the year is over.
Large measures of food control do
not mean arbitrary interference with
the necessary economic machinery OF
trade. They mean that every branch
be called in by the government and
forge themselves into q link from
which the contemplated chain will
protect producer. legitimate distribu-
tor and consumer.
Food control does not mean bread
cards to the American people. 1t
means the broad conservation of our
food the better handling by elimina-
ton OF waste and speculation. With
proper control for America the govern
ment would ask only one thing from
the individual consumer-that he eat
plenty but wisely and waste nothing
and if democracy is a faith worth de-
Tending cur people will do this ser
vice voluntarily and willingly"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
Dragging About His Garden Pretty Gum Spring Over the Threatened
FRANK n. WHITE DIES SUDDENLY
Found Dead in Bed This Morning at
Home of Brother

Frank II. White, aged So, died sud
denly this morning at the home Of
his brother, Luman S. White on Union
street. He was found dead in his bed
about o'clock, the family becoming
alarmed at his non-appearance for
breakfast. He had been in poor health
for two years, but was able to work
most of the time, having been at work
Thursday at the Black Cat Textiles
company.
He lived in Troy before he came TO
Bennington about two years ago. Since
that time he made his home with his
brother. He was a member OF the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and of the Baptist church. He mar
Iied Alice Ansetment in Troy; her
death occurred in 1913.
BESIDES his brother, Luman S.
White, he leaves three sisters, Mrs.
Hattie Wellington and Mrs Elsie
Britton, both of Chicago, and Mrs.
Corinna Dobbin Of Shushan, also one
daughter, Lillian May of Troy, and
four sons. Frank and Harvey OF Troy
Earl of Schenectady and Clarence of
Chicago. The last named is a mem
ber OF the United States army.
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been made.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
CONFEREES BREAK
LONG DEADLOCK
ON ARMY BILL
Men Between Il And 81 Subject
to SeIeCtive Draft
NO CHANCE FOR ROOSEVELT
Senate Amendment Authorizing Colo
mel TO Raise Volunteer Division
for Foreign Service Thrown Out

Washington, May 1.-THE long
deadlock of Senate and House CON
ferees on the selectiye draft military
bill was broken yesterday with agree
ment on n compromise measure under
which a great war army would be
raised by selective conscription of
men between the ages p and 81. Au-
thorization for recruiting Col. Roose-
velts proposed volunteer division for
service in France, written into the
bill by the Senate and defended stub
bornly by the Senate conferees, finally
was thrown out on the insistence OF
committee men representing the
House. In return the House yielded
to the Senate's proposal for prohibi-
tion at military posts.
The conference report is expected
to be given approval by both Senate
and House in few days, and within
two weeks after the president has al
fixed his signature registration OF
those eligible for conscription will
he under way throughout the country.
Some states already have selected
their registration boards and the war
department has erected vast and in
tricate war machine for assigning ana
organizing the conscripts. They will
be assembled at training camps in
September.
The compromise bill is under
stood TO be generally satisfactory Il
the administration and to the army
general staff on whose advise the
original measure was framed The
most important change made in Con
giess was in the age limits, fixed by
the staff at 19 and % inclusive. The
Senate made them p and y, and
the House u and 40 The ages named
in the conference agreement are II
and 80. inclusive. making the draft ap.
plicable to all male voters under 81.
Although there has been no direct
authoritative expression from the
White House regarding the Roosevelt
volunteer proposal administration op-
position to it has been inferred from
the fact that no provision for yolun-
teers was contained in the bill as
sent to Congress from the war de-
partment With the Roosevelt pro-
posal the conferees also threw out
Senate amendment under which three
regiments of volunteers could have
been enlisted for service on the MeXi-
can border.
The section dealing with eXemp-
tions from draft was rewritten in part
by the conference committee and pro-
vision was made for hearings in eX-
emption applications before local civil
tribunals with the right of appeal to
a second tribunal and finally to the
president.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
CRAWFORDSHODDY
MILL BURNED TO
THE GROUND
Loss Will Be $4,000 and Owner
Carried No Insurance
PLANT WILL NOT Be REBUILT
Fire Started In Machines and Spread
Rapidly Because of lnfIammable
Conditions.

Fire discovered shortly after
o'clock Thursday afternoon complete
ly destroyed the shoddy factory and
grisunill located on the South stream
road and owned and operated by
Frank NJ Crawford of this village.
The buildings were burned to the
ground but the employees succeeded in
saving most of the stock. Mr.. Craw-
ford estimates his loss at $4,000 with
no insurance He will not rebuild the
plant.
The fire originated in the garnet
room, presumably from a friction
spark At the time the first flame
appeared in one of the machines Mr..
Crawford and one of his workmen
were standing only few feet away.
Pals of water were at once thrown
on the FIRE, but the prevalence of lint
from the shoddy and oil created in
fiamable conditions that it was i'm
possible to overcome.
Sweeping through the shoddy mill
the flames soon broke through the
walls and in a short time communicate
ed to the larger building in which the
gristmill was located and which was
also used for storage. Mr.. Crawford
and his employees and men who hur-
ried from nearby houses were able to
save the larger portion of the stock
in the larger building.
AS soon as the fire was discovered
q telephone call was sent to Village
Clerk W. p Hogan who sent in an
alarm. The steamer was hurried To
the scene as quickly as possible, but
before it had covered the mile or more
OF road the buildings were doomed.
Two lines of hose were laid to the
mill pond and water was thrown over
the blazing ruins until after all danger
of q further outbreak was averted.
The heat was intense and for time
the firemen were fearful that the
flames would communicate to the
house and farm buildings OF Harry
Babcock When the steamer arrived
a bag OF coal was thrown off fully o.
hundred feet from the burning build
ings The bag caught on fire.
Notwithstanding the distance from
the village large number of people
visited the scene of the fire and the
highway in the vicinity was blocked
by one of the biggest collections OF
automobiles seen in this locality in
some time. There was no opportunt
ty to test the two fire trucks which
have been placed with local agents
here for the reason that neither OF
them were loaded with chemicals.
The shoddy industry. which was
operated by water power from the
South stream was first established on
the site about IS years ago. 1t was
conducted for number of years by
Mr. Crawford's father-in-law, later by
Mr. Crawford and the late Judge
Carney. Since the death of Judge
Carney the business has been owned
by MIR Crawford On two previous
occasions the mill has been destroyed
by fire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
GIRL, 1s, CHARGED WITH MURcER
Chicago Police Tragedy Was Result Of
Jealousy.

Chicago, May 11.-Doris Anderson,
aged 10. is in a cell at one of the
police stations in this city charged
with the crime of murder. The police
charge that the victim. Grace Hage
mann, another 13-year-old school girl.
was slain in quarrel over the affec-
tions of Rheinhardt Flick, IA years
old.
One of the theories for the tragedy
is that it was the result of q suicide
pact and that the survivor lost her
courage when the time cape to end
her life.
The Hageman ngirl was shot in a
basement Off from an alleyway, a
revolver bullet passing through her
body from the back and making
wound that resulted in death before
she could make any statement.
The Anderson girl claims that her
companion shot herself and that
there was q struggle betwesa the two
children TO prevent the suicide.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
MATTlsoN-WlLCoX
Pretty Home Wedding at Sunderland
Wednesday Afternoon.

wednesday Rtternoon'
A quiet wedding took place at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilcox of
Sunderland on Wednesday afternoon,
May 9th, at o'clock, when their
daughter Lillian May. was united in
marriage to John l.. MattisOn of
Glastonbury The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. Joseph S. Brown. pas
tor OF the First Baptist church Of
Manchester Center.
The bride was attired in gown
OF white crepe de chine and carried a
bouquet of bridal roses. She was at
tended by her sister. Miss Eyanseline
f. Wilcox. who wore a gown of pink
crepe de chine The flower girls VIII
man Randall OF West Arlington and
Mildred Wilcox of Manchester wore
pink and white. The bridegroom was
attended by Glenn T.. Martin of New
Haven. Conn
The bridal party entered the room
10 the strains of Mendelssohn's we'd
ding march played by Mrs. Erwin
Wilcox. The decorations were of
evergreen and pink and white carna-
tions.
After the congratulations of the
many relatives present, and the sery-
ing Of refreshments, Mr. and Mrs.
Mattison left by auto for Western
New York where they will make a
somewhat extended visit among rela-
tiyes and friends.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
WHERE WAR TAX HITS
Import Duties, Excess Profits and In
come Taxes Pay Heavily.

come Taxes Pay Heavily.
Washington, May 10.-Under the
sweeping war revenue bill approved
by the House ways and means com
mittee yesterday are the following
items:
Flat increase OF 10 per cent on all
existing duties.
Duty of 10 er cent on all articles
ncW admitted free
All income taxes increased TO
double the present rate on individuals
and corporations and TO be made
retroactive.
EXCESS profits Present 8 per cent
tax is doubled.
Letter mail rates increased from
two TO three cents an ounce and pos
tai cards from one 10 two cents.
Distilled spirits-Present tax OF
81 10 is doubled.
Fermented liquors--$2.75 per bar
rel instead of $3.50
Tobacco tax is doubled, except as
to cigars, which are graduated from
50 cents to so a thousand.
Cigarettes are taxed an addition
S1.25 to $3.50 per thousand accord
ing to weight.
Newspapers required to pay 5 per
cent on all advertising collections.
Insurance-Life policies. eight
cents on each $1O0 or fraction, except
industrial or weekly plans, which
are taxed 40 per cent of the first week
ly premium, marine, inland and fire,
one cent ON each dollar or fraction OF
the premium charged; casualty, one
cent for each dollar Of premium.
Ralroads-Freight bills. 3 per cent;
passenger tickets. 10 per cent on
tickets above % cents, except on COM
mutation tickets, on which, after eX-
empting the first 25 cents, SO cent to
be charged on each $5 worth; express
10 cents on amount paid; seats,
berths and staterooms on railroads or
water lines, 10 per cent Effective
June l next
Pipe Lines-Oil, etc. 8 per cent on
charges imposed.
Electric power for heat and light
Five per cent OF amount paid for cleo
trio power.
Telephone and telegraph-Five per
cent of amount paid for telephone SER
vice by subscribers, exclusive of toll
or long-distance calls; five cents on
each toll message by telephone or
telegraph for which 10 cents or more
is charged.
Automobiles-Five per cent on
manufacturers selling price
Cosmetics and proprietary medi-
cines-Five per cent OH manufactur-
er's selling price.
Musical Instruments-Ffve per
cent on those costing over $40.
Jewelry-Five per cent of selling
price.
Moving picture films-One-half per
cent linear foot (not exposed; one
per cent linear foot after being sold
or leased.
Yachts; pleasure boat motor boats
-Fiver per cent of price sold.
Chewing gum or substitutes I'M
ported--Fiye per cent of selling price.
Amusements-One cent for each ~
cents or fraction paid for admission,
admitted in the cases of persons ad-
mitted free, except bona flde emloyes.
Clubs-10 per cent of dues or mem
bership fees, the members individually
to pay the tax.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
COLLEGE GIRLS FARMERS
500 Mount Holyoke Girls Have
Volunteered Services.

Holyoke, March 11.-Soon after the
Easter vacation President Woolley OF
Mount Holyoke college initiated a
.-plan for placing certain unused por-
tions of the college land under cultiva-
ton. To secure the necessary labor
n questionable was sent to the facul-
ty and students calling for volunteers
to work from two to three hours a
week during the spring term and also
for workers during the summer. Over
600 responded; of these 400 were &C
cepted for the spring work; the sum
mer work has not yet been organized.
The 400 spring workers have been
organized into II squads. varying in
number from 20 to 40, and subdivided
into groups of 10. with leader for
each group.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
63 HIGH SCHOOL FARMERS
19 Girls in Number That Are Excused
From School Work.


The Bennington High school pupils
are doing their share in the general
"back to the land" movement that is
stirring the entire country. Out OF
the total of 63, 80 are working for
other people, 10 for themselves and IA
are in charge of gardens Not only
boys are working. but there are Is
girls among the number who are dig
ging the dirt.
Those who are employed by various
people are: Evelyn StOckwell and
Ruth Stockwell for Walter Stockwell;
LeGrande Thompson for Henry
Thompson; Lloyd Rathbun for Wilson
Rathbun; Waldo Holden for Mrs. Hol-
den Ellis Chase for Norman Chase;
Fred Lawrence for Mrs. Lawrence;
Howard Hicks for w. j. Hicks;
Harold Bushee for +. ]. Bushee;
Glynn Morrissey for NJ. Morrissey;
Dewey Bronson for Walter Bronson;
Erwin Dunham for w f. Dunham
Pauline and Dorothy Hathaway for
Joseph Hathaway; Harry Silver for
Fred Silver; Richard Griffin for A. j
Griffin; Everett Morgan for Ira Nor.
gan; A. Il. Center for +. +. Center;
Belle Thompson for Henry Thomp-
son: VIM. Lundegan for VIM. Lunder-
gan, Sr; Leroy Dunn for Fred Dunn;
William Brown for John Brown; Cal
vim Moore for George NJ. Moore <
Son; Louis Potter for Fred Potter:
Peart Montgomery and Elsie Kinney
for their fathers. Edwin Person for
NJ NJ. Shoemaker; Raymond Paddock
for c. T. Brettell; Edward Pilling for
John Collins: Leroy Robinson for F.
b. Jennings; Robert Williams for Mrs.
Smith; VIM. Healy for Judson Gelu-
sha; Paul Howe for H. NJ. Russell;
Harold Griswold FOR ID. E. Moore,
Carl Chase for n. e. SO; Roger
Burt for J. Ed Wal5rdye; Lewis
Evans, The Orchards; Dorali Web
ster for F. Huntington
Those who are to work for them
selves are: George Spargo. John FL
well, Howard Estes Harold Patter-
son, Marshall Clark, Theodore Carnen-
ter, COrdes Armstrong, Lewis Davis
Robert Levin, Ned Healy
The following are III charge OF gar
dens of their own; GeOrge Mcclure
Stafford street; N|aitcn Norwood,
South street; Mildred Brown, South
Branch street; Josephine klwell,
County street; Alice Green, Gage
street; Anna Leahy, Spring street;
Eleanor Murphy. North street; Mar
garet Nash, West Main street; Ella
Potter, South Snattsbury; Mary
Powers, North Bennington; Belle
Thompson, R. f. D., 2; Grace Andrews
on 0ewe? street.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
Tho Romantic War.

The Pennanite war was a humorous
name given to an early boundary dis
pute between the colonies OF Connect
cut and Pennsylvania. BY the original
charter granted to William Penn the
northern boundary of PENNSYLVANIA
was fixed at latitude 43 degrees north.
Connecticut claimed as far south as IL
degrees, and both colonies made set
Elements in the disputed territory.
There were many clashes that came
near to actual fighting, but finally con
gress and the courts settled the dis
pute in favor of Pennsylvania.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
AUSTRIA FOR PEACE
ENJOYS to Bear Olive Branch TO
France. SAYS Report.

London, May 10. 73O p. m.-The
Amsterdam correspondent of the Ex-
change Telegraph company wires he
has learned from the best of sources
that three prominent Austrian politi-
clans are about to leave for Switzer-
land bearing peace proposals and that
they hope to be given safe conduct to
France in order to discuss with the
French cabinet the possibility OF
peace.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
Eeats OF Memory.

Wonderful feats of memory have
been performed by men of no learning.
Jedediah Buxton. an illiterate peasant,
could tramp over a piece of ground
and tell its contents in square feet or
inches as accurately as if he had meas
ured it with chain. Being asked
suddenly in a field how many cubical
eighths of an inch there are in tri-
angular body whose three sides are re-
spectively 23.145,7S9 yards, 5,642,13S
yards and 54,9G5 yards, he gave the
exact solution within an hour or SO.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
Sure Cure.

A nervous man at the opera sat be-
hind a pair of those persons who eX-
plain the plot until his endurance was
exhausted. Then be leaned forward
and said:
Excuse me, will you speak little
louder? Sometimes the music prevents
my hearing what you say."sa &7e
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED--Tool Makers and Ma
chine men for close work. Robbins.
Gamwel & Co., Pittsfeld, Mass. SSt6
FOR SALE-One new milch Jersey
COW, excellent family COW. Fillmore
& Slade, Bennington Falls. SSt6
TO RENT-Large front rooms and
one bed room. Will rent separately
or as a suite Address p. Banner Of
fee. SSt2*
FOR SALE-A few choice ash
wagon pole plank. Call d. Il. Moore.
2nd. Tel 1896. SSt6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
WILL YIELD TO REFORM
Germany to Submit to Redstrictina
CT Reichstae, Says Report.

Copenhagen, May 10.-A dispatch
from Berlin says the German govern
ment has indicated its intention to sub
nit to the full redistricting of the
reichstag district. This would meet
one of the most widely urged demands
for reform and give modern Germany
a more adequate representation in
parliament, the members of which are
still elected on the basis of popuN.
ton of 1870.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
UNION COLLEGE LOSES
Vermont Bunches Hits With Errors
and Wins by 13 TO 3.

Burlington, Vt, May 10.-University
of Vermont baseball team easily de.
feated Union college of Schenectady
this afternoon by a score of 13 to 8,
Union never had chance for the
game, as Vermont assumed com
manding lead in the early innings.
Vermont hit hard and also took ad-
vantage of Unions poor work in the
field.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
AUSTRIAN U-5oATs SUNK
Italian Navy Claims to Have De-
stroyed 13 Enemy Submarines.

Washington, May 11-Thirteen Aus
trian submarines have been destroyed
in the Mediterranean by warships of
the Italian navy, according to informa-
tion received today by the state de-
partment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
ITALIAN COMMISSION HERE

Reached New YORK Harbor ooay
With no Announcement
New York, May 1.-THE first men,
bers of the Italian commission to ar
rive in America reached New York
today No announcement of their COM
ing had been received and there was
consequently no arrangements made
for a reception.
Other members of the commission
including Marconi, the wireless tele-
graph inventor, will arrive later.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-11
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair tonight and Saturday.
Little change in temperature.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13
GUILFORD CENTER.

Merton Clark has bought new Ford
automobile.
w. D. Monnier comes Friday to stay
at his farm over Sunday.
Frank King of Springfield, Mass. Wis
tied one day at B. A. Whittemore S this
week
There will be services in the Univer-
salist church Sunday at 2.45 p. m. by
Rev. d. +. Trout.
Z. z. Goodnow and family visited
Mr. Goodnow s brother, W. Goodnow Of
Greenfield Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Biddle of Spring
field. Mass, visited Mrs. Biddle s aunt,
Mrs. B. A. Whittemore
Mr.. and Mrs. Joslyn of Lebanon.
\. H., visited Mrs. Joslvn 5 sister, Mrs
James Whittemore, last week.
At the regular meeting of the Broad
Brook Grange Saturday evening the
following program will be rendered:
Song, choir; reading. Mrs. Fitch; song
Mrs. James Whittemore; reading, Clar
ienee Thomas; song, Herbert Quinn;
music, II. n. Thomas and f. w. lie
gate; reading, II. n, Thomas