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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Mrs. S. B. Hall of Old Bennington is
recovering from a recent severe i'll
ness.
Miss Elizabeth Goodall has gone to
Washington, ID. c., for stay of a
month.
Miss Mary Ryan of Old Bennington
has gone to New York for stay of
two weeks.
Harry Murray, student at st.
Michaels college, Winooski, has re-
turned home for the summer vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs Elwood easel, Miss
Alice Gunson and Francis Rice OF
South SALISBURY motored over the
Mohawk trail Sunday.
Mrs. Charles f. Patterson motored
to Troy today to attend reception
given at the home of Mrs. r. c. Rey-
nolds just out of the city.
Mrs. J. Guy Livingston, who has
been spending month with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Blue of Rut-
land, returned home Sunday.
Miss Eliza Harrington, who has
been living in Cohoes, has returned
to Bennington and will make her home
in this village for the present.
Henry Bradford, student at the
Westminster school, Simsbury, Conn,
is at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. H. Bradford, for the summer.
Mrs. Harriet A. Pierce, aged 6S,
died early this morning at her home
in SALISBURY. The funeral will prob
ably be held from the South Shafts
bury church Thursday afternoon at ?
o'clock.
Daniel Shaw, an employe of the
Charles Copper Estate has enlisted
with Doring's military band attached
to the second New York regiment and
leaves today to take the position OF
second band leader.
Robert H. Merrill. who has been
passing vacation of a week with
his family at Old Bennington, has
returned TO Schenectady where he is
employed in the office of the General
Electric company.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w Allen of Ring
wood. Ill.,, who are motoring through
this section stopped in town this after
noon on their way to Brattleboro The
last time Mr. Allen crossed the Wood
ford mountain was 80 years ago, when
he made the trip by stage. They have
made the trip of over 100 miles so
far with but one minor mishap of little
consequence.
The tickets for the second annual
trout dinner of the Bennington For
est. Fish and Game association may
be purchased of q. p Endress at the
Bennington cigar store and also of
members of the ticket committee. The
officers and directors of the associa-
ton are planning to make the dinner
an informally pleasant affair. The
dinner a year ago was an exceptional
success in every way and the officials
hope to eclipse that event, if possible
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19

poonlo who often look for the worst
often look the worst for 1t.
Exnoriencc is good teacher. 1t shows
70 What fools we used To be.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
RUTH cRUeER RIPPER" VICTIM
Body of Long Missing Girl Gives Evl
dence of Friends Work

New York, June 1S.-The autopsy
made at Bellevue hospital yesterday
afternoon, proved that Ruth Cruger
was the victim Of a murderer of the
ripper" type. A long knife wound
was found in the abdomen, extending
to the spinal column. This wound
was inflicted, in the opinion of DR..
Otto II. Schultze, medical assistant to
the District Attorney. after the blow
which had crushed the skull. but be-
fore death.
A thorough search Of the basement
ofsAlfred Cocchis bicycle shop at 542
West 127th street showed that before
digging the pit in which the body was
buried the murderer had started to
eXcayate in another part of the base
ment. but had encountered solid rock
at a depth of eighteen inches. A
large locker was found, where it was
thought that Cocchi hid the body until
he completed the second pit in the
basement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
DECORATING the Table,

Here are some rules which always
hold good in decorating table,
Never overload; it is better to have
too little decoration than too much
Never have the centerpiece so high
as to obscure the view of those on the
opposite side.
The shape OF the centerpiece should
be in effect that of the table, round on
round table and long on long table.
In flower arrangement be sure to
have enough green.
Do not mix two kinds of flowers.
When candles are used for lighting
have at least one for every two guests.
One for every guest is better, and new
er place them In the center of the table.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
TRY THIS TO DANISH .
. ALL RHEUMATIC PAINS

People who have been tormented for
years-yes, even so crippled that they
were unable to help themselves-have
been brought back to robust health
through the mighty power of Rheuma
Rheuma acts with speed; it brings in
a few days the relief you have prayed
for. 1t antagonizes the poisons that
cause agony and pain In the joints and
muscles and quickly the torturing
soreness completely disappears.
1t is a harmless remedy, but sure
and certain, because it is one discovery
that has forced rheumatism and scia-
tica to yield and disappear.
sIf you want relief. swift, gratifying
relief, get a 50-cent bottle of Rheuma
from any druggist, and take one-half
teaspoonful once day
Genuine Rheuma. with guarantee of
cure or money refunded, is sold by
w. l.. Gokay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
Chest Expansion.

Men and women can increase Their
lung power chest expansion it can be
called techncaly-by five minutes eX-
ercise morning and night. Stand up
straight on the balls of the feet. head
thrown back, and inhale deeply, first
initiating the lower part Of the lungs,
ana then the upper Leave the air out
OF the lungs slowly. letting the chest
sink first DO this fifteen times morn
ing ard night, aud the average lerson
will be immune from colds and ca
tGrrls.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
APPLES, ORANGES,
figs AND PRUNES
Are The -Four Fruits Used in
Making "Fruit-a-tiVeS

"FRUIT-A-TIVES" is the only
medicine in the world that is made
from the juices of fresh ripe fruits.
Thus, it is manifestly unfair to say, 81
won't take Fruit-a-tives because have
tried other remedies and they did me
no good". On the other hand, the fact
that "Fruit-a-tives'' is entirety different
from any other PREPARATION in the VOrld.
is just why you should give it fair trial,
in any trouble of the Stomach, Liver,
Bowels, Kidneys or Skin. "Fruit-a-
tives" is composed OfMe acft'e principle
of/,nH and tie greatest neroe tonic eser
diseoveyed. soc. box, 6 for So 80, trial
size, 25c. Atall dealers or sent by Fruit
a.tiyes Limited, Ogdenshurg, NY.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
THE TANSAN MARU SUNK
japanese Steamer Sent Down by a
German Submarine.

Boston, June 16.--The Japanese
steamer Tansan Maru, which left Bos
ton May 8 for Manchester. England,
has been sunk by German sub
marine Gable adviees to agents here
today stated that Captain Nichikawa
and the crew of twenty-seven, all Jap
anese, are believed to have been lost
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19

cred back, self hound slash pockets,
new model belt with two straps in
back.
This smart tailored waist Is of white
pussy willow silk. turnback cuffs and
novel roll collar Of radium silk striped
in rose. copen or maize, large pearl but
ton. Design by Franklin Simon Il Co.,
Now Nnrl,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
Indian Wampum.

Wampum, used by the Indians for
trading purposes, was formed, in the
shape of small disks or cylinders, of
shells perforated through the center
and strung together on strings Of
deer's sinew. The colors were white
and purple or black, the latter being
twice as valuable as the white on ac-
count of its rarity
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
TO LIFT U-soAT BAN ONE DAY
Berlin Pledges Safety to Neutral
Ships Leaving British Ports July I.

Buenos Aires. June 1.-THE Ar
gentine Minister at Berlin has in
formed his Government that Germany
has adopted a measure providing that
neutral ships in British ports may
leave those ports and traverse with
out danger the prohibited zone. ex-
cept the English Channel, on July l.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
The Lost.

When fellow has discovered that
all his loose change has filtered through
Il hole in Ms trousers pocket it is near
lv impossible to get linn to accept the
scientific proposition that nothing is
ever lost.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
What Women
Like to Know
For Beach Wear

Skirt of washable white London
thrunk flannel. tailored model, fastened
in front with large pearl buttons
through hand made buttOnholes, gath.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-19
ITALIANS IN PALESTINE
Troops Land in Holy Land to Assist
Allied Armies.

Washington, June 17.-Ofiicial
dispatches received here today from
Rome announced the landing Of an
Italian contingent. consisting of car
bineers and besaglieri at Port Said to
assist the allied armies in Palestine.
The contingent is the first sent by
Italy into the Holy Land
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
WASHINGTON.

All travellers in Mexico hereafter
must carry passports bearing their
photographs, according to announce
ment in Nuevo Laredo.
President Wilson addressed Con
gress asking for authority to use the
forces of the United States to protect
American rights on the high seas.
Conferees on the legislative appro
priation bill threw out the Poindexter
amendment, which would put all first
and second-class postmasters into the
civil service.
Although there will be no embargo
on oil, decided increases in the export
duties on crude oil and it's products
are provided in a decree outlined by
the Mexico department of fomento
and now awaiting the signature of
Gen. Carranza.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
GENE ERAL,

God bless the kaiser II he succeeds
in keeping in the United States the
food we need" shouted speaker
from the platform in mass meeting
on the food situation at Philadelphia.
Thirteen persons are known to have
lost their lives and more than 100
have been reported injured in a series
of tornadoes that swept portions of
Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi Fri
day.
A four months old Berkshire hog
sired by Epochal, an English hog,
sold for $1,000 at the annual sale in
connection with the American Berk-
shire Congress convention at Purdue
University at Lafayette, Ind.
New York city, gutted with the
widest prosperity the metropolis has
ever known, blinked and stared while
from the bowels of the East Side there
surged into City Hall square a mob OF
desperate women, crying for bread
and demanding that the mayor do
something to relieve their suffering.
Herbert c. Hoover, chairman of the
commission for relief in Belgium,
stated in New York that the commits
sion had effected an arrangement
with the British government on one
side and the German government on
the other by which an acceptable lane
for relief commission ships between
forth American ports and Rotterdam
has been agreed upon.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
SPORT.

Joe Wood, who, because of salary
differences, refused to play with the
Boston American Club last year, was
sold to the Cleveland American
League Club for $4,000.
What is said to be worlds record
In twenty-four-h hour endurance roller
skating was established at the Broad
way roller skating rink in Denver,
when Robert Wheeler covered 281
miles and eight laps in twenty-four
hours, defeating Weatherby, Miller
and EiseDhand, the latter dropping
cut when he was painfully injured.
Many surprises marked the first
two weeks of play in the annual
squash tennis and handball tourna-
ments of the Denver Athletic Club.
George Hemmen defeated e. A. ms
keep by a score of 1914 and 1914.
Fetzer whipped Vagnino, 1910, 1915
and 1912, and DR.. W. G. Mitchell
trimmed ]. G. Kerr, SIS, 15-9 and 15-9
in the preliminary rounds of the
squash tennis tourney.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
What Is Uric oAcid !?

Everyone has uric acid in the system,
but naturally in small quantities. Ex-
cessive amount is caused by eating too
much meat and foods that ferment in
stomach. The kidneys, being the filters
of the blood, are supposed to separate
and throw the poisons out of the system.
Weak, tired and overworked kidneys
fail to do this, hence the uric acid accu-
mulates and the urate salts are carried
by the blood to the solid tissue structure,
causing backache, lumbago, rheuma-
tisrn, dropsy, drowsiness, and tired
feeling.
To overcome the trouble is only a
matter OF toning up the kidneys, and this
is best done by treatment with Anuric,
three times day. Anuric is recent
discovery of DR.. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y,
and can be obtained at any drug store.
Experience taught Doctor Pierce that
Anuric is q more powerful agent than
lithia in dissolving uric acid, and it is
then carried out of the system.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
WESTERN

Governor John B. Kendrick Of Wyo-
ming has resigned to become U. s.
senator.
The Rock Island railroad asked
Iowa to amend it's laws so that the
road might issue $30.OO0,0OO of pre-.
ferred stock and spend $4,000, 900 to
s1o.oo0.00o of the proceeds for reor-
ganization.
Thousands of tons of foodstuffs on
the Pacific coast are awaiting pur-
chase and shipment east, commission
men said at San Francisco. OF rice
alone there are 125.oO0.O00 pounds,
much of which is ready for shipment
and the price is lower than it has been
for several years-so low, in fact. that
millers have been holding it.
Eight corporations and eleven tndi-
vtduals were named in an Indictment
returned at Boise. Idaho. by the Unit
ed States grand jury for alleged con-
spiracy and unlawful combination in
restraint of interstate commerce and
in violation Of the Sherman anti
trust act, in the buying, selling, manu-.
facture and shipping Of creamery and
dairy products.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
LIFT YOUR coRNs
OFF WITH FINGERS
How to loosen a tender corn
or caIlus 30 it lifts out
without pain.

Let folks step on your feet hereafter; !;
wear shoes size smaller if you like,
for corns will never again send electric
sparks Of pain through you, according
to this Cincinnati authority.
He says that few drops of drug
called freezone, applied directly upon
a tender, aching corn, instantly re-
Heves soreness, and soon the entire
corn, root and all, lifts right out.
This drug dries at once and simply
shrivels up the corn or callus without
even Irritating the surrounding skin.
A small bottle Of freezone obtained
at any drug store will cost very little
but will positively remove every hard
or soft corn or callus from ones feet.
II your druggist hasn't stocked this
new drug yet, tell him to get small
bottle Of freezone for you from his
Wholesale drug house.-adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
IS CHILD CROSS,
fEVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give california
Syrup of Figs"

Children love this '.fruit laxative,"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach. liver and bowels SO nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels. and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste. liver gets sluggish. stomach
sours. then your little one becomes
cross. half-sick. feverish. don't eat.
sleep or act naturally. breath is bad,
system full Of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen.
Mother! See If tongue is coated, then
give q teaspoonful of California
Syrup Of Figs" and in a few hours all
the constipated waste. sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
tenn, and you have a well child again
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because 1t is perfectly
harmless; children love 1t. and 1t new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for q 50-cent bottle
Of california Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
sf all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
FoREl0N.

Navigation between Spain and the
Philippine Islands has been resumed.
There is such . scarcity of tobacco
In Trieste that it has been decided to
Issue tobacco tickets. None will be al
loved to women.
The Panama canal did its biggest
months business in January, 176 YES.
sells with . tonnage of 657.s39 to
having passed through the waterway.
Several buildings of the famous
Cockerill works at Seraing. five miles
southwest of Liege. Belgium, have
been destroyed through an incendiary
fire.
The army estimate issued in Lon.
don provides for an army OF 5000. 900
men exclusive of India. An additional
Lazy estimate calls for $4,000 officers
end men, bringing the total of the
navy personnel to 100000.
A number of Sim Feiners. who had
recently returned from internment in
England. were arrested in Limerick.
Galway and Skibbereen, as we'll as
in Dublin. The arrests were made un-
der the defense of the realm act.
The Berne Bundesrat announces the
long awaited restriction of food dis
tibution whereby Switzerland will
have henceforth two meatless days
weekly, must 10 without whipped
cream and other similar dishes and
must limit its egg consumption.
The duke of Atholl has just died.
leaving an estate of 100000 acres il
tie Scottish highlands Of perthshirc.
At $40 acres to the square mile, this
is over 315 square miles, or about the
size Of those sections in southeast
Europe which desire to be liberated
and "nationalized."
1t has required q thirty-twc-page
booklet for the imperial postofftce to
enumerate the list OF newspapers and
periodical publications in Germany O..
recognized standing which temper
arily will not appear during tn.
course of the war;" The list includes
1.43O publications.
The will OF Roger Easement, the
former British knight and consul, who
was hanged in Pentonville prison
Aug. 3 last after his conviction Of
conspiring to cause the Dublin revol:
last Easter, was probated in London.
1t disposed of his estate Of s135,
which he left to his cousin. Mrs.
Parry.
Telegraphing from Madrid Sunday
Reuters correspondent says that
James w. Gerard, former American
Ambassador to Germany; Mrs. Gerard
and the members OF the embassy staff
left the Spanish capital on a special
train for Corunna, where the party
Will embark for the voyage to the
United States.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. o ON a .. ACHIEVE.
MENTs. sUFFERiNes. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union vows Service
ABOUT THE WAR.

Germany ID employing 100000 war
prisoners as farm laborers.
The French steamer Athos. OF 12.-
700 tons. carrying Senegalese troops
and colonial laborers. has been tor
pedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean
sea.
London announced that of the seven
Dutch steamers torpedoed only three
were sunk while the four others were
severely damaged but remained
afloat. Four of the seven were home-
ward bound with full cargoes.
Austria's reply to the United States,
defining her position in the submarine
war. Is known in Berlin, according to
the Frankfurter Zeitung, which pre-
diets that breach of relations be-
tween Washington and Vienna is In
evitable.
German naval and military leaders
in Berlin estimated that the total ton
mage sunk during February would not
exceed 500.0OO and expressed salts
faction with the achievements of the
submarines. The announcement was
made by the German admiralty that
1000 troops bound for Saloniki per-
ished when the Italian transport Mi.
mas was sunk Feb. II.
Casualties in the German army, ex-
elusive of Colonial troops, reported in
the German casualty lists in the
month of January. 1917, totaled 1884
officers and men killed, wounded.
prisoners or missing. 7hese casualties
bring, the total of Germans killed and
those who died Of wounds or sickness
to 9SS,329. and the total casualties
since the war began to 4.0s7 .692.
The British have captured Pys.
Serre, Miraumont and Petit Mirau-
mont in great offensive on western
front German line is pierced to a
depth of three miles. military observ.
ers declare. Drive is believed to be
prelude to gigantic onslaught along
entire front. London announces sue
cesses for British forces in Mesopota.
mia and declares the invaders. after
defeating the Turks, have crossed th ,
Tigris river. Minor engagements are
reported in northwestern Russia and
in the Carpathian mountains. Rome
announces that Austrian attacks have
teen repulsed. Berlin says that the
situation in Rumania il unchanged.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
Sorry He Didn't.

Jim Wells paid visit to old Lawyer
Collingwood one morning and told him
he wanted to get divorce from his
wife.
"Oh, nonsense. Jim!" said the law
yer. gazing at the enraged young man,
'you don't want divorce from Nancy.
Why, It was only about two months
ago you told me you were SO much in
love with her you could eat her."
swell, gol dern It'll" said Jim, terribly
In earnest, II wish had ct r!"-
Mrs. James Todd, Michigan.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
'CAsCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biliousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box now.

Get 1O-cent box now.
Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness. Indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach /;
remove the sour fermenting food !;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means clear head,
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never gripe or sicken. Adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
EAT LESS MEAT

Excessive eating Of meat Is not only
tremendously expensive, but it is posi-
lively injurious to health. In place Of
meat try Skinner's Macaroni and Spa.
ehetti the most delicious of all food
and the richest In nutriment. They
can be prepared in hundred appetiz-
ing ways at small cost. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Neb, for beaut-
full Cook Book. It's free.-Adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02

Throat affections, and In every disease
that can be reached through the blood,
it never fails to benefit or cure. In
tablet or liquid form.
The machinery Of the body needs to
be well oiled, kept in good condition
Just as the automobile, steam engine or
bicycle. Why should the human neglect
his own machinery more than that of
his horse or his engine? Yet most
people do neglect themselves. Clean
the system at least once o week with
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
cUTIcURA is so SOOTHING
To itching, Burning skIns-It Not Only
Soottes, but Heals-Trial Free.

Treatment: Battle the affected sur
face with Cuticura Soap and hot wa
ter, dry gently and apply Cuhcura
Ointment. Repeat morning and night.
This method affords immediate relief.
and points to speedy healment. They
are ideal for everyday toilet uses.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv. >
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
Bad Attraction,

''This paper says by Harvesting a
fly to tiny wagon an English scientist
found 1t could draw ITO times its own
weight over smooth surfaces" said the
wife.
'I guess that's all right" replied
the baldheaded husband; "rve seen
one fly draw ITO Others"
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A we'll known actress gives the follow.
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint Of
Barbo Compound. and Y OF. of glycerine.
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix 1t at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come in
each box of Barbo Compound. 1t will
hair. and make 1t soft and glossy 1t will
NOT color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-02

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes
At all good grocers. Adv.