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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
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Second Liberty Loan Drive
Now Under Way
WILL PAY a PER CENT
Hundreds of Organizations In All
Parts of the Country Will Aid
In the Campaign.

Washington, Oct 1.-The second
Liberty loan campaign opened today
For four weeks, the entire nation will
be recruiting ground for money
with which to carry on the war. TIC
obtain $3,000,000,000 in subscriptions
the minimum set by treasury officials
for the issue, gigantic machine OF
many parts stands ready to be set in
motion with the opening of the cam.
paign. Forty per cent. greater than
the first Liberty loan, the present
Offering is the largest the American
people ever have been called upon to
absorb, and to make certain that it
will be more than fully subscribed,
officials for months past have been
perfecting the elaborate sales and
publicity mechanism which will be
started today.
Five billion dollars and 100000
subscribers-that is the goal to which
officials hope to drive the campaign
successfully during the next four
weeks. The help of virtually every
industry of the nation has been en-
listed to bring about this result. Hun
dreds of thousands of individuals, of
firms and corporations will unite in
giving all or part of their time in
carrying the work forward.
Secretary McAdoo will open the
campaign formally with speech in
Cleveland o., the first of many he
will deliver in transcontinental tour
which will take him into virtually ey-
cry section of the country and keep
him on the road till the 26th, the day
before the subscription books 'close.
More than 26,0OO banks will CO.
operate in floating the huge issue.
Those working under the guidance of
the IL federal reserve banks, regional
headquarters of the loan, will be the
treasury's 1st lieutenants. The entire
press of the country-daily newspa-
pers, weekly and monthly magazines,
trade papers, foreign LANGUAGE pub
lications and farm papers-which con-
tributed so largely to the success of
the first issue, will work for the sue
cess of the second
Boy scouts, veterans of the last
campaign, are plannig heavier
drive for the second Women's or
ga1izations from coast to coast have
been marshaled under the leadership
of a central womens Liberty loan
committee headed by Mrs W. G. Nc
Adoo, and tens of thousands of local
committees Of both men and women
will aid In the chief towns and cities.
The stage of screen will do their
part. Leading theatrical filmed for
special number which will be dis
played in virtually every moving pic
ture theater in the country, while
from behind the footlights of vaude-
vile and other theaters speakers will
utilize daily the time between the
acts to campaign for the loan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
|COAL DEALERS
MUST REDUCE
THEIR PROFIT
If They Are Making More
Than Seems Fair
WILL LOWER PRICE
Order Affecting Retail Coal Dealers
of the United States Goes Into
Effect Today.
LOWER PRICE

Washington, Oct. 1.-Government
control over the coal industry was
made complete last night by an order
of Fuel Administrator Garfield limiting
the profits of retailing coal and coke
dealers throughout the country to a
basis which is expected to bring
about an immediate reduction in
prices to the consumer. The order
effective today directs that the retail
ers shall fix their prices so as to limit
their gross margins over cost to the
average of such gross margins during
the year 1915, plus maximum OF 80
per cent of the 1915 margin, provided
that in no case shall the average mar
gin of the month Of July, this year, be
exceeded. Local committees appoint
ed by the federal fuel administrators
in each state will see to it that the
dealers comply with the order and the
dealers themselves will be called up
on to return sworn cost sheets show.
ing the facts upon which they have
based their prices.
DR.. Garfield selected 1915 as a
normal year because the coal short
age which resulted in continued rises
in prices did not begin until 1916.
The additional 80 per cent. is allowed
to cover the increase in the retailers
cost of doing business, which has in
creased substantially during the past
two years The prices already fixed
by the government for coal at the
mouth OF the mine are near those
charged in 1915, and with the job
bers' charge now limited to % cents
a ton and the cost of transportation
not materially increased, the con-
sumer, in every. community, should
be able to get coal of any descrlp-
tion at approximately the price he
paid in 1915.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
DRAFTED men Y
TO Be GIVEN
BIG SEND0FF
Second Contingent Viii En-
train Wednesday Morning
PARADE MAIN FEATURE
Bennington Band, Civil War veter-
ans and Local Home Guard viii
Take Part IA

Preparations are nearly completed
for the sendoff which Bennington peo-
| pie are planning to give the second
contingent of Bennington county men
for the national army and who are to
entrain here Wednesday morning for
Camp Devens, Aver, Mass.
Details of program will conform as
closely as possible to the arrange
ments made at the time the first con-
tingent left Bennington on September
10. There will be parade from the
soldiers home and the women of the
village will provide the men with
lunches for their trip to camp.
1t has been considered best not to
attempt a banquet on this occasion.
The experience of last month con-
vinced the members of the war relief
committee that the drafted men are
in no mood for banquet and they
much preferred to pass their last
evening in Vermont in other ways.
The men will be required to regis
ter at the county court house at two
o'clock tomorrow afternoon and
again at FIVE o'clock After regis
tering they will be at liberty but must
be on hand for the roll call at the
Vermont soldiers home at z o'clock
Wednesday morning.
The parade from the soldiers home
to the station will form immediat
after the roll call. 1t will be headed
by the Bennington city band and the
members OF Custer-Sixth Corps post
and veterans of the home, and COM
pany A of the first Vermont militia
will act as escort. The line Of march
will be over North street to Main
street. west over Main street to De-
pot street to the station
At the station it is planned to have
the space in front of the track roped
off so that the relatives and friends
of the drafted men may have an OPP
portunity of communicating with
them.
1t is understood that Major Taylor
of the adjutant generals department,
who had charge of the first contin-
gent to leave Bennington, will ar
rive here tomorrow to conduct the
men to Aver.
The proprietors of the local saloons
have received instructions to close
their places Of business tomorrow at
/ o'clock and to continue the closing
until the hour of train departure, 8.15
Wednesday morning. The trip to
Camp Devens will be made over the
Chatham division of the Rutland
railroad, the same route taken by the
men who left here September 10.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
TIRE TESTING TRIPS
Goodrich New England Fleet VISITED
Bennington.

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The Atlantic tire testing fleet of
the B. f. Goodrich Rubber Company,
was in Bennington Friday night. The
tourists are on a trip that will take
them into every section of the New
England states
The Atlantic feet uses Boston as a
base, and is one of the six units in
different parts of the country which
are making exhaustive tests of the
endurance of Goodrich tires over all
sorts Of road conditions.
The orders under which the test
cars work require that the cars must
be run for eight consecutive hours
day after day until the tires are liter
ally torn to pieces. In other words,
they are not to be replaced by other
castings until they are completely
worn out.
In former years the Goodrich tire
testing fleets had been operating
daily over the roads in the vicinity
of Akron. The information obtained
from these tests, although of great
value, was not complete in view OF
the fact that road conditions around
Akron were not the same as road
conditions in New England or in the
southern or middle western states
and were again entirely different in
Arizona and New Mexico. There are
still other problems to be met with
in Pennsylvania and other Atlantic
coast states.
The company, therefore, decided to
test of the actual endurance of the
Goodrich fabric and cord tires In
connection with actual road condi-
tions so far as possible in every sec
ton Of the United States.
There are in all some 46 cars of all
makes and types testing out the
Goodrich tires on all sorts of roads
and, so fas as possible, under normal
working conditions such as a tourist
would encounter. Every day the tires
are carefully inspected by Mr. Pc
tring, and these records are sent to
the Goodrich laboratories at Akron.
The development department of the
company has found the information
received from the actual road testing
of tires invaluable in manufacturing
better tires for New England motor
lists
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01

SOLDIERS SUPPLIED
Sweaters and Comfort Kits Taken to
Camp Bartlett

Mrs. E. w. Bradford, president OF
the local branch of Red Cross and
Mrs. l.. r. Whitney, who has charge
of the knitted goods, motored to
Camp Bartlett, Westfield yesterday
and carried to Captain Gibson the
knitted articles, which he asked for
by telephone last week for the Ben
nington boys of Co.. |.
There were 49 sweaters, 40 muf-
flers and 2S pairs of wristlets. The
local branch had recently shipped un-
der orders a big consignment of knit
ted goods to Boston and so when this
order come, they did not have finish
ed articles sufficient to fill the order
Mrs. A. s. Chisholm, head of the To-
cal branch of the navy league came
to the rescue by donating II pairs of
wristlets and the Mayfair society of
Old Bennington of which Mrs. M. M.
Shoemaker is chairman, gave the
local Red Cross IL sweaters, IL muf-
flers and pairs Of wristlets.
The party arrived in Westfleld
before noon and were invited to have
dinner in the officers mess hall and
enjoyed good meal including roast
turkey. Captain Gibson was very
glad to receive the garments and
stated that they were the first to ar
rive in response to several requests.
which he sent out last week in order
to supply all the men in Company
of the 1st Vermont
Some of these men have already
gone to France and about 80 more are
expected to leave this week with the
train of the 26th division.
1t will be a satisfaction to the people
of Bennington to know that these
boys will all be provided with warm
sweaters made by Bennington wom
en-.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Capable girl with ex,.
perience for table work at the Lun-
deem. ~ O6tf
LOST-Brindle and white Boston
Terrier dog, double screw tail, no col
Slar, answers to the name of Max. Re-
ward If returned to Mrs. e. S. Sum
= ner, 314 West Main street. 6t6*
FOR SALE-Number of cook and
heating stoves to be sold at reasonable
prices, three large size Stewart
stoves, parlor suits etc. James Fox
Second Hand store, River street.
6t6*
TO LET-To the right lady. a room
with some light housekeeping privi-
'leges. Call Wednesday evenings or
Sunday afternoon at 231 Park street.
Second hoor. 6t6
WANTED-Two good-sized second.
hand rugs for camp. Address, t. M.
care of Banner. 6t3
WANTED-Bell boy at Wellington
hotel. North Adams, Mass. 6t2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
APPEAL TO WOMEN
To Join in Anti Tuberculosis Con
ference at Rutland

The following letter has been re
ceived by the president of the Fort
nightly club, If the members of the
club will go as delegates, they are ask
ed to notify Mrs. Frank E. Howe:-
Sept. 21, 1917.
My Dear Mrs. Howe:
The New England tuberculosis
conference is held in Rutland, VT,
Oct. A and 5. We have been asked
to cooperate and clubs are urged to
send delegates The scheme OF es-
tablishing a preventarium for anem-
ic boys and girls should especially ap-
peal to our federation. Do you think
Bennington would be willing to send
a delegate? II you have not already
heard from Harold w. Slocum,
Vermont SECRETARY of Burlington, you
can get latest details of the program
from here.
Hoping that you will feel interest
in tho task.
j am yours truly,
Alysia II. Davis,
Windsor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
vERMoNTER WAS LUCKY
Noise Boise of ST. Johnsbury One Of
Ten in Regiment to Live

Ell IN nc9tUcHt 10 GINc
St. Johnsbury, Oct. 1.--Moise Boise
as'St Johnsbury boy who who enlisted
in the 22nd Canadian infantry three
years ago, has been home on short
furlough and has left for Ottawa to
take up guard duty. or the 800 boys
who enlisted with him in this regi-
ment when war was declared all but
ten have been killed in the service
and he and one other companion have
serious wounds. He was the head
bomb thrower in his regiment and for
a good portion of the war has been in
the first line of trenches, with the
Germans only few yards away In
one regiment every man in his trench
except himself was killed. He es-
capped unharmed, but later lost his
thumb and two fingers on his right
hand For this injury he was dis
charged by the English government,
which, however, retains his services
for guard duty. His stories of the
German atrocities are similar to
many other already printed and on
one battlefield he lay as If dead while
the Germans came all around him and
killed all the wounded soldiers they
could find. frAFl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
E,UcLos-DuRAND
Popular Young Couple Married a
Sacred Heart Sunday Afternoon

TCHuidE Oohf'S 90
Sacred Heart Sunday Afternoon
Miss Marion Durand, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs George Durand of Depot
street, and Alfred Duclos were mar
ried Sunday afternoon at the church
of the Sacred Heart by the pastor
Rev Charles e. Provost.
The attendants were sister and
brother of the bride, Miss Cordelia
Durand and Francis Durand. Special
music was arranged for the cere-
mony. Mrs. Alma Rousseau Wager
sang the Ava Maria and the hymns
we're by the young ladies of the Child
rem Of Mary society of which the
bride is member.
The bride is one of Bennington's
popular young women. She was en-
ployed by Mrs. John S. Holden in
whose automobile the couple left for
Williamstown, the first stage of their
wedding trip which will be passed in
st. Johnsbury and Boston.
Mr.. Duclos is a recent conner to
Bennington, having employment at
the scale works, but has made many
friends here who will extend congra-
tulations.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
MORE COPPER AT vERsHIRE
. Rich Strike of Ore in Old Ely
Mine

Rich Strike of Ore in Old Ely
A rich strike of copper ore has been
made at the old Ely mine at Vershire
which again promises to become a
large producer.
The rich strike just uncovered is
six feet thick at 10 feet below the sur
face and lies below and not far from
the original 1884 discovery which has
been worked to depth of 4,5O0 feet,
A syndicate of Boston capital re-
Gently bought the 100000 10 100000
tons of dump ore and after exhaustive
tests by Prof. Chas. +. Locke at the
laboratories of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology and by the Min
erals Separation North American cor
poration, $4,000 oil fiotation plant
has been erected for treating 200 to
$50 tons of ore daily. The plant in
stallation is nearing completion and
should be in operation early in Oc-
tobef.
The old Ely mine has record of
production of over LOT, 100000 pounds
OF HlSH-STdue Coppcti thVdsahho Va
tons of 10 per cent and better ore
being shipped The mine has
been worked to a depth of $4,000 feet,
the ore bodies being thick overlap
ping lenses.
The Pike Hill mine to the north and
Elizabeth mine to the south are also
installing oil flotation and both these
properties expect to renew operation
within a few weeks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
sPoRTsMEN FLOCK TO BAINE
Draft of Young Men Will Have Little
Effect on Number of Hunters


Bangor, Maine, Oct Hunters are
arriving in northern Maine for the
1917 hunting season. which will open
ed today. The sporting camps in the
game regions have guests booked for
nearly their entire quota and it is not
expected that the war will have an
adverse affect upon the general stu
alton.
A large proportion of the sportsmen
who come into the woods each au-
tumn are above the draft age and 1t is
believed that the number of those
kept away by the entrance of the
United States into the world war Will
be so small as to be negligible.
Reports brought in by the veteran
guides indicate that the hunters are
assured of good sport unless unfavor-
able weather should prevent-fo or
drought With the exception of par
fridge, game appears to be as plenti-
ful as in the past seasons. Compare,
lively few flocks of partridges have
been reported, however, and the birds
are much scarcer than is usually the
case.
Deer are reported as being plentiful
this year In some localities they are
said to be even more numerous than
usual. They experienced little Difficult
ty last winter when living conditions
for the animals in the woods were not
especially adverse
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
LooMIs-EpENS
Bennington Girl Marries Los Angeles
Young Man

Miss Julia A. Loomis, daughter of
A. f. Loomis of Union street was
united in marriage Saturday evening
to Lee +. Edens of Los Angeles. The
wedding was solemnized at the home
of Miss Loomiss uncle, Dennis G.,
Pierce in Los Angeles by Rev, j. G..
Carmichael, pastor Of the Bethel Bap-
tist church.
Miss Loomis, former bookkeeper
for William II. Wills, insurance agent,
has always lived in town and has a
multitude of friends here, who extend
best wishes, Mr., Edens has charge of
the Edison electrical station at Chino,
Calf. and furnished home awaits
them at that place.
A. r. Loomis,, father of the bride
will leave in few weeks to make
his home in Chino with his daughter
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
Chinese Postal Service.

Originally started by Sir Robert
Hart as the customs postal service, the
Chinese postal service has grown TO
big proportions. The Chinese are
great letter writers, and something
over 350000,000' letters were carried
by the Chinese posts in one year. 1t
Is the most extensive and the cheapest
postal system in the world. The Chin
ese post will carry a letter to any part
of China for about cent and a
half whether it is sent by rail, or
horse, or foot-courier.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
POW ERs-RANDLES
Bennington Couple Participants ir
Pretty Home Wedding

A quiet wedding took place at the
home of Mr.. Mrs VIM. j. Randles,
Dewey street Saturday afternoon at
four o'clock, when their daughter,
Beatrice Louise, became the bride of
Jay Burton Powers OF this place.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Kingman College, pastor of the
NJ E. church of Pownal The couple
were attended by Miss Margaret n.
Randles, sister Of the bride and James
Gordon Burke.
Only the immediate families were
present The happy couple left for a
brief honeymoon tour through the
Adirondacks. After their return they
will reside on Union street
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
Almoot incredible Thinness.

Ordinary printing paper is some
thing more than 1000 times thicker
than the gold leaf that can he made
today. For commercial purposes the
leaf must, of course, have just little
more substance about it than that, but
ii Is striking and impressive fact
that only about five grains of weight
of gold is required to make UP the
books that are in ordinary use today
by eiders, each of the % leaves in
that book being usually 3A inches
square.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
Hartford Convention.

The Hartford convention was q con-
vention of delegates from the states
of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire and Vermont
held at Hartford, Conn, December 10,
1914. It became odious because its
proceedings were carried on in secret,
thereby giving color to the charge that
some of them were reasonable and
because it adopted resolutions protest
ing against the war with England.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
Use VineQar.

Use vinegar instead of water to mix
your plaster of paris; the resultant
mass will be like putty and will not
"set" for 20 or 80 minutes whereas
II you use water, the plaster will be-
come hard almost Immediately, before
you have time to use it; push your
vinegar plaster" into the cracks and
smooth it off nicely with table knife.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
Tobacco Impoyerlahes Soil.

1t has been calculated that ton of
tobacco withdraws more than a hum
dredweight OF mineral constituents
frcm an acre of land. This would ap-
pear to be an astounding waste of ma
terlal, which must be of enormous
value to the soil, considering that T5
per cent consists OF calcium and potas-
stun salts and Is per cent of mag
neslum and sodium salts, including
nearly per cent OF the essential con-
stituent to all plants-phosphoric acid.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-01
WILL CALL THE GRAND JURY
Newport Shooting May Result In
Charge of Murder Against Priddey

Brattleboro, Oct. ATTY. Gen. II.
B. Barber has returned from New
port, where he has been investigating
circumstances surrounding the kill
ing of j, p. Monague, a traffic police
man, who was assisting immigra-
ton officers in their efforts to deport
Robert j. Priddey on the ground OF
insanity, and the shooting of p. j.
McDermott chief immigration inspec-
tor Priddey is charged with the
crime.
Mr.. Barber states that there will
be an early session of the grand jury
to pass on the question of Indictment
for murder in the first degree of Mr..
Montague and assault with a danger
Gus deapon on Inspector McDermott.
According to the Encouragement
the prisoner appears to be well edu-
Gated and man of some attainment.
He has been employed in different
munition plants in England and Can.
ada.