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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
VERMoNTERs SELECTED
Were Appointed at Charlotte to Hum
Christmas Trees,

Charlotte, ~ C. Dec. 22.-Twenty
Vermont infantrymen selected be.
cause of their long experience as
woodsmen with two government mot.
or trucks, accompanied by Clarence
o. Kuester and Guy Myers, of Char.
lotte, will leave early this morning for
the Mcdowell plantation, in Lincoln
county, for the one great Christmas
tree to be the center of attraction al
Camp Greene Christmas spectacle
and for forty, eight-foot cedar trees
one of which will be placed in each
of the wards of the base hospital
This information was given out yes
terday by Mr.. Kuester.
The camp Christmas tree was said
to be about 60 feet in height and a
fine specimen of holly tree. Wher
found, during the extended search foi
suitable tree, this one was adopted
by thousands of red berrier. Thi.
tree will be erected on the parade
ground before the camp postoffice, il
was said
A large quantity of holly branches
mistletoe and other cedar branches
for decorations, also will be brough
back to Camp Greene on the motor
trucks.
The First Vermont infantry regi
ment has six enlisted men recomm
ended for admission to the third ser
les of officers, training camps Names
of these men follow;
Battalion sergeant; Major Murdoch
A. Campbell headquarters company
Reg. Supply Sergt; Leonard +
Wing, Sup, Co.
Sergeant: Lawrence w. Bent. Co +
Sergeant; William Z, Hawks, Co. !
Sergeant; William f. Squire, NJ
' G.. Co.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
SOLDIERS DIED GERMAN PLAN
BECAUSE |, y; ;;:,::;';;:::' ;';'; ,';;';:: 2ET PEACE
WARMLY CLAD IS SPURNED
Crowded Tents Too, Re- Entente Allies Will First
sponsible for Fatalities Smash Germany
HOSPITALS CROWDED AND THEN MAKE PEACE
a o An Prepared to Refuse consd
the German
Entente Allies Will First
Smash Germany
AND THEN MAKE PEACE
Washington, London and Paris Are
An Prepared to Refuse to consd-
er the German Terms.

Great Britain and France. respec'
lively, through their prime minister
and minister Of foreign affairs, have
made known TO the world that the
terms under which the Teutonic al,
lies. seek general peace are not suf-
llcient And backing their prime min
lister, the British prolttariat, repre-,
sented by national labor conference,
has reaffirmed, without equiYocation
that it is the determination of labor
to continue the war in order hereaf.
ter to make the world safe for democ
racy
Fortified by the known attitude of
Presitent Wilson as TO the require
ments of the United States If the war
is to end and peace concluded. the
utterances of Premier Lloyd George
and Foreign Minister Pichon and the
almost unanimous sentiment of the
British workers seemingly make Ger.
tain that the Teutonic allied proffer,
given in reply to the Russian Dol.
sheviki proposals, will go for naught
unless 1t is materially added to and
brought into line with the demands
that the United States and the en-
tente allies have laid down as
the concrete basis for the discussion
of peace.
Inside Russia the situation still re,
mains obscure owing to the various
reports concerning the movements Of
the bosheyiki and counter.revolu-
tionary forces. One Of these reports
is to the effect that an armistice be.
tween the kaledines and bolsheviki
troops has been effected at Rostov-on
Don with a neutral zone between the
lighting lines, tKaledines and his
Cossacks were among the first of the
Russian counter-revolutionary forces
to take, up arms against the bolshe-
WIKI. 7 aslsa,r-n.n J9l0II
Artillery duels are in progress
along the entire northern front In the
Italian theatre, the infantry OF both
sides apparently being inactive, ex-
cept for patrol encounters. Likewise
on the front in France the artilleries
are doing the major part of the fight.
ing. The Germans have not offered
battle to the French on the Verdon
sector north of the Caurieres wood
since Wednesdays sanguinary re.
pulse. Snow and cold weather pre.
vail over the entire line from Bel.
GUM to the Swiss border.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
PACKERS PUT
RIVALS OUT
Of BUSINESS
Small !Stores SqueIched by
Big MonopoIies
SAY THE WITNESSES
Hearing In Case OF Big Packers Con.
tinues to Show Strong Arm Bus
mess Methods.

Boston, Dec. 2S.--Squeezing of
small dealers out of competition by
the alleged grasp of the big packers
upon the meat; rendering, soap and
fertilizer industries of the country
was depicted by Witnesses to day be-
fore the Federal Trade Commission,
which has transferred its hearings in
to the meat industry and it's rela.
tion to the high cost Of living tempor-
arily to this city
Francis j. Henry, special counsel
for the commission, said the packers
controlled the rendering business
from its collection of butchers
waste to the manufacture of valuable
byproducts. BY their methods of
gaining control OF meat scraps. fat
md bones, he addel the commission
sought to show that the man who
bought steak or roast paid an un-
necessary high price for his dinner
Witnesses engaged in the render
ing business asserted that the pack
ers stiled competition for the col.
lection of waste products BY bidding
up prices beyond the reach OF the
Independent dealer, by resorting to
the scheme of giving short weight
for refuse, by giving bonuses to re
-ailers TO break contracts with com
peting rendering firms. by fomentint
agitation against the erection of new
competing rendering plants and BY
diving territory among them
selves by sentlemen's agreements in
which the trade OF a man opening a
new butcher shop was sold TO the
highest bidder. transactions in which
the butcher had nothing TO say In
New England. ituwasi testified, ren
dering companies which were trust
controlled maintained fund to pay
bonuses for the trade of retailers a
points where independent renderine
companies tried TO compete. "'
Ia Not only the rendering business
obut even the cornerstone trade in
meats was sought by the packers
witnesses declared. Large markers
were established in strategic position
in various large cities where packers
named the price at which meat
could be sold at retail. according t
testimony. These prices were sale
to be below that at which the small
retailer could SELL AS result it was
said the neighborhood butchers were
closing up their shops in ever-in
reasing numbers because customers
were drawn to the larger stores. Wit
1esses cited the Mohican Company
which has a chain of stores through
out New England as specific in
stance of this kind r4 .rec-
Thus Mr. Henry pointed out. the
packers controlled the entire field
he countrys meat business. At tho
Washington hearing it was broughr
out, he said, that they controlled the
stock yards and tho extensive, ter
minal facilities at Chicago. Now II
was shown, he continued, that they
also controlled the valuable by.prod
ucts from butcher waste and were
making business nearly unbearable
,or the small butcher.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
BE CALLED AFTER FEB. IS
Final IS per cent of the First Draft
VIII Be Summoned

Montpelier, Dec. 27--Gov. II. f
Graham received this morning a tele
gram which in effect means that the
Is per cent of the drafted men who
we're not called nnder the first d
will not be called until after Febru'
airy 15, unless they are In the first
class OF the new regulations. The
information has been given to the loo
al boards and the press, through
Col H. T. Johnson, as adjutant-gen-
eraI
Colonel Johnson has issued this in
formation to the local board:
Il. Reference department of com.
merce page 24S S. S. h. Hereafter in
stead of writing letter the secretary
OF commerce will indorse his approval
on the face of supporting atfidayits
which he has considered favorably and
will not write letter
"2. 1t has been decided that there
will be no more formal calls for de-
ferred percentages OF the present
quota before February 10. While
boards should until they have enough
men finally classify in class one, un-
der the old regulations to maks up de-
ficiences in calls already made, the
result of this decision Will be that we
shall.be able to give the benefit of the
new classification system to all men
whose order numbers are so late as
to place them within deferred percent
ages Of the present call. Calls will,
however, be made very shortly under
the provisions of section 149 for the
special class of men there mentioned
For the sake of composing the public
mind and for the convenience of re-
gistrants this information ought to be
given wide dissemination.
by Direction of the Governor.
H II. JOHNSON,
Col. Acting Adjutant-GeneraL"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
veRmohT's ApmlRALs
Remarkable Navy Record for State
Remotely Inland.

Dorman B. Eaton Kent, nephew OF
the noted lawyer and pnblicist, who
lived in BrattIeboro many years, is
doing large amount of historical
work of particular interest to YER
monters, and one of his recent com
pilations relates to- the 10 admirals OF
,thesUnited States navy who p9safne I
from this state ~ Arniral George Dew
-ey 3 born in Montpelier Dec 20, 1885, -
i he, hero ofithe 0oattlerof Manila bayt
/, I'M 1898 naturally holds first place and
second to- hints Admiral Charles Ell
Clark. born in Bradford August 80! !
lS4S. who brought the Oregon around
Cape Horn from California in tho
Spanish American war infrecord time
md had his vessel stripped for action
IN arrival in the waters of the West
rndies. Admiral Henry T. Mayo, born
in burlington, Dec. @, 1856. is the pres
ant commander of the Atlantic fleet.
Following are the other admirals from
Vermont. with place and date OF
birth: George T. Emmons, Clarendon.
Aug. 23. 1911; Stephen Rand, Nor
wich, May II, 1874; George A. Con-
verse, Norwich, May 13. 1874, George
P. Colvercoresses. Norwich, April 13,
tS47 William G. Temple, Rutland,
March 90, 1924; George W. Beaman,
Rutland, May Z, 1887; Franklin G.
Prindle, Sandgate, July s. 1S41; Ed
ward Fahner, Weathersfield, March 1.
1886. All of these we're either rear
ldmirals in service or were promoted
~ tnat Office upon their retiren1ens
There is also Commodore Simon b. Y
Bissell, who was born Oct. 2S,,' 1893.
md who has often been mentioned as
4 native of Vermont, but of whom the
Vermont Historical society has nc
record of the place of his birth.--Brat
.leboro Reformer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29

BUSINESS CONTINUED
Joe Levin Store Was Reopened This
Morning.

The Joe Levin store at the corner
of North and River streets, which has
been closed since the death of the
proprietor Thursday morning was
reopened this morning.
The business which has been estab.
lished at it's present location for a
number of years will be continued by
Mrs Levin and her sons who will en-
deavor to maintain the reputation of
the store achieved by the late pro-
prieto'
Mrs. Levin was always closely
identified with her husbands financial
affairs and the sons have grown up
in the business. They hope in the fu-
ture to merit the patronage of the
many people in Bennington and adjoin.
ing towns who have made the store
their trading center. The policy of
fair treatment that has made the Joe
Levin store known throughout south
ern Vermont will be continued TO the
best OF their ability.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
LOCAL FOOD BOARD
Gale of Sugar, Flour and Potatoes tc
Be Regulated.


Sixteen local grocers and dealers
in other provisions met at the vii
lage rooms Friday evening at the de-
mand of the state food administrator
Hon, James Hartness, to form a local
interpreting board which will fix, or
suggest, the local price of flour sugar
and potatoes.
l. e. Gibson, a member of the state
board of conference, presided and T
A. Davenport was appointed clerk
The local interpreting board chosen
is composed of E. b, Patterson, c. S
Estes, James Meagher. l. E. Gibson
and A. w Braisted.
Mr.. Gibson is a member ex-ofIicio
and Mr.. Braisted, as u non dealer be
comes a member of the state inter
preting board. 1t means practically
that the orders of the federal ALI
state food administrators will be sent
to the local dealers through Mr.
Braisted.
Some people have gotten the idea
that the meeting was to organize
local dealers to help themselves but
it is, in fact, an organization forced
on the local dealers by the fedora
and state food administration.
While at first the only things con
sidered will be -four, sugar and pota
toes 1t is certain that the scope viii
be extended to include all the Other
principal food products.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
Wireless Intuition.

The dictionary says hunch, word
of Teutonic origin means to push
suddenly, to jog or shove, as with the
elbow. Hence, a hunch is sudden
knowledge that pushes one into deci-
sion or an action, in short, fore
warning. 1t is intuition, but of n spe-
cial kind; one may have intultive
knowledge that could not be callol
hunch because it does not move to
sudden and decisive action. Conf
dence In intuition needs 10 iustifica'
ton; perhaps then, the following of
lunches, or wireless intuition, if the
term is permissible, should not be con-
demned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
DAY OF BITTER COLD
Most Severe Weather Conditions in
Bennington in Years.

Wost oeNeTe weather conditions in
Bennington in Years.
With the mercury in the vicinity
Of 10 degrees below zero at noon
the addition of a stiff northwes
Wind, Bennington today is going
through one of its most bitterly cold
periods In years.
Yesterday afternoon the tempera.
ture began to drop and with the go
ing down of the sun, it was evident
that this locality was due to exper
ience another of the unusually cold
nights that have characterized the
last month of the present year. AS
the air grew colder the wind took on
added strength and during the earl,
evening conditions were decidedly un
comfortable for people who found il
necessary to be out of doors.
During the night the wind lost
some of its force while the mercury
dropped until thermometers register
ed between IA and 18 degrees below
zero. There was a slight improve
ment during the early forenoon bu
the mercury did not rise many de
grees and in the middle Of the day
temperatures between s and 10 de
grees were registered by the ther
mometers on Main street.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
TRY TO DRIVE
BRITISH OUT
Of JERUSALEM
Big Army OF Turks and Teu-'
tons Moves Against City
LEAD BY FALkENHAYNE
At Some Points On Long Line Brit
lsh Are outnumbered TWO to
One.

Washington, Dec. 2S--F'our Turkish
divisions, upwards of 10000 men, re-
inforced by AustroGerman troops,
withdraw from the Russian and Rn-
manian fronts, are making a strenti-
Gus effort to retake Jerusalem and
drive the British out of the Holy
Land
Fighting has begun on the long line
from Jaffa through Jerusalem, ac-
cording to dispatches received here
today. At several points the Turks
are attempting to break the grip OF
the British on. the Jaffa-Jerusalem
railroad.
AT some points Gen. Allenby's for
ces are outnumbered two to ono. The
British, however are putting up
vigorous opposition to the advance+of
Gen. Falkenhayne with his Turkish
AustroGerman divisions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
X. c. WAR FUND CAMPAIGN
Knights Of Columbus Of Vermont
Hold Conference.


Rutland. Dec. 29.-Plans for the
Vermont Knights of Columbus war
eund campaign, which begins the
week of January 20, to collect $4,000
were outlined at meeting yesterday
afternoon in X of C. hall of the
grand knights of the different coun-
ellis throughout the state. State
Deputy Stephen Driscol of ST. Al
bans presided and about so grand
knights and knights were present, In
'luding representatives from Barre,
Montpelier, Burlington, St. Adams.
Brattleboro, Bennington, Bellows
Falls, Fair Haven and Poultney. be-
sides a number from the local
council 8&.i
State Deputy Driscoll and T. Il.
Wright of Burlington had previous
ly been appointed members at large
Of a state executive committee and
1t was decided that the executive com
mittee be composed of these two
members with a chairman IN each
county to be appointed by them. The
county chairman will organize local
committees in every city and village,
working in cooperation with coun-
ellis where they exist and appointing
he committees direct where there
are no councils. The local commit
tees will carry on the work, prepare
lists of speakers, arrange for publici-
ty of all kinds. etc. The general
idea OF the campaign is very similar
to that recently conducted by the Y.
NJ. G. A. and it's object is identicalt-
to provide funds for war work serv-
ics. 4tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
Officers Give Dismal Picture of Early
Conditions at Some of the
Southern Camps.

Washington, Dec. 2S.--Disease cpl
denies and clothing and equipment
shortage at Camp Bowie, Tex, and
Camp Doniphan, Ok, were described
to the Senate Military Committee to
day by the respective commanders OF
those National Guard cantonments
Maj.-Gens. Greble and Wright.
Both officers said the epidemics at
their posts now were under control
and that adequate supplies of over.
coats had been received, but they
gave dismal pictures of earlier condi-
tons. They told, too, of enormous
shortages of rifles, machine guns and
other equipment still existing. Food
has been plentiful, they said, and of
good quality.
Gen. Grebles story showed condi-
tions at Camp Bowie to have been
the worse. He declared the lives of
many men who recently died there
would have been saved with winter
clothing, sufficient tents to avoid
overcrowding, and had proper hospi-
tai facilities and sanitation been pro-
vided. He told how the War Depart
mept ordered II men housed in each
tent. where, he said. they were $50
thick you couldn't walk between
them"
During November. Cen Greble said
5000 men,, or about one third of his
command passed through the hospital
with deaths from pneumonia. measles
and other diseases averaging is
dailyd Atfone time 1900 men, he
stated. were crowded into a hospital
built telaocommodate SO0uand with
out sewerage system n moo ~
Jun September, the General said, he
protested against croyding 2 men in
to astent and gave warning that sick
ness would result. Before more tents
arrived the epidemics broke out.
Now, however, he added. there are
only 500 men on the sick list
Although all the men at Camp Doni
phan now are we'll clothed, Gen,
Wright said his command still was
short for overseas service. However
he felt confident he would get suffi-
cient clothing upon starting for
Europe.
Senator Hitchcock said all con-
gressmen had letters from parents Of
soldiers, protesting very bitterly"
against alleged poor treatment of the
sick in hospitals. Gen. Wright
answered that all officers were
keen to give the best possible care
to the sick,
Gen, Wright didn't agree with Cen
Crozier's view that men could be
trained sufficiently with only half
having rifles and taking turns i'll
their use. Training with Lewis ma
chine guns, even if the new Brown
ing guns are later used in actual
fighting, the officer said, would be
valuable in teaching men the hand
ling of the arms and general type of
mechanism.
During the hearing the committee
also received from Secretary Baker
letter in reply to It's resolution re-
questing immediate action to relieve
clothing shortages In the canton
ments, stating the necessary steps
had been taken and that he would re.
port fully as soon as all camps were
heard from
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
Protein in White Of Eaas.

The purest example of protein is the
albumen in the white of egg. Protein
is found not only in eggs, but all lean
meats. Also in vegetables and cereals
in much smaller proportions some veg
etables having only trace, while 9th
ers, such rs peanuts, having more than
the best beefsteak.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE--A wood lot consisting
of white birch, Pine, Red oak. chest
nut and other wood the same as grows
in all wood lots. Said lot contains
SIS acres, also farm to let For fur.
ther particulars call on l.. II Woodard
Arlington, VT. S1t6*
FOR sALE--Potatoes, $4 per bar
rel delivered Phone 576-W. Site
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
-
WILSON sixTY-oNE
No Special Ceremony at tho White
House Yesterday.

Washington Dec. 2S.-Coincident
with the taking over of the railroads
President Wilson is celebrating his six
ty-first birthday. No special cere.
mony is planned at the White House
as the war time rush of work makes
impossible any deviation in the Pres
ident's daily routine.
Congratulatory letters and mess
day. This morning the President
played golf with Mrs Wilson and
later worked on the railroad address
he will deliver to Congress next week
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
Great Men Never Die.

The career of great man remains
IN enduring monument Of human en-
ergy. The man dies and disappears,
but his thoughts and acts survive and
leave an indeli6le stamp upon his race.
Samuel Smiles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont continued cold tonight and
Sunday Increasing cloudiness and
perhaps light snow
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29

London. Dec. 28.-That the Austro
German peace proposals to Russia
are only the opening gun in an elab-
crate peace campaign by the Central
Powers is the belief here. It is like
ly that the next step by Germany ac.
cording to well-nformed London
opinion, will be n direct proposal to
the Allies either through the Vatican
or neutral power.
The Russian government in the
course of the next few days is ex-
pected to endeavor to get the Ger
man offer officially before the En-
tente Allies. but, as a formal reply
to 1t would involve a recognition OF
tho Bolshevik government. II is
doubtful whether any Entente gov
ernment will make reply. Informally
but sufficiently definite replies to Ger
many were made today in London by
Premier Lloyd George and in Paris
by Foreign Misister Pichon.
Both reject the German offer on
the ground that the great principles
for which the Allies are fighting
would be utterly lost IN the status
puo peace proposed by Germany.
Premier Lloyd George in a letter
which he sent today to the special
national labor conference, declared
Achievement of the purposes for
which the Allies are fighting is es
sential to the future freedom and
peace of mankind.
The Premier also asserted that a
statement on war aims could be
made only in agreement with Great
Britain's allies. The question of is.
suing a fresh joint declaration. he adj.
ded, was being constantly kept in
view by the Entente Allied govern
ments,
A pronunciamento was adopted, de.
claring that in continuing the war
labor is actuated by a determination
to make the world safe for democ.
racy hereafter. In insisting that res
titution and reparation. and also GER
tain territorial readjustment are
necessary if the renewal of arma
ments and war are to be avoided.
Neither in London nor Paris is
there disposition to deride the
German offer as spurious. On the
other hand, it is regarded as ser
ious step by the Teutonic grouE
which regards an early peace as the
surest and perhaps the only method
| of avoiding disaster.
The terms offered, however, are Sc
clearly unacceptable that the only
consideration as to a reply is wheth
er the Entente Allies position viii
be improved by making again cleal
statement of their war aims. There
is nothing new In Germany's terms
In fact they are rather less compre
hensive than the offer OF last July.