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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
CALLS BURLESON
 AN AUT0CRAT
Convention of American Federation of Labor Goes After Postmaster
 General for Rulings

BUFFALO,, Nov. 23.--At the con vention here today of the American Federation of Labor. resolution was introduced and adopted by the dele gates declaring that Postmaster Gen. forcing postal employees to endure un- satisfactory working conditions.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
LEAVES CORONA
 SOME TIME TONIGHT

Word received here at the hour of going to press was to the effect that the steamship Alaska would leave Cordova at s o'clock today and would arrive in Valdez at midnight. Miss Mae Billings, Mrs. Don Lewis, and Mrs. M. w. Culver are the only pas sengers for Valdez.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
ALASKA CANNERY MAGNATE
 DIES FROM APOPLEXY

BELLINHAM, Nov. 23.-Robert E. Forbes, superintendent for the Paci- ic American Fisheries Alaskan can neries. died here today from apop- lex$. He was about 60 years of age.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
Deserter Draws Ten Years

Deserter Draws Ten Years
 CAMP CUSTER, BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Nov. 23.-Frederick J. Hagin, of Midland county. Michigan, court martialed for desertion, was today sentenced here to ten years at Leav- enworth prison.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
Borne City oS Diplomats

BERNIE. Nov. 3s.-Berne shas be- come city of diplomats. Scarcely another capital in Europe counts 90 many of them. The embassies and le- gations here now have stans agsreg- ating nearly 5000 persons. The, Ger man legsttsn has rented fcsr hotels tor. its vaI5eus departmsats.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23

PARIS, Nov. 23.-The official com munication issued by the war office to- night reads: "On the Ailette front our troops are organizing the new ground conquered from the Aise can al to Corbeny. Today's lively artillery actions were fought in the different sectors of the Chemin des Danes. Two enemy suprise attacks on small posts south of Aniz, were unsuccess- full.
 During the course of the battle of Malmaison, our aviators, with great audacity, attacked the enemy troops with their machine guns, bombarded stations and points of concentration. They fought 611 aerial engagements Sixteen German airplanes were -brot down and three captive balloons set on fire. In addition, fifty enemy air
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
British Advance on Cambrai

British Advance on Cambrai
 FRANCE, Nov. 23.-The British are advancing on Cambrai this after noon, spreading northward in the region of Bullecourt in comparatively open ground. The Germans are re- ported to be making desperate resis- tance to the attacks of the British.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
Diplomats Arrive

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 23.-Accord- ing to the Tidenden a Russian diplo- mat left Stockholm yesterday for Pet rograd, with orders to hand to the Russian revolutionary government proposals for peace by the Central Powers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
Find Alien Entry Plot

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Govern- ment authorities believe they have uncovered . system which has enabl- ed enemy aliens to come from Argen- tina to New York. by the arrest of four Buenos Aires seamen.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
.SH|PBU|[D|NG
 CONTRACT LET
Seven Hundred and Seventy. Eight Wood and Steel Vessels be Con-
 structed- 5000. .OOO Tons

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23.- The shipping board announces that contracts are being let for seven hun dred and seventy-eight wooden. steel and concrete vessels, with an aggre- gate tonnage of eight million. The program calls for the construction of the vessels within the next year.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
Fighting Near Noeuyres

BERLIN, Nov. 23-A new battle is in progress in the vicinity of Cam bria, the war office announced today. Fighting broke out anew this morn ing, and is raging along ten mile front, in the direction of Moeuvres.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
CAPT. FREDERICK MEARS
 PROMOTED TO MAJOR

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. ss.- Cavalry promotions today include the name of Frederick B. Mears, . mem- Der of the Alaska Engineering com missioa. who was promoted from cap tan to major.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23

Mr. and Mrs. Byron Wilson arriv- ed in Valdez last evening from Tidal go, where Mir. Wilson is manager Of the Alaska Mines Corporation, They will stop over in the city until Tues- day.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
WALL GOING UP FOR
 REMOVAL OF HI GILL

SEATTLE. Nov. 23.-A great vail Is going up all over the city for the removal of Hi Gill as mayor and Chief of Police Rockingham.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23

LONDON. Nov. 23.-The war of fee announced at noon today that the British troops had advanced slightly southeast of Ypres, and that the situa- tion around Cambria was unchang- ed. The British are pushing tenacious ly forward. crowding the Teutons back. and taking advantage of every Hull in he firing to throw their lines into the defenses.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
GILL SAYS HE WILL
 NOT RESIGN OFFICE

SEATTLE, Nov. 23.-Hi Gill. may or of Seattle. stated today that he would not resign his office. no matter how strong the pressule became.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
DICTATOR HERB HOOVER
 PARTY TO DAWSON SUIT

DAWSON, Y. T., Nov. 23.-Food Dictator Hoover Is a partx to a min- ing suit here over possession of val uable gold mining properties.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
Bottom Torn Out

SEATTLE, Nov. 23.-A great stretch of the spokane's bottom is torn out, and the vessel Is in most serious plight. It is now feared that she will be a total loss.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23

A new line of Sweets Christmas candies just received. something1 new. Hunts Candy Kitchen. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23

Woodchpppers are receiving $S.so per cord for cutting four-foot wood, In sFstraankS. ..a as .,sss
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23

BRITISH ADVANCE SLIGHTLY
 ALONG YPRES SECTOR

planes fell inside their own lines. the greater part of them being complete ly destroyed.
 "In Champagne we carried out a surprise attack against a small ene-. my fort west of Butte du Mesnil and brought back prisoners
 "On the right bank of the Mouse the artillery struggle has taken on character of great intensity on the front of Chaume wood -Benzonvaux. The cannonade was intermittent on the rest of the front"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23

The Moose Banda will hold their fesular practice tonight in Neoss Hall.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
Americans Being Shelled

PERSHING'S HEADQUARTERS. Nov. 23.-The enemy artillery is smelling the American sector heavily, shells falling in great numbers to the rear of the American lines.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-23
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Nov. 23.-German retreat the forshadowed retreat of the Germans at Chemin des Dames-toOk place yesterday. when the immediate after effects of the recent French vic- tory involved German retirement along a ffteen-mile front. The sup erhuman efforts of the Germans to hold this rampant at the cost of inn mense losses were thus annulled.
 The best elements of the German crown princes armies lost the great CT part of their effectiveness and were compelled to go to the rear to reconstitute their diminished ranks. These Germans. left along the crest of the Chemin des Danes. had been compelled to suffer daily and nightly an incessant enfilading fire from the French guns emplaced in positions wrested from the Prussian Guards di- vision during the battle of Malmais- on.
 It was impossible for the Germans to keep their front line supplied with ammunition or foc%, the carriers of which were obliged to pass through a tornado of shells and machine gun bullets while crossing the valley of the Ailette. where their every move ment could be observed by the French. Eventually the position became unten- able, and the Germans retired during the night to the northern side of the Ailette valley.
 The French are keeping in the closest touch with the enemy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-10
NORTH BENNINGTON


Elmer Stanley is very i'll with the
grippe
Edward Hart is confined to his home
by illness.
f. II. Madison is recovering from
his recent illness.
Dr. d. A. Gleason is one of the vic
Tins of the grippe.
Mrs. Edna Hakes visited Mrs. c. L.
Galusha in Bennington, Friday.
Mrs. Florence Surdam is one of the
many afflicted with the grippe.
Mrs. Wells White and daughter Cla-
IA are among the grippe victims
NJ. Gleason of E street is suffering
from the effects of severe heart at
tack
Mrs. Geneyieve Draper is sick at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Ken
yon.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. skinner have re
covered from severe attacks of the
grippe.
Miss Ella Powers OF Troy is spend.
ing some time with her father James
Powers.
Mrs. George Griffith, who has been
i'll with the grippe for two weeks is
suffering relapse.
Mrs. Reynolds Duham is spending
some time In Bennington with her
uncle Isaac Moon.
The Ladies' Missionary society of
the Baptist church met Thursday with
Mrs. Herbert Davis
Mrs. Janet Ballard, an aged resi-
dent OF Hinsdillyille, who has been
very Ill. Is a little better.
Mrs. C. w. White entertained Fri
day and Saturday afternoons, at her
home on Mechanic street.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. II. Dalton left We'd
nesday fer a few days visit with Mr..
Daltons parents in Wallingford.
Ransom Solomon is in the Troy ho-
spital where he is receiving treatment
for an infection in one of his arms.
The Senior class OF the high school
were entertained last evening at the
home OF one of their Arlington mem
bers, Miss Marjory Mann,
A card party Thursday evening at
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-10
VERMONT BERRY FARM
Putney Man Turns IS Acres of Pas
ture to Berry Culture.

A Vermont berry farm is the title
of an article by George Jordon in the
New England Homestead II relates
to 4 farm in Putney and reads as fol-
lows:
Il find George o. Aiken of Wind.
ham county, VT. has for the past few
years, been setting the pace for berry
production in that section. Whether
one grows but small patch to sup
ply the household. or whether he is
tending several acres for market pro-
ductiCn, Mr.. Aiken's experience is of
value. He is not only growing ber-
ries, but has plant for preserves and
lam making. AS a producer he has
been very successful, and as for the
canned goods, 1t is a fattering testi-
monial to have large part OF the out
put bought by well-known private
school, and the remaining supply al,
ways falling short of the demands OF
wholesale houses for. the fancy trade
THE farm has been in operation
for four years. Starting by setting a
few acres the first year, new ground
has been prepared until last year a
total of % acres of raspberries and
blackberries was in bearing The
soil of the Aiken farm varies from a
clay lean, Then a grayelly clay and
sandy loan The farm itself runs
from one hilltop to another, with two
hillsides facing each other. and the
level land in the small valley not ex-
ceeding 200 feet at its widest place,
Before being made over into Der
ny farm, this land was in pasture, hay
ing profuse growth OF weeds.
Stumps dotted the fields and the
trees stood thick enough to make the
job preparing the land not unlike
clearing a tract Of timber. But hard
work subdued the land and the bush
es planted have found very recep-
tive soil. There has been a good sup
ply of nitrogen to cause quick growth
of the canes. Application of from
400 to 500 pounds of 2-6-S fertilizer,
is Mr.. Aikens advice in fertilizing
the amount varying with the condi-
ton of the soil and according TO the
crops grown before. He has found
that fortified plants made better
yields, and better quality berries than
unfertilized, and especially is this
true in seasons of protracted drouth.
The cost Of starting an acre of Der
ries is close to $4,000. On the Aiken
farm this cost has usually been met
by the first crop. The cost of har-
yesting good crop will probably to-
tai 100000 this figuring all expenses
OF cultivation and the like, when the
yield averages 200 quarts per acre,
which 1t usually does.
The markets for fresh fruit have
been fair, although there are no large
cities nearby. The berry industry is
not overdeveloped and the supply sell
dom exceeds the demand. During
wet spells the fruit is often too soft
to ship far, and at this time the can
merry is started and goes on in full
blast This is one way of oyercom-
ing the weather difficulties, and also
insurance against a glutted
fresh berry market With a yield of
900 quarts per acre, 1000 pints of
jam can be made, and the readers
of price for good grade
Of this product will enable him to fig |
lre the profits possible on an acre of
berries, even though the fresh fruit |
market is poor"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-10

the home of Mrs Ella Durand. under
the auspices of the Ladies Sodality
of ST. John the Baptist church. prov
cd very pleasant affair.
The Thursday evening meeting will
be union prayer service OF the
service of the Methodist, Baptist and
Congregationalist churches, held in
the Congregational church. This UNI
ion prayer meeting is one of the pre-
rminaries of special evangelistic ser
vices to follow.
There will be a Valentine social in
the basement of the Methodist church,
next Tuesday evening. A small adj
mission fee will be charged. and re-
freshments will be served free. Every
one attending is requested to take
with them a valentine, enclosed in a
plain sealed envelope.
At the 1920 a. m. service in the
Baptist church Sunday morning, the
pastor, Rev. f. NJ Derwacter, will
speak on THE Reign Of the Spirit
The session of the Sunday school will
Ioung Peoples service in the evening
will be Christian Confession leaders
be held at 1145. The subject for the
Mrs. Addie Brown and Miss Carries
McGraw At the evening praise ser
vice the pastors subject will be
Abraham Lincoln"
Plan to attend the worship of Gods
house on Sunday. All will be wei
oo,,,a Of tha CONGREGATIONAL church nj
II and Z o'clock. the pastor preach
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-10

ing at both services. The fifteen ex-
pected in the mems class last Sun
day would have been there had not a
few been detained by sickness. II is
hoped that all can get out on Sunday
Come on Men. Let the boys class be
on hand also. Don't forget that the
Prayer meeting on Thursday evening
is to be union meeting with the Bap.
fist and Methodist churches in the
Congregational Nchapel The Howe
Benning missionary circle will meet
on Tuesday evening without fail.
Place, the home of Miss Thelma Gaul.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-10
swANroN PLANTS GUARDED
No Extra Precautions Taken Since
Break with Germany Occurred

Swanton, Feb. NO special pre-
cautions have been taken yet to guard
the munition factories here. One
night Waterman is always employed
at the International and two at the
Remington plant. Captain Bradley,
of the Remington company, said
when questioned. Such a step has
been contemplated but no definite ac-
ton taken In addition to the above
mentioned night Waterman employed
at the international there is a night
shift there, thus the plant is in opera
ton night and day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Rsadara

Miss Anna Rogers is spending the
day in Troy and Albany.
Don't forget the special st. Valen-
tines dance at Library hall, tonight.
Walter p Fay of Beech street left
this morning for New York city on
business.
A regular business meeting of the
Wcman's Relief corps will he held on
Monday evening
Miss Isabel Norton is house party
guest at the Theta Delta Chi house in
Wililamstown this week.
Don't fail to be at the opera house
Feb. IA and hear H. A. Risch sing,
and they call it Dixie Land
Babe Miller of North Adams, soloist
will be at Bennington Feb. IA to as
sist at the f. 0. Il. minstrel
Good, wholesome candy made by
the Camp Fire Girls may be obtained
at Library hall, both afternoon and
evening, today
st. Valentines dance at Y. w. c.
Wednesday evening from to u. The
barge's orchestra will furnish the
music. Admission 25c. Adv. 11tS
Fred Foster and Houghton Rice are
in Manchester today where they are
helping organize a branch of the New
England Milk Producers association.
Miss Nancy Haggerty OF School
street is spending the week end with
her sister in Mechanicville. Miss
Wilhelmina Mallory accompanied her.
All are welcome at services of
church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. Golden Cross Hall, Sunday,
Feb. IL at 2.9O p. m. No collection
is taken.
Quite extensive improvements have
been made in the church at Pownal
Center. The reopening service will be
held Sunday at 2.3O, Rev. p. l.. Dow
will preach,
Snappy up to the minute with excel.
lent chorus work quartet singing,
pleasing solos, clever dancing and
sparkling comedy at opera house. F.
o. Il. minstrel, Feb. IA.
The St Valentines dance at Ii.
brary hall will begin at O'Clock to-
night. Come early enough to be sure
and get favor. The price of admis.
sion will be % cents because of the
special features
f. ID. Moore has been in Montpelier
during the past week in the interest
Of the Vermont state firemen's associ-
alton of which he has been secretary
for 35 years w. l.. Gokay has also
been in Montpelier for a day or two.
Miss Marguerite McGovern OF
Maple street viii return today from
the Troy hospital where she has
been under treatment for the past two
weeks. Miss Jennie Greens who went
TO Troy this morning. wiltreturn with
he. IS yin 'fi ~
st. peters church. Sunday services.
Holy communion 7.30 a. M Sunday
school $50, Morning prayer 1890,
subject of address, Prayers The
mems Bible class will be In the rec
tors study at 400 p. m. and evening
prayer at 500 o'clock.
The second hand store in the Sim.
mons block will be open Monday after
noon and evening. Anyone having
spring clothing to dispose of please
address or send same early to Second
Hand store, North Bennington. We
are in need of mems and children's
clothing. Adv.
Among the business men registered
at the Putnam house Friday were: F.
w. Stevens and H. II. Hickok, Bur-
lington; George ]. MacMaster and F.
NJ. Israel, Rutland; II. 4. w. Shutter,
Swanton; j. NJ. Caper and A. A.
Gordon, Springfield, John l.. Allen.
Troy; r. r. Gotta, North Adams, w.
a. Moore. Philadelphia, S b. Lincoln,
Chicago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-10
PAIN GONE! RUB
SORE, RHEUMATIC
ACHING JOINTS
Rub pain away with small trial
bottle of old, penetrating "st.
Jacobs OIL"
Stop dosing Rheumatism.

Dup uOSlu7 hhtuliieN4Sih'
It's pain only; not enc case in fifty
requires internal treatment. Rub
soothing, penetrating st, Jacobs
or right on the tender spot" and
by the time you say Jack Robinson
out comes the rheumatism pain and
distress est Jacobs Or is harm
less rheumatism liniment which never
disappoints and doesn't burn the
skin. 1t takes pain, soreness and
stiffness from aching joints, muscles
and bones; stops sciatica, lumbago,
backache and neuralgia.
Timber upl Get 4 small trial bot
lie CT old-time. honest "St. Jacobs
0ir from any drug store, and in a
moment you'll be free from pains,
aches and stiffness. Don't suffer!
Rub rheumatism away.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-10
A COMBINATION
THAT WORKS WELL
Doing an Immense Amount of Gooi

No other medicines possess such
curative properties as these two great
restoratives. Hoods Sarsaparilla and
Peptiron pills, working together.
They reach the impure, impover-
ished poisoned, devitalized blood, and
the worn, run down, overworked, ex-
hausted system. They awaken the
appetite, aid digestion. purify and
vItalize the blood, give renewed
strength TO the whole body. produce
sound, natural sleep. and a complete
restoration to good health. Two dollars
Invested in these two medicines will
bring better results than four dollars
spent in any other course OF treatment
or attendance.
II will be wise to get Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and PeptlronP Pills today. They
are sold by all druggists everywhere.
Accep. no substitutes. 200 doses s..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-10
CANAL SUBMARINE BASE
Baker Asks $1,573,oco for Emergency
Defence Measure.

Washington, Feb 9---lmmediate
creation of a submarine base at Coco
Solo Point, at the Atlantic entrance to
the Panama Canal. was recommended
10 Congress today by Secretary Bak-
or, who asked for s1,57S,OO0.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-10

that the quality of the granite or
marble is equally as important as the
excellence OF the de-ign-for the
Stone is of Inferior z, ade it will dis
color, crack aud the elements will
soon efface the Inscription.
Buying from this home concern
insures YOU of the best forswe have a
reputation for quality and we must
sustain that reputation BIZ turning out
Only highest grade y onume.ts.
The monument ordered now viii be
ready for ereclien when SpSing opens.
yE ia ST.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-25
BONE DRY GOODS
 WERE TAKEN OVER
BAD LUCK AWAITS THOSE WHO HAD EXPECTED SHIPMENTS
 FROM KENTUCKY.

Louisville. Ky. Dec. 24.-Five thou sand quar,s of Kentucky whiskey, said to have been destined for Christmas consumption in bone dry" territory most Of it in Alabama and Tennessee, is in possession of the federal author ities in Louisville, according to an no1ncement today. The seizures have resulted from examination within the last few days of suspicious packages carried by travellers and of parcels at freight depots. in an efort to discover violations of the Reed law.
 Officials estimate that the value of the seized liquor at what they have been given to understand are ruling prices in one large Tennessee city where it is said 10 retail surreptitious ly for $40 a gallon would be approx imateiy $50000. In large Alabama centers, 1t was said, the prevailing price was s3 a quart and upward.