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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-06
GERMANY SHORT
OF MUNITIONS
AND YOUNG men

~ WILLIAM PHILIP sImmS
United Press staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH Al
LIES IN THE FIELD. July g.
Some OF the countless make
shifts with which Germany 10
tldino over her desrth Of war
metals and war power. were
revealed at headquarters.
First Of all, prisoners say
there 10 a fierce demand from
the German fighters for more
guns, and that orders have been
given by German commanders
for a eurtaIImens in the es-
pendlture Of shells wherever
possible.
Captured cartridge shell cases
are OF steel now. Apparently laci
of brass and copper has made the
enemy try this metal for ammuni
ton cases for field guns and
howitzers. Steel cartridges are
also being issued TO soldiers now
Attempts have been made TO max,
these steel cases available for us,
in machine guns. but up to thu
present they persist In a tendenc,
to burst and jam the guns.
Captured automobiles from thu
German lines show construction al
most without brass or copper
Motor lorries show fabric ant
wooden tires instead OF rubber.
Estimates from prisoners Civ,
about 10 per cent OF the presen
German fighting infantry made NJ
OF men II and % years old. From
IL to 10 per cent are men averag
ing 20. Lads OF 10 are now being
brought 10 the front in large mum
bers and about s or 10 per cent o
the fighting infantry is made up o
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-06

trouble so | was
unable to walk
or do any of my
own work. !
read about Lydia
+. Pin k b a ms
Vegetable Com.
pound in the
newspapers and
determined "a
try H. II bi ought
almost immedi.
ate relief. My
weaknfHs n N q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-06
INTERN ORGANIZER


by United Press Leased Wire
ELLENSBURG, July 6.-Arthur
sehwandt, declared to be an In
dustrial Worker OF the World or
ganizer. will be interned as a Ger
man. He was arrested for falling
to register.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-06

these youngsters. German prison
ers say home depots are now I'LL
ing up with l5.year-old youths. and
even boys OF II are undergoing
examination. preparatory TO con-
scription.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-06
CAN'T give COIN

HENRIETTA, Okla. July g.
Jackson Barnett, Creek Indian.
wanted to give his fortune Of
81 800. 900 TO the Red Gross. but
federal laws won't let him.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14
GERMAN TRICKERY EVIDENCED

Washington, D. C.-Gerran bust
ness trickeries to dominate the Turk
ish markets are described in a bulle-
tin issued by the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce. The Ger
mans are master imitators, accord
ing to the author Of the report, Con-
sui General G. B. Ravindal, formerly
at Constantinople, who, dealing par
ticularly with hardware, says Ameri-
can products in normal times are
sold, not directly to Turkish distrib-
utors, but through few firms in
Hamburg and Bremen, which have
branches in New York. Sometimes
the catalogues of these concerns
show American articles on one page
and German limitations on the other,
with the advantages of reduced price
and quick delivery Of the German
goods conspicuously indicated. De-
spite these conditions the American
products gained an important posi-
ton in Turkey before the war solely
on their merits.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14
ROBBERS LOSE AUTO.

Clarksdale, Miss.-A futile at
tempt was made to rob the store of
w. H. Young at Durham, near
Clarksdale. The robbers escaped
but left their car, a Ford, bearing
Tennessee license tag No. 27336. The
motor number is. 16265S0. Mrs
Young was aroused by the ear stop
ping in front of the store. She
aroused her husband, who slipped
out of the house, which is across the
road from the store, and, armed with
a shotgun, as the robbers came out
of the building carrying a slot ma
chine, he opened fire. The robbers
took to the fields and made their es-
cape, abandoning the car. II is be-
lieved at the sheriff's Office that this
is at least part of gang Of robbers
which has been operating in This sec
ton for some weeks.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14

pound of meat week instead Of q
half pound"
Miss Worfolk said that women OPP
crate all the transit facilities in Der-
lin. "And since they have been run
ming them accidents have increased
500 per cent" said she, "but this is
not altogether the fault Of the wom-
en-. 1t is due to the lack of workers
to make repairs on broken or worn
out machinery. | have seen many
elevators raised by ropes which have
taken the place Of the wornout steel
cables"
Clothes are purchased on tickets
the same as food. Miss Norfolk
said. Men are allowed two pairs OF
trousers a year. Money can't buy
another pair. Women can buy only
two dresses. In dcfnance of the gov
ernmcnt's requests, women wear
mourning for their killed.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14
OFFICIAL EXPECT
BARRED ZONE ORDER
Would Include Territory LOG
Miles of Coast Line-Affect
Many Germans.

New York.-As the result Of the
many fires along the Brooklyn wa
terfront and also in other coast ci-
ties, an order declaring all territory
within 100 miles of the coast line of
the United States a barren zone is
expected by local federal officials to
be issued within a few days.
Such an order would force Ger
mans out of Atlantic coast states and
would affect thousands of Germans
who have lived in big German cen
ters like New York for years, but
who failed to foreswear the father
land.
1t is estimated that more than
100000 enemy aliens would be affect
ed.
At a conference here, at which the
Attorney General was represented
local federal officers economical the
necessity to safeguard the waterfront
of New York and vicinity. The gray
ity of the situation, it was said, led
the officers to decide upon broad
course Of action, which is expected to
result in the barring of alien Ger
mans from all coast cities.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14
IN THIS PAPER 40 YEARS HENCE

Mr.. James Binks offers So for a
piece OF hard coal as large as an egg.
He wants it for the baby to cut its
teeth on.
An automobile was seen or our
streets yesterday and attracted much
attention. At high speed the old
machine will run eighty-fve miles
an hour. Several of our prominent
aeroplanists examined the machine
and were much interested in it.
With the circus which will exhibit
here next week there is said to be
the only living horse in the world,
Several stuffed horses have been eX-
hibited here, but this is the only live
one in many years.
Mrs. Hepsibah Hanks has Just fn-
ished a sweater she started knitting
for an Admiral in 1917. Mrs. Hanl,s
is enc of our oldest residents. She
can remember when people used to
eat meat-R. K. N. in Louisville
Times.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14
AMERICA TO FEED WORLD.

Among the obligations now laid on
farmers none is more memorable
than those to increase the supply OF
fats and meats. Grain supply abroad
is merely a matter of shipping. II
the ocean were freed Of menace We
could supply the required quantity Of
fats and meats. 1t means breeding
and feeding. The opening of the
seas would flood markets with grain.
Only the persistence and skill Of
farm breeders of meat stocks will
feed the starving world with the es-
sentials of subsistence. 1t can not
come in a day, in year, but wide
spread, determined, united effort
must be Immediately set in motion.
The food administration has desig-
mated the International Live Stock
Stock Exposition a Stood training
camp" 1t is well named. The farm
err can there study breeding and
feeding. Never was it so wasteful to
feed high-priced grain to ill-bred
stock. Lessons of breed improve
ment, of grading up common stock,
and of economical feeding can be
learned at the international" as in
no other place. The American farm
err has heard the call Of the nation,
of the world. He will heed. The
instinct for live stock embraces SYM
pathy for humanity The signif-
cance of the food administrations
recognition Of the International as
an educational agency should sink
deep into the mind of the farmer. 1t
should bring him to Chicago the first
week in December to study meat pro-
duction.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14
FREAK BETS ARE PAID
BY CRONAN MEN

"Pay Off" is the slogan Of Rcpub-
lican hackers who in manv instances
are enjoying the collection of many
"freak bets" wagered on the election.
In a tour Of the shopping district
one might have been Mortified to sec
an overgrown Democrat rolling 4
wee Republican round the block.
Pedestrians along Fourth Avcnu"
were astornded at what looked like
human ton perched on the back Of
a forty-pound donkey riding from
Fourth and Broadway to Fourth and
Market streets.
Zone dad picker" when it comes
to city elections, wagered that he
would stand on his head at Fourth
and Green streets Il Cronan wa not
elected. Attempting to do it the los
err blocked the traffic at the inter-
section until a call for police dis
persed the crowd.
One good Democrat went wrong
when he said he would swim The ca
nal if his party was defeated. When
he went to the waters edge armed
with 4 bottle marked "for the pre-
vention of snake bites" he donned a
bathing suit and partook Of the con-
tents of the bottle. He nut hcsi-
tating toe into the water and thcn
backed out. The WHINE Of the oct
and his followers grew impatient and
"ducked" the loser in the fsigid wa
tiers of the Ohio and called the bet
"off."
The king Of all hard losrrs wade
his way rom the Tenth Street Sta
ton to the Seventh street Station at
Seventh and River streets without
shoes or socks. Judging from the
earefulaess of his steps and The tenn
perature OF the street along the
route, his ardor for election bets was
cooled long before he paid the bet
Louisville Herald.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14

southwest, have fixed unjust and dis
criminatory rates for It's product and
failed to provide through rates from
the associations territory to the ter
litory Of its consumers.
The hearing is being held before
Examiner Laroe.
The Ohio Valley Coal Operators
Association is composed of major
ity of the coal operators in West
em Kentucky.
Railroads which enter that, field
include the Illinois Central and the
Louisville & Nashville. Nearly 400
other connecting lines have been
made parties to the action.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14
AMERICAN GIRL DESCRIBES
HARSH BERLIN CONDITION.

New York.-One Of the most de-
tailed accounts Of recent conditions
in Berlin was given by Miss Ellen
Worfolk of New York, who arrived
here from Christiania, Norway,
aboard the steamship Bergensfjord
OF the Norwegian-American Line.
She had been living in Prussia's cap
ital for 10 years.
81 was treated with extreme cour-
tesy," she said. "They even allowed
me to take along copper antiques
which l had gathered and which
weighed upward Of 100 pounds. ]
had infinitely more trouble getting
the copper out of Denmark than out
of Germany. In the latter country
all the church bells except the chimes
have been converted into shells for
the guns.
"Food in Germany is scarce. Four
months ago | became so thin that |
was compelled to get milk ticket
and start baby diet. Milk is given
only to babies and the very old peo-
pie. The story that there is a high
death rate among babies is untrue.
There is plenty of milk for them and
they are well taken care Of. 1t is
the adults who are suffering.
"The monthly allowance of butter
is so grammes; Of margarine, 30
grammes and Of sugar ~ pounds.
If one wants any more butter it has
to be paid for at the rate of SO
pound, and extra sugar comes to rs
cents a pound. All who are past go
years are allowed to buy a pound Of
oatmeal a week.
"A half pound Of meat is allowed
each week. The first week ate my
half pound at one sitting; but after
that economical when ! found that
| was compelled to go the rest Of the
week without any meat at all. Pota-
toes are abundant now, but there was
time when they were scarce. At
that time people were allowed a
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14
HUN BATTALION COM
MANOERS TAKEN PRISONER
Staff of Two Officers Taken
Also and Counter At
tack Fails.

British Front in Belgium.-Two
German battalion commanders and
their stats were taken prisoner by
the Canadians when Passchendaele
fell. In the capture of one of these
commanders probaly lies part ex-
. PLANTATION of the failure of the enemy
to start counter attack against the
village at time when it would
have stood most chance of success
before the British had began their
consolidation.
This man was the commander of a
reserve battalion which had been
brought up for the express purpose
of counter attacking, should the oc-
casion arise. He and his staff had
come into Passchendaele to consult
with the battalion chief commanding
the troops in the village and when
both the commanders and their sub
ordinates were taken their troops
were left without a head. Conse-
quently the reserve battalion appears
to have waited in a state of indeci-
sion for the return of the leaders,
and never ventured forward.
The two commanders. with their
stats, were in a conference in a con-
crete pill box when The Canadians
entered. The attacking forces swept
by the pill box and nobody thought
to examine it. As a result the Ger
man officers were left in peace. They
remained in their safe hiding place
until o'clock in the afternoon, when
the Germans became uneasy, think
ing they all would be killed if found
in the pill box. Accordingly they
came out and surrendered.
Upward Of 400 prisoners were in
the Canadian cages this morning and
five field guns had been accounted
for. The German losses again were
very heavy, while those Of the Ca
nadians were comparatively light.
Many Germans were killed by their
own barrage fire.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14
400 RAILROADS IN COURT
veal Operators in Western Kentucky
Charge Discrimination.

Louisville, Ky.-Representatives
Of approximately 400 railroads up
Cpeared here to answer to charges Of
rate discrimination filed with the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
The Ohio Valley Coal Operators
Association complained that the
roads, which comprise majority of
the carriers In the north. west and
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-14
BIGGEST GASOLINE PLANT
DESTROYED BY EXPLOSION

Washington, d. C.-Sccret service
agents have begun investigating the
explosion which DESTROYED the Hope
gasoline plant, said to be largest in
the world, near Paramount, w. Va,
Information has been given to the
government to show that the explos-
ion was not accidental.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
She Xneu Them,

Mrs. Slingen put her head over the
fence and thus addressed her neigh
Dor, who was hanging out her weeks
washing:
~ family has moved into the empty
house across the way, Mrs. Clothes
line"
Yes. | know"
Did you notice their furniture|
Not particularly
1.-TWO loads. an / wouldn't give s.
for load OF it, Carpets! wouldn't
pu. EN- down in my kitchen. And the
childrcn | won't allow mine to as
ISOLATE with EN-. And the mother.
She looks MS if she had never known
Il days happiness. The father drinks,
| expect Too bad that such people
should come into the neighborho0d.
wonder who .hey are"
",The mother is my sister. and the
father is the superintendent Of the Sun
day school"
4 painful silence cnsued.-New Yorl,
Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
Too Much Natural tliatory.

In detachment of soldiers captured
near Warenton, Va. several prisoners
by a frcaliish coincidence bore names
that rcscmbled those Of animals. The
sergeant at the desk, II testy, fussy fel-
low. eyed them GROSSLY.
"Your Manner he snapped to the first.
Fox
Next
"Bhacr." was the reply.
The sergeant shifted and glanced ut
the third.
wolfe" said the soldier, and his in
teTogator gave him a sharp look.
"NeXtw he shouted, and he turned a
dark red when the stolid answer came,
Campbell
The sergeant knew well enough that
they were not tricking him. for those
were not days Of tricks, and the tired
faces were 'impassive.
And what do you call yourselfY" he
asked another prisoner.
"Lyon," the fellow responded sadly,
whereat the officer threw down his pen
and shouted, with good natured laugh
ter.
"Go order some cages built!' he roar
ed to private. We've got to shut NJ
whole blamed menagerie in the
camp"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
Hoped II Was Timely.

Not long after fire in town near
Boston some children in the Hub beid
charity fair, by which $50 was real
lied. This sum they forwarded to the
rector of the church in the town where
the fire had occurred, since he had TAX
en- Z prominent part in the relief work.
The letter read as follows:
I'VE have had fair and made $50.
We are sending it to you. Please give
II to the fire sufferers. Yours truly,
etc. +. S.-We hope the suffering is
not all over Buffalo News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18

To the taxpayer. of the towns of
Bennintgon A rate bill of the town
taxes Of 1911 mas been placed in my
hands for collection as follows. so
cents on the dollar for the town. tax,
29u cents pon the dollar foe the town
highway tax, Al Gents on the dollar
for the town district school tax.
hereby demand paymeptQf said taxes.
and notify you that IYillIaHend at the
Bemintgon County Savings bank from
8 o'clock a. m, until O'Clock y. IN.
There will be discount Of 4 per cent
on town tax If paid within 80 days
c. II. Dewey. treasurer.
Bennington, Vt, July Is, 1917. en
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18

To the taxpayers of the village Of
Bennington: A rate bill has been
placed in my hands for collection as
follows: 30 cents on the dollar for
the village tax, 20 cents on the dollar
for the highway tax on the grand list
of 1917 | hereby demand payment
of said taxes. and notify you that |
will attend at the Bennington County
Savings hank from o'clock a IN. un.
I'll 3 o'clock p. m There viii be a dis.
count OF ( per cent on village tax II
paid within 80 days
c. II. Dewey. treasurer.
Bennington, Vt. July Is, 1915.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
ROOFING JOBS

The partnership of Wood & San
born having been dissolved ! am now
prepared to look after your needs in
Slate, Paper and Protex roofing,
Ridge roll and drip,
Either new work or repairs If you
have O leaky roof give me a call.
Frank NJ. Wood
Phone 93-R. SOC II Gage ST.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18

Il THOUGHT I WOULD ROUSE HIM.
there, and Mr.. Toole called at his hotel
20 see him. Sims Reeves had gone out
for a stroll, and Toole strutted out to
try 70 find him.
Under n shady tree, comfortably
seated with a newspaper" says Mr.
Toole, 81 saw my friend. He did not
see me- went quietly behind him and
gave him Il snatch of My Pretty Jane,
rendered as lovingly as possible. after
bis most delicate manner. No response.
So thought | would rouse him UP, and
| began with an imitation of his forte
style, Twas In Trafalgar Bay l had
not finished when he turned round,
with a look Of pity and rmazement ex-
pressed upon his features, and-it was
not Sims Reeves
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
NOTICE..

To taxpayers Of the Bennington
graded school district: A rate bill has
been placed in my hands for collection
as follows SlO5 cents on the dollar
on the grand list of 1917 hereby de-
mand payment for said taxes and mott
fly You that | will attend at the Ben.
nington County Savings bank from .
o'clock n. m until o'clock p. m.
There will be discount Of per cent.
On above tax il paid within 90 days.
G. IL. Dewey treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July 10, 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
Why Not Be Kind?

Perhaps 1t is rough old world.
With much of gloom and hate,
And maybe all the folks that live
Arc not exactly straight.
And some may grumble over mSch.
Md some may cheat and lie,
But It may help little bit
If square and true am |.
The world needs more Of cheerfulness
That's very plain TO see,
And 'twould increase the stock of mirth
If mirthful / would be.
And one more kindly man there'd be
ON earth FOR all to ind,
And itr0lght do lot Of good
If only | were kind.
Detroit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18

against n c0nven-
lent post when n
box of matches in
his hip peck e t
caught fire Be-
fore the lounger
had fully realized
the situation the
blaze had become
uncomfurtably hot
and had assumed
rather alarming
proportions. So he
chose the quick
est and surcst OK
in gu is her by
rushing the TWEEN
ty-nve yards to
the edge Of the
wharf ana jump
ing in.
a negro hand
eyed this perform
ance J.Spassion-
ately. We fshed
the stranger out
Of the water with
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
WIFE POSES AS SOLDIER

Sergeant Took His New Bride Over
seas in Transport
An Atlantic Port July l7.-Some-
where in France is a sergeant in the
American army who got married just
before he left the United States and
dared to take his bride with him on
the transport which carried his regi.
ment overseas. She went with him
as n soldier in regulation khaki and
with her hair cut short.
The young woman has returned
from France, her effort to pose as a
"Sammie" having failed. Her hull
band, it was said, aboard the steam
ship was a member of a regiment
formerly stationed in Arizona.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
MahoaanY Growth.

The rate Of growth of mahogany is
shown in southern Nigeria, where the
site of a town destroyed sixty years
ago has been covered with II forest of
mahogany trees. some OF which are
more than ten feet in diameter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18

The aggregate amount paid by HE
! insurance companies to policy hol-
ders who lapsed or surrendered their
policies fell considerably below the
1915 record, indicating an improve
ment in general business conditions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18

D0atnook anu
remarked the fact that the wet one was
Il newcomer.
Boss" he said earnestly, "ef you
wants ter jump dis yer river you's
suttingly got to sit er longer runnin'
start an at. Yes, suh."-New York
Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
Was Not Rouscd.

John l.. Toole. the English comedian,
used TO tell an amusing story Of an at
tempt TO charm Sims Reeves with his
own songs. Ii was at st. Anne's, near
BlackpoOl, Sims Reeves was staying
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
. The -
Scrap Book
A Bit Short.

4 visitor to ST. Louis was Willing
his time away by lounging about the
steamboat wharyes. He was leaning
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18

One Of the varied Chautauqua
booked The Four Bosnns which includes
err Geneyieve d. Cleveland lyric Enco Iabzlo
LAM lately of the Royal Hawaiian their
Maxm's
Miss Fowler stands high Cfauauqua
considered be the
lately Symphonic
St Louis symphony Orchestra Miss Cleveland has
soos The company
taqa and has the varied
i uYt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
m ulIigan g. Roche
WANTED

American Married Men be
tween ages Of rs and 40 years
with family, to learn the trade
of Making Automobile Tires.
High grade, clean work Open
shop Factory attractively To-
Gated. Fine living conditions
in beautiful section of New
England, Hartford and vicinity
Good wages paid while learn
ing. Everything done TO make
k attractive TO those who are
Hooking for steady work, good
pay-Where personal Efforts
recognized and rewa d ed.
Write at once TO
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18

The largest claim paid in Vermont
was $55,0l4 in Burlington. Other in
diyidual payments of over $4,000 in
the state were as follows: