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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05

armies. enemy soldiers not less than
our own. 1t is the universal testi-
mony of all authorities that this work
of mercy is of the highest practical
Importance and value, and we pledge
to it our hearty support, moral and
financial, as a patriotic duty.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED, that
in view of the fact that the govern
ment OF this great nation. in order
to effectively perform the gigantic
task imposed upon it by the tragic
chain of circumstances, has appealed
to the citizens to provide the neces-
sary financial resources. we record
our conviction that support of the
government through subscription to
the Liberty Loan Bonds is patriotic
duty and privilege which every citizen
should be proud to acknowledge and
share. The Liberty Loan Bond Issue
is a scientific and democratic method
whereby all citizens, in proportion to
their means may share in the mighty
undertaking. We urge upon all our
fellow citizens the duty of making
some sacrifice to the end that the
government may be provided with all
the money needed to achieve the
noble purposes for which we have en-
terd the war"
Mr.. Spargo said that the statement
so often made that this is rich
mans war is not the fact, but that it
is war of democracy against auto
cracy and is just as much the war of
the United States as that of any of
the allies and even more the war of
the common people than the war of
the rich and well-to-do as these latter
can take care of themselves and their
interests under any conditions of gov
ernment.
Rev. T. r. Carly spoke briefly in
support of the Liberty loan and urged
the people to buy these bonds as es-
sential to the successful prosecution
of the war
Clarence w. Warner of Boston, who
stated that he is a great-grandson of
Col. Seth Warner of Bennington also
spoke on the Liberty loan and told of
some of the experiences of Canada in
financing its part in the war and in
furnishing its quota of soldiers. Mr.
Warner is a Canadian citizen.
j. Norton Cru, soldier of the army
of France for 2S months and in times
Of peace an instructor in French at
Williams college, spoke on his ex-
periences in the army from which he
is home on a three weeks furlough. He
said that this war is neither hell nor
Continued on Last Page)
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05
BENN|NCTON'S n
BOYS REGISTER
IN READINESS
Come Forward Promptly and
Without Murmuring
TOTAL MORE THAN 500
Indications at Noon Were That This
Town Will Have Half Thousand
or More of Military Age.

Late this forenoon some more than
three hundred young men had regis
tered at the county court under the
provisions of the selective draft law.
The officials consisting of the regis.
tration board, the assistants and the
young women stenographers who had
volunteered their services were on
hand at O'Clock and the work has
been steadily in progress since that
houf.
Early this forenoon it was estimated
that the number registered would be
between four and five hundred, but
with three hundred on the roll at IL
o'clock it began to look as though the
estimate would be exceeded. The
noon hour was a busy period and the
headquarters will remain open until
8 o'clock this evening.
The county court room made an
ideal headquarters. The assistants,
each with a stenographer, were station
ed at small tables and as the young
men came into the room they were
ushered to an assistant who propound-
ed the questions.
The cards were quickly filled out
and in a majority of cases the registra-
son required but few minutes. In
terpreters were necessary in the cases
of few French Canadians and Italian
whose knowledge of English is inn
perfect but these delays were few.
The registration board consists of
the town moderator, E. III. Holden, the
town clerk, K. A. Booth, and the
health officer, J. M. Ayres. The assis
tants are II. B. Huthins, William p.
Hogan W. T. White, r. A. Grennan,
Z. F. lockwood, Z. D. yelling, w. II.
Wills, Edward Shanahan, j. B. Han
non, Collins NJ. Graves, Louis Berger
on. Willard 7. Lightall was the only
gentleman typewriter operator. During
the forenoon the following young wo-
men were present: Mrs. Mary Adams,
Miss Agnes Hurley, Miss Martha Well
ington, Miss Amy Harbour. Miss Edna
Waldron, Miss Dulcie Bowles, Miss
Nellie Hogan, Miss Catherine Morris
sey. Some of these were relieved la
ter i'll the day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05
PARDoNED MURDERER
Governor Graham Frees italian That
He May Join Army.


On condition that he return to Italy
and join the army OF his native coun-
try, which is at war on the side of
the allies against the German-Austrian
forces. Gov. Horace F.. Graham OF
Craftsbury has pardoned Vito Turci-
ana convicted in Rutland County court
in October. 1908, of the murder of Ac-
carito Santoro in the vicinity of the
"76' bridge. The killing, and the sub
sequent trials of those involved, start.
led the entire state because of the
gruesome details of the shooting.
Turciana was brought from the
Estates prison to this city yesterday
by Deputy Sheriff Pascal Ricci He
will he taken to New York city this
afternoon and will sail for his native
land tomorrow Turciana will first
be taken to the Office of the Italian
consul in New York and If he passes
the physical examination will be sent
20 Italy at the expense of the Italian
government. but if he does not meet
the requirements he will be forced to
pay his own fare across the water.
Turciana has been serving time in
the states prison since October, 1908,
having been convicted of the crime of
murder in the second degree. The
finding of the body of Sanford in the
vicinity of the "76" bridge north of
the Country club on Grove street. at
midnight was the beginning of one of
the most famous murder mysteries in
the history of the state
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05
LIQUOR RAID AT BRATTLE6oRo
States Attorney Daley, Formerly Of
Bennington, Heads Raiders.

DcIHiHSbOIr flcduS ndiIcfS
Brattleboro. June 3.-Hooker Win
chester, proprietor of hotel in Gull
ford and his son, Gerald, are locked
up in the Brattleboro police station
tonight and will appear in the Munich
pal court tomorrow morning charged
with keeping intoxicating liquors with
intent to sell. Also locked up in the
police station are 80 quarts of whis.
key gin, rum and alcohol and several
bran sacks filed with empty bottles
the labels of which indicate that they
had once held Intoxicating liquors, all
of which were taken this afternoon
from the Winchester headquarters in
the Algiers district of Guilford.
The raid was engineered by States
Attorney William X. Daley, Sheriff c.
T. Mann, Deputy Sheriffs Frank l..
Wallman and Jasper c. Benson and
Chief of Police George Wilson.
The liquor which was confiscated
was found in a trunk that was locked
end in a store room. Gerald Winches
ter claimed the trunk and its contents
as his property and refused to unlock
it. After Chief Wilson had picked up
one end of the trunk and so ratified
the contents that one of the bottles
broke and the evidence leaked out
Gerald surrendered the key
Hooker Winchester in November,
1915. after having once before escap-
ed conviction for illegal liquor keep
ing, was convicted and paid a fine
of $500 and served four months in
the house of correction. At that time
the raiding party returned with 143
quarts of liquor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05
625,CfS :! Be
IN TRA|NiI,;s "
SEPTEMBER |.
First Plans of 100000 Men
Are Revised
125,OOO FOR VACANCIES
From Officials of the 4s States Comes
Word of eadness-1o,2 100000
Expected in Draft.
125,OOO FOR VACANCIES

Washington, June Everything is
in readiness tonight for the registra
tion tomorrow of 100000 men be
tween twenty-one and thirty-one years
old. called by the nation to enroll for
war service From the officials oi
the forty-eight states of the Union
came the word tonight. I'VE are
ready"
Plans of the war department to
draft from 100000 to 100000 men OF
the 10000 900 who it is estimated will
register tomorrow for the new army
were disclosed today by Provost
Marshal General Crowder to the SEN
ate military affairs committee EN-
emptions, he said, probably would re-
suit in reducing the number to 625,-
600 men for immediate service.
While the war department had origi
nally planned to first select 50O0OO
men, General Crowder told the com
mittee the plans have been revised
and it now is proposed TO require
625,00c.
General Crowder told the commit
tee the additional 125,000 will be need
ed to fill the vacancies in the army of
500, 700. and to keep training camps In
continuous operation. When the origi-
nal plans for service from half nil
lion men were made, he said. the de-
partment had not planned to send
American forces abroad so soon. Cas-
ualty from foreign service, he be-
lieved, sickness, make necessary a re-
serve OF 125,000 men, in addition To-
the duty at training camps.
General Crowder told the commit
tee he favored immediate drafting of
men registered rather than postpone
ment of the draft for several weeks
after registration. He regards 1t de-
sirable that men drafted may know
and can have few weeks to make
their personal arrangements before
called to the colors.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05
1900 RECRUITS
At PLATTSbURG
TO Be DROPPED
Men In Training for Officers
Unfit for Various Reasons
ACTION TO COME SOON
Training Camp Regiments to Be Re
organized-Three Companies
Going to Syracuse.

Plattsburg, n. Y, Monday. June 4.
I'm the neighDornood of 1900 of the
men of the training camp for officers
to the reserve corps studying for com
missions are doomed TO disappoint-
ment AT least that number from the
New York and New England regi-
ments will be given discharges ac-
cording to Lieut-Col. Paul A. Wolf,
camp commander who, in a state
ment TO the press today through the
adiutant, Capt. Baehr, stated that at
the expiration of the first month of
training. June Is, there will be a re-
organization of the two regiments as
a result of which there will be left in
camp but 20 of the "a companies, or
10 companies to a regiment instead Of
Is.
A reduction is to be made on that
date by the sending of three compa-
nies OF training candidates for com
missions in the artillery service to
Syracuse and one company of candi-
dates for commissions in the engi-
neers corps to Belvoir, Va Besides
the 80 companies originally organized
on May ii there is now four compa.
nies OF national guardsmen, but the
latter companies win be broken up
and the men distributed among the 20
remaining companies. The sending
away of four commands and the reten-
tion of 90 therefore. leaves 10 COM
panies of 167 men each to be disposed
of This figures out 1879 men to be
dropped and they will be taken from
all companies excepting those ordered
to other camps.
Many of the men have not come
quite up TO the mark in physical eX
aminations, but their defects were of
a minor nature and they were per-
mitted to remain These will be among
the first to be let out and others will
be dropped for various reasons, such
as not being fitted TO become com
manding officers All will be given
discharges from the officers
training camp. but this leaves them in
line for draft unless they volunteer
in organizations and are accepted
1t is likely that quite a
few who have already been commits,
stoned by the president will be recon-
mended for reduction in rank il not
recommended to be discharged or
placed on the reserve officers list for
future service,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05
PROH|b|T|VETAX
MAY Be CAUSE
0FDRYCOUNTRY
Senate Adds Heavy lmposts
on Distilled Spirits
SIS GALLON ON WHlSKEY
Amendment Forbdding Importation II
Liquors Adopted-5rewing of
Beer Not Affected.

Washington, June 4.-Prohibition
will be almost assured during the war
IL congress sanctions prohibltiye taxes
imposed today by the senate finance
committee on ingredients entering in
to the manufacture of distilled spirits.
The committee also accepted in the
war revenue bill al amendment for
bidding importation of distilled spirits
during the war The tax on whiskey
and other distilled spirits for beverag
es will amount approximately five dol
lars a gallon. Brewing of beer is not
affected by the tax.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05
ALL-M'GUIRE
Bennington Young Woman Bride of
Arlington Young Man.

Miss Helen Mcclure, daughter of
Mrs. John Mcclure, and Francis Hall
of Arlington were married Monday af-
ternoon at ST. Francis de Sales church
by the pastor, Rev. T. r. Carly.
The couple were attended by Miss
Alice Mcclure, sister of the bride and
Peter Mcclure, cousin of the bride.
Both the bride and her attendant wore
blue suits and white hats.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall received a large
number of beautiful presents of cut
glass, linen and silverware. They
left soon after the ceremony for a
wedding trip through New York state
and on their return will reside at 215
Maple street. They have a large
circle of friends who wish them a
long and happy married life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05
THE ITALIAN WAR MISSION
Trip Through South and Middle West
Postponed Owing to illness of Prince

Trip Through South and Middle West
Postponed Owing to illness of Prince
Washington. June 4.-The trip of
the Italian war mission through the
South and Middle West, which was to
have begun today. has been postponed
owing to the illness of the Prince of
Udine and Signor William Marconi
The Prince was taken with slight
fever today after all arrangements for
the trip had been completed. His ill
ness is believed not to be serious. The
extreme efforts made by the Prince
during his visit are known to have
tired him much.
Mr.. Marconi has been i'll for the last
week with a rather chronic sickness,
and had planned to avoid the long
journey through the South with the
hope of being able to join the mission
at Chicago or New York.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont. probably showers tonight
and Wednesday, cooler.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-05

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-13
THE CLEARING HOUSE
Of Times Readers Ideas

great lights who yearn for fame
and eminence have tried to anal
we the nature of their latest fad
birth control?
That the Inauguration of this
new and lower moral of standard
entails far reaching consequences
ought to be clear. They say 1t
is an economic necessity" The
human character can stand pow
erty, but it cannot stand to be
handed a charter of liberty of this
kind. with all responsibilities
swept away.
Let those benevolent souls who
are SO anxious to lead and direct
the lives or others use their influ-
ence toward the elimination of
the economic necessity. The en-
actment of laws legalizing the ex-
ercise of this modern art will
mark the beginning of the decline
of America. A. j.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-13
Fishing Season
EDITOR THE TINES:

EDITOR THE TINES:
The upper Puget Sound fisher
man has asked that the closed
season on fish be made uniform
for all parts of the Sound, and
that it be in the months of Janu-
airy, February and March, instead
of May, June and July rs at pres
ent.
Any Puget Sound Indian will
tell you that the young salmon
that hatch at the source OF streams
do not go into salt water until
the first of April and that they
stay close to shore for four months
before going into deep water and
that they should be protected
from small mesh seins, according
to the present state law.
HOMER FARRIS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-13
Movie Children

EDITOR THE TIMES:
l want to say word about
"child terrors in moving picture
dramas" in many of which there
is depicted mental suffering of
children.
an you not, many of you, re-
call scenes of suffering, where a
little one sees the mother beaten
by an enraged father, or is itself
snatched up and carried off by
a wicked man with hideous
piratical face?
Are the censors sleeping, that
they have not called those respon-
sible for this torturing of Gods
little ones to an account?
| feel helpless in conceiving a
remedy for abolishing this cfuel
practice, but ! might suggest that
we express our disapDroyal ny
kissing when a scene is reeled
off depicting a terrori1ed child;
and, in addition, let some moth
err each ay voice her protest in
this column, when after a time,
this practice may be finally abol-
ishe. c. c. j.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-13

The present problem is to meet
deficit of $1,000 and raise a
larger fund to continue it's service
with undated vigor.
To this end an opportunity will
be given every Taeoman during
the last week in January to con-
tribute dollar or more toward
it's work.
A group of Tacoma's most earn
est workers in social service is
mapping a campaign which will
reach every part of Tacoma.
Each contributor will receive a
1917 card of membership in the
Associated Charities.
These figures epitomize the
work of the Associated Charities
during 1916:
Number of families report
ed needing help ...... 4S3
Number individuals in these
families ......... go. "a 5
Number of families who needed
only advice and encour-
agement II
Number times relief given. 1897
Visits made to and in behalf
of these families .... TIT
Pieces of clothing furnished
where needed 10, $50
Including new pieces to
number of .......... 1915
Pieces of furniture provided 545
Persons sent home to
friends or relatives 80.
Short jobs and steady posi-
lions secured for men
and women ........... 673
Interviews at office ...... 1862
Interviews by phone .... 80
Letters written for informa-
ton regarding families
living here ........... "A
Free beds furnished to men $50
Free beds furnished to
women and children -. loo
Meal tickets given to men
and women (most of
them old, sick or dis
abled) ..... ........ 500
Number of families provid-
ed for by private individ-
uals cooperating with
the Associated Charities. lac
Estimated cost of this help $3.50
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-13
Crisis for U. of W.
EDITOR THE TIMES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
What is probably the gravest
crisis ever confronted by the Uni
versity OF Washington is now
awaiting decision at the forthcom-
ing session of the state legisla-
ture. Before this session shall adj
journ, it will have acted finally on
the report of the commission for
educational survey-a commits
sion appointed by the last legis-
lature to survey the educational
systems and conditions of the
state.
This report as presented will be
founded on report submitted to
the commission by three experts
employed by them: DIR. s. p.
Capen, specialist in higher educa-
ton; Harold w. Foght, specialist
in school practice; and Alexander
Inglis, assistant professor of edu-
cation, Harvard university. Their
work was under the direction of,
and approved by, DR.. p. p. Clax-
ton, u. S. commissioner of educa-
ton.
Although this report is based
upon sound, educational and eco
nomis principles, and was accept
ed by the educators of the state,
at the eleventh hour the gentle
mems agreement has been broken.
and the report selfishly attacked,
both in the press and on the plat
form. Whether rightly or not,
these attacks are said to have
their origin in the state college.
Let it be understood tht this
is more than an institutional fight.
The principle of a sound and
economic educational system for
the state hangs in the balance.
The chief aim of the report, to
eliminate duplication of courses
belonging properly to one or the
other institution, has been criti-
cised because 1t will destroy for
ever the state colleges hopes of
becoming a second university. For
the first time, the university Is
given proper recognition as OPP
posed to the state college in the
matter of appropriations from the
millage tax and in apportionment
for each student and instructor.
This letter is not intended TO
| be partisan. If it were not for
the best interests of the state,
we would not ask your support,
much as we love Washington.
Backed by experts, based on sound
principles which will establish
Washington in her rightful plane
as a state and educational factor
and abreast of the times, this re-
port should have the unanimous
approval Of every thinking citi-
zen of the state.
Faithfully,
DIR. VIM. SPEIDEL,
President University of Washing
ton Alumni Association.
Committee: Marion Edwards,
Robt. II. Evans, Earle Jenner, Pat
Tammany, VIM. A. Simonds, w.
T. Laube, Donald Mcdonald, chair
man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-13

$4,000. The spectacular bookie
gave odds of 121-1, or $4,000
against McChesney.
Weller, with that $4,000
placed against $4,000, takes his
place on a stool skirting the bet
ting ring from where he is to
watch the race.
They're off, and until half
from home McChesney splashes to
his mud form, back from the lead
ers.
Around the far turn they come,
trailing jocks plastered with slush
No uneasiness from Weller. Into
the stretch McChesney seem;
hopelessly out of it.
But what's that?
The little German bookie screws
his glasses closer, then crops then
and peers amazedly up the stretcl
where horses and turf are spatter
ing in muddy profusion. Their
is just a spot covering severa
yards on that track which ism
heavy and the McChesney hoof
have found it.
A bound and he is shooting
away with new life from that soli
footing. Now, mud or no mud
the gallant chestnut is on his way
Hes just passing horses,
mutters Weller as the head of tn
field closes into the final 81,
teenth.
It's Come on you, McChesney,
a hundred yards from home by tn
sharp shooters who had strun
with the despised contender fc
soft track honors.
, The boy Furnishes gently an
McChesney is under the wire an
easily by two lengths. Weller
, name was soon at the base of
: s32,50O check, made payable
e. Il. Smathers, owner of gan
thoroughbred.
5 Oh, yes, Kid Weller knew som
q thing about odds on soil hand
) cap before the richness of h
: Oregon acres lent tone to the no
tril and gladdened his eve. b.
a the Kid always scouts for son
a dry spot which might wither h
4 hopes for favorite Spitzenbel
r in the Apple Stake.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-13
LET SOCIETIES
NAME CENSORS

Tacoma's motion picture CEN
sorship board will represent sew
eral societies which have been ad-
vocating creation of such a
board.
Commissioner Petit said Sat-
urday that these societies would
be allowed to name their own
representatives on the board.
Three members will be from
the social service board, one of
them a member of the Ministerial
Alliance. One will be from the
Jewish federation, another from
organized labor, third from the
Catholic societies and the last
from the colored citizens club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-13

as John w. Gates in the eye and
advise them to go him a few thou
sand more.
Yes, Kid Weller is back to the
soil. AS king of bookmakers on
racetracks of the country he
achieved possibly twice the motor
iety that fell to any of his clan.
In 25 days, during one period
of his big Store" Weller record
ed 100000 worth of bets. Once
he laid $4,000 against $4,000
that horse wouldn't win a race.
Then again he plunged $4,000
against $500 and won.
But the present tale has con-
nections with little patch of soil
which caused the Kid to write a
check for $4,000.
Twelve horse, or thereabouts
faced the barrier when the Har-
lem handicap was ready for dis
pute at Chicago, in June of 1908
e. r. Smathers had entered Nc
Chesney. The favorite was Flying
| Torpedo and liked In the books al
ga to 1.
On the day of the race smathers
awoke to a muddy track. Nc
Chesney always had performed
very badly in the soft going. Be
fore the call to post Smatheri
tried to buy Flying Torpedo from
the owner, Louis Ezell. Term
were not agreeable and McChes
ney answered the bugle.
Not willing to see his horse rui
without any backing, and yet IL
despair that he had much Of |
chance Smathers offered Welle