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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
STATION
BEST IN STATE
SAYS T|TCOMB
Former VT. Commissioner
Visits Bennington Hatchery
TROUT DOING NICELY
Experiment has Completely Proved
That Site is Ready for Construc-
tion of Permanent Hatchery

John w. Titcomb of Albany, superin.
tendent Of hatcheries in the state of
New York and former Vermont iish
and game commissioner, arrived in
Bennington Saturday evening to visit
his son, John, who is employed at the
field station of the Vermont fish and
game department in the Bushnell dis
trici
Sunday forenoon the former commits
sioner visited the station and made q
thorough inspection of the plant He
also gave Titcomb Junior a lecture on
feeding which was the real purpose Of
his visit.
Mr. Titcomb is enthusiastic over the
possibilities at the station. In his op
inion there is not another site any
where its equal in the state. After
viewing the young trout in the trougns
and raceways he expressed the opin-
ion that the site had been thoroughly
tested and that there was no necessity
for further delay in building the per-
manent plant.
In the former commissioners opinion
the station is provided with the best
water supply in Vermont for hatchery
purposes. During the years that ne
was commissioner he was constantly
on the lookout for a site on which to
build a commercial hatchery but did
not succeed in locating springs with
the proper temperature to grow trout
t-arafHlp II Sc 10 haIfnf ha
Bushnell springs. the south stream
and the small brook available at the
station provide as near a perfect com
biHation as can be found in this section
of the country
Mr.. Titcomb returned to Albany in
the afternoon Early this month his
family will 90 to the Adirondacks and
at the completion of their vacation will
make their home in Albany.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
COMMUNITY GARDENS
Schedule Arranged for Supervision
OF Plots,

OF Plots.
In order to facilitate the superyis-
ion Of the community gardens, a
scheduled has been arranged for the
various companies It is requested
that the members of the various com
panies plan to come and work on the
morning when their particular super
visor will be at the garden to assist
and advise.
General inspection Of all the gard
ems will be made every Saturday morn
ing by Mr.. Varney and grades will be
given on the appearance of every plot
at that time. If any Of the children
are in doubt as to the company to
which they belong, they may find out
by consulting Miss Vossler. %he
schedule is as follows:
Company ", Miss Dewey, Monday
morning.
Company O., Mrs. Elliott, Tuesday
morning
Company T., Miss Harris, Wednes
day morning.
Company p, Miss Carver, Thurs
day morning.
Comapny o., Miss Davenport, Thurs
day morning.
Company p, Mrs. Swan, Friday
morning.
General inspection, Mr.. Varney
Saturday morning.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
NEW RUSSIAN
OFFENSIVE IS
ON IN GAL|C|A
First Aggressive Operations
Since Revolution
STOPPED, SAYS BERLIN
Official German Report Says Activity
Is Due TO Pressure from Entente
Powers.

London. July 21.-The soldiers OF
New Russia have assumed the aggres-
sive. For the first time since the reyo
luton last March, Russian troops
have begun an attack on an eXtensi| c
scale.
Along a front OF eighteen and one
half miles, in the region OF BrZezany,
Galicia, Russian troops have stormed
the German positions Berlin says ibe
Russians suffered heavy losses and
were compelled to retire before The
German FIRE The attack was made be
tween the Upper Stripa and the Nara
yuyka river, a tributary Of the Gnila
Lipa, in Ihe section southeast OF Lem.
berg, the Gaiician capital where the
artillery firing has been heavy recent.
ly.
The Russians also made night at
tacks on both sides Of Brzezany and
near Zwyzyn, and Berlin reports that
assaults between the Zlota ipa and
the Narayuvka have brought on new
battles between the opposing forces.
The artillery arm of the Russian force
has been active, aud from the Berlin
report it is learned that an intense
duel has been in progress FROM the
region Of Brzezany nogthwarl 10 the
Middle Stokhod in Volhynia, distance
Of about IFS miles.
Berlin declares the Russian at
tacks, which it says were powerful,
were brought about through the pres.
sure of the leading Entente powers,
the text OF the official statement say
ing; The Russian government hay-
ing been constrained to yield to the
pressure OF the leading Entente pow
ers, part of the army has been induced
to attack"
The region of the Narayuyka and
Upper Stripa rivers has been the
scene of much bitter fighting since
General Brussiloff ended his victorious
campaign last year, and Brzezany is
one of the keys to Lemberg Field
Marshal Haig continues to tighten his
grip on Lens, On the north bank Of
the river Souchez British troops have
Cstibti tu Oti man pboiltOllo VII q iAbhb
of half mile southwest and west Of
Lens.
The British army during June cap
tured 1886 German prisoners including
175 officers and 67 guns, including two
heavy guns, as well as much other war
material.
The French and Germans continue
to battle at various points on the front
from Cerny to the Verdun region. East
of Cerny the French hace repulsed Ger
man attacks and in the region OF Pru-
nay, east of Rheims, German surprise
attack was thrown back with heavy
loss. On the left bank of the Meuse
the fighting has brought no change in
position.
Two German submarines were fired
on by the gun crew of an American
liner during a voyage from the United
States to England and the sailors be
lieye one periscope was shattered. A
third submarine was sighted, but the
American gunners had no opportunity
to fire at it as it Immediately sub
merged
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
PlNEAU-WHlfE
Pretty Wedding took place this morn
ing at St. Francis de Sales Church

A very pretty wedding took place
this morning at 7,9O at st. Francis de
Sales church when Miss Marie White
was married by Rev. Thomas Il. Carty
to Noise Pineau. The bride and brides
maid, Miss Margaret MacNamara, were
both attractiyely gowned in white with
white hats, the former carrying a bou-
quet of white sweet peas and the lat
ter pink. The bridegroom was attend
ed by j. f. O'Brien. Miss Helen Hur-
ley played the wedding march from
'Lohengrin" as the bridal party enter
ed the church, and rendered selections
during the nuptial mass.
After a wedding breakfast served at
the 'Lundeen," Mr.. and Mrs. Pineau
left by automobile for North Adams.
whence they left for Boston, where
they will spend two weeks or more
with relatives and friends They will
live in Bennington on their return, as
the bridegroom is employed as press
man at the Bennington Banner office
the bride is employed at the
home OF Theodore Thomas on Pleas
ant street. Both received the good
wishes of many friends, as was shown
by the numbers of beautiful gifts re-
oeiyed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02

JOY RIDE sMAsHUP
Early Morning Accident Arouses Old
BENNINGTON.

bennington.
A large Packard touring car belong.
ing to George Orvis of Manchester
and driven by Mr.. Oryis' chauffeur
crashed into tree in the little park in
front of the Walloomsac Inn at Old
Bennington early Sunday morning and
was considerably damaged.
Other than the driver there were
three persons in the car, young man
and two young women who are said
to live in Bennington. One of the
girls was found by people aroused by
the crash lying on the steps of the
Old First church, Later she was seen
being carried down the hill toward
Bennington in the arms OF her male
companion. To what extent she was
injured could not be ascertained.
Old Bennington people who left
their houses to so to the assistance Of
accident victims, declare that the
chauffeur was intoxicated
Judging from the position Of The car
and the damage inflicted upon 1t, the
big Packard, which was coming tow
ard Bennington, must have been run.
ming too rapidly to mse the turn at
the inn and out across the road into
the park 1t was the explosion Of the
bursting tire that aroused the people
in the neighborhood ete i45i'&
The car, which had lost windshield
and was otherwise damaged was
hauled to the Bennington garage for
repairs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
DAY WE CELEBRATE
Picnic Program at Hunts Grove Be-
gins at I O'clock.

gins at ! o'clock.
Something doing for everybody
every minute" is the slogan for the
Fourth OF July picnic. You know
where it is, Hunts Upper grove. You
know what the price of admission is,
25c. You know the orchestra will be
there to play all the afternoon and
that you can get ice cream, cake, soft
drinks, cigars on the grounds any
time. But do you know what the
program is? 1t starts at 1.30 o'clock
with the much heralded ball game be-
tween Bennington and the Eagle Ath-
lectic club of North Adams.
At two o'clock dancing commences
and continues throughout the day. The
price of admission covers your right
to dance-if you can get on the plat
form. Come early. Ever play soccer?
Ii is as much sport to watch 1t as to
play yourself Two picked teams will
match their skill Immediately after the
base ball game.
About four o'clock the races will
be called Any one from to 60
may compete. Entries may be made
to Miss Vossler, telephone 533-M any
time before Wednesday afternoon. Ii
it is impossible to let her know en-
tries can be made on the grounds.
There will be 25-50-100 yard dashes,
sack races and three legged races for
men and boys; flag races and cracker
races for girls.
A big feature will be the volley
ball game played between a Ben
| nington team of girls and Diched
team from Camp Avalon the new sun
mer girls camp at Shaftsbury. A bas
ket ball game will be the CLOSING
event of the regular program. But
| Madame } the famous fortune teller
don't forget the Punch and Judy show
Madame X the famous fortune teller
and the other side shows which vii
be going the entire afternoon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
RAILWAY MEN MAY STRIKE
Telegraph Operators and Agents Seek
Higher Wages.


Higher Wages.
T.. l.. Lapoint, chairmen of the COM
mittee of Rutland railway telegraph
operators and station agents commit
tee, who is in Bennington today states
that a strike will undoubtedly be called
at once.
Saturday and Sunday, Mr. LaPoint
says, the returns were received from
the operators and agents throughout
the Rutland system showing that fully
80 per cent of the men reject the offer
of the company.
Negotiations with the officials of
the company, Mr. Lapoint says, were
halted on June 20 with a refusal of the
company to meet the demands of the
men. The operators and agents seek
an increase of % per cent, shorter
hours and hetter conditions. The offer
by the company of u per cent in
crease which has been rejected.
Chairman Lapoint said today that
the men disliked TO cause an Interrupt
tion of service because OF the status
of the country during the war but be-
cause of the fact that the men are re-
ceiying 80 to 45 per cent less than is
paid similar employees on other roads
in New England 1t is absolutely neces-
sary that their demands be met in or
der for them to meet the abnormal liv-
ing expenses.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
BELLOWS FALLS PLAYGROUND
Bennington Girl Making Success as
Instructor. t. s a-

Playground activities were re-
opened Monday morning for the sum
mer when Miss Margaret A.. Pilling
Of Bennington took up her work here
as playground Instructor Miss APil-
ing had charge of the work last
year which was the most successful
since the opening of the Playground
five year ago She has had great
deal of experience in this line OF
work and has had a very successful
season in Hoosick Falls, N. Y, where
she was teaching last winter. Al
though the Playground has not had
its official opening yet Miss Pilling
will be on duty from to II a. m
and 1870 to $50 p. m. daily. No
plans have been made definitely but
it is expected that the opening will be
held July 4.
As was done last year Miss Pilling
intends to devote most of her time in
the morning to the smaller children,
although this does not mean that the
older ones should not come up The
children will he well taken care Of
Iand mothers are urged TO send them to
the Playground as often as possible
Miss pilling will have groups in cut
ting, pasting, coloring and other pap
er work, together with folk dancing
and games for the more active ones.
in the afternoon her work will be
more general She will encourage and
supervise baseball. basketball, tennis
and other sports She would like to
arrange several tennis tournaments
among the older people if sufficient in
terest is shown. This is the first
year the tennis court will be used and
although it is not ready for use yet be
cause of the wet ground conditions, it
will be rolled and put in shape in
about week Only children over II
years of age will be allowed to use
the court and they must obtain perais
sion of Miss Pilling before doing so
Other equipment is being repaired and
made ready for the summer. Among
other things a new giant stride is on
its way here and will arrive in few
days.
All girls who are interested in
Camp Fire work are asked to come
to the Playground this afternoon dl'
rectly after school to discuss the or.
ganization of a Camp Fire group un-
der the leadership Of Miss Pilling.
Girls who are not old enough to
join the Camp Fire Girls viii be
formed into an organization known
as the "Bme birds" They will work
along similar lines. Miss Pilling has
devoted a great deal Of time to this
work in other places and all who join
| may look forward to interesting times
She plans to conduct a number OF
hikes, bacon-bats and outdoor meet
ings this summer Once a month the
girls will hold a ceremonial meeting
For the boys the baseball diamond
has been the center of interest. BE
cause of the recent rain storms the
diamond is in pretty bad shape, but
men have been at work filling up the
holes and removing debris so that II
may be ready as soon as possible
Several leagues will be arranged this
summer among the boys and If any
thing can be judged by the games last
year, there will be some red-hot base
ball at the Playground this summer
Bellows Falls Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02

Members of Stark lodge No. g. Man
ser Incampment No. 4, Canton Ben
nington No. 4, and Miriam Rebekah
lodge, No. 8, I. o. o. F. are reque>ted
to meet in special meeting. Monday,
July 2, 1917 at p. IN. in !. o. o. f.,
hall for the purpose of making ar
rangements for July 4th celebration.
r. l.. SANFORD, Noble Grand,
J. II. Powers, Chief Patriarch,
Nellie Osborne. Noble Grand
H. c. Armstrong, Captain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
Witty Willie.

One evening panhandler sidled up
to William Collier as the player was
walking around to the theater and ad-
dressed him thus:
"Sir, began life poor and in hard
luck. T.
Don't say anything more, my man"
interrupted Collier as he slipped the
man quarter. Its worth money to
learn how well you have held your
own"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July IA belt
line car on the Great Gorge route left
the rails, plunged down twenty foot
embankment and turned over in ten
feet of water on the edge of the whirl-
pool rapids on the American side, at
$3.50 o'clock this afternoon. Fourteen
are dead, according to traction officials.
An indefinite number, estimated at
from two to ten, are reported missing
and more than score are in the hos
pitals suffering from injuries.
A washout due to recnt rains was
the cause of the disaster, which occur
red just below the cantilever bridge
and sixty feet below the point where
the smooth water of the upper reaches
of the Niagara river break into the
turbulent waters of the whirlpool
rapids.
The car was in charge OF Motorman
Louis Z. Crandall and Conductor Alex
ander Heron. 1t had all but completed
the circuit of the gorge, having crossed
from the Canadian side of the river
on the trolley bridge at Lewiston.
There were more than fifty passengers
on board, according to general esti-
mates. The car was one OF the open
kind, the seats extending from side to
side with steps on both sides the full
length of the car.
All the. seats were occupied and some
OF the passengers we're standing be-
tween them and there were others on
the rear platform.
The car was running at twenty miles
an hour when it struck the weak spot
in the roadbed. Less than half a
minute elapsed from the time the
the motorman felt the first jarring
sway until the car was bottom side up
on the edge Of the rushing rapids.
AS it slipped down the twenty foot
incline from the tracks to the edge Of
the river, screaming men and women
fought to escape and some of them
were able to get free, but were unable
to get footing on the steep bank.
There was a mad scramble in the
water between the wrecked car and
In6 river Dduh anu lIOln inc IiNtI oluc
the bodies of at least two of the pas.
sengers were seen to be caught in the
swifter waters and were carried down
to the whirlpool.
Members of q National Guard regi'
ment who were on guard at the can
tilever bridge saw the accident and
were the first to the rescue. The sold
iers slipped down the bank into the
river and worked in water up to- their
waists getting injured passengers free
from the wreckage and passing them
up the bank where an emergency car
had been placed to carry them to the
Niagara Falls hospital.
The soldiers were in the water at
the side of the wrecked car for more
than two hours with the water up to
their waists. The injured were hosted
up the twenty foot embankment with
rOpeS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
Willow Trees.

willows are mentioned in the Bibli-
cal books of Leviticus xvii, Job xi,
Isaiah xiv, Psalm exxxvii. The tree
upon which the captive Israelites hung
their harps was the Salix babylonica
This tree is abundant on the banks Of
the Euphrates.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
MANY KNIGHTS ATTEND
Bennington Council, X. c., Confers
Third Degree.

Third Degree.
Over four hundred knights OF Co
lumbus were in Bennington Sunday to
attend the exercises in connection with
the comforting of the third degree up
on a class of 40 candidates.
Preceding the degree work at
Academy hall the knights marched to
St. Francis de Sales church where a
sermon was delivered by the council
chaplain, Rev. Thomas r. Carty.
At Academy hall the degree work
was in charge of District Deputy Peter
f. Ward and staff Of six. assisted by
District Deputies w. e. Grace of Rut-
land, c. F. Mann of Brattleboro and
Daniel A. Guiltinan of Bennington.
The councils at Pittsheld, North
Adams, Dalton, Hoosick Falls, Brattle-
boro and Rutland we're represented by
the visiting knights.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02

"Why, oh, why" remarked the OBJ
server of events and things, will Il
woman smile with delight wAen she
sees a hat in milliners window and
frown when she secs the samo hat on
her neighbours headY'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
NORTH BENNINGTON

The Neighborhood club will meet
at the club house on Tuesday after
noon at 2.30. Every woman in the
village is urged to attend, Come and
bring your knitting
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02

What you hope to do you can do,
if you work hard and insure your life
for it. Insure while insurable. Ma
tional Life Ins. Co., of vt. (Mutual)
Earle S. Kinsley, General Agent,
Mead Building, Rutland, VT ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02

"were you ever up before meT asked
a magistrate.
"Shure, / don't know, yer amer.
What time does your amer get up?'-
London Answers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont thunder showers tonight
Fair Tuesday and somewhat cooler.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02
11KNOWNDEAD
IN Ar%e.!2ENT At
N|AGAr,,>>
Loaded Trolley Car TumbIes
into Whirlpool Rapids
TWENTY-NlNE MISSING
National Guardsmen Help to Hoist
Injured up 20-foot Embankment
With Ropes.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July with
the recovery of the body of Mrs 7. j.
Mccoy today the number of known
dead in the Sunday accident was plac-
ed at II. Twenty-six we're injured and
20 are missing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-02

Poverty consists in feeling poor
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-31

Ashelman and Gage also have
in hand plans for several residences to
be built in Fargo during the coming
summer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-31

Ashelman and Gage placed on the
Builders exchange on Tuesday the
plans and specifications for an eight
room residence to be built for Hugo
Oppenheimer Of Wahpeton, N. D. It
will be Of frame and stucco construc-
ton and will be commodious modern
home.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-31
BUILDING
SEASON IS
OPENING
Many Important Construc-
ton Projects Center in
Fargo this Year.
NUMEROUS JOBS IN sight
Calls for Bids Out in Several
Instances-Local Archi-
tects Busy.
NUMEROUS JOBS IN sight

The general contract for L. B.
Hanna's hotel at Mandan has been let
to the Meinecke Building company OF
Fargo. Ashelman and Gage, the archi-
tects. recently completed the working
plans for the building. and are now
calling for bids for plumbing, heating
and wiring, to be opened on April II.
The hotel will be 130x150 feet in
dimensions, four stories and basement,
and will contain $50 guest rooms. Sew
eral OF the sample rooms will be To-
Gated on the upper floors and the larger
ones will be in the basement. The
first floor will be occupied by two
stores. a bank, a real estate ONCE and
a billiard room in addition to the hotel
lobby, Office, dining room and kitchen.
Work on the footings Is already un-
der way-the excavation having been
made last fall. The superstructure will
be semi-flreproof brick construction
with terra Gotta trimmings. The con-
tracts will call for the completion Of
the work on December !.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-31

~ Plans for the Fargo school building
will be completed In about two weeks
when bids for construction win be adj
vertised for. All of the material TO be
but the construction will be fireproof
with reinforced concrete supporting
floors. There will be seventeen rooms
/ in addition to the manual training and
kindergarten rooms and gymnasium on
the first floor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-31

The Odd Fellows block will be a two
story structure. 50xS0 feet, with full
basement. There will be two store
rooms on the first floor. both Of them
already rented-one to a Cass county
man. The second floor will be arranged
Tor lodge rooms and will also have a
large hall with a kitchen adjoining.
Brick and Bedford cut stone will be
used in the construction Of this block.