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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
LAST WEEK OF
LIBERTY LOAN
DRIVE HERE
Less Than Two Thirds of
Loan Subscribed
ARE BEHIND GERMANY
German Loan Drive Just Ended Re-
suited in Getting More Than
Was Asked For.

Washington, Oct 22.--The Liberty
Loan campaign swings into the home
stretch today with subscriptions of
only 1878, 100000, or slightly under
40 per cent of the hoped-for maxi
mum. In the final squirt to the finish
next Saturday officials said last night
it carries a handicap, regarded as un-
necessary, in the form of widespread
reports that the totals announced by
the treasury department are actually
far below the totals actually sub
scribed.
This handicap, it is said, is i'm
posed unwillingly by the loans best
friends, who have come to believe, in
many instances, that the treasury de-
partment has deliberately made the
total subscriptions appear less "by
several hundred million dollars" than
real returns. No such practice, 1t
was emphatically asserted last night,
has prevailed. The totals, official
and estimated, as announced each
night, it was asserted, represent the
sum of official and estimated returns
sent daily by wire to the treasury,
and are not altered, juggled or re-
duced
Ever since the latter part of the
first week of the drive" reads the
treasury departments statement last
night, almost three weeks ago, ex-
aggerated reports of the total amount
- c,,to o,{,,t n hnon r,tIhli ch a
daily in connection with the stories
that treasury department figures
we're bearish to the extent Of several
hundred million dollars. The policy
OF the department throughout the
campaign has been to publish the lat
est official figures at hand exactly as
returned by the different federal re-
serve banks, and to make public with
out change estimates forwarded to
Washington by heads Of the various
district committees.
Zone of the strongest arguments to
be used in the closing days of the
campaign will be the figures for the
seventh German war loan just made
public.
After the more than three years of
war and with casualty list estimat-
ed at S,5O0,OOO persons, the German
people, exclusive Of soldiers, have
subscribed $3,1O7, 100000 to loan.
Nothing would give the kaiser and
all other enemies of this country
more pleasure, it will be pointed out,
than for the people of the United
States to fail to subscribe greater
amount than this to the second Lib
erty loan when they have had only
one previous loan and virtually no
casualties.
The general outlook for the sale is
good. Only two disturbing elements
appear The apathy Of certain rural
communities of the middle West and
South and overconfidence, bred by
iunfounded optimistic reports OF
sales.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
GOING OCTOBER 20.
Drafted Men VIII Leave for Aver a
Week from Today.

A dispatch from Aver, Mass
states that October 20 is the date
fixed for the entraining of the is per
cent of drafted men to fill the quotas
under the first call. 1t is presumed
that the men from Bennington coun.
ty will entrain at the Rutland rail
road station in this village as they
have when the first two consign-
ments were sent to Camp Devens.
The work of wedding out of the ma.
tional army illiterates and men with
nervous or mental diseases has be-
gun at Camp Devens. Lieut. w. S.
Foster, former professor of psyche
logy at Cornell University plans to
examine 5000 men day until the
state or mental and nervous health Of
all the men of the 18th division is
known.
In the elimination processes Friday
there were 6S reflections, bringing the
total up to 3,440.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
STATE FUEL ADMINISTRATORS
District Officials VIII Be Named in a
Few DAYS.

Montpelier, Oct 22.-State Fuel Ad
ministrator II. ]. M. Jones returned
Friday morning from Boston, where
he attended the conference relative
to fuel for Vermont The administra-
tors from the other New England
States, as we'll as the governors and
ohairmen of the chambers of COM
merce of the different States were
present. He found that the other
States are experiencing the same
trouble as Vermont is In shortage
of coal for industrial purposes, with
the result that resolution was sent
to Dr. Garfield for a change in the
regulations.
Mr.. Jones will in few days send
through the press an announcement
of the fuel commissioners in the var
ious counties and larger towns in the
State. He is busy now getting his or
help arranged in the State House.
ganization completed and clerical
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22

Prominent Hartford Man WeIl-known
In Bennington

~ oSiiIIit6boU
! Albert H. Pitkin, who was we'll
known in Bennington and vicinity
and an; authority on Bennington pot.
terry died Sunday afternoon Oct. IA,
at his home in Hartford, Conn, The
Hartford Times of Monday contained
the following:
albert Hastings Pitkin, general
curator Of the Wadsworth atheneum
and Morgan Memorial, died at his
home, No. 106 Niles street, Sunday
afternoon, after an illness of five
days of grip with pneumonia COM
plications. He was born In this
city, August 20. 1852, son Of the
late Albert P. Pitkin and Jane Ann
(Hastings) Pitkin. He came Of a
long line of New England ancestry,
dating back to its early settlement.
"Mr Pitkin had occupied his posi-
ton in the Wadsworth atheneum
and the Morgan Memorial since Sep
terber Is, 1916. Previous to that
time he was honorary curator of
ceramics Of the Morgan Memorial.
His first work there was the install
lation of the T. pierpont Morgan
collections, the Avery silver and
cloisonne collections, an dthe silver
and furniture collections of George
Dudley Seymour. He had been for
several years a student-cOllector of
ceramics, specializing in early Amer
ican pottery and was soon to have
lectured at the Metropolitan muse
um, New York, on that subject in the
course Of popular lectures. Mr.. Pit
kin had travelled extensively In this
country and in Europe, making one
trip to specialize in museum work,
at which time he visited twenty-six
of the leading museums in Europe
to learn the methods of classification
and installation. He had also trav-
eled in Mexico with an intimate
friend, the late DR.. Edwin A. Bar.
Der. director of the Pennsylvania
museum OF Philadelphia. He had
spent ten months on the Pacific
coast.
"Mr Pitkin had fine private col
lection of antique furniture and pot
terry part of which is on view in the
pottery room of the Morgan Memoir
ial, and fine private library of many
rare books. He was with the Con
necticut Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany for more than thirty-three
years, retiring more than year ago.
For the greater part of his connec-
tion with the company he was asso-
ciated closely with Alfred T. Rich
ards. He became a member of the
Center church in 1871, and was an
intimate friend ef the late i,ev. DR..
George Leon Walker, for many years
pastor of the church.
Mr. Pitkin was member of the
National Association of Museums,
and had been delegate from the
Wadsworth atheneum to meetings
in New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Washington, d. c., Milwaukee and
Chicago
He was also member of the So
ciety of Mayflower Descendants In
the State of Connecticut; Colonel
Jeremiah Wadsworth branch, Con-
necticut society, Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution; Walpole society of
New York. and the National Society
Of Archaeology and the Hartford
Society of Archaeology.
He leaves his wife, who was
Sarah Howard Loomis of Old Wind
sor ancestry; and two brothers, How
ard Seymour Pitkin of East Hartford
and Willitm Taft Pitkin of East Hart
ford"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
COL. ROOSEVELT FIT
Ending Fortnisht's Training at Jack
Cooper's Camp.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who is
finishing fortnight's training at
camp in Stamford, CT, yesterday re-
ceived delegation of newspaper
men and announced to them that the
statement attributed to an Atlantic
City pastor that he was canceling
speaking engagements on the advice
of physician was incorrect. The
colonel stated that his stay at
camp was simply for relaxation. He
refused to talk about the war or New
York mayoralty politics. Mayor
Mitchell was one Of his guests for the
day He expects to return to Oyster
Bay tomorrow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
HOLIDAY OR NOT?
Question Whether To Shut Up Shop
Wednesday,

Bennington employers are in doubt
whether to close up their plants We'd
nesday, Liberty Loan day. Inasmuch
as the President in his proclamation
says that workers who can be spared
from their labors should be released
at noon Wednesday, some of the To-
cal manufacturers feel that they
must continue work on government
contracts while stores, offices and
others are planning to close either all
day or in the afternoon.
The Banner will go to press at
noon Wednesday and the Office will
be closed in the afternoon Adver-
tsers and others who have matter
for publication are requested to get
their copy into the Office Tuesday
afternoon or early Wednesday morn
ine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
FIGHTING IN AFRICA

Heavy fighting is going on between
British and Teuton forces in German
East Africa. The. British war office
announced at London yesterday that
the mission station of Nyangao was
occupied by the British on Wednes-
day, after which the battle was re.
sumed to the west of that place. The
British force sustained considerable
casualties and the German losses also
wero severe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-A situation in Benning.
ton by good cook. Tel 90. 24t1*
FOR CHARTERED oak china
closet, good as new, for half price
Also quartered oak sewing table,
New Home sewing machine, dress
makers form, latest style Alsa sew
eral Stewart heating stoves. white
enamel beds, etc. All prices low
Fox's Second hand store. River st.
24t6s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
RUSSIAN FLEET ESCAPED
Not Trapped in Moon Sound, Accord
ing to Petrograd Dispatches.

London, Oct. 22.-The Russian
Riga Gulf fleet is not bottled up in
Moon sound, according to dispatches
received from Petrograd
During the operations in the Gulf
of Riga last week, the Russian fleet
was reported to have been trapped in
, the sound by the large and better
armed German warships but later dis
patches state that the Russian sea
men slipped their ships out of the
sound and made away in the direc-
tion Of the Gulf of Finland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
SHOOTS SENATOR
tiusting of Wisconsin Victim OF
Hunting Accident.

United States Senator Paul o.
Husting was accidentally shot yester-
day morning by companion while
bunting near Bush Lake, near Osh-
kosh, Wis. According to meager re-
ports at Milwaukee. Wis, the senator
was shot through the body and his
condition is said to be serious.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
BUILD MANY AIRPLANES
Germany Preparing for Big RAID
Over Entente Lines in France.

Paris. Oct 22.-According to the
Paris Temps, Germany is preparing
to make a gigantic air attack on the
lines of the entente forces before
America can make her influence felt
in the war.
From information received by the
newspaper the Temps is in position
. to state that 1000 airplanes were
built in Germany during the month
OF July alone.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to express our heartfelt
appreciation of the many acts of
kindness extended by neighbors and
friends in our recent bereavement,
the death of our wife and mother.
Ellis Hulett,
and family.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
BOB FlTzslMMoNs c.EAD
one-Time Champion PusiIist Victim
of Pneumonia.

Chicago, Oct. 22.--"Bob" Fitzsim.
mons, one time champion heavy
weight pugilist of the world who won
the title from Jim Corbett, died in a
hospital here today, a ~ g.
Death was due to pneumonia With
which ne had been i'll for five days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
s,a5o,ooo CASUALTIES
CORRESPONDENT Says German Lists
FIJI 80 Volumes.

The Cologne correspondent of the
Amsterdam Tijd reports that the Ger
man casualties lists comprising killed
wounded, prisoners and missing from
August, 1914, to September, 1917, fill
80 folio volumes of $4,000 pages. He
calculates the total number of names
at S2hn000
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
/ SIX GERMAN PLANES DOWN
Destroyed in Raid by British Avia-
~. tors ON Aerdrome

London, Oct. 22.-Six German air.
planes were sent down by British
airmen in raid on German aerdrome
in the Velsengha mountains, the ad-
niralty reported today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
GERMANS DESERVING
More Than Twelve Thousand of
Them in Switzerland.

Washington, Oct. 22.-More than
10000 Germans have recently de-
serted and crossed the border into
Switzerland, according to the Swiss
newspaper, Bund.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

r. II Allen. who resides on H.
a. Piercess farm on Grove creek
brought 10 the city Saturday after
noon some very fine specimens Of
irish potatoes. Mr. Allen stated
that he planted his spads ser deep
end covered them with straw.
After packing the sfraw down over
tire ridge he tier threw dirt over
this with q pioa As d resnltthe
potatoes grew In the straw and
we're taken our almost eiean enogEa
to go right into the dinner POI.
They had the appearance OF having
been polished.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25
cHlUTAUQUA WILL
CONCLUDE PR0GAM
PINaFORE ToNfaHT WILL BE
LAST NVMRER OF THE
CHAITAuQtA.
---~--
Hon. Gallon r.. Thomas of palms
Delights Large Audience UNI
day Afternoon With Rstisanx
Patriotic .sddae~s.

The concluding nntabsf Of tho
W~axahaeEie efausaaaaa will 20
given tonight when the flnafare
Ieompans viii present their prugrafal
it is the custom of chaastauaaa
managers la give the best last and
thar II the plan here. Aeenrdifaa
To reports Pinafore will eclipse anv
or ire performances given during
the 1~nausauana- There are more
people III the company and m or
chestra will provide music for the
occasion.
The rogram Saturday night IN
Guided entertainment By Peggy
Hill and Ruby Norman. which WIS
pleasing. Edward Amhnrst OFT
gave i fairly go,d lecture on the
subject Of Sour Grapes"
TIE program on Sunday after
noon VAS changed because Of fail
ura OF Robert r Carson 10 arrive
After Il short recital By Harrison
Keller and Stewart Willie the
Hen. Cullen F. Thomas OF Dallas.
with whom half the audience Is
acquainted, delivered q splendid
lecture. speaking on the duty OF
American people In tie war crisis.
While Ii mag be said without feat
Of being voted down that Edward
Amherst OFT delivered the best
lecture of the scheduled program.
i, also may be trnthfully said that
the very best lecture OF the whole
ehantauqua was delivered BY Mr..
Thomas SUNDAY afternoon. He is
a pleasing speaker On any and all
occasions but he is al his best when
endeayoring TO stimulate patriotism
at i tinae when tire united effort
of the people Is needed.
Judge Thomas urged his hearers
10 ascertain in what direction their
Hsth OF duty leads and then follow
il. tie was vel received ~ the
audience.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25
RED CROSS WORKERS
STILL RAISING FUNDS

The strain Of the weeks work
raising Red Cross funds Is begin
Ling to tell. yet the good ONE Of
Waxahaciie are pulling With might
AID main % get up a creditabie
offering for this work. II WAS
stated that Naxahachie and Ellis
county was expected To give $50
Na0, but the workers vii not reach
that snsn Or anything like II. how
Ger. they expect to gise every cent
the people car be persuaded 70 Iaart
with. Nhe masked now the sub
seriptsons we're coming in this
morning one worker replied "verr
veil. only W. VIII hardly make i
start towards raising the full
amount.
Tae tag sales Saturday totaled
approximately $1,000 and il il esti-
mated that . similar sum Was eon-
tribssted before Saturday. Il is
probable that not more than s2,009
has already been subscribed, how
e4er a final count has not been
made.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25
Hotel Rogers Arrivals.

Miss Pauline Williams. n ACC.
Stewart Willie. Boston, Harrison
Keller. Boston Jack Booth. San
Antonio; Ino- Deefs, San Ansonios
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheets. Dallas. Mr..
and Mrs. Has, Dallas. Mr.. and
Mrs Eriing Holland, city ]. G.
LaggIns, Austin. s. ". Theagiil.
Taylor. =. F. strickland and wIfe.
Dallas. e. NJ. Barley. Taslor. Ray
1raand Mckinney. Hubbard, Jack
feathers. Hubbard.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

The Wooomeu OF the World will
their regular meeting tomorrow
hlght At fhis meeting tie Iodga
VIII vote on whether or not IN extra
assessment of 10 tents q month
hail be levied for the erection OF
a Woodmen home in Texas.
A.. BFRES. C.. c.
r r. NEWTON. Clerk.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

Advices from Fort Worth are to
the effect that a fine rain fell
there Sunday morning. The rain
extended east as far as Brltfon
with some heavier shower at Mid
lothian than fell here.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

II. Z. Fina, Buick dealer. is
delivering Two ear loads today: other
s%tipasenis viii follow. f you want
n Buick put in your order now.
Think We al make delivery soon.
See new Buick in show window. -
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

Two young BOYS driving N. s.
Ely's caf sunday morning turned
i; over on the Fails pike and
tamaged 1t some. The BOYS seeap-
eli with slight bruises.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

On next Thursday night the Nam
Street Christian Endeagor society
viii hear "a review OF the state
convention by the cieh delegate
@ho attended the Houston meeting.
aes' younG people wil outline
the strong points maize by Or. Ira
y i~andrith and other noted speak
ems Who appeared BEFORE the state
f. meeting and VIII rive a
General resume Of The proceedings.
= promises to be- one of the BEES,
meetings the eociaty baa beie.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

Mrs Lille Bradford. who was OPP
Grated on some time ago At the local
s8nitariam Tor appendicitis. was Der
n1itted "a 90 10 her horne loo vii
liams, street today,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

Mrs J. ~ Williams. age aeS
lied mt her home on West Frank
an street Saturday afternoon at
7 O'Clock following a rather Iona
Illness The remains were laid 10
fest at the city cemetery sunday
afternoon at 3.3o O'Clock with
ss fEiees At the home and concluded
a The grave The surviving nus
rand aud children have the symna
Thy Of te entire %citizensip.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25


Ass johnson sfass a@s 'es
.. J Meoaa7' & 7ot' aas -
osltsAsfs fissFs sossfs ana ~
ravens aha os4eFs maze q f4la
Teen monte dealers ana crap shoos
era
y = rae u f0i'est'n "@s -
S"s cry o9tafeAs aa7 ssaeea no
. : 'hfe7'g'4 "Ht essaaf-ats 'a'n-
!" 0 tie acre anu yrs H'7 M"ea'
afetaEed t~s"ts opsas1s per Aefe
si'ef Nspo q Noiesa'o ~
- -ss' eng iteie ta's VIZ ~ i-
VIZ ftttfNG -tnkh 40 0iH 184 fNNfS OK
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

Save year time and tempar-Ief
Tnetes do vour 3o'' priat'ng
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

Miss Jewel Allen Of Milford. who
was operated on at the local santa
rum, returned this afternoon 20 her
home.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

If its news-the Light has 1T.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

]. e. Tate Of Forreaton was in
she city Saturday ard stated his
So 5 thresaed ont seventp-fise BUSH
81 o the acre. and thai his wheat
averaged twenty bushels per acre.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

Officers Harry Rogers and Boz
cfavens and Others made a raid
teen monte dealers and rap shoot
ers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

New johnson grass has See
j. Meouattsrs & Son. adv -
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

We have installed the latest i'm
proved electric shoe machinery and
have employed a first class work
man and are now prepared to do
your shoe repair work Plumhoff
saddlery co. adv So
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25
) NEWS ITEMS OF THE CITY Z
TOLD IN BRIEF FORM .

Ser Fislii,url'~ al.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-03-02

introduced a bill, and the only
one too, compelling them to do so
and it passed the house unani-
mously just Is months to a day
after the accident. The old man
covered his face as the vote was
announced and l know the tears
were streaming down his face.
Many interesting side lights
would be thrown upon this. legis-
lative body but time and space
preclude the same.
Yours truly,
w. B. HUssMAN.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-03-02
Would Organize Moose Lodge

H. H. Bower, organizer for the
Moose lodge, spent several days
in our city this week in the inter
est of that order and hopes to be
able to organize a lodge here by
drawing some candidates from
Ferdinand and Grangeville. Be-
ing centrally located, this town
will be chosen as the home of the
order on the prairie. Mr.. Bower
has met with good success 80 far
and has no doubt of being able
to secure the required fifty char
ter members.
The Loyal Order of Moose was
organized in the year 1888 and is
open to all good citizens of the
white race. Dues amount to $12
a year, of which amount one dol
lar goes to the maintenance and
support of Mooseheart, a home
of the order started at Moose
heart, Illinois, for tn e
b e n e fit o f children o f de-
ceased members where the fam
lilies are left in destitute circum-
stances. The lodge owns more
than a thousand acres of land
there and is improving it with
fine buildings and also is prepar-
ing to establish a similar home in
Arizona or New Mexico for tu-
bercular members and their
families. At some future date
several reels of moving pictures
showing the home and its sur
roundings will be shown here.
Mr.. Bower is at present in Lew
iston on business but will return
early next week.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-03-02
The New SharpleS
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A Recent Great Advance Stride
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and
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