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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
A Cordial Invitation.

The Associated Merchants of AL
bany, composed of the leading firms
in all retail lines of trade, will OBJ
serve Buy 1t in Albany" week next
week, beginning October Is. The
purpose of this campaign is to demon
strate to the buying public of the Cap
itol District, that Albany offers the
best opportunities for trade in this
district. The campaign includes an ella
borate schedule OF advertising in
score or more of papers throughout
the Capitol District, in which Albany's
advantages are brought home to the
reader in striking fashion
The members of the association
plan especially elaborate and com
plete displays of their entire stocks
Handsomely decorated show windows
will be a leading attraction and the
stores themselves will be made as in
viting as 1t is possible to make them.
1t is probable that special attrac-
tions, consistent with their particular
lines of retail business. viii be offered
by many OF the merchants.
II is the contention OF the Associa.
ted Retail Merchants of Albany that
one can buy better goods, styles more
up to the minute and exclusive, at
more favorable prices and with great
er shopping satisfaction, in Albany,
than else where The entire week will
be given over to proof OF this claim.
The shopping public of the entire
Capitol District is cordially invited by
the merchants to inspect their stores
and pass most critical Judgment on
the new, complete stocks with which
their places are filled.
Albany expects to make it a gala
week and all the hotels, restaurants
and amusement houses viii cooper
ate to make the week most pleasure
able one for all who avail themselves
of this opportunity to become ac-
quainted with Albany's trading posi-
bilities.
Buy 1t in Albany has been chosen
as the official slogan of the campaign
and merchants who are members OF
the association will display in their
windows Buy 1t in Albany cards,
and their advertising in the newspa-
pers will be marked by Buy 1t in All
bany" Observation-Disclosures
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
The LARGEST Diamond.

The largest diamond that has yet
been found is the Cullinan, which was
discovered in the Premier mine in the
Transvaal in 1907 and weighed 3,025&
carats, or one and one-third pounds,
in the rough, and at that it WAS APP
parently only a fragment OF a larger
stone. In cutting this immense gem
it was divided into nine large stones
and a number of brlllants, the largest
finished stone being only 5161a carats.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
Manifold uaes for cotton.

Tn calling attention to the manifold
uses for cotton, cotton seed and cotton
seed oil, the Boston Herald mentions
the following products: Photographic
films, automobile windows, buttons,
ivory" artificial silk. combs, knife
handles. trunks, book bindings, shoes.
furniture, headwear, handbags, lard,
soap. butterine, paints, rubber, guncot-
ton and smokeless powder used in ex-
plosives.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
The Workers, Intellectual Life.

We make this suggestion TO any en-
ployer in any large establishment !:
Find out what your employees read,
what newspapers and magazines they
take regularly, what books they call
for in the public library, what lectures
they go to, or would go to IL they had
the opportunity. Make similar study
of the reading matter and favorlte d.
Jersions and mental pastimes Of the
men Immediately in charge.-lndus-
trial Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
Pigeons as Carriers.

Pigeons have been used as messen-
gers for many thousands of years.
Dove is the Anglo-Sa1on name; pigeon
the Norman name. During the fifth
Egyptian dynasty, 5000 years before
Christ, it was the fashion to domesd-
cate pigeons and to train them us car
riers and messengers. The promptness
with which Caesar was Informed of
the rebellion in Gaul, and thereby en-
abled to cross the Alps before those
uprising could possess the entire prov
ince, was due to the use of carrier
pigeons In the Crusades, these birds
were skillful and faithful messengers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
BRIEF AND BRIGHT
Reflections Grave and Gay Mostl,
Pertaining to Current Events

Reflections Grave and Gay Mostly
Pertaining to Current Events
Wonder IL Bernstorff was also milk
ing his own government.
No one denies that Germany cher
ishes a lonely desire for peace" And
it's likely to grow more lonely.
That New York man shouldn't be
exempted because he can feel no SEN
sation i'm his feet. He'll not know
when they get cold.
Up to this time. no tenderhearted
person has deemed 1T proper to ask
for contributions for the relief Of the
starving ex-distillers of Peoria and
Kentucky.
A Michigan soldier said 81 suppose
they will be getting chaperones and
nurses for us next" Anything to
make the soldiers life pleasant.
Another way of wasting precious
time is trying to write or say things
that will hurt the kaiser's feelings.
THE old fashioned DOCTORS" says
BLY, Skifiington, took ones tempera-
ture-now they take his Bradstreet
and Dun rating
Here comes complaint that people
mispronounce the word Cafeteria"
The word deserves worse than
mispronounciation
The conservation skirt has arrived
from Paris. 1t saves wool, and it's
slit. Some of the greatest women
think camfoulage skirt would be more
appropriate name.
Honestly now what have you done
TO help win the war.
The suggestion that Americans eat
more rabbits does not refer to the
kind made of cheese and served from
the chatting dish.
German displomacy seems to make
submarine atrocities natural and rea-
sonable,-Albany Times-Union.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
DThe Lard Ct Blades"

Japan is called THE land of blades"
by its own people, some of the older
scholars having declared that the first
sword was invented by the same god
who invented poetry. A maker of
swords In Japan was ever highly hon
ored among his fellow mechanics. An
unusually sliillful and artistic smith
sometimes was recipient of high MILL
tary rank, yearly pension or was
even raised TO the lordship Of tho
province In which he dwelt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
Worth Their Weight in Gold

No man can do his best when suf-
fering from backache, rheumatic
pains, swollen joints, sore muscles
or other symptoms of kidney trouble.
b. II. Stone, $40 N. End ST., Reading,
Pa, writes Il contracted most
severe case OF kidney trouble. !
gradually grew worse and for months
was unable to attend to business. ]
began to use Foley Kidney Pills and
soon found the pains were gone and
have had no aches since. They have
been worth their weight in gold to
me."-Sold Everywhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
a Vast stane

The largest stage in the world is
that of the Grand Opera house in
Paris. It is 100 feet wide, nearly 200
feet in depth and so feet high. The
height is measured from the level OF
the stage to the "tlies." The stage of
the Metropolitan Opera house, New
York, is 101 feet wide, 50 feet deep
and II feet high,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
She Knew How 10 DO IL.

Little Alice, coming home from
school, said: "Oh! mother, I've
learned to punctuGtc." wei, dear,
how is it done?n asked her mother.
why, when you write Hank = you
put hatpin after it and when You
ask question you put a button hook
after it," she answered.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
,Iumnina Rome Recorder.

All the vocal gymnastics have been
taken out of the youthful pastime of
jumping rope. A jumping rope has
been invented which automatically reg
listers the numbers Of times it is turned.
In other words, children can jump
themselves to death without uttering a
sound.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
Ewes Are Men,notetl

Carelessness in regard to the eyes
has obviously been the cause of many
woes. AS soon rs we become alive to
them we shall perceive the Importance
Of Systematically checking these evils
and giving relief to a majority of peo-
pie from unnecessary sufIering.-Ex-
change.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
POWNAL

Miscellaneous shower will be CIV
en- Miss Francis j. Golledge, (not
Mrs. Thomas) in the Methodist
church Saturday evening. The we'd
ding Of Miss Golledge and DR..
Thomas will take place later.
The Red Cross did not meet this
week as there was no sewing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
Taking All the Smell.

Dolly and Dick had saved their pen
MES and bought their mother bod
Quet. In carrying it home Dolly kept
smelling 1t constantly till finally Dick
said: "There won't be no smell left for
mama when we gets 1t home"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
Musical Note.

A London electrician has invented
n safe that is unlocked by a tuning
fork, the vibrations of which, cause
wire within the safe to vlhrate in har-
mony with them and operate the
mechanism eloctrlcalv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
Mental Move.

"What do they mean by saying,
when the spirit movesT" at implies
mental process. With my wife, the
spirit moves every time she sees a new
house. louisville Courier-Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
Precise.

Scotch Sergeant-"And moo we'll try
the RIGHT TURN by numbers, and mind
that We don't move till We hear the
final syllable of the word TURN r.
Passing Show.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
A Mutual Pleasure,

Mother-"Were You glad to get back
TO school and see your dear teacher?'
Little Son-"Well IL was just about
as glad MS dear teacher was to get
back and see mew
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
compIImentina Father.

Charles received wagon on his
birthday and promptly broke a wheel.
Ills father soon mended 1t. Papa" he
said, you are smarter than you look
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
When Nations Succeed.

Nations, like men, fail in nothing
which they boldly attempt when they
are sustained by vlrtnous purpose and
firm resolution.-Henry Clay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
"Gasslnuu Moles.

Western farmer Is "gassing"
moles by using the gases from the ex-
haust of his motor, conveying it to the
moles' burrows by hose. 1t kills the
pests.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-13
Automatically Speaking.

You can't dance dc stars TO bed an
f6ller de sun round de daytime.--At
lanta Constitution.
The evening world., 1917-12-14
Lamberts Ready to Supply All
Christmas Needs in Fine JeWelry

stones, military wrist watches, bracelet walchc' and
watches n other sIylc, from lending maker. silver.
ware sterling and plated cock,, plain and ornamental
Our offer 10 vet aside any articlc you desire o. q
Christmas gift and 10 keep IN ono II our steel vaults
until you arc ready lo take II away hold, good The
The evening world., 1917-12-14

gifi may not he pad for until II Is handed to you,
maybe ~ late Christmas We shall bc obliged
~ wiihdrnw this offer soon, 40 nll customers who
wish 10 take advantage of IL should do 80 1T once.
Come ~ early as yuu can and know from expert
cncc what comfort Il is 10 get your Christmas buy.
ing out ~ the way early
The evening world., 1917-12-14
GOV, COX OF OHIO WORKS
WITH U. S. FUEL OFFICIAL

VASHtSgToS Dec. Rrpori- 20
tho Fuel Administration to-day sald
that ,oM vaa moving freely from
I,ko porr ~ Onto towns undcr tho
direction u' Homer Johnson. Federal
I'ueI Administrator for tho state. GOV
COX. who hnd threatened 10 take the
situation into hfs own hluda. hnr
utrn.d over to Johnson. g. wae t1Id.
information gathered by State off,.
culr hoNng whore coal be- most
needed
CfNCINNATI -, Dec. "a T. G.
n,ird. representative of tho Nptonnl
Tu,i Administrator. who arrived her"
last night. ia s"Uklng nm Hrrnng"mcn NJ
with the railroads and coal men hy
which he believes the coal situation
throughout tho central states viii be
/ relieved within two wo~iSg Baird
/ pinna 10 establish six pooling place
/ ar clearing houses FOR coal one oHrl
M cleveland. chicago, Detroit Cincin
matt. columbus aud Indianapolis.
The evening world., 1917-12-14

500 Iilllc time remain. for 'i' purchase ~ CHRIST
rua. I'oclry that those Who gnnl u should come at
once This plain but at,racti,r store i- prepared 10
supply every Christmas need oi diamond and
solid gold cwcIry. and rings n every description set
With ~ he most beautiful and most popular precious
The evening world., 1917-12-14
Solitaire Diamond Engagement Rings
Bar Pins and Brooches In

theLa
$ n booI
in
o
The evening world., 1917-12-14

n $I.35 a pair, boys and girls
one-cIasp gray mocha gloves, lined
With silk, half PIX sewn, and self
stitched backs.
heretofore $iT5 and So Oa
The evening world., 1917-12-14
Boys Gloves-Sale

n SOC a pair, one-tlasp gray
Jersey wool lined gloves also Icath.
erette cuffs in gray Jersey gauntlet
HHciOfOyc O5C ami =,
Evening star., 1917-04-14
SENTENCES ARE PASSED
ON SEVEN BY COURT
Confessed White SLAYER" and Two
Young Highwaymen Among Those
Sent to Penitentiary.

Walter l. Holbruner, a confessed
white slaver." has been sentenced by
Justice Gould. in Criminal Division !
to serve three years in the penitentiary.
Holbruner lived in Baltimore. and was
charged with bringing girl to Wash
ington for immoral purposes.
Earl Hackley and Norman HackIey.
young highwaymen who robbed three
stores in different parts of the city.
were also sent to the penitentiary yes
terday by Justice Gould Earl was
given five years and Norman three
years at Atlanta.
Powell Bastell. co1ored convicted of
an attempt to rob Miss Mary F. Miller.
364O New Hampshire avenue, was given
six years in the penitentiary by Justice
Gould.
Four years each in the penitentiary
was the sentence imposed by Justice
Gould on Joseph Harrison and Eman-
uel Brown, alias blue Dick" colored.
The men were charged with procuring
$500 from Adelaide Jones by persuading
her to give them the money to enable
them to make division of a sum in a
pocketbook which they told her they
had found
Because of the crippled condition of
Harvey Eden. charged by the police
with teaching young boys to steal
bicycles and dividing the profits, JUS
tice Gould declined to send him to pris-
on. The court gave the man two years,
but placed him on probation. Eden ad
mitted the charge and promised to
leave Washington.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
Spring Enthusiasm

The more | sing of gentle
spring the more | want to carol !;
these pleasant days ! turn out
lays and anthems by the barrel.
AS fresh the earth as when its
birth occurred in distant ages; we
shed our years and hop like steers
or kangaroos in cages. All Win
ter long my works were wrong,
and grief in me was reigning
and other jays who went their
ways in anguish were complain
ing. I'd walk a mile before a
smile Id see upon a critter; all
men were sore and DER and DER
they cussed the winter bitter.
But now | walk around a block
on legs that wish to gambol. and
fifty styles of cheerful smiles I
witness in my ramble. Spring,
sweet and calm, is natures balm
for all our ills and ailings; our
souls it cheers, and dries our
tears, and shames our idle wall
ings. WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
BILL DESIGNED TO STOP
UNFAIR PRACTICES IN D. C..
Measure Before House Committee
Was Drawn at the Request of
Local Merchants.

A bill designed to put stop to the
unfair competition with local business
houses by outside concerns which send
to do business here by
means of hotel exhibits. etc. has been
referred to the District committee of
the House. 1t was written by Repre-
sentative Johnson at the request Of
Washington merchants. 1t also is de-
signed to put an end to fictitious fire
sales" "assignees' sales.' CLOSING out
sales" and similar pitfalls by providing
that no such sale shall be advertised
until the facts shall have been closely
scrutinized by the District Commits
sioners.
The measure provides that itinerant
vendors from other cities shall deposit
$500 with the District government,
which shall remain on deposit for sixty
days after the sale closes: that n tax
of J. per cent on the samples of stock
carried shall be levied and collected,
and that the merchant shall pay $500 a
day license fee while the sale con-
tinues.
At present out-of-town firms can
send a representative with samples to
Washington and take orders for goods
and pay nothing but a tax of Y per
cent on the value of the stock carried
in this city.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
TO RAISE FUND OF $1a5,coo.
John H. McFadden's Plea for U. S.
Ambulance Service in France.

After more than two years of service
in the American ambulance field service
in France, John H. McFadden, treasurer
of that organization, has returned to
this country to raise fund of $135 900,
sorely needed at this time for new
equipment for the field service, and
will lecture tonight at the New Willard
Hotel on "The American Ambulance
Corps in the War;
Mr.. McFadden. who is the son of a
Philadelphia cotton merchant and art
collector. points out that many of the
original machines employed in this
service have been worn out or de-
stroyed. and there is need for a much
increased equipment to help in the
work of saving the lives of the wound
ed soldiers of France.
The lecture will be illustrated by
slides reproduced from photographs
taken by himself on the firing line of
France and four reels of moving pic
lures. given him by the French gov
ernment to aid in his campaign in this
country.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
TO SUPPRESS BETTING
IN D. C. ON HORSE RACING
Chamber of Commerce Committee De-
cides to Frame Bill for Intro
duction in Congress.

Decision to have bill introduced in
Congress by which it is planned to
suppress betting in the District of Co
lumbia on horse races, was reached at
a meeting of the committee on mu-
nicipal legislation of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce yesterday aft
ernoon. The committee was empowered
at a recent meeting of the chamber to
take such action as was deemed neces-
sary to prevent the dissemination in
the District of information relating to
horse racing.
A bill designed to remedy this condi-
ton was considered at the meeting
yesterday. The committee decided to
adopt the draft and have subcom-
mittee of five present the matter to
Congress William C. sullivan, chair
lected as chairman of the subcommit-
tee. Other members are to be an
nounced later.
The bill as drafted would make it I'M
lawful for one to have in his posses
sion within the District of Columbia.
or to bring or send into the District,
with intent to use the same in max
ing bets or for the purpose of dissent
mating information in respect thereto,
any slip, sheet, card. handbill, news
paper, periodical, magazine. book,
pamphlet, drawing, device, design or
contrivance whatever, containing in
formation as to bets or odds on horse
races. or tips for the purpose Of bet
ting thereon. or information whereby
any person can determine therefrom or
which will aid any person in determin-
ing the bets made or odds given on
horse races. or tips as to betting odds
thereupon."
The bill provides for punishment by
a fine of not more than 81 900, or by i'm
prisonment of not more than six
months in the workhouse or Jail, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
HEBREW CHARITIES APPEALS
Asks Contributions for Jewish Poor
of CAPITAL,

An appeal for funds has been sent
out by the United Hebrew Charities of
Washington on behalf of Washington's
Jewish poor. In the appeal it is stated
that unless funds are forthcoming,
freely and quickly. the institution will
have to close its door, as the amount
now on hand cannot. with the most
rigid economy, be stretched to cover
the rest of the fiscal year.
Hundreds of families. whose income
formerly meant living. find it means
now only slow starvation. The appeal
urges, IF you have given before, give
again. and If you are one of the hun
dreds who have not given to US, do
your duty to your own, now"
1t emphasizes the fact that the in
stitution has reached the limit of its
resources. and another few weeks of
only normal expenditure will empty
the treasury
Evening star., 1917-04-14
Chamber Committee to Meet.

Several matters of Importance are to
be brought before the committee on
police and fire protection of the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce at noon
next Wednesday in the rooms of the
organization. Nathan b. Williams is
chairman and William B. Hardy is vice
chairman of the committee. Other
members are Maj. Raymond w Pull
man, superintendent of police: Capt.
Thomas Judge, Morgan Bradford, Au-
gust Brill, A. Brylawski, George H.
Chandlee, NJ. ]. Cook, w. r. Fosbender.
c. w. Gill. H. S. Hill. George H. Judd.
Clarence S. kessler. Phil King. Ralph
w. Lee. DIR. Harry s. Lewis. E. Nc
Intire Robert T.. Mann, E. H. Neumeyer,
jr.; Albert Schulteis. NJ. A. Winter Isa-
dore Freund, John J. Noonan and Edw
S BraShearS.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
TO MOVE TELEPHONE OFFICES
Business Force to Be in New Quar-.
ters Mondav.

Announcement was made today that
the business offices of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company will
open Monday at the new location. 18th
and G. streets. on the southeast corner.
These are the offices with which the
public transacts its business with the
company. where contracts and collec-
tions are made.
Arrangements are being made for a
new central office to take a part Of
the Main calls, at the present Offices.
722 18th street northwest. The new
exchange will be known as Franklin"
\ new toll board to take care of the
growing long distance business also re-
Gently has been installed at the 18th
street building.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
Confer on Platinum Supply

Secretary Redfield will confer Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock with prom
inent New York jewellers. members of
the jewelers. Vigilance Committee,
upon methods of conserving the supply
of platinum in the United States. the
necessity for which is brought about by
the war The delegation of fourteen
jewelers. will be headed by DR.. George
KunZ of TiffanyS.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
Firemen Strip Gold Decorations.

Who's who in the District fire depart
ment no longer can be ascertained from
the shoulder straps on the uniforms.
There has been a wholesale discard of
gold decorations and straps In accord
ance with the new military regulations
prohibiting use of the insignia of the
United States military forces by other
than these forces. Similar changes are
being made all over the country
Fire Chief Wagner is at work on a
new design for the local uniforms,
which probably will consist of cluster
of fire trumpetS.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
TAKE UP WAR RELIEF WORK.
Women of Fairfax County, Va, to
Aid the Red Cross.

The women of Fairfax Court House,
Va, had a meeting Thursday at the
home of Mrs. John S. Barbour, and ar
ranged preliminaries for the formation
of the women of Fairfax county into
bands to take up war relief work. 1t
is stated the work will be done in con-
nection with the Red Cross.
The school authorities of Fairfax
county are planning a county ide
campaign for domestic preparedness.
The first meeting will be held in the
Oakton schoolhouse on the night of
April 20, and speakers of national repu-
tation are expected to be present and
show the necessity for cultivating all
the land possible.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
Hymen Loses; License Returned.

Because the brides parents objected
to the marriage. kennett C. McGregor.
twenty-one years old. has returned
for cancellation a license purchased
by him last Wednesday. The name of
the bride-not-to-be was given as
Marian L. Ballinger, nineteen years
old. Col. William a. kroll drew red
lines across the application on the
register and indorsed across the page
Cancelled by request of applicant"