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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-02
WOULD USE CANALS
WOthcrspoor Believes In Tim, Way
Freight ConEcstion Can BE
Avoided,
nv Associated Prcss.1

Nv Associated Press
WASHINGTON. May IA suggestion
tina, New York states great canal
system bc utilized on a large scale for
movement Of military aud food sup
plies 10 the Eastern scahoard. was sub
nlittcd 20 the Federal government TO-
DAY 10y state officials. and Will be taken
under consideration by the National
Defense Council in its correlation OF
transportation agencies for war
ajor-Ciercral W. WothcrSpoon.
formerly chief Of stat OF the army.
since his retirement superintendent Of
public works in New York. told Quar-
termastsr-Gencral Scharpe that
threatened freight congestion might he
avoided by = fun use Of The other
canals. Tho states water system can
handle io.cooooo tons Of freight cacn
month Il nscd he he said and can
r,ove Il no, only more cheaply hu;
more .Np.d.tiously than tho present
average Of -rei sat movements by rail.
General Wotherspoor said that IN
very short order any required number
~ canal boats capable - transporting
such freight could he hu't along the
line ot canals and The Lakes Now
that the Ere Canal has been dcepened
end eniarced these G. = even, could
be huilt big enough to - wi;h safety
70 Baltimore, rhiadelphfa o- Hampton
Roads
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-02

Tho total tonnage was l.l4s.74o: Ameri.
can. 3l7.2o2. In March tho number Of
vessels arriving here was 3s8; tons,
l.053.272; American. ia: tons. 2S4.732.
March and April clearanccs, respcc-
lively were 39G vessels. of 1,0Sl.O2S
tons. and 3S3 vessels. OF l.0i3.366 tons.
One hundred and twenty-five vessels,
of 319.972 tons. were of American reg
istry In March. and l07 vessels, OF 270,-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-02

WAYNES SOEO. w MAJ w. n
Weaver u. fo~rner dent O:
WaEnesboro. mel iUsi.n, t5a,h in
HarrishurC. Pa when nc was MT bv :
freight train. according . r@vs re-
ceiNcd here TO-DAY The -ody vas
taken 20 MS parents home. tn Charles
ton. w Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-02

was presented to tho supreme, cou,4
to-day by the grandchildren Of tho dIs.
tinEuishcd turist. The gift was, ton.
dercd by Theodore r. Klutz. or Salts.
bury. I'm an appropriate speech. TX wa.
accepted by Chief Justice Waiter CLARK.
The painting will be Eivcn place on
INC walls OF tho Supreme Court library.
judge Caldwell was Judge OF the Su.
perior Court from 1874 to 1Sb9. ia
died In 1867. -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-02
TONNAGE INCREASES
fifty-onc Moro Vessels Enter Vow
York Fort In April Than I'm
NInrCb

NEW YORK. May Fifty more
vessels entered the por; OF New York
last month than in March, notwith-
STANDING the German submarine
menace. The increased tonnage wa
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-02

9G.iGs. OF which 32.470 was represented
by seven more ships flying tho Ameri-
can flag than during Marai.
Departures in April were decreased
by thirteen vessels. or 1852 tons. as
compared with March. Eighteen fewer
American ships sailed from here
These represented 1851 tons.
The total number of vessels OF all
nationajitics arriving here last month
was 40. OF which l21 were American
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13

extraordinary way, but who display
such intelligence in the action that 1t
stands ont as something apart from
conduct in the line Of duty. Exccntivcl
orders prescribe as follows the way
In which the medal may be gained.
The recommendations must he pre-.
scented 10y some one other than the
proposed recipient, one who is person
ally familiar with all the facts and
circumstances claimed as justrying the
award, but the application may be
made by the one claiming TO have
earned it, In which case it will he I'm
the form Of deposition rcclting
narrative description Of the distinguish.
cd service performed. Recommends.
lions viii he made by the commanding
officer at the time OF the action or by
soldier or an officer having personal
cognizancc Of the net for which the
badge Of honor Is claimed.
The regulations also provide for OK.
hnustivc examination of the circum.
stances in each ease and for an inves.
LEGATION that removes every possibility
of fraud. Atldayits from witnesses
are required, and the system safeguard.
Ing the distinction is hcdgcd about
with muumcrable restrictions. II may
be taken for granted that man who
secures one OF the coveted Medals has
earned 1t with mlereat.--Ncw York sun.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT officers and pfiyates
only. But in the following year the
law was changed to extend The award
to commissioned officers also. In all
about 100 of the medals were IRE.
scented for services In the war between
the states and it is Il remarkable fact
that 00 per cent OF them went 10 pri.
waite soldiers.
In its present form the medal Of
honor is five pointed star with a
medallion In the center. bearing the
head OF Minerva and around It Unit
ed States of America" in relief ON
each ray of the star is an oak leaf, and
the points themselves are trcfoll shap.
cd. \ laurel wreath in green enamel
enclrcles the whole, aud this wreath Is
Surmounted By "Nalor.' which in turn
Is surmounted by an eagle that at
taches the decoration to its ribbon.
Accompanying this medal there Is a
badge, or lapel button, hexagonal and
made of blue silk with the thirteen
ORIGINAL stnrs in white. The army
medal is represented by small blue
button studded with stars. willie the
navy medal is represented by small
red, white AMI blue bowknot
1t was not until 1897 that rcgula-
lions definitely cnunciutlng the condl.
tons under which the medal should be
awarded were promulgated. They ON
phasized the difficulty Of winning the
decoration aud the great honor attach.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Friday July 10. 1917.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Teh
Briefly fer Husy Esadsrs

Robert Levin is visiting in Spring
field, Mass.
Miss Eliza Bushee is visiting. Miss
Luella and Lillian Chandler.
Harold Levin has returned from a
vacation in Springfield, Mass.
Miss Marjorie Chandler is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Clarence Chandler.
Miss Edith Sibley went Thursday
to Burlington to visit school friend.
Burton Holmes will take you
through Cairo at Harte Theatre today
ADV.
James C. Burke and H. F. Gibson
have returned from business trip to
New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walbridge Beebe
of Toronto are guests of Mrs. George
b. Lawrence.
Mrs. William Boomhower of Wilder,
VT, is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Z. A. Houle.
DR.. and Mrs. E. A. Houle motored
| to Cohoes Thursday and returned with
Miss Bibiane and Miss Jeanette
Houle who have been visiting relativ-
es in Cohoes
Mrs. Joe Levin, Mrs. n. Noveck,
Samuel and Harold Levin returned
Thursday by automobile from trip to
| Springfield, Mass.
Gladys Hulette in "The Amateur
Orphan" and Molly King in THE Mys-
terry of the Double Cross, Harte Thea.
ire tomorrow. ADV.
Philip T. II. Pierson returned Thurs
day night from Montpelier where he
has been attending a meeting of the
i state board of charities.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13

Ing 10 lis possession.
Medals Of honor authorized by the
act of congress approved March 3,
1861 say the regulations, ARE award
cd TO officers and enlisted men In the
name of congress for. particular deeds
of most distinguished gallantry in ac-
ton. In order that the congressional
medal Of honor may he deserved, serv-
ice must have been performed in ne
ton OF such conspicuous character as
to distinguish clearly the man for gal.
lantry ana intrcpldlty above his com
radcs, service that involved extreme
jeopardy Of life or the performance
Of extraordinarily hazardous duty.
Recommendations for the decoration
Will he Judged by this standard Of OK.
traordinary merit and incontcstiblc
proof of performance Of the service
viii be cXactcd.
Soldiers OF the Union have ever
displayed bravery in battle, else vic
tories could not have been gained. But
as courage and self sacrifice are tho
characteristics OF every true soldier,
such badge of distinction us the con-
grcssionnl medal is not 10 be expected
MS the reward Of conduct that does not
clearly distinguish the soldier above
other men whose bravery aud gallan-
try have been proved IN battle"
In other words, the medal Of honor
Is medal for supcrheroes, for men
who not only risk their lives in somo
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13

o HOW TO MAKE AN ICE
o LESS REFRIGERA-
TOR FOR TIE SUMMER
0 MONTHS. - This refrigerator
o consists of a wooden frame COW
0 cred with canton flannel. bur
o lap or heavy duck 1t is desiia
o bic that the frame he screened,
although this is not necessary.
o Wicks made of the same mate
o rial as the covering, resting In n
o pan Of water on top of The cool
O or. conduct the water over the
o sides and ends of the pan and
o allow 1t to seep down the sides of
o the box. The evaporation from
0 this moistened covering causes Il
o lower temperature inside. This
0 is the way to build the rcfrigera-
o tor:
o Make a screened case three and
o One-half feet high, with the 9th
er dimensions Il by IL inches.
o If solid top is used. simply
o place the water pan on this.
o Otherwise tit the pan closely into
o opening Of the top frame and
0 support it by one inch cleats
fastened TO the inside of the
o frame.
o Place two movable shelves in
o the frame twelve TO fifteen
o inches apart. Use a biscuit pan
o l. by Ii inches on the top to
hold the water and where the
refrigerator Is TO be used indoors
have the whole thing standing
in large pan to catch any drip.
The pans and case may he paint
o ed white, allowed to dry and
then enameled.
o 4 covering of white canton
flannel should be made to fit the
frame. Have the smooth side
o out and button the covering on
o the frame with buggy or auto
o mobile curtain hooks and eyes,
o arranged so that the door may
be opened without mfastening
o these hooks. This can easily he
o done by putting one row of
o hooks on the edge of the door
o near the latch and the other juss
o opposite the opening, with the
o hem on each side extended far
o enough to cover the crack at the
edge of the door, so as to keep
o ont the warm outside air and re-
o tain the cooled air.
o This dress or covering will
o have to be hooked around the top
o edge also. Two double strips
o one-half the width Of each side
o should be sewed on the top of
o each side covering and allowed
o TO extend over about two and
o one-half or three inches In the
pan of water, The bottom of the
o covering should extend into the
o lower pan.
Q Place the refrigerator in
shady place where air will circu-
o late around It freely. If buttons
and buttonholes are used on the
o canton flannel instead Of buggy
o hooks the cost will be reduced.
O o o O o o o o o o o o o
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13

worth its weight in gold to me for am
not only well but have baby girl, SO
when hear of any woman suffering as
was / tell her of Lydia E. Pinkham's
getable Compound Mrs. w.
HUGHES, IS Majestic Apis. Omaha, Neb.
In many other homes, once childless,
there are now children because of the
fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound makes women normal,
healthy and strong,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
LONGING
FOR A CHILD
Young Wife Almost in De-
spair. Now has Beautiful
Baby Girl.

There is nothing more charming than
a happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health
or beauty. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has brought JOY to
many childless women by restoring them
to normal health. Here is notable case.
Omaha, Neb.-'1 suffered from fe-
male troubles when 1 was seventeen
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
Akron and Rubber.

There are thirty or more rubber fac.
tories In and around Akron. Three of
them are so vast that the visitor feels
bewilderment that mcrges into awe
as he follows his guide hour after hour
through titanic shops. These three
colossal plants are said to represent 90
per cent of Akron's life, while Akron
itself stands for 60 per cent Of the
total rubber production of the United
States Edward Mott Woolley in Nc
Tluros.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13

years old. AT eight
cen / was married
and my trouble was
no better so / con-
suited a physician
who said that there
was not much j
could do and l could
not have children.
i read of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
decided to try it,
and il has proved
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
BE CHEERFUL.

People who are ruled by the
mood Of gloom attract to them
gloomy things. The hopeful, con.
fdent and cheerful persons are
the ones who attract the ele.
ments of suecess.-R. w. Urine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13

No woman ever made n greater mis-.
take than that which is made 10y the
woman who thinks she will please her
husband by sitting up and waiting for
him until > o'clock in the morning.
Chicago Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13

The only thing that walks back from
lhc tomb with the moulners and re-
fuses to be- buried Ia character.-W. NJ.
uunt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
Thanks Neiqhbors

We wish hereby to express our
thanks to the neighbors who came so
quickly and worked so hard to save
arr buildings from fire last Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Ellen Towsley,
John Patterson.
East Pownal, VT, July II, 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
FOR REAL HEROES
Uncle Sans Great MiIitarysPrize,
the Medahof Honor.
NOT WON BY MERE, BRAVERY.

1t Takes Deed. Of Almost Superhu.
man Fearlessness TO Gain This Gov.
eted Badge, the Hardest to Win Of
All National War Decorations
Hardest to gain, aewest in numbers
the least known of the military decorn-
ton of honors of the world" sums up
The medal Of honor OF the United States,
the bit OF ribbon and the piece of metal
that are so eagerly coveted and highly
priced by the soldiers and sailors o.
Uncle sam.
When tou SEQ n man with the incon.
spicuous bronze star pinned to his coat
w n blue ribbon on which are thirteen
white stars you may know that he has
done decd that has placed his life in
such jeopardy that escape from it was
nearly n miracle.
The medal of honor was first author.
lied by congress in 1852 and was for
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-17

fore the 1t is nearly equal TO III" Who'll
amount Of money borrowed by the government
throughout the tonr wears OF the Civil war, 1t is
double what Great Britain is now raising from
war taxes
The second feature of this greatest war tax
bill ever known in the world is its distribution OF
the burden where It can most easily he borne.
'Two,thrds OF the additional revenue expected
will come from the income and profits taxes
says Chairman Simmons of the finance committee
in reporting the bill.
Income taxes by this bill will rise to above
$l,0OOO0O000 year. yet they will not touch the
$1,000 necessary income of the unmarried or the
$4,000 income Of the married individual and yet
again they will not 60 to extremes in surtaxes on
the largest incomes. There will be some room left
for added rates if these prove to be needed
AS bill to tax wealth rather than poverty the
senate measure is again conspicuous in taxing war
profits by 1862 900 against only 5000, 100000
in the house BILL These profits will be calculated
the excess above the average for three ante
bellum years. They will accordingly be taxes on
the war as source of individual corporate
enrichment and not on normal business.
1.-The senate bill is more democratic measure
than the house bill in other ways. 1t drops the
whole tariff -onconsumption scheme of the house
BILL 1t drops the retroactive income tax scheme
1t increases stamp tax levies on financial paper
and drops the taxing of the peoples gas and light
bills. 1t makes an easier distribution of other
miscellaneous taxes
1T is prominently the most democratic tax
measure ever submitted in the American congress
Fairness and justice between all classes of the
people have been consulted for the most part,
with the greatest care. In such harmony with the
objects of the war the country will meet the
burden in the spirit which has imposed it,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-17
THE OTHER SIDE OF TT.

Somehow another, in all this talk about the
action of the local selection boards and the claims
for exemptions filed by who are clearly
trying to evade their duty well as by those who
are rightly entitled to exemption-in all this talk
about the men who are trying to fool the exam.
ners we are overlooking the men who are trying
to beat the game so as to get into the army. They
may be in the minority tits true, but they re there
just the same and there's enough Of them to give
anybody with sporting blood in his veins whole
some glow of satisfaction, of pride for those real
Americans who won be turned down.
Many cases have come to light Of registered
men, rejected by the medical examiners because
they were few pounds underweight, trying to
make up the necessary avoirdupois by week or
two of forced feeding. Many rejected candidates
have gone to their physicians to find the best way
to put on flesh. Others, turned down because of
overweight have proceeded to dieting and hard
exercise to bring themselves within the limit
Numerous have been observed of men a trife
under height trying to make up the deficiency by
stretching.
So it goes--a lot Of different stunts could be
mentioned, all tending to show the efforts some
eager Americans, less fortunate as to physical
qualifications than others, put forth to gain the
chance to serve their country in the war to down
ruthless military autocracy. They want to 60
God bless 'em, let IS give 'em their chance!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-17
What HAPPENED N OLYMPIA AND
STATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

From The Washington Standard for
Friday evening, August 49, 1SSx'
Vol. XXXII. No. 80.
Tacoma's new directory gives the
city a population of 4s,761. Seattle's
new directory will show population
Of between $1,000 and 10000 inhab-
itants.
Alfalfa has been successfully
grown on q farm near Thornton, IN
Whitman county. this year. The sue
cess attending this experiment Will
probably lead to the cultivation OF
this nutritious crop on larger scale.
Plum street bridge has again bee
thrown open to travel after having
been thoroughly repaired.
Residents on East Fourth street
between Main street and the bridge
complain of the fast driving Of reck'
less horse-trainers.
The long-suffering people OF the
Westside have been comforted by an
other assurance from the electric rail-
way company that cars will soon be
running from Columbia street to the
city limits of Westside.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-17
WIN THE WAR FIRST.

Remember the words of Charles Edward Rus
sell, member of the Russian diplomatic mission,
one Of the radical sociologsts of the country and
a member Of the Socialist party until it recently
adopted policies he thought favored the German
cause? ''For years I have fought for social re.
form in government he told the people of Seat
tie, yet say today that there is not Of those
principles for which I have striven that is worth
considering until we assured that we are to
have nation There is no chance for sociaf
reform until we have settled the fact whether we
are to have nation and whether we are to have
democracy or autocracy. I repeat that the life Of
democracy hangs by hair" He had just come
back from Russia-he knows. As individuals re.
siding within the nation, certainly eager to see it
do its best, we should abide by that advice.
always striving for improvement of course, but
never actually obstructing the nations course,
blocking its efforts, in anxiety to obtain it.
"Win the war irst''-that should be our slogan
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-17
HOOVER BUSY RIGHT AWAY.

The day President Wilson signed the food con-
troll bill after the senate had monkeyed around
with it for two months, Herbert Hoover set to
work to get it going, and within day or two
thereafter made formal announcement of plans
for handling the wheat harvest now being made,
the country's biggest cereal crop. That's action
for you, the kind of action the American people
like to see. And incidentally, to know something
of what the president and Hoover were up against
in putting that bill through Congress and of what
they are going to be up against in making It
effective, read the article on another page It's
lengthy, but every word of it is worth reading.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-17
+ 1. + + + + :. + + + + i !: + !! + + + + i
AMERICAS CAUSE FOR WAR.

+ 1.-THE military masters of Germany denied
+ us the right to be neutral They filled our
+ communities with vicious spies and conspira-
= tors. They sought to corrupt our citizens.
= They sought by violence to destroy
+ our industries and arrest our commerce.
= They tried to incite Mexico to take up arms
= against us and to draw Japan into hostile !:
4 alliance with her. They impudently denied !
Z us the use of the high seas and repeatedly ex :
= ecuted their threat that they would send to .
= their death any of our people who ventured
= to approach the coasts of Europe. ::
= ''This flag under which we serve would !
= have been dishonored had we withheld our :
Z hand. Woodrow Wilson, President of the !
Z United States.