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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
BULLETS FLY AT GUARD
Return Fire Drives Marauders Away
From Power Plant.


North Adams, July 7-Something
Of stir was created early Friday
morning in the town OF Florida, near
the east end of Hoosac tunnel, wheu
Ernest Tudor, employed as guard at
station 5 OF the Deerfeld river power
plants of the New England power
company. was fired upon by two men
whom he detected while proving
about the conduit that furnishes water
to drive the turbines for the power
plant
The incident occurred soon after
midnight Friday morning. when Tudor
saw the men acting suspiciously. He
called on them to explain their busi-
ness and by way OF an answer a bull
let whizzed past his head. He inn
mediately lay fiat on the ground and
fired several shots at the men, who
fed In the darkness.
Tudor says he made his way to a
house near by and called up Deputy
Sheriff Johnson at Shelburne Falls
end that official with posse of men
hastened to the scene in search of
the men, but were unable to find any
trace of them as they escaped In the
woods Search for them was con
tinued Friday after daybreak but
without result. The plant where The
prowlers were seen is one of the most
important IN this section, and much
of the power that is used for street
railways In many Of the cities of the
state, and current for the olectrlI
zone of the Boston and Maine and The
Berkshire street railway, is fur
nished by 1t, as well as street light
ing systems in many places.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
HEED BAD OD0RS.
They May Warn You Of Places Where
Disease Germs Lurk,

They May Warn You OF Places Where
Disease Germs Lurk,
Even a bad cdor has It's uses. Sci
entists say that the offensive smell
which comes from decaying and dis
ease breeding matter is in reality otic
Of natures measures of preparedness
and Of prevention.
Offensive odors indirectly prevcE. ;he
spread Of epidemics by calling atten-
ton TO the breeding place of the dis
ease. They give warning that some.
thing is wrong, and they persist in this
warning by becoming more and more
offensive until the wrong is righted.
The odor does not convey the germ
or communicate the disease because
In most cases direct contact is neces-
Sary TO do this, or the infection IS
communicated by some substance tax
en- into or brought in contact with the
body But It does tell where the dis
ease exists or Is likely TO exist. # also
gives warning OF tainted or unfit food,
as the nose is intended by nature to
be one Of mans chief allies in the fight
for health
Some have even gone so far as to
state that mothers should not dis
courage or forbid children smelling
their food before they eat It. The
tendency to do this is said to he a
natural one, The nose is not placed
above the mouth 10y accident. 1t was
designed IN primitive man as Il guide
post for his stomach, and it is still
good guidc.-Louisviilc Courier-Jour
nal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
White Sands.

The sands at Blackpool, in Lanca-
shire, ARE said TO be the whitcst In
the British isles. From Penzancc TO
Lands End, ON the coast Of Cornwall,
the sand on the scashore is very white,
while IN St Mary's, one Of the Scilly
islands. the sand on the shore is ex.
cccdingly white and glisteniug. on
the other hand. the sand about plym-
outh Is blush gray in color, probably
owing TO the shells of musscls broken
and mixed with it, and on the coasts
Of the North sea the sand Of the sea.
shore is yellowish brown or reddish
'carson's Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
NO MORE FOOD
FOR NE|GHBORS
Of GERMANY
President Wilson Has Issued
Embargo Proclamation
TO RESTRICT EXPORTS
Foodstuffs and Other Supplies Will
be Equltably Distributed Among
Allied Nations.

Washington, July S.-Presldent
Wilson today issued his long expect.
ed embargo proclamation, and made
it plain that if the United States is to
feed the world it is going to control
the business with an iron hand. The
embargo includes every basic commod
ity in the list of things that may not
be exported without the license of the
secretary of commerce. The President
specifies every country in the world,
Allied, neutral and enemy, as coun-
trier to which the embargoed com.
modities may not be shipped
Primarily the embargo was issued
to check the export foodstuffs to neu-
trails adjacent to Germany. The Presi-
dent is determined that no more sus-
tenance shall reach Americas enem-
les through these mediums.
Today's proclamation does not mean
that none of the commodities named
may be exported They may be ex-
ported only in such quantities as,
To relieve the stringency and high
prices in America.
To prevent effectually the neutrals
from sending any possible surplus in
to Germany. and,
To provide, so far as possible, an
equitable distribution of the food,
fuel, and iron supplies among the
nations Of the Allied world
The first effect OF the proclamation
will be the immediate organization in
London of the buying council for the
Allies. Once established, this coun-
Gil will proceed with the buying of
wheat through one central agency and
its allotment to all the countries of
the world outside the central powers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
o'TooLE.D E.DuRAND
Pretty Wedding This Morning at Sac
red Heart Church.

There was pretty early morning
wedding at the Sacred Heart church
today when Miss Rosalie NJ. Durand
became the bride of Francis p
O'Toole, the pastor, Rev c. e. Pro
vost, performing the ceremony.
The couple were attended by Miss
Marion Durand, sister of the bride.
and Frank d. Bradbury. The bride
wore white net over white satin and
carried a bouquet Of white carnations.
Her attendant wore pink satin and
her bouquet was of white carnations.
Following the ceremony wedding
breakfast was served at the home Of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Durand on Depot street
The bridegroom is employed by the
Henry NJ Tuttle company and Mrs.
O'Toole has been in the employ OF
the Bennington Paper Box company
The young people have large circle
OF friends who will wish them lnHg
and happy married life
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
FILLING OUT A CHECK.
IL Is Good Rule Always to Write the
Stub First.


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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09

when you are called for examina.
tion.
you must report for physical ex-
animation on the day named in your
call If you are found physically dis.
qualified the board will give you
certificate which will explain to you
what your further duties are. If you
are found physically qualified and file
claim for exemption within seven
days after you call, you will be given
10 days after filing your claim of
exemption to file proof in support Of
your claim of exemption.
"If you are found physically quail
fed and file no claim for exemption
or il you do appear for physical exam
nation, your name will be posted to
the district board as one who was
called for military service and was
not exempted or discharged On The
eigth day after call or within two
days thereafter copies of the list OF
persons so posted to the district
boards will be given to the press
with a request for publication. will be
posted in place at the office of the
local board accessible to the public
view, and notice will be mailed to you
at the address on your registration
card
Therefore watch the notices post
ed in the office of the board about Il
days after the day you were called
and make arrangements for the
prompt receipt of mail"
The gorunds for exemption are sci
forth in the same language as in the
preliminary regulations issued weel
ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
LOST TRIGGER" FINGER
But Young Man insisted and Was
Taken Just the Same.

But Young Man insisted and Was
Taken Just the Same.
Washington. July 7.-Bocause the
loss of the trigger finger had pre-
vented his enlistment. Walter Co.'s.
well Fotse. age 49, OF Bmghamton.
walked all the way from that city to
Washington to make personal appi
cation to the Major General Com.
mandant OF the IT, s Marine Corps.
Forso carried a sign on his back
which read "From Binghamton "
", to Washington. d. c., to Join the
U. S. MarineA It's Worth IT."
Upon his arrival here young
Forse proved that the loss uf the IN.
dey finger Of his right hand was no
handicap IN the performance OF mill.
terry duty. ana special authority was
granted for his enlistment. So far as
is known, he is the FIRST man, similar
~ handicapped 90 pass the military
authorities
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
RUSSIANS FAIL
Berlin Reports Vain Efforts in At
tack on Germans and Austrians

berIin REPORTS vain Efforts IN At
tack on Germans and Austrians
Further attacks by the Russians in
Galicia broke down under the Ger
man and Austrian fire Saturday, the
war Office announces in Berlin The
statement follows
Between the Stripa and the Zlota
the Russians were unable to renew
their attacks after their vain sacri.
fees of the previous days. Near
Zboroff this morning an enemy at
tack without artillery preparation
broke own with heavy losses. There
was fighting near Stanislau Saturday
and yesterday morning. Austro.Hun
garian regiments in hand-to-hand en-
counters repulsed several Russian di
visions whose storming waves were
broken by our destructive fire They
had pushed forward as far as our posi-
ton. Near Huta, in the upper valley
of the Bysteritza Zolotvina, Russian
attack was repulsed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
GERMANS WIN
ONE SECTOR IN
FOURATTACKED
French Take Three Salients
on Verdun Front
LEMBERG IN DANGER
Russian Offensive Rapidly Enveloping
Important and Commanding City
of Halcz.

Paris, July S.-The Germans launch
ed another violent attack on the Aisne
front last night and, as in the case Of
their recent attempt to recapture inn
portant positions along the Chemin-
des-Dames, met with determined resls-
tance from the French and suffered
very heavy losses.
The attack was delivered in four
sectors. The afternoon official report
says they were driven back except in
the sector between Boyettes and
Froidmont farm, where they were able
TO hold part Of The first line French
positions carried at the beginning OF
tho battle.
On Verdun front west Of the Meuse,
the French scored a brilliant success.
Three strongly organized salients were
captured ana held against counterat-
tacks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
EASTERN ROADS HELPED
BY Decision OF Federal Commission
Announced Friday

BY Decision OF Federal Commission
Announced Friday
The Interstate commerce commits
sion at Washington in defining its ac-
tion in granting an increase of about
144 per cent in class rates to Eastern
railroads gave decision yesterday
which shippers say materially broad.
ems the class of freight concerned
The increase Is held to apply to all
tariffs published as class rates or as
specific percentages of certain class
rates. Tariff published In the form
of commodity rates are excluded
even II bases on class rates.
The railroad men were unable to
estimate the further increase which
this will allow eastern railroads The
decision came as surprise. II Is un
derstood, to both railroad men and
shippers. who had expected to hold
conferences over the points in
yolved.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
Dead Languages.

"Now, boys querled the teacher,
"who can tell me anything about the
dead languages"
"They are languages that were killed
by being studied too hard,' answered
the hoy at the foot Of the class
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09

Petrograd, July S.--According to
semiofhcial reports, the Russian Of
fensiye is spreading to the north and
south Of Halicz, in eastern Gallcia,
which was virtually under the guns OF
General Brusiloff when the advance Of
a year ago came to a standstill. Halicz
is omportant as the key to Lemberg,
the capital OF Galicia and is about
sixty miles southeast of that city.
Three armies are now engaged on a
front Of more than thirty miles along
the Naayuyka river. The enthusiasm
among the troops is increasing A
train carrying 500 sailors from Reval
who organized the "storming battalion
and wore shoulder ribbons inscribed
"To the Trenches" passed through
Petrograd today
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09

cREEL's ExAeeERATloN
opinion Abroad on the U,ecat Re-
port as elaborated"

Paris, July S.-No official state
ment about the submarine attacks on
the American expeditionary force is
obtainable here. but the main facts
are substantially as given in my for
mer cable. which was good deal cut,
the censorship still maintaining its
prohibition against the publication of
the precise details. From what has
been published here of the Creel state
ment it is beyond doubt that there was
considerable exaggeration in it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
-,~~- HoTc
FIRST p,,. *
CALL WILL b.
$4,000 MEN
Announcement Made BY War
Department Today
METHOD OF SELECTION
Men Registered Warned TO Be in
Readiness to Submit to Examina.
!.,- ton at Early Date.

Washington, July 9.-The first
draft OF troops for the American army
will number 6S7,OOO men, the war de-
partment announced today
This number will be just enough to
fill the ranks of the regular army and
the pational guard to war strength
and provide 100000 men for the 16
cantOnment camps.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

TO RBNT-Small tenement on first
floor. Separate rooms furnished or
unfurnshed. W. c. Clark, 3Ol Grove
st. Tel. 145.Y. 36t6
WANTED-A position to assist with
housework Apply at Banner Office.
36t3'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont. probably showers tonight
Tuesday generally fair
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-10
NO IMPROVEMENT
IN BRAKES THIS
YEAR AT SHOWS

Many followers CT automobile con
struction were somewhat disappointed
IN the New York show this year be-
cause no real improvement In brak-
ing equipment was shown in the great
majority of cars. While IL is true
that year after year other betterments
have been Incorporated, brakes have
received little attention.
The discussion centers mainly
around the service brake and II is the
belief of a good many engineers that
the practise OF putting service brakes
on the rear wheels Is fundamentally
wrong. The trouble is that 1t is I'M
possible to equaliZe brsking effects.
The pressure on the foot pedal Is
equally distributed between the rear
wheels by complicated mechanism and
fine adjustments of linkages, but the
user OF the car has no control over
the condition OF the braking surfaces,
The brakes are in an exposed. position
near the ground and pick up sand,
mud, oil, etc. A little sand on one
and a bit OF greasy mud or oil on the
other spolls all the careful work done
IN equalizing the forces exerted. As
soon as one wheel develops more drag
on the road than the other, the car Is
almost sure to skid. r.. ....--
The unequal braking effects are
completely eliminated by putting the
single service brake on the transmits
sion, the differential gears distribute
ing all forces equally between the rear
wheels. At the same time the trans
mission is more powerful because OF
the gearing. The gear ratio OF the
average car is about to /, so the
brake drum revolves four times faster
than the rear wheels and gives four
times the leverage for the braking ef-
fort. Thus only one-quarter as much
force must be exerted to accomplish
the same result This ease or opera
ton appeals to the average driver.
The larger allowable variation OF
pressure, due to the high speed OF
the drum, is also q valuable feature
as ii practically eliminates the chance
locking of wheels with consequent
skidd;ng dsngers and excessive tire
wear. Lastly, the transmission brake
is not located in such an exposed
position as are rear wheel brakes and
is therefore 'ess liable to pick up dirt
and grease.
Two American manufacturers, one
of whom is the Franklin Automobile
Company, Syracuse, N. Y, use the
transmission service brake with
marked success.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-10
CORD TIRES IN
DEMAND BY ALL
owners OF CARS
p. =. REED

THAT our cord tires are making
good. is the burden of the testimony
in the mult.tudes. Of unsolicited let.
tiers We constantly receive, each cen.
veying its separate and particular note
|of approval" states William Biber Of
the Auto Service & Supply Company,
agents for the Goodyear Tire & Rub
Der Company. AIKEN, Ohio
Some OF these letters are bfief and
brisk while others fairly radlate an
|unnsstakable admiration for the tires
they praise. All recite experiences
which have been satisfactory in the
extreme. and many recent mileages
that are little short of ASTOUNDING.
Ten. fifteen end even twenty thousand
miles Of service are not uncommon.
We do net often use publicly these
letters which say 50 many nice things
about our tires. hut, occasionally We
receive enc which transcends all the
others, and can { help calling attention
to il.
This one is from the Parkard Motor
Company, signed by Alvan Macauley,
dts president II recites not only the
experience of one moterist with one
set of tires. but OF thousands of men
with thousands of sets. operating I'm
der every condition of American
travel:
mr.. Macauley writes:
1--WE have Just ended the first
yeats use Of your tires as standard
Packard equipment, and have renewed
with ven for q second wear.
Your tires have been 50 exceed
ingiy satisfactory 20 US and to the
owners of our cars that a word OF ap-
probation is deserving.
In every respect in which tire
should be good. we have found your
tires fully measure up to expectation ].
We have never had a more successf
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-10
AUTO INDUSTRY PASSES
6lILIoN-DQlLAR. MARK

With giant strides that have no
parallel In the Industrial progress Of
America, the business OF making and
marketing automobiles passed the
.billion-dollar mark in sales during the
year 1916, with no indication of de-
crease in the demand for the reliable,
service-giving, power-driven vehicle
that has taken an important place In
the work of transporting rapidly and
economically a big portion of the citi-
zens of this and other countries OF the
world
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-10
D. satisfactory tire equipment.

or satisfactory tire equipment
In many respects this is the most
remarkable Endorsement of a product
that has ever come to my notice,
continues Bibee. "for it is the express
sion of man who guides the destin-
les of a company producing an article
which is world-famous for its quality.
But other manufacturers who have
used Goodyear cord tires are just as
enthusiastic in their praise as the
Packard company. Without excep n
every car manufacturer who used
Goodyear cords in 1915 has renewed
for 1917, and new contracts are being
secured constantly. For the 1917 sea-
son three of every four cars awheel
cord tires will start rolling on Good.
lyear cord tires"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-10

A bill was introduced in the New
York legislature to remove the $25,.
coo. 900 capital limit on manufacturing
and mercantile operations.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-10

NE slippery road holds no
i peril for the car shod with
GoodyearAH-W eatherreadC Cord
Tires. If there is solid footing to
be found, these tires find it. The
big, sharp-edged blocks forming
their tread design dig and pry
through treacherous mud to
sound earth, and keep the car on
its course. They keep you in the
car, and out of trouble.
Every Goodyear Tire ought to be at work
outside Goodyear Tube. No other tube
SO safely insures the constant air pressure
needed to cushion strain and shock. No
other tube is SO protected in the making
against leak, seep or creep.
Goodyear Tires and Goodyear Tubes
both can be had from Goodyear Service
Station Dealers. Probably there is one in
your neighborhood. He is worth search
ing out and doing business with. For he
is there not only to sell you tires, but to
help them deliver you their last mile Of
service (more than you're used to from
your present .tnes) after he has sold them.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-05-18
Inv Prices

Charles N. schvnh, aprnpos II The
fire dollar advance IN steel rails,
said at a dinner ut his home IN
Riverside Drive:
We may grnwl about high prices.
hut we'd growl worse ahnut low
ones. High prices arr a sign NJ good
times. hut low prices always have
y ominuous significance
Is like the story uf the poul-
inrcr's son.
Just before the holidays a teacher
IS III 10 a poulterer's little son.
Now, Tommy " your father had
turkey weighing q pounds and
sold Il for 8 cents a pound. what
wOIld II be worth?
The little son Of the poulterrr
wrinkled up his nose in a sheer.
1T wouldn't be- worth anything.
h : III. -WCshington star.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-05-18
Drank With Care

\ gentlemen happened Ia go into
seaside hotel Ia dine the other
night. The hotel was rather full.
So he was given a vacant place nj
a table already occupied. II lid not
axe him long Ia become acquainted.
nd hr chattrd away mrrrily. IN
spit" ri the fact that he drank only
water.
seated opposii" Ia him was an old
gentlemen Vhosc face hciokcn.d
him 4" bc u heavy Whi,k"y drinkcr.
IT, appeared iu be- particularly
struck With the water drukrr.
aud when opportunity occurred he
whispered across the lahir.
You know, my doctor says water
l. m excellent thing aud | should
drink a lot Of a.
Then YOU do asked the other.
"Uh, yes. sald the old Iun. Then
nervously looking around. he added:
In the night! In the night San
Francisco News Letter.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-05-18
W
= JOKES AND NEAR JOKES =
=
A Prrrlr,Inn situation.

Prof. G.. r. Marvin. head n tho
United States weather bureau. tells
the story IT an expedition from the
University Of Pennsylvania that vas
sent IN one Of the southern states
some years ago to observe a solar
eclipse.
The day before the event me ~
the professors said ~ an old color
rd man who was employed In the
household where the astronomer
vas quartered: sam. II you will
watch your chickens tomorrow
morning you will lind that they'll
all 90 10 roost at II O'Clock" sam
as might be expected. vas skeptical,
but al the appointed hour the heav-
ems were darkensd. and the chick
Ems. as foretold. retired to roosl.
Al this the old negro ; amagement
knew no bounds. and he sought out
the man NJ science. Professor" he
said. "hO~ long 8 did YOU know
dem chickens would ~ 10 roost?"
About a year ago. said the profess
sor., with a faint smile. We'll, Of
dat don't beat ALL" was Sans per-
picked reply. why. perfcssor. a
year ago dem chickens wasn't even
hatched."
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-05-18
Couldn't Fool Them

u saw one of those phlegmatic
motorists Yesterday. Ne drove up
20 a service station and simply
pointed n his tank"
Wanted gasoline. eh?"
Yes. Ne reminds me n another
phlegmatic man who went IN the
hospital IN b. operated on for ap-
p%endicitis. lie merely pointed to his
stomach"
And the doctors knew What ~
do?"
Certainly. They tcok out his
tonsils."