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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
GREEN MOUNTAIN ECHOES
Oddities of Country Correspondent
Compiled by Barre Times.

Compiled by Barre Times.
Awful frost this week; first we
know all the spuds will be frozen
Cold River item.
Butternuts are quite plenty and are
being gathered by old and young
Meriden item.
A Voice from the Front: ut is
colder than the devil here; hurry VI
with those sweaters. ."-Newbury item
Mrs. Frank Rumke recently threw
her left arm out Of place.-Tarbell
Hill item.
1t looks as though A. c. Drury was
going into the goat business, as two
have come and more expected
mont item
Clinton Hescock from Rutland, a
travelling agent for agricultural ma
chinery, made an open air call on his
uncle, III. J. Landfear, last week.
Cambridgeport item.
Those who did not hear the sermon
at the schoolhouse missed sometime
in their lives, for it certainly was fine
Davis Corners item.
A big organ at Bigelow's and bis
phonograph at DeForest Mudgett's
Where is the band?-Cristy district
item.
G. Lucas had the courage to have
"a teeth extracted the last of the
week. Not many of his age have as
many left.-Felchyille item.
G. L. Richardson has been having
his double-house painted lovely
pinkish cream tint, the woodwork is
irory white. making it a very hand
some house. e.-Charlestown item
A man who said his name was Clay.
ton was arrested Monday while he
was attempting to eat grass and die
gold in the northern part of the vii
lage. 1t was thought that he had had
too much rum to drink for the past
few weeks. The court sentenced him
to four and one-half months in the
Windsor item.
Mr.. Parrot lost 10 nice hens the
other night Sneak thieves. Don't
you know how to handle gun? 1t is
high time some of the night work was
stopped. d.-Felchvill item.
Sixteen of George Worcester's fam
lily attended church at the Hill last
Sunday Barre Times please take no
tice-East Thetford item
A large crane was seen to hover
about the village last Friday and Sat
urday, and we wonder If it was pre-
decessor to the stork who called OF
Mr.. and Mrs Guy Bartlett Sunday
morning, leaving a nice bid baby
boy.--Newport Center item.
The plastering on part of the cell
ing leading to the Odd Fellows hall in
the State National bank building fell
this week.-Windsor item
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
BR|T|sH.ARE
Mk,>,.s !. = READY
FOR Ntns .>JSH.
Snow ana Rain on Western
Front
BIG GUNS ARE ACTIVE
Rumanians Win Guns and Prisoners
and Italians Press North of
Mt. San Gabrielle.
BIG GUNS ARE ACTIVE

London, Oct S.-The army of the
German crown prince in Champagne
again has endeavored to dent the
French line but again has failed with
considerable losses in men killed or
made prisoner. The heavy artillery
duel continues along the eastern bank
of the Meuse river in the Verdun sec
tor.
Comparative quiet prevails on the
northern portion of the front in Rus
sia and along this line to Rumania.
In Rumania, however the Russians in
an attack northwest of the town OF
Sereth captured Teutonic allied
position, made prisoners OF 762 men
and also took seven machine guns.
Under a heavy artillery fire the Rus
SLAMS later were compelled to evacu-
ate the position, having previously re-
pulsed several enemy infantry coun-
ter-attacks.
Daily the Italians and Austrians are
engaged in battles for supremacy on
the slopes of Mont San Gabrielle in
the Goriza sector In the latest fight
the Italians captured enemy positions
on the northern slopes and also took
prisoners,
Field Marshal Haig is blazing the
way with his artillery for another raid
into the German line in Flanders,
through squalls of rain and under low
hanging clouds. Since the great ad
vance of the midweek the British In
fantry has kept to the trenches and
4.
where forays were called for to re-
align the new front or counter-at-
tacks were necessary to hold back
weak German attempts to recapture
lost terrian.
When the new offensive will be
sprung cannot be predicted Hais has
sufficiently pounded the Germans to
warrant sending his men across No
Mans land to the objectives assigned
to them for capture.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
sENDoFF AT ADAMS
Big Crowd Joins in Farewell to Young
Men Going to Aver

Men Going TO aver
A great concourse of people gath
cred on Park street in Adams yester-
day morning to give send-off TO the
boys who have been drafted for the
army which is being formed in Aver.
1t being Sunday the crowd was larger
than usual In most of the churches
the services which were liable to coz
flict with the departure were held at
later hour. The boys from Lenox,
Dalton. Housatonic, Cheshire and
Stockbridge arrived shortly after 10
O'clock. They gathered in the town
hall and later were joined by the Ad-
ans boys A band furnished mu-
sic and played patriotic airs. The
Spanish war veterans in uniform with
special escort and Maj. Cliffe had
charge of the short parade on Park
street. Special electric cars carried
the boys to North Adams Most of
the southern Berkshire boys came in
automobiles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
BEHIND IN SUBSCRIPTIONS
New England Loan Committee APP
peais for Team Work


Two million subscribers to the Lib
erty loan are needed in New England,
it was announced at Boston yesterday.
The Liberty loan committee said that
the results OF the FIRST five days OF
the campaign, in which $26,647 600 in
subscriptions was received, was only
fairly satisfactory 1t was a much
better start than was made in the
first Liberty loan campaign the com
.mittee admitted and the showing
would be improved when Saturdays
receipts We're tablulated, but it was
pointed out that the district now is
required to raise S500,00O,000 as
against s900,0O0,0OO for the first is
sue.
In an appeal for team work on the
part of all, the committee said: Sub
scribe now Do not wait until the end
of the campaign as your subscription
now will influence others. Wear your
Liberty button. This is privilege
and duty. If this campaign is to be
successful in another two weeks, a
person not wearing button will be
very noticeable. Remember this.
Your example helps others; your en-
couragement helps others"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
TEN CONVICTED OF MURDER
Negroes Guilty of Crime That Started
East St. Louis Riots.

Bellevile, ILL.,, Oct. TEN of the
thirteen negroes who. have been on
Trial here for a week charged with
the murder of Detective Samuel Sop
pedge on the morning of July last,
which precipitated the East St Louis.
ILL.,. race riots, were convicted today
and sentenced to fourteen years each
in the penitentiary. Three we're ac-
Iquitted
Those found guilty were Fayette
Parker, Othaniel Peoples, George Rob
.erts, Horace Thomas, Marshall Alex
ander, Dee Smothermann, Albert
Hughes, Bud Townsend, VIII Palmer
and Charles Foster. Those acquitted
were Thomas Tackett, Guy Moore and
Lester Fowler.
Smothermann collapsed when yer-
dict was read He had offered an
alibi. asserting he was at the wake of
Othaniel Peoples mother when Cop
pedge was killed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
ROCKINGHAM cENTENARlAN
Mrs. sybil H. p. Guild Born February
is, 1917.

Bellows Falls, Oct. 5.-Mrs. Sybil
II. p. Guild, the oldest resident of the
town of Rockingham. died this morn
ing in Saxtons River of pneumonia,
at the age of 100 Mrs. Guild was
born in Unity, N. H., February Is,
1917, but had spent most of her life in
Langdon and Alstead. n. II.
About 10 years ago she came to
Bellows Falls where she has since liv-
ed with her nephew, II. ID. Huntoon
Because of the serious illness of Mrs.
Huntoon she had been spending a few
weeks in Saxtons River. She had
been sick only few days. The body
will be brought to Bellows Falls to-
morrow and Sunday short service
will be held at the home of Perley H.
Huntoon at l p. m. The funeral will
be held in the church at Langdon, n.
H., at 3 o'clock with the burial in the
Langdon cemetery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
Hang Watch at Night.

The care of the watch at night or
when 1t is not in use Is an important
item, concerning which the United
States Bureau of Standards states /:
eat night or when the watch is not In
use it is desirable to leave the watch
in the same position as during the day,
and preferably in some place where II
will not be subject to any great tenn
perature change"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
Woman at Her Best.

Nothing can be more touching than
to behold soft and tender female,
who has been all weakness and de-
pendence, and alive to every trivial
roughness, while treading the prosper
Gus paths of life, suddenly rising In
rnental force to be the comforter and
supporter of her husband in misfor-
tune.---Washington Irving.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
GERMAN RAIDERS CAUGHT
Wolves of the Sea Captured by Un
armed Steamer.

Melbourne. Australia, Oct. S.-A
boatload of seamen from the German
raider Seeadler has been captured, ac-
cording to a report received here from
the Fiji islands.
A British trading steamer while
approaching the Wakaya islands OBJ
served suspicious looking launch
and bore down upon it, When taken
on board the steamer the German sea
wolves were much chagrined to learn
that the steamer was entirely un-
armed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
1.-THE TANKS AT ANcRE"
Great War Picture at Harte Theatre
Tomorrow


Mr.. c. r. Seelye, Business Manager,
The Pathe Exchanges, Inc,
% West 45th ST., New York.
My dear Mr. Seelye:
Confirming and supplementary to
my wire of the 9th, relative to the
tremendous success of the Official
british war pictures, "The Tanks at
the Battle of the Ancre" it gives me
great pleasure to advise that not
only did this attraction open weeks
engagement to the largest attendance
jim the history of the Circle, but thru
out the week the record business con-
tinued, each day larger than the one
before, until the final count showed
she biggest week in history.
The weather was the hottest of the
year yet we were unable to accom-
modate the, crowds and hundreds were
turned away from the box-office daily
You are somewhat familiar with our
presentation of this attraction. 1t
made necessary the doubling of our
expenses, while the admission prices
were increased and the presentation
backed up by an enormous advertising
campaign.
1t is my firm conviction that no pic
ture before has possessed such an
Overwhelming appeal to the people of
America. The thunderous applause
that greeted the armies of our Allies
is indicative OF the intense interest
in these films and / know of nothing
that has created such a sensation, so
much discussion or such satifaction,
"The Tanks" Proper presentation
and proper exploitation backed up by
rhe overwhelming appeal of the pic
, lures will assure every theatre in
America the record business enjoyed
by the Circle.
Sincerely yours,
S. Barret Nc Cormlck.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
POSTING NOTICE

Whereas saw Mr., Boutin's post.
ing notice in Saturdays Banner,
wish to reply to 1t. left my own
bed and board as he never had any
to leave and as for board, I furnished
my own board for the last III years, as
every one knows he never worked in
the winter time and his board had to
go on just the same My own name
being on all trading bills in town for
IL years, so | hereby forbid all per
sons of trusting him on my account
as shall pay no bills OF his con
tracing after this date, Oct !, 1917.
Mabel Boutin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
LONG SESSION OF CONGRESS
CLARK Predicts That 1t viii Last Near
" Year.

Washington, Oct 1.-THE next ses-
sion of Congress will be extended pos
,sibly into September or October,
Speaker Clark predicts, but its total
appropriations will be less than those
of the present one.
Unless an arrangement can be
made to eliminate the Christmas holi-
days, we will be here until late in the
fall said the Speaker. with the
initial expenditures for our national
defenses met, including the cost of
cantonments and equipping our great
army, the cost next year will be les
sened."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
WAR GIVES ROADS BIG TASK
$500 Cars of Supplies Delivered EacF
Day at the Camps.

Washington, Oct. An idea of
the task the training of soldiers has
put upon the railroads is given in a
statement issued by the Railroads
War Board today, in which 1t was
said that $500 carloads of supplies
were being delivered daily at the var
ious camps of the National Guard and
the national army.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
SOUTH sHAFTs5uRY

Mrs. A. j. Monroe and three chill
dren from st. Louis, Mo, have been
visiting her husbands mother, Mrs,
Hemenway for the past week.
c. C. Hemenway has returned from
a two weeks visit with his son and
family in Hartford, Conn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
FAST TRAIN WRECKED
Pennsylvania Limited CoIides With
Extra Freiuht.

Beaver Falls, Pa, Oct S.--The
Pennsylvania limited, the fastest
train running from Chicago to New
York over the Pennsylvania railroad
colIided with an extra freight here to.
day. An engineer and fireman are
believed to have been fatally injured
and nine passengers were badly hurt
Ban Johnson. president OF the
American baseball league, was thrown
from his seat and number of base.
ball fans were shaken up
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
PERU wiTHDRAWs MINISTER
Government Also Orders Peruvian
.Consuls to Leave Germany

Lima, Peru. Oct. S.--The Peruvian
government, which Saturday handed
his passports to the German minister,
yesterday ordered the Peruvian minis
ter to Germany, Avon der Heyde. to
leave Berlin. The government also
ordered the withdrawal of all the
Peruvian consuls in Germany
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
Respectfully submitted,
Homer IT. Webster,
Assistant Treasurer.
Admitted the Truth.

Naomi was in the habit of crying
when falling, whether hurting herself
or not, and would wait for someone
to come and pick her up. One day she
fell down and began whimpering, but
her mamma, not thinking her badly
hurt, waited to see what she would
do. Naomi looked around and, see
ing no one coming, said, "Oh, shucks, j
isn't hurt anyway, rse dess fussin."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
WEATHER FAREcAsT

For eastern New York and western
Vermont clearing tonight and colder,
frost. Tuesday partly cloudy and col
der.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
TYPHooN DEATH LIST
Fully 500 Were Drowned in Toxic
Alone

Toxic, Oct. S.-Official reports of
the death list in the typhoon OF last
week, places the toll in Toxic alone
at 500. At least 5000 houses were
destroyed and 10000 were submerg-
ed. making 100000 homeless people.
A small island off the coast was
completely submerged by the tidal
wave, drowning 800 people.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
AUSTRIAN ATTACKS FAIL
Italians Withstand Assaults and
Raid Monte San Gabrielle

A series of surprise attacks launch
ed by the Austrians at various points
on the Italian front met effective re-
sistance, according to yesterdays war
Office report at Rome. Italian forces
carried out a successful raid on the
northern slopes of Monte San Gibriele
and taking prisoners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
ynhs Country Really Dangerously
MUTINY OF RUSSIANS

.cossacks Surround 5000 Soldiers Who
Refuse to Go to Front
Enght thousand soldiers at Gomel in
the province of Mohilev, following a
meeting, refused to so to the front,
says a telegram from Gomel The
soldiers afterward became disorderly
and to prevent excesses they were
surrounded by Cossacks. They
promptly surrendered
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-08
Rec CROSS MONEY
Treasurer's Report for the Month of
September.

Following is the treasurer's report
of the Bennington branch, American
Red Cross, for the period ending Oct
The Ozark spectator., 1917-06-16
CAL0MEl MAKES YOU SICK, UGH!
 IT'S MERCURY AND SAL|VATES
Sraighen Up Don't Lose Days Work Clean Your Sluggish
 Liver and Bowels With "Dodsors Liver Tone."

straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous by morning l want you to so back to the store and get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel be- cause it is real liver medicine; entire ly vegetable, therefore it cannot sali- vate or make you sick.
 I guarantee that one spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone will put your slug gish liver to work and clean your bow els of that sour bile and constipated waste which is clogging your system and making you feel miserable. guar. antee that a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone will keep your entire family feel. ing fine for months. Give 1t to your children. It is harmless; doesn't gripe and they like its pleasant taste.-Adv.
The Ozark spectator., 1917-06-16
TO GUARD WORKERS HEALTH
National Beard to Supervise condi- tions in Plants Working on War
 Contracts, ls Urged.

X health conservation board, cOrre- spending to the general munitions soard announced by the council of na- tional defense, Is imperatively needed to supervise health conditions In gov arnment plants and to cooperate with similar state boards in the regulation of private plants under contract with the government. Dr. Frederick Mar tin of the council of national defense Is thoroughly qualified to head such an organization, says the New Republic. No labor laws should he suspended or modified except after investigation and approval by this body of experts. In deed, it would be to the best interest If the nation if the government could oe persuaded to make minimum stand ards of hours, wages and shop condi- t,ons integral parts of all munition contracts. In war time the workers Jill he willing to forego comforts and so work nearer the margin of physical laxhnustion than in times of peace. but the country cannot afford the eXtrav- sgance of paying for work done during lncapacity from fatigue or the further sxtravagance of urging armies of work men coward relative incapacity by neg lect of proved physiological law.
The Ozark spectator., 1917-06-16
A Woman's Opportunity.


 The complexion of Wall streets big organization that works from nine to five is slowly changing as man after man drops out to take up military service. The inr0ads which have al- ready been made in staffs of the big banking institutions are not serious, but the prospect of losing many more employees in the next few weeks or months is being discussed by employ. CTS, and Ii is the general view that most of the vacancies must be filled by women, says New York news let ter One of the largest national banks has lost 90 men to Plattsburg and Madison, has 75 more who are in miii- tia organizations, and who will soon leave, and has 460 who are liable to consciption. A prominent trust com pany has lost upward of 100 men, in- cludiug the senior vice president, and expects the total to be more than 800 before the end of the year. Plans arc being made to fill many departments with girls, who have been found moro satisfactory than men in work that is much the same day after day.
The Ozark spectator., 1917-06-16
When Hubby Fooled Her.

Mrs. Scatterbrain was constantly bemoaning her lot. Her husband. who was entitled to place half the letters of the, alphabet after his name, had the most treacherous memory in the world He could remember nothing his wife told him, In spite of bits of string round his finger and knots in his handkerchief. Only once did Mir. Scatterbrain remember to do his wife'S bidding.
 Said q friend to Mrs. Scatterbrain :
 'I think you are getting as bad as your hubby. I got note from you yesterday dated Il whole week ahead
 Heavens" gasped Mrs. Scatter brain. trembling with the shock. My husband must have posted It the very day I gave it 10 him.
The Ozark spectator., 1917-06-16
TRAVELS 40 MILES
 FOR MORE TANLAC
]. D. Hawkins Says His Wife Gained Fifteen Pounds
 on Three Bottles.
SUFFERED 20 YEARS
Wife's Improvement Has Been Won. derfuI-All Her Neiohbors Talk. ing About How Much Bet
 ter She Looks.

"I'm taking forty-mile trip to get more Tanlac," was the remarkable statement made by J. D. Hawkins. q well-known and prosperous farmer. in Jacobis Pharmacy. Memphis, Tenn, recently.
 Yes. sir" he continued. "I live at Bartlett, Tenn, and I drove eight miles to Raleigh this morning to catch the trolley to Memphis, which is twelve miles more. so when I get home that will make forty miles I've travelled to get this Tanlac, and that's proof enough of what I think about it.
 'I declare 1 never saw or heard of a medicine doing as much good as this Tanlac has done my wife. She has ac- tually gained fifteen pounds on three bottles of it and besides it has re- lieved her of troubles that have been weakening her down for nearly twenty years. She suffered with indigestion and everything she would eat made gas and gave her severe pains in the stomach. She had no appetite at all and suffered with nervous headaches until she couldn't sleep at night. She was so tired all the time that she couldn't do any of her housework at all. I was just about to give up in despair. for we had tried everything we could get hold of, when I read about Tanlac and got bottle for her.
 "Well. sir. she has taken three bot ties so far and her improvement has just been wonderful and that's the rea- son I am making this trip, because I don't want her to be without Tanlac. She can do all her own housework now and Is relieved of the indigestion and has a good appetite. Her nerves are quiet and the headaches are all gone and she can sleep we'll at night. She Is gaining in health and stnngth all the time and the neighbors are all talking about how much better she looks
 'I certainly do indorse Tanlac. for after what it has done for my wife, I believe it is the best medicine in the world"
 There is a Tanlac dealer in your town.-Adv.
The Ozark spectator., 1917-06-16

At the cost of a small jar of ordi- nary cold cream one can prepare full quarter pint of the most wonderful lemon skin softener and complexion beautifier, by squeezing the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle contain ing three ounces of orchard white. Care should be taken to strain the juice through fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets In, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sal lowness and tan, and Is the ideal skin softener. smoothener and beautifier.
 Just try 1t! Get three ounces of orchard white at any pharmacy and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra grant lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. It should naturally help to whiten, soften, freshen and bring out the roses and beauty of any skin. It is truly marvellous to smoother rough, red hands. Adv.