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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
NEGRO JAILED
FOR ASSAULT
ONE.J. GRAHAM
Liquor Dealer Severely Cut
on Head and Wrist
ATTACK UNPROVOKED
Saloon Proprietor Attempting to OBJ
serve Closing Hour Regulation
When Set Upon.

David Nelson, colored, about 50
years old and who came here about
five weeks ago to work on the new
building of the Black Cat Textiles
company on Scott street, is in the
county Jail awaiting a hearing on the
charge Of assaulting Eugene j. Cra-
han, proprietor of North street sa-
loon
The attack on Graham took place in
the latters place of business at the
closing hour, 10 o'clock Saturday
night. The proprietor was cut three
times, twice on the side of the head
above the ear and once on the wrist.
The attending physician, who dressed
the wounds stated that he could not
tell what made the cuts but they
were clean gashes. The wounds are
not serious, but the cuts on the head
bled profusely.
AS far as can be learned Nelson
appeared at the saloon just before 10
o'clock There were a number of men
in the place at the time and Mr..
Graham was going through the custo-
mary 'shooing out" process which
takes place in the saloons every Sat
urday night. AS there was not suffi-
cient time to serve them, several
customers we're refused, among them
Nelson. Angered by the refusal Mel
son struck the proprietor Mr.
Graham had only one hand to protect
himself, as he was burned severely by
a rocket on the Fourth of July Be-
fore men in the saloon could interfere,
| Nelson must have hit Nr. Graham at
least three times.
No weapon was seen in the negro's
hand either before or after the as
| saut. His statement that the cuts
were made with a small diamond ring
on one of the fingers of his right hand
is probably correct.
| Nelson was arrested by officer A.
j. Griffin and taken to Jail. 1t was ex.
pected that a hearing would he had in
the case this forenoon, but it was
postponed because of the absence of
the prosecuting officer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
HOME EGUARDTO
MEETFORDR|LL
WEDNESDAY
Company A Officers Back
from raining Camp
MAY MUSTER NEXT FALL
Governor Anxious That Entire Reqi-
ment Shall Have Week or Ten
Days of Service.

Capt Clarence L. Holden and Lieu
tenant w. G. Cushman OF Company A,
Vermont Volunteer militia, returned
Saturday from Northdeld, where they
have Deen attending the officers train
ing camp at Norwich university.
The company members are ordered
to meet Wednesday evening at the Y,
NJ. c. A. gymnasium for drill Not
much drilling will be done at this first
meeting, but the arrangements will be
made for regular work.
Governor Graham has not yet nam
ed another lieutenant for the company
but w. II. Nichols was up at the train
ing camp for two days last week and it
is possible that he may be selected to
i'll the vacancy.
The camp was attended by forty
men for the twelve companies in the
state. The camp was under command
of Col. H. T. Johnson and assisted by
Major n. c. Pratt OF Proctor and Ma
ior p. H. Hadley Of Bellows Falls.
Dr. John NJ Thomas of Middlebury
is Chaplin of the regiment and Ray
mond Nc Farland of Middlebury is
acting as battalion adjutant.
The camp was inspected on Thurs
day, July 18th by Governor Graham
and accompanied by Adjutant Gener-
al Lee S. Tillotson. Gov Graham
spoke to the officers explaining the
purpose of the home guard was to
take the place Of the state militia, so
that il any emergency arose. the state
viii have an organization in reserve.
The governor also stated that after
the draft was completed. men between
the ages of y and 81 could be accept
ed. For the present the guard will be
confined to men between the ages OF
81 and 80
Governor Graham expressed a de
sire to have the whole regiment 90 tC
muster for a week or ten days as early
in the fall as 1t could be arranged anC
proper quarters could be obtained
Members of the home guard will bC
| furnished with uniform and riot gun
Men who have already enlisted anC
those who have experienced desir,
to do so, are requested to meet in tn,
Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium at 1880 Wed
nesday evening, July Is, to further or
ganiZe company A as Bennington hai
been assigned the first company OF tht
regiment The citizens should MAKE
a special effort to turn out a compan.
worthy Of the honor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
WHY MEN ARE REJECTED
Defective Vision Keeps Many Out Of
tno Army

Defective Vision Keeps Many Out OF
tno Army
DR.. II. D. Orr and DR. C. A. Costello
in the American journal of Public
Health. present in an Illuminating way
some highly interesting figures that
may he u painful revelation to many
readers.
According to one of the authors, ''Or
dinarily two or three out of every four
applicants for the regular army are re.
iected as physically unfit so great
and various are the demands OF mod.
ern warfare, and SO frequently are the
soldiers exposed to hardships and pri-
vations. that none but those possess
ing a robust constitution and fully de
veloped resistance to fatigue and d.
sease can make up an efficient army.
This high health standard" it is
declared, should be coupled with o
we'll balanced physical outlook and
the proper mentality, for the soldier
of free nation, while obeying implic-
lily the orders of his superior officers,
should also be able to think for him
self and have a clear conception OF
his duties"
OF the physical shortcomings among
the recruits, DR.. Costello puts the first
and the commonest as defective vision
fully 30 per cent of recruits are re
ieoted on this account.
The second chief defect as caus,
for rejection is fat feet The author
distinguishes between the physiologi
cal flat foot, which Is characteristic
of some races. especially those VIII,
do not wear shoes, and which is offer
seen In members of the white race al
well, and the foot IN which the arch Il
broken down A man with the latte
condition is useless for active service
either on land or at sea
The third important cause for non
acceptance Is defective teeth. whic
forms % per cent OF all reflections. Il
this number are considered teeth tina
had been neglected beyond any poss
| bllty of repair. The minimum r,
quirement Is 20 sound teeth. of whic
| there must be four opposing molar
and four opposing incisors, with crow
and bridge work counting as sound
These are the three most importar
causes for rejection of recruits" It
stated In addition defective hoarln
and color blindness play importar
roles. Color blindness Is q drawbac
IN service at sea, whore a mistake
u signalling may have disastrous col
sequences"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
(Signature)
cHlLD's BODY NOT FOUND
Catalonia County Officers on An
other Wild Goose Chase.

other Wild Goose Chase.
ST. Johnsbury. July l5.-The first
evidence of truth in the statements
of Mary Hicks. one of the women
held for the murder OF Alice Brad
shaw, was the finding yesterday of
dozen uprooted small pine trees on
Hill near the Bradshaw farm house
The Hicks woman told John Brad
shaw, her employe, that after killing
his daughter she and Mrs Alyah Ken
erson uprooted some small pine trees
and covered the body until it could
be removed. The pines were found
as the woman said Some weeds and
grass that might have been used in
concealing the body were also found
The housekeeper claims that on her
way to a neighbor's Friday morning,
the day following the murder, to tele.
phone Sheriff w. II. Worthen that the
child was lost, she went to the hill
ana found that the body had been re-
moved
The search has been practically
abandoned since Friday and the be.
lief grows with searchers, who have
been at work on the case for 10 days.
that the body of the little cripple will
never be found
Eightyearofd Alice bradshaw is
supposed to have been murdered
Thursday afternoon, July 8, the Hicks
woman and her chum, Mrs. Kenerson,
| having several times confessed to
having killed the child and as many
times denied all knowledge of the
| little girls disappearance.
| It Is supposed that the child was
put out Of the way because she was
a bother to Mrs. Hicks, housekeepel
in the Bradshaw home. In their first
confession the women stated tha
Mrs. Kenerson choked the glrl while
Mrs. Hicks struck her with club
They have told many wierd tales az
to what they did with the body an,
have led the officials on numerous
futile eTands in search OF It, yester
day being the first time that any evi
dence Of truth was found in thef
stories. II the body was really re
moved from beneath the uprootet
pines It is believed that the Kenor
son woman and possibly herso.callc,
brother, Kerwin, know what disposa
was made of It.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
Official Order Issued BY Ad-
jutant General
QUARTERS UNKOW N
Reserve Guardsmen Must Report Ry
Mail and Be Ready to
Answer Call.


Stdte OF vermont
The Adju'ant Generals Once..
Montpelier, July II, 1917.
General Order. No 35
Pursuant TO a proclamation Of
the President Of the United States,
dated July 3. 1917, all enlisted men of
the National Guard Reserve are called
into the active service Of the United
States, effective July 25, 1917
g Enlisted members OF the Ma
tional Guard Reserve OF Vermont will
hold themselves in readiness to report
at such time and place as shall &c pre-
scribed later, of which due notice viii
be given them
3. Immediately upon receipt Of
this order either by mail or notice Of
same through the press, each enlisted
man of the National Guard Reserve
of Vermont viii report by mail to the
Adiutant General, Montpelier, Yer
mont, giving his present post Office ad-
dress, and they are required 10 keep
the Adiutant General advised Of any
changes in their address thereafter
By command of Governor Graham
Lee S. Tillotson.
(OhciaD The Adiutant General.
Fill out the following report, detach
and mail to the Adjutant General in
the enclosed stamped envelope
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
TAKE OVER VESSELS TO-DAY
GoethaIs Communicating Order viii
Speed Construction Of Ships.

speed OOnStTuClloh OF onlpS.
Washington, July 15.-The actual
work Of speeding up construction OF
tonnage on the stocks OF the big ship
building yards will begin tomorrow
when Major Gen, George W. Goethals
general manager Of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, issues his order
for the Communicating of the vessels
This step, it is understood has the
approval of the Shipping Board, and
managers of the yards have been
making preparations for the enlarged
activities.
The letting Of contracts for the
building of great yards for the con.
struction of fabricated steel ships will
also be taken up at once 1t has been
reported from time to time that two Of
these new yards which will be owned
by the Government, would be located
one near New York. the other at
Philadelphia. The definite decision
has not been reached, although sites
believed to be advantageous have
been inspected.
The Board of Directors Of the Fleet
Corporation, OF which Chairman Den
man Of the Shipping Board and Gencl
al Goethals are members, will meet
today to 80 over the plans for produc
ton which General Goethals has pre-
pared.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
FAVoRS CAMPS IN SOUTH
Gen. Gorgas States That They VIII
Prove HealthfuI for Troops.

Washington, July 15-In state.
ment tonight commencing the war de-
partments policy of locating most of
the troops training camps in the
South, Maj. Gen. Gorgas, surgeon
general of the army, declared such an
arrangement would have a great in
huence for good health and hence for
military efficiency
Il am strongly in favor of sites in
the South for training camps because
Of health advantages to the men,"
said Gen. Gorgas. THE outstanding
fact is that men trained in the South
will have weather conditions permit
ting their being out of doors practical
ly all of every day In certain re.
gions wisely chosen for our national
guard camps rain is scarce in the
winter-when the heaviest training
will be done-and at night soldiers
here will sleep in quarters where
there is free air circulation.
"There is, of course, a military ad.
vantage involved beyond the funda.
mental gain Of having soldiers physi.
cally fit for their work. It is obvious
that men in training should have the
maximum hours per day and days per
week for drill and exercises. The few
weeks of summer weather which sol.
diers In the South may encounter will
be more than offset by the long au-
tumn and mild winter during which
tha troons will undprnO the large
part of their training
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
LASTING PEAtSs'>
ULTIMATE AIM
Of RE|CHSTAG
Fourth Anniversary of War
Finds Position Unchanged
CZECHS WANT PEACE
Former Minister for the Race De-
cares Austria Should Break
With Germany.

Copenhagen. July 1G.-The Reich
stag's proposed peace resolution,
which, according to the Berlin Tage-
blatt, majority of the bloc Of the
center, radicals and socialists decided
Friday evening to introduce unchang
ed upon the reassembling of the Reich
stag, reads as follows:
"As on August 4, 1914, SO on the
thresold of the fourth year of the
war the German people stands upon
the assurance of the speech from the
throne-'We are driven by no lust of
conquest. Germany took up arms in
defense of it's liberty and independ-
ence and for the integrity of its ter
ritories. The Reichstag labOrs for
peace and a mutual understanding
and lasting reconciliation among the
nations. Forced acquisitions OF ter
ritory and political, economic and f.
nancial violations are incompatible
with such peace. The Reichstag re-
jects all plans aiming at am econo-
mic blockade and the stirring up OF
enmity among the peoples after the
war. The freedom of the seas must
be assured. Only an economic peace
can prepare the ground for the friend
ly association of the peoples.
"The Reichstag will energotically
promote the creation OF international
juridical organizations So long
however, as the enemy governments
do not accept such a peace; so long
as they threaten Germany and her al
lies with conquest and violation, the
German people will stand together as
one man, hold out mistaken and fight
until the rights of itself and its allies
to life and development are secured
The German nation united is uncon
querable.
The Reichstag knows that in this
announcement it is at one with the
men who are defending the father
land; in the heroic struggles they are
sure of the undying thanks of thu
whole people"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
TWO NEW CASES AT MONTPELIER
The Capitol City Now Has 80 Cases of
infantile Paralysis.

Montpelier July 12-Dr. Taylor,
infantile paralysis expert for the state
board of health. was in this city yes
terday and examined five suspected
cases, three of which were pronounc.
ed to be paralysis, AS one of these
had already been reported, this makes
the total number of cases in this
city 92
Notice has been received at Barre
that Brig Gen. Dickman, in command
at Fort Ethan Allen, desires that no
excursions be run from Barre to the
fort during the infantile paralysis
epidemic. An excursion from that
city had been planned for July Is.
Questioned today as to whether he
thought the epidemic was under con
troll DR.. Taylor stated that he would
not make any prediction before July
Is.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
FINNISH SETTLEMENT

The semiofHcal news agency at
Potrograd yesterday received and
mado public the following telegram
from llelsingfors Finland. Conf.
dencc was expressed here today that
a compromise would be reached on
Monday without revolutionary acts OF
declaration Of Finnish independ
ence."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
POS VERMoNTERs IN ARMY
State Credited With This Number
Despite Dispatches.

Montpelier, July 12.-Although
news dispatches from Washington ap-
pearing in yesterday mornings papers
give the total enlistments from Yer
mont in the regular army. Adi-Gen.
Lee S. Tillotson received notice later
in the day that 2O5 Vermonters have
enlisted in the regular army and that
the state will receive credit for that
number on its quota under the draft,
The 1888 men in the Vermont Nation.
al Guard are also credited TO the
state.
The enlistments by counties are as
follows. the first number being in the
National Guard and the second in the
regular army: Addison county 2S
l3; bennington, 57-l9; Caledonia
1873 80; Chittenden, 31S-53; Essex, Is
- Franklin, 213-7; Grand Isle, A.
l. Lamollle, 57--4; Orange, 56-lO;
Orleans, ll3-7 Rutland 2o6-33
Washington, 326-25; Windham, 23S
10; Windsor, 1911.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
Place)
Date

IuII.
Pursuant to C. o. Number S5. A. G.
O., VT July IA, 1917 report as
follows:
My postoiIice address is -
My residence is
] will advise the Adjumat General
Of any change, and will hold myself
IN readiness to respond to the call
for active Federal service when mott
fed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16

FAMILY REUNION
Gathering of 81 Persons at Home of
MIR. and Mrs. Levi Thompson.

MIR. and Mrs. Levi Thompson.
Thirtyseven persons representing
seven households gathered Sunday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Thomp
son. l26 Hillside street, for family
reunion The company was made up
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lee and family
of North Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
lam Burgess and family of Pownal
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Smith and family
OF South Salisbury. Mr.. and Mrs
Elmer Burgess and family of Carpen-
ter Hill. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles John
son and family of Pownal, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur North and family of Pot
ter Hill Mrs Walter Gavin and fami-
ly OF Bennington.
Dinner, concluding with ice cream
and cake, was served. The occasion
was a highly enjoyable one for all
present.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
POSTAL AID FOR RED CROSS
Employees In Various Offices Have
Given S55,994.

Washington, June l5.-Postmaster
General Burleson announced tonight
that incomplete reports from Post.
masters showed that postal employees
had contributed S55,99i to the Red
Cross Chicago reports receipts of
SG,532 for the Red Cross. New York
gave S3,295, St Louis S30l5, and Phil
adelphia S3,O01.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
ALL NOT WELL IN GREECE
New King Disagrees With Premier
Venizelos


Nenizelos
a dispatch to the Paris Tempts from
Athens says
Serious differences appear TO have
arisen between the new king of Greece
and Premier Venizelos. one indica-
tion Of this is the postponement by the
king of the signing of a decree to
resummon the 1915 Chamber OF Depu-
ties. which was illegally dissolved by
the then premier, Stephanos Skoulou-
dis. NJ. Venlzelos demands that the
king openly cease to carry out his
fathers internal and external policies,
but the king is postponing action or
has refused to give his approval to
such categorical regulations"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
QUENTIN GETS COMMISSION
Coonel's Fourth Son a Lieutenant in
Aviation Service.

Aviation Service.
Quentin Roosevelt son of the form
er president, was among 40 ayaitors
who received commissions at New
York Saturday as lieutenants in the
aviation section of the army signal
corps. He expects to go to Europe
soon. Quentin is the fourth and last
of Theodore Roosevelts sons to enter
war service. owing TO poor eyesight
he was rejected at the officers train
ing camp at Plattsburg where Theo
do.c, Jr.. and Archibald received com
missions before joining Gen. Perish
ing's troops In France. Kermit RoosC
Welt recently accepted a commission
to serve with the British army in Asia
Minor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16

Vienna, July 16.-The Austrian
Reichsrath was thrown into an up
roar on Saturday when the former
Czech minister, Herr Praschek, de
clared the hate of the entire world
was directed not against Austria, but
against Germany and that Austria
should detach herself from her ally.
How are we to obtain peace, demand
ed Herr Praschek, "if we cling to the
German side? Must we continue to
sacrifice our interests to the expan-
sion of Germany? Must we continue
to submit to the German militarism
that has drawn us into this WARP?
The speaker declared that Czech depu
ties had been imprisoned for attempt
ing to bring about an alliance of Aus
tria with Russia and France and add
ed that if they were to be stigmatized
as traitors then all C2echs who be
lieyed similarly should be so stigma
tiZed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
THREE PERSONS SHOT
Man, Wife and Son Killed In
Automobile.

Edward Humphrles, prominent
coal operator and mine superintend-
ent, formerly of Philadelphia, his wife
and son, Edward Humphries, Jr., were
shot to death on country road near
Johnstown, Pa, yesterday The
HUMPHREYS family was part of an au-
tomobile party with George c, Thomp
kins. Jr., Of Philadelphia. Thompkins
took the bodies OF Mrs Humphries
and the son to Carrollton, near Johns.
town, and told officers that the party
was held up by masked men. A cor.
oners jury was called to investigate
the murders and late yesterday order.
cd Thompliins to be held.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
TWO DENTISTS ENTER ARMY
Roy and Ralph Knight OF Bellows
Falls Made list Lieutenants,

Bellows Falls. July 15.-Roy and
Ralph knight, two local dentists. have
been notified of their appointment as
first lleutenants in the United States
dental reserve corps for field service
in France. They took review course
in dentistry together with examlna-
tions at the Forsythe institute in Bos.
ton during the first week in June.
They expect to receive their commits.
slons soon and have been warned to
he ready for service at any time
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
DRAWING NEXT WEEK
The Date for Draft Not Yet
Certain

When the drawing of lots under the
selective conscription law will be car
ried out at Washington remained un-
certain last night, but war depart.
ment officials hoped completion of To-
cal exemption machinery throughout
the country, on which the great lot
terry now is waiting, would be accom-
plished by the end of the week, Most
of the states have reported their or
ganization complete, and in the Others
only scattered sections remain to be
heard from. officials are making
their plans in the belief that the draw
ing will be possible by next week a
tho latest
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
TWO NEW PARALYSIS GASES
Reported Saturday at Montpelier
Having Been Under Observation.

Montpelier. July l5.-No new cases
Of infantilo paralysis have been re-.
ported in the last "a hours but two
developed on Saturday which had
been under observation for few
days. Agnes Maloney of this city
has been placed under observation be
cause she visited at the home OF
John Dillon in Duxbury, the daughter
of whom died Saturday Dr. Taylor
saw her Saturday and will see her
again tomorrow
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
BIG U-soAT sHELLED AZORES
Vessel of I 1000 Tons and Her Guns IS
Centneter Calibre.

Paris, July 15.--Adyices from Ponta
Delsada in the Azores, regarding the
recent attack upon that port by a
German submarine declare the shells
Gred were Of 15-centimeter calibre,
indicating that the Uboat was probab-
ly Of unusual size, possibly of 1000
tons. The vessel is said to have car
ried two or three guns.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair tonight Tuesday prob.
ably thunder showers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
TENNIS FEES TO RED CROSS
stockbridge Club viii Not Give Cups
to Winners This Year.

10 WInHe'S 'Uis 'S"I'
LenoX. Mass. July 15-The Direc-
tors OF the Stockbridge Golf and Ten.
mis- Club met Saturday night and set
Aug Z TO 10 for the annual golf tourna.
ment No cups vii be given, but GER
tifcates will be presented to the win.
ners. The entrance fees will be given
TO the American Red Cross.