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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
TAX RETURN ESTIMATES
Internal Revenue Receipts VIII Ex
ceed 100000 900.

Washington. March 13.-Prelimin-
ary reports to the treasury depart
ment from every section of the coun.
try since the 1st indicate that the
government will collect $500 900 900
in income taxes during the current
fiscal year, or about 1-2 times as
much as during the preceding II
months. In all the internal revenue
receipts are expected to exceed $780,.
100000, an increase of nearly $780,,
00C 600.
The time for filing income returns
expired the 1st, but the totals have
not yet been tabulated and will not
be available until all returns, includ
ing many extensions OF from 30.to 60
days, especially in the case of non
resident aliens. have been madL. The
estimate Of $500 100000 is based upon
a study of such returns as have al
ready come in and general conditions
of prosperity. Most of the increase
is due to the higher rate OF taxation
provided for by Congress last Sep
tember.
From the ordinary sources of in
ternal whiskey, beer, tobac
CO and oleomargarine--it Is estimated
the tax this year will approximate
$350,000,0OO, the greatest total in the
history of the department. The su
preme courts recent decision sustain
ing the Webb-Kenyon law will cause
diminution, it is assumed, in the
returns from whiskey and beer, al
though thus far tax collected is con
siderably higher than last year, A
total of 1907 100000 has been collect
ed from internal revenue taxes of al
sorts from the beginning of the fis
cal year up to the present. This Il
approximately s25,OO0,OOO more thar
last year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
MOTOR HOSE CARTS
DO THE WORK IN
SMALL CITIES
Fire Chiefs Express Satisfaction
With New Apparatus
UP TO THE VILLAGE VOTERS
Proposal to Equip Bennington Conn
panies Comes Before Annual
Meeting Next Tuesday.

Better equipment for the fire de-
partment is to be asked for at the
village meeting next, Tuesday. The
voters will be asked to order the pur-
chase of motor driven carts for each
of the three companies at cost OF
$500.
The carts it is proposed to buy are
combination hose wagons and chemi-
cal engines. Each cart will carry
500 feet of hose, rs gallons of chemi-
Gals with a 150-foot chemical hose,
axes, nozzles, etc, and an 1S-foot lad
der
These carts are made by putting
special body On Ford chassis and
have been used with great benefit to
the service in many places II the vii
lage votes to buy these combinations
it is planned to put one In
provide that all shall answer
every alarm. This will bring 1900
feet of hose and rs gallons of chemi-
Gals so much more promptly than Is
nowpossible that many fires could be
stopped before they get underway.
Following are couple letters from
fire departments which have bought
the American LaFrance apparatus
such as is proposed here.
American LaFrance Fire Engine Co.
Gentlemen
The double tank chemical fire en-
gine We recently purchased from your
firm has proven very satisfactory. and
is Just what we needed for our town.
After giving 1t a fair trial. having
tested it ON several occasions, we can
recommend it to any community de.
string to obtain modern appartus.
Thanking you for the kindness you
have extended US, and assuring you
that we shall place all future orders
for equipment with your firm, beg
to remain, has4fts-
Respectfully,
Francis H. Crown.
Chief.
Mt. Rainier, Maryland, Oct. IA, 1916.
American LaFrance Fire England Co.,
Inc. Elmira, NJ Y.
Dear Sirs:-
Replying to your favor of the gath
as to my opinion in regard to the
Double Tank Chemical Equipment
mounted on Ford Chassis which we
have in service In our department and
which was purchased from your COM
pany, will say that it is giving COM
plete satisfaction and is everything
that you represented it to be. 1t Is
certainly just the thing for small
city that cannot afford more expen-
sive apparatus, for with it we can now
reach a fire in it's incipiency and we
expect that we will more than pay for
its purchase price in the saving OF
property by being able to be on the
Job in time to be able to put out
fire, whereas in times past, we would
arrive too late to be OF any benefit in
puttnng out fire, should such fire
be a considerable distance from our
fire station.
Assuring you that it is a pleasure
to recommend this piece of apparatus
to anyone contemplating anything OF
this kind, am,
Yours very truly
E. A. Wallace
Chief of Warsaw Fire Dept.
Warsaw, ILL.,, Nov. rs, 1915.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
TO BUILD PATROL BOATS
High Speed Craft to Chase the Sub
marines.


Washington, March i4--prelimin.
airy steps wercSsaken by the navy de-
partment Monday toward contracting
for the quick construction OF 100 or
more high-speed coast patrol boats OF
new type for scouting against sub
marines. AT conference at which a
score of builders were represented,
assurances were given that deliveries
could be begun within four months.
There was no announcement. but il
Is understood that contracts will be
awarded soon.
Plans prepared for the patrol boats
call for craft 110 feet long, propelled
by powerful steam engines. Details
of their armament and equipment
are now being worked out, but prob
ably will not be made public. They
will be more seaworthy and have a
much larger cruising radius than the
standard submarine chaser" an So
foot gasoline motorboat. Some of the
companies represented in the confer.
ence have built large numbers of
'chasers" for the British government.
They will have to make changes In
their plants in order to build the lar
ger beats wanted by the American
government
Secretary Daniels announced that
bids for six scout cruisers of the 35-
knot type designed last yeanr would
be opened today. Contracts for bat
tie cruisers will be awarded soon on
the basis of cost and 10 per cent net
profit already agreed upon with the
builders.
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AMERICAN SH P IS
TORPtD0[D BUT
CREW SAVED
Algonquin Of 1890 Tons Is Sunk
Without Warning
ACCORDING TO LONDON REPORT
London Reports Say That the Ship
Was Sunk by Submarine Early
Monday--Had Crew Of 27.

London. March 14:-According to
reports here today the American
steamer Algonquin of 1900 tons has
been torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine without warning.
The reports say that the crew of q
escaped and has been landed. Just
where the Algonquin was sunk is
not stated, but 1t is said that the
sinking occurred Monday morning.
The Algonquin was formerly a
Canadian ship, but was transferred
last year to American registry She
was loaded with wheat from Canada
to England
The ship was valued at s400, 900
and was fully insured.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
INDOOR MEET BEGINS
t,igh Jumping Tuesday Afternoon
Soccer Game Tonight.


Thirty high jumpers from the
grammar school entered the first
event in the athletic meet held yes
terday afternoon at the Y. M. c. A.
With interest in athletics rising to a
high degree this last indoor event
for the boys started off with such en-
thusiasm that it was necessary to
rope space off for the high jumps so
the spectators would not interfere.
The bar was started at 8 feet and h
good number were able to stay In up
to 3 feet 9 but as the bar was raised
to four feet only five were able to
jump it. With the bar at four feet
Cronin, Noon, Watson, Tinkham and
Cowan still maintained their places.
BY the process of elimination. with
the bar at feet in. Noon and Tink-
ham were the only two to jump over,
Tinkham being able to go over at Az
and Noon one better 4-3
In the final score for each division,
Division b leads with IS, division ID
2nd with 40. division A 3rd. with 45,
division 4 4th. with A, division G 5th.
with IA, division f 9Th. with II, and
division G 9TH. with g. For individual
honors Noon leads with 16 points,
Tinkham 2nd. with 10. Watson and
Cowan 3rd. with 10, Sumner 4th. with
12, Hurley, Tomassi, Pleasant and
Wood tied for 5th. with IL.
The next event will be the pull
ups (chinning) on next Tuesday after
noon
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
DALTON GIRLS COMING
To Play the High School Girls Friday
Nigh.

A basket ball game which will be
of much interest to the followers of
basket ball in Bennington, will be
played at Library hall, Friday even.
ing, when the girls of Dalton will meet
the local girls. Dalton has an espe-
cially strong team this year, being a
member of a Western Massachusetts,
league and they will undoubtedly give
the local champions hard game for
victory.
The girls need all the the support,
financially that they can get, mas
much as this is a particularly expen-
sive team to procure. A cheering
squad from the high school is soli-
cited. Tickets for the game and
dancing will be twenty cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
RETREAT INVESTIGATION
Physician Claims Mrs. Guilford Has
Halluclnations

Brattleboro, March 12.-The legisla-
tive committee investigating the Brat
| tleboro retreat for the insane came
here this Afternoon to take the testi-
mony of persons connected with the
institution and others in this locality
| in order that they might not be com.
| PEELED to go to Montpelier to testify.
Afternoon and evening sessions were
held and tomorrow morning the testi.
mony of DR.. S. K. Lawton, the super
intendent, and Mrs. Marion Shattuck.
the supervisor, will be taken at the in
stitution.
The hearings this afternoon and
evening were held in the offices of the
Public Service Commission. The com
mittee expects to complete the taking
OF testimony tomorrow morning. 1t
will take several days for the com
| mittee to prepare its report to present
to the legislature.
Witnesses today were Henry c. Wy
| man OF Bellows Falls. former attend.
ant, DR.. Ernest l.. Tracy second physi-
clan at the retreat until recently when
he took up private practice; DR.. Her.
bert w. Taylor, first assistant physi-
| clan, and the three trustees. Judge
James NJ. Tyler, Rev Il. @. S. Osgood
and George c. Averil.
Mr.. Wyman was an attendant from
1913 to 1915 in the mems department.
He never had known OF patients be-
ing abused he said. and the halls we're
| kept clean and he considered the food
to be ample and OF good quality.
DIR. Tracy said that he never knew
| OF the night watchman. Charles Hills
being intoxicated He said Hills would
not be employed there II he got in
toxicated On one occasion, he said
male attendant obtained some liquor
and invited two or three others into
his room and all got intoxicated and
| all were promptly discharged. He
denied that he ever locked up a pa
tient because the patient refused to
work. He said ii was optional with
| patients whether they would work or
not
DR.. Taylor was the principal wit
ness. He said there was no differ
ence in the treatment accorded state
| and private patients and that some of
s"S SNotV phticiito Huu tiic pIlNlicEtS
| OF the best wards.
In regard to Mrs. Hattie Guilford of
| North Adams, Mass, whose allega
tons of abuse while a patient result
ed in the present investigation, DR..
Taylor stated that she had mental
disorder of character that caused
persons to remember as facts after
| their apparent recovery certain hallu
cinations which they had before their
recovery He had complete charge of
her case and stated that she used TO
pick with her finger nails at her arms,
face and legs. causing wounds which
became infected. especially on her
face where she had scars which she
| said were made by acid burns.
He said that the claim that her jaw
had been broken by an iron bar while
at the institution was entirely Ease
and that her jaw had not been brok-
en- while there by any means whatso-
| ever, as she was able at all times dur
ing her three periods of Incarceration
| at the retreat to masticate her food
daily.
DR.. Taylor also denied that she ever
| was abused at the retreat in any way.
He did not consider that Mrs. Gull
ford was at present entirely cured.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
" Estate of Il AVA

The undersigned having been hpuointed b,
the Honorable Probate. Court for the Distrc
OF Remington, COMM SiONERS, to receive
examine, and adjust the claims and
demands of all persons against the estate OF
Emma j 6 ady. late of p " vi in said Dis.
rr,'f deceased. and all claims exhibited In of.
met for The purpose e Aforesaid. at the ore Of
A. q Parkc' q on In the VI age of Pow al
" laid District. on the nth day OF Ap and
lIth DAY OF July neat, from O'CLOCK
A. M.until o'cl0 X p. ". on o oh of said days
and that six months from the 9lst day OF eb
A. D. W is the time limited hy sail Court for
said creditors to present their claims TO us for
examination and allowance.
Dred at Pownal, VT, this 2ith day OF Feb
ruary, A. d. 1917.
A. ] MERCHANT
ARTHUR q. PARKER
Commissioners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
WILSON W.T. 'c1
TO CHECK I|{-UP
Of RAILROADS
Is Depending Upon Loyalty Of En-
pIOyeeS and Companies
MEN ARE SEEKING ETTlEMEk1
Declare Problem of Eight-Hour Day
Should Be Settled Before Country
Engages in War.

Washington, March 13.-President
Wilson will act promptly and de
cisively to prevent any general tie-up
of the commerce of the country
through a great railroad strike, while
the nation confronts the present in
ternational situation. Convinced that
both the railroad and their employees
will put aside their own difference to
join in the defense of the country, the
President. is prepared to once more
step into the railroad controversy, ii
the strike threat again becomes
acute
Today, although confined to his
room, the President was in close
touch with the railroad situation. He
conferred at length with Secretary OF
Labor Wilson, who has been watch
ing the developments in the railroad
controversy closely and received a
detailed report of the present stu
ation. He will be kept advised as to
the progress of discussions between
the four big brotherhood chiefs and
the conference committee of railroad
managers in New York which begins
on Thursday.
Under his direction, the federal
board of mediation and conciliation
will be prepared to act at once and to
exert all of the influence of the feder
al government to prevent clash be
tween the railroads and their en-
ployes. The board met today and re-
viewed the situation but no announce
ment was forthcoming.
Declaring that the problem Of an
eight-hour day on the railroads of the
country should be solved "and indus.
trial peace restored, before our coun
try becomes involved in war" the
. presidents of the four great brother
hoods here tonight in a. statement an,
nounced that the employees of the rail
roads in the southeast had endorsed
their latest eight-hour day demand.
sN The brotherhood chiefs said they
would "once more seek peaceful set
tlement," at conference with the
railroad managers in New York, on
Thursday. They declared that the
railroads had sought to postpone
final settlement of the employees de
mands, until either war or panic
should halt the negotiations.
The announcement of the brother
hood chiefs carried the assurance that
in the event of a declaration of war,
the railroad employees would support
the country 1t pointed out that for
more than year the railroad men
had sought to settle the eight-hour
day question.
The statement was issued by w.
Nf he t,n, ,,,,.
and signed by himself, L. E. Shep-
pard, acting president of the conduc
tors, w. e. Stone, president Of the en-
gineers, and w. S. Carter, president
of the firemen. 1t was issued after
the local chairman OF the brother
hoods on the southeastern roads had
endorsed the form of the proposal to
be submitted by the brotherhood
chiefs at Thursdays conference in
New York.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
WILL YIELD BAPAuME
Germans Retiring Apparently to New
Lines

ItOcSs
Paris, March 14.--It is believed that
the Germans are retiring on wide
section of front in the Bapaume sec
ton and that they intend to yield the
town without struggle.
The recent British advances there
were made practically without resist
ance and British troops today moved
almost to the outskirts of Bapaume
and found the German trenches de-
serted and dismantled in part as
though done hastily.
Certain activities and reports indi
cate that the German armies may be
preparing to retire from Belgium and
northern France to or near their own
frontier though this view is not held
by the war department
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
Poison Upon Their Checks.

Professor VI. r. Philbriek Of the
University of Washington told the
Washington State Pathological society
that women OF the seventeenth cen
tury powdered their cheeks with cor
rosivc sublimate (bichloride of mer-
cury) and with white lead. And they
perfumed their gloves with ambergris.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
Good Likeness.

Did Miss Sourgirl have her photo
graphs taken yesterday"
"Yes.'
Good likeness?"
Yes; must have been, for she re-
fused to have them and demanded an
other sitting. ."-Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
Tho Paris of Asia.

Tokyo, to much larger degree than
any American city and even more than
Paris or London, is the center of the
life of the nation. Here the universi-
ties draw students from every prov
lnce. Here is being fought out the bat
tie for democracy and freedom from a
military bureaucracy. Here industrial
ism is raising its many headed body
and threatening destruction of the race.
Here is the center from which one
must study the movements of the orr
ent.--Christian Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont, rain or snow north portion
tonight Warmer Thursday. Cloudy,
somewhat colder in interior. east or
south wind shifting to west and
northwest by Thursday morning.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
FOR WAR SUFFERERS
Ed. Hall Wants Sunday Shows For
Their Benefit.


Editor of The Banner; 1t is with a
good deal of surprise that / have seen
the position taken by the ministers of
Bennington regarding the holding Of
benefits on Sunday for the war suf-
ferers and for other charitable and
patriotic purposes. They know that
the houses cannot be obtained for
these purposes on other days, and 1t
does seem to me that the saving of a
few babies lives il OF more impor-
tance than regard for the narrow
ness of those who look only at the
letter of the commandment and over
look it's devine purpose. remember
that Christ told his deciples to pick
corn on Sunday to feed their ordinary
hunger. but they would forbid us to
pick the corn to save the starving.
Edward j. Hall.
Bennington, VT, Mar, II, 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
Early paper.

When paper was first made in Eng
land, in 1888, it was only of brown
color, and it was not until about 1890
that white paper was produced, and
even then 1t was Of inferior quality.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
SUFFRAGE GIVEN
OK. Of SENATE
COMMITTEE
Bill to Make Women Voters In Town
Meeting favorably Reported
ANTS WANT MORE PUBLICITY
Succeed in Re-committing the Meas.
ure in the Hope Of Securing More
Hearings.

Montpelier, March 14.-The Moore
bill permitting taxpaying women to
vote in town meetings was reported
in the senate this morning with a
unanimous recommendation that the
measure be passed. The opposition,
however, secured its recommittal to
the committee, with the purpose. it is
understood, to obtain further public
hearings.
The Dunham marriage bill passed
the senate this morning by vote of
Is to 13-
Sanford A. Daniels of Brattleboro
received his commission from the
governor and took his seat as sena-
tor, filling the vacancy caused by the
death of the late Hermon f. Eddy.
Montpelier. March 13.-The House
this afternoon by yea and nay vote
of 11S to 1O1 passed the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Steele of Highgate, pro-
hibting the railroads from engaging
directly or indirectly in the customs
brokerage business or to receive any
fees from this business. The atti-
tude of the Senate towards the meas
ure cannot be ascertained definitely,
but while both sides are claiming the
victory.
The House showed its sentiment re-
garding bills providing for the repeal
of the present primary laws, even
with a referendum attachment. when
they summarized and sank withohut
warning the measure introduced by
Mr.. Sinclair of Essex, repeating the
primary law.
AS the result of two stormy ses-
sions, the House military affairs com
mittee decided to send the bill au-
thorizing the Governor to draft men
for service in the National Guard
back to the House with divided re-
port. The committee stand seven to
six in favor of the bill, and majority
and minority reports signed by these
members will be presented.
Making their final plea that if wo-
man suffrage bills must be passed,
they should be submitted to referen
DUN either to the women of the State.
or to all of the voters, delegation Of
anti-suffragists appeared this after
noon before the House committee on
suffrage and elections to oppose the
bill introduced by Mr. Stearns Of
Burlington. The measure provides
that women over q may vote in town
meeting by paying a one dollar tax,
the poll tax for male voters also be-
ing reduced from two dollars to one
dollar The committee took no final
action with regard to reporting the
bill and 1t is probable that another
hearing will be held.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14

"Pop. do sea captains have TO be
farmers?"
"Of course not, you foolish child.
Why do you ask thati'
Because in books they are always
blowing the ocean"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Cook. etc, competent
girl or woman wanted for cooking and
house work in family of two. Every
convenience, good wages. Mrs. r. S.
Spencer, Old Bennington. Tel. 269.
3St6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
. CHINA FOLLOWS U. S.
Dipiamatic Relations with Germany
Broken TODAY

Washington, March 14--China has
broken diplomatic relations with Ger.
many according to report today from
Pekin and has placed guard on Ger
man ships In Chinese harbors.
Evening journal., 1917-08-09
With The Photographers

Before 1915 letter was safe in the Chinese mails
as It was anywhere In the world, and only the older
resident who knows China appreciate what il means
TO have had nearly hundred million pieces of mail
matter carried by the Chinese post that year against
one-sixth that amount eight years before This year
postal employees are stealing letters for the stamps and
throwing the contents into the waste hasket-Christan
Herald.
The demand for destroyers has existed from the first
az we'll the demand for small craft OF all kinds ana
the more we can lay down and the quicker turn
them out the better The need for destroyers does not
dsprove the value OF other types Of vessel in the great
business OF fighting the submarine though it is highly
robabe that many OF the craft that were used eEec-
lively in the early days OF the war offensive in
instruments quite useless against the later ana more
powerful U-boats-New York Tribune.