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The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
Juror Drops Dead.

Salt Lake City.-Alexander Scott,
one of the jurors in the trial of How
ard Deweese, on a charge of Staying
his wife, dropped dead of heart dis
ease as the jury was sitting down to
dinner at a local caf6
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05

It lessons the pains and burdens, and
ensures healthy, vigorous offspring
You will escape many ills and clear
up the coated tongue, the sallow COM
pfexion, the dull headache, the lazy liver,
if you will take pleasant LAXATIVE made
of aloes, root Of jalap, and called "Pleas.
ant Pellets" You can obtain at almost
any drug store in this country these
vegetable pc lets in walls for twenty five
cents simply ask for Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. Sold for fifty years.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
NOTED PHILANTHR0PIST
TO VISIT This SECTION
L. t. Cooper, Millionaire Manufacturer, Gives Large
Part of Income to Charity Sprang Into Fame
Through His New Health Theories, Based on
What Is Known AS the Tanlac Treatment.

MOT recent years. perhaps has the coming Of public character
the proposed to Denver
and other Western cities of L. T. Cooper the Millionaire Phantropst
Mr. described Of Americas foremost leaders OF
thought prang fame and fortune through his
health based what known the Tanc He
the infinite variety of his knowledge and its
absolute horouge In several of the larger
especially throughout the South and has done great deal OF
relief work the
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
S2,6ee, ,485, ,281 for Army and Navv.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of ST.
500, ,485,2S1 to meet urgent deficiencies
in the army and navy, or $3.50 0,S55, 687
less than was recommended by the
War and Navy departments, are in
cluded in a bill favorably reported to
the House by the appropriations COM
mittee
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
Good Prospect.

"Some say the authorities are up in
the air in the defense preparedness"
81 suppose the aviation department
authorities must be-"
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
The Resemblance.

"'Who is the young fellow over there
playing cards?'
"He is the clubs card champions
son and a chip of the old block
Il see-a poker chip"
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
Grants Grandson EnIists.

New York.-Ulysse S. Grant w en-
listed as a private in the Seventh In
fantry. He is a grandson of General
Grant.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
The ONLY Benefit.

"What did you gain in your deal
with Smith?"
can unbounded respect for Smiths
business ability"
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundresa
happy, makes clothes winter than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
Its Style.

Its Style.
'I heard you had new suit with
a big check in it."
"You heard right. It was breach
of promise suit, and the check was
was a big One."
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05

The pork packer has a queer way Of
doing business. After killing hog he
cures it.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
More or Less.

City Man-How many servants do
you keep?
Suburbanite About one out of
twelve.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
PAS Fun

PAS Fun.
"What is your fathers favorite
amusement?"
"Joshing ma, guess"
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05

Hastings, Colo, Arpil Spiritually
all hope of saving any of the 120 men
entombed in the Hastings mine of the
Victor-American Fuel Company here
Friday morning has been abandoned.
James Dalrymple, state coal mine
inspector, who came from the mine,
gave it as his opinion that there was
no one left alive in the mine. Rescue
men who have been in the mine ex-
pressed themselves similarly.
G. F. Bartlett, president of the COM
pany, however, declared the work Of
rescue would go on until there is no
hope that any of the entombed men
are alive.
"In my opinion there was no fire in
the mine," Dalrymple said. In this
view he is joined by practically all
employers and rescue men here. AS
to the cause of the disaster he said:
1--WE cannot tell until we reach the
initial point of the explosion. We are
working the north side of the air
course and coming back on the south,
searching every entry in which there
were men working"
Rescue men, old miners, and old res
idents in this section put the present
disaster down as the worst that ever
occurred in the southern Colorado coal
fields. The same men united in shak-
ing their heads and saying, 81 don't
know" when asked about the cause
of the explosion.
Hastings, Colo, April 30.-Three
men-Thomas Manville, mine worker;
D. H. Reese, mine inspector, and Phil
King, electrician-may be alive in an
air pocket 1000 feet underground in
the Hastings mi1fe, wrecked by an ex-
plosion and swept by fire at o'clock
Friday morning. But the theory is
discounted for company officials.
Poisonous gases fill the passages
which lead to the air pocket, and
fighting through the deadly damp, he'll
meted crews of rescue men are work
ing frantically in an effort to reach
the entombed miners
Here is the basis for the belief that
Manville, Reese and King are still
alive: Twenty-one bodies have been
brought from the mine, and ninety-six
others have been located by the he'll
met men, who have explored practical
ly every foot of the mine except the
main heading, 1000 feet further than
the last cross entry. AS 12O men we're
known to have been in the mine at the
time of the explosion, this leaves
three unaccOunted for.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05

ton Monday dealing with the fighting
on the western front in France says:
"a careful estimate puts the losses
of the English Saturday at over 5000
men, who fell in and before our posi-
tions, in addition to which over 1000
prisoners and forty machine guns
were brought in by u.s. Ten tanks
were destroyed"
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05

If you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all
good grocars Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
AS A SUPPORT for exhausted, nervous.

r exhausted, nervous,
overworked women,
nothing can do as
much as DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
ton. 1t regulates
and assists all the
n a tural functions,
never conflicts with
them, and it strength
ems and builds up
the female system in
a way of its own.
Nursing mothers
and women generally,
will find it exactly
fitted to their needs.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
ENTENTE LINE GOES FORWARD.
French Thrust German Front Back to
Depth of 1000 Meters.

Depth of 1000 Meters.
Paris, May I'm a powerful attack
in the Champagne region Monday the
French troops captured several forti-
fled lines of trenches in the neighbor-
hood of Mont Carnillet to a depth of
500 to 1000 meters, according to the
war office report.
Another thrust by the French
northeast of Mont Haut resulted in a
gain of two-thirds of a mile French
now virtually astride of the Moron
villers-Naurov road.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
EXPLOSION IN
HASTINGS Mine
TWENTY-ONE BODIES TAKEN
FROM DEPTHS OF VICTOR
AMERICAN MINE.
100 LOST IN DISASTER
ONLY THREE BODIES MISSING
OUT OF 12o CAUGHT IN THE
HASTINGS HORROR.


Western Newspaper Union News Service
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05

A well-bred dog goes out when he
sees that he is to be kicked out.
, 1917-10-18
Wireless Air Raid WarnIno-

The London Daily Chronicle reports
that Mr.. Thorp Hincks has devised ap-
paratus for giving warning of impend-
ing air raids. 1t is claimed to be es-
pecially applicable to factories and
public buildings An electric resona-
tor is placed on the roof, and on the
sound of a given pitch being produced,
the resonator causes a bell to ring in
the building until it is stopped. 1t is
said that large areas. such for instance
as the whole of a city, can be simulta-
neously and instantaneously warned.
Scientific American.
, 1917-10-18
Neglect Kidneys
Swamp Root. DR.. Kilmer's Prescrip-
ton, OvercomeS Kidney Trouble

It is now conceded by physicians that
the kidneys should have more attention
as they control the other organs to q re.
markable degree and do a tremendous
amount of work in removing the p~oisons
and waste matter from the system by
f~iltering the blood.
The kidneys should receive some as
s~istance when needed. We take less ex-
e~rcise, drink less water and often eat
more rich, heavy food, thereby forcing
the kidneys to do more work than nature
intended. Evidence of kidney trouble,
such as lame back, annoying bladder
troubles, smarting or burning, brick
dust or sediment, sallow complexion,
rheumatism, maybe weak or irregular
heart action, warns you that your kid
neys require help Immediately to avoid
more serious trouble.
An ideal herbal compound that has had
most remarkable success as a kidney and
bladder remedy is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root. There is nothing else like it. 1t
is DR.. Kilmer's prescription used in pri-
vate practice and it is sure to benefit you.
Get a bottle from your druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DIR.
Kilmer & Co., B~inghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
, 1917-10-18
Town Burns; 1000 sheep Poisoned.

Fairplay, Colo.-Five hundred Of a
flock of 5000 sheep belonging to Har.
old Chambers of Hartzell were dead in
the pens Saturday morning when the
herders entered to care for them. Dur
ing the day about 500 more died, and
the evidence is that the animals were
poisoned. Saturday night, after work
ing all day, the flock masters believed
they had overcome the epidemic and
will be able to save the others. Mr..
Chambers believes that the sheep
were poisoned. This is the third loss
of the last two weeks, and has caused
considerable uneasiness. Friday night
Alma, a small mining town near here,
was almost destroyed by fire. Two
weeks ago the haystacks at a ranch
near this city were burned by fire
from a cigarette. and the owner be-
lieves the fire was started with intent
to destroy his hay and farm buildings.
, 1917-10-18
What's the Use.

Il have been rejecting said an old
timer, upon the case of the average
man, as his neighbors see him.
"lf he is poor, he is a bad manager.
If he is prosperous, everyone wants to
do him n favor.
IF he is in politics, it's for pork. If
he is not in politics, one can't place
him, and he's no good for his country.
IF he gives not to charity. then he's
a stingy dog. If he does give, it's for
show.
IF he is active in religion, he Is a
hypocrite. If he evinces no interest In
matters spiritual. he's n hardened sim
ner.
IF he shows affection, he's a soft
sentimentalist. If he seems to care
for no one, he's cold-blooded.
IF he does young, there was a great
future ahead of him. If he attains
old age, he has missed his calling.
, 1917-10-18
Billions Needed to Supply Army.

washington.-In a proclamation des-
ignating Oct. "a as Liberty day, on
which patriotic meetings shall be held
and the savings of the people poured
forth for the support Of their country,
President Wilson uttered an inspiring
appeal for a tremendous oversubscrip-
ton of the econd Liberty loan. -
lions of dollars are needed, says the
President, because the might of the
United States is being modified and
organized to strike a mortal blow at
autocracy in defense of outraged
American rights and Of the cause Of
liberty"
, 1917-10-18

When one Of the Instructors In the
government navigation school at
Charleston, s. O., was compelled to
leave, a woman, Mrs. Charlotte 8. Pat
ten Of Maine, took the helm, and Is
now teaching beginners in nautical SCI
ence Mrs. Patten is the widow of a
sea captain, and for fifteen years lived
on board a ship. After the death of
her husband she continued her life on
the sea on board a ship captained by
her son-in-law.
, 1917-10-18
Can't Live on $500 a Year.

The somewhat irritating story Of the
woman who cannot support herself on
q large income hobs up again. Mrs.
Olga Kohler Florman of New York has
been drawing $4,000 annually from
the state of her father, but she asks
an Increase because she has gone In
debt. She alleged that her husband
earned only $50 a week and that she
had to contribute to the support Of
an infant son. The court allowed her
a bonus of $4,000.
, 1917-10-18
RED FACES AND RED HANDS
Soothed and Healed by cutieura-sam-
pie Each Free by Mail.

Treatment for the face: On rising
and retiring smear affected parts with
Cuticura Ointment. Then wash off with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For the
hands: Soak them in a hot lather
of Cuticura Soap. Dry, and rub in
Cuticura Ointment.
IS Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Ady.
, 1917-10-18
She Studied Byron.

Mrs. Hawkins, who posed as a lit
erary woman and professed a great adj
miration for Byron's works, had re-
Gently purchased a little dog and was
showing him to a caller.
"What have you named him?" asked
the caller.
"Perchance." was the reply.
"What a singular name for an ami
NAL commented the caller.
IT named him after Byron's dog"
she explained. Don't you remember
the line in 'Childe Harold where the
poet says, Perchance my dog?"
, 1917-10-18
FORCE LANDED NORTH OF DIESEL
ISLAND TO CONTROL GULF
OF RIGA.
HA'G HOLDS TO GAINS
HOLLAND, IN DEFIANCE OF BRIT.
AIMS REQUEST, STOPS ALL
SHIPMENTS TO ENGLAND.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Oct. 15.-Official Wash.
ington was keenly interested in re-
ports from London and elsewhere that
German troops recently were paraded
before Emperor William of Germany
without their rifles, presumably
through fear that violence might be
attempted against the kaiser. Nothing
official was known regarding the incl
dent, however, nor the report that Ger
man soldiers on the eastern front
"boo-ed" Field Marshal Won linden
burg during a recent visit.
Amsterdam, Holland.-The Mas
bodt says 1t learns that all Dutch
shipping to England has been stopped
on account of the pending differences
between Great Britain and Holland.
Petrograd.-The German forces
which landed on Oesel island, in the
Gulf Of Riga, under cover of ninety
war vessels, had occupied up to 10
o'clock Saturday morning the whole
AoA ohu CaoLOkh PdAI VI thO
island were within twelve versts
of Arensberg, on the southern
shore, according to an announce
ment made by the general staff.
The Russians still occupy Serel Point
and the Svorb peninsula on the south
western coast.
With the armies in Flanders halted
-, -ot-o .yhtah haze -aaIa kh4 A.kkIn
front q sea of mud, interest centers
on Russia. The Germans have taken
the Island of Oesel at the Gulf of Riga,
and Russians expect an immediate
move on Petrograd.
Nothing has been announced to
show that the enemy has attempted
to attack the mainland of western
Esthonia, nor has there been any in
dication that the Russian front in this
region has been moved.
The French repealed several at
tempted raids by the Crown Princes
troops around Verdun.
The morale of the German troops on
the Flanders front is being shattered
rapidly by the constant assaults Of
Gen. Haig, who clings to all gains
made.
The Slav war office has announced
hat the weakening of the Kronstadt
garrison has menaced Petrograd. and
a plea has been zen out for all Rus
SLAMS to forget their political diff.
culties n unite to meet the expected
drive.
, 1917-10-18
sox Defeat Giants In Fifth Game.

Chicago.-The White Sox Saturday
defeated the New York Giants, 8 to 5,
after the Giants had won the two
games played in New York, 2 to o, and
5 to 0. The Sox won the first two
games played in Chicago, 2 to 1 and
7 to 2,
, 1917-10-18
HoW'a This 2

We offer $4,000 for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is TAX
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
, 1917-10-18
Whale Possibilities.

Since one whale yielded 14,OOO
pounds of meat to an American whaler,
says the Portland Oregonian, the man
who owns a small pond ought to look
Into the industry. There might be
money in whale veal.
, 1917-10-18
A Unique Specimen.

We once knew a man 20 or 81 years
ago who read the Congressional Rec
ord closely every day and he is still
alive. Indeed. he afterward went to
congress and settled there. Has any
one heard of another reader of the
Congressional Record2-Columbia Is.
O. State.
, 1917-10-18

"Old Bostely says he has u million
dollar BRAIN" observed the man who
was always picking up information.
Hes quite right" answered the 9th
err; ut would cost him fully that much
to find out what's the matter with it"
, 1917-10-18
Eleven Per Cent of Wheat for Allies

OF this years wheat crop only r.,
696, 900 bushels, or about 11.S per cent,
will be left for export to the allies and
neutrals after the requirements Of the
United States are filled.
, 1917-10-18
s1.4s1.zes Is Exported.

Mexico City-In May, June and
July of this year silver and gold to
the value of $1,461, 79S.s5 was export.
I'D from Mexico.
, 1917-10-18
Despite the Price.

Revenge is sweet"
All / know about revenge is this.
There's less Of 1t actually had than al
most any commodity you can name"
, 1917-10-18

He-l suppose we r to consider
The engagement broken7
she-You are not me. I'm still en-
gagged to some one else.
, 1917-10-18
More Trouble for censors.

New Thought leaders who are in
structing the followers on how to "tele-
path" messages to soldiers In France
are creating new difficulties for the
censors.-Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1917-10-18

NJ. D. Splitter asks $4,000 because
ne ate a tack with some soup served
him in a New York restaurant.
, 1917-10-18

The way the boss looks at 1t: DE
velop the push and the pull will take
ARE Of itself"
, 1917-10-18

Youngstown, o., is to have n monu.
ment to David Tod, Civil war cover.
nor of Ohio.
, 1917-10-18

Boosting of their strong points is a
weakness with some people.
, 1917-10-18
ILovinu Wives.

A man loves his wife because hi
must, and loves his neighbours because
he mustn't.
, 1917-10-18

II You wish beautiful, clear white
clothes. use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
, 1917-10-18

E. NJ. Deemer, 10 years bedfast In
Philadelphia, makes money as a maya
zine agent. He advertises.
, 1917-10-18

1t is a tranquil people who accom-
plish much.-Thoreau.
, 1917-10-18

Many a truthful man breaks his
word because he suffers.
, 1917-10-18

Ever notice how narrow-minded some
people are who argue with you?
, 1917-10-18

It pays better to appreciate fools
than to be appreciated by fools.
, 1917-10-18

Nashville, Tenn, Commercial club
has opened e headquarters build
Ing.
, 1917-10-18

Poverty is the one luxury the rich
can't afford.
, 1917-10-18

"why didn't you call for help when
he kissed your"
81 was afraid some one would hear
me-"
, 1917-10-18

I've taken a vow not to talk about
the war;.
"How old are your"
, 1917-10-18

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
, 1917-10-18

Labor Scarce In Coal Region.
So scarce Is labor in the coal region
that when Jacob Schoen of Pottsville,
Pa, superintendent of highways, ad-
vertised for men for work on the
streets, the only reply he got was from
a man eighty-two years of age.
, 1917-10-18
The British Rifle.

The British Rifle.
The British rifle is the outcome of
the South African a 1t holds ten
cartridges and is sighted from 200 to
$500 yards.
, 1917-10-18

Somehow the majority of our good
habits never get found out.
, 1917-10-18

Amsterdam, Holland.-The Mas
bodt says it learns that all DutcI
shipping to England has been stoppe
on account of the pending difference
between Great Britain and Holland.
, 1917-10-18
Mrs. Kieso Cured After Seven Months Illness

Aurora, m-@For seven long mo
from a female trouble, with severe pa
and sides until I became so weak ]
walk from chair to chair, and got
would jump at the slightest noise.
unfit to do my house work, I was Civ
ever being well, when my sister as
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
six bottles and today I am a healthy
do my own homework. I wish e
woman would try Lydia T. Pinkha
compound, and find out for hers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-26
THIS OFFICIAL WON'T
AID ARMY !. N. c. A.
Holds Position in Municipal Govern
ment and Wouldn't Help IL Worth
Five Times as Much-But
One I'm Thousands.

Literally one In thousands who
have come forward voluntarily and
offered their support to the project
a prominent Richmond city official.
when approached by a member of the
Young Mems Christian association
campaign committee yesterday and
asked for a subscription, declared he
would not give the organization a
single dollar. and would not If he was
worth five times what he really was
The committeeman was not allowed
to explain the plans of tho associa-
ton, with which this official was I'M
familiar.
This man WAS the first in Richmond
10 absolutely decline in such terms to
help the association in its campaign
ITO raise the remaining S2S,000 of it's
$4,000 allotment for soldier work
The United States is raising $3,000.000
for the work in the hundreds of
camps throughout the country The
various committees are reporting en-
CouraginE results in their work, and
members OF the state executive com
mittee exposed the belief last night
that the campaign would he completed
in the next few days
support of the associations work
is being given daily by public men of
Richmond and Virginia, and especially
the military authorities who were
quick 10 realize the value of the or
carnations work in recent months
Il attribute 10 n Considera bic extent
the excellent reputation Of the men
of the Virginia regiments for good be-
haYior IN ana around Brownsville to
the influence of the Army y NJ C.
A. wrote Colonel William j. Perry.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-26
Long MAY IL WANG.

The sight of our flag waving from
homes and business places through
out Pittsburg makes this story by
Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution worth repeating:
II was at Il naval review off Gioral-
tar, where All the nations were repre-
scented with their greatest battleships
one after another these great ships
passed in review. A stranger stood by
in the neighborhood of an American
seaman. thoroughly familiar with all
the different ships and flags. The
stranger was not. so he asked the sea-
man as follows:
What ship is that"
az is the chip OF his majesty the
king"
And this one1" as another giant
plowed the waters.
That IS the ship of the German
emperor"
And what is the flag now flying on
the ship that Just passed."
THE flag Of the emperor OF Aus
tria"
And" said the seaman, as the next
came by. flying the Stars and Stripes,
that Is my ."--Pittsburg Post
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-26
FEW RICHMOND LAOS
TO co TO COUNTRY

Richmond parents are not anxious
Tor their children to 60 to the coun-
try to work on farms this summer.
according to reports received hT Or.
j A. e Chandler from the various
city schools Many city boys. es-
pecIally those OF high school age, OBJ
tain attractive positions IN the local
banks. factories and stores for the
summer months. This fact, together
with the fact that parents hesitate
to send their children to the coun-
try In the summer without knowing
precisely where they will go. explains
why so few children signed blanks
agreeing to farm fer their hoard ara
keep"
From all the city schools, only
twenty-five manifested a desire to be-
come farmers this summer OF these,
fifteen arc small boys. between the
ges of eleven and thirteen. six are
large boys. ranging in age from four
teen and one-half 10 sixteen Years,
One colored boy. fifteen years of age,
signed blank setting forth that he
was anxious TO work from July I 10
Septem her l on truck. dairy or or
chard farm The Richmond school
authorities will gladly correspond
with any farmers who would like TO
have any Of these twenty-five boys
spend the summer with them. All of
these boys seem anxious to get
taste OF country life.