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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-09
SCHOOL TEACHER
Wards Off Nervous Breakdown

WARDS UT Nervous Breakdown
Alburtis. PA am a teacher in the
public schools and / got into q very
nervous rundown condition. I could
not sleep and had no appetite ] was
tired all the time NY sister asked me
TO try NinoL I did so. and within =
week my appetite improved and I
could sleep all night and now I feel
we'll and strOng---ROSA NJ KELLER.
Aiburtis. Pa.
We guarantee Ninol which contains
beef and cod liver peptOnes. iron and
manganese peptOnates. and glycerO-
phOspf ates for all weakened rundown
conditions and for chronic coughs
colds and bronchitis Kelly * Pollard.
Druggists. FL Paso. Texas. also at the
leading drug store IN all Texas towns.
ADV
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-09

4 T a meeting OF the county COM
"A missioners' court this morning
L - the office of county school sup
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
OVER SKYLINE TRAIL
New York Party Covers 60 Miles In
Six Days, Women Tramp.


Mr. and Mrs. Brunn Delany of
Brooklyn, with the Misses Elizabeth
L. Cleveland and Elsa c. Stromberg
of New York. have completed a six
days hike of nearly 60 miles on the
Long Trail Of the Green Mountain
Club.
Starting from Bristol, they spent
their first night with Professor Mon.
roe and his party of trail builders at
Battell lodge ON Mount Abraham.
The next day they followed the
Monroe skyline Trail" north over
the three and half mile crest of
Lincoln Mountain. with its wonderful
views to the east and west. thence
down to Glen Ellen and over the
Stark mountains. spending their sec.
ond night at the Frank Beane farm
near Hanksville: their third night AT
Camers Hump club house: fourth AT
Bolton; fifth at Lake Mansfield Trout
club and sixth at the Summit House
on Mt. Mansfield From the latter
place they went via Smugglers' Notch
and Morse's mill to Jeffersonville
enjoying beautiful moonlight auto
mobile ride from Jeifersonvillo tc
Burlington. which was reached late
the seventh night.
The party were very enthusiastic,
over their trip and the splendid view,
and spoke especially OF the hospital
ity shown them along the rout OF IN,
trail
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
LONG JOURNEYS SAVED
In Exceptional Cases conscripts Go
to Nearest Camps.

" NCd'C COT SdiiPo.
Washington, Sept. 5.-Provost Mar.
shal General Crowder made public to
day instructions sent TO the Cover
nors Of all States which will permit
drafted men in certain exceptional
cases to 20 TO camp with the con.
tingent In the district in which they
happen to be at the time rather than
with the contingent of the local board
with which they registered. 1t was
recognized by Gen. Crowder that in
many cases men might be a great dis.
tance from the point where they reg
istered when the call came to report
and that they could avoid serious
Sacrifices If they we're allowed to re-
port with the nearest contingent
In the kilograms sent TO the Gov
ernors Gen Crowder called attention
to the fact that the drafted men could
not choose their own mobilization
camp or go with the contingent of
any local board they might select, but
he added that severe hardships might
result If this general rule were en-
forced without exception and il men
far from home were compelled to re.
turn there for mobilization.
This class of cases." he ordered,
must be cared for. To cover bona
flde and deserving cases the follow.
ing is provided. When a man called
for military duty by his local board
is, on the date the call issues. in a
point outside the State and cannot
return without great hardship and ex
pense he may file an application with
| the local board wherever he may be
for an order to report with the con
tingent of such local board
:Such local board will investigate
the case and II deserving will apply
by telegram to the local board having
his registration card for an order fol
him to report for military duty to The
local board where he is"
The first OF the national army wen
into uniform today. Into fourteen
cantonments poured groups of con
scripts, the first per cent, quota
Each group on its arrival was stripped
of civilian clothing and supplied will
khaki uniform, army hat, shoes, leg
gings, blankets, rife, ammunition
belt and other accourtrements OF
soldier Training will start tomoi
row. The second quota of 40 pc
cent. goes to camp September ~.
| Reports to the provost marsha
general indicated that the mobilize
ton was proceeding smoothly. Mos
groups took morning trains, althoug
those from some western states ma
not reach camp until late I'm the nigh
or tomorrow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
DISQUALIFIED
MENR[PLACED
BYVERMONTERS
Method Used in Rebuilding
Army at Westfield
g
BULL PEN NEARLY DONE
stockade Being Built for Men Con.
Victed of lnfractions Of the
Rules.
BULL PEN NEARLY DONE

The men of the first Vermont regi-
ment are being rapidly absorbed by
other organizations at Westfeld. Two
hundred and fifty men were transient
red yesterday afternoon to the One
Hundred and Third and One Hundred
and Fourth infantry The ranks of
these regiments are being filed with
soldiers who are taking the places of
those who were rejected in the re-
cent physical tests.
Trainloads of supplies are being re-
ceiyed. When all inspections and a
checking up of company property is
completed, new supplies will be is
sued. Every man leaving Camp Bart
lett for the front will be equipped to
the last shoestring.
Courtmartials for infractions of the
rules will be taken up hereafter by a
brigade summary court which was es-
tablished today by order of Brig. Gen.
Cole. Mai Campbell of the Eight
Massachusetts has been named as
summary court officer and Lieut.. Cor
Jingle Of the ammunition train as his
assistant The court will sit for the
first time today. The prison stock
ade is nearly completed and is one Of
the show places of the camp. When
it is done it will be hard for any man
under sentence to escape
The programs for drill are being ex
tended and the men are gslting down
to camp routine and the hardening
process. Regarding the training the
officers from the Plattsburg training
camp received, the officers of the 103d
infantry admit that the Plattsburgers
no where learned some Of the things
which never have come in the nation
| al guard curriculum.
These officers say the Plattsburgers
have put the pep and ginger into the
bayonet exercises and the calisthenic
drills. These were featured at Platts-
| burg, especially the work in bayonet
1 practice and the Plattsburgers receiv-
| ed the benefit OF the latest training
which was impaired to them by oiii-
GERS who gained their lessons in the
hard school Of experience-the tren.
| ches.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07


London, Sept. 6.--With forced mar
ches, meeting no resistance whatever
from the Russians, the Teuton eight
army, which took Riga, is swinging
in circular advance northeastward
to force a Russian withdrawal from
the entire Dwina line as far as
Dwinsk, 140 miles southeast OF Riga.
From Riga to Friedrichstaft, on the
Dwina, front OF forty miles, the
Muscovites are in full fight. The
Teutons are throwing division after
division across the Dwina To push the
purusit. Automatically the Russians
are extending their front of retire
ment eastward to avoid encirclement.
Although the Russians have fallen
back with great speel all along the
line, it seems evident that they have
not been put to rout and that the 10y
al troops are fighting splendidly a
rear guard action. This seemingly is
borne out by the fact that the German
bag of prisoners thus far has been
less than eight thousand Added
menace to the situation in Russia is
contained In an official report that
the German feet is maneuvering at
the entrance to the gulf of Riga.
II this is true it might indicate that
the Germans are preparing for sally
into the gulf with the object of at.
tacking Reval, the fortified seaport
of the government of Esthonia and
bottling up the Russian ships inside
the gulf; or even proceeding after the
Russian feet and attempting to de-
stroy It, which accomplished may
leave Fronstadt and Petrograd at the
mercy of the enemy's guns
The Italian commander, General
Cadorna, continues his resistance con
corning the operations he has in view
against the AuGtrians, his latest con.
| tinued heavy fighting northeast OF
| Gorzia and his repulse on the Carso
| plateau of strong Austrian counter at
| tacks. From an Austrian war Office
| statement regarding the situation AT
| Monte San Gabrielle, II Is learned that
this eminence did not fall into the
hands of the Italians but the Austri
ans in counter attacks occupied ii
Several times since Wednesday the
position has changed hands and a
last accounts the Austrians were still
in possession, but with the Italians
ghting yaliantly to take It.
On the Orso plateau, south of thu
Brestoyizza valley. where Bavariar
troops appealed for by the Austrian
doubtless have reinforced the Aus
trian line, counter attacks of grea
strength have been thrown, but un
successfully, against the Italian front
Italian airmen have effectively BON
barded Hermada heights, the key L
! Trieste. which is in the hands of tn
Austrians. The western front Il
France about Belgium remains vii
tually quiet except for artillery duel
and trench raiding operations, aeria
raids and fights in the air.
A renewal of activity on the Mace
I donian front is recorded in the lates
/ French official communication, bu
this also is being carried to a larg
extent by the artillery. East {
Lake Dorian, the Bulgarians atteml
ted two infantry attacks, but both {
them were repulsed by the British.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
BOOTS FOR FIREMEN
Department Receives Check from
Earl w. Williams.

Earl w. Williams this morning re-
ceiyed from the Ford Automobile com
pany a check for $3.50 which he en-
dorsed at once as payable to the or
der of the Bennington Fire Depart
ment in accordance with Mr.. VII.
liams' proposal made at the annual
village meeting.
Mr.. Williams, who was at the time
the agent for the Ford company. Of
fered to contribute his commission On
the sale OF three Lafrance fire trucks
to the fire department for rubber
boots in case the village placed the
order for the trucks with the La
france company
The Lafrance truck is built upon a
Ford chassis and in accordance with
the Ford companys contract with
Mr.. Williams he would be allowed a
commission on every car sold in Ben
nington that had Ford running
gear and engine Mr. Williams re
ceived no commission on the truck
bodies, only the chassis.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
BAR SILVER AT NEW HIGH
Thousands Of Mexican Dollars Melt
ed at IL Touches 95 5-8

New York, Sept. 6.-Another jump
in the price of bar silver yesterday
was accompanied by reports of tre-
mendous movement in the importa-
tion OF Mexican dollars by New
York Silver brokers, who are convert
ing them into bullion because the
value of the metal has now far ex-
ceeded the par value of the coin. In
this market bar silver touched 95 5-S
cents, while Mexican dollars ad-
vanced cents more, into 76 cents,
A year ago silver was selling at 6S
cents an ounce.
One broker here has sacks of silver
in his vaults which represented So
600 Mexican dollars converted into
bullion. II was said that this amount
is only a small fraction Of the silver
currency now being brought out OF
Mexico despite measures by the Mex
can Government to prevent its money
from being drained off by the attrac.
tion OF high bullion prices in this
country
The Mexican silver dollar was fol
years valued at about 80 cents, The
Philippine peso is now worth more
than par and the authorities ther,
are enforcing law to prevent its ex
portation. Silver authorities sa!
there will be no danger of owners
melting and selling American dollars
for bullion until the white meta
climbs to $l.29 an ounce.
The high price of silver is attribut
ed to an increased demand and dc
creased production. The chief in
crease in the demand is said to b.
due to enlarged use of the metal 70
world coinage caused by the with
drawal of gold from circulation an
the substitution of silver for It.
AT the same time producing Gel
ters all over the world have suffere
a curtailment Of output. Mexico, bc
cause OF per cent. of its normal SUI
plies In the United States the r,
duction is attributed to strikes an
to lack of melting materials due I
war demands, The worlds suppl
of the metal Is well sold ahead with
prospect of still higher prices.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
ITALIANS WIN
ANDLOSEMONTE
SAN GABRIELLE
Sentinel of Goritz Changes
Hands Several Times
HELD BY AUSTRIANS
Teutons In Possession of Mountain
Dominating Isonzo Valley and
Bainsizza Plateau.

London, Sept. 6.-ltalian troops,
fighting stubbornly for Monte San
Gabrielle on the Isono front. several
times have captured the summit only
to be thrown back again, according to
kilograms from Austrian headquar
ters, says the Central News Amster-
dam correspondent The Italians are
continuing their attack upon the
mountain.
The struggle in progress is terri
fic one, the Italians sticking stubborn
ly to the offensive and making repeat
ed attacks in mass fomation, When
the Austrians finally regained posses
sion of the mountain, the Austrian re-
ports state, a brief espite was given
them, but the Italians soon esumed the
attack, launching six attacks in sue
cession in a renewed attempt to gain
the peak
The Austrian command has sue,
ceeded in concentrating again such
numbers of fresh troops and artillery
from the Russo-Rumanian and Bal
kan fronts that the is raging again
more fercely than ever, especially
east of Goritz and northeast OF the
Hermada in the Carso area.
The Austrians are still In possession
what is called the sentinel OF Goritz
Monte San Gabrielle, which dominates
both the Isonzo Valley aI.i the
southern part of the Bainsizza plat
eau, but all the surrounding supports
OF this stronghold are gradually fall
ing into the hands of the Italians, sc
that the network of fortifcations
. which the enemy had spread along
this section is little by little beinl
I destroyed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
HOUSE PAo;;s:.>> T.
WAR CREDITS
UNANIMOUSLY
Authorizes Issues Totalling
More Than Eleven Billion
AMENDMENTS FAILED
Republicans Defeated in Attempts to
CurtaiI Power of Secretary
: McAdoo.

Washington, Sept THE great
war credits bill, authorizing $11,537,-
9445,46O in bonds and certificates
passed the house unanimously last
night Action by the senate as soon
as the pending war-tax bill is disposed
of is planned by administration lead
ers. No material amendment was
added to the bill by the house. Rep
resentative Moore of Pennsylvania led
a group of republicans in a futile
fight for consideration of his proposal
for a war expenditures committee,
which was thrown out on point of
oder.
Every effort of republicans to limit
the control the bill would give Secre-
tary McAdoo over the bonds and GER
tificates resulted in failure. The last
fight, made by Representative John
son of Washington, to direct the sec
retary to spend at least $2,500,O0O for
newspaper advertising in disposing of
the bonds, was defeated overwhel-
mingly. Ii the secretary desires, un
der the measure, he may use some Of
the $17,6OO,000 appropriated for dis
posing of all the bonds and certif-
Gates in newspaper publicity.
Representative Cannon of Illinois
managed to obtain the adoption of a
compromise amendment to exempt
from taxation forever interest on
bonds. not in excess of $4,000. He
wanted 60 make 1t $4,000, but Dem
ocratic Leader Kitchin would not
agree to that
The bill authorizes the issuance of
$7,53S,945 AGO worth Of convertible 4
per cent. bonds, subject to supertaxes
and war profits taxes and to termi-
nate at the discretion of the secre-
tary of the treasury. OF this total,
s4,O00,00O,000 worth is for a new al
lied loan; $4,000, 100000 worth to take
over a 1-2 per cent, issue already
authorized and the remaining $685..
945,460 to be used for converting Ger.
tain outstanding bonds. including the
Danish West Indies, Alaskan railway
Panama canal and naval construction
issues.
Issuance also is authorized of not
more than $2,OOO,OOO,OOO worth each
OF certificates of Indebtedness and
war savings certificates to run moi
more than one year and five years
respectively, at rates OF interest to be
fixed by the secretary of the treas
ury. These issues are to be subject
to the same taxes as the bonds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
HIGHER PRICES
FORAL[MEATS
UNAVOIDABLE
Production Only Remedy in
Sight, Says Hoover
EN- AND INCREASING
~ Present Shortage Continues Cost
to Consumer Can Not Fail
to Increase.

Washington, Sept 6.-Price fixing
for meat and diary products has no
place in the governments food con-
troll plans, Herbert Hoover, the Food
Administrator, today told the nation
al live stock conference. Not only
would it be inadyisable to institute
price fixing in these industries, he
asserted, but the Food Administrator
has been given no such power.
As long as there is a heavy demand
for meat with a decreased production,
Mr.. Hoover said, meat prices will con-
tinue to soar. The hope of the Food
Administration is that it can stabi-
lie quotations and thus eliminate
speculation.
Il cannot believe there is pan
acea for a situation of this kind said
Mr., Hoover. "Our problem is TO in
crease production. The best we may
expect is slow development toward
the ends we seek. Drastic control of
packing plants with government op-
Grafton as an alternative will not
work. We can administer food con-
troll only through the cooperation Of
all interests concerned
There is no power in the food bill
to fix prices and we never have asked
that power. Everywhere in Europe
price fxing-that is, the naming of
maximum prices-has failed We had
the fixing OF wheat prices thrust up
on us. as it is our duty to purchase
80 per cent, of the crop for export
and we had the wheat committee
name a price as a guarantee to pro.
ducers and to stop speculation.
THE meat situation is such that a
high price TO producers is guaranteed
for many years. II war were to end
suddenly or II the submarines we're
to be overcome, however. great
stores of wheat would be released in
Argentinaf Australia and India and
the bottom would drop out of the
| market in this country These three
| nations will have on hand soon enough
wheat to feed the world, but ships
cannot be had to transport it,
Beef and pork present different
| situations We export a small amount
Of beef, relatively. but now we are
| over-eXporting pork, and it may be
/ come necessary to take measures Ia
keep a proper relation between the
price of corn and hogs We want your
advice as TO how this may be done.
There is nothing that can he done
TO stop the rise in meat prices If the
shortage continues, but If We stabi
lie prices the rise will move at {
continuous level. Producers mus
have a price that will stimulate pro
duction and must get that pric,
though there can be no government
guarantee and | see no way to brinl
about voluntary agreement as L
the prices that should be paid,
81 doubt if legislation to guarante,
producers a minimum price in wise
and in meat believe 1t is impossible
to accomplish this"
| Walter l.. Fisher. former secre
tary of the interior, said that the al
lied purchasing necessarily woul
affect American food markets, an
that its control would In larg
measure give the food administrator
control OF meat prices,
Representatives of potato grower
and distributors conferred here toda
with the food administration on plan
Sor conserving and distributing tn
supply,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
Prncipalyas
It Thing Average Married Man that He Doesn't Ree
NEW ENGLAND MEN AT AVER
Vermonters Have Been Assigned to
Artillery

Aver, Mass. Sept 6.--While 400
more members of the new national ar
my were arriving at Camp Devens to-
day the first 500, who came yesterday
we're receiving first lessons in the
soldiers school.
Every man of the 900 has been
found physically fit Not single
drafted man has been rejecte on final
physical examination and th ere is no
sickness in camp.
Sunday has been designated as
visitors day" There will be more
than 1000 soldiers here by that time
and relatives and friends OF the men
will be permitted the freedom of the
camp.
In the skeleton organization of the
Seventy-Sixth division, matte,
completed tonight the men from Yer
mont have been assigned to the 302
Light Field artillery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
ALLIES HARRY FOE
Airmen Crop 1876 Bombs Behind Ger
man Lines.


London, Sept 6.-EXtensive bomb
ing operations by airplanes were car
ried out on Tuesday. the British War
Office reports, and 1876 bombs were
dropped on billets, railway stations,
ammunition dumps, airdromes and
other points behind the German
lines.
Tuesday night ffty.three bombs
were dropped from an average height
OF 1000 feet on training schools and
railway functions at Valenciennes
near Journal, near Lille. south OF
Roulers and on the Somain railway
There was heavy artillery fire by
the French in the Champagne and
Verdun sectors and rails at many
points along the battle front, but nc
|, operation OF Importance.
Berlin reports the last raid on Lon
don, Southend and Margate and adds
/ that one airplane has not returned
Il asserts that fourteen enemy airmer
and one captive balloon were sho
down on the Continent yesterday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-07
KERW|N ADMITS
HEHELPEDMOVE
CH|LD'S BODY
States Star Witness in
Bradshaw Murder Trial
REMAINS DECOMPOSED
Or. B. n. Stone Testifies He Was
Unable to Determine Cause of
Little Girls Ieath.

st. Johnsbury, Sept 6.-The state
put on its two star witnesses today
in the Bradshaw murder case, Dr.
b. H. Stone, state pathologist, and
John Kerwin, who has pleaded guilty
to being an accessary in the crime
DR.. Stone performed the autopsy on
the body of the murderd child, found
August 8 in a marshy field five weeks
after the alleged murder. He testified
that the body was so badly decompos-
ed that il was impossible to tell how
the child met death
Kerwin made his home with the re.
spondent, Mrs. Alyah Kenerson, and
testified that at the womans request
he went with her at night, removed
the body from the berry field where
she and Eta May Hicks, the child S
caretaker, had left il, and carried II
to the field where ii was found. Ker-
win, subjected to two hours cross-ex-
animation by the defense, kept to his
story about assisting the respondent.
In other testimony he contradicted
himself, admitting that he had lied to
the officers.
At this point his mother, Mrs. Will
liam Kerwin of Reading, Mass. faint.
ed and was carried out of the court
room.
The state will put on tomorrow a
Boston detective who has an alleged
confession from Mrs. Kenerson that
she and Miss Hicks killed the child
The first witness was Hiram AL
drich of Lyndon, a farm laborer. He
was present when the body was found
On July Is and again on the 30th
when he was working in the field
where the body was found, he noticed
an odor. but did not investigate it
Ellery Gray. neighbor of the BRAD
| shaws, and one of the searching par
ty, told of a conversation he had will
Mrs Kenerson the day following the
alleged murder. He said to Mrs. Ken
erson: "Why did you kill that poo
little girl?' and she replied, "Al
did was to put my hand on her throa
and Miss Hicks took club anC
struck her She wasn't dead when W,
| left her"