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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village TolS
Briefly for Busy Readers

Calvin Endress is i'll at his home OH
Grandview street.
James h. Burke left today for Ken
osha, Wis, on business connected
with the Black Cat Textiles company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse vickery of Am
sterdam and Mrs. Warner Doney of
Rensselaer,, n. r., who were called
here by the death of Charles b. Sher-
man have returned to their homes.
William G. T. Wright died in Cam.
bridge, N ", yesterday. The funeral
will be held from the home of Russell
p. Twiss Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock He for many years worked
in the office of Henry w. Putnam e.
Co. 1t is hoped number of his old
friends will attend the funeral An
obituary will be printed later in The
Banner.
George kid Rosch OF the Ameri-
can house was matched to box Stock
ings" Conroy, Troy, at Albany, next
Tuesday night, May 30 Conroy de-
veloped some kind of sickness so the
promoters have substituted kid"
Black OF Chicago the Colored Champ
ion Featherweifiht of the Country,
so Rosch is training as he never did
before as he realizes that he will
have the hardest fight Of his career.
This is an All Star show OF 10 rounds
and should he make good showing
against the colored wonder. the pro-
moters have promised him bout with
the best white boy they can secure
in the country. He has few local
boys boxing with him every day and
would appreciate few more
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26
Agri-graplns
Plan &c keep your garden rows busy

Plan &c keep your garden rows busy
all summer
Under the present necessity for high
speed In meat production no animal
machine compares with the hog.
More and larger horses in team is
one way to meet the scarcity of farm
labor. Larger machines can be used
with larger teams.
Many of our ancestors had white
bread only on Sunday. And now there
are millions of people who don't know
how good corn bread tastes.
The farm home garden located npar
the house Is the garden that gets the
best care This is because the work
on it il usually done during spare time.
Some of us remember what a play
room Che old farm "smokehouse' used
TO make during n part of the year.
Why shouldn't home cured meats
hams, bacon. dried beef and sausage
rome back today? More smokehouses
would mean more dollars that stay on
the farms
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26
SMASH GERMAN-MADE PLATES
Diners In London Hotel Object to
0~ Using Them.

London. May 24.-rA curious incl
dent occurred when Lord Beresford
was speaking at the luncheon OF the
British Empire Productions Associa-
ton at the Savoy Hotel. He was
dealing with the presence of Germans
in the country when he happened to
pick up plate from the table and
saw that according to the stamp on
the back, it had been made in Ger
may.
Here's a pretty state Of affairs!
exclaimed Lord Bersford. I'VE have
actually been eating off German
plates,"
A succession of crashes followed, a
number of the guests Selling their
plates and hurting them to the floor.
This Empire Association must see
that such a state Of things never &C.
ours again." said Lord Beresford
Il do not think / should have en-
ioyed my luncheon if | had known
had been eating off German plate. ;"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26
Made For coneeaIment.

Stick insects, which are so called
because Of their resemblance to dry
sticks. hive two forelegs, which they
fold over their eyes when disturbed
and evidently think that in so doing
they are lost to view.
The eggs of these insects take over
six months to hatch. They are only
one-tenth of an inch in their widest
part, yet an insect which at Matching
is three-quarters of an inch in length
is packed into them.
The stick insects destroy the weak
lings soon after they are Matched by
eating their legs.-Exchange
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE IN DANGER
Tener Says It's Time TO Win a
Championship.

The National league must win
some worlds. championships or base
ball, as well as the National League,
is going to suffer" says John X. Ten
err, president of the. National League,
today. XXI kA
THE ease with which the Red Sox
defeated Brooklyn last year and the
fact that they had little trouble in
winning from Philadelphia the year
before makes IL rather hard for the
National League.
I'VE haven't been winning worlds
championships often enough The
reputation of the old Cubs and the
old Giants doesn't do us much good.
The fact that the Braves established
record by winning worlds champion
ship in four straight games, defeating
what is called the greatest baseball
machine ever pieced together, doesn't
get us any prestige at all. We've got
to win championships and keep on
winning them.
Il realize just as much as any one
that our league doesn't seem to shape
up with the American, although
KNOW III my own HedTt That .Dy COIL
parison-honest comparison on the
record of years-that we do not suf
fer"
Tener undoubtedly has grasped the
point on which the National league
kind of baseball is going to live or
die. The National league will have to
win some championships before it can
take rank with the brand produced by
Ban Johnson's subjects
New York has acquired considerable
of National League baseball club. 1t
is expected everywhere that it win
win the National league champion
ship. If it does it will provide some
pretty strong opposition for anything
the American league can trot out In
a short series it would be a hard task
to defeat that aggregation of high
strung, manipulating athletes.
The regularity with which the Ath-
letics formerly crushed National
league opposition. the success of the
Red Sox in 1912 and their two later 1,
victories in 1915 and 1916 look rather
bad for the National league-and all
this in spite of the wonderful Cubs.
the Pirates and the amazing feats of
the Braves.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26
-welI. No. We Aadn'. Noticed II.

Y Have you ever noticed how an ex-
trcnIely fat woman always acts as Il
she was very much afraid some one
was going to steal her and how an ex-
tremely thin girl always acts as if she
was afraid some one wasnt?-Detroit
News. "a.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26
Immune.

Ella There goes the luckiest girl
;iive. BslIa Inl &lAt respect? Ella
sothina She eats makes her fat.-Har-
GERS I,aZar
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26

THE planet Saturn has two rings"
only two. They must be doing
pretty well with municipal REFORM
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26
Too Much.

"Why did you quit that barber?'
"Well, l didn't like him. Every time
he moved my head he wanted to use
my ears as handles. louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26
Shopping.

First I.ady-Mrs. Smith is too young
to go shopping alone. Second Lady
What is that? First Lady-She's liable
to get excited and buy something.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26

Man is his own star. and that soul
that can be honest is the only perfect
man.-Fletcher.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
ST. Quentin Refugees,
Hungry, Reach Paris
They Report Strong German
Defences Dug in French
City and Vicinity

Paris. June 22.-The inhabitants of
St. Quentin who were expelled by the
Germans are arriving in Paris. having
travelled By way Of Belgium, Germany
and Switzerland. Late arrivals say the
town was evacuated by the last of the
civilian population on March IS. after
long period. in which they suffered
from lack Of food.
The refugees declare the Germans
have connected all the cellars of st.
Quentin with one another and also
have dug communicating channels un-
derground from the cellars of the town
to those of several villages some dis
tance away.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
Sinking of German Raider
Denied BY Washington

Washington, June 22.-Reports Of
British steamer arriving at an Atlantic
coast port with prisoners from Ger
man raider, sunk or captured at sea-
we're declared by Navy Department o1-
fcials to-day 10 be without foundation.
They had conferred by telephone with
naval officers at the port in which the
steamer arrived, and were assured that
while British vessel had come into
the harbor, they were unable 20 md
any truth in the reports that she car
r;ed prisoners from German raider.
Base of the American Flotilla IN
British Waters, June 22.-On being
questioned to-day in regard TO report
which was published in the United
States yesterday that an American de-
stroyer was believed to have rammedi
and sunk a submarine, Nlce-Admiral
Sims, the American naval commander, r,
said: "The story is absolutely false.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
Italian Offensive
Comes to a Halt
Austrians Report Capture of
666 Men Since
June 10

London, June 22.-The Italian often
sive in the Trentino temporarily has
reached a standstill, both Vienna and
Rome agreeing that the fighting actlv-
ity lessened yesterday. Otherwise the
official reports are as contradictory as
those issued from the hostile capitals
concerning the battle below Mount Her
mada, on the Carso.
The Austrian statement announces
that In the region south OF Trent Six
teen Italian officers and $50 men have
been captured since June 10. Vienna
also insists that the Italian attacks
have been repulsed completely. Rome
bulletins. however. have described spe-
cifc successes both on the Asiago Pla-
teau and in the Sugana Valley, where
the Agneilo Pass was seized, together
with important slopes and crests
around Monte Ortigara.
Recently Rome announced the capt
ure Of an important height by Alpine
troops on the LaRazuoi Piccolo, in the
Dolomites. Whatever the situation at
present. IL is apparent that General
Cadorna has been exerting heavy press
urc along wide sector Of the Tren-
tino front
The Austrian communique mentions
minor Italian attacks on the Carso. but
Rome refers only 10 desultory bonn
baPdments and patrol encounters.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
Battle Renewed on
Whole Balkan Front
Activity Suggests Possible
Offensive by General Sar-
rails Armies

London, June 22.-Renewed battle
activity along the whole Balkan front,
suggesting a possible offensive move
ment by General Sarrail's armies, is re
ported from enemy sources, especially
Sofia.
According TO Thursdays war state
ment from the Bulgarian capital, the
Allies batteries are cannonadng the re
gion north of Monastir with great vlo-
lence. East of the Cerna River and
along the Struma front frequent recon-
noisances are being carried out. Be
tween these sectors lies the valley Of
the Vardar River, leading up to Nish,
and the only practical route for an
army moving northward.
In the Cerna Bend Bulgarian de-
tachments are said to have entered the
Entente trenches and returned with
Italian prisoners.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23

Americans Take Over Six Great
Field Hospitals from the British
English Stats Released for Duty Near Their Front
Surgeons from u. S. Give Valuable Aid During
Battle of Messines

ganizing director who was surgeon IN
civil practice. but now takes command
as a major in the United States Re
serve. The commanding officer IN
each unit is regular American army
surgeon, while the subordinate mem.
bers of the stats are made up OF
regular army surgeons and doctors
commissioned from civil life.
Nurses from Training Schools
The nurses are all graduates Of
well-known training schools and prop
ably will be supplemented soon by vol
untary aid detachments OF young
women workers such as are now at
tached 10 the various British stahs.
The non-commissioned orderlles and
privates were practically all taken
from civil life, but in keeping with
the doctors and nurses have setIIed
into their new work with marked ell
fciency and enthusiasm.
The first of the American UNITS 20
reach France was known as Unlted
States Base Hospital No. 4, and was
organized in Cleveland by DR.. George
W. Grille, with Major Gilchrist, OF the
United States Army, as commanding
officer. This unit has taken over
British General Hospital No. =, some
where in France"
United Statcs Base Hospital No. D.
oroanized at Harvard University by
DR. Harvey Cushing, with Major K. T.
Patterson as commanding officer, has
taken over British General Hospital 10
II; United States Base Hospital 40
, from the Presbyterian Hospital
New York. organized by DR.: George
Brewer. with Major Lucius +. hope
wood commanding, has taken over
British General Hospital No. /;
limited States Base Hospital No: u
organized in St. Louis by DR.. FREQ
erick Murphy. with Major James b.
Fife commanding, has taken o,Sl ,S
British General Hospital NO. ~
United States Base Hospital NO. ~
oroanized in Philadelphia, largely IN
tho University Of Pennsylvania, by Dr'
Picbard Harte. with Major NJ. A. De-
iarev commanding, has taken over
british General Hospital No. 10;
United States Base Hospital No. IL or
qanized in Chicago by DR.. trederich
Besley. with Major {. {. Collins com com
handing. has taken over Britisn zen
eraI Hospital 80. Is, all Of course De-
inc "somewhere in France
Each American hospital staf also
has organized a mobile unit for ser
yice in the casualty clearing stations
lust back of the firing lines for emer,,
gencv work during the first days OF
great battles.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23

British Headquarters in France. June
22.-Quietly and with little ceremony,
so as to escape practically all but Of
fetal attention, American doctors,
nurses and enlisted men have within
the last fortnight taken over six Of
the British great general field hos
pitals, releasing the English staifs for
duty near their front. American sur
geons have been rendering valuable aid
also in the forward casualty clearing
stations during the battle of Messines.
This has been the quickest organized
aid the United States has given
British arms in France and has been
greatly appreciated.
The Americans have been much i'm
pressed by the cordiality Of their
welcome, as well as by the thoroughness
and effectiveness of the British hos
pital system. SO smoothly have the
transfers been made that the Americans
have taken up their new work without
even a moments upset in the routine
of the various hospitals. The Stars
and Stripes fly with the British Union
Jack from each hospital flagstaff.
Hospital Sites Carefully Selected
The British selected their hospital
sites with the greatest care and have
developed them with a completeness
which has come from almost three
years field experience. Some of the
general hospitals are made up of
tented wards accommodating forty to
sixty beds each. Others are con-
structed of a series Of huts. Both
styles are models of field comfort and
convenience. The operating theatres
are splendidly built and seem 10 lack
nothing in the way of modern sur
gical equipment.
Originally planned for 1,o4O beds
each, the general hospitals have been
practically all enlarged 10 l,4OO beds
and in d crisis can accommodate 1000
patients.
The units which have taken over
the various hospitals were organized
by the American Red Cross as United
States Base Hospitals" and with the
declaration of war these staifs were
turned over TO the regular army for
service as required.
Each unit has brought along an or
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
First U-Roat Chaser
Proves Worth on Trial

Washington, June 22.-Preliminary
reports from the New York Navy Yard
on trials Of the first of the 1l0-foot
submarine chasers show satisfactory
results, il Is said. The boat already
has weathered her first test run with
out developing defects.
An unusually severe series Of tests
will be given the little craft and her
performance will govern largely the
design of the hundreds of similar
boats to be built. Construction OF a
large number, however. has already
proceeded far enough at various
navy yards to make radical hull changes
impossible. The new patrol boat is
equipped with triple screws driven by
three gasolene engines.
The majority Of the thirty or more
private firms building vessels of this
type do not expect 10 deliver their
first boats before October l.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
Broadway Chef
Tickles Palates
OF u. S. Sailors
Destroyer Flotilla Abroad
Reports the Best of Fare
and Care
Mother Ship Efficient
British Officer Praises Grew;
Famous Baker Provides
Real Bread
LEY IN, associs,ed Pres.l

Base of American Flotilla, in British
Waters, June 22.-The young sailors on
the American patrol fotilla are getting
the best of care and the best of fare as
one result of the adequate equipment
of the fotilIa's mother ship and the
efficiency of the men who man it.
at is really marvellous what you
Americans can do remarked British
officer who has paid many visits TO this
workshop, which not only keeps the
fleet in trim, but bakes the bread for
the men and performs innumerable
other services for them.
Curiously enough, this ship is the
only place in the British Isles where
bread other then "war bread" is made.
A famous baker who formerly conduct
ed the bakery of two of the biggest
hotels at famous Atlantic coast resort
turns out daily several hundred loaves
Of the finest white bread. The meals
for the sailors on board are cooked by
a chef who came from one of New
York's Broadway hotels. In fact, life
is so pleasant on board this beehive
of industry that five members of her
crew have no: set foot on shore since
her arrival, preferring the ships accom-
modations to those ashore.
Two American pool tables arrived in
this picturesque old village to-day.
They are the first American tables ever
seen here and attracted great deal of
attention. They are the latest addl-
ton 70 the shore home for the crews
of the American destroyers, which has
been named the United States Naval
Mems Club and which is being built
with funds provided by American busi-
ness men in London and New York.
Although the dormitory. which will
provide sleeping accommodations for
seyenty-fve men, will not be completed
for a month, the clubhouse will be
opened on Saturday night. Moving
pictures will share the honors with a
vaudeville programme provided by the
American sailors.
The programme has been printed by
the destroyers' printers and announces
songs, dances, recitations and wrest-
ling matches by "thc most marvellous
aggregation from Gods country that
ever set foot IN anybody clsss coun-
try"
Movie Machine Ready
A moving picture machine from ore
Of the ships has been installed and the
orchestra OF the destroyer fleet is busy
practising for its share in the enter
tainment. Another feature will be a
minstrel show by troupe of comedians
who were formerly on the battleship
Nebraska. The sailors were busy to-
day putting the finishing touches to
their clubhouse. which was formerly
public bathhouse, and which they have
converted into a hall which seats al
most a thousand persons.
When the clubhouse is completed the
men will enjoy the accommodations Of
a first class club, including a canteen
whore American tobacco and refresh
ments may be purchased at pre-war
prices. Six shower baths will be an
other luxury.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
Submarine Disappears At
ter Shot Smashes
Periscope
Torpedo Hits Ship,
Fails to Explode
American Gunners' Fire
Finds Mark After Brit
ishers Had Failed

An Atlantic Port. June 22.-An Amer
;can steamship which arrived here in
ballast to-day from a British port had
a thrilling encounter on June 4 with
German submarine after the enemy
boat had fred torpedo at her which
nit. but failed TO explode. The subma-
rine was badly damaged by the fire OF
the steamers gun crew and disappeared
after her periscope was shot away. The
captain said he was not certain the
U-boat was sunk, but was sure her
periscope was shot away and her deck
marked.
Story of Attack
A member of the ships company told
this story of the battle:
ave saw the submarine June 4. A
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
Hindenburg Is Sacrificing
Men to Prevent New
Drive by Petain
Actions Near La Fere
Renewal of Offensive for St.
Quentin Forecast by
Raids

London. June 22.-The struggle for
position between the French and Ger
mans on the West front continues Wig
orously, both on the highlands north
of the Aisne and in the rugged Cham
pagne country. with the French appar-
emily having the best of it. On the
front occupied by the British the fight
ing has been reduced by rainy weather
to raids. outpost encounters and lively
bombardments.
The Crown Prince is exerting heavy
pressure on Petain's line along the
western half of the Chemin-des-Dames
to prevent the development Of the eX-
pectcd French offensive upward through
the Champagne. In conjunction with
this he is delivering local attacks
against the Champagne heights be-
tween Moronvilliers aud Prunay.
The German assaults against tne
Aisne front have been expensive TO tne
enemy and have netted him but slieh'
Gains. which are gradually being re-
duced Berlin admits to-day that tour
spirited French counter attacks result
ed in the reconquest of most OF the
oround lost Wednesday around EauN-
aillon. near the sharp bend in the new
Findenburg line northwest OF Solssohs'
German Attack Powerful
Paris reports that the forty,,eight-
hour engagement which developed there
extended to-day to the region OF braye-
en-Laonnois, midway on the Cneh'l :
des-Dames and nearly due south Oh
Laon. Here the Germans advanced
with powerful electives on mlle ana
a quarter front after an artillery prep
aration that lasted throughout tne
night. The resistance OF the deIehders,
bnwevor was stubborn. and the enemy
WAS able to retain only small saIeh'
in the French line.
In the Champagne Berlin records a
carefully prepared attack on the Teton
("Head Mountain"), for which complete
success is claimed. with the capture OF
a hundred prisonere. Seven deter
mined French counter thrusts are de-
clared TO have resulted only IN lnslg-
niicant gains. On the other hand,
Paris saws the assault was failure,
the enemy being almost Immediately
elected from the French trenches. Ber-
lin admits that the German lines were
penetrated in western Champagne, near
Prunay. but announces that counter at :
tacks prevented the consolidation" OF
the positions.
Fighting Near St. Quentin
Both the British and French reports
suggest a renewal of activity along the
line between SCISSORS and Arras, to
which Hindenburg withdrew IN March.
The French last night entered the hos
tile lines in the La Fere sector not far
from s.. Quentin, and during the day
the British repulsed two advances fur
ther north. on the front facing Cam
brai. The Germans attacked at Ephy,
losing both in prisoners and dead with
out compensatiug gains, while nearby
they failed in an attempt to retake the
Guillemont Farm, on the Bapaume-
Cambria road.
The British War Office reports sue
cessful raids southeast OF Queant,
where the Siegfried and Wotan lines
join; near Neuve Chappelle and at Ar
mentieres. Berlin states that British
advances northwest Of Warneton and
east of Houplines, on the Flanders
front and southwest of Lens were re-
pelled.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
Germany Appoints
New Governors for
Belgian Districts
Herr Schaibele, of Baden, To
Be Chief at Brussels,
with Cabinet

Amsterdam. June 22.-An official an
nouncement published in the German
newspapers gives an imperial order
dated June II, appointing Herr Schai-
rele. a Baden official, as chief Of the
administration of the Flemish part OF
Belgium. with a residence in Brussels
Herr Haniel, Prussian official, IS ap.
pointed chief Of the administration of
:he Waloon district.
Herr Pochhammcr, Of the Prussian
Ministry of Finance. is appointed di-
rector Of the finance department of the
Governor General at Brussels. A civil
cabinet has been attached 10 the Gov
ernor General. Its director will be an
other Prussian official, Herr Won Will
mowsk.