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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
The Home Guard

The Washington gossip that there
is some thought OF federali2ing the
home guard regiments formed in the
several states to take the place made
vacant by the calling UP OF the Ma
tional Guard organization will be q
topic OF much conversation in many
homes. without doubt, But it is
altogether too early for any good
wife or mother to become too much
alarmed about the prospect of the
family's bread winner being taken
away.
Governor Mccall of Massachusetts
makes it plain that he will oppose
any such step so far as the home
guard of the Bay state is concern
ed and it is altogether likely that
other chief executives will do the
same. Were there a good reason for
the incorporating of the new regi
ments into the federal military then
there could be little objection, but
such reason does not exist.
To a great extent these local de
Tense regiments are composed OF
men beyond the draft age, men who
are important to civilian war work
men who because Of their having
dependents, would not be enlisted in
the regular army today unless they
signed their dependents away--which
no reasonable man could do-and
who would not be taken into the
National Army unless previous class
had been exhausted.
In this state, at least, the promise
was that the volunteer militia was
entirely state organization and
would continue SOL the. men not to
be called out except in case of emery
ency, The state has expended its
own money in raising and equipping
the regiment and there. exists no
more, of q, federal claim, on the men
in its ranks than exists on any men
who are now in a civilian status.
Just what would happen if the fed
eralization were attempted 1t Is diff.
hcult to estimate. The bulk of the
mon in the ranks without doubt
are anxious for any reasonable ser
NICe sulleu W lhelT CoHulllous ana
expectations at the time Of enlist
ment. But II the home guard were
to be subjected TO the rigid physical
examination Of the army how many
would come through? Vermont viii
make It's contributions to the nations
actual fighting strength IN another
way The volunteer militia will take
care of any local situation, and In
doing that 1t is in every sense dis.
charging It's duty to the state 1t is
serving st, Adams Messenger
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
Village Of Bennington
.oiiiee .lof Ptesldent andlecIerll.,

eOi'lCeSoI FFeSiuent and'eCterk. [
e BY Direction Of the Board Of Ttus,
tees, he abortion Of the public is
calied 70 Section $S of the bylaws OF
fsaid Village (which is part provides
Z asy sollows: as, oGl oI3 55t5t aaC
oaqSes{ IS, NO parson shall put or
MAGE, on, cause to be put or placed, in
any street, lane OF. alley, Or other
public place in the.Yillage, any house
dirt, ashes, garbage, shreds, shay
ings or other kinds OF rubbish, ex
cept in sdcf-s place and such mannet
as the Trustees mays Prescribe
lit. having been called to tiierdtten;
ton, Of the Board OF aTrusteaS tina,
many residents Of said Village Were
in She habit e dumping ashes and
other garbage upon the streets Of the
Village, it was voted by said Trus
tees ct q meeting Of said Board that
further violations of said bylaw
would be prosecuted as provided by
law
u was further voted by said Board
that the street commissioner be au
thorized to give permission to the
placing Of ashes in the streets in
The exercise of his judgment and dis
erection. .
Dated at Bennington, Vermont
this 18th day Of December A. D
1917.
Adelbert w BREASTED.
s,y@, President.
Attest, William P. Hogan,
Clerk
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
Our EnemY.Il f.lni het

is2 James ew. Gerard, FOR f6ar years
our ambassador 10 Germany, and
! only returned after diplomatic rela
rtions between Berlin and Warrington
were broken last #inrerI ains
been IN Germany during t@o Years OF
the war and making q study OF con-
,ditiops there. IRON every standpoint
says. 8TTherel is far grea TER danger OF
starvation OF our Niles than Of the
starvation of tie Gerihans Every
ayailable INCH of ground in Germany
is tpltivetsd, and .cilltiyated BY the
/, aid of tic. old men, the boys ana the
women, end the. two million prisoners
Of war" THIS is an UNQUALIFIED par
agraph from the foreword In &c
rard's bbok, My -Four years in Ger
many" probably the most authorita
tive work We haye on German condi
tons. He adds that we are engag
ed in a war against the greatest mill
tary power the world has ever seen.
and the German nation is not one
which makes revolutions, There will
be scattered riots IN Germany but nc
simultanecuJ rising of the whole PEG
pie" Again, we find him saying
The U-boat peril is very real one
for England. We stand il
great peril, and only the exercise OF
, ruthless realism can win this war for
us. .,
If every American could read this
book there would he fewer people
who scott at the idea Of saving food
and fever who Delittle the task be
fore Us with the belief that when our
troops get 70. lighting they will soon
defeat the enemy. We would better
understand that we are fighting .
nation still financially strong, a ma
ton with 100000 of lighting men
still able and willing to bear. arms, a
| nation, which knows no obstacle oil
conscience IN order To gain its ends
Gerard saws, The German army
drawing for reserves on the teeniine
populations of Russia and Siberia
would never know defeat, And this
is no idle conjecture, mere dreaming
IN the re2lm of possibilities, -"
Let America awake. to, the idea
that We are in struggle which re
CURES all our united effort IN ,sa wing
and in giving our service, our money
aud our lives. We are in very real
and very great war. Barton Mont.
tCs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29

a.
The editor OF the Bennington
Banner says the editor of the Rut,
land Herald is too fat Shall it be
swords or pistols. gentlemen?-zDur.
lington News.
This is a mistake on the part of the
esteemed News. We have cheerfully
given so much of our valuable time
in trying unselflshly to train the edt-
tor of the Rutland News in the way
he should so that we haven't, had
time 10 tackle the Herald of late.
Nor do We think the Herald editor is
too fat, except, possibly, in the head
and feet. On the whole we consider
him a rather fine specimen. The on.
" weakness We have noted recently
is. that he has used up so much hot
air in his editorial writing that he is
a little short OF wind FOR mountain
climbing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29

Income tax dodgers will be. the next
batch of slackers, Chief among them
are congressman and all exempted
public officials Granville Sentinel.
The Banner has said much the
same thing in the past in relation to
the members of congress and hereby
apologies. The congressman pay
their share OF tie income tax and
from the publicity OF their position
arei exposed TO every. extended de-
nand Tor eoltrirutiDn.F In proportion
70 their income there are probably
no people n me United STATES Who
are taxed, direeilyBnd indirectly more
than the mamhsYa OF congress- The
facts soe,n3o 'bsnihat The Banner
ana other paaperss have hearkcned 10
tie stiff gfintha liR Collisr'k WeeKly
and simi44E pn4lications and we, in
Vermont hayei had a recent lesson
on the yalae .of statements maze BY
edni6r's.F There AIS grown g 'unpi lib
this country q gang Of irresbonsible
writer's agd sensational publications
who make II upractice to impusn
tie honesty. question the motives,
and injure the reputation OF men in
public life and position Every man
Who ever held high position has
had to endure attacks from this
yelping chorus The men who suffer
from the lying scandal mongers do
not as rule fight back They are
busy and expect criticism, but chiefly
they feel hat there are only streaks
of dirt TO be gained from quarreling
with n soiled pup occasionally
public man does get after one of this
gang, as Col Roosevelt did after the
Iiaf that called him a drunkard.. The
worst feature OF the whole business
is that honest men and decent publ.
cations are misled by reckless and
sensational statements aud say and
print things which are not true and
which break down the reputation Of
honorable-not perfect men who are
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
MOULD CONNECT ; HlCAG0 WITH
NEW YORK
The Type Used in One Year to Pub
4. Iish Endorsements Of Doan's
Kidney Pills. -


OF the many kidney remedies or
the market today, none other is re
commended like Doan's Kidney Pills
Fifty thousand benefited people glad
" testify in the newspapers OF theiy
own towns. Fortytve hundred
American newspapers publish this
home proof Of Deans merit The
tyne used in one year to tell this
wonderful story would make a solid
column Of metal twice as high as the
worlds highest mountain. Placed
end to end the lines Of type would
reach from New York to Chicago,
These, miles Of good words told b.
$4,000 tongues sound glad tidings to
any Bennington sufferer who wants
relief from kidney and bladder ills,
Here's a bennington case. Don't
e%reriment Use the remedy endors-
ed by people YOU know, ..u.. IN.
Mrs, MA Barber, 612 Gage st,
says: MY kidneys acted Irregular
" and had backache, also had
DIZZY spells and black spots and
fiery flashes came before my eyes
Mornings T., felt tired, worn;opt and
miserable, i used 0oan's Kidney
pills and several boxes gave me re-,
lief, | have had but little kidney
trouble since, ...a
Price soc, at all dealers, Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy--got
Doan's Kidney Pills--tbe same that
Mrs. Barber had Foster-Milbmn
CO. Mfgra, nufalo, n. Y
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
NOTICE.

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders cs the First National Bank
Of North. Bennington. VI, will be
held at their banking house on Tues
day, the first day OF January, 1918. al
ten o'clock a. Nj, Tor the purpose Of
electing O Board Of Directors for the
ensuing year and for any other prop
er and necessary business. .r
Ralph A. Jones. Cashier
North bennington, Vt, December list
1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
FRANK E. HOWE. Editor and Pub
Saturday December 90, 1917.

The agent OF the internal revenue
collector for this district will be in
Bennington from Jan'2 to Jan. 16 to
help people make out their income
tax blanks and to see that they are
made out properly All persons who
have an income Of more than $1,000
per year are required to fill out a. re
turn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29

have, thel solution in the income
guaranteed under our Annuity plan,
It answers that important question.
What will become Of men when j
am old? Consult us. National Life
ms Co, Of Vt. (MutualD Earle S.
Kinsley General Agent. Mead Build
ing, Rutland, VI Adv. rA4 ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29

doing their best to the extent oftheir
ability. In local and Community life
we learn 10 beware the gossips ana
sc7ndal ,mengers, We should remem-
Der this lesson in dealing with affairs
o. larger fame '''S' ''it,.. "a .l't
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
,:IsyG:;s EFH:E. s =
nsennInatoft coIinty SAVINGS Bank

fiassnnlnstoai cointy Savings Bank
=" the tahfndaf meeting 81 81 the s cto,rrpor
stae6}Tfs Jr the Behsington County Saw
gf6gs bank WIN 'ba held at s fhe office
.EBY SAID bank ID ft2 Baq6lk2 building in
sfBeahhHdingt6n,b 4vt'5,. On tie frst we'd
,oneaday . 2ndlday of5January, A. d..
y19tS- at q 20 elecEs ID, tgn.; ferJ the pur-
pose of electing a board of trustees
for the, year, ensuing, and the transac-
tioa pof. any OTHER business 4. found
necegsary when met especially to fill
Vacancies in the Number of corpora
tors and to alter and revise the by-
laws. = '--'7.7.- i3
q Charles ii. ijeweys3 Secretary
Dateasat Bennington, vt, Nov 80,
V7svi1917. gaf3q5 1oi vg01 fa75TC
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
Cut This out-It is Worth Money

Cut tbs Out-It Is WuTIH Wohty
DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with sc and mail it -
Foley & Co. 1885 Sheffield Ave,
Chicago, ILL.,. writing your name and
address clearly. You will receive in
return a trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound,
for coughs. colds, and Group; Foley
Kidney Pills, for pain In sides and
back, rheumatism. backache, kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foley Ca
thartic Tablets. wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic for
constipation, biliousness. headache
and sluggish bowels Sold Every
where
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
RAW EURS!

Wanted all kinds of Raw Furs.
highest New York prices paid by
New York buyer every Saturday at
al 80 CHURCH ST, HOOSIEk
SAILS, N. Y. ] Fl Robertson
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-29
An Oh iec:t Of sympathy.

n ""Wbo was that dapper little mar
you spoke 10 inst now?" $50,
MY dancing teacher. Did You no.
tice The look of commiseration he gave
meT' e. sgBsE y
YES"
N @e1 recently confessed 10 him that ,
\ thought it a waste OK time TO DANCE"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-15
SECOND CASE Of
PARALYSIS APPEARS
1S-Year.Old Son of Representa-
tive Dillon in Critical COndi-
tiOn-SchOOls Closed.

Waterbury. March ia second case Of
infantile paralysis has appeared here.
Mark Dillon. the 1S-year-o;d son of Rep
resentative and Mrs. John Dillon of Dux-
bury. being in a critical condition. He is
paralyzed from the waist down. The
family lives about a mile from this vii
lage.
On Thursday he was apparently well
and attended school. being junior in the
high school. Friday he appeared to be
suffering from what was thought to be a
touch of the grip and remained at home.
He grew worse Saturday. DR.. G.. s. Bid
well diagnosed the case as infantile
paralysis and summoned DR.. Taylor and
an assistant from the State laboratory at
Burlington They came this morning and
confirmed the diagnosis.
The State board of health has ordered
the village schools. the high school and
grades. closed for period of two weeks
The first case to appear here is that of
Marion the two-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Finnegan. She is doing
well and has not been in IA serious condi-
ton.
There have been rumors to-day that
there were as many as a dozen cases of
the disease here but the rumors are
without foundation.
These two cases. so far as known, are
the only cases in the State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-15
CHLORINE KILLS THREE
Plant Chemist Killed by Experiment
and Two Others Died Trying to
Save Him.

Wilmington. March u.-Three men we're
Killed and nve others. overcome by
chlorine gas at the sulph!,ic plant Of the
Deerheid Pulp COMPANY Mt the Mountain
mills.
The dead are DR.. Jefre-a. chemis, for
the Du Pont Powder company of Will
mington, Del, Donald W. Cook of VIII
mington and Newton Carpente. Of Reads
boro.
The injured arc Frank L. Bond, W. A.
Reed. Walter Rodowski. Charles Rose and
Alexander Oliphant, all said to be from
Readsboro. 1t is feared that Rodowski
will die.
The accident was the result. OF an ex-
pertinent in using 'nitrecakc" in place of
saltcake' in making sulphide. DR., JEFF
iers opened tank Of prepared liquid and
dropped In n quantity of "nitrecake."
Chlorine gas generated instantly and
DR.. Jehers dropped in his tracks. Think
Ing he was merely overcome, Cook and
Carpenter crawled in and tried to drag
DR.. Jeffers out and were killed almost
instantly.
Rodowski then tried to get Cook and
Carpenter out. By this time the gas had
scattered some and Rodowski reached
Carpenter and fell beside him, but was
able to roll back to the door. His con-
ditton Is considered serious.
Bond. Reed, Rose and Oliphant were in
a neighboring room. The gas came
through the partition and they were over.
come. but able to get out before its
effects were fatal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-15
DEFICIT At THE RETREAT
- 1000 Loss In 80 Weeks Trying 10
Keep the Food Standard Up,
Witnesses Testify.

Montpelier, March SHAT it, cost the
Brattlebo-o retreat $5.6S weekly to care
for each Of the 300 State patients for whom
the State pays 81 weekly, was testified to-
day by witnesses before the legislative
committee. which is investigating the in
sttuton This loss Is minimizcd by the
on private patients. OF whom there arc
now 100 at the retreat 1t was further
testified that the institution had gone into
debt to keep up its food standard, that II
had sustained over 5000 loss In 70 weeks
from State patients. that 1t had been COM
PEELED to borrow money at . high rate Of
interest and that the trustees did every
thing possible with the funds At hand.
large number Of witnesses, mostly at.
PENDANTS or former employees Of the rc-
treat, testified in its favor to-day. Walter
ii. Bond and Arthur l.. Rhode Of Brattle-
boro. undertakers. who embaim all pa.
TENTS dying at the retreat, stated that
none of the bodies had ever borne marks
OF violence. Bond cared for the body Of
Clifford Smith OF Springfield. Mass, a
former patient, who former witness
had sworn. died as the result of injuries
inflicted by an attendant. Bond said
Smiths body bore no marks OF violence.
Witnesses also stated that DR.. LAwton,
superintendent Of the retreat, devoted
much OF his time to the care Of the pa
tients. The food was excellent and pa
tients were never abused. Robert C. IA
con. chairman Of the public service com.
mission, appeared with II. W. Gibson as
retreat counsel.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-15
FORM JERSEY CLUB.
Windsor County Organization Has 20
Charter Members.


White River Junction, March 11.-An
event OF exceptional interest in the
rural life OF Windsor county was the
gathering here Of 72 representative
farmers yesterday in the assembly hall
Of Gates Memorial library building,
and the formation with the Official
title of the windsor County Jersey
Cattle Club" From the opening Of the
meeting at 1880 till it's close at four
o'clock in the afternoon there was the
k,enest interest in the proceedings
and the heartiest endorsement of it's
purpose. as is shown in the fact that
nearly fifty of those present paid the
membership fee of one dollar and thus
became the charter members OF the
club.
The meeting was called to order by
Walter II. Harrington of Pomfret. sec
retary Of the Vermont State Jersey
Cattle association. 1t was Immediately
voted to form the club and the election
OF permanent officers resulted in the
choice of Fred L. Davis, White River
Junction. president; ii. NJ. Lee. Wind
sor. vice-president; John Hazen,
Norwich, treasurer. The board of di-
Hartland. Albert Lawrence, Spring
field. Lewis English Woodstock.
Scion J. Vail, Pomfret, and II. T.. Bur-
nell, Bethel
There was an adjournment at 1850
for lunch. The afternoon session was
devoted in the main to speaking and
a general discussion.
The speakers included Mogens s.
Tolstrop. market agent of the Vermont
department of agriculture. and a ma
tive OF Denmark. Prof. G. F.. Il. Story
ot the University of Vermont, and G.
n Putnam OF Contoocook. n. IL. and
president OF its Jersey Cattle club.
The presiding official at the afternoon
session WAS A. c. Hurd. secretary of
the Windsor county farm bureau.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-15

beers Of the Chittenden county delegation.
Mr.. Hutchinson rcsents the Implication
that he did not have the courage OF his
convictions and ducked the question. He
10 hereby officially recorded as voting
against the passage Of the suffrage bill.
The Senate judiciary committee will hold
q public hearing at three o'clock Friday
afternoon on the Senate measure relat-
ing to demurragc charges and providing
for the fixing OF free time by the public
service commission.
Stephen c. Gushing OF st. Adams, who
has been a clerk In the reviser's Office
during the session. completed his work
and returned homo yesterday. The re-
visers have finished with practically all
OF the bills which will be introduced at
the present session.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-15

and that before tho session ends WON.
en- will have practically the same suf-
frago az men. The bill allowing tax
paying women to vote in town meet
'hss. which passed the House on Fri
day. Is practically assured of a favor
able report from the Senate suffrage
and elections committee. An unofficial
poll OF the Senate has disclosed four
teen senators In favor Of the bill, nine
opposed to II, and the remaining six
doubtful. Mr. Stearns' bill giving
women the right to vote In town meet
ings on payment of n one dollar poll
tax will come before the House next
week.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Smaliey
OF Morristown which is intended to
prevent unfair competition particular
~ along dairy Lines. was vigorously
opposed at public hearing Friday
evening, by representatives of three
large milk-rurchasing companies. Sup
porters Of the bill say that -cpresenta-
lives Of large foreign companies enter
- town, build n creamery, and boost the
selling price of milk and cream so tina t
independent creameries are forced
either TO sell out at their competitors
figure or be ruined. The milk in that
whatever price the foreign company
wishes 10 pay. The object OF the bill
is TO make a. Company pay the same
price Cor milk at all of its crcamerles
in the State. The constitutionality OF
the measure has been questioned by its
opponents.
The House State institutions COM
mlttee which conducted tEe investiga-
iion 81 the State school fcr the feeble
minded at Brandon, i5 nov working
every Gay digesting the mass of evil
doncc given at the hearings. The COM
mittec do not expect to make report
for at lea3t another week
The bill concerning the state auditors
salary lacks a father. At the Saturday
cessiun. Representative Miles OF
Glover. to whom 1t was credited ofhcially.
arose AID denied that ne had introduced
It c- was responsible for It. Lack of a
sponsor Is apparently what caused its re-
lection on Friday and necessitated the re-
yesterday.
With practically all of the important
assures yet to be acted upon. prospects
for an carly adjournment look less en-
every day. while on Saturday
the Senate passed motion granting ten
days additional time for all delayed COM
lnittec reports. Granting that the Legis-
lature crowds on all possible steam. ex-
perienced members do not regard adjourn
ment before April first as ut all probable,
while many place the closing date at
some time between the first and 18th Of
that month. Optimists are talking about
March path. With the flood of special
orders the military draft bill. the board
of control bill and woman suffrage
measure up for consideration the present
week should be a busy one.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-15
NOT A POUND OF SUGAR.
Dealers In 81. Adams Suffer Shortage
strikes the Cause.

st. Adams. March 9.-Several local
grocers haven't pound of graduated
sugar in their stores to-day while one
or two have enough. they expect, to fur
nish customers until new supply ar
rives. One grocer said he had enough on
hand so he was not fearing a shortage.
Monday or Tuesday OF next week is the
earliest that any Of the grocers are look
ing for a new supply The price has not
advanced. those who have any on hand
selling 1t at 10 cents a pound or eleven
pounds for dollar. One grocer is SELL
ing in % cent lots to townspeople, while
those who have to drive in from dis
lance are able to secure n little larger
quantity There is a small supply OF
brown and cube sugar on hand.
The difficulty in securing sugar is at
tributed to the strikes in the refineries
of New York and Philadelphia. where
the raw sugar Is refined.