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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
KILLING
. FROST ARRIVED
THIS MORNING
Considerable Damage to
Crops and Garden Truck
MERCURY DOWN TO 27
Damage to Standing siIage Corn
viii Be Worst Loss Experienced
in This Section.

Longtime residents of Bennington
have been accustomed to look for the
first frost around the Is of Septem-
ber." This year the first nip was a
little ahead of time arriving last
night and causing a considerable
amount of damage. Because of the
late spring field and garden crops
were not so far advanced as in some
years and the loss is consequently
heavier.
Silage corn is one of the most Sc.
verify injured crops The sileage on
only a few farms had been cut and
the frost was hard enough TO injure
the standing fodder, especially on low
lying land. Beans had progressed
far enough so that the loss will not
be heavy although some paintings
had not sufficiently hardened and
needed several days of pleasant
weather for ripening.
Such tender garden produce as to-
matoes was Of course cut down in
most localities. Tomatoes have been
more or less of a disappointment
this year. The plants matured slow
Ky and the fruit was even slower 10
Eipening. There was, however good
growth of green tomatoes and had
the frost held off week or ten days
1t would have been possible to secure
fairly good supply for household
use and for canning.
II is not probable that the frost
was hard enough to injure potatoes
or root crops of any kind such as
beets, turnips and carrots. A little
frost does not damage cabbage, adds
to the flavor OF early celery and does
not injure the late varieties. Cucum
Der and melon vines of course went
out of business without a protest OF
any kind
Farmers who depend so much on
the weather for the ripening of crops
at this time of the year were closely
watching conditions last night. Some
of them who remained up during q
portion of the night or rose exceD
tionally early this morning said that
the temperature did not reach the
damaging point until near morning
There was period around midnight
when the mercury was higher than al
s o'clock in the evening. AS late a.
o'clock this morning there was nc
indication of frost but during the two
hours preceding dawn the thermomo
ters showed the mercury down TO q
degrees, too cold for most vegetation
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
PARALYSIS CASES SCARCE
Only IS Reported in State for july
and August

Albany, Sept 11.-Poliomyelitis has
not recurred in widespread or epi-
demic form in New York state this
summer thus fulfilling the prediction
made in the July bulletin of the state
department of health. During the
epidemic of 1916 more than 1900
cases were reported in the state dur.
ing July and almost 5000 cases dur
ing August.
In striking contrast is the number of
cases for July this year, during which
month there yere reported but 4l
leases of pollomyelitis in the entire
state GA in New York city and II up
state,) while preliminary returns for
August, 1917 show but IA additional
cases in New York city and 30 cases
, in the rest of the state. Close scru
tiny cases that have appeared this
summer shows them scattered over
the state with no apparent center OF
infection.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
APPLE CROP SHORTAGE
Price OF This Fruit Bound to BE-
Higher This Year

All conditions point to shorter
apple crop in Canada, New England.
New York and the eastern part Of
The United States than has been pro.
duced for some time. The Nova
Scotia crop was injured very serious.
ly by severe wind storm. The Ca.
madam crop Is badly damaged by scab
and other fungus troubles. The New
York crop is not % per cent and the
New England crop is not so per cent.
The prices OF apples, therefore. must
be higher this year to the wholesal.
ers, retailers and intimate consumers.
There is a second reason for fruit
selling for more this year. and that
is II has cost more to produce be
cause of the high price OF spray ma,
terials, fertilizers, labor, receptables
etc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
BATTLE STILL
RACES ALONG
ITALIAN FRONT
Austrian Efforts Are Wholly
Defeated
ALLIES WIN ELSEWHERE
Russians are Holding New Line East
of Riga and Take Offensive in
Roumania.

London, Sept. l0.-ltalians and
Austrians continue violently at grips
all along the front, especially on the
Bainsizza plateau, on the slopes of
Monte San Gabrielle an don the Car
so. Rome officially reported today
that the Italians are in undisputed
possession of the initiative, pressing
the Hapsburg troops hard every
where. A Vienna war office state
ment asserts Cadorna's forces have
been unable to counteract austrian
successes" on the Carso plateau. It
says the Italians are stunning no sac
riices, attacking as often as ten times
in one day All efforts to advance on
Monte San Gabrielle were defeated, it
is declared. The state adds:
"Since August 10 we have captured
altogether on the lsonzo 5000 Italian
officers and $4,000 rank and file
On the Verdun front the French
beat off five successive Teuton as
saults, partly decimating the German
storming columns In the Champagne
Petain's troops made successful sur
prise attacks.
Effective raids on German trenches
we're reported by Sir Douglas Haig to.
day Berlin admitted having lost
positions to the British in the Hargi-
court sector but asserted they were
reconquered in counter attacks.
On the northern Russian front the
Russians are now offering strong OPP
position to the Germans who are en-
deavoring to press their advantage
farther eastward from the Riga-Dyina
line. Thirty.two miles northeast Of
Riga, near Segevold, "a death bat
TALON has even defeated the Ger
mans and forced them to retreat to
the south, while along the Burtnetsk
line to the Pskoff railroad the Rus
sian rear guards are giving strong
battle to the advanced Teuton con
tingents.
In the Rumanian theatre also the
Russians and Rumanians again have
assumed the offensive, delivering re-
peated attacks with large effective
against Teutonic allied positions in
the Trotus and Oituz valleys. No
details of this fighting have come
through except from Berlin, which
asserts that the combatants met In
hand to hand encounters and that the
Russo-Rumanian forces were re-
pulsed.
Around Monte San Gabrielle Gener
al Cadorna continues to hammer
away at the Austrian positions, with
the enemy vigorously defending them
selves. No claims to further prog
ress on this sector are made by the
| Italian official communication. but II
is announced that attempts by the
| Austrians in counter attacks to lesser
the intensity of the Italian offensive
have been repulsed
Northeast of Verdun the French
troops have consolidated the position:
taken from the German crown prince
in the Fosses and Cauieres woods II
the fighting of Saturday night ant
Sunday.
On the British front the British
likewise have consolidated trenches
captured Sunday southeast of IIargi
court. They are also keeping up II
various sectors their successful trencl
raiding operations and staying off sin
liar attacks made by the Germans.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11

SIX SUBMARINES SUNK
TWO American Steamers Also Lost in
Battle of French Coast.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE navy
department has received word from
Paris that the American steamer
Westwego has arrived at a French
port and reports that on September 5
while the vessel and other American
steamers were approaching the
French coast under convoy they were
subject to a massed attack by six sub
marines. Two of the American YES
sells were lost and all of the subma-
rines. The reports did not indicate
that there was any loss of life in the
American feet.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
VERMONT SOLDIER DEAD
Funeral Of Charles Stevens, Co. Man
Held at Fort Ethan Allen.

Burlington, Sept. THE funeral
Of Charles Stevens was held this af-
ternoon at Fort Ethan Allen, Chap
lain Fleming officiating. Mr.. Stevens
was a member OF company l. 1st Yer.
mont infantry. He died at the post
hospital of pneumonia. His home
was in Brattleboro and he is the son
OF Luther Stevens who Is himself
critically ILL., The body was escorted
to the limits of the reservation by a
guard with reversed guns preceded
by the I'd cavalry band.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
AN AUTO MYSTERY
Strange Car Left in Garage and
Another Disappears.

Strange Car Left in Garage and
Another Disappears.
North Adams Sept 10.-Last night
two young men appeared at the Mo-
hawk Garage with a car which they
left there osteusibly for the night.
One Of the men appeared to be wear.
ing a soldiers uniform under tho
civilian clothes he had on.
The garage owners were suspicious
and notified the police, but before The
officers could investigate. The theft Of
another car. the property Of Harry
Tower was reported TO them. 1t Is
the belief Of the police that the young
men left the car and then stole Tow
er's and got away According to the
number plates on the car which they
left It belongs to man named
Dodge in Cambridge, Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
.SCHOOLSHAVE
MOST PUPILS
EVER LISTED
Crowded Grades Compelled
One Extra Teacher
HIGH SCHOOL HAS 232
This Will Be Increased Some Later
as a Few Boys Are Still Out
on Farms.

Benningtons public schools have
the largest enrolment in their his
tory. The schools opened Tuesday,
Sept A. with an unusually large at
tendance for the first week. Two
hundred thirty-two pupils are en-
rolled at the high school with 76S in
the graded school building, which
makes the total enrolment of the two
1000 This is an increase Of so over
vlast years record for the first week.
The largest attendance the school
ever attained was in November 1916.
This record has now been passed and
the school last week began study
with the greatest number of students
in attendance it has ever had.
At the Seventh Ward school over
so pupils registered in the first grade,
Miss Carrie Wood, teacher. It was
therefore necessary to transfer some
of the little ones those living on the
streets nearest the graded school, to
that building.
AS the fifth grade in the School
street building was also overfowing
room 6 which remained vacant last
year has been utilized. This room
will be a room Of special grades
taught by Miss Helen Darrow Of
Beech street, for a number of years
teacher in Readsboro. This relieves
the first aud fifth grades congestion.
All fifth grade pupils. who failed pro-
| notion last year. will be given spec
ial attention in this room with the
Iegular work for the first grade
pupils
The new teachers in the grades
aside from Miss Darrow are: Miss
Helen Leonard Of North Bennington,
former teacher at Readsboro, 9Th
grade and Miss Louisa Baker OF Ches-
terdeld, Mass. graduate of Smith.
teacher of history in 7th and Sth
grades.
Professor F. b. Mabrey of the high
school, now In Redding, Conn, was
unable to begin his duties at the
opening of school on account OF i'll
health. He is expected. however, to
| return to Bennington the first of
October His work is being taken
| care OF by members of the high
school faculty assisted by Miss Anna
Rogers and Mrs. William II. Wills.
In the high school there are three
new teachers, Miss Lucia Besiegel OF
Dalton, Mass. graduate of Middle
bury, Latin; Miss Diana Payette of
| Cohoes, graduate of the Teachers
| Training College in Albany, French
and Arthur V. Rice Of Homer, n. Y,
graduate Of Cornell Manual training
! and Mechanical drawing.
David ~ Colburn. who helped with
the manual training in the 9th and
| 9TH grades last year, having resigned.
it will be impossible to continue the
work in these grades this year Mr.
Rice will ,i9wever, teach manual
training in the Sth grade in connec-
ton with the high school Spanish
has also been dropped from the high
school curriculum.
OF the 232 pupils in high school 7S
are non residents, or tuition pupils
This account covers only the pupils
in the graded school district In adj
dition in the town of Bennington
there are the two parochia schools
in this village the high and graded
schools at North Bennington and the
rural schools of the town.
| The enrolment at the St. Francis
de Sales academy at the opening was
| 257.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
Tako No Chances.

"Theres one safe way to drive an
automobile"
whats that?"
Whenever you approach railroad
crossing or n street car track and a
train or car is coming, II you have to
wonder whether or not II is safe to
try to cross, decide that It isn't"-De.
troit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
BORN AT WARDS5oRo
Charles n. Gates Who Died Recent
ly at Mohall, South Dakota.

y dI WUNdIIi oUulI UdkUId,
Charles II. Gates, a son of the late
Hon. John X. Gates and who was
born at Wardsboro. February ,, 1893,
died July 81 at the Gates house, Mo
hall, South Dakota. He was S4 years
old.
The surviving members of the fam
Vly are one brother, Henry s. Gates
Of Chicago, a son, H. E, Gates of Mo
hall and a daughter, Mrs. f. b. Coon
Of Wadena, Minn, lie was member
OF the well known Gates family
which was prominent in Bennington q
generation ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
REVOLUTIONS
THREATENING
IN PETROGRAD
Kerensky Is Defied BY His
Generals
FAMINE AT CAPITAL
Conditions In Russia Are Thought Tc
Be Most Serious Since Cars
Cethronement.

London, Sept 11.-Perograd faces
attack and siege Gen. Korniloff, with
force OF reyolutionists, is less than
80 miles from the city. Petrograd re-
ports that the provisional govern
ment has a sufficient number of loyal
troops to defend the city.
Petrograd, Sept 1.-THE Russian
cabinet has resigned to give Premier
Kerensky a free hand in dealing with
the revolutionary army under Gen.
Korniloff now marching upon the
capital. In the meantime the mem
bers of the cabinet will retain their
portfolios Professionally.
Premier Kerensky has asked Gen.
Alexis, formerly chief of starr under
Grand Duke Nicholas, to take the
position of generalissimo made va
cant by the deposition of kornilon
The revolutionary army is reported
to have reached vyrtigo, 80 miles
Fl IN Petrograd.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11

Petorgrad, Sept. 10.-New chaos
engufs Russia; on its crest rides ci-
vii war. General Korniloff, caught
in a plot to overthrow Kerensky and
appoint himself military dictator, has
been ousted as commander in chief.
Entrenched at army headquarters,
surrounded by loyal lieutenants back
ed by his devoted Cossacks at the
front and the powerful Prince Lvoff-
Milyukeff party at home, he refuses
to resign and defes Kerensky to force
him out.
General Lokomsky, one of Korni-
lofts right hand men, has withdrawn
Kerensky's offer to succeed kornilofi.
SO he, too. stigmatized as a traitor
is asked to resign. He, too, is def
ant. Thereupon Kerensky's choice
for a generalissimo fell upon Klein
bovsky, commander of the beaten
Twelfth army north of Riga.
Petrograd, in the grip Of famine
and panic, has been declared by Ker
ensky to be in a state of war This
includes the whole district of the cap
ital.
Facing open rebellion, this time by
part of the army Kerensky, with the
consent of the provisional govern
ment, has assumed the absolute pow
ers Of a czar He announces he will
not yield one iota to the counterreyo-
lutionists but cut at the roots of
the Korniloff movement.
AS long as Korniliff refuses to relin-
quish the chief command-and thus
far no way of forcing him out seems
praticable--a fatal, dual, criss-cross
| regime threatens to undermine the
armies at a moment when linden
| burg is counted on to strike his mas
| ter blow. Pakoff. where the new gen
| eralissimo holds sway, is l62 miles
south OF Petrograd Korniloffs S
headquarters is far to the southeast
somewhere near Kieff, 700 miles
| away.
There is every evidence that Korni
loft tried and failed in a coup de'etat
| His object was, II is believed. to have
/ htItISkN, lullOuN bNtl AANNl lAV
posal. hasten to headquarters and
then imply "arrest" the premier. Ker
ensky saw through this plan. In
stead of falling into the trap, he ar
rested Kornilon's messenger anC
made the latter reveal the details.
But even to the premier, 1t was 9
blow when Kornilon by wire an
nounced his defiance virtually chal
lenging Kerensky to come and ge
him. The generalissimo is the frs
of Russia's fallen heroes to take thii
tack. Alexieff. Brussiloff, Ruszky
even the mighty Nicholas Nicolaie
| vltch-all submitted to their fat
when the order resign" was flashe,
to their headquarters.
Unless the differences can be CON
posed It is feared Russia may sinl
deeper into political disorganizatiol
and fall prey either to German cor
querors or the threatened monarchia
reaction.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair, continued cold tonight
with frost, Wednesday fair and slight.
ly warmer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
NOTICE TO FIREMEN
department Called in Special Meeting
Friday Evening.

All members of the Bennington
Fire Department are requested to at
tend a special meeting to be held at
the rooms of the Stark hose company
at o'clock Friday evening, Sept IA.
Business of Importance is to be
transacted. Per order of the depart
ment president. w. p Hogan
Bennington, VT, Sept II, II.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
Strnnn Onn Man

wife-NIy husband is not well. I'm
afraid he'll give out. Wife's Mother
Wen, he may give out He certainly
never gives In.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

TO RFNT-Ono small tenement. II.
S. Harris Division street. S9tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11
AMATEURS WON
Victors in WelI-PIayed Game at
Berlin, N, Y,

The Amateur baseball team went
to Berlin, ~ Y, Saturday and defeat
ed the team there 6-5 in a well-played
game The local team outbatted and
outhelded Berlin, securing eleven
hits to nine and making three errors
to their six for opponents. d. Shaw
and Comar we're the battery for Anna
teurs and Cowee and s. Hull for Ber.
lin. Shaw had seven strike-outs to
his credit while Cowee had only two
Comar gave Shaw good support be
hind the bat,
Features of the game were fielding
OF Mahar and j. Hull and a sensa,
tional one handed catch by Mcclure
b off Buffers hit in the ninth, which
saved the game for Bennington
Scott and Mahar carried off the bat
ting honors for the Amateurs, each
securing three hits. Miner and Con,
nelly also did well. each hitting for
500
For Berlin j Hull. 2b., was the par
ticular star. leading his team in field
ing, batting and stolen bases. L
Hull. 1b., also put up a good game
l..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11

The highest liberty Is harmony with
the highest laws--Giles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-11

mar, %; PeIIerln, CT; McGulre, CT;
Miner. 9b.: w. Shaw. IS; White, IT,;
Connolly, h.; Scott, rf.; Comar, c.;
d. Shaw, p.
Berlin's lineup was: j. Hull, %;
c. Butler. SIS, +. Butler, 2b; f. Hull
1b; Broderick, cf: S. Hull c.; Ac-
Senar, IT,. Cowee, p.: w. Hull, ri.
The Amateurs expect to play the
Pastimes of Adams Saturday at the
North Adams baseball park.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-21
HOME-READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS
 (lssued by reserved

some annoying attacks of cramps and
 diarrhoea.
 sweating freely, try to cool off grad
 ualIy instead of allowing yourself to
 get chilled. Even in hot weather throw
 a light coat or wrap over yourself for
 few minutes.
 One of the most important rules Of
 all is to be careful about drinking
 water not provided in the camp or
 recommended to you by medical or at hand, it is better to drink boiled
 water or weak coffee or tea Boiling
 kills the disease germs.
 If you are in the habit of using to-
 bacco be moderate, especially while
 you are on the march or just before
 taking strenuous exercise. Your smoke will do less harm and at the same
 time will be much more enjoyable if
 you wait til you can sit down quietly
 during one of the periods of rest. Eight hours of each day are set aside
 for sleep. This is ample but not too
 much for most men. Even If you can't sleep for any reason, lie still and get a good rest during those hours. The medical officer will be ready to do everything he can to keep you well. Don't hesitate to report to him if you need any attention even for slight ail- ments. Every day at sick call'' any soldier who is not feeling well may ask for medical treatment. It is frequently assumed by we'll meaning critics that illicit sexual in tercourse and venereaI diseases are more common in the army than in civil life. This is probably mistak- en impression due largely to the fact that statistics of these diseases are collected in the army, where as the corresponding figures for civilian life
 are incomplete. In the new army the
 evils of sexual immortality will be re-
 duced to a minimum. The men will
 find their time and energy so fully oc- cupied that they will have fewer temptations and dangers of this type than in everyday civil life.
 One of your obligations as citizen soldier is to conduct yourself in such a way as to create and spread the true impreSSiOn-nam that the Ma tionaI army is made up of men too much in earnest in the great task as signed to them to indulge in lewdness and vice.
 The only sure safeguard against ve- nereal disease is to avoid illicit inter course. \ clean life is the best guar antee of good health. To maintain a clean life keep away from those things which tend to promote sexual excite ment and desire. particularly obscene conversation. reading matter and pie lures.
 The moral reasons which should inn pei every self-respecting man to avoid debasing himself by sexual vice are well known to every man who joins the National army. and need not be re- counted here Tn addition to the nor al reasons there rests upon every sol dier the especial duty of avoiding eV- erything that may unfit him for active and effective service. This obligation in the present crisis is even greater and more urgent than in normal times. The soldiers of the National army will be expected and required to maintain especially high standards of conduct and to honor the uniform they are to wear.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-21

eff was of literary turn of mind" remarked Culberson, I'd sit under a willow tree somewhere and write a book that the world is desperately in need of and at the same time make enough money in the job to put my self in the burdened with wealth class"
 What kind of volume do you think the world is pining for?" asked the girl at the adding machine Haven't we got the grandest set of six best sellers to draw upon?"
 I'm through with 'em all" replied Culberson. "The book I'd write would treat of the practical I'm thinking every blooming husband in the world whose wife is away on vacation and called What to Write to Absent Wives What a man can write about to his wife is the most perplexing problem he faces. It is a problem sell dom perfectly solved.'
 How odd! Why don't you write the same kind of letter you did before you married herr"
 Cant be done, Miss O'GiIIicuddy," explained Culberson. 'I thought it could until I took pen in hand and tried. Before a man marries he doesn't care how foolish his fiancee thinks he is In fact he and she put a pre- n1ium on that sort of thing But after the wedding chimes have been forgot ten a man wants his wife to believe him a monument of sense.
 A man of A summers can't bring himself to sit down and begin his epls tie like this, for instance: Dear Snookums. how desperately lonely I