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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-20

have solved his OUtfeld problem and
now has as good a fiy-chasing outfit
as he could desire.
Old Eddie Plank was yesterdays
hero. His aged arm contained re-
markable cunning. On only one OC-
CasiOn when there was danger did
he pitch a good ball for a batter to
hit, and that one Jackson picked.
At other stages Ed was working the
weaknesses Of the sluggers. He
passed not a one, but gave three balls
to several trying to nick the corners
of the plate. During one rally, after
being in a hole, he struck Buck Wea-
yer out on a couple of near wild
pitches, the shoots that are iTresisti-
bic to Buck. Plank knew it.
Here is a predictions: The Cubs will
do better away from home than on
the. North Side during the early part
of the season. Reason: They will find
warmer weather. Larry Doyle, Roll
lie Zeider and Harry Wolter like the
migh-temperatured going and proved
it in the first game at Pittsburgh.
Doyle cracked three hits. And he
was confident enough to take longer
chances with his fiat runner than in
the frigid atmosphere of the North
Side.
Dutch Reuther poIed a triple and
single, some of the hitting he did on
the training trip. If this young fell
low can only keep his eye on the ball
MANAGER Mitchell has the chance IN
develop a remarkable first baseman.
Even at the expense Of spelling a
good pitcher, the move would be
good, for a first baseman is in every
day. Reuther takes a clean, vigOr-
Gus swing at the ball and is cool. He
has yet to learn how to shift his feet
at the, first stop, both to prevent in
jury to himself and to enable him to
pull in wide throws. Mitchell should
be able to instruct him in these
points, for the lad is not thick-head-
i L. 4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
bR|T|SHPUSH
FORWARDGA|N
IN BELGIUM
Have Taken Five Thousand
Prisoners In Two Days
FRENCH ALSO ADVANCE
Germans by Desperate Efforts Have
Regained Parts of Two Villages
But Gain No Advantage.

Both British and French gained
further ground in the fighting in the
Ypres sector yesterday, but the Ger
mans by heavy counter.attacks. sue
ceeded in recapturing the village of
st, Julien and part of the village Of
Westhoek. According to the official
report from British headquarters last
night, the numDer OK Germans made
prisoners exceeds 5000.
The British statement reads:
Rain continued to fall throughout
the day BY a successful operation
today on our new battle front our
line was advanced slightly in the
neighborhood of the Zillebeke-zand.
road. On the left flank of our attack
our allies gained further ground on
the east bank of the User canal
During the night our new posi-
tions east and northeast of Ypres, be.
tween Westhoek and st. Julien, were
heavily counter-attacked by strong
forces of the enemy. Our troops sue
cessfully resisted the enemy's re-
peated attempts to drive US from the
important positions on high ground
captured yesterday in this neighbor-
hood, but under the weight of his as
sault and after stubborn fighting we
were compelled to withdraw our ad.
vanced troops from the village of st.
Julien.
THE fighting was particularly
fierce for possession of the village of
Westhoek, OF which we now hold the
western outskirts.
This afternoon the enemy again
attacked in the neghborhood of the
Ypres. .Roulers railway and at the sec
ond attempt succeeded in entering
our advanced positions on a narrow
front, The fighting continues.
"The number of prisoners the Brit
ish captured in yesterdays operations
is now known to exceed 5000, includ-
ing 80 officers. A few guns and a
number of machine guns and trench
mortars were also taken; the exact
figure has not been ascertained.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
Can't Kill Languages.

One OF the most effective means Of
prolongiug the life OF hated language
is to attempt to kill it, as the Germans
and the Austro- IIungarians have from
time to time found out 1t was the
effort to make all Bohemia talk Ger
man that lit the fires that revived the
flames of the dying Bohemian speech,
so that today 1t Is one of the official
tongues and dominates two-thirds Of
the country. Hungary, fighting on be-
half of the Magyar speech, awoke Slav
and Roumanian echoes. We found
English prosper best in Canada when
English was offered to be "taken or
left."-London Standard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
do is Millinery Stand Way the
MERCURY AT 81 DEGREES
This is the Hottest Day on Record In
Bennington.

AT 210 this afternoon the mercury
on the shady side of Main street reg
istered 81 degrees, the highest known
temperature recorded in Bennington.
Wednesday night was far more com
Portable than Tuesday night. During
the early morning hours especially
the conditions were such that sleep
was obtainable wherever it was pos
sible to secure any circulation.
Not much relief is promised by the
weather bureau for another day at
least The bureau last night predict
ed from Washington that the high
temperature would continue in the
east for period of As hours. In the
big cities yesterday conditions were
reported TO have been more bearable
than on the two preceding days.
Needles, Calf, reported the highest
temperature. 10i. In Hartford, Conn.
the mercury touched 100 and in New
York, Boston and Albany it reached
9S.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
OUR PAPERS ARE TRUTHFUL.
Only When Deceived, as a Rule, Do
They Wander Into Mendaety.

"Our papers seldom lie." Deems
Taylor says so, and he should know,
having been newspaper man him
self. He states that newspapers rare-
ly print statements that are not at
least poor relations of the truth.
''ln the first place, competition among
newspapers is too keen. Facts them
selves are explosive enough and scatter
plenty of libel suits In their wake as It
Is without n papers deliberately hunt
ing for trouble by printing fiction.
Usually when an absolute mlsstate-
ment has appeared in II newspaper the
papers chief otIcnSe is In having be-
lieved an untrustworthy source, con
tingency difficult TO guard against
since any paper Is moro or less at the
mercy of its out of town correspond
ents and news agencies. Any CORE
spondcnt can fool any paper once, but
It Is to the credit of editors that an
over imaginative correspondent rarely
gets n second chance TO exercise his
talents.
"After all, the principal reason why
our press does not print lies Is that
newspaper men as n class are honest,
conscientious beyond the average and,
according to their code, strictly honor
able. Certain things may lie permitted
by that code that strike the layman as
peculiar, but deliberate mendaclty Is
not one of them. Century.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
PROHIBITION
IS VOTED BY
j. S. SENATE
Vote There Was More Than
Three TO One
NOW GOES TO HOUSE
Must Be Ratified by at Least SO
States Within Six Years to
Become Operative
NOW GOES TO HOUSE

A resolution for submission to the
states of prohibition amendment to
the federal constitution was adopted
late yesterday at Washington by the
Senate. The vote was 60 to 20, eight
more than the necessary two-thirds.
AS adopted the resolution contains
a provision that the states must be
asked to ratify the amendment within
six years. The House still must act
on the resolution.
Senators opposing the resolution
we're:
Democrats Broussard. Culberson,
Gerry, Hardwick, Hitchcock, Husting,
james, Lewis, Phelan, Pomerene,
Reed and Underwood; total, II.
Observation-Disclosures, Calder;
France, Lodge, Penrose, Wadsworth
Warren and Weeks, total s.
Total against, 90.
Senators voting for the resolution
were:
emocrats--Ashurst, Bankhead,
Beckham, Chamberlain, Fletcher
Gore. Hollis. Jones of New Mexico
Kendrick, King, Kirby. Mcclellan
Marion, Myers, Newlands. Overman
Owen. Pittman, Ransdell, Robinson
salisbury, Shafroth, Sheppard
Shields, Simmons, Smith of Arizona
Smith of Georgia, Smith of South
Carolina, Ston, Swanson, Thompson
TrammeIl, Vardaman. Walsh, VIII
iams and Wolcott; total, 80.
Republicans Borah. Brady, Colt
Cummins, Curtis, Fernald. Freing
huysen, Gronna, Hale, Harding. JOIN
son of California, Jones OF Washing
ton, Kellogg. Kenyon, Knox, La Fol
lette, McCumber, McNary. Nelson
New Norris. Page, Poindexter, Sher
man, Smith of Michigan, Smott, Ster
ling. Sutherland and Watson; total
%
Total for G5.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
NAT. GUARD DRAFTED AUG. S.
VIII Then Become Part Of Army Of
United States. r

United states.
A general order by Adjt Gen. Lee
S, Tillotson of the Vermont National
Guard relative to the draft of the Ma
tional Guard into the service of the
United States is as follows:
l. The proclamation of the Presi
dent dated July 8, 1917, a copy of
which is on file in this office. drafts
into the service of the United States,
effective August 8. 1917, all members
of the National Guard of Vermont.
except members of the staff corps
and departments, and all enlisted
members of the National Guard re-
serve. From the date of the draft
the members of the National Guard
affected become part of the army Of
the United States and are subject to
the direct control of the secretary of
war through the Office of the adult
ant general of the army.
?. Section Ill., Act of Congress.
June. 1916, provides that "all persons
SO drafted shall, from the date of
their draft, stand discharged from
the militia" Pursuant thereto all
members of the National Guard and
National Guard reserve OF this state
affected by the draft will, on August
8. 1917, become completely separated
from the National Guard, and will no
longer be subject, in any respect, to
the control of the state authorities
The issuance of discharge certificates
to persons discharged from the Ma.
tional Guard through the operation
of the draft will be provided for by
the war department
3. The reports and returns now re
quired by regulations to be submit.
ted by National Guard organizations
and members thereof to the adiutant
general of the state, will not be re-
quirod after the draft becomes opera.
tive from the organizations and mem.
| bcrs AFFECTED thereby.
4. The National Guard organiza.
tions and members TO be affected by
said draft in this state are the First
Regiment. Vermont Infantry, Nation
al Guard including themembors Of
the medical department attached
thereto. and the enlisted members Of
the National Guard reserve.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
KAISER SENDS
MESSAGE TO
HIS PEOPLE
On Third Anniversary of the
Great War
PLANS NO CONQUEST
Says Germany Fights Only in Self
Defence and For That Reason
VIII Win War.

Emperor William yesterday issued
a proclamation to the German people
in which he said they might rest as
sured that German blood and German
zeal were not being gambled with for
an empty shadow of ambition or for
schemes of conquest but in defense
of strong free empire in which their
children might live in security, says
a dispatch from Copenhagen The
proclamation said
"To the German people.-Three
years of hard fighting are behind us.
With grief we remember our dead,
with pride our soldiers now fighting,
with confidence all our workers, and
with heavy heart those who are
languishing in captivity, but above all
our thoughts stand resolute in the
determination to prosecute this right
eous war of defense to a successful
termination.
"The enemy is stretching out his
hands toward German territory but
he shall never have it. New nations
continue to enter into the war against
us but that does not frighten us. We
know our strength and we are deter
mined to make use of It, They wish
to see us weak and powerless at their
feet, but they shall not prevail
"They received disdainfully our
words of peace; they did not know
VOW Germany could fight. Throughout
the world they have slandered the
German name, but they cannot cx-
tinguish the glory of German deeds.
THUS we stand erect at the close
of this year. unmoyeable, victorious
and intrepid. Our trials may still
await us but we shall meet them
with a grave mien and full of faith.
Throughout the threeyears' achieve
ment the mighty German people has
become firm in its resistance against
all that the power of the enemy can
conceive. If the enemy wishes tc
prolong the sufferings of war they
will weigh more heavily upon him
than upon us.
fOT tndt WHICH hdS uecH uONOW
plished on the front let us at home
show our gratitude by tireless toll
We must still continue to fight and
to furnish arms for it. But our peo
pie may rest assured that German
blood and German zeal are not being
gambled with for an empty shadow
of ambition or schemes of conquest
and subiugation but in defense of {
strong, free empire in which our chill
dren may live in security.
Let all our actions and all oul
thoughts be devoted to this fight Le
this be our solemn promise of this
day, August /. 1917.
William, |. r.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
NEW BLACK CAT BUILDING
Concrete Portion of First Floor Has
Been Completed


The Turner Construction company
now has the concrete work of the new
Black Cat building completed TO the
first story and has made some prog
ress on the second. Were it possible
to secure labor, progress would be
more rapid. During the present week
the intense heat has interferred to a
considerable extent with the work al
though ii helped to rapidly set the
concrete.
Outside OF the difficulty experienced
in securing labor, the company has not
been delayed to any extent It's ma
terial has been received nearly as
rapidly as II could be used The
company has been fortunate in that it
has been able to secure the finest
quality of sand for concrete within
hauling distance of the site. It has
been necessary. however, to so out,
side the state for the crushed stone
that is combined with the sand and
cement.
AS the entire building, even to the
floors, is being constructed of con
crete a large amount of steel re-en-
forcing will be used In the struc
ture When the structure is com
pleted between $50 and S75 tons OF
steel will have been used. The quan
tity Of cement, too. will be the largest
used on one job in Bennington. When
the machinery runs smoothly and the
operating force is working to capaci
ty as high as 900 bags of cement have
been used in a day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
| w. w. CHIEF HANGED,
Body Of Frank Little Is Found Hang
ina From Trestle.

NY ' 'SUl ilCoAiCs
Frank Little. member of the execu.
tive board OF the industrial workers
Of the world and leader in labor trou-
bles of Arizona, was taken from
lodging house at Butte, Mont, early
yesterday by masked men and hanged
TO railroad trestlc on the outskirts
of the city. The body was cut down
at a. m. by Chief Of Police Murphy,
who identified 1t. Nr u
Since his arrival in Butte recently
from Globe, Ariz., Little had made
speeches to strikers. attacking the gov
ernment and urging the men to shut
down the mines OF the Butte dis
trict lie was bitter in his denuncia.
tion of the government. His record
was under investigation by the fed.
oral authorities. On the other hand,
the report was current that Little was
in the employ of detective agency
and one theory was that he was the
victim of the radical element Of which
he appeared to be one.
The card found on Little's body was
pinned to the underclothing on his
right thigh. 1t bore in red crayon
letters the inscription: "Others take
notice First and last warning,
3-7-77 L. d. c. S. S. w. T." A
circle was about the letter l.. The
figures "3-7-77," are the old sign of
the vigilantes in Montana. The Gus.
tom of the vigilantes was to send
three warnings to marked man, the
third and last being written in red.
Little began to make speeches ON
the day of his arrival in Butte three
weeks ago On July 10, before a
massmeeting of miners Little re-
ferred to the United States soldiers
| as Uncle Sans scabs in uniform.
In the same speech he said, III the
mines are taken under federal control
| we will make Il so hot for the gov
ernment that II will not be able to
send any troops to France"
Following the Identification of Lit
ties body, Butte members of the |
w. w. telegraphed appeals for aid
A message was sent to William ID
Haywood, at Chicago and Others
went to ]. w, w. organization lead
ers In the Southwest and the Pacific
coast, II was said that message
was received later from Haywood
saying the resources of the organ
ization would be employed to brinl
the lynchors of Little to justice
Early in the day men gathered a
the headquarters OF the metal min
workers union and threats wer
made against gunner said to b
employed at Butte.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
OPPOSES coMscRlPTIoN
Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Canada
Issues Statement.

Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Canada
Issues Statement.
Montreal, Aug. 2.-The Roman
Catholic hierarchy of the Dominion of
Canada has at last officially entered
the lists on the side OF anticonscrip-
tionists with the following statement
by Archbishop Begin of Quebec. the
senior archbishop of the Roman Cath.
olic church in the province. which
has been published broadcast through
out the Dominion:
This conscription law is a menace
which causes the Canadian clergy the
worst apprehensions
This military service, as II is
proposed, or at least as we are en-
abed to Judge from the speeches and
statements its discussions have pro
voked, Is not only a serious blow to
the rights of the Church of Christ,
independent of its domain, and whose
laws and practice exempt the clergy
and that class of the society which
that name designates from the ser
vice under arms, but also it (the con
sciiption law constitutes fatal oh
stacle TO the recruiting OF ministers
OF God, shepherds of souls, as well as
to that of the staff of clerical teach.
ers. and through this very fact, II
creates, in our society, an evil much
worse than that which il is alleged to
attempt TO remedy"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE-Second hand double
harness, good condition. price right
Chas. r. Burt, harness shop. 56t6'
WANTED-Man 25 or so, single,
executive ability for assistant farm.
er and relief. No tobacco or liquor.
Salary $i5 per month and home.
superintendent Training School, Law
renee. Mass. SITS
WANTED-Several good men to
run shapers, lathes, saws and for gen
eral work In wood working establish
ment. We would give steady work
and nay according to ab<ty of the
man. We could furnish tenement to
the right party. f. d. Pierce Co,
Keene, N. H., 57t6'
WANTED--A place to do Office
work bookkeeping, etc, not steno'
grapher, few hours a day by com
petcnt young woman. Does not want
to put In full time, Address. Lock
Box 155, Arlington. VI. 57t6'
WANTED-House work in small
family, by middle aged woman tel
i69--J, safe
TO RENT-Elght room summer
cottage in Woodford city. stone fire
place and running water Apply Mrs
A. $. Carpenter, Woodford City, tel
| 1914. 57t
WANTED-To rent eight room ten
ement near Branch street. Address
y. Banner Office. SIT
TO RENT-Park cottage at Wood
ford city For particulars inquire T
; w. Wood, tel 1912. 56t1
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
THINKS CAMP
/" = !s.4!4RLOTTE
IS DESIRABLE
Gen. Wood Says Conditions
There Are Agreeable
SOON IN READINESS
New England Guardsmen viii Prob
ably Be Transferred There With
In Few Gays.
SOON IN READINESS

MajGen. Leonard Wood, command
ing the Southeastern department, an
ticipates no delay in the movement
of the New England national guards
men to the divisional training camp at
Charlotte, N c. In an interview Tues
day he denied the truth of reports
to the effect that the camp would
not be ready on schedule time, al
though he did not state what date
had been decided upon for the troop
movements In a formal statement
he said:
81 feel confident that the South
eastern department will be ready for
the New England troops on the date
fixed for their arrival. We hope soon
to have the first organizations sent
down to begin preparations for those
which will follow and to be on hand
to guard property and supplies, the
shipment of which must soon begin.
Certain 1t is that the cantonments
will be ready for the New England
troops If the government will fur
nish the necessary tentage and camp
equipment. Construction is already
we'll under way at Charlotte, which
is one of the most attractive cities in
the South, situated in the foothills
clean. with cool nights, and excellent
water. The fall climate is going to
be IDEAL
"The summers on the whole are as
good as the summers In the inland
sections of the north, sunstrokes are
practically unknown, and throughout
the winter there is hardly a day when
the men cannot do a full days work
in the open. SO far from there being
any anxiety, there should be. II
seems to me, much satisfaction re-
garding the surroundings in which
the New England troops will be train
ed. A hearty welcome awaits them
and they will be given every oppor
tunity to get into shape for the great
struggle ahead This means months
of most intensive training.
Let us hope that we shall be
able to provide them with an ample
force of instructors from officers who
have had actual service. hope that
we shall be fortunate enough to Sc
cure a force, as soon as possible OF
trained French. English and Canadian
officers who can give us at first hant
the details OF the new training whiet
they have learned from actual ex
perience at the front and which this
present war renders absolutely neces
sary Our training must be so con
Quoted that we can send over a con
slant output. month after month
without interruption, of well-trainet
men to make up the great losses
which are bound to be ours once WI
are fairly in the war"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
euARANroRs REFUSE TO PAY
Those at Brattleboro Decline to Help
Out the Chautauqua.
Total for. G5.

Brattleboro July 5l-After a con
ference with gualantors of the Brat
tleboro Chautauqua, DR.. Peirson, man
aging director of the Swarthmore
Chautauqua, this morning sent the
car of equipment. which was brought
here yesterday with the intention Of
Newport. ~ II.
DR.. Pierson spent some time in try
ing to convince the guarantors that
they should pay the guarantee of
S1.590 or at least 30 fifty-hfty with
the association on the loss at result
of the board of health's prohibition
against such entertainments. The
guarantors stood pat on the claim
that the action of the board Of health
was the result of an act of God and
that the contract thereby cancelled,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02

Few people realize how many differ.
ent cars are still in use whose makers
have gone out of business and how
many models of existing builders that
are so far obsolete that spare parts are
no longer carried mt the factories of
their origin. The Horscess Age re-
Gently published list Of 206 orphan
ears and Is not entirely sure that 1t
includes all of the tribe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
sEvENTY.TWo YEARS IN BED
Experience Of an EngIshwoman Dis
appointed in Love.


From London comes the story of a
woman who has just died at the age
of ninety.four years after spending
seyenty-two years in bed, This re.
markable case calls for admiration
rather than sympathy. il we believe
in the theory that will-power, deter
mination and persistence are admir-
able qualities.
When she was about twenty-one
she became engaged TO a young man
whose suit was frowned upon by her
father. The parental ban being
placed upon the marriage, she in her
disappointment took to her bed and
remained there TO the end OF her long
life, an extraordinary instance OF
persistent resentment which recalls
the adage emphasizing the futility OF
biting off ones nose to spite ones
face"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-02
Tho seven British Lanauaaes.

There are seven distinct languages
spoken IN the British Isles. In addl-
tlon to English there are Welsh in
Wales, Erse In Ireland Maux In the
Isle of Man-church services in Manx
were discontinued there but recently
Gaelic in Scotland, French in the Chan
mel islands, and Cornish was spoken
in Cornwall more recently than either
historians or the public khow.-Lon-
don Globe.