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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
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BtAAINGTOAF FIRE
DIP ARINEA |
MEETING
Annual Gathering last Evening
Was Largely Attended
CHIEF SEARS IS RE- ELECTED
Only One Change In List of Officers
Who Served During the Past
Year.

With the prospect of contest over
the election of one of the assistant
engineers, the members of the Ben
nington first department turned out
in force for the annual meeting which
was held at the rooms of the Stark
hose company Wednesday evening.
The meeting was called to order by
the president, William p. Hogan, and
Clerk Edward Shanahan read the
minutes of the last annual meeting.
The report of the treasurer, Warren
Waite, showed that the department
treasury was overburdened to the ex-
tent of 22 cents. The election of of
ficers resulted as follows:
President, William P. Hogan.
Vice president, William J. Loner.
gan.
Secretary. Edward Shanahan.
Treasurer, Warren Waite.
Chief engineer, William e. Sears.
First assistant engineer J. Henry
Pratt
Second assistant engineer, Edward
s. Briggs.
All of the officers were elected by
acclamation with the exception OF
first assistant engineer. For this Of
fee there were two candidates, Mr..
Pratt, who Is the present first assis-
tant, and William Barber. The chair
appointed the foreman Of the four
companies to act as tellers and the
voting was by the membership lists
of the different companies. The vote
stood, Barber, 10; Pratt, 35.
The report Of the chief engineer
showed that the department had been
called out for 16 alarms during the
year, 10 by the bell signal, 4 by tele-
phone and 2 for lost children. The
loss as shown by the report totaled
S13669.9S with insurance S13.963SS.
The chief engineer recommends
that the village purchase the build
ing occupied by the Putnam hose COM
pany and also secure land in the
vicinity of the Eagle hose house and
relocate the building. He also recon-
mends the purchase of 500 feet OF
hose for the reason that the price is
continually advancing He also calls
attention to the condition of the fire
alarm system and suggests that 1t re-
ceive more care in the future than has
been the case in the past
The report also gives an inventory
of the department property and a de.
tailed statement of the individual
fires and the losses and insurance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
ESTATE OF EDWIN POLAND

GTATE OF VERMONT, The Honor.
~ District of Remington, IS. ( able Probate
Court for the District aforesaid:
10 al persons interested IN the estate Of
Ed in Fo aud, late of Bennin. { n in SAID Dis
tr.ct, deceased
GREETING:
WHEREAS. said Court has sssivne' the
OH day of Februa y, rex for examining
and sllnsing tns account of tn E"cior
ui the estate o. said deoe ,,ed and for a decree
of the resi, ue " -a'd eta TO the "a fui
caima' IA OF the ea and orr or thai public
no, CO ihesenf b. given TO all persons interest
ed in saio estate by publishing this order three
weeks suocessively previous TO the day assigned
in the Bennington Evening Banner, news
paner published at Bennington In said Dis
triet.
THEREFORE,. you are hereby notified to ap-
pear at the Probate 0ilite in Bennington In
said District on the day assigned, then ard
there 20 cont 81 the allowance IF said account
# yuu see eau G. and TO establish your right as
herr 10 alees and lawful claimants to said
residue.
eiveo under my hand, this 17th day OF Jan
uary, lelT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
BENNINGTON OR BRATTLEeoRo
VIII Get State Pennant for Selling
Most Red Cross Seals

Most Red Cross Seals
H. w Slocum, Secretary of the
Vermont Association for the Proven
tion of tuberculosis. announced last
week that up to date he had re-
ceiyed $3.50 from the sale of
Christmas Seals in this state The
returns are still coming in from the
most successful sale of seals ever
held
When the final returns are in, the
Vermont Association is to award two
pennants; one for the town of 5000
inhabitants or more that sells the
largest number of seals in proper
tion to the population; the other to
the town of less than 5000 inhabi-
tants having the largest per capita
sale
The race for the pennant is appar-
emily between Brattleboro and Ben
nington for the towns of over 5000
inhabitants. The contest is so close
between these two towns that 50 or
SO will swing victory. Brattleboro
has sold 1928, which is 4 3-100 seals
for every inhabitant and Benning-
ton, 1860, which is 4 2-100 seals for
every inhabitant. The Women's
Club of Bennington sold $4,000 seals
during the course of the campaign,
which is the largest number ever
sold by women club in this state.
The Women's Club of Brattleboro
are right on their heels with $1,000
sales to their credit
Burlington has sold $4,000 seals
which is 4-10 seals for every In
habitant Rutland has had $4,000
seals or Clio seals for every inhabi-
tant.
Last year Brattleboro sold the lar
gest number OF seals, selling 1925
worth while Burlington sold but
S1S764 worth
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

LOST-Black Scotch Collie dog.
Finder please return to Eli Archer
Park Street extension and receive re-
ward. 103t6*
LOST-Between Gage and Main
streets gold brown tiger eye cameo
ring. Finder please returne to Burt
Bros. store and receive reward.
1886
WANTED-House maid who can
cook. Apply Mrs. j. J. Shakshober,
207 South st. 103tf
FOR SALE--My residence and
tenements on account OF moving from
town. If interested call Thursday a.
m. or Monday p M. at 230 Union
street 103tf
LOST OR STRAYED--A shepherd
dog, answers to the name OF jeff.
Finder please return to III Jefferson
Ave 103tf,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01

Washington, Jan. 31.-Germany has
declared unrestricted submarine war
fare.
A starvation blockade of England,
the like of which the world never has
seen, was announced to the world
today in notes delivered to American
Ambassador Gerard in Berlin and to
the state department here by Count
Won Bernstein.
Talk of peace in Europe and means
of preserving the peace of the world
have gone glimmering. President
Wilson, incredulous at first when the
unofficial text of Germanys warning
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
ESTATE OF FRANCIS CONE

CTATE OF ERuONr TIE Fl mora
- Di t'ict of Rem nrton. SO. Bile Pro a Z
Court for the itrlct nfo esaio
To I'll per ms inter stei in he estat Of
Frai ci' Cone. late Of Bennington in sa d Dis
trlct, deceased,
GREETING:
wHtRE,s. said court has assiy cd the sth
day Of Feb. re,t 70, eyamni w d al" vii y
the &c 'ount The Execut tx tn estate of
sad c asAd NJ fra dtcr of he resi- u
Of sid estate 10 tn lawful C 1iman's OF IN ..
same or ere tha public noi,c tn, rec {
h-g give 20 all te son inie est. d IN sal p ~ c
by 'shins 50 'uer the weeks III es i've
ly previ .s TO the "A, assigned. H. IN tnni e
II Eve l tanner. ne~spiper ubisbed at
He nil gron In ~ id Is ist.
TttRE ORE. 'cu ere hsr by otinsd TO ap
pear a the r,iba'e Office 1 BENIN gton in
said dist lit. on III, osy assi< ed I On ana
there co test the aIlowan # a d rceount
II you ss'- cause. and e. ablish your right as
heirs, esaiees and lawiu, cIaimauis to said
rsi ue.
Give Under my hand, this 18th day JAN
uafy, 49,.
AMY H. HAR SOUR. Register
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
ESTATE OF JOSEPH J. sTREETeR

STATE vEHMO~T r @ onor.
~ District of Bennington, So. ab Probat
Court f. r the District aior said:
To ali persons Interested In the estate of
joe h J ~ ter. late of Bead-boro In saio
Distric. deceased. GREETING
WHEREAS. said Court has assigned the h
day of eb. next for exa ming and sl owing
tn account II fh- Adm,ni traJ r of he estate
Of said de y, ased an f,r decree uf th- resi-.
due OF saId cs'ate O Z he lawtui claimants of tn
same. and ordered HIT public notice thereof be
give. TO all pers ,os Interested In sa estate by
publishing this rder three weeks successfully
previous to the day assigned, in the Benning cn
Evening Banner. a newspaper published at Ben
ninGt''n, In said District.
THEREFORE you are hereby notified to APP
pear At the Probate Office IN Remington In
s.id district, on the day assigned, then and there
70 contest the allowance Of said account II
you see cause, and 20 establish your right as
reidre.
Given under my hand. this 18th day of Jan
AMY n. HARBOUR, Register
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
Worms Easily Removed

Mother, If your child whines, is fret
full and cries out in sleep, he is prob
ably suffering from worms. These
parasites drain his vitality, and make
him more susceptible to serious di-
seases. Quickly and safely kill and
remove the worms from your childs
system with Kickapoo Worm Killer
This pleasant candy laxative in tablet
form quickly relieves the trouble and
your child brightens up. Get Kicka.
poo Worm Killer at your Druggist,
Csc
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
TO FILL VACANCIES
IN OFFICE Of
U.S.. SENATOR
CudWurth pill Unanimously Pass
ed By The House This Morning
RETAIN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS
State House Stirred by Rumors That
Commissioner Titcomb Would
Resign.

Montpelier, Feb. 1.-The house to-
day passed the bill introduced by Rep
resentative Cudworth of Londonderry
providing for special elections to fill
vacancies in the office of United Unit
ed States senator
The house also adopted unanimous
ly the joint resolution to maintain the
Randolph and Lyndon agricultural
schools. The resolution was endorsed
in excellent speeches by Representa-
tives Metzger of Randolph and Fen
ton of Rutland
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01

lating to witness and jurors fees to
be 50 per day.
II. 1S1, by Mr., Dunham Of Brattle-
boro: relating to cemeteries, provides
for repairs by selectmen.
II. 1872, by Mr.. Perrin of Hartford; /;
to provide that cattle sold within the
state be tested with tuberculin.
II. 1888, by Mr. Bronson Of Shafts
bury, to appropriate certain sum for
the determination of grasshoppers;
appropriates $1,000 for the purpose of
exterminating grasshoppers; to be ex-
pended under direction of the com
missioner of agriculture.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Know Your Condition.


y Careful Investigations have =:
y shown that the physically per y.
y feet man is almost impossible to .:
y find. Almost every one who has =;
- reached the age of thirty has -
y some impairment or defect Of his y:
y body. =:
. 1t may be only defective ~
y tooth or single digestive dis y:
y turbance. or it may he trouble y:
,e with the kidneys that will de- y.
- velop into Brights disease IL it =:
- Is not attended to promptly. ~
~ Ont of 1000 men and women y
" examined 20 per cent were found =:
y to have impairments of more y
Y: or less serious nature. while all "
v the remaining so per cent had -
3: some defects of a minor charac- "
- ter. =:
Are you sure you are physical =:
y Iy perfect? If you are not. you y:
y had better arrange for careful y
y medical examination. Little de- "
y fects or impairments If neglect ~
Y ed may cause untold suffering ~
y and loss. Discover them In time Y:
y by having your body inspected. "
- -
80. =: y: y =: ~ se y: y =: X " .s ~ ~ ~ "
"Xaymaca." combination OF two
words signifylng water and wood,
from which the name Jamaica is de-
rived. describes exactly the character
istics of the island.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
Lingering Coughs Are Dangerous

Get rid of that tickling cough that
keeps you awake at night and drains
your vitality and energy. DR.. King S
New Discovery is a pleasant balsam
remedy, antiseptic, laxative and
promptly effective. 1t soothes the ir'
ritated membrane and kills the cold
germs; your cough is soon relieved.
Delay is dangerous-get DR.. King S
New Discovery at once. For nearly
fifty years it has been the favorite
remedy for grippe, Group, coughs and
colds. Get a bottle today at your
Druggist, 50c
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01


New York, Feb, 1.-Orders were is
sued to the torpedo boat stationed at
Quarantine to preserve neutrality and
not to permit any vessel. either neu-
trail or flying the flag of one of the
belligerents, TO pass out last night.
The order applied not only to steam
ships but to tugboats. Several tug
boats which passed quarantine early
in the evening before the order was
issued were compelled to return to
port. The purpose OF the order was
not disclosed.
Commander Upham. aide to Admiral
Usher, commandant of the New York
Navy Yard. declined to comment in
any way upon the order.
II was learned late tonight that the
order closing the Port of New York
was issued by Dudley Field Malone.
Collector of the Port. in whom is vest
ed absolute authority and sole re.
sponsibility for the maintenance of
the neutrality of this port.
Rumors that the crews of the Ger
man ships interned at Hoboken would
attempt to scuttle the vessels and de-
stroy the machinery in the event of
war. sprang up everywhere last even
ing as soon as the German note was
made public Collector of the Port
Dudley Field Malone, whose Neutrali-
ty Squad is in charge Of the super
vision of the ships, called up Chief of
Police Patrick Hayes of Hoboken, who
was attending the annual patrolmen's
ball, and the Chief, with half dozen
plain-clothes men, left the dance and
hurried down to the piers to reinforce
the eleven men of the Neutrality
Squad on guard there. Deputy Col
lector George F. Lamb was present.
thorough search made by the neu-
trality guards under Roundsman Miles
disclosed no evidence of any prepara-
tions to justify the rumors. The
Hamburg-American and North Ger
man Lloyd liners have been tied up
at the piers for two years and half,
during which time there has been no
opportunity to drege out the slips. so
it was said that they were practically
lying in the mud. and that scuttling
them would be rather pointless.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01

German government at the same
time begs to express its confidence
that the American government will
warn American ships against enter
ing the barred zones described in the
annex and also will warn its citizens
against taking passage on or confid-
ing goods to ships plying to ports in
the barred zone"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
COLLECTOR LIFTS
ORDER CLOSING
NLW YORK PORT
expected Restriction Will Go Into
Effect Again Tonight
ORDERS FROM WASHINGTON
Two Destroyers Stationed OFF Port
To Enforce Observance of Neu-
trality Laws.

New York, Feb. AFTER stationing
a police guard over the German
steamers interned at Hoboken and
other docks in the vicinity the order
issued by Collector Malone closing
the port of New York was lifted to-
day. 1t is expected that the order
will go into effect again tonight as it
did last night. The order closing the
port is reported to have come from
Washington. Two destroyers are
stationed off the port to enforce III
neutrality laws.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
or VERMONT.

St TATE OF VERMONT, TIE Honor
- listrct OF Benuington lss. a le Probate
Court fU. the Dirrict aforesaid:
To all tersots interssttd in the es ate OF
II nrv A. Keith, late OF Reads ORC. ip said
ID st'i "a ce~td,rntnig ce "kGErlNG;4
WHERE rs. "a Court has assigned the 9th
d ~ of Eeuruary next for examining and al.
10 ing the ecoount of ire Admins
istrat r Of tire estste of saio u ceased and Tor
q d cree o. tn residue of saiu to 10 The
lawlu vl imants or he ane, and ordered that
pu bic otice thereof be given TO all persons
int rested In sad G tate by publ, hing this or
dee thfe1 weeks uccess v,lv previous to the
DAY ass IN d, IN the hin tou EN Neniny Ban
ner; new paper puol shed at Bennington, In
said District.
T BR FORE. you sre hereby o'iied to ap-
pea- at the Pro- ATE Once IN aennipsf on. in
sal District. on the day assigned th and
there to on est the allowance ~ said account
IT you see ca SO a d esta 1lisa your right es
~ ira, legate . ana la fu claimants 10 said res
iduo.
Given under my hand this nth day Of Jan.
uarJ. .9l7.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
KAISER TURNS HIS
U-B0ATS LOOSE ON
ALL SHIPPING
lJnstricted Submarine Warfare
Will Begin Today
BARRED ZONES ESTABLISHED
Hope OF Peace Gone and United
States Confronted by Serious
Situation.

Washington, Feb. 1.--At noon today
Secretary Lansing arrived at the
white house with what was reported
to be the reply of the state depart
ment to Germany's declaration of un-
restricted submarine warfare.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
SOUTH sHAFTsBURY

The primar and intermediate rooms
viii hold food sale Friday afternoon
at o'clock at the school house.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont probably rain tonight and
Friday. Friday much colder.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01
MOVIE NOTES

up-to-Date News of Flmland and
Film Actors.
Alice Brady receives so many
letters from young girls asking for
her picture and autograph that she
has been abliged to engage a private
secretary TO see her correspondence
properly attended TO. Miss Alice de-
votes two evenings In each week to
writing her name on photographs,
and thanks goodness there are no
more syllables in Brady"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01

Nearly all of the late Broadway
stage successes have in their casts
one or more celluloid personalities.
Irving Cummings is playing in cob
ject, Matrimony;" Bruce McRae in
Come Out of the Kitchen and VIII
muth Merkya IN Miss Springtime.
In Los Angeles Neal Burns is doubl-
ing in elluloid-playing the lead in
THE Yankee Prince" at night and
capering in Christie comedies while
the sun Is doing business.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01

The Threads of Fate" MetroCo-
lumbia feature photo-drama, with
Viola Dana as star. Cameraman John
Arnold. at the suggestion of Eugene
Nowland who directed the picture,
has accomplished remarkable feat
of photography. There are seven
double exposures on one film. Fifteen
times the same piece went through
the camera, and il there had been a
variation of the thousandth of an inch
in the way Cameraman Arnold fed it
through the camera. it would have
been ruined. and the interesting ef-
feet planned by Director Nowland and
executed by Nowland would have
been spoiled
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01

The bars are up against the nude
in movies. Truth may be thinly clad,
but hereafter the human form must
be discretely draped in all screen pro-
ductions. Thus decreed the motion
picture producers who met recently in
New York to discuss the means for
counteracting the growing demand
for movie censorship. d. w. Griffith,
producer of 'The Birth of Nation,
called the meeting of the producers.
Their decision was finally that the on
ly way to combat censorship is by es-
tablishing a high standard for them
selves.
The formation of motion picture
are league which will establish an ir-
reducible minimum to govern cos
tunes in future picture productions
was urged by Mr.. Griffith "The first
of these standards will be the rule
that from this time forward all naked
figures will be barred from the screen
productions" 1t was announced. Other
equally rigid rules are contemplated
which will assure that no film will be
offensive to good taste or decency.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01

Gladys Cobun made her debut in
William Fox pictures in The Primi-
tive Call" Miss Coburn is practically
a newcomer to the movies for she
had been acting only a few months
when Mr.. Fox saw her on the screen
and engaged her for the lead in this
picture Gladys Coburn was born in
Paducah, KY. the state which has fur
nished the Fox company several of
its best actors. Miss Coburn studied
in q school of dramatic expression,
and made her stage debut with
Frank Craven In TOO Many Cooks"
This was the beginning of eighteen
months work on the stage.
"That eloquent and artistic pur-
yeyor of publicity at World Film
my esteemed friend Leander Richard
SON" said the Orator, "is authority
for the statement, the which / have
no reason to doubt. that, on Thanks
giving eve, Carlyle Blackwelrs Great
Dane went forth and distracted from
a butchershop an eighteen pound tur-
key which he proceeded to eat It
cost Carlyle $720"
THAT dog would be a valuable ac-
QUESTION" said the Gentle Critic, ito
any well regulated and perfectly hon
est family, If he had been taught to
retrieve
Evening star., 1917-03-04

Portable clothes of civilian that feel
must speak to you.
| have always insisted that war cor
respondent can make more friends in a
golf costume than in war correspond
ent's garb.
"Mon Dieu! Are you tourist" This
from another soldier.
"Don't be fool. He must be CORE
spondant de guerre." This from third
They invited me to their dugout on the
mountain side gave me hot drink con-
sisting of nineteen parts rum and one part
tea, and then started to pump me-
ave go from here tomorrow. Have
you heard that news back in Salonica?"
had not.
81 hear that we are to be taken to Egypt
to fight along the Suez Canal. Egypt is
beautiful in the winter
| had heard no such rumor.
well, then, have you heard at head
quarters that we are to be moved at all?"
No, hadn't.
well, we are sure we are going some
place away from here. All the soldiers
are talking about it,"
Didn't Know They Were Running
Away
THESE men were under good general
The next day they were to retreat
toward Greece: they were going to run and
not be scared. Thirty thousand of them
were going to fall back ninety miles with
out flutter of fear, though outnumbered
six to one. In their retreat from Serbia
sat with these Frenchmen at their camp
fires and in their tents, talking with them
playing poker; but never once did | hear
a private soldier mention the idea of
retreat.
General Sarrail told us, after his troops
had safely reached Greek soil. "Near
Krvolak permitted large store of sup
plies to accumulate within six hundred
meters of the enemy, and | lost twenty
men who tried to save them. Otherwise
| am satisfied with the results.
The fourth retreat was that of Colonel
Vassich, the defender of Monastir, and
the last Serbian commander to leave the
soil of his native land. 1t was the blind
faith of the Serbians in Colonel Vassich,
and their unreasoning obedience, that
made their retreat from the southwestern
corner of Serbia an orderly one
Here is where we make our last stand"
Colonel Vassich explained to three Amer
lean correspondents whom he took to the
front two days before his retreat. We
saw that a trench which ran along the
face of hill skirted small stone monu-
ment in such Il way that the monument
itself, queer piece of carving standing
solitary in the bleak Macedonian country
side, formed shelter for several of the
small band of Serbans whom the Colonel
had selected to hold off the Bulgar rush.
"This monument, you see, marks the