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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
MORE REVENUE NEEc.ED
Petition of Berkshire Lines Given
Public Hearing.

Pittsheld. Oct. 2.-The street rail-
way investigation committee of the
State Legislature, with Senator
Joseph w. Martin. chairman, presid-
ing. held a spiltie. hearing at the
municipal building tonight after find
ing the aldermanic chamber at the
City Hall too small to hold the inter
ested citizens of Pittsiield and towns
served by the Berkshire Street Raif
way company. There were more
men who are financially interested in
the bonds of street railways present
and eager to speak than ultimate con
sumers of mileage only and the opin-
|. ion seemed to be that Something
ought to be done" to relieve the EN-
barrassed condition OF the Berkshire
lines, which are struggling along now,
according to Manager c. Q. Rich
mond, with deficit that seldom runs
below 100000 a year.
The interesting facts developed
were that about $4,000 in street rail
way bonds are held in this section,
one Pittsfield bank holding third
OF this amount; that the Berkshire
street railway pays its president,
Howard Elliot, only S125 year as
salary; that the railway company
owns two parts, Berkshire Park and
Hoosac Valley Park, which give them
no revenue save from the extra fares
from Sunday school picnickers and
such parties.
Suggestions for six or seven
cent zone fare system were made by
several persons and only one sugges-
tion of curtailed service, this from
General Electric foreman. Thomas
Murray, who thought there were too
many cars on the outskirts, but want
ed cut rate tickets for workmen
Criticism of the Public Service
Commission for putting its o. H., on
street railway stock and other rail
road stock was frank and outspoken.
Judge E. r. Slocum.of the Probate
Court said an estate passes through
his hands today in which there was
a depreciation of S150OO0 in New
York, New Haven Il Hartford rail.
road stock w. d. Wyman of the
Berkshire Life Insurance company
suggested what Is needed is a practi-
cal business man on the Public Serv-
ice Commission. Replying to state
ments that there is much watered
stock in railroads. Redmond Walsh
said the Public Service Commission
put it there by recommending it as
sound investment.
H. C. Storrs, vice president of the
Berkshire Street Railway company;
Bentley w. Warren, attorney for the
Massachusetts Street Railway Asso-
citation, and Homer Loring, repre-.
sentative of the Massachusetts Street
Railway Security Owners Associa-
ton, were present, but Manager C.
Q. Richmond of the Berkshire lines
did the talking for the railway an
lswering questions mostly Mayor
Moulton of Pittsfeld favored in
creased fares, but not the abolish
ment of the excise tax while Mayor
Whitaker of North Adams favored
abolishing excise taxes and wanted
increased fares G. c. Chesney, man
ager of the General Electric plant.
thought railroads are tied up too
tightly by the state in their fran
chises, which force them to increase
their operating expenses by snow re.
moval from streets, etc. Mr. Rich.
mond said the bonded Indebtedness
of the railway Is $1,6O0,0O0, with in.
terest on this of from $4,000 to
$4,000 year
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
GERMAi :<|;!yE
IN BELGlS.1
HARDPRESSED
British Getting Near Ostend-
Lille Railway
FRENCH AIR RAIDS
Drop Tons of Bombs on German Cit
les In ReprisaI For the Ger
man Air Raids.


Since the middle of last week the
German armies in Flanders daily have
been trying to wrest from the British,
the territory taken from them in the
recent big offensive of Field Marshal
Haig. Crown Prince Rupprecht of
Bavaria yesterday attacked on the
Ypres sector, where the british are
seriously threatening his communica-
tion line with the Belgium coast The
British gunners again wrought havoc
among the attacking waves and dis
persed the Germans with heavy cas-
ualties, aIS1 retained all their posi-
tions intact.
There still is no indication of the
time set by Field Marshal Haig for the
renewal of his efforts to press on to-
ward the Ostend, Lille railway, but he
is steadily keeping up his pounding OF
the German trenches with his masses
of artillery of all calibers.
Although the German war Office as
serts that in Tuesdays fighting along
the eastern bank of the Meuse, in the
Verdun sector, the Germans captured
a 1200-yard section Of the French
trenches, the French official communi-
cation makes no mention of this and
asserts merely that violent artillery
fighting and spirited patrol engage
ments took place.
While British and French airmen
continue their bombing operations
against the German submarine base at
Zeebrugge and points of military i'm
portance behind the lines, the French
aviators are keeping up their attacks
on German towns and cities in repri-
sal for the shelling by German aircraft
of the open town of Bar lie Due. More
than 1900 pounds of explosives are re-
ported to have been dropped on
numerous German settlements, among
them the famous town of Baden,
famed as health resort.
Likewise the Italians are giving the
Austrians little respite from aerial in
cursions, again having dropped four
tons of projectiles on military OBJ
jectives at Pola, the great Austrian
naval base on the Adriatic, and bomb
ed other points of military advan-
tage. In addition, the Italians have
repulsed decisively another slopes of
Monte San Gabrielle, Austrian attack
on the western in the Goria sector.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
THE PATRIOTIC SPIRIT
Inspired Anew BY the Brave Boys
Going to War

Ben Venue, Oct. 3, 1917 Editor of
The Banner: While it may make no
difference to them, it seems fitting
that the boys who left town for camp
today should know how much their
cheerful and courageous bearing af-
fected and inspired those who saw
them CO. | do not know how others
felt, but as the train pulled out of the
station, | had to swallow hard
to keep down lump in my throat
and as / drove my car toward the
Anthony crossing, for last goodbye
there was a mist before my eyes.
There was at the same time feeling
of new courage and fresh hope for our
country's future The old spirit still
lives and our stately monument
marks the home and not the grave OF
patriotism.
These boys have gone in defence
of our homes and our rights just as
truly as did the men who went from
Bennington in August l777. They have
gone to fight the fire on our neigh
bor's land that it may not sweep our
own. And what fire it isl Kindled
from the flames of hell, fed with the
lust of conquest. ii threatens ito de-
stroy all that makes life worth living
or the earth dwelling place fit for
men.
The boys have gone Inspired by
their example shall we not resolve to
do our part as best we may, each ac-
cording to his opportunity, with pa
tience and self sacrifice in carrying
on to a successful issue the war in
which these boys have gone to fight.
God bless the boys! God keep the
boys. God bring them safely home!
Yours very truly,
Jas. C. Colgate.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
FENN-euReEss
Westminster Young Man Takes Sen
nlngton Bride.

nlngton Bride.
Miss Jessie Mary Burgess, daughter
of MIR and Mrs. George r. Burgess
of the Burgess Road and Howard
Peters Fem of Westminster, VT,
were quietly married Wednesday at
the Baptist parsonage by Rev. w G.
Towart The bride wore dress of
Peacock blue silk and picture hat
They were attended by Miss Jennie
Burgess who wore a navy blue silk
sharmeuse dress and Fred Fem, a
brother of the groom acted as best
man.
Following the ceremony they left
by automobile for wedding trip eX
tending through New Hampshire,
Massachusetts and New York. They
are followed by the best wishes of
their many friends.
The bride was graduate of the
bennington high school, class of 1912
and for the past three years has been
"a successful teacher in Westminster
where by her kind and pleasing man
ner has gained many friends.
The groom is prosperous young
farmer and dairyman. He is highly
esteemed by his fellow townspeople
On their return they will reside at
Westminster
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
Ordinary Nuxated Iron viii Make
Delicate, Nervous, Rundown Peo
Pile 100 Per Cent. Stronger
in Two Weeks Time in
Many Cases

New York, N. Y.,--Most people fool
ishly seem to think they are going to
get renewed health and strength from
some stimulating medicine, secret
nostrum or narcotic drug, said DR.. H..
Sauer, a Boston physician who has
studied widely both in this country
and in Great European medical insti-
tutions when, as matter OF fact, real
and true strength can only come from
the food you eat But people often
fail to get the strength out Of their
blood to enable it to change food into
living matter. From their weakened,
nervous condition they know some
thing is wrong, but they can't tell
what, so they generally. commence
doctoring FOR stomach, liver or kidney
trouble or sym mptoms of some other
ailment caused by lack of iron in the
blood This thing may 60 on for
years while the patient suffers untold
agony. If you are not strong or well,
you owe 1t to yourself to make the
following test: See how long you can
work or how far you can walk with
out becoming tired. Next take two
five-grain tablets of ordinary nuvated
iron three tines per days after meals
for two weeks. Then test your
strength again and see for yourself
how much you have gained. / have
seen dozens of nervous, rundown
people who were ailing all the while,
double their strength and endurance
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
MAKING PLANS
FOR MORE MEN
AT WESTF|ELD
Gen. Sweetser Says They Are
to Come
MORE ROOM AVAILABLE
Payroll sised But Men Do Not Look
For Their Money For at
Least Week.
MORE ROOM AVAILABLE

Camp Bartlett, hampton Plains,
Oct. 3.-Preparations are still being
made at Camp Bartlett to receive
members of the drafted forces from
Aver. Col NJ. j. Healy efethe First
New Hampshire is TO move his camp
from the center of the old depot
brigade position to point near the
present camp OF the 104th Infantry
Lieut.. Col. Damon of the Sixth
Massachusetts, Is to move the quar-
ters of that regiment to point just
beyond the quarters of the headquar
ters and military police train, extend
ing his line through the camps occu-
pied formerly by the two troops of
the Second Cavalry and the Eighth
Massachusetts, While t'ci. Thomas OF
the First Vermont viii lay out the
camp of an entire regiment from his
present position down through the
lines OF the First New Hampshire
and adjoining the new post of the
Sixth Massachusetts.
In an interview today Brig. Gen.
Sweetser substantated the under
standing of the officers of the four
infantry regiments at Westfield He
said:
Il know nothing about this rumor,
he said, but have no doubt what
ever, but that / will get the drafted
men. have got to have them to take
the place OF the men who are already
being sent away. We are already en-
listing men, but they are coming
slowly, because we are taking only
good men We are finely situated to
receive men at once, with every
facility for feeding, housing and
training them. The chances are that
we will be ordered to Charlotte, N c.
before the first of November, and
these drafted men all want to come
with us"
Z was pointed out this morning 1t
headquarters that il men wess sent
from Camp Devens at Aver to the De
rot Brigade at Nestfield. it woI.d ie-
leve The congestion which - said to
he very great a, Aver and srowin-
greater as the percentages of drafted
men arrive in camp 1t was saii this
morning that when the camp receives
81 per cent OF the draf,al men neXt
capacity. with no room ior the ) per
cent. VINO will ,epo"t oct II.
The men absent without leave have
been rounded up, and the reports
show marked improvement in the
discipline of the camp and lessen
ing in the numbers of men who are
taking chances when allowed to
leave on pass The presence and
efforts of the military police have
been in n large measure responsible
for the improvement in conditions,
Acting under instructions from
the war department to advance the
sale of bonds for the second Liberty
Loan, Col. Ballentine has named a
committee of three officers 10 take
charge of the subscriptions to the
latest bond issue among the soldiers
in canp at Westlield. drive for
subscriptions IS TO be made among
the men VINO are fighting the ma
tons battles The chairman of the
Liberty Loan board is Mai. Tinker OF
the First Vermont Infantry, and as
sociated with him are Mai Orville f.
Game of the First New Hampshire
Infantry and Capt Nelson of the
Eighth Massachusetts Infantry
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
|CC|)NSCR|P AT
AVER ALL IN |
GOOD ORDER
Are lnocuIated to Prevent
Typhoid
MAKES MANY MEN ILL
Departure of Units of the 2eth c,ivis-
ion Leaves Plenty of Space
For New Troops.
MAKES MANY MEN ILL

Camp Devens, Aver, Oct. 3.--One
million dollars from Camp Deyens for
Uncle Sans Second Liberty Loan.
This is the new slogan of the camp,
for it was decided today to raise that
sum among officers and men. Lieut.
Col. q. X. Massey, judge advocate, viii
be in charge Of the campaign here and
clock to measure the daily progress
viii be erected in front OF division
headquarters
Col. Massey expects TO raise $780,
900 among the officers alone and there
will be intense rivalry between the
various commands Tor highest rank in
contributions. The men may buy
their bonds in instalments il they
wish.
Men from Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont and Rhode Island slipped in
so camp this afternoon and tonight
without creating even a ripple in the
cantonment life. There were 203l
of them, as follows: Maine, 72S,
New Hampshire, 29S; Rhode Island,
sS4; Vermont, 271. They were ali
safely in their hunks at 10 o'clock to-
night.
verbal order came from division
headquarters today giving post ex-
changes authority to sell all the soft
drinks and tonics officially prohibited
Monday with the exception of near
beer. This positively must not be
sold in the cantonment, Arrange
ments are being made by Capt. A. r.
Brown, assistant to the chief of staff,
to have returns from the worlds Sc
ries games received in every build
ing in camp by innings.
There were two big events in the
depot brigade today. One was the ac-
tual signing of the payroll and the
other was the second anti-typhoid
incubation. In the army the men
sign receipts for their pay about
week before they get it, SO the boys
feel that they may expect what little
IS coming to them in a week or so.
1t is understood at present that the
captains will pay their companies OF
with funds furnished by the paymas-
ter. as this will facilitate the work.
The inoculation was completed this
morning and by mid-afternoon hun
dreds of the men We're almost pros
trated with headaches and mighty
sore arms Where the tiny needle
jsbbed their arms, swollen Jumps ap
peared and it was not many hours
before the accompanying headache
and stiff muscles raised havoc with
the companies. -
A brigade school for the instruc-
ton of recruits unable to speak
English was started today under the
direction of Capt Leslie c. Wells.
The company commanders have had
great difficulty in trying TO make
some of their men understand their
duties and orders and say surpris-
ing number of men cannot speak or
understand enough English TO obey
orders. These men will be picked
out by their captains and sent for an
hour each day to Capt. Wells for IN.
structlon
The Depot Brigade football team
Will play the 302 Field Artillery team
on the field opposite the main en-
trance to the camp Saturday after
noon. collection will be taken in
the brigade for money TO buy uni
forms and equipment for the men who
make the team. Later an all star
from Camp Dix in New Jersey.
team from the camp will play team
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
eUss AT sPARTANs5uRe
Bennington Boy Now at One CT the
Big Southern Camps

Ansel Buss, Bennington boy, who
enlisted early in the war with com
pany NJ of the New York national
guard, has written the Banner a letter
from Spartansburg, s. c., the site OF
one OF the big army camps in the
south. Pete" as the Bennington
boy is generally known writes thai
he is unable to understand why tae
country below Mason and Dixons llne
is called the Sunny South" He had
been in South Carolina two days al
the time the letter was written and
the rain was coming down every min
ute. 1t would appear from the letter
that Pete" has received his first in
PRODUCTION to the red clay OF the south
and doesn't like the mess it makes III
rainy weather.
The camp, he writes, is located in
the mountains and is large enough
to accommodate $4,000 men. There
are already $1,000 on the ground and
more are coming every day. Pete
and his fellow soldiers arrived al
Spartansburg when the rain was com
ing down in sheets and they marched
about three miles through the slippery
clay camp.
Drills began the day after the men
reached camp, where they are being
taught the use of the bayonet and how
to go over the top" Like many Of
the soldiers Pete is weary OF the
monotony Of camp life and is hoping
that he will be sent soon to France,
where he can be of some use.
The Bennington boys address Is
Corp. Ansel Buss, company NJ, End N
Y. N. G., Spartansburg, S. c., and he
will be more than pleased to have
some of his friends write to that ad-
dress.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
LETTER FROM MRS. pEPEW
Work of Her Hospital Behind the
French Lines.

Work of Her Hospital Behind the
French Lines.
A recent letter from Mrs. Depew
describes the work which is now be-
ing done under the Red Cross super
vision. to enlarge the capacity of
Chateau d'Annel, she writes as fol
lows:
Il wish you could see the lawn! II
looks like lumber yard and my
splendid crops of beans and potatoes
will not be as large as | had hoped
on account of the new huts. There
is a baraQue on the tennis court,
which gives it curious appearance:
and so far they have put up three
others. The operating and radio
buildings viii be up in. about six
weeks and until then we shall use the
old one. We are opening on Thurs
day with 55 beds-only those in the
Chateau, and as soon as each hut is
ready will add on till the whole 300
are ready. 1t is an enormous under
taking and l only hope all will go
we'll The staff of surgeons Is not yet
complete but like the rest, will grow
with time. When the hospital is
complete it will be wonderful one,
think; we shall not know our mod
est little ambulance of the front. The
Red Cross is spending $4,000 on the
improvement and furnishings and will
take half the upkeep. | wrote about
the wonderful river boat ! had had
put at my disposal, and hope it
will be ready in six weeks, In the
meantime we shall get the wounded
from Compiegne. We feel now that
we are commencing another lap of
this war. When will it ever endi"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
TWO FAILED, TO REPORT
One Conscientious oblector, Other
Native of Austria.

Two Bennington county registrants
contingent of selected draft men on
Wednesday morning failed to report.
One is Victor Luther Brophy of Dor
set, who is understood to be con-
scientious objector to war and who
has lately been engaged in religious
work of some kind. The other is
Vigilio Zecchini, a native OF Austria,
living at Readsboro and who has sew
eral brothers in the Austrian army
Aecchini has declared his intentions
to become an American citizen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
TEUToNs BUILD TANKS

Experimental One is Armed With 8
Inch Cannon.
French Front in France. Oct. g.
The Germans are experimenting with
tank armed with three inch can
non and machine guns.
Tho forward end of the tank is
fitted with O spurlike ram. while the
upper part bears a superimposed cup
ola and the armored plates descend
sufficiently to protect the caterpillar
wheels, which thus are almost invis-
iblc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE-No. Ford roadster,
excellent bargain If taken at once
Inquire Enos Adams, Soap Factory,
County street, TO-"
.BOST-Brown marabou neck piece
between Gokay's Drug store and VIII
Jamestown Wednesday afternoon. Re-
ward If returned to Mrs. c. e. Welles,
tel 109M. 9t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
CANADA TO DRAFT AMERICANS
Ottawa and Washington Negotiating
Reciprocal Agreement.

Ottawa, Oct. 3.-Negouations are
under way, it is understood, between
Ottawa and Washington with a view
to bringing Americans of military,
age resident in Canada within the
scope of the Canadian draft law.
Canadian residents in the United
States would similarly be affected un-
der the American law.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
AMERICAN SCHOONER SUNK

London, Oct. 4.-The American
schooner, Annie f. Condor, has been
sunk by the shellfire of a submarine
off the Scilly Islands, the admiralty
reported today. The crew of eight
was landed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04

Pacifsts continually forget that
this country did not declare war on
Germany, but merely recognized a
state of war that Germany had been
making on us for woefully long pc
riod.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont clearing tonight or Friday,
cooler Friday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
WESTERN GERMANY DARK
Precautions Are Being Taken Against
Allied Air Raids

Berlin, Oct. 4-The German mill
tary authorities have issued orders
that ell lights in the governmental
district of Dusseldorf and a grea, por-
tion OF Westphalia must be darkened
at night, according to the General
Anzeiger of Essen Similar preeau
tions against air raids are being taken
at other points
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04

London Oct 4.-The British struck
today east of Ypres on a wide front,
Field Marshal Haig reported in the
first official communication he has
made in several days. A large mum
Der of prisoners have already been
taken
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-04
HAle BEGINS BIG DRIVE

BrltIsh Push INTO German Line over
Mile.
Paris, Oct 4.--The British advanc-
ed more than a mile into the German
tine today in what is believed to be
vne of the greatest battles of the war
and which has been preceded by a
week of intense artillery fire.
Gen. Haig struck early this morn
ing and the number of prisoners al
ready brought to the rear runs into
four figures.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-20

HtSt IIItH dIIU UIHVTS ITUTH al
over this countrv will rannrt at.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-20

southwest Of Baxter Springs at
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-20

lness, and ln Baxter,s present
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Market Specials

Fancy Dressed Hens, per pound 23c
Fancy Dressed Springs, per lib SOC
All poultry dressed by our own man,
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TvINY.PORED
I EMDER E!,!; En-. R,o.,,.
i HIN-SLICEABLE

struck with the better-neSS or
the MILK MADE Butter
Krust. And this fast increas-
ing demand helps repay the
Butter-Krust bakers for the
extra trouble and expense it
takes to make it the milky
way.
To get the most bread
quality for your money, call
for bread by name. Say
"Butter-Krust." 1t costs no
more than the ordinary kind
even though it is MILK
MADE. You'll appreciate the
difference. Order it from
your grocer's next time you
are out of bread.
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Mlkman Plead, Guilty Joe ware of
ryril Okla. pleaded guilty TODAY n
Aupd1rku 10 violating the law governing
pnl" NJ Impure crrnm, according "a IL re-.
port received hv Frank NJ Gault. presl.
don't ~ the state hoard of agriculture
from ,itovor G. WalmslcN county sttor.
n"N ~ Daddo count,