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The Detroit times., 1917-02-08


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nsnaass - God shipping STOCK
g. Gt15 lunch
Bess--Dried Limas. sisQioc.
CshbaEe-sz Per 100 IbF.. new. $50
Gf7s Per crate
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No. !. isgi7c pTr n
Dressed Hogs Light. lfdfSc:
heavy. i1ui1c per 10.
Fr.-h N.xrtRhi-. -Gr..- pepp-ra
soc basket. raflsheE. IS e f0c doE.;
parsley son-Gc o0= rucump~rs
hot house. 81 L2s. carrotA ii.1s Per
bu BRUSSELS sprouts. sc quart calf
fprnia csiery -.Le 4ti-2G ds1.- Florida
q r1etn~s. - sH0 per S-basKet crate.
csulinowst. g. Is coE. lettuce. l5cisc
per 10
6rsp- FruIt-t3 So9l per crate.
hssey-f ancE white. is0iTe. az
trRrfesi. aEt0c 10
Hay-Dstroit shippers are payins
the following prices for sailed hay Ia
far tots o. b. Dets OF No. ! ttmo-
thy. tit.S06is standard timothy.
Jl1 5DDit. light niyeG, filS09tt.
Nc. timothy. tzHi3. No. mixed.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-08
Produce

An advance % i8c was reported
fer the sugar market this morning.
but aside from this the market was
unchanged from yesterday. some
disQuletluk reports az 90 damage 20
the vegetable crop in the far south
% fr0st are being received and with
the daily receipts AL showing more
or less damage from cold IN transit
the offerings are not only light. but
take q lot OF rehandltng. Butter 10
slcS and acts heavy. Eggs are liable
u break almost any day. nov. but
for the present the demand u easily
taking care % al the receipts. EN-
press receipts OF poultry are very
IEht and dealers are G@pending
mainly on car lot shipments from the
southwest for suppAsA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
TO SCHOOL CHILDREN
Thanked For Work in Aiding to Pro-
mote Public Health.


To the school children who helped
in the sale OF Red Cross Christmas
seals:
The Vermont Association for the
Prevention of tuberculosis has in
structed me to express it's apprecia
ton to the school children in the
state who so generously aided in the
sale of Red Cross Christmas seals
The money you collected for the seals
is used, as you know, to stop the
spread of the disease, tuberculosis
This disease exists and kills a great
many people largely because many
parents neglect TO see to it that their
children have plenty of fresh air day
and night.
With part of the money from the
seals our Association will help to
provide proper care for those who
are sick. The rest, it will use to tell
your parents about fresh air and other
things that are necessary to protect
others from this disease. You have
helped to raise the money for this
work and the Association is most
grateful to you Later the writer
hopes to tell you how you can help
still more in stopping the spread of
tuberculosis and other unnecessary
diseases.
Most sincerely yours,
Harold w. Slocum, Secy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
BOARD POs1P0NES
ACTION ON MOTOR
FIRE TRUCKS
No Conclusion Reached at Special
Trustee Meeting laSttvening
ADJOURNED TO WEDNESDAY MIG 7
Village President Appoints Standing
Committees and Special Commit
tees on Surface Sewers

The board Of trustees held a special
meeting Monday evening. President
A. w. Braisted presided. Trustees
Nash, North, McGurn, Morrissey,
Burt and Wills were present and
Clerk w p. Hogan and Corporation
Attorney f. c. Bennett were in at
tendance.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose OF considering the purchase of
three motor fire trucks in accordance
with the vote at the annual village
meeting on March 20 and the larger
portion of the two and one-half hour
of the proposal. When the meeting
was adjourned 1t was with the under
standing that the trustees should
meet again Wednesday evening for
the same purpose.
Two representatives of fire apparat-
us manufacturing companies were
present at the meeting. One appear
ed for the I4afrance Fire Engine com
pany and the manufacturer of the Vim
fire motor truck was represented by
Perry B. Gardner. The adjournment
was taken in order that the board
might have more information from
the representatives OF the different
concerns
An offer was made by the Lafrance
company to deliver three trucks to the
village f.. o. b. Bennington on trial
for 120 days without expense with the
understanding that at the end of the
period. provided the trucks proved
satisfactor,- that the company should
be paid $500 for the three pieces of
apparatus Il is expected that Mr..
Gardner will deliver a definite pro-
posal to the trustees Wednesday eve
ming and other may be received at
that time. Aal aEl rl sets
aH President Braisted announced the
following standing committees for the
coming year; rrlif
Finance-S A. Burt, w. H. Wills,
J. F. McGurn.
Streets-W. II. Wills. John Nash,
H. b. North.
Fire--H. B. North, ]. P. McGurn,
John Nash.
Lights. p McGurn, Guy S. Har-
bour. S. A. Burt.
Sewers-Guy S. Harbour. J. p Nor
rissey, S. A. Burt.
Police-John Nash, H. B. North.
]. p. Morrissey.
Curb and Gutter-J. F. Morrissey,
s. A. Burt. Guy s. Harbour.
President Braisted at the annual
village meeting was instructed TO ap-
point committee of five to investi-
gate proposal TO build a surface sew
er. The committee was TO consist
of three members of the board of
trustees and two from out side the
board. The president at the meeting
announced this committee as follows:
From the board of trustees, J. p. Nor
rissey. John Nash, Guy S. Harbour;
citizen members, Municipal Judge e.
r. Holden and ex-Water Superinten-
dent John II. Mahon
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27

equipment. Figures showing the cost
of such supplies and equipment a.
will be needed If the regiment II
called out have been obtained with
the result that ! am of the opinion
that in case of the failure OF the ma
tional government to supply US, 1t
will cost from 10000 to 100000 dol.
lars to properly equip and put into
the field a full regiment Of POOP men
and So officers. In any event, the
State should see to it that its soldiers
ere properly equipped before being
sent into the field. AS We may, and
probably will, be called upon to do
more than furnish one regiment,
suggest that you appropriate at least
100000 dollars and safeguard its ex-
penditure. The treasurer should also
be given authority to borrow and
pledge the credit of the State for .
proper amount. While the governor
and the treasurer may have sufi1ient
authority at present, as the law now
stands, 1t will be safer to have an
appropriation and like borrowing au-
thority given to the treasurer. The
figures showing how this result has
been reached can be obtained from
the adjutant general.
To my mind the time to cease talk
ing and to act has come. Vermont
will as usual do her part and more
than her part. Patriotism does not
consist alone in following the colors
or in making patriotic speeches, or in
assuring each other of our love OF
country. but rather in each individuals
doing and continuing to do day by
day, his or her part n The former
should increase the acreage under the
plow: the mechanic. his hours OF la
Dor; the professional man should give
of his time to organization. An army
in the field must be properly fed and
clothed, and tended in health and sick
ness; and all OF these things must be
done by those who remain at home.
ask each one of you in your respec-
tive towns to look to it that these
things are done.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
BENNINGTON CALL
TO ENLIST NEW
CON ANY
Committee Asks Eligible Young
Men 10 Enroll
SEND NAMES TO CAPT. HANNOM
Bennington Has Always Taken Hon.
orabIe Part in Every Struggle This
Country Has Engaged In

The committee appointed at the pa
triotic meeting of the citizens of Ben
nington held recently in the high
school hall and commissioned to in
yestigate the matter of whether va
cancy existed in the Vermont National
Guard, with view to forming q com
pany in Bennington, held meeting
Monday evening and discussed the
situation,
The result of the deliberation of this
committee, composed of VIM. II. Mic
hols, Collins NJ. Graves and j. B. Han
non, is expressed in the following OPP
Ell letter to the men OF Bennington
and vicinity. This leaves a blank
space for the name and address of
each man interested. as well as other
particulars, which correspond to the
questions asked by the listers In their
enrolment for the state, and should
be clipped from the paper and mailed
to Capt Harmon. The letter follows:
To the Men OF Bennington and vi
cinity:
Bennington and the surrounding
towns have always been at the front
when troops have been needed for
national defense. Such demand
again confronts us. American life,
proprety and honor are attacked. I'm
der such circumstances there is a
feeling that a military company. for
the Vermont National Guard should
be formed here at once. Bennington
should be ready TO respond 10 the
first call for troops. which is now i'm
inent, rather than second and later
call. we are informed by the Adju-
tant General of the state, that he must
have enough men express willingness
to enlist, To warrant his assigning a
company to Bennington. To ascertain
how many would be interested in the
matter. all who would so volunteer are
requested to I'LL out the following
blank. cut out same, and return ii to
Capt. J. b. Harmon. Bennington, VT.
VIM. II. Nichols,
Collins NJ. Graves.
]. B. Harmon
committee appointed at the recent
Public meeting in the high school.
Name
Address
Age
Married or Single
Persons Dependent-uf ANY,
Previous Military Service
In signing this, declare that / do
not know of any physical defect
which would prevent my being ac-
cepted for service.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
ESTATE OF MRS. A. J. DOWNS

CTaTE nF VERMONT I aonor-
- District of Bennington. 80. ab Probat
Court for the District afor said Hu
To all persons interested in the estate of
Nrs A J DOVES late of Beunin, on in said
District. deceased. GREETING
WHEREAS. said Court hns assigned the 19h
day OF Apri next for exa ming and III owing
the account If the = dm'ni trat of he IS ate
of aid de ased and fnr a decree Of tha resi-
due OF seid ca ate O he lswfui claimants of tn
same, and ordered hat public notice thereof be
given TO all persons Interested 10 sa estate by
publishing this rder three weeks successfully
previous to the day assigned in the Benning on
Evening Banrer newspaper published at Ben
ninGton, In said District.
THEREFORE, you are hereby notified to an.
pear at the Probate Offlce IN Bennington in
said District, on e day assigned, then and there
to contest the allowance OF said account II
you see cause, and o establish your right as
heire. leRatees and lawful claimants to said
residue.
Given under my hand, this Goth day Of
March, 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
FOUR.Y[kR.0LDBOY
. BROWNS At EAST
ARLINGTON
Little Son Of Mr. & Mrs. Kancen-
ariCene loses Life in River
BODY FOUND At MIDNIGHT
Child Probably Fell Into Water While
Playing on Stream Bank Monday
Afternoon.

John Kancenaricene, the four-year
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Kancen
aricene, was drowned in the river al
East Arlington some time Monday af
ternoon. The child was first reported
missing at o'clock in the afternoon
but it was not until after midnight
that the body was recovered
AS soon as the little boy was re-
ported missing searching parties were
organized and under the direction OF
Superintendent II. A. Nichols of the
Hale Chair company the canal leading
from the stream to the wheel pit of
the factory was dragged without re-
suit.
During the early part of the night
the search was continued and people
from Arlington village Joined in the
effort to find the missing boy. At
midnight no trace OF the missing
alarm was then rung to bring out ad-
ditional assistance.
AS the family live near the river
the search was mostly confined to the
banks of the stream and a half hour
after midnight Burton Hard discover
ed the body under the dam and near
the west bank of the stream. A strand
of barb wire held the body and pre-
vented it from being washed down
the river.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kancenaricene are
members Of the Lithuanian colony
which has been established at East
Arlington for some time, They NOV
ed to the village some time ago from
New York state. They have a daugh-
ter about two years OF age
Just how the little boy came TO lose
his life win never be known, but he
probably fell into the, water while
playing on the bank of the stream
The tragedy is shocking blow to the
parents who have !, the sympathy OF
the entire village in their sudden af
fiction. I. ..r.t.,f t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
RANKS IN ADAMS FILL UP
Enietments Feature of Yesterdays
Militia Activities of Co. N

Adams, March 27.-Members OF Co.
NJ were all on hand at the armory yes
terday morning at 1880 o'clock. They
were allowed to go home to their
meals during the day and report again
after dinner and supper. They were
also allowed to go home for the night.
The men were allowed rs cents a
meal, which was extra During the
day there were about 80 applied for
enlistment DR.. r. Carpenter of North
Adams, who served at the Mexican
border. was commissioned to examine
the men OF 16 examined seven were
accepted Most of those who applied
for enlistment were from North Ad-
ans. There were some who applied
but were rejected because they were
not citizens.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
PRISON FOR BACON
Man Who Went to England as Ger
man Spy Admits Guilt

man SPY HdmtS guilt
New York March 27-Sentence of
a year and day in the United States
penitentiary at Atlanta and a fine of
81 was passed in the federal court yes
terday on George Vaux Bacon,
American newspaper man, who plead
ed guilty to going to England as a spy
for Germany. Bacon admitted that
he was hired to go to England by AL
bert 0. Sander and Charles II. Wunen-
berg. two Germans he met in New
York city. They gave him some sym
pathetic invisible ink to use in send.
ing information as to civil and mill
tary conditions to send to German
agents in Holland to be forwarded to
Germany.
While performing this work in Eng.
land Bacon was arrested and sentenc.
| ed to be hanged, but upon his promise
to tell all he knew to the United
States government he was pardoned
| and sent back to this country The
evidence he gave resulted in the ar
rest in New York of Sander and Wun
nenberg, who both pleaded guilty last
| week to setting military expedition
afoot in this country against friend
ly power, and were sentenced to two
years at Atlanta and fined $2500.
! In a statement to the court yester
| day Bacon said he had no taste foI
the work of a spy and that the in
| formation he supplied the Germans
was OF slight value. 1T was mostly
a bluff, he said Il am more guilty
of obtaining money from Germany
under false pretenses than ! am OF
| giving them information"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
FOR CRIPPLED SOLDIERS
Americans Are Asked to Supply
Tools to Teach Trades.

AS one OF the first steps towards
solving the Reconstruction problem
of France, the work of re-educating
the crippled and manned soldiers in
suitable trades must be recognized as
OF great Importance. There are al
ready in France thousands of
MANNED soldiers, and of these more
than 10000 will never be able to uti-
lie their past vocational educations.
Many of these manned heroes on re-
turning to their homes, depressed by
their helpless condition, commit sui
eide.
The allowance of the French Gov
ernment for incapacitated soldiers
and their families is insufficient for
their maintenance, and the problem
of re-educating the crippled and
MANNED soldiers is of far reaching
consequence
To handle the situation. schools are
being started where these unfortu-
mates are being taught carpentry,
cabinetmaking. tailoring, shoemak-
ing. harness making and saddlery,
barbering and wig making and petite
meeanique-or training a handy man
about town who will be always ready
to repair anything, from lock to an
automobile-soap manufacturing, tin.
smithing. picture framing and gliding.
In addition. there are also classes in
which are taught bookkeeping
stenography, typewriting and other
commercial branches, and industrial
designing.
We have an urgent cablegram from
the American Relief Clearing House
in Paris asking us to secure as many
of the following supplies as possible
TO be used in the schools above de-
scribed; Woodworking machines
fret saws, small lathes, carpenters
tools, hand farm implements. mater
ial for making brushes, raffia for
basket making, typewriters, needles
and thread and shoemaking tools.
Will you help the Clearing House
to supply the unfortunate heroes OF
France with a means of earning their
livelihood, and thus resume their
former positions as independent and
selfsupporting citizens? Think what a
contribution of any of the above men
toned articles will mean to a dis
couraged, crippled soldier!
Contributions OF supplies IL shipped
prepaid to the warehouse OF The Wal
Relief Clearing House, 1873 Charlton
Street, New York City. will be for
| warded to destination in France with
out expense to contributors.
We will act as your purchasing
agent il you so desire, and thereby
give you the benefit OF our exception
| al prices
Will you kindly ask your newspaper
| to publish this and give it such Other
publicity as is possible.
We solicit inquiries in regard to re
| lief matters
| Address all communications to
| Clyde A. Pratt
Executive Secretary,
| 40 Wall St., New York.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
MORE IffiS.zaa1!RY
IS OCCUPIED On
WESTERN FRONT
Three Villages faken By Advancing
French and british
FIGHTING NEAR ST. QUENTIN
Germans Stiffening Defences to Check
French Attacks in Direction of
the City.

London, March 27-Three addi-
tional villages have fallen into the
hands Of the British and French
troops operating against the Germans
between Arras and scissors. One vii
lage was taken by the British and two
were captured by the Fernch
LagnieOurt, about six miles north
west of Bapaume, fell into the hands
of the British, and Folembray and La
Feuillee, in the Bassee-Foret de
Couiry region, at the base Of the sa-
lient that has been driven into the
German lines at La Fere. are now in
the hands of General Neville's forces.
The French also have gained some
additional terrain northeast OF Sois-
sons, but no important changes in
position have occurred in the St.
Quentin sector, where the Germans
apparently are stiffening their line
to keep down fresh inroads by the
French. Paris reports the dispersal
OF German assemblages in this dis
trict by the artillery fire of the French
however.
Trench raiding and bombing opera
tlOHS Oii thC iOAiithAAAdOA VI viz
front, although there also have been
violent artillery duels on various sec
tors especially east of Dixmude in
Belgium.
Considerable aerial activity is still
in progress between the British and
Germans. London reports the forcing
down by British airmen of five Ger
man airplanes east of Neuville st.
Vaast and Armeniteres, but says sew
en- British machines have failed to re.
turn to their bases. 9a i2
The Germans are again becoming
Z. active on the Russian front. South of
Dvinsk in the region of Postavy, after
having loosen gas waves against the
Russians, Germans. essayed an adj
vance, but according, to Petrograd
they were repulsed, East of Barono.
With another Teuton attack was put
down ty Russian artillery fire
The Russian war minister has ar
rived at Riga probably to consider the
situation created by the arrival of Ger
man reinforcements. Still another
crossing of the persian frontier into
Turkey has been effected by the Rus
SLAMS, who have entered the vilayet of
Mosul, through which flows the Ii
girls river, along which the British are
still in pursuit of the Turks retreat
ing from Bagdad. To the southeast,
on the Turco-Persian frontier near
Khanikan the Russians have captured
Notifications as Kalaichahin, thereby
placing further menace in the way
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
TO TEACH PATRIOTISM
Mayor Thompson Gives $25,0o0
Lincoln Memorial University

New York, March PA letter
from Mayor William H. Thompson of
Chicago was read at the annual meet
ing of the Lincoln memorial universi.
ty endowment association here yester.
day in which the mayor enclosed a
$4,000 check to endow the university
with a chair for teaching American
patriotism.
necessity exists for such de
partment in American educational in
stitutions at this time, Mayor Thomp.
son wrote declaring that ''if the ma.
tion Is to escape the pitfalls of law.
lessness, revolution and anarchy" il
must adhere to "the things for which
Lincoln stood"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
FIVE AMERICANS SAVED
Were Members Of Crews Of Sunken
Norwegian and British Ships

Washington, March 26.-Five more
American lives have been endangered
by German submarine attacks on mer-
chant ships, according to information
conveyed to the State Department to-
day in official dispatches from Its
agents in Europe. Ambassador Sharp
reported from Paris that two Ameri-
cans escaped with their lives when
the Norwegian steamer Wilfred was
sunk on March Is. Consul General
Skinner cabled from London that
three Americans were saved when the
British steamer Chorley was torpe-
doed on March %.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
oProme Unfortunate Bald Headed Woman One Way He
WOMAN AND CHILD BURNED
Little South Londonderry Girl Dies
Mother in Serious Condition.

Brattleboro, March 26.--The igni-
tion OF can of kerosene probably
from spark from the kitchen range
burned Mrs. Leslie Bolster of South
Londonderry and her baby girl, Is
months old late Saturday afternoon
SO badly that the child died late that
night and the mother is not expected
to recover. When the accident occur
red the baby was playing on the
floor. The mother started out of
doors with the child but the door was
locked. When she finally got out
through another door to roll the
child in the snow, the baby's clothing
was burned off and with the excep-
ton of one leg she was burned badly
all over. Mrs. Bolster is 20 years
old.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
NORTH BENNINGTON

Anyone having clothing to dispose
of please phone the second hand
store. Tel. l64J. Adv;
Walton Harrington fell from a barn
loft last Sunday and painfully injured
one leg. He will be laid up for some
time.
For Sale-The w. j.. Hurley home
on Main street. Fine property Large
lot Modern conyeniences. Charles n.
Powers, Bennington. 4St2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
SUBMARINE slNkINos
Tonnage Of 10000 Destroyed in .
Few Days.

Berlin, Sunday, March 25, tby Wire
less to Sayville. March 26.)-The
sinking of twenty-five more steam
ships, fourteen sailing vessels, and
thirty-seven trawlers, with an aggre-
gate gross tonnage of $4,000, in the
last few days. is announced by the
Admiralty. The statement says:
In addition to the losses OF ships
already published in March, German
submarines, during the last few days.
sank twenty-five steamers. fourteen
sailing ships, and thirty-seven traw-
lers, with total gross tonnage of
$4,000. On March 3, a German sub
marine annihilated by cannon fire q
British biplane in the English Chan.
nell
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-27
"THE COUNTRY SCHOOL
Comedy to Be Given at Cole Hall,
South Shaftsbury Wednesday Night

"The Country School," an amusing
comedy will be given at Cole hall,
South Shaftsbury, Wednesday even
ing by the mems Baraca class of the
Methodist church.
The members of the class have
been rehearsing diligently for this pro
duction for some time and the comedy
should keep the audience amused
from the instant the curtain rises at
O'Clock until the drop is rung down
at the end of the last act.