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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27
AGREE ON WAR TAX
Senate and House conferees React
Understanding

Understanding
The war tax bill virtually was COM
pleted at Washington yesterday by
the Senate and house conferees. Sub.
stantial agreement on the dispute on
the war excess profits taxation ques.
ton averted a threatened deadlock.
While few questions remain open
for final settlement today, the meas.
ure is said to he virtually drafted. lt
probably will be reported tomorrow
or Saturday,
The basis of agreement on war ex-
cess profits taxation is said to be a
compromise between the house excess
and Senate war profits systems, with
a minimum exemption of about Z per
cent on corporate invested capital
The house conferees vigorously
stood out for an per cent. exemption
and are reported to have accepted the
lower rate as a compromise. Another
compromise reported was on the
manufactured tobacco provisions, Will
the agreement between the gross
levy Of the house and the assessment
Of the senate.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27

4MAsgmsl FOR FUNDS
Progress Is Being Made For the War
Library But Mere Should Help

Llbrafy But Mere Should Help
What is more relaxing.and cheering
than a good hook, 1t takes the cob
webs out of the brain, and helps US
to see clearly. Can't you picture
what it would mean to our men, after
a strenuous day, to come back tired,
perhaps discouraged and get the COM
fort and inspiration of good reading.
The War Library is planning to
select various types of books so that
our men may have books of informa-
tion and instruction as well as whole
some entertainment. We will all be
happier if we contribute to the fund
for purchasing this War Library 1t
is one way of showing that our hearts
are with our men. Give what you
can, even down to nickels and pen
MES and be ready for the young wo-
men who will canvass your ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27
BIG STRIKE OVER
End To-Day Tie-up on Government
shipbulldlng Program

The strike of $4,000 ironworkers
and other mechanics In the San Fran
cisco bay region was settled at a
meeting Of the iron-trades council
at San Francisco Wednesday accord.
ing to an official statement issued by
the council. The strike tied up work
for 10 days on one.eight of the gov.
ernments shipbuilding contracts. The
text of the agreement entered into by
representatives Of the unions and the
employers provides that wages up to
and including Si25 a day shall be In.
creased 20 per cent, wages from $4.25
up to and including $500 shall be In
creased IL 1-2 pre- cent, and wages
from S5.Ol up shall be increased in
excess Of So.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27
TAR AND FEATHER LABOR MEN
Tried to Organize Workers In Arkan-
sas Rice Fields

Four white men, said to be indus
trial workers of the world agents
were taken from the county jail at
Stuttgart :. Ark, yesterday by a mob
of i5O farmers, who administered n
whipping and applied tar and feath.
ers to each of them. They were then
given their clothes and each sent in
a different direction with warning
not to return.
The men were arrested yesterday on
complaint OF farmers that they we're
trying to organize laborers and incit-
ing them to cease work in the rice
fields.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27
ARRESTED AS A DEsERTER
Fred A. Terry Of Burlington Missing
"a Days from Westfield.

Northheld, Sept. 25.-Fred A. Terry
of Burlington. who was found by
Capt. II. NJ. Howe, an officer of the
2Gth division, ammunition train, was
arrested Monday night by Chief OF
Police Donahue with instruction that
officers would come from Westfeld
Mass, to get the man. who, accord
ing to his own statement, left CAM
IA days ago. Capt. Howe was al
home Sunday and discovered tha
Terry was in this vicinity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27
CHATHAM BARNS BURNED
Racing Stables at Columbia County
Fairgrounds Destroyed

Chatham, Sept. 2S.-All Of the rae
ing stables on the Columbia county
fairgrounds here were destroyed by
FIRE early this evening Several very
valuable thoroughbred horses owned
by Louis +. Paine were burned to
death.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27
U. v. M. MUSTER ABANDONED
Season Too Late and Sufficient Tents
Not Available.

Montpelier. Sept. 26.-Gen. Lee S.
Tillotson today announced that no
muster of the Vermont Volunteer
militia will be held this year. One of
the reasons for giving up the idea is
the lateness of the season and the in
ability to secure canvas to cover the
troops.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27

Camp Bartlett. Hampton Plains,
Sept 2G.--From the manner of the
officers of the depot brigade some
thing is going to happen to the or
ganizations of that command in the
immediate future. Brig. Gen. n
Leroy Sweetser, who has now as
sumed command of the camp, carries
considerable optimism in his bag
gage, for after a talk at brigade
headquarters this morning to the Of
ilcers who will be under his imme
date supervision, they all cheered
up considerable. While they have
been saying little they have beer
looking lot, and from changes II
the location OF the depot brigade
units headquarters. large forces o
drafted men may be expected to ar
rive at Westheld. soon.
More drafted men are necessar,
also to flll the ranks Of the 1O4tl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27
FLETCHER ASKS EXEMPTION
Son Of Ex-Governor Claims Physlca
Disability.

Montpelier. Sept. 25-whon the dis
trict board meets Wednesday night
among the cases for consideration
will be that Of Allen NJ Fletcher. jr..
OF Cayendlsh who claims exemption
on the ground OF physical disability
lie Is son OF ExGov. Fletcher and
was certified by the district board of
Windsor county Of which Park H.
Pollard OF Cayendish Is chairman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27
s4o,Ooo,Ooo TO FRANCE

Latest Loan Brings Total Advanced
10 Allies to S2,466, 100000
A further credit of SIO,OOO.O0O was
extended at Washington yesterday b
the government to France This
brings the total advanced tho allies up
to $2,lGG, 400, 900.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27
NEARLY 10000 AUTOS IN STATE
Expected This Number viii Be Reach
ed by Close OF Year.

ca ny Nl0Se oI IedTs
Montpelier, Sept 25.--Secretary Of
State Fleetwood has registered auto.
mobiles well nigh to the 10000 mark,
the largest number at his office today
being 1851 and Il Is expected that
the 10000 mark will be reached be.
fore the close OF the season because
higher numbers have already been
given.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-27
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Maid to assist in caring
for baby. etc Wages twenty dollars
per month. 3tl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
BLACK FRIDAYS" IN THE
 WORLD OF FINANCE

Several of the greatest financial panics of the past have commenced on Friday, and this has given rise to one of the pet superstittons of the stock exchanges and bourses through out the world-that the sixth day of the week is fraught with i'll omen for those who undertake financial opera t1ons on that day.
 The original ''B1ack Friday occur red 172 years ago today, Dec. 6, 1745, in London. On that day the tidings | reached the metropolis that the Pre- tender Bonnie Prince Charlie had reached Derby with his forces. Lon doners immediately made prepara- tions to fly from the city, and g. wild panic prevailed. It was on that oc- casion that the Bank of England was beseiged by an army of depositors, and had its closest call in all it's long history. The citizens were anxious to take their money with them on their flight, and the depositors almost stormed the great institution in their eagerness to obtain their money. In that crisis the bank escaped bank ruptcy only by the expedients of plac- ing dummies" in the line to impede the progress of genuine depositors, and by paying the latter in small coin only, which made the carrying away of large sums a very difficult and haz- ardous task.
 The first "Black Friday" of latter day financial history was in 1868, just fifty-one years ago today, and was due to the failure of one of London's largest banking houses. Three years later Wall Street had a Black Fri day." which was the result of an att temptAto engineer a, corner in gold. The worst of all financial "Black Fridays'' was that of 1878, when, on Friday, Sept. IS, it seemed that the whole financial fabric of the New World had crumbled into hopeless ruin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
SIERRA LEONE

Sierra Leone, the prosperous Br1- tish colony on the west coast of Africa will celebrate next Sunday the anni- yersary of the first settlement of that region, which took place 1S2 years ago, Dec. g, 17S6. At that period London swarmed with free negroes living in poverty and on the verge of starvation, and Dr. Smeathman' scheme for sending them to Africa to found colony was accepted as the best solution of the difficulty. The first shipload of cclonists consisted of 400 nekroes and sixty whites. the lat ter principally women of bad charac- ter. Although land for the colony had been purchased from the native king, the Africans were not friend ly. and q hostile attack, together with the shtftlessneas of the colonistS, al- most brought the venture to ruin. In 17s1 the colonists were removed to a new settlement, and in the follow ing year the population of the colony was increased by the introduction of 1900 negroes from Nova Scotia and the Bahamas. In 1794 the settlement was transferred to Freetown, now the capital of the colony. In the early days the government of the idle blacks and absolute whites was no sinecure, and Sydney Smith remarked not without truth. that Sierra Leone always had two governors-one just arriving and the other just leaving. The soil of Sierra Leone is exceeding ly fertile, but few white men are able to live there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
JEWISH FEAST
 OF 0F.MACCABEES
 STARTS DEC. g

Sunday evening, December the 9th, according to the Hebrew calendar, Kislev 25th-the Jewish people will usher in the observance of the post Mosaic festival of Hanukah, also known as The Feast of the Maccabees and The Festival of Lights.
 It commentaries the splendid heroism of the Hasmonean House of Matthias, of his son Judas, the Macca- bee, and his valiant brethern; their loyalty to the faith of their fathers, and their victory over Antiochus, king of Syria, who had waged a relentless war of extermination against the re- ligion of Israel. Other rulers and races had sought to destroy the Jew; Antiochus was bent on the eradica- ton of Judaism. To accomplish this end the temple was seized and defiled by the Syrian hosts; idols were set up in the sacred shrine dedicated to the worship of the One God; the priest hood profaned by the enforcement of idolatrous practices, and the Israel ties ordered, under penalty of death, to bow before the idols of the Syrians.
  das Maccabee, the Israelites waged heroic warfare against their power full adversaries for the right to wor- ship God according to the dictates of their conscience. After three years of war-on the same day, Kislev, the 18th, on which three years before the Syrian idol had been placed in the temple-the Israelites celebrated the birth of their religious freedom, cleansed the temple which had been profaned by the Syrians, and rededi- cated it to the God of liberty and light.
 Hanukah is a Hebrew word mean ing rededication. In temple and home, the -branched candlestick is lighted and special prayers are of fered. The suggestive symbolism light, ever held in reverence by Israel, is variously employed to express the lessons of the festival.
 The feast Is associated with a charming legend. It is said that when the Jewish heroes had reclaimed the sanctuary from the unholy touch of the heather, a single cruse of oil was found, insuffi ent to supply the lamps of the temple. Yet it sufnced to fill all the lamps of the temple during the eight days of the celebra- ton of the festival.
 In the synagogue, in. addition to the customary rituale portions of the First and Second Books of the Mac cabees (Apocrypha) are read. Tradi- tion says, the name Maccabee is de- rived from the initials of the four Hebrew words which formed the bat tie cry of the Hebrew Patriots, M. K. B. l., and which in English are ren- dered, fWho is like unto Thee, O God, among the mighty"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
MEN OF GO. B
 GRATEFUL FOR MANY COMFORTS

l&Ea. O. Nathaniel worthen has re- 1eAgeA lsttaF from the boys of Com- lDany Hs sV4th Infantry, at Camp 0sVona, thanking the Red Cross ohap- tss h her name for the comfort opuMghk eo them through the sup Qllna sent to the camp by the local Isa cxonn This letter ls signed by 111 ok the members of the company. N fnilo8Bs
 Camp Devena. Aver, Mass..
 Go. B. soAth Infantry,
 Dec. l. 1917. Inn e N. WprtAen. Chairman. AmerlnAA Red Cross Committee. Hr1dgspork Chapter: U4aR NAdanae-Thls letter from 1ll1 boys of Company B. is to express I1n greaA appreolAtoin and grati- >ada Whaon we .feel for the way in which you have 30 ably made life mDue comfortable up here, The oAkara, mufnera, gloves. socks and on1nE1 bags have coma in handy and oso osrta4nly kesniy appreciated by nA
 EhRnElne you and through you the ! E,dgepore chapter for your kind so- | 1leiAnde. We are
 GlncerolH and gratefully yours,
 Men of Company B. ?. 9-The of7cers of the company also desire to extend their thanks.
 Window Whitney. Captain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
CONGRATULATIONS
 FROM G. CREEI

Hartford, Dec. 6-Goverpor Marcus H. Holcomb has received from George Creel, chairman of the committee on public information, Washington, D. C., the following letter commenting the work of the Connecticut State Council of Defense:
 Honorable Marcus H. Holcomb, ''State Capitol,
 Hartford, Conn.
 "My dear Governor Holcomb:
 "Please permit me to express my admiration of the splendid work that you are doing through the Connecti- cut State Council of Defense. Each day I gain some new idea for nation al and international news from watch ing It's activities, and it is my great hope that the other states will catch some of the enthusiasm and energy
 "Let me congratulate you particu. lar1y upon the -Connecticui Interviews on the World War and upon the map entitled Why Germany Wants Peace Now. Sincerely,
 GEORGE CREEL"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
yFovoMEN PERFORMING GOOD SERVICE FOR THE GOVERNMENT

When the call came for thousands of extra clerks for government duty, the Naval Reserve hit upon the plan of enrolling women as we'll as men as yeomen. The result has been the employment through this means of over eight hundred women clerks, mainly stenographers and typists.
 Of this number about S70 are on duty in various bureaus of the Navy Department at Washington; about ITO are serving in the Navy Yard, While 300 more are scattered throughout the country in the naval districts A few of these women serv- ing in Philadelphia have attained the rank of chief yeowoman for expert service.
 The report from the Navy Depart
 ant is that the work of the yeowon- has been satisfactory in every re- pect. For the present the supply is meeting the governments need except in few exceptional eases where the qualifications of the applicant might prove of particular value in specia work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
ST. JOHN'S NEW PARISH HOUSE
 TO BE OPENED

The current number of Saint Johns Monthly, which Is just out from the press, announces the formal opening Of St. Johns Parish House, on Thurs day evening, December 6. The exer cises will open with a short service in the church at o'clock. The speaker and guest of the evening will be the Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brew ster, D. D., Bishop of Connecticut Bishop Brewster's address will be given in the church; also the prayer of dedication will be said by him there. The choir, under the direction of Alvin Bruel, will furnish the music.
 Following the service in the church the reception to Bishop Brewster and the house warming will take place in the Parish House.
 The property, which was purchased by St. John's vestry from the Burn- ham estate, adjoins St. Johns church | on Fairfield avenue westward. It has 8 frontage of 10s feet and is 25S feet deep. The rear line joins the line of the rectory property on Laurel ave- nue. The house Is admirably suited to the needs of parish work. Since | I4S U9BAlAIAAA4& VA AGbAVklACS Al IAAO AebAA the parish auxiliary of the American Red Cross has been doing g. large work there daily. One hundred and th1rty-one persons reported for work there last week. It is expected work along this line will be greatly e1tend- ed as the need grows the coming months. The rooms on the main floor consist of the large sfecephon and committee room, which has been fur nished by MT. and NGrs. 8. W. Harra1, the Red Cross room, the Mems club open reading and social room, the dining room and kitchen. The latter has been fitted so as to make the serving of large parish gatherings possible. On the second floor there are rooms for the St. Mary's, the St. Elizabeth's, the St. Margazet's guilds, the Rectors chapter, the Junior Aux i Hilary and Mothers club. These are uniform in their fitting. The third floor is given over to work among the men and boys. There Is 8 mems bil- Hard and social room. memorial boys club room. beautifully furnished by Mrs. Frank w. Rennell in memory of her son Frank, who died a few years ago, and senior boys club room, known as The Triangle club. The Boy Scouts will also meet on this floor. It is purposed later, by the use of the buildings at the rear of the house, and by the erection of an ad- ditional building. to have Q gymna- gium and social hall, together with bowling alleys and locker rooms. This feature is postponed at present on ac- count of the war
 It Is announced in the issue of the Monthly that 30 men have already en- tered the service of their country from St. Johns. Eight teachers from the Sunday school have gone. Mrs. William D. Bishop, of courriand Hill, Is shortly to present the parish with a service flag.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
TOWN HALL IS.
 RAZED BY FIRE

Fln2nvi1le. Dec. 6.-Ptainville's town hall, erected sS years ago. and holding the town library besides the
 tcWn ofaoes. was burned yesterday.
 TAs blaze started in the rooms used % Quartera by the volunteer fire de- paFtsnent and may have been caused ty . piear or cigarette left to smoui- Nsr when the rooms were closed last 61ghk Tho fire had attained head way when seen Ay passsrs by on the s1eesk and fire companies were call a from New Britain and Bristol The ban was entirely burned but Grange ball close by. was saved through Q ca6mnn Sn the direction of the wind. nc towns loss will be about $2s,-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
\ CLEAR COMPLEXION
Buddy Cheeks Sparkling Eyes -Most Women Can Have
Says Dr. Edwards, a Well-K Known
 Ohio Physician

DE. E. M. Edwards for r years treated scqres of women for liver and bowel ailments During these years he gave to big patients a prescription made of few Well-known vegetable ingredients mixed WEith olive oil, naming them Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets. You will know them by kheir olive color.
 These tablets are wonder.workers on the uyer and bowels, which cause a normal actiou, carrying of the waste and poison ous matter in one's system.
 f you have pale face, sallow look. di,Il eyes pimples, coated tongue, headaches, a Nstless no-good feeling, all out of sorts. Inactive bowels, you take one of Dr.
 aEards Olive Tablets nightly for lime 4Q1 note the pleasing results.
 Thousands of women as well as men lake pr. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sue .esaful substitute for caiornel-now and aep just to keep in the pink of condition 9e aud 25c per box. All druggists.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
CHRISTMAS

Make it a Jewelry Christmas. There is no other time of the entire year uuite so wonderful as Christmas time. The smiling faces tell truly wonder full story of cheerfulness and those who turn to this store for gifts, will find splendid service. In short, this Is the store of the Christmas spirit.
 Come and look at the beautiful dis play of Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches Silverware, Cut Glass, Clocks, Toilet and Manicuring Sets, etc. You will find all goods moderately priced. Lib. erty bonds taken in trade at full value
 OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL
 CHRISTMAS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
LAST QUOTA TO
 LEAVE TUESDAY

The last increment of Bridgeport's quota of 2,125 men for the first draft will entrain for Camp Devens at g o'clock on Tuesday morning. The contingent will also include the city s negro draftees, numbering about 100. The entire increment will be approx imately $50 men, Orders to report are being prepared by the local draft boards and it is expected will be mail ed before tomorrow morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
Winning the War
 Depends on People

HAztford. Deo. 5-TfaaA the win Elng of the war is not only up to eR azules and our government, but 11 the szEorts Of every individual who x1lnalns at home. and that until all Nsnlken to the sense of thair responai- blilkies tl1ero is no chance for our na- ton tp como forth victorious, was as- r1Cted today by Drank A. Vanderlip, bad oR the new nationwide thrift Danpaign which was started through eQe the land on Monday last. MT. *c1ndeEaiD cAme to Hartford yesterday forunpon for the purpose of deliver kng an address at a thrtft rally this eefernoork
 KE, vanderiIp Is full of enthusiasm for his new work. and predicts that bekoEe the year Is over more than to,e0e,o0o loyal Americans will be the owners of war saving certificates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
wmE AIdiDGEs CRUELTY

Divorce on the charge of intoler- able Guetty shoe April 1. 1915, cus- tody ef minor child, and alimony, REe claimed in an action filed in the 1gperiOr court by Alice c. Rand Laid law of Greenwich against Loper Baird LaidlaW of the same place. Indy were married Sept 4, 1914, and have ons child. a girl. born March 8,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
HRzT1sH TROOPS IN RUSSIA

London. Dec 5-British troops, act lng tn conjunction with an efficient 1oxce Of Russians, have carried out a successful operation in Mesopotamia, Nat Gen B. B Maurice. chief direc- Cor of military operations at the wal office. announced today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06
KAMENsKY GETS DAMAGES.

Jack Kamensky of Bridgeport, was awarded damages of $175 by jury in the Common Pleas Court yesterday in his suit against the Connecticut Co. involving an automobile accident in Southport, Kamensky wanted $500.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06

The merger of the United States Shoe Machinery Co. and the United Shoe Machinery Corporation has been completed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06

George W Anderson of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, came to Boston to resume the hearing of the New England railroads to increase passenger fares.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-06

Household economy begins in the kitchen. Get a can of Brer Rdbbit real mo1asses and bake some good ginger bread.
 Serve Byer Rabbit at breakfast on pan cakes.
 The U. s. Dept of Agriculture, in Farm ers' Bulletin No. 142, shows molasses to have greater fuel value, per pound. than steak, chicken, fish, bread or milk.
 Your grocer carries Brcy Rabbit.
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 New 0riesna. La.