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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
EvANeELIsTlc MEETINGS
Interest increasing in Series of Re-
vivaIs.

Interest Increasing in Series of Re-
vivais.
Interest is apparently increasing in
the series of revival meetings being
held at the First Baptist church by
DR.. f. w. Swift of Chicago. The
evangelist apparently believes in a
cheerful Christianity, He says there
are many people today who are con-
tinually overlooking the blessings
hat are bestowed upon them, who
to see the sunshine and the flow
ers, who do not hear the songs of
the birds and whose attitude toward
life makes their minds unhealthy. A
pessimist, he says, is one who in
sists On hetcherizing all the bitter
pills taat are given him while an
optimist sits up at night TO make
lemonade out OF the lemons that are
handed him during the day. A pessi.
mist lacks faith.
Saturday evening a delegation
the Fillmore farms win attend the
meeting when Or. Swift will speak
on "The Worst Prayer in the Bible :"
Prayer meetings viii be held Sat
urday morning at the following
homes at 10 O'Clock, Miss Edna
Loomis, 231 Schools street; Mrs. l.
Creaser, $40 Maip street; Mrs. Fl.
Moses, la6 Grandview; Mrs. f. Nor
ton, $40 Pleasant street
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
SHERIFF. RESIGNS

Windham connty Official Says Salary
I' Is Too Small. sqe
Bfattleboro, Dec. 19.--Sheriff Cliff.
ford r. Mann of this town this after
noon forwarded TO Gov. Horace F.
Graham his resignation from the of
flee of sheriff of Windham county,
to take effect Jan. ]. The text of his
resignation follows:
Brattleboro, VT
Dec. 10, 1917.
Hon. Horace +. Graham,
Governor of Vermont,
Montpelier, Vermont
NV Dear Governor Graham:
herewith tender you my resigna-
ton as sheriff for the county of
Windham, the same to take effect on
the irst day of January, 1918.
May | have the pleasure of your
acceptance of the same?
Very truly yours.
c. f. Mann, Sheriff
When asked by Tho Reformer for
his reason for resigning, Sheriff
Mann said: Under present business
anu HldlCldl tOlluiNoho anu WIN INC
average remuneration from the office
1t is impossible to properly meet my
living expenses. have for some
time had another opening in view
and the time has now come when |
can make the change to my advant-
age"
Sheriff Mann is serving his second
term of two years in that capacity,
and the present term does not ex-
pire until year from next February.
The vacancy will be filled by ap-
pointment by Governor Graham,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
CHRISTMAS corILlloN
Annual Event viii Take Place Thurs
day E,ec. 27th.

The annual Christmas Cotillion
under the auspices of the Public
Welfare association which, has come
to be regular social feature of the
Christmas season in Bennington, will
be given as usual this year on Thurs
day, December 9th at Foresters
Hall. While there are many neces-
sary demands upon the resources of
all patriotic people for war relief, the
important local welfare work cannot
be neglected The Bennington Pub
lie Welfare Association, which has
unquestionably proved itself as an
organization worthy of community
support depends upon the proceeds
of this annual dance to further its
good work and it offers value re-
ceived for money given in the best
kind of recreation. The tickets are
now on sale at 81 each by the follow
ing people. Misses Dorothy Carver.
chairman, Edith Sibley, Catherine
Huling, Harriet Burt, Florence Car
YER Isabelle Tudor, Martha Pratt,
Isabelle Norton, Mrs William Wills.
Messrs Roy Macomber, Harry Wills,
Dean Martin, John Mulligan and Mrs.
Harry White and Mrs. George Well
ing OF North Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
VILLAGE OF BENNINGTON
Office of President and clerk.

Office of President and Clerk.
BY direction of the Board of Trus-
tees, the attention Of the public is
called to Section SS of the bylaws of
said Village, which is part provides
as follows
Sec. So No person shall put or
place, or cause TO be put or placed, in
any street, lane or alley. or other
public place in the Village, any house
dirt, ashes garbage, shreds, shaw.
ings or other kinds of rubbish, eX-
cept in such place and such manner
as the Trustees may prescribe.
1t having been called to the atten.
ton of the Board of Trustees that
many residents of said village were
in the habit of dumping ashes and
other garbage upon the streets of the
Village, It was voted by said Trus
tees at meeting of said Board, that
further violations of said bylaw
would be prosecuted as provided by
law
1t was further voted by said Board
that the street commissioner be au
thorized to give permission to the
placing of asAes in the streets in
the exercise of his Judgment and dis
cretion.
Dated at Bennington. Vermont
this 14th day of December A. d
1911.
Adelbert w Braisted
President
Attest, William p, Hogan,
Clerk
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
TAFT A WORKER
Ex-President Has Been Enlisted by
Red Cross Society.

-S4F IColNCIt Eloo OGOn tHllohOh W
Red Cross Society.
New York, Dec. 19.-E. II. Sothern
and Winthrop Ames, playwright and
producer, will soon so abroad to
make a survey of the entertainment
needs of the American troops in
France for the national war work
council of the Young Mems Christian
association. it was announced here
last night by the council.
Former President William II, Taft,
is was stated also will tour the ma
tional army cantonments in this
country under the auspices of the Y.
NJ. c. A. for month beginning Jan,
a. at Camp Devens. He will visit
all the leading camps excepting those
on the Great Lakes.
Miss Louise Homer, daughter OF
Madame Homer, Metropolitan con
tralto, and Sidney Homer, composer
will sail early in January to sing in
the Y. M. G, A. huts in France
Francis Coates Osborn of Columbus
Ohio, actor and dramatic coach, will
sail within the next two weeks to
organize local talent among the
troops in France"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
FRowNs ON BURROUGHS
Sec. Baker Says Wholesale Holiday
Exodus Would Hamper Traffic.

Exodus Would Hamper Traffic.
Washington, Dec. 17,-Command-
ing officers at camp and cantonments
have been instructed to discourage
furloughs In large numbers for the
Christmas holidays.
Secretary Baker today denied that
Christmas furloughs had been forbid
den entirely by the war department,
but said they were discouraged both
on account of transportation condi'
tions and because training might be
seriously affected if many men were
absent
The people of the nation VIII bear
this provation know said the secre
tary. "In the same fine spirit which
has characterized every previous res
ponse when it is understood that the
relieving of the railroads from this
burden will enable them by so much
to concentrate our energies and
capacities for the transportation of
our resources to the seaboard and to
the battle fronts Of France"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
THIRTY EIGHT
PEOPLE DEAD
IN COLLISION
Railroad Accident in Ken
lucky Last Night
COACHES ARE CRUSHED
Fast Train Crashed Into an Accom-
mediation Train Near Small
Village.
COACHES ARE CRUSHED

Sheperdsville, KY. Dec. 20
Thirtyeight known dead and forty
persons injured. some of them seri-
ously, was the toll taken when a
Louisville and Nashville passenger
train from Cincinnati to New Or
leans early tonight crashed into the
rear of Louisville and Springfield
accommodation train 500 yards
south of the station here.
The accommodation train had just
left the station when the faster train
which makes no stop here, sped into
sight. Efforts to halt the train were
futile and the heavy locomotive and
cars crashed into the rear of the ac-
commodation with a terrific impact.
The two wooden passenger coaches
and baggage car making up the
smaller train were splintered. Nearly
every person aboard the accommoda-
ton train. both crew and passengers,
was either killed or severely in
jured None of the passengers
aboard the fast train were killed
though a number We're injured, The
locomotive was demolished and the
heavy steel coaches making up the
train were thrown from the track,
4. A relief train was made up in
Louisville and rushed here with ply
sicians and nurses. BY the time it
arrived most of the injured and the
bodies of the dead had been removed
by volunteers Within short time
this work was completed and the
train was started back to Louisville
with a clear rightso of way taking the
injured to hospitals there
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
MUST RESTORE:
/. TERRITORIES
SHE NOWHOLOS
Lloyd George Says Germany
Must Make Reparation
SPEAKS FOR ENTENTE
British Premier Declares Jerusalem
VIII Never Be Restored to the
Turks.

London, Dec. 2l--ln the midst of
the peace pourparlers that are in
progress between the representatives
of the Teutonic allies and the bolshc-
vik government in Russia, the war
aims of Great Britian--and doubtless
of all her allies--have been concretes
ly set forth in the House Of Commons
by David Lloyd George, the British
prime minister. The complete restor;
alton of territory now in the hands,
of the enemy and compensation for.
the havoc they have wrought is tha
price that will be demanded for the
laying down of arms and the bring.
ing about Of peace.
Great Britain did not seek territor-
ial aggrandizement for herself or for
any of her allies when she entered the
war Mr.. Lloyd George said, but en4
tered into the hostilities merely for
the honor AS to Germany's colonies,
all of which are now In the hands of
the entente, MIR. Lloyd George said, ],
their disposition must be determineds
at the peace congress. gernsaIens
however, the premier declared, would
never be restored to the Turks. rs
The statement OF the prime minis
ter came almost simultaneously
with a report that the Teutonic allies
intended to make peace proposals to
the entente and that Russia had been
requested to take similar steps and
was endeayoring to sound her former
allies in arms as to their reauire
ments for cessation Of hostilities,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
EDITOR IN BANKRUPTCY
St, Johnsbury CaIedonian Head Has
$14,576 Liabilities.

$14,576 Liabilities.
Walter j. Bigelow, editor and pub
Usher of the st. Johnsbury Caledon-
ian, filed petition in bankruptcy
with the clerk of the United States
court, F. S. Platt, yesterday after
noon. "A petition in bankruptcy was
filed by the Caledonian company, in
corporated, three weeks ago Mr..
Bigelow has liabilities of $14,576.63
of which slS.S0O is in secured claims.
The unsecured claims, amounting to
S776.62, are largely small accounts
and the creditors live for the most
part in Burlington and st. Johnsbury.
Attorney Guy w Hill is counsel for
the bankrupt
Mr. Bigelow has among his liabili-
ties one creditor, Fl, NJ, Tannenbaum
of New York city who holds note,
the face of which is $500 with
about $4,000 in accrued interest and
as security the creditor holds $4,000
OF stock in the Caledonian company,
the value of which is not estimated
because of the fact that the concern
is in bankruptcy.
Another secured creditor is the
First National bank of ST. Johnsbury
which has $4,000 claim against the
estate
Mr.. Bigelow has assets of $17,447,
OF which s400 is claimed exempt.
this including household goods, one
COW and a small pig The assets in
clude 325 shares Of the Caledonian
company figured at the par value of
$50 q share
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
CAMP DEvENs o. K.
ts.,s-
inst Army Camps Not
directed at 1t.

Aver, ls, Dec. 19.-Division of
f1cers at Camp Devens declared to-
day that the charges made by Sur
geon Gen. Gorgas regarding unsani-
tary conditions in training camps
were not directed at Camp Devens.
The death rate here, they said, was
the lowest of any camp in the coun-
try and far below the usual army
rate. Every man in camp has winter
clothing with the exception Of a few
new recruits who will be supplied as
soon as they have passed the physi
cal examination Medical experts
have said Camp Devens was one of
the healthiest Of the cantonments
and officers asserted that the base
hospital was second to none in the
country.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of tho First National Bank
of North Bennington, VT, will be
held at their clearinghouse on Tues.
day the first day of January, 1918, at
ten o'clock A. M, for the purpose OF
electing a Board of Directors for the
ensuing year and for any other prop.
er and necessary business.
Ralph A. Jones, Cashier,
North Bennington, VT. December 1st
1917
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
SUES HER Ex-Hus5ANo
And He in Turn Sues His Former
Family COMPANION.

Family Companion.
Brattleboro, Dec. 19-Mrs Ethei
j Wilkins brought suit yesterday
against her ex-husband, Charles j
Wilkins, for $1,000 damages. charg
ing malicious persecution Mr.. vii
kins also brought suit against Mrs
Wilkins, alleging wrongful conver
sion of property. Mrs. wilkins will
have a hearing Dec. q and Mr. vii.
kins is ordered to appear at the
April term of county court.
Mrs. wilkins recently was granted
a divorce and certain property was
decreed to her Wilkins later charged
that she took what did not belong to
her and had 1t seized but the case
was mol pressed and the property
was ordered returned to her Out of
this trouble the two present suits
grew
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
EDITOR SENT TO PRISON
Vlneente Ralbas of San Juan Guilty
Of Sedition

San Juan, p r., Dec. 19-Vincente
Balbas, editor of Reyista De Las An
tillas who was found guilty recently
by jury in the United States Dis
trict court on four out Of five charges
in connection with articles appearing
in his newspaper, was sentenced to-
day to eight years Imprisonment and
fine. OF s4,000-two years and $1,000
on each of the counts.
The court ordered that Balbas
shall be confined in. the prison at At
lanta He, win be the first federal
prisoner over sent to prison outside
the ialand.5 % aI f5e Z 'o+
Balbass nattempted to convince
Porto Rinans by a series of articles
in his, paper that they had no inter
est in the war and that their call to
the seolors was Illegal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
ITALIANS GIVE GROUND
German Guns Are Now Able to
Reach Bassano.

German Guns Are Now Able to
Reach Bassano.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Dec. 19, (Associated Press -
The situation in the northern fight
ing zone has assumed a more serious
aspect with the enemy's occupation
OF Monte Asolone, whence there is a
stretch of hills between him and the
level plain. Monte Asolone is the
last of the heights in that section
with an altitude of more than 1000
feet. the remaining ones being good.
sized hills. 1000 and 5000 feet high.
and snowless except during a severe
winter This remaining stretch of
hills is about seven miles across,
with Bassano four miles further on.
The enemy's heavy guns already
have the range beyond Bassano,
which lies on the Venetian plain,
near the entrance to the Bretna Val
ley, and while the city itself has not
yet been shelled, occasional shells
have fallen in the outskirts and some
have passed over the city to the sub
urbs beyond
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
GRAHAM AT COAL CONFERENCE

New England Governors Are Hold
ing Meetings in Washington.
Montpelier, Dee, 19.--Gov. Gra-
ham has cancelled his. engagements
for this week, which include speak
ing at Forefathers' at Middlebury
and at patriotic meeting in Addi-
son and he has postponed a meeting
of the board of control as he has
gone to Washington, d. G.. with the
other New England governors for a
conference on the coal situation. Yer
mont is in bad shape although prob
ably not as bad as the other New
England states
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
LlGHTLEss vAupEvILL EtHousss
Petition That They Be Exetnp. from
Federal Order Denied. 1854

Washington, Dec. 19-Request BY
vaudeville theatres for exemption
from the recent lightless night order
on the ground that their patriotic
services deserve recognition was de-
MED today by the fuel administra-
ton The theatres had cited the fact
that they had permitted use OF their
stages by Four Minute men and by
solicitors for Liberty bonds, Red
Cross and other patriotic funds,
GRAHAM AT COAL CONFERENCE
New England Governors Are Holding
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
SEIZE COAL FOR CHARITIES

Philadelphia Institutions Are Being
Kept Warm-Fuel Head Protests
Philadelphia. Dec. 1s.-WilIiam
Potter, state fuel administrator went
to Washington today to protest
against further seizure of coal in this
city by Director Krusen of the de-
partment of health and charity After
Communicating four carloads of fuel
Yesterday for the Home for the Indi-
gent Director Krusen let it be under
stood that If conditions warranted
he would resort to the same meas
ures today for other city institutions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
sARRAIL RELIEVED
To Be Succeeded as Chief of Allied
Army by Gen. GuiiIemet.

London, Dec. 19-General Sarrail,
Commander of the Allied Armies at
Saloniki, has been recalled, accord
ing to newspaper announcement in
Athens, says Reuter- dispatch from
the Greek capital under date of Dec.
1t.u 9
2 The successor of General Sarrail
in command of the Macedonian fore
es, 1t is stated, will be General Gull
leme;.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21

Berlin, Dec 20, (via London. -
The supplementary report from Gen
eral Headquarters tonight says:
Repeated Italian attacks against
Monte Asolone and newly captured
positions adjoining. to the west and
east failed.
Between the Bretna and Piaye
since December ii we took prisoners
27O Italian officers and S,l2o men.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
JAPAN WOUE- :.
TAKE ACTIVE
# PART IN WAR
Operate in Siberia to Oppose
German Aggression
ALLEGED SECRET PACT
Island Kingdom and Russia Said to
Have Agreed to Keep other Pow
ers Out of China.

Washington, Dec. 21-Japan is
anxious to enter the field against
Germany and to take the first step
by occupying parts of Siberia. In
view OF the possible domination of
Russia by Germany, allied diplomats
here are disposed TO favor the pro-
posal. Dispatches received from
the American consul at Vladistok
state that there is need of troops at
that port
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21

CLIMBING The Hill
Red Cross Enrolment Is Mounting
70 New Record.

Red Cross Enrolment is Mounting
To New Record.
Bennington, town and county, is
now under way in filling its new Red
Cross quota. This town is little
slower than the rest of the county,
but is making some progress.
Todays statement by County Chair
man Fred G, Martin is as follows:
Town of Bennington.
Town Quota 1000
Members signed up $50
Yet to gain $50
Bennington County.
County Quota 1904
New Members listed S79
Yet to gain e25
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21

Petrograd, Dec. 21-The text of an
alleged secret treaty between Japan
and Russia for joint opposition
against any power or powers that
sought to acquire territory in
China was made public by the Boil
shevlki today. The treaty was sign
ed In November 1916, and the state
ment issued by the Bolshevih says
that the power indicated Is believed
to have been the United States.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

LOST-Tuesday, bunch Of keys
Finder please return TO ]. P. Griffith
North Bennington, and receive re-
ward. r, 75t6M
K y NE
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair tonight. Saturday
partly cloudy and colder.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
NO PLACE Foe THIS PARTY.

-a.a
We have been waiting for an ap.
praisal of the new Non Partisan league
by the man best qualified to furnish 1t
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in com
mentfng on the recent conference OF
the league at st. Paul. said: THE
kind of doctrine for which the so.
called Non Partisan league was willing
to stand was shown by the way some
OF its members cheered the sentiments
and utterances Of Senator Ia Toilette.
It excited my grave concern by its ac
tons the other day."
The Nom Partisan league will not
get beyond the starters flag in its
effort to become real political party.
1t died in its birth. There can be no
place in this country for. a political
organization that countenances dis
loyalty to the government or harbors
or is led by copperheads of Ia Fol-
lette's stripe. Cheers for that Ger
man sympathizer and apologist for tho
crime of the Lusitania must be trans
lated as death knell for his political
followers and admirers.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
HAY DECLINES TO AeDlcArE.

Hay was to become obsolete before
the onslaught of the internal cOmbus-
ton engine, and it's fragrance was to
live only in poetry and in perfumes
made from the products Of coal tar.
But hay Is still with us. Last year
1t turned out crop which beat the
record and had value in excess of a
billion dollars. At centers where, be-
fore the automobile appeared. there
was no exchange on which hay was
bought and sold there are now or
ganized markets and trade paper Is
authority for the statement that
whereas members in one long estab-
lished hay exchange went begging at
SIS Is ago, they are now in demand at
$500.
OF course. automobiles do not eat
hay. at least not habitually. The fact
Is that automobiles are only one prod
uct of a silent revolution. Another
product Is transition to a stage where
We increase the cattle we feed for the
dairy and for meat. We have really
been adding to our resources In cattle
not SO much IN numbers as in quality
per head. and hay has proportionately
tncrea sed its importance In the scheme
OF things.-Nation's Business.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
FAREWELL OF BIRDS

(From the Chicago Evening POst.)
September tends its f,ocks. No, not
sheep, but birds. 1t gives them the
impulse to move southwark to the land
Of safety and plenty, and 1t offers them
mild but adequate protection while on
their way.
It Is. in September that one finds
summer and autumn as field compan-
ions. August flowers still give color
to the meadows and roadsides. while
with them In a rivalry that Is all un.
selfish are the flowers that are au-
tumn's own.
Through September nights the birds
in great flocks move southwark, The
day of the singing of birds has gone
except for the song sparrow and ono
or two other species which cannot
checlo their tuneful desires. no matter
what the season. No song comes
down through the night from the pass.
ing multitudes. but they drop their
chirps and their chink -chinks through,
the still hours In sort of an unmelo.
di0us but sincere farewell to the land
that has kept them in safety and In
plenty through the golden season.