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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
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FOR SALE double tenemcnts
on Washington Ave, No 3OS and No.
sos IL and No $40 and $40 l.2 with
heater and all modern improvements
with hardwood floors mostly. | double
tenement on Scott street. New barn
and carriage house on Pratt street.
Also | lot Office and large store
house with sheds attached on Frank:
lin Lane. Apply to James S. silk.
tel 5O6'M. A5tf
FOR SALE-vl'arm Of nearly one
hundred acres situated on Main road
one and one half miles from Benning.
ton village. Suitable for dairy or mar
ket gardening The. entire stock and
crops included, 4 variety of single
and double houses and building lots.
Gen, lns. ACCT H. N. Williams, $40
Elm St, tel lS9.W i5tf
WANTED-Man with team to
plough Apply Leonard Cultivate.
Old Bennington i5tS
WANTED-Positlon as assistant
with light work in private family or
restaurant Mrs. A. Thompson.
Apply 126 IL South and Hillside SITS.
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
81. sophia's Palimpsest.

Travellers who have visited the great
Mohammedan mosque of st. Sophia in
Constautiuoplc tell Of the visibility Of
inscriptions made in the interior of the
building when 1t was Christian
church These hail been painted over
by the MoSlcm conqucrors, but time
defeated their purpose OF total en'acc-
ment, says the Christian Herald. over
the entrance is the inscription In Latin,
~ am the door; by me if any man en-
ter in hc shall he saved and shall 20 In
aud out. aud he shall find pasture"
The bricks in the great dome in the IN
terror reveal this inscription; Deus in
medic cius; non commovchltur Adiu-
vabit cam Deus vultu suo.' The trans.
latlon may he found I'm Psalm XVI, .
These facts are of interest In view Of
the present tottcring condition Of the
Moslem power.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19

Chest measurements according to
the height and weight of the man ex-
amned are included.
Variations below the standard Civ.
en- in the table are permissible, when
the applicant is active, has firm mus.
cles, and is evidently vigorous and
healthy
To be acceptable men below 6i
inches in height must he of good
physique, we'll developed, and muscu-
la
Variations In weight above the
standard are not disualifyng unless
sufficient to constitute obesity. I'm.
less exceptionally we'll porportioncd.
men above & feet 9 inches In height
should be rejected.
Under 10 captions like number of
classes OF defects which shall serve
as cause for rejection are given:
Mental, skin. head. spine. cars. eyes.
mouth and nose and fauces. neck,
chest, hands and interior organs must
be normal The instructions 80 in
detail into the kinds OF defects that
are fatal to acceptance.
The person examined must make n
statement and so must the physician
of the local board, who Is provided
with further instructions as to the
record he must make of the examined
man.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
REV. C. F. HILL cRATHERN
New Pastor Called by Old First
Church at Old Benninator.

New Pastor Called by Old First
Church at Old Bennington
Rev Charles Frank Hill Crathern,
who recently accepted a'cau TO the
Old First (CongregationaD church
at Old bennington, was born in
Worcestershire, England the son Of
a merchant He was educated in the
public schools of Amesbury, Howard
academy Thame Oxford, Nottingham
Congregational college ana seminary
and Cambridge university in Eng
land, His father desired that the son
should follow the mercantile business
but the young man preferred a profes
sional career.
Mr.. Crathern was called to the min
istry in 1886 He first visited the
United States on vacation from his
studies and while making a brief stop
at Mason, n. H., he acquired a large
number of acquaintance. who pur-
suaded him to locate in the cOmmuni-
ty Later he became the pastor OF
inc ChulCH dl NHdilcotoNH' Mdo9"
where he remained three years For
10 years he was pastor OF the south
congregational church at Braintree,
Mass. From Braintree he went TO
Worcester to take charge Of the Park
Congregational church During the
period that he was the pastor at
Braintree the church was entirely re.
modelled at a cost of $500, all raised
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
BRIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS.
The Head and Physical Marks of Intel
igenee In Children.

In summing up his conclusions on
the relationship Of intelligence to the
Size and shape OF the head Karl Pear
son is quoted IN the Journal OF lIered-
lty as making these statements about
the Intelligence Of children:
To sum up, then. while no charac-
ters IN school children SO far dealt with
show very high correlation with intclli-
gencc, we may vet say that the intelli-
gent boy IS markedly conscientious, IL
moderately robust, athletic and popu-
lar; he tends rather 10 quick than TO
sIllen temper lie is more self con-
scious and Quicter than the dull boy;
he has n slightly bigger head and pos
siDly lighter pigmeptatlon than those
OF moro mcliocrc Intelligence. His hair
has a larger percentage Of curlpess.
"Thc intelligent girl is also markedly
conscientious, moderately robust, ath-
letic and popular She, too, tends 10
quick rather than sullen temper She Is
less self conscious than the duh girl
and noisier than the girl of mediocre
intelligence. 1t is the slow girl who Is
quiet and shy. The intelligent girl has
a slightly bigger head than the dull
girl, and her hair Is more likely to be
wavy and much less likely to be curly"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
CLoUD6URsT IN HYDE PARK
Saturdays Storm Sweeps Away
Bridge and Railway Bed.

bTluHe ana halfway Bcd.
Undoubtedly the worst rain storm
that ever struck Hyde Park and vici-
nifty came Saturday night, when from
about s until midnight the rain fell
in torrents, with hardly any cossa-
tioG
During this downpour there was
cloudhurst which swept over the town
carrying out two bridges on the main
road to Johnson, one at Centeryille
and another one in this village. BE.
sides this. II culverts were washed
out and roads in various parts of the
town badly quilted.
The St Johnsbury & Lake Cham.
plain railroad was hit hard, 80 feet
being torn out of the road as 1t pass
cs through the Finnigan farm, and at
least 800 feet on the Mcfarland farm
Temporary filings have been made
aud the trains will probably have to
carry by for while.
The damage to the old town Is esti
mated at least $4,000, besides the
damage to the r\roads
In Johnson damage done by the
storm was almost as severe as il
this place. A great deal of what Is
known as French hill was washed
down on to the railroad at the depot
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19

before the nail was driven Several
societies there we're also organized.
During his stay in Worcester he or
ganized the Woman's guild, which
included all the wOmens societies IN
the church The first Boy Scout pa
troll was organized among the boy
members of the church. There was
a large increase in the membership
Of the church and Of the Sunday
school. Another feature of his activi-
ty was the organization of boys or
chestra and last, but not least the
children's church Mr. Crathern has
always been firm believer in the val
ue of the policy of informing the child
early in life OF the various features
Of the church and its principles.
Mr. Crathern is a member OF the
Appalachian club OF Boston and the
National Geographic society Of Wash
lngton lie has spent much time in
travel and has made trips across
the ocean, visiting different countries
in Europe
Following his resignation from the
Park CONGREGATIONAL church in
Worcester, Rev Mr. Crathern devoted
several months to "The Mission of the
Master" a romantic story of the Won
derful painting, The Master" by
Darius Cobb of Boston. This lecture
has been pronunced by press and pull
pit TO be one of the great productions
Of its Kind and has been heard by
more than hundred thousand per
sons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
e.s!A!FT DRAWING
,,,'F FRIDAY
forenoon
viii Take Place in Capitol
Building at Washington
CARDS IN TOMORROW
Printed Instructions for the Use of
Local Boards Were Mailed
Yesterday.
CARDS IN TOMORROW

Washington, July 1S.-The draft
will be taken Friday morning at 10
o'clock in the great capitol building
here.
One of the largest committee rooms
will be the scene of the drawing
which will determine those of
Americas manhood who first must
go to the colors.
The actual drawing hinges only on
reports from five states that their
work of numbering registration cards
has been completed All have as
sured Provost Marshal General Crow
der that they are working under high
pressure to get their duty done be-
fore o'clock tomorrow morning.
The first capsule will be drawn by
Secretary of War Baker, who will be
present with his military chiefs at the
draft ceremony. BindGolded men
will draw the others.
A blackboard has been made ready
and an expert in posting market quo
tations employed to post the numbers
as they are drawn. This will occupy
whole side of the wall in the room
where the drawing is to take place
Everything is ready as far as the
war department is concerned. Printed
pamphlets explaining the system to be
employed in the drawing were dis
tributed to all the local boards today
and given to the press in confidence
to he released when Secretary of War
Baker shall permit. They probably
will be made public Friday morning.
just before the drawing. Not a word
is to be made public until all the
states have reported themselves
ready as a precaution against tamper-
ing with the serial numbers
The states which had not concluded
their work at late hour tonight were
Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania
and New York. Illinois was com
plete. except for one board in Chica
60 One county in Missouri held up
the states report. Kentucky and Vir
ginia both reported themselves ready
today.
General Crowder tonight said:
"The system evolved leaves all to the
element of chance. 1t has been care
fully designed to give an absolutely
fair deal to every man registered
From present prospects, the draft
will be Friday. 1t has been planned
to have it in the big reception room
of the war department, but it was de
cided this was too small So it will
he conducted in one of the large com
mittee rooms Of the house.
THE drawing will take one hour. a
trial drawing, exclusive of one shor
feature, took exactly iiftysix and one
half minutes, and not an error was
made.
81 hope no numbers viii be sen
out by telegraph before they have
heen officially checked up, so that M
regrettable errors shall cause discom
fort to any man or his family.
THE capsules which will be used il
the drawing have been carefully pre-
pared; the numbers verified, an,
have been placed under seal in
place of complete safety. They vii
not be touched before the drawing
The numbers will be brought to tn
capitol from their present place q
safety under armed guard. At leas
three responsible officials will hav
them in charge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
U. S. WANTS AVIAToRS
Chief J. c. White Returns From Trip
Through Southern Vermont.

Chief j. c. White, in charge of the
local u. s. navy recruiting station,
has returned from very successful
trip for recruits in the southern
part of the state. Through the cour-
tesy of Postmaster Emmory S. IIar.
ris Of Bennington. Chief White was
conveyed about that section by AS
sistant Postmaster Archibald Hurley
in the latter's automobile for the
purpose of advertising the benefits
of the naval service.
Chief White has received orders
from Washington to recruit good.
clean cut, young men from rs to 25
years of age for the aviation corps.
for aviation duty only This class is
to be opened in Pensacola, Fla. AZ
ter three months service IL the
mems work is satisfactory and they
can pass an examination they will be
rated machinists' mates, second
class aviation, for which the pay Is
S56 month with an addition of so
per cent for the aviation class.-Rut-
land Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
HEADS c. o. p. COMMITTEE
Rolf Searles Of st, Johnsbury
Succeeds Wilson

Burlington, July 1S-The republi-
can state committee held special
meeting in the roof garden of the
Hotel Vermont this afternoon. Tho
session was attended by committee.
men from IL counties, Essex, Frank
lin and Orange not being represented.
J. Rolf Searles of St Johnsbury was
elected chairman to fill the place
made vacant by the election Of Stan
ley c. Wilson to the Superior court
bench.
Col John Il. Biddock of SaXton' S
River was elected secretary to sue
coed MIR. Seares and David ]. Con
ant of Bradford was elected as com
mitteeman from Orange county, sue
ceeding Judge Wilson,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
STIFF REQUIREMENTS
Rigid Tests for Men Selected for
National Army

niglu IcStS TOT wen SeleCtcu Tor
National Army
The what, wher, when, why and
how of the physical examination of
men included in the selectiye draft
are prescribed pretty rigidly by the
government. The tests will be as
severe as those which were demanded
of enlisted men in the regular army
and the National Guard, and little
old Vermont's 1.0l9 men ought to
stand up to il as those of few other
States. The conditions of the exami.
nation have just been announced.
"EXaggeration of an existing con-
dition not disqualifying to downright
malingering' is expected by the gov
ernment, which warns examiners to
guard themselves against it.
THE physical examination should
take place in large welllighted
ROOM" the instructions go on. We
quote:
The examining physician should
proceed in substantially the following
order viz,
(a) Observe the general condition
of the skin, scalp and Uranium. ears,
eyes, nose mouth, face. neck. and
chest Take weight, height. and
chest measurements. Accepted
measurements arc as follows:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
Near Side and Off Side.

When horses were first hltched TO
vehicles the driver never thought Of
riding himself, but walked by the side
of the road as he held the lines. So as
to have his right hand always ready
he walked on the left side and conse.
qucntly the horse on the left side came
to be known as the near horse and
the one on the right side was called
the "on"' horse. In that manner the
terms near horse" and "oIf horse be-
came general aud still pertain to horses
hitched as team.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
-FOUR CREAMERY INSPECTORS
II. D. Ellenberger viii Serve in Rut.
land and Bennington Counties.


land and Bennington Counties.
st. Adams, July lS-The state of
Vermont has now been divided into
four districts by the state department
of agriculture, each of which has a
creamery inspector State Commits.
sioner Il. S. Brigham OF this city has
appointed George German Of Orleans
and George c. Roberts of Essex, who
will serve with II. H. Wilson and H..
u. Ellenbergor the two original in.
spectors. Mr. Gorman's district in
cludes the counties of Lamoille, or.
leans and Essex. Mr. Roberts has
Franklin, Addison and Essex coun-
ties.
Washington Orange, Windsor and
Windham are under the supervision
of Mr.. Wilson and Mr. Ellenbcrgor is
apportioncd Rutland and Bennington
counties. Mr.. Ellenhcrgor is chief
factory inspector and inspector OF
cheese making
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
TR|PLEMURDER
IS ADMITTED
BY TOMPK|NS
Slayer of Humphries Family
Makes Full Confession
COMM TIED SUNDAY
Prisoner Since Confinement in Penn
sylvania Jail Had Insisted Crimes
We're Work of Highwaymen

Johnstown, Pa, July 19-George
C. Tompkins. who has been confined
in the Cambria county Jail at Ebens-
burg with the murder OF Edmund !.
Humphries. Philadelphia coal opera
tor, Mrs. Humphries and their son
Edmund, ir,, confessed to the triple
murder today.
TCmpkins is reported to have made
a clean breast of the crime which
was committed on a country road
near Carolltown last Sunday night.
The suspect until today had main.
tanned that the murders were the
work OF masked highwaymen
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
RO|TS BRING
MARTIAL LAW
IN PETROGRAD
Six Killed and Many Wound
ed in Street Fighting
COSSACKS MET DEFEAT
Majority of Regiment in City Garri-
son and Armored Motor Car Men
Support Government.

Petrograd, July 19.-The Russians
have taken the city OF Novica, ac-
cording to dispatches received from
the front today but in the face of
severe attacks Of the enemy took UP
positions in the eastern outskirts of
tho town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
IRISH PAPER SEIZED
Proprietor May Be Sem Fein Choice
for Parliament.

Proprietor May Be Sem Fein Choice
for Parliament.
Dublin, July 1S-The newspaper
Kilkenny People was seized and sup
pressed today by the police and mill
tary authorities This paper Is an
important local weekly conducted by
Edward =. Keane. an active politician
since the days of Parnel and now
chairman of the lCsai Sim Feners
The paper has had frequent difl-
culties with the censorship but it is
felt here by good judges that it's
seizure on the eve Of the Pariamen.
tary election TO replace Patrick
O'Brien. Nationalist who died July
~, will assist the Sim Feiners and
prejudice any Constitutional candi-
date.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
COMFORT KITS REACH FRANCE
Hurry orders to Red Cross Now
Explained.

Washington, July 1S-lIurried or
ders which resulted in thousands Of
comfort Kits being rushed to Red
Cross headquarters here. by the chap
ters in New York. Philadelphia and
Baltimore some time ago were ex-
planned today by officers oi the Red
Cross war council. who said the kits
were requested by the War Depart
ment for Gen. Pershing's forces in
France. In a message Of thanks Tor
the gifts Gen. Pcrshing said.
These things cause the soldier to
remember the people at home are be.
hind him. You do not know how
much that means to any soldier who
is over here carrying the flag for his
country. This is the point which
should he impressed in the minds of
those who are working for the sol
die."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
MONTPELIER Y. sUsPENCs
Directors Give Up Lease Of Property
Held for Several Years.

Montpelier. July 1S-The local di-
rectors of the Y NJ G.. A. have given
mp their lease Of the Wood Are gal
lery property which they have held
for several years and will devote
their efforts to sending what money
they can collect to the European
front during the war. The directors
were moved to do this largely
through lack Of interest since the war
broke out in April.
The trustees of the Wood Art gal.
lery expect to remodel that part of
the building occupied by the Y. NJ. C.
A. and then keep II open to the public
as In the past
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
sUFFRAGlsTS PARDoNED
Released from Workhouse by Order
Of the President.

Washington, July 19.--President
Wilson today pardoned the 16 suf
fragsts under sentence of 60 days
confinement in the workhouse at
OccoQuan following conviction for
picketing the white house.
The l6 women were each fined S25
which they refused to pay and were
accordingly sent to the workhouse by
the presiding judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
BRITISH IN RUSSIA

Armored motor DetachmentS AID in
Galician Offensive.
Washington, July lS-British ar
mored motor detachments are taking
part in the Russian offensive in Ga
hcia, according to semiofIicial infOr-
nation received today from Petro.
grad by the Russian Embassy here.
This is the first mention of the pres
ence of British forces in Russia, and
the announcement says the armored
cars are cooperating effectively with
Belgian detachments sent there soon
after the war began.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
ONLY ONE DRAFT
All National Guardsmen Going Into
Federal Service August S.

MI NaVIVTdI NUdTusTHtH OUIHJ THtO
Federal Service August 5.
Burlington. July l9-The National
Guard, which was to be drafted into
the federal service in three sections.
one section on the 18th of July an
other on the 25th and the final sec.
tion on the 5th Of August, will not be
drafted until August 5 and all mem.
bers will 30 in at the same time.
The motive for the change was that
the first ones to 90 in would have
some preference, without reason, and
this was TO be avoided.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
TO ELECT WILSON'S SUCCESSOR
Republican State Committee TO Meet
Wednesday at Burlington

Burlington, July ia meeting OF
the republican state committee will
be held in this city Wednesday after.
noon for the purpose of electing a
chairman to succeed Stanley G. vii.
son of Chelsea, resigned, and to elect
a member from Orange county.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont generally fair tonight and
Friday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-15

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-15

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Elassed in sleeping porch. basement; com
pletely furnished including linen and si,
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Rent 5000. Apply 10
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Phone S515. 404 Trust Bldg.
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