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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15
In Odd Fellows Temple

Monday, Dee. l7-Regular meeting
Of Wantastiquet lodge, No. ). Nomina
tion of officers. The third degree will
be conferred
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

In making a goose Dame Nature re
quired a lot of quills but a man can
make goose Of himself with only
one quill.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15
THE WEATHER.
Fair Tonight and Sunday-Colder in
Northern Vermont

WASHINGTON, December H. The
weather forecast: Fair tonight and
sunday. Colder tonight in north por
tion Of Vermont, New Hampshire and
Maine Moderate northwest winds di-
minishing.
Sun sets at lis. Light all vehicle
lamps ut 5.o3.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

Many miners II the anthracite regions
of Pennsylvania are SAID to be earning
with extra pay, as high as $500 4 month
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15
Red Mems Hall

Dance every Saturday in Red Mems bali
Iutl further uotice
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

Continued ON Page 5.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
STAMFORD

Miss Belle Bratton from Benning.
ton is in town.
Miss Margaret Pritchard is visiting
friends in Troy
The Baptist church was closed Sun
day both morning and evening.
Harrison Potter of Boston is taking
his vacation here in his old home.
Carroll Ebert visited his aunt. Mrs
John Kenyon in Blackinton over Sun
day.
Much credit is due the children for
the interest shown in their war gar
dens.
Miss Jessie Brown of Bennington
spent the week end with her parents
here.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lee visited rel
atiyes and friends in Wilmington last
week.
Miss Ruth Page is spending few
weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Michael
Kesle:
MIR. and Mrs. f. w. Buster from
Wells. Vt. were recent guests at A. e.
Dunns.
Helen and Margaret Banks from
North Adams, visited relatives here
Sundas.
Tracy Fowler and william Cole Of
Pittsheld spent the last few days at
Bert Coles.
James Leroy from Brattleboro
spent the week end al George 7.
Canedys.
The Junior Epworth League will
take charge of the services next Sun
day night
Mrs. Nancy Bratten from Benning-
ton is spending few days with Mrs.
Albert Goodrich.
Jerry Faulkner was in town last
week Wednesday as agent for the
Buick automobile.
Edward Davis has returned to
Germantown, Pa. after few days
visit here at his summer home.
Mrs George Sumner, who has been
i'll, is recovering. DIR. Bushnell of
North Adams is her physician.
MIR, and Mrs w II. Pritchard mo.
tored to New Ashford Saturday af
tcrnoon, returning Sunday afternoon
The sacrement of the Lords supper
will be observed in the Methodist
church next Sunday, August 5th.
People are very busy with their
hay This is good hot hay weather
and iiue crop is being harvested.
Miss Maude Bottum from New
Haven, Ct, former teacher is visit
ing Miss Alice Morrissey for a few
| day.
Miss Lizzie Allen and friend from
Wilmington and the Misses Dairy
mple from Brooklyn. N. Y. called oi
friends here Sunday afternoon
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
FIRING ON THE vATERLAND
Miner Clark Writes Of His Exper-
iences in the Navy.

Mrs. William G. Clark has received
letter from her son Miner who is
now machinest on the Vaterland,
the first of the seized German steam
ships to be fitted out for service in
the American navy 81
Miner arrived In New York on the
night Of July 2S with Isl firemen and
machinests who were selected at
Norfolk, Va, for duty on board the
Vaterland. He writes that the ship
is big one and is to be used In the
transport service. The young man
has no idea how soon the ship will
start on its first trip across the ocean,
says they may leave at any time or
may be held at New York for some
time.
Before being selected as one OF the
crew of the Vaterland the young man
was on the battleship Missouri which
is stationed at Norfolk on the York
river and which has been making
cruises of a week in the river and
along the coast to train the firemen
The heat in the engine room, he says
is intense, the temperature rising To
140 to $50 degrees when the ship is
going full speed. The men in the en-
gine room worked four hours with
eight hours off and two hours on and
ten off. On the Vaterland 1t is ex-
pected there will be continuous
schedule of four hours on and eight
hours off.
Miner is not enthusiastically de-
lighted with the navy but is not dis
satisfied There are many disagree.
able features which in his opinion
| might be remedied He is now enjoy
ing his first liberty peri j since en-
| listment There was an opportunity
] for shore leave while he was at York
| town but he had no blue uniform
which Is necessary for seaman
| when going ashore. For some reason
he says, the men were not given a
| full months pay on the last pay day.
The navy department Is unable to pro
vide enough clothing for the men, he
says, and many of the boys are buy
ing secondhand outfits for which they
pay about twice their value.
At the time the letter was written
the young man was at the naval Y
NJ c. A. in New York. He has be
dome acquainted with two young
men, one from New Haven and the
other from Fall River, Mass. and they
expect to see something of New Yorl
before they leave the port.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
CHARLES CHESTER KlMsALL
An Appreciation From the Pen oi
Rev. T, r. Turner.

Editor of the Banner: May be
permitted to add a brief word to the
very interesting summary of Mr.. Kim
balls life which appeared in your
columns last week? should merely
like to say that as look back on that
life, just closed. 1t would seem that
a community like ours has debt of
gratitude to such a man which we
may properly be ready to acknow.
ledge
We are ambitious for the standards
of our village. for good order, the de
velopment of our children, business
opportunity, the agreeable social life
and all that goes to make n place at.
tractive aDd desirable. do not know
If there Is any contribution toward
all this like the character of a strong
wholesome, Industrious citizen; and
such a life as that was lived out
through a full rounded period OF
years, by the man just gone. Ben
ningtOn is better for such.
Although one could say much more
on behalf of friends and neighbors
who held him in affectionate regard
| will only venture this small tribute
to the memory of Charles Chester
kimball.
Thornton II. Turner.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WOMEN WANTED-Full time;
salary SIS, selling guaranteed hosiery
to wearer. 25c. an hour spare time.
Permanent. Experience unnecessary
Guaranteed Hosiery Mills, Norris.
town, Pa.
WANTED--At once 40 men at $500
for hours. John Weber. 55t6
WANTBD--Blacksmith at once to
drive or able to calk shoes and do
some repair work steady job to
steady man and good pay. Geo. II.
Evers. Greenfield, Mass. 55t6
WATER DRlLLlNG-Wotor supply
systems machine will be In vicinity
shortly. Write Stewart Buthors,
Schenectady, N Y, or inquire +. h.
Pettersons store. bennington. 56t25'
FOR SALE-Eight room house on
Gage street. All modern improve.
ments including steam heat, electric
lights, etc. Also building lots. Fol-
terms and price inquire OF r. ]. Hur
ley, North street. Tel. i66.R 56ti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
MANCHESTER CENTER

A son, Frederick Harry, was born
Saturday, July 2S to Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Hurd Gilmore.
Cards have been received announc.
ing the marriage Of Miss Fanny
Spaulding. daughter OF Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Whitcomb Spaulding Of Poult
ney. to Robert Kelley Edgerton, son
of Hon. w. b. Edgerton Of Manches.
ter. The wedding occurred in Poult-
ney Saturday the 2Sth. w B. Edger
ton and Misses Clark and Bertha
Kelley of this town attended. The
young couple are spending few days
here after which they will 20 to Bur.
lington for the summer.
The funeral of Frederick b. Gil.
more. who was killed by being struck
by the south bound milk train Friday
night, July q, was held at his late
residence Sunday afternoon at 23O
o'clock, the Rev. Mr.. Todd OF the
Methodist Episcopal church OF which
Mr. Gilmore was a member olliciat.
ing. There were many beautiful flor
al tributes, several local organza.
tions sending tributes. The hearers
were George A. Bucklin, John r. Hill.
lard, Fred Il. Fish and John Dimond.
The interment was in the Center
cemetery Those. who were present
at the services from out of town were
Mrs. ]. f. Eiilliard, John II. Hilliard
and the Misses Sarah and Jcanie
flilliard, George A. Bucklin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Spencer. son and daught
er Of Rutland and Miss Alice Gilmore
of poultney. Mr. Gilmore was born
in Dandy, March 90, 1866 and was
the second son of Clifford and Mary
(Bucklin) Gilmore, when quite young
he came with his parents to Manches
ter to reside. He had always follow
ed the occupation of farmer and was
considered one of the best and mos
prosperous farmers in town. He was
a kind neighbor and n useful citizen
His sudden and tragic death is sin
cerely regretted. lie is survived by
his wife who was before her marriage
| to him, Kate Hurd Gilmore. sol
Frederick Hurd Gilmore. and a daugl
ter, Elizabeth, of this town. aud
brother. Percy c. Gilmore, who live
In Oregon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
HEAT CLOSES
TWOFACTOR|ES
|NBENN|NGTON
Black Cat and E z Shut
Down at Noon Today
is TOO HOT TO WORK
Continued High Temperature Makes
Conditions Too Oppressive for
Mill Operatives

Heat conditions became so severe
during the forenoon that the factories
of the Black Cat Textiles company
and the q Waist company were
shut down at IL o'clock for the re-
mainder of the day At the E z
Waist company the announcement of
the decision to close down did not
reach all of the employees and some of
them reported at o'clock to be told
that operations had been suspended
until tomorrow
With the increasing temperature
that has prevailed for three days
buildings and machinery have become
so heated that conditions are almost
unbearable and the managements
wisely decided that it would be far
better to reliye their employees for the
afternoon.
Closing down Of industries in Ben
nington because of the heat is some
thing of a novelty II is seldom that
conditions become such that a sus-
pension for this cause becomes neces-
sary
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
CLINIC AT RUTLAND
lnfantile Paralysis Cases viii Be
Considered BY Doctors

SOhSiNOiCu " DSStS'o
The Vermont state board of health
In cooperation with the Vermont
state Medical society, will hold cli-
nies on anterior polio-myelitis as fol
lows
Rutland hospital, August End. at 8
A. Nj.
Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington,
August Sd. at A. NJ.
st. Adams hospital, August 4th., at
3 A. NJ.
Barton Hotel, August 9th at 8 A. NJ.
Heaton hospital, Montpelier, Au-
gust 18th, at A. M.
The clinics will begin with the ex-
aminations of cases. and whenever
these are disposed OF, will be the ad-
dresses. These clinics are to be con-
Quoted by DR.. Robert W. Lovett of
Boston; by DR. Harold l.. Atoss of the
Rockefeller Institute, New York: and
by Or. Edward Taylor of the Yer
mont state board OF health research
laboratory.
Every physician in the state is urg-
ed to attend at least one of these
clinics and any person who has had
infantile paralysis will be given free
advice in regard to the best treatment
his particular case needs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
GREEN MOUNTAIN VALLEY

Robert Mattison has new Ford
ca.
William Buzzell has quite poor
health.
Fine hay weather, help very
scarce.
Edward Becker's children have the
measles.
j. ]. Stakeholder was at the Fay
vile plant Monday.
The hay crop is very good. Farm
ers are very busy.
Mr. and Mrs. L. j. Mccoy were in
Bennington Saturday
Clifford Harrington and wife enter
tanned weekend guests.
Abel Harrington lost one of his
work horses the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Nyles Rice of South
SALISBURY spent Sunday in Adams.
Miss May Williams and little
Charlie Williams have the measles
Harmon Becker is i'll with pnep-
monia, DR.. F, L. Dean is attending
him.
Corn, potatoes and beans are look
ing fine We need shower to
brighten up.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jeweye is entertain
ing an aged mother, Mrs. Smith from
New York.
Mrs. Franklin Becker is recovering
from a severe fall she received in
Bennington
Norris Levin was in the place the
past week purchasing cattle of Her
bert Stratton.
Mrs. Forrest Montgomery and Mrs
Nellie Montgomery were in Benning
ton the past week
Mr.. Michaels of Bennington pur
chased fresh milking COW from Mar
tin Elwell this week.
Nearly 100 persons were on han,
for the Sunday opening of the Wait'
berry lot. Some motored from Sche
| nectady.
Abel Harrington entertained b. Ha
rington and family and Ernest Han
ring and family Sunday. There wer
Is in all.
Road Commissioner Cross has pu
the roads on Maple Hill in fine cond
tion using gravel from the Mattisor
Nash gravel bed.
There was service in Green Mour
tain Valley last Sunday conducted b
Rev. Thornton +. Turner He wa
accompanied by his two nephewi
Herbert and Floyd l4aurintzen.
| Sometime about the ith of Jul
Herbert Stratton left brass nozzle
oil can near the bridge by the broo
In the corner of ID. p. Mattisons 10
| viii the person who found il klndl
send or let Herbert Stratton kno
where he may find IL.
/ Mrs. ]. u. CARRIER and dauehte
Miss Thelma of St Mary's, o.. VIII
have been visiting in Shaftsbury an
bennington for the last month. al
visiting in Arlington, Manchester an
v Sunderland. before returning to the
home in Ohio.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
LOCAL KNIGHTS
Of COLUMBUS
RAISED $500
Exceeded Quota Assigned
for Their War Camp Fund
MORE is YET TO COME
Were Asked to Raise $1,000 and Have
Made II a Third More and Have
Several Promises Not Vet Paid

Ths'~- conducted for the
past .eo4. 10y the local council of
Knights of Columbus for funds to as
sist in establishing and maintaining
recreation centres at all the principal
concentration camps and at the reg
ular army expansion camps closed
last evening. The committee in
charge are pleased to announce the
receipt of contributions to the amount
of thirteen hundred ten dollars and
sixty-fve cents, which sum exceeds
by more than three hundred dollars
the quota expected OF Bennington and
like all other enterprises undertaken
by the people of Bennington, this
campaign was a grand success. OF
late many demands have been made
of the Bennington people and at the
outset the Knights were both to add
to their burdens, but being called up
on to do something for the soldiers
needs, the collectors went to work
with good will and success has
crowned their efforts.
Bennington council knights of Co
lumbus take occasion at this time TO
extend thanks to those, who by their
contributions and courteous treat
ment of the solicitors made possible
the success of the knights of Colum-
bus War Camp Fund" in Bennington
Some subscriptions still remain un.
paid and II is expected then, when all
payments are made, the grand total
will be fourteen hpndred dollars,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
ALLIES SMASH
GERMAN *>s!:yE
IN FLAN6[>>'
May Prove Most Important
Advance of War
s- .g4@yl r.
GERMANS FOUGHT HARD
Made Desperate Efforts to Hold Line
But FaIIed-Lost $500 In Prison
ers and Many Guns Taken.

British Front in France and Bel
guim, July 31.-An epoch-making Of
fensive, launched by the British and
French against the German lines be-
tween the River Lys and Dixmude at
day break has, with few exceptions, ac
complished all that had been planned
for the first day of this battle, which
In its early stages, gives promise OF
being the greatest conflict of the war.
Roughly speaking the British pent-
trated positions held by Grown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, between
Boesinghe and Warneton, and at the
time of the filing of this dispatch
were in possession of the first three
lines of the German trenches at most
points throughout this front.
Reports received from the French
troops. which are attacking over the
difficult territory between Dixmude
and point near Boesinghe say that
they have forced their way across
this marshstudded and partly inun-
dated region and captured the first
two lines of German trenches.
The casualties of the entente allies
have been surprisingly right and the
morale of the men continues at the
highest pitch. The contact between
the British and French armies has
been constant and excellent.
Late yesterday 1t was reported that
the Germans had begun heavy coun'
ter.attack at the point where the al
lied forces join.
The official statement from British
headquarters in France last night re-
ports the capture by the allies of the
following villages: La Bassee Vile,
Steenstraete, Bixschoote, Verloren'
hoek, Frezenberg, Saint Julian. Pill
kan, Hooge, Westhoek and Hollebeke
and more than $500 prisoners.
The official report, issued late last
evening reads: "The operations of
the allied troops begun this morning
in the neighborhood of Ypres have
been continued with success during
the day in spite of unfavorable wealth
er. The enemy's positions have been
tHttItu anu Oui liit hoo bSSh nv
vanced on a front of over Is miles,
from La Bassee Vile on the River
Lys, to Steenstraete on the river
Yser Both of these villages are now
in the hands OF the allies"
The British attack in Flanders on
both sides of Ypres has been re-
pulsed, according to the German Off
cial communication issued at Berlin
last night. Only crater position was
taken in the assault, 1t is asserted.
The text Of the communication fol
low:
"The first assault of the English
army, delivered in Flanders on 25
kilometer front on both sides OF
Ypres. has been repulsed,
after changeable bitter fighting
on large scale the enemy, who at
tackled with superior forces many
ranks deep had to content himself
with the possession OF a crater posi-
tion in our defensive zone.
"On the Chemin des Danes, AisnC
front. an energetic attack put us II
possession OF important hight posi-
tions near Cerny and resulted in tn,
capture of more than 1900 French
prisoners"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01

JOSEPH GARREAU HURT
"Pk,es" Proprietor Severely But Not
Seriously Injured.

Joseph Garreau is confined to his
bed at his hotel, The Pines" as a
result OF an automobile accident
about o'clock Tuesday morning.
Garreau's head is cut open in sever
al places, one cash requiring several
stitches, there are cuts on one arm
and the other is black with bruises.
If no complications develop he will
recover
According to the best information
obtainable, Garreau and young man
in his employ, John Coonradt, were re
turning from The Rock" hotel west
of Hoosick when their automobile col
1ided with a small maple tree IN front
of the home of John Harrison in the
town of Hoosiek. The car, a Ford,
must have been travelling at a high
rate of speed for 1t was completely
wrecked by the collision. Coonradt,
who has not been driving car for
any great length of time, was thrown
over the windshield but unless inter
nal injuries develop was not much in
jured.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
RECORDS
HAVE ALL GONE
J BY THE BOARD
Mercury in Local Thermome-
ters Hits 96 Degrees
SUFFERING IN CITIES
Nineteen Deaths Reported In New
York Between Midnight and 10
O'clock This Forenoon.
As nredicted by the Weather burea

As predicted by the weather bureau
the lditions have continued to
gro ing the past "a hours.
The early hours of last evening
brought little relief but after midnight
the temperature dropped enough to
enable the wearied residents of this
vicinity to obtain few hours of
needed rest. With the rising of the
sun, however, the temperature began
to rise and rise rapidly. What little
air was stirring was as hot as the
blast that follows The opening of an
oven door
Before noon the mercury in some
thermometers touched 80 degrees and
at 1.30 this afternoon these same in
struments had recorded a tempera-
ture of 96, three degrees higher than
yesterday.
Uncomfortable as it has been in
the hill country of Vermont, the resi-,
dents of the cities are suffering as
they have not before in years. In
New York 10 deaths from the heat
were reported to the police between
midnight and 10 IN. this forenoon
bringing the total for the week up to
40. In Philadelphia 10 deaths during
the two days of the heat wave A
breeze today brought relief in Phila-
delphia where yesterday the officially
recorded temperature made that city
the hottest municipality in the coun-
try
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
AZ MORE RECRUITS NEEDEp
v. N. c. Now Comprises 1857 Enlisted
Men and So officers

Burlington. July 3O.-The national
guard now at Fort Ethan Allen has
1867 enlisted men and 80 officers, in
Guiding the reservsts who have re-
ported There are 67 resorvisls and
they have been ordered to be carried
attached until further orders. The
post surgeon has ordered that all OF
the resorylsts be examined and Il is
probable that many OF them will be
dcbarred for physical reasons and be-
cause OF dependents SIX recruits
TO the national guard reported today
and AZ more are needed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01
NATIONAL GUARD INSPECTED
Regiment Is Inspected to Leave for
the South Soon After Aug. 5

Burlington, July 30.-The First Yer
mont infantry was inspected on Sat
urday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock by
Governor Graham, Adjt.-Gen. Lee S,
Tillotson, Major Harvey E. Goodell
and Col. F. b. Thomas. This is prob
ably the last general inspection that
the guard will have before leaving for
the south. Following the inspection
there was a review of the entire regi-
ment of 1000 men, the whole cere-
mony lasting an hour and half
Outside of the inspection and review
there were no other ceremonies. The
general opinion is that the guard will
leave the post soon after they are
drafted into the army, which will oc-
cur on August
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-01

In constructing a series of small
bridges over the streams which inter
sect many of the roads of Sunatra a
rather unusual course was followed.
The builders used timber strlngers
and made abutments of piles of burlap
bags filed with cement and sand.
shortly after the bags had been put In
place heavy, soaking rains converted
the whole into mass OF solid concrete.