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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
READSBORO

l.. II. Croser was business guest
in Greenfield Friday
Miss Laurel Loiselle is spending a
vacation in Cheshire.
Miss Viola Paris of Greylock spent
Sunday with her parents.
Mrs. Harriet Carrier has been visit
ing relatives in Springfield.
Miss Maria Liberty of Greylock
spent Sunday with friends here.
c. H. Pope .as a business guest IN
Springfield few days last week
Miss Mary Baruzzi of Pittsfeld
spent the week end with her parents.
Misses Mabel, Evelyn and Caroline
Brown were guests in North Adams
Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Terry Of
North Adams spent Sunday with his
parents.
Mrs. D. p, Bryant of North Adams
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wilfred
Wheeler
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gauthier Of
North Adams have been visiting rela-
tives in town.
Miss Rena Colo of North Adams
spent the week end with her cousin.
Miss Teresa Colo.
George Diore of Fort Henry, n
Y, has been spending a few days at
Isidore Morriers.
Miss Marguerite Eldredge has re-
turned from a vacation spent with
relatives in Dudley, Mass.
Miss Bernadette Belanger Of North
Adams has been spending a fer. days
with Miss Rachel S Dube
| Mrs. Mollie Mather and two chill
| dren of New York are visiting her
mother, Mrs, Oscar Carpenter
Miss Grace Heffron' has returned
to her home in Syracuse, n Y, after
an extended visit with her aunt
Mrs. j. II, Kennedy.
Some of the members of the Ra
monah Camp Fire girls and Reads
boro Guards are camping at Howe
| Pond for the week.
Mr. and Mrs f. +. Sawyer of vii
nington are the parents of a daugh
ter born Monday July %, Mr. anC
MIS- Sawyer were formerly of this
town.
Married in Bennington, Saturday
July 2l, Miss Pauline Faulkner anl
DR.. Franklin A. Walsh of this town
The ceremony was performed by Rev
George S Mills
| A. W. Kinsley of Whitingham ha
purchased a buickfour and W. j
Wheeler of Whitingham has pun
chased Buick six of the Buicl
motor company of Greenfield.
Guy Bartlett. Charles AubertinC
Raymond Gravius and Enrico Gottard
left Saturday for Fort Ethan Allen Il
Burlington to enlist in the militar
service Enrico Gottardi was In
only one accepted and the other
have returned to their homes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
WEST ARLINGTON

Ethel Hawley is suffering from
chicken poX.
A reception was given Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Hayes last Friday night
Henry Conlin suffered loss by
fire of his tenant house Saturday
morning
Miss Meta Mills of Albany and
Miss Eleanor Hay of Shinglelands are
visiting Mrs. II. r. Eaton and Mrs.
X. Poor.
Mr. and Mrs. \. Qunlan and par
ty and Mr. and Mrs ID. b. Harrington,
Mrs. lluds, Mrs Poor, Wilma Hurd,
Mrs IT, r. Edgcrton and daughter
were all in Cambridge. ~ " Satur-
day.
Mrs. a. c. Morchouso and son, Rob
crt have returned from visit in
Sunderland and Manchester also
lloosick Falls. Robert has whoopug
cought Also Robert Mckee and Don
aid Telrt also Eyi Fairbanks.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hayden and dauch
tors, Mrs Stacy, Misses Susie and
Alice Hayden, returned to North Ad
ans, Mass after 10 days at the house
known as the Sockwoods, where Mr.
and Mrs Harry Hayden viii rosid,
for six weeks after their return from
their wedding trip next Tuesday
They have visited Washington ant
other places of interest seeing un
Clcs, Ounts and cousins.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
S64C.oOO,OOO
Av|AIii;S;;.s:,Q Q'IL
NOW A LAW
Beginning OF Mammoth In
dustry in United States
BIG ARMY OF FLYERS
More Than Hundred Thousand
Men to Operate and Care for
$4,000 Machines.

Washington, July 24-In signing to-
day the $64O,OOO,OOO aviation bill
President Wilson gave the signal from
which will spring into being a nation
wide industry for the production OF
aircraft and the training of fliers on
a hitherto unprecedented scale.
The groundwork, after months of
high pressure preparation, has been
laid and the final enactment of the
bill at the White House starts the
work of building, equipping and man
ming upward of $4,000 fighting and
training craft to cooperate with the
forces of the allied governments.
Americas contribution must be ready
for this job next spring. 1t will re-
quire the organization of flying ar
my of 10000 men.
Germany, realizing the danger of
the air campaign, already is feverish-
ly building aeroplanes. The element
of speed, therefore, is foremost in
building the American fleet.
Commenting on the signing of the
bill, Howard Coffin, chairman OF the
aircraft production board of the coun-
Gil of national defence. said:
THE programme must be carried
out with a promptness equal to that
displayed by congress in passing the
measure 1t is task demanding all
the initiative and power of American
industry for its consummation and
just for that reason, one to which the
nation will respond. All world records
for Industrial development of a new
art must be broken. Whatever crimes
may later be laid at the door of those
who are to direct this work, that oI
inaction or slowness in accomplish
ment must not be one of them. We
are prepared to go ahead at once witt
the expanded plans which the appro
priation makes possible.
zone word of caution only need be
said here. Under ordinary conditions
at least year would be required fol
the industrial preparation which this
programme demands. Yet we have nj
such length of time which to perform
the task now.
'In spite of our ineXperience II
quantity production of fighting
planes. we must have thousands o
them for next years use to make tn,
contribution which the Allies expec
OF u.s."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25

LIST NOT HERE
Official Order in Which Red Ink
Numbers Were Drawn Last Friday


Numbers Were Drawn Last Friday
The copy of the master list" of red
ink numbers showing the order in
which the Bennington county regis
trants were drawn last Friday and
which was to have been sent through
Governor Graham to County Clerk
Stakeholder did not arrive This morn
ing, The county clerk, however, eX-
poets that the list will be received
some time this afternoon or evening.
Washington, July 24.-With the
master lists of Fridays conscription
drawing in the mail for distribution
to the local boards, the task of as
sembling the national army of half
million had passed out of the hands
Of the federal government tonight
and into those of the civilian authori-
ties who will notify the men drawn
and pass on exemptions.
AS soon as the lists are received
each board will summon for physical
examination double the number Of
men in the district quota. If more
are needed the authorities will keep
on calling until the quota is filed
The final list shows only few
errors in the unofficial report OF the
drawing already transmitted through
out the country by the press. In
Guiding all the adjustments found
necessary in correcting the official
list to make up for numbers that
we're read upside down or were mis-
read and also all errors in transcript
tion in the rush of the drawing and
the haste to get the figures to the
wires, there are less than two score
variations between the lists COMPLIED
by the Associated Press and the mas
ter sheet.
The surprise of the official record is
the fact that the missing number in
dicated by the drawing of blank
capsule as No. l0,004, was located as
serial No. 5,794. It was placed last
in the master sheet and becomes Ii.
ability No 10,500. Number 2,7SO
drawn as No 1O.49S, was found to be
duplicated and was stricken out
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
BUY FLOUR IN SMALL QUANTITY
Housewives Warned that Hoarding Is
False Economy

Washington, July 24.-Buy -four
in small quantities and protect II
carefully from spoilage, is the key
note of suggestion from the United
States department of agriculture.
Sound -four milled from standard
wheat exhibits very little tendency
to decompose when stored in a prop
er manner Nevertheless, there is
considerable loss of -four through
spoilage as result OF improper
storage, particularly during the sum-
mer months. Flour dealers naturally
have to carry in storage an amount of
-four proportionate to the current
needs of their trade. Housekeepers
on the farm and in the city should
purchase -four in accordance with
their needs only. 1t is false economy
for the housekeeper to purchase lar
ger amounts of -four than can be used
within a reasonable length of time.
This may be a barrel for large fam
lily; more often it will be the 80
pound sack. Any storage of flour in
excess of the consumers needs con
stitutes boarding which. under pres
ent circumstances, is an unethical
and reprehensible practice, OF no pro
fit to the individual who practices It,,
but injurious TO the best interests of
the people. .,l
Since II is the duty of everyone in
the present situation particularly to
avoid all waste, 1t is incumbent upon
each one to store the normal stock of
-four to eliminate all waste whatso-
ever. The precautions that are re-
Quired have been we'll worked out In
practice and are stated as follows by
specialists in the Department of Agrl-
culture:
There are three cardinal PRINCIPLES
of flour storage. Flour should not be
stored in the cellar, since the cellar
is rarely free from dampness, even
| though special -four bins have been
| built in II Is common to find odors
in cellar and -four absorbs odors
and is contaminated by them. The
cellar is cool, but is usually too damp
| Flour should not be stored in the at
tic of the usual type. The tempera
ture is too high in the summer, there
Is no circulation of air, and the iloul
is likely to acquire musty odor
Flour should not be stored in the pan
try or kitchen except in small quan
titles since the temperature is Ger
tain TO be uneven and the flour Il
likely to be contaminated by odors.
IL practicable every household
should possess small room for stor
age of non-odorous commodities
Such room is best loctaed on tn
north side of the building. 1t shoul
he ventilated and cool and eve
temperature should he maintained
Where such room Is not available
closet may tit the requirement
we'll The bins or containers shoul
be kept clean, ond when an old stoc
OF flour is exhausted, the containe
should be carefully cleaned before
new stock is placed.
Naturally the -four must be guarde
from vermin Flour should be exam
ined occasionally to see that decon
position has not begun. Conserve
IN this manner, the sack of -four
the household and the larger store
/ of the retailer can be utilized pract
caily to the exclusion Of any vast
through spoilage.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
HATSOFF TORED
CROSS BRANCH
|NBENN|NGTON
Praise from Headquarters for
Big Contribution
TOWN SETS THE PACE
Director Joyce Acknowledges Receipt
Of $12,626 from Chairman Shoe
Maker of Bennington

Benningtons remarkable record in
the campaign to raise 100000 in
Vermont for the Red Cross has made
marked impression throughout the
state as is evidenced by the follow
ing letter from Robert f. Joyce, the
Vermont director OF the war fund
committee. to NJ NJ Shoemaker.
chairman of the Bennington Commit
tee:
Hayward Block, Burlington. VT
July %, 1917.
Mr. NJ. NJ Shoemakers,
Bennington, Vermont.
Dear Sir:
We have at hand your report of the
Red Cross war fund campaign con
Quoted by your branch. We wish to
thank for the remittance of twelve
thousand, six hundred and twenty six
dollars and forty nine cents. receipt
for which is enclosed.
Bennington branch and its workers
are to be congratulated on the fine
showing made in this work 1t may
be of interest to you to know that
Vermont hopes to reach the 100000
mark before October /, the expiration
OF the period allowed. We have about
$4,000 now raised and many towns
are raising more every day Vermont
would be in the front rank if all the
towns did as well as Bennington. Our
hats are off to your branch and your
citizens.
Very truly yours.
Robert f. Joyce,
n;ractcr K4ror E,nnd Cop,u,ittaa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
FOR INDIAN REGIMENT
House Considers Proposal to Enlist
Indians In the Cavalry

Washington. July 25.-The Kahn
bill to organize 10 or more regiments
of Indian cavalry as part of the Amer
lean military forces. was considered
by the house military committee yes
terday. The measure proposes that
reservations he visited by medical
examiners and recruiting officers and
all available Indians invited to enlist
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
SOUTH sHAFTsBURY

About twenty youngsters gathered
at the home of Mr. and Mrs Mark
Rice Tuesday afternoon to celebrate
the birthdays Of their littlo son liar.
old and daughter Ruth. Master Rico
was years old last Saturday and
Miss Ruth was Tuesday Tho
party which was the first the littlo
people had experienced was com.
plete surprise The program con
sisted Of games. music and refresh.
ments.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
OPENINGS IN AVIATION
Go Up in Balloon IL You Don't Want
to Fly

Governor Graham directs attention
to aviation section. signal corps. Unit.
ed States army Young men between
the ages of 10 and 80 who would like
to enter the aviation branch, either
as aviators or balloon pilots (the lat
Ter particularly desirable for any one
Who does not care to fly) may apply
10 the department aeronautical Oni-
fer, % Huntington Avenue, Boston.
Mass
F Applications may be made for Off
GERS commission as first lieutenant.
Ask for form No. 3O2. Men with cDl-
lege education or good schooling pre-
ierred.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
BoNDVlLLE

Mrs. Sarah Burbce and daughters,
Lora and Elsie are visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs, Martin Gleason at
Westminster West.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell NASH Mrs.
Blanche Wellman and Miss Ethel
Johnson of Dorchester. Mass, are
guests at their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. j. Johnson,
An automobile party consisting OF
Frank Wheeler OF Greenfield Mr. and
Mrs Leroy Williams and Margaret
Demott OF Brattleboro were guests at
John Williams Sunday and Monday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE--Throo 1917 Chevrolet
touring cars, . Ford touring cars,
Ford truck, new 1917 Ford roadster,
and Grant roadster. Marshall. Gar.
age, North Bennington, VT Tel.
19l.W. soto
LOST-Tuesday evening a black
bill fold between Main street and
Soldiers Home containing SCI and
Is of c. card. Finder please return
to William Fitzgerald, South street,
care Of c. II. Mason and receive re-.
ward. 50t6'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
CAMPS FOR GuARDsMEN
New Englanders viii Be Sent to
Charlotte, North Carolina

Washington, July 25.-Announce.
ment was made today of the selec-
ton of the camps for the 100000
national guardsmen just called to
service. The camps are at Charlotte,
n. c., where the New Englanfers in.
cluding Vermont. will be stationed,
Admission, Ala, Greenville, 5. c.,
Houston, Tex, and palo Alto, Calf.
While no statement to tnat effect
was made it IS presumed that the
men will be ntld IN camp until next
spring when they will be sent to
France to take part in biz offensive
against Germany,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
BAND coNcECRT TONIGHT
Regular Weekly Entertainment viii
Be Given This Evening.

The regular weekly band concert
will be given this evening from the
piazza of the Cottage Hotel with the
following program:
The Star Spangled Banner
March-The Paramount Restorff
Waltz-Wedding of the Winds Hall
Fantasia-ln Days Of Old Robinson
Song-Theres a Long Long Trail
Elliott
Male Quartette
One Steps-O Brien Cromack
Hong Kong Pascal
SelectiOn-The Bohemian Girl
Tobani
Fantasla-Whirlwnd Gorton
Morch-Happy Chaps Losey
America
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
PERu'S CABINET RESIGNS
Ministers to Remain at Posts Until
the 9th

Lima. Peru. July 25.-The Peruvian
cabinet resigned yesterday, The min
listers, however, will remain at their
posts until the 27th, pending the for
nation of new ministry. The out
going cabinet took Office August 49,
1915. Lima advicies on the 2lst stated
that the resignation of the cabinet
was imminent.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
KILLED ON U. S. SUBMARINE

Five Fatalities Due to Explosion In
PHILIPPINES.
Washington, July 25-Flye were
killed and three wounded by an ex.
plosion on the United States sub.
marine Al at Cavito, PHILIPPINE
Island, according to advices received
at the navy department today.
Among the killed was Lieut.. Ar
mold Marcus.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS
Enrolled to Examine Drafted Men In
New York

New York, July 25.-Volunteer ply
sicians will be used by the New York
exemption boards to speed up the
work OF examining New Workers,
drawn for military duty under the
selectiye draft lottery This action
will be necessary It was said yester.
day. because the physical tests must
be made rapidly on account of the
large number of men to be examined.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
WOMEN IN STEEL MEMS JOBS
Firty Seek Vacancies to Result
From Draft

Sharon. Pa, July 24.-Fifty women
have applied for vacancies to be caus-
cd by the drafting of men from the
Farrell mills of the American Sheet
and Timplate company.
There are now ten women employ
ed in the cold roll department and
company officials say they are per
forming their duties satisfactorily.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
CANADA DRAFT BILL GAINS
Passes Third Reading In House Of
Commons

Ottawa, July 24.-The conscription
bill passed its third reading in the
house of commons today by vote
of 102 to A, government majority
Of 5S.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
SEND ELIGIBLE ALIENS HOME
Proposal in Webb Bill Brought Be-
fore House Committee

Washington, July 25.-A bill to re.
turn aliens of draft age to their home
countries is being drawn by Chairs
man Webb. of the house judiciary
committee who said yesterday he had
talked to administration officials and
hoped to have administration support
for the proposal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont. generally fair tonight and
Thursday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
Tho Number Forty In tho Bible.

The rain that produced the flood fell
for forty days and forty nights, and
after II ceased It was forty days be.
fore Noah opened the ark. Moses was
forty days on the mountain fasting,
and the spies spent forty days inves'
tigating matters In Canaan before max
ing their report Elijah tasted forty
days In the wilderness, and Jonah gave
the people OF Nineveh forty days In
which to repent. The forty days fast
Of Jesus is known TO all readers of tho
New Testament.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25

The no called brier Of which pipes are
made is laurel root.
The busy bee teaches MS all n lesson
namely, not to get stung.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25
TOTAL QUOTA 81, 100000

Four days remain for campaigl |
MaAv checAs payable to
WIN. SHEA, Treas
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-25

Very truly yours.
Robert f. joyce,
Director War Fund Committee.
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KuiehtS OF Columbus
War Camp Fund
RESULTS OF FIRST TWO
DAYS CANVAS
s25.9
Old Bepnlngton, John CampbeII,

Capt. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s2s
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
THE Open FORUM.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE TEN.

nation declared war. abundantly con-
firms the fact that the people abso-
lutely rule Great Britain. The King
is but their clerk who announces the
peoples verdict through its represen-
tative in parliament A more impotent
head of any government can scarcely
be imagined than the King OF Great
Britain. That anyone with a sane.
balanced mind can fail to see that
Germany built up the most pow
erful war machine ever devised. and
was itching to win dominance of the
world. puzzles the civilized world.
True indeed their will be awakening
of the great and good German peo-
Pile as there has been of the Russian
people; but far more dreadful, be-
cause they have been deceived, mis-
lead and suffered tremendously in
every way-particularly in the eyes of
all righteous thinking people through
out the civilized nations-by the dis
regard of all humane principles in
conducting this terrible war.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
DEFENDS R0PER'S ACT.
CphoIds Destruction of Kaiser's
Picture by High school Boy.

Editor Of The Washington Herald:
While l do not feel that the actions Of
any Of the boys concerned in the destruc-
| ton Of the Kaiser's picture need any de-
fense l am writing this because / be-
lieve that the gentleman who signs him
self Manning" and who considers their
action on a par with the barbarous sub
marine policy of Wilhelm II does not
thoroughly understand the situation.
I believe that the destruction OF the
Emperor's picture was accomplished by
boys who were outraged at its presence
in our school. I am a cadet, and 1 feel
q, that for the cadets to have longer per
mitted that obnoxious and repellant face
to hang in one Of the class roms would
have been to prove ourselves absolutely
untrue to the traditions and ideals OF
our corps. The worthy gentleman con-
siders the destruction of a picture OF an
enemy to this country as a vicious act
We consider that the hanging Of the
Kaisers picture was in the spirit Of q
| reasonable act II the gentleman will
refer to Section 3, Article s. OF the Con-
stitution OF the United States, he will see
that 1t Is treason to adhere to the enemies
! of the United States. The person who
| hung that picture in direct defiance OF
the wishes and sentiments OF a great ma
| jority Of the school. was adhering to the
worst menace known. not only to this
country. but to the civilized world.
! At a time like the present, when the
whole world is battling for freedom and
right against the very man whose pic
| tured presence was so abhorrent to the
| true Americans at Central, I can think
of nothing which could have replaced the
| emblem OF absolutinsm and militarism
which could be more significant or appro-
| prite than a portrait OF the man and en-
blems Of the nation which represent the
direct antitheses of the degraded cor
| ruption represented by the Kaiser,
The spirit aroused against the picture
was a very natural one. 1t was rampant
in the breasts OF American girls and boys
whose fathers and brothers would be
Americas defenders in case Of war. The
only person who can and will cause US to
| be plunged into the war is the person at
| whose picture we took offense. When the
J exponents of German kultur Haunt in our
very faces the portrait Of the man who
was responsible for the slaughter OF our
| friends and relatives aboard the Lusi-
tania. we would be unworthy to be called
Americans II we did not show our re-
| sentiment.
The Kaiser's photo was decorated with
has dripped with the blood Of Belgian ba-
| bies and innocent non-combatants. On
I his breast rested an iron cross, the en-
| blem with which he decorates those of
! his soldiers who succeed in committing
| the most horrible atrocities. II Is un-
reasonable and un-American for even a
pro-German to expect that the youth Of a
nation whose basic tenets and principles
are founded on liberty and justice should
long tolerate such a display.
WORTH E. SHOULTS. q.