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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
FISHERMAN FINED
TWO Weston Men Paid S25 Each for
Fishing Without License.

Brattleboro July County Fish
and Game Warden +. II. Metcalf of
this place and Deputy Wardens Ray
mond Pratt of Newfame, Frank
Pierce Of South Londonderry and l.. l..
Shepard of Rochester returned to
heir homes this afternoon from the
headwaters Of West river after sue
-essful trip In an effort to discover
Illegal fishing,
In Weston this forenoon they had
Forrest Benson, who was arrested by
Warden Metcalf, and Edward White,
who was taken into custody by Depu.
ty Shepard arralgned before Justice
C T. Bolster on the charge OF haaing
without licenses Each respondent
pleaded guilty ana was fined S95 and
costs, payments of which was provld.
ed for. Both are Weston residents
Deputy Shepard Is scout for the
ish ana 6amo department.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
HER HEAD CRUSHED

Mary Pikul Of Amsterdam, N. Y.
Murdered.
Amsterdam, ~ Y, July 9.-Mary
Pikul, wife Of Albert Pikul. junk
dealer, was found dead by her hus-
band today on his return from Fall
River. Mass. Her head had been
crushed by a crowbar Two children.
who we're sleeping in an adjoining
room. heard nothing OF the attack.
and no reason for the crime or clue
to II has been furnished
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
GARAGE BURNS
Building Owned by Baseball Player
Gardner Burned.

Enosburg Falls, July S-The Enos-
burg Falls. Garage. owned by Larry
Gardner. the former Red Sox third
baseman and now with the Philadel
phia Americans, was totally destroyed
by fire last night. Five automobiles.
one owned by Larry. were burned
The loss will exceed $4,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
IS CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF :
James D. rurdy Of Manchester is Out
For the Office.

Editor of The Banner:-I hereby
announce that | am candidate for
the Office OF sheriff of Bennington
county at the September Republican
primary AS to my qualifications for
the Office, am willing to let my long
record as deputy sheriff speak for
itseh.
pledge my hest endeavors for the
good of the county, II am elected
| appreciate your courtesy.
James ID. Purdy
Manchester, VT, July s. 1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
SUICIDE AT NEWBURY
Thaddeus A. Green, 50, Shot Himself
Through Heart.

Newbury. July S.-Thaddeus A
Green. aged SO years. dealer in ag-
ricultural implements. committed
suicide yesterday morning by shoot.
ing himself through the heart after
he had taken seat in a chair in his
barn. He had been i'll with harden
ing of the arteries. He leaves his
wife. n son and a daughter
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

Randolph, July S.--George Osteyee,
a son OF Mrs Florence Oystee. was a
naval reserve on board the IT, S.
transport Covington. which was tor.
pedoed and sunk on the coast OF
France last Friday night, when six
men were lost He enlisted from Mid
dlebury last Easter. II is assumed
that he was In the list OF survivors.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
riED OF INJURIES
Result Of Automobile Accident OF
Week Ago.

Result OF Automobile Accident of
Week Ago.
Fcosick Falls, July S.-Arthur Le-
vine, the owner and driver OF the au-
'omohle which turned turtle on
'he state road about mile north of
Cambridge Sunday afternoon, June 30
when he was driving at a fast rate
and attempted 10 turn too quickly.
breaking one OF the rear wheels and
upsetting the car. died yesterday in
the hospital at Troy, where he was
taken last Wednesday II was not
thought at the time OF the accident
that his Injuries would prove fatal.
but he failed to regain his strength.
The other members of the auto party,
which included his wife and three
children and Miss Ida Summerblume,
III OF whom were injured, are report
I'd as improving from their injuries.
Mr.. Levine was well known In this
village, being engaged in the paper
aad rag business on an extensive
sca'e He is survived by his father.
Harris Levine, and a brother Louis
eyine. both of this village and his
wife and three children.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
TRAIN COLLISION
rs Persons Killed on Southern
Railroad.

Railroad.
Nashville, Tenn. July 9.-Two pas
senger trains on the Nashville, Chata-
nooga and St Louis railroad colided
on the outskirts Of Nashville today
Telephone reports from the scene say
that twenty-five persons were killed
and between 30 and rs injured. Both
engines and two baggage cars were
completely wrecked, and one com.
bination coach filled with white and
negro passengers was ripped from end
to end. One was through train and
other local. Two cars of the
through train caught fire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
vERMoNreRs ON BOARD
The covinnton Carried st. Johnsbury
and Randolph Men.

st. Johnsbury, July S.--Fhe war de-
pertinent has notified Mrs. Jennie s.
Noyes that her son, Clarence Noges.
was uninjured on the ocassion Of the
torpedoing of the u. S. S. Covington.
Mr.. Noyes is an ensign on the trans
port and is the youngest ensign in
the American navy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
PROHIBITION LEelsLATloN
Proposod Sutstitute for Norris
Amendment Unanimous.

washington. July tS-Legislation
10 prohibit The sale Of distilled liquors
Who and beer after January /, next,
ana to prohibit the manufacture OF
VINE and beer noxi November /, was
agreed to today by tho senate agrlcul
tural committee. This egislatlon Is
prcioscd os substitute for the Nor
ris amendment This action was vlr
tualiy unanimous as proposal ha!
been discussed several days in com
mittee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

or Br'er Rabbit better make his
se'f mighty skoercc en- no, so pro-
jirkin' roun' whar dere's cool,in'
goin' on, cause rabbit IN q pot Is
er goin ter look mighty good to mos
ennyhody TO long count or FOLKS
havin' ter save on facat 'Sidco
folksn kinder have yer eavc dc
wheat -four fer comp'ny On eat broad
made outen dis yero substitute"
flour. Dat wise Of owl done say dat
TO win do wa You got ter feed dc
soier boys dat's doin' dc fightln.
OATS watts talkin' dc wheat CT meat
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
COST HIM $500
Meehan Was Fined For Keeping
lntoxicants.

Lake Dunmore, July S.-Frank Nee
han was fined $500 in the Addison
County Court at Middlebury. when he
was found guilty of keeping intoxicat-
ing liquors. The booze was seized in
a raid on the Fourth.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09


Respectfully submitted. Mrs. Ed
ward b. Huling, Treas.
The bennington Branch gratefully
acknowledges the above gifts. also
gift of labor from Henry Richmond.
Il may be of interest to the store
keepers, who gave all their papers to
the Motor Division which was Cap
tanned by Miss Martha Dewey assist
ed by Miss Marcia Carpenter, Miss
Mabel Cooper Miss Isabelle Tudor,
Miss Katherine Huling, Miss Anne
Shields and Toody llulng to know
that these girls who collected papers
every Saturday morning through the
summer and fall turned over their
receipts Of S27S.26 to this treasury.
We wish the good work might be
continued
To the Welfare Players, who
through the generosity and ability OF
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Elliott and
their assistants gave n most
most credtahle performance of "The
Fortune Hunter" in the opera house
on June 27th. sincere thanks are here
by rendered by the officers and board
The chain OF card parties has netted
the sum to date of Si55.75, and II the
$50 who have been guests will be hos
tesses Just once and send the none!
to the treasurer. we will reach oul
goa of $500
The money collected during the las
drive has not yet been turned over {,
the branches In the meantime II 4
our wish to keep all bills paid.
Miss Mary Carney's room of the II
G. s. presented this Branch with
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
LIGHTING FATALITY
swanton Man Killed During Heavy
Storm.

swanton. July S.-.-Charles Lawyer,
aged thirty a farm hand employed by
A. X. Stonehour was killed by lightn-
ing during q heavy electrical storm
last night. He was married and
leaves two children.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09
CLAIM GERMANY
OWNS NE " YORK
EVENING MAIL
Government Charges Perjury in
Former Statement.
DIR. RUMELY IS ARRESTED
100000 Bail is Demanded--Kaiser's
Government Alleged to Have In
vested si,ssf.o

New York, July assertions that
Dr.. Edward A. Rumely, publisher of
the Evening Mail, placed all his rec
ords at the disposal of the department
of justice during his personal visits
to Washington, led to his bail being
fixed at $4,000 instead OF $4,000 as
originally asked by the Federal Coun-
sci when Rumely was arraigned be-
fore L. S. Commissioner Hitchcock
on the charge OF perjury The hear
ing in the case, involving allegations
that the Mail is owned by the German
Government, was deferred two weeks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-09

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Shoemaker.
Chairman.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
Spring Festival Fostered by CONNER
ciaI Body, to Take Place
on Main Street, An
nouncement.
NEW FEATURES COME
Carnival companys Shows Obtained
for AnansemenA-Ridin De-
vices Among the
Attractions.

A public spring celebration viii
take place in Keokuk beginning next
Monday with the Patterson Carnival
company shows as the major Httrac
ionA Tho Commercial club y prs-
sent1ng the festival
Tho eeaehra4don 10 to b On Main
street. which win be atractively dec
GRATED and the eighteen shows and
other attractions OF the Pstterson's
are to be conspicnously placed.
New riding devices, including the
whip" Will furnish entertainment
Several free exhibitions are included
in the programs for each day. Band
music Is to be furnished afternoon
and night
Former dissertations Of this charac
ter in the city have been successfu!
and it is thought by the directors OF
the Commercial club that the one
forthcoming will be attractive from
both trade and entertainment stand
points.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
sANDuskY.
) . . . . . . . . . . . Z =

The regular meeting Of the LADIES'
Aid was held at the home OF Mrs.
Homer Hays Thursday Twenty five
hospital shirts were given out to be
made for the Red Cross The society
decided to remain az an organized
church society and continue the Red
Cross work, also to supply funds for
at least spart Of the material used BY
the workers. A report Of work com
pleted was read by Chairman OF the
Sewing Committee Mrs. LYDIA Bal
tinger as follows: 1874 hospital
shirts; rs refugee garments: so bags.
Mrs. Hetty Petty reported for the
knitters: 81 pairs socks: 9 sweaters;
l helmet; 1 Pair wristlets
A big market is being planned for
somewhere in Keokuk" ON Saturday.
May II. All proceeds to go to the
Red Cross.
Mrs. j. A. Petty of near Montrose.
sends cordial invitation to an old
fashioned luncheon at her home on
Wednesday afternoon. May s.
Mrs. Clara Montana of Keokuk, is
the guest of Mrs. Moner Hays.
Miss Marie Davis is quite sick.
Miss Mabel Peterson has the mea-
sles.
Other measles patients. Mrs Mau
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
CITY NEWS.

Rev. s. c. Benninger Of the
Methodist Protestant church, will
preach in the Union mission, ID South
Third street, tonight at o'clock
knights and Ladies OF Security
meet tonight at o'clock, Woodman
hall, on Sixth and Main. There Will
be class initiated; degree team re-
quested to be present. Entertainment
after meeting.
George V. Jenkins camp, United
Spanish War Veterans, win have a
meeting Tuesday at 8 ?. M, in their
hall at Eighth and Main streets, is
the announcement Of ]. K. Foulkes,
adjutant Jos. R. Ffafley, prominent
Fort Madison attorney, and several
others from that city win come to
Keokuk to attend the meeting. They
will be mustered in as new members
Of the camp here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
LIBERTY LOAN
ABOVE QUOTA
Figure 10 s., 10000 " 10 Four O'clock
Saturday Afternoon,
With Moro b
Come

[Uhited Press Leased Wire 6er~1ce ]
WASHINGTON. May 6-Twenty
million patriotic Americans have
probably bought third Liberty bonds.
Inflowtng reports to the treasury de
partment today had swollen tho mum
Der OF individual subscriptions to 49,
00o. 900 with l1rge blocks of territory
yet unheard from. Omcia1s were
confident the final mark win hover
about 2o,000. coo.
The loan total in dollars at 81, 4o0,-
600, 900 and took ascosunt At only 70
ported subscriptions up 10 o'casck
Saturday afternoon.
At least $5e0, 900, 900 vas ez9eotsd
to be added by the hurricane wind up
which swept the country Saturday
afternoon and night
Indications we've that tho loan h1d
set new record for initial payments
with an approximate eight per csnt
average.
The Atlanta district which startled
the country with last minute squirt,
carrying It from less than hall its
quota to smashing over suhscrip-
ton during tho dnal hours, today bid
fair to record $50 Per een sales.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
Defiant Mr.. Reyes.

Monticello Express: Charles r.
Keyes, Of Des Moines, will disobey
the orders of the self constituted com
mfttee Of democrats, who decreed
that no candidate should be put in
nomination against Senator Kenyon.
We don't know who Keyes is, but one
Of his sponsors says that he has as
good right as anybody to run for
Office. OF course neither he nor any
other democrat might come within a
long distance OF defeating Kenyon.
but once IN while a member Of the
democratic party rises to tell the self
instituted comrnitte who doled out the
offices that under the primary system
any man with enough signatures to
his petition can get into the game.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
Keokuk Physician, Commits
stoned Officer IN France,
Writes About Work in
Hospital

How a famous American physician.
. major, went into q base hospital in
France and looked after the comfort
of sick boy, q foreigner. is touch
ing incident narrated by Captain b.
N. Fuller, Keoknk physician with
the American expeditionary forces.
in a letter which he has written to ].
irwin Annable and the board Of
deacons OF Westminster Presbyterian
church. There are 1000 beds in this
base hospital, where he is stationed,
he writes, and they are all kept busy.
"War is not a degenerating In
fluence." he says. "Our men are
coming home an asset TO the country
instead Of liability"
Neither are the Americans showing
the white feather. THE man in the
hospital all want to BE- cured in order
that they may return to the from, ;,
Captain Fuller writes.
Here Is his letter:
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, April
me on Good Friday, and to say that
they were appreciated does not be-
gin to express my feelings. For a
man to be here almost 5000 miles
from home, and to know that so many
good friends think of him and send
him such fine greetings surely gives
him a sense OF the breadth of friend
ship.
Unit r is now affiliated with base
hospital 80, and Is made up OF some
Of the finest men you ever met
Their chaplain is Bishop Francis, Of
Indiana, splendid type Of real man.
and 1t gives me pleasure to Join the
large number of officers and men who
crowd the little chapel every Sunday
morning.
War Not Deeenerative.
"If any one tells you that this war
is a degenerating influence on the
young men, he don't know what he
is talking about. The two base hos
pitfalls here have 1000 beds. We are
drawing men all the time from the
front line and have a large number
Of orderlies in our own ranks. Yet
our records show for January, Feb
ruary and March only three cases Of
venereal disease. You never see a
man drunk, and when this war is
over, these boys, really boys are COM
ing home as an asset instead OF a
liability to the, good old United States.
There is a spirit OF exaltation among
these boys that is wonderful.
Is Commanding onscer.
Tn the hospital Of 800 beds. In
which / have the honor to be the
commanding officer, the only request
Of the boys is to be cured so they can
be able to return to the front.
Il surely am proud to be over
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06

Peterson. Robert Peterson. Barbara
Sawyer and Mrs. Schwartz, are able
to be out again.
Miss Leta Denmire is improving
from an attack of rheumatism.
Miss Beatrice Williamson Is In
quarantine for scarlet fever.
Sandusky's service flag may be
seen in the church window. 1t has
seven stars to date.
Mrs. Joe Hawkins and baby visited
Thursday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Petty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
Fuller Proud To Be III
Service, Tells Deacons

| here; would not miss the chance tt
give the help can give here IL
had to make many times the sacri
flee 1t has cost me to como.
We have, in our organizations and
in the ones near here, many of the
very best known and ablest doctors
in the United States. The other day
q major (doctor) whose books and
work have made his name known to
every physician in America, came in
to my office IN the hospital to ask to
see q patient l had who was an in.
teresting case.
THE doctor has charge OF the med.
ical side OF all this district, and
when he went in to see that poor
ignorant sick boy with a foreign
name. you would have thought he
was calling on his own son. It is
fine to see tho manner Of these men
toward the boys and II any man can't
be better fellow over here, l don't
know where he Will learn.
Proud Of Hospital
pride in my job here. There is no
hospital in Keokuk SO thoroughly
equipped with Xray and operator,
expert laboratory man, and laboratory
with rabbits, guinea Digs, ETC.. 1or
tests, pharmacist and fine staff Of
doctors and nurses. We al surely
are eager to do good work You folks
can't realize what all these things
you provide for US mean, but we need
a lot and then more, for We are at
work hard an the time and the work
will get bigger. want to make my
hospital show with results. DR.. Gray
is In surgeon hospital and is max
ing good. Mine referred to above is
a medical hopeital.
with best regards 10 DR.. Newccmb
and you, every one, l am
Yours sincerely,
FRANK NJ. FULLER"
Appended is a poem, written BY
one Of the men in tho hospital. Cap
tain Fuller enclosed it IN his letter:
~Base No. 80"
Say Partner, I've been nicked
And I'm Just behind the line
Lying in base No. 80
Where they sure do treat you fine.
You don't know how Il feels, pal,
When you're wounded, spent and
down,
For to see Smll1ng Yankee race
That never wears frown.
And to lay your wretched body
Between white snowy sheets,
Get your mess from clean white
plate
Say. boy, we sure do get some eats.
And when It comes to doctors,
They've got the best there is,
And for handling wounded soldiers
They certainly know their biz.
Here's my tip to you, old scout,
II you get It very bad,
You'll get the best Of treatment,
The best that can be had
And youT rest your head In . clean
white bed
In old base thtrty-two
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
Died at Camp Dodge

CAMP DODGE, Iowa, May g.
Private William ]. Hamer, Dewitt,
Iowa, was ono Of five soldiers to die
in the base hospital at Camp Dodge.
during the last twenty-1our hours.
The otheTB Wefoe
Privates Charles Sanders, C1arrisa,
Mimi: Hummeu Howard. Rock Is
land, I'll. and two negro soldiers from
Alabama. One Of tho negroes died
from meningitis.
The other four soldiers died from
pneumonia
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06

moro ffour-war -four Of a darker
shade-the heavy silk screens over
which the ground wheat passes must
be changed. Barley is ground with
the same machinery formerly used to
grind wheat, with tho exception that
this machinery, too, must be equipped
with different silk screens. To grind
rye into flour, . slightly different
steel roller, as well as different silk
screens are needed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
PERSONALS

Miss Evelyn Beer OF Waterloo,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. J. Jerard Robertson, at
1875 North Seventh street.
Roy l. Sherwood has been called
by the war department to Camp
Greenleaf, FIT Oglehtrope. Ga. in the
military service, in medical depart
ment, leaving this evrring. Mrs.
Sherwood VIII remain il ISeokuk.
Miss Norine Farrahcr left Sunday
evening Tor St Louis, where she will
make an extended VISIT.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
Liberty Bond. for Them.

Liberty Bonds for Them.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
YANKTON. 8. D. May al
though they would not subscribe to
Liberty bonds, Nennonites near hero
did not resist losA officers who drove
1000 head Of cattle from the Men
monte settlement. Tho cattle win be
sold for $35, 600, which will be invest
ed in bonds for this peace loving
sect
Polk Seriously III.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service]
WASHINGTON. May Crank w.
Polk, counsellor Of the stnte depart
ment, Is quito seriously i'll as a result
Of breakdown from overwork. He
Is confined to his home here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
German Newspaper wakee Up.

German Newspaper Wakes Up.
United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. May 6.-The
Germania Herold, German language
paper here, in todays issues de-
nounce tho kaiseTs government for
starting the world war and editorial
ly retracts everything 1t has said re-
gardtng Eng1and's responsibility.
The Herold In admitting it has
been misled for three years, says
the revelation Of Prince Lichnowsky
awakened it
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06

New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, May 6.-Money ON
call, per cent
Six months, per cont
Mercantile pa2er, Per cent
Bar silver. London, 4s11sd.
Bar silver. New York. $3.50.
Demand sterling, $4.75.45.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
Change Mills 70 Make War Flour.
IRy limited pr>za

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May g.
Millers are spending many thous-
ands OF dollars changing their ma
chinery to make war flour. The fin
ancial burden Of the work. which is
taking weeks. is being borne by the
millers, whose profits for milling are
cut below normal by government
regulation.
To make q bushel of wheat produce
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06

FBy Ifod 8. Dug1soa, UnAnad Pf~
6tE6 Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARn1ES
WEST or MONTDADINR, Nay s.
Major A. Rasmussen Of PuEt1and. Ore.
was killed by . German shsn while
leading his men in reconnaissance.
Rasmussen, together with Lieuten-
ant Colonel Griffiths. who was killed
IN action on this front last week,
served tn the Canadian-American le-
gion before being transferred to the
American expeditonary force.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
DRAFT Lew i. constitutlonai.

Draft Lew 10 Constitutional.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-Men rails
ed under the draft can be sent any
where in the world to fight for tho
United States, the supreme court To-
day decided.
The action o6 the court uphosds the
selec1fvo draft Law in particular
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-06
Anna Held Is Sick.

Anna Held Is Sick.
United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, May Improve
ment is expected today in the condi-
ton of Anna Held, the actress, as a
result Of blood infusion which was