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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
SHIRT FACTORY BURNED
oss Is $20,Oo0-Night Waterman
May Have Lost lie.

Loss Is s2O,OoO-Night Waterman
May Have Lost Life.
Rutland Dec 1.-THE building oc-
cupied by the Rutland branch of Tau
Der, Ryttenherg & Co, shirt manufac
turers, of New York. was Quilted by
fire tonight at seven o'clock, entailng
a big loss in stock, including an I'M
finished government order The
building was of brick construction
and two stories high The walls are
standing, but everything infammable
was consumed Low water pressure
bothered the hremen at first and the
flames gained rapid Roadway in the
textile stock. The building was own.
ed by the Rutland Realty company
and is insured. as is the stock. The
loss will reach $4,000. The concern
employed l25 hands The realty com.
papy stockholders will meet tomor-
row to consider rebuilding. The night
Waterman had not been discovered at
10 O'Clock tonight and may have lost
his life
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
AtTreves.

"Ach. Ludwig. did YOU see dose Yanks
Go marchm' through der town,
Nit Yankee flags fyin proud
Nit German colors down?
Nit Yankee bands a.play.n tunes.
Like dot Red, White and Blue
Der Kaiser said they couldn't come.
But, Ludwig. they GOT through
They're funny mans, dose Yankee
troops,
No peoples did they shoot,
Or not q church or house burn down.
They did not work and loot
They didn't carry on young girls.
No. not single one;
Did nothing in the German style.
don't see how they won
Tom W. Jackson in Brooklyn Stand
ard Union.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
olive Culture.

II Is estimated that the number Of
olive trees in Greece is about 1900
O0o, The olives are used for q variety
Of purposes. Those picked from the
trees whllo green and unripe are made
in,o vinegar those p'~kcd when black
and ripe are preserved for tho table,
and those not Intended for home CON
sumption are pressed for their oil.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Briefly for Busy Readers
Join the Red Cross
Eugene Lafortune is in New York
on business.
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Fred Bevis Of Union street is ill.
Answer the Red Cross universal
membership Christmas roll call re
cember 16 to %.
J. Guy Livingston is assisting at
the vonDette iewery store evenings
during the Christmas holidays
Mrs. Luther r. Graves left this
morning for Philadelphia where she
viii spend the holidays with relatives
Mrs c. S. Estes of Silver street has
been called to SALISBURY by the SER
ious illness Of her mother. Mrs. Lois
Howard
Membership in the Red Cross now
IS more than duty--it is privilege
hose who love America, believe in
humanity and have faith in God are
proud to wear the Red Cross button
The biggest dance yet We old
fashioned dance with the good old
fashioned time, old and new dances, a
good time for all at the Black Cat A.
A. Hall Friday, December 90. Hur-
ley's orchestra. Admission 80 cents
Miss Emma c. Macdonald has re-
signed as general teacher at the Ben
nington high school because of i'm
paired health. Miss Macdonald was
i'll of Influenza few weeks previous
to the opening Of school in the sum.
mer and has not fully recovered from
the effects The vacancy is being
filed by Mrs F. d Mabrey and Miss
Anna Rogers.
Anplas Williams. aged SO years,
died at the Soldiers home Sunday
The deceased was born in Bethel, this
state, enlisted from that town and
served in Company L. of the 9Th Yer
mont Mr. Williams had beea at the
Home al various intervals sincs 1910
but he came there the last time in
August, 1916. The survivors are
three children The body was sent
this morning to Bethel for burial
\ trolley car on the North Bennng
ton line jumped the track n the cor
ner OF Main and South streets late
this forenoon and landed on the side
walk in front of the Putnam house A
broken hange on the forward vince
was the cause of the accident. Tn,
car came to a stop when the vince
hit the curbing but the yestihule rest
ed upon the walk and nearly blocked
traffic The car was pulled back OF
The iron in less than an hour
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Kels0n OF Olt
Bennington have received lelte
from their son. Corporal August Kel
son OF the 57th pioneers, who is nov
in one of the military hospitals Lea
New York He became i'll on BOAR,
shin when his regiment was trans
ported TO France and went through
tiege OF influenza followed by pnei
monia lie arrived at New York Ct
the De KALI last Friday lie write
hat he is slowly regaining hi
strength and chat he expects to he a
. home Tor Christmas.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
Reward.

a liberal reward will be paid by the
undersigned for information leading
TO the arrest and conviction of the
party or parties who attempted, some.
time within the last month. to break
into tho Blockmer Camp on the Dun.
willie Road in Woodford, Vermont BY
trying 40 shoot off the lock on the
door of the camp.
w. J. Meagher
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Breyct is u French word. mean.
commission or warrant. In military
usage II gives IN officer higher nolNi-
nal rnnk Than the one for which he re-
ccivrs pay II Is mn honorary promo
ton. The first time Il was used in TIE
United States army was IN 1877 when
Capt. Zachary Taylor, VINO aflcrwam
became Pr;7sssni was m"de major by
lrcycl for Ms brave defense of Fort
Harrison against the Indians, near
I,rrr llnntc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
NOTICE !.

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the First National Bank Of
North Bennington, VT, Will be held at
their banking house on Tuesday, the
seventh day of January, 1919, at ten
o'clock, A. NJ. for the purpose OF elect
ing a Board of Directors for the ensu-
ing year and for any other proper and
necessary business.
Ralph A. Jones, Cashier.
Dated North Bennington, VT, Dec
ember, 5th, 1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting or the stock
holders of the County National bank
will be held at their banking rooms,
Bennington, VT. on Tuesday, January
Z, 1919, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
for the election of directors for the
ensuing year and for the transaction
of such other business as may prop
srly come before the meeting.
Homer II. Webster, Cashier.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
Annual Bank Meeting

The annual meeting of the share
holders of the First National Bank OF
Bennington, VT. for the election OF
directors and transaction OF any
other business which may be properly
brought before said meeting, will be
held at the banking house of said as
ISOLATION on Tuesday, January l4th
1919 at ten o'clock a. m.
l.. A. Graves, cashier.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

2 o'clock p. m, for the purpose OF
electing a board of trustees for the
year ensuing and the transaction OF
any other business found necessary
when met especially to fill vacancies
in the number of corporators and to
alter and revise the bylaws. y,
Charles II, Dewey, Secretary,
Dated at Bennington, VT, Nov. 80,
1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
Love AnnIes.

Love apples is what tomatoes were
called years ago when II was told that,
If sweethear,s would divide one and
eat it together, no adverse fare could
part them. There was real bravery in
this simple act for in early days, to-
matoes were thought to be rank poi
sss.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
Three Good Rules for Life.

Make The best Of everything; think
the best of everybody; hope the best
Coz yourself by so doing you will he
lifting Yourself and those about you
~ a higher plane Of living.--Exchangc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
NOTICE
!lnston county SAVINGS Bank

Bennington County Savings Bank
The annual meeting OF the corpora
tors of the Bennington County Saw
ings bank will be held at the Office
of said bank in its bank building In
Bennington, VT, on the first Wednes-
day lst day of January, A. D., 1919 at
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
A Timid Nature.

1t must ne timd nature that
would refrain from every good time
for fear OF consequences.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

WANTED large knitting mill do.
elrcF woman tn work in own town.
Easy business permanent SALARY or
commission. AN or part Time. GuNlnn-
tced Mills, Norristqwn, Ia. Ieti'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
American
House

VIII br opened December under
new management. There viii he
available for rent three large r0oms On
the front and also the room that has
been used for the bar. There VIII lac
two rooms on the North street side
and several rooms on the second
floor suitable for housekeeping, fur
nished or unfurnishcd, also u bnrn.
Borders viii he taken by the day or
week and transients will he nccOmmO-
dated.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE-Larre Ou Painting wnl
soil for one-third It's value. subject
Music and Art" also ebony cabinet as
rood aH nov. Call POS Valentine ST.
between iO and 2 o'clock Friday and
saturday. 7Gtf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
POLAND READY FOR ALLIANCE
The Government Declares for Agree
ment With Entente.

Copenhagen, Dec is The Polish
government has declared itself ready
to conclude a military and political
alliance with the entente nations, says
the Cologne Gazette Vienna dis.
patches say the town council OF
Karlsbad had asked President Wilson
10 recognize karlsbad as an ndepen-
dent republic under american suprem-
aCy
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Brewers Themselves Blamed
For Success of "Drys"

One more piece Of brewery self
incrimina.ion. S. T. Morgan, secretary
OF the Texas Brewers Association,
when Oklahoma went dry wrote to
Adoue, the president:
"It was due largely to the manner
in which the breweries have in the
past aided the saloon men to; conduct
their business; that is to say,
the breweries in their greed for trade
put every Tom, Dick and Harry, as
we'll as many jailbird, in the business
by net only furnishing them fixtures,
loaning them money for licenses, but
even going to the extent of buying lots
and building houses" The result, he
says, was the encouragement "in every
possihlc way of the many evils that
have brought the saloon business in
the evil repute it is in to-day
law openly and almost defantly vic
lated by the saloons by connecting up
with gambling, bad women, and many
other abuses" This he attributes to
the large concerns "who, 1 regre. to
say, seem to be willing to 60 to an y
length to sell few more kegs of beer
Fifteen brewers, the United State
Brewers Association, and no one els&,
put Up the $375,0O0 that enabled Al
thur Brisbane, Hearst's star editor, -
buy "The Washington Times"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Spy, Spy, Who Has the Spu3

man probability Bolo Pacha would
still be before the courts in civil
case"
COLONEL VAN DEMAN-"I
think he would be for some time to
come"
SENATOR BECKHAM-..At that
ne seemed TO have a fair trial"
COLONEL VAN DEMAN-"I
think he did, sir
SENATOR BECKHAM "The
military courts are virtually in
charge of all these cases in every
country. except this country"
COLONEL VAN DEMAN-"I
think they are. l know they are"
Norman c. White testified unhes-
itatingly to the impotence of the
Department of Justice to deal with
The spy and its partiaAor complete
failure to bring to trial the cases
investigated by the Army Intelli-
gence or to win those that it
brought to trial. Through his tes-
timony may be traced, step by step,
the path of devious and numbering
car of justice with which America
expects to overtake and punish that
fteetest and most astute of Grim
jnals, the spv.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
100 Men on Broadway
Sell Heroin to Troops

we got a propagandist the other
Gay and had him tried in BROOKLYN
Because the District Attorney was
not competent, we failed.
Go with me on Broadway to-
night. You will find one hundred
men after theatre there, going be-
tween Seventy-second Street and
Forty-second Street, offering heroin
tor sale at S6 "a throw The SOL
diers cannot buy liquor, so they sell
them heroin. Shall that go before
the United States District Attorney?
No, gentlemen. The men in uni
form should take that man on the
street and not wait"
Mr.. Whites bitter realization of
the criminal shortcomings of Amer
lca's efforts to protect her National
Army-orawn at first hand from his
work with the Army Intelligence
Bureau---drove him finally to decide
TO lay his personal fortunes at the
mercy Of political chance by putting
certain scandalous cases of the bu-
reau straight before the committee
in executive session.
Il have a case at my hotel deal
ing with this propaganda question,
and it leads from Won Bernstorff
down to the least soldier in the army.
| can give these things to you, the
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Institutions With Students
Training Corps May Pro-
vide Safeguards
Commanders to Decide
Areas Not To Be Established
Unless Found Necessary,
General March Says
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune

topecto| Dsspdtch to The Tribune
WASHINGTON, Nov. ALL col
leges, universities and technical
schools in the country, having
Students Army Training Corps units
numbering 250 or more officers and
men. are subject 90 the Presidential
proclamation. authorizing the estab-
iishment Of vice and liquor zones, the
Secretary Of War announced to-day
IN a special order signed by Chief Of
staff March. The zones, however. will
not be established unless found neces-
sary, in the view Of the commanding
officer, to safeguard the morals Of the
student soldiers.
Under the new policy of the depart
ment, all schools in New York. in
Guiding Fordham. New York University,
Columbia University and New York
City College. and Brooklyn Polytechnic
and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, are
classed as institutions, surrounding
which fve-mile vice zones and one
ha!t-mlle liquor zones may be estab-
llshed, If the commanding officer sees
mt to require them.
=, The special order points out that in
the space occupied "there must be both
habitstion and use"
OF temporary or permanent charac-
ter be IN one place and the drill
grounds be in another disconnected
place." the order says, "manifestlv the
drlll grounds, although a place used bv
the military forces, is not the habita-
tion of those forces, and therefore
does not in itself. constitute q military
camp"
The order also points out that a
camp under civilian control is not a
military camp. Where the government
has contracts with institutions for the
housing, subsistence and instruction
OF students, however, they are subject
to military control
1T is my opinion" the order con-
cludes, chat the places occupied by
colleges, universities and other techni-
cal schools where enlisted men are
housed, subjected and instructed under
contract will, when converted into
military camps, be subject to the pro
visions of the Presidents proclama
tion, provided there shall be stationed
at the camps $50 officers and enlisted
men for more than thirty consecutive
days"
The establishment Of vice and liuuor
zones around the Student Army Train
ing Corps encampments in the greater
city would deal heavy blow at the
theatrical and shopping districts of
brooklyn, Upper Manhattan and The
Bronx.
In Brooklyn the busiest section would
be affected, as Pratt Institute is in the
heart of the downtown" district. Be
tween Columbia and the College of the
City Of New York lies Harlem's "White
Way" 125th Street, while the Fordham
and New York University zones would
cut off large portions of The Bronx.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Draft To Be Speeded,
Despite Peace Outlook
New Workers Will Meet Calls
as Though War Was Still
at Its Fiercest

Speeding up the draft here and the
movement of National Army quotas to
cantonments will not be affected in The
slightest degree by the capitulation o.
Austria and Turkey and the recen,
military successes of the Allies. This
assertion was made yesterday at the
office, Of Martin Conboy, director of
the draft for this city, in conjunction
with an announcement that thousands
of registrants here will entrain for
camps beginning November IL.
There will be no relaxation by any
of the 1S9 local boards" declared Cap
tain David Asch. military aid to Mr..
Conboy. 1--WE have received definite
orders to hasten our draft procedure
and are preparing to induct all avail
able registrants whenever calls are
made.
'Thc draft work will continue it's
speedy progress until we are officially
notified that the recent favorable de-
yelopments warrant changes in our
plans"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
not mention the Hindu's nan,e

not mention the Hindu's name. At
any rate he was under bond. What
he did do? He skipped his bail and
ne Is IN Mexico to-day. He would not
nave skipped bail with military
court martial.
Another thing. Mr.. Chairman.
lake the alien enemy that is brough,
20 the military authorities to-day
he comes before them. He knows
before he gets there that he does
not nave to come down. He knows
before ne is there that he does not
nave to talk. and the influence of the
military arm of the service is abso-
iutely lost by questioning him. They
laugh at you. They are now begin
ming to laugh at YOU.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Sues Son of Rich Man
For Breach of Promise

=. Chester NJ. Van Kleek, of 35 Vest
Sixty-ninth Street, was arrested yes
terday by Deputy Sheriff Murphy in
breach of promise suit for S25 900
brought by Miss Lillian f. Ferns, Of
New Rochelle. Mr.. Van Kleek gave
$4,000 cash bail and was released. The
defendant. according to Miss Ferns. is
the son of rich and socially prorsinent
parents. Miss Ferns says she first met
mr.. Van Kleek in 1911 at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Harris. at Larch-
mont. They did not meet again until
July II, 1917. at which time. it is
alleged, Mr.. Van Kleek proposed mar
riage. He explained that he could not
marry within short time, says Miss
Ferns, because his father was dying
and his mother ILL
Miss Ferns alleges that Mr.. Van
Kleek repudiated his promise in June
last, telling her father, Robert J. Ferns
that he never promised to marry her.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
$4,000 a Month
Spent for Defence

IN another letter from Mr.. Busch ne
says: "We have been spending $30,ct0
month in defence of the beer indus
ty.'
Evidence was produced to show that
there was a McDermott-G Gardner fund
which was controlled by all the large
brewers Of the United States, and
which gave the Texas brewers $4,000 q
month. (John A McDermott was head
of the organization bureau of the
United States Brewers Association, the
organization which put up $4,000 of
the Brisbane fund (U. S. B. A Year
Book, 1922 John Gardiner was d
member Of that bureau Ger 5z07-D
and was also president Of the Pennsyl-
yania State Brewers Association, which
vas involved in the Pittsburgh case.)
Under Texas law a man cannot vote
unless he has paid his poll tax, and it
is against the law to give a man money
to pay this tax--a favorite device of
persons with money to spend in poll
ties. The brewers recognized that "as
general thing our people are very
POOR hands to pay their poll taxes,
whereas the prohibitionists always pay
theirs.' The testimony is full of evil
dence Of the efforts made by the brew
ers to get the poll taxes of their ''kind
Of people" paid up. Otto Koehler,
president OF the San Antonio Brewing
Company, wrote Bertrand Adoue, presi-
dent Of the State Brewers Association,
that athose interested in the sale of
Dear have stopped at nothing to induce
such payments" A general report
rom the Office states that "if we had
rad ten days more, or four more men
u the field, there would have been
10000 poll taxes paid" One Kauf-
man. apparently an agent, writes to
Wahrmand, an ek-member of the Leg
'asturc. that "Mr. Maier, foreseeing
ina election, has paid out about 81, 600
psung poll taxes for negroes, which
are IN his safe"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Department of Justice
Is Now Overloaded

The only real protection that the
army and navy and our forces
abroad have at the present time is
the Department of Justice" he said.
"Gentlemen, they are overloaded.
There are no regulations con-
corning the alien enemy that are
worthy of mention. :.
Here is the physical test and the
physical thing that the secret SER
vice men Of every department are
doing. have done this myself. I
have taken a man in the middle of
the night with three bombs in his
room. | have no power to arrest
him. have no power to search
him. | can sit on the edge of the
bed with that man and keep him in
his room until daylight and until
another department opens up.
Il can take him down and have
him examined and have a long ste
ncgraphic report. am then obliged
to take h i'm to another department,
the Investigations Bureau of the
Department of Justice, and he is
again examined. Then in the great
city of New York he is taken to one
of the internment officers. who is
just as busy as he can be and faith
fully doing what he can, and the
man whom l have held all night
waits for my examination, the in
terning officers examination and
the Department of Justices exami-
nation. There is not place in New
York City except such places as
may be rendered by courtesy, where
that man can be detained, so that he
is sent out to Trenton, N. j., until
such time as they can find a place
for him.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Summary Justice
Urged as Necessary

COLONEL VAN DEMAN 81
think that experience shows we have
got to have summary justice in or
der to meet the kind of thing we are
up against in this country. do not
think the ordinary courts will do
that. Their processes are not the
kind that will allow them to do it.
They are tied up with form and red
tape and law which they cannot get
around"
Colonel Van Deman testified to the
universally of the courtmartial as
cure for spies in all other warning
countries:
I'm England they have a
law with which l am not particularly
familiar-the defence of the realm
act-which gives the military juris-
dlction over about everything that
occurs in time of war"
THE CHAIRMAN-"Tor the pro-
lection of the army?"
/. COLONEL VAN DEMAN-"F -"For
the protection of the army"
SENATOR FRELINGHUYSEN
You feel that in order to stop
this espionage against soldiers,
against our rights, against the SER
vice, and against cur position in this
war, it is necessary to have some
summary procedure Of. this kind?"
COLONEL VAN DEMAN-"Yes
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
DO the Necessary,
Regardless of Expense"

telegram from Adolphus Busch
says; DO not underestimate prohibi-
non movement and danger of poll tax
mH. Have vigilant eye and do the
aecessary, regardless of expenses. We
H'li pay our full pro rata"
Twice in the evidence occurs ref
ssence to direct vote buying, matter
-Ss often referred to in any politicians $
correspondence. Koehler complained
3 she request of Paget, the brewery
saEpaign manager, for $4,000 for use
= CALDWELL County. 'lt certainly can
40s oe question of buying the negro
Ss0'es'' he says. "for as understand it
'aste are none to be bought in that
sass An agent named Hedeman
! 'sss to Wahrmand that he had
s0usht thirty-fou votes. He adds that
- vas surprised to find that some of
wv antis' voted pro" secretly.
esmpaign Manager Paget wrote a
.s''er which was even more frank,
A0agn apparently it was not vote buy
81. sha' was involved. He said
I'ect'ons were held in three pre-
s.s IN jefferson County, and were
-ss'sd because Mr.. Gary and !.
sa matters SO that the election would
declared in our favor. If we had
- aone 80 the elections would have
pro. 1t was the cheap
q, sieetion, where 30 much was in
was ever in. Mr.. Gary asked
"otify you that the
' were delivered; the three boxes
ies'ty.s '"'' ~ /" aece"' ma
Is matter Of different kind,
1 y Charges Of criminality ar~ made.
sook, IN letter to Cetti, OF the
{ 49, 49,. brewing Company, says:
.. uss bsfore the ballot was taken on
~. l'sinal Love amendment, the San
a'o man and I, fearing that this
oasd be close, induced two Of