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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-12
Otherwise, Dorothy Dix Says,
/ It's Liable to Bring Calamity
to Husband, Wife, and Per-
hapS Parents Who Must
Support Her,
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman
Writer.

)I HAVE received letter from A girl
who writes:
"The young man 10 whom ! have
! been engaged for several years is now
q soldier boy who will soon sail for
France. ! want to marry him before
he goes. | want the honor OF bearing
his name. want the sense OF belonging
10 him. and OF having him belong to
| me, that only marriage can give, to
comfort me in his absence
He Refuses; She Insists.
my fiance refuses to marry me on
the ground that he may possibly be-
come one OF the poor helpless wrecks
OF men that war makes, and that he
would not be willing TO inflict such a
burden upon me. That is precisely why
/ insist upon being married before he
goes. wan, the right of wife TO care
for him in case he is manned. am a
business girl earning a good salary,
and amply able to support him and
myself. II need be
"What do you think about this'
Should soldiers marry or not before
they 20 TO the 'front.'"
Question OF Money.
This is a question that thousands
! OF other young couples are anxiously
! debating, and the answer is that in all
such cases the wisdom or folly Of mat
rimony is purely matter OF money.
There is no reason why a soldier lad
die and his lassle should not marry
before he starts forth to war II either
| he or she has enough money to support
| the young wife and the child that may
be the result OF such marriage, and
! 10 provide for the man in case he comes
back home incapacitated for making a
living
nNE can see how the romance and
~ the sentiment OF the situation makes
\ an all but irresistible appeal TO young
hearts, how they feel that no matter
what the future has in store for them
they have a right to ask OF fate this
one sweet boon, of being together foi
the last few days before they part, per
haps forever Whatever the morrow
h may bring they feel that they have a
h right TO this, their one hour OF love
and bliss:
n She is a War Bride.
\ The man feels that he can go easier
\ having bound to him the woman he
loves by the most unbreakabe OF al
u human ties. The girl feels that the
v wedding ring upon her finger Is a gold.
en- talisman that will bring her mar
\ back safely to her Also marriage puts
her upon the little pedestal that every
II 1mmunity has erected to its war brides
\ Il gives her right to flaunt in public
\ her service flag with lis one gli,terins
star, to openly proclaim the pride ant
b anxiety, and perhaps display the grie'
that tear at her soul.
ID II we were all heart and life we're al
q sentiment. one would unhesitatingly say
\ 10 every Sammie and his girl, get mar
ried. if you want to, while you arc still
strong and beautiful, before your splen-
\ did young body is marred by shot and
shell and your nerves wrecked by the
hell OF battle or the agony OF anxious
waiting. Perhaps this is the only time
love will ever hold its chalice to your
I lips. II you do not drink il now you
! will never taste its nectar"
< But, alas, life is not all sentiment
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-12
Sugar Board
Will Reduce
Retail Prices
Distribution 10 Be Bettered as
Well, Hoover Says In
Announcement,

WASHINGTON, July l2-Prices
of sugar TO the consumer will be
equaliled and the distribution bet
tered. despite a threatened shortage,
food administration officials pre-
dicted today.
By the operations OF the sugar
equalization board, created by Pres
idcht Wilson upon recommendation
of Administrator Hoover
The board will have authority TO
acquire sugar produced at factories
where the cost OF beets will not per
nit the product to be sold at rea-
sonable price 1t will be possible
through the operations Of the board,
says the food administration an
nomcement, TO work out" price
for the public upwards OF one cent
a pound less than would be the case
if the price of sugar were advanced
to a price that would cover the high
peaks in cost from all quarters.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-12
BELGIAN M0NARCHS FLY
BACK FROM ENGLAND

PARIS. July l2-The king and queen
Of Belgium who had been visiting Eng
land have returned to France by the
same means which they came-through
the air. The return passage, the news
nanrrs say. lasted thirty minute
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-12

The General Film company has an
nounced it shortly will distribute SIX
S part feature movies, the Oakdalc
production, featuring Gloria Joy a I
year-od player. The Locktd Heart"
is the name Of the first movie in the
series. BABY Joy. as she is known,
will be supported by VIOLA Vale, K.
Henry Grey Henry King Ethel
Richie and Daniel Giliether
g
Following her announcement She de-
sired to pay her expenses III a trip 10
France 10 entertain American soldiers
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-12

tor Of operations, who today announced
that thirty-five keels had been laid and
that the number Of workers at the yard
had reached $500 All the ways are
10 be completed carly in August
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-12
IS Keels Laid,
28,500 Men Work
At Hog Island

PHILADELPHIA, July l2-Rapid
progress is being made toward the com
pletion Of the Hog Island shipyards,
according 10 Francis T. Bowles, direc-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-12

The Wright Airplane company OF
Dayton has purchased hotel for the
accommodation OF its women employees.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
CONVENTION IN i
SARATOGA WILL !
Be iT0RR|D ONE
Republicans Have Gathered for
Business.
ADOPTION OF PLATFORM
WlII Be Chief Fisht-col. Roosevelt
Adheres to His Plan to Address =
Meeting. .i,sSses. ,.'

Saratoga Springs. MY. Jul. a1f
Republicans, gathered llere tonight
for the unofficial state copyert m !
which will open tomorrow y sFa try
ing to readjust their y;eH.wIut 10 the
pail of grief which fell pyon them
when news was received ol jhe death
in France of Lieut.. Quentin Roosevclt
nd to the anxiety caused BY the seri-
GUS injury in an automobile accident
early today Of Attorney General Mer.
ton Z. Lewis, chief rival Of Gov. Whit
man for the gubernatorial nomination.
Deepest sympathy was expressed
on every hand for Col. Theodore
Roosevelt and his family His tisci..
sion to adhere to his original plan Of
addressing the convention tomorrow
in spite Of his BEREAVEMENT lwas
greeted as a characteristic nianifesta-
tion of his courage. A formal resolu.
ton of sympathy was adopted by; the
state committees at a meeting tonight.
The committee also ratified The selee;
tion Of j. Sloat Fassett OF Elmira, as
temporary chairman, rs
The chief fight atthe convention to,
morrow is expected 10 be pver the
adoption Of platform. and the selec.s
tion Of chairman for tie platfoFm
committee was tho subject ,'of MUCH
discussion The lewis lea{ierwz 4 an
nonnced that they would h4 sattsfjeds
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
PoWNAL

IN entertainment for the benefit of
the NJ. Il church will be given In the
church parors Friday evening com
mencing at O'Clock. A fine musical
and literary program has been ar
ranged by Miss Florence Alcott of
Orange, Mass, who is spending her
vacation in town. Miss Alcott Is a
fine musician and clocutlonist and
gives most of the program herself
She will he assisted by local friends
from Williamstown. Mass The lad
les of the church will sell ice cream
by the dish and cones at the close OF
tho entertainment They will also
have a cake sale and an opportuni
ty given to buy a whole, half or quar-
ter or piece of the Pownal women's
home made cake The price OF en-
tertainment tickets are 20 cents fol
adults; 10 cents for children 'under II
and children under years free.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
WILL IGNORE
AUSTRIAN NOTE
It is Believed to Have Been Planned
by Germans to Open Way to
Peace Negotiations.

Washington, ID. c.. July 17.-There
Is only one opinion in official circles
here as to the note addressed by
Baron Won Burian, the Austro-Hun-
glrian foreign minister, to the Aus.
trian and Hungarian premiers on the
subject Of peace. That is that this
evidently carefully.framed communi.
cation was designed to prepare the
way for peace negotiations immediate
ly upon the hoped-for successful con.
clusion Of the present great German
drive against the entente forces along
the Marne and east of Rheims.
Baron Burians attempt is designat
ed as the Austrian association of the
right of self-regeneration of small
nations, and it is gathered from
reading between the lines OF his note
that he is quite willing that this prin.
clple Of selfregeneration should be an
piled TO the peoples in entente coun.
tries. Dut reserve to the Austrian and
German governments the right to
absolute control of the sublugated ma
tions within their borders. In this he
follows the principle laid down by the
Germans who negotiated the Brest-
Litoysk treaty, whereby Russia was
torn 10 pieces.
II is believed for the present at
least this last note will not elicit any
formal response from the allies of
America.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
TOO LATE 10 cLAsslry

WANTED-Boys. We need the SER
vices OF a number of Grammar School
boys for permanent part-time work.
The boys we select will be well paid
and given an opportunity to earn, learn
and advance. Apply TO Joseph a.
Evans. 433 Main street, Bennington. W.
50tl
wANTED--Middle aged woman for
general housework. Three in family
Mrs. Fred Hay, Walloomsac, n. Y. 5Ot6
wANTED-Carpepte w. Il. Pal
mer Inquire at the Squier's job at
old Bennington. 5Ot6'
wANTED-People to read, book
"Satan's Message to the Kaiser The
devil resigns, everyone should read.
impossible to print fast enough, ev-
eryone can afford, delivery In weeks.
Send l0c in coin. Box sos Northneld,
VT. 50ti'
FOR SALE--A family about to leave
town offer for sale residence proper
", house, barn and large lot. In very
desirable neighborhood. Possession
would he given IN the early fall. For
full particulars apply to Charles y.
Powers Savings Bank Building, Ben
nington, VT. J0tl2
NOTlCE-Two New York drossmak
ers Will be In Bennington. July 20 and
VIII accept a limited number of GUS
toners For Information call 2lf-W
50tG'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
ATTACK BY FRENCH
Is ON LARGE SCALE
Penetrated German Lines for Two
Miles at Some Ponts--Many
Prisoners Were Taken.

Paris, July 1S-The French this
morning delivered an attack along
the line from the river Aisne as far
south as the region of Bclleux, a dis.
tance OF twenty-five miles, and made
progress at certain points of between
mile and half and two miles, the
VAR Office announces Early in the
movement, prisoners taken in ad
vance began coming in. The north
ern point OF the front of the attack is
the town of Fontenoy, nearly a mile
north of the Aisne River. In fighting
on the front of the German offensive.
the French last night stopped the Ger
man units was completely repulsed
London, July 1S.-News received
here indicates that the attack started
Ivy the French today is in consider
able scale. The attack is believed to
lo making good progress.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
BRITISH AND GERMANS
AGREE ON PRISONERS
Large Number of Soldiers and Civil
ians viii Be Exchanged Under
Terms Of July IA.

The Hague, July H. The text of
the agreement between the British
and German delegations for the ex-
change Of prisoners. which was signed
on July IA, contains provisions for the
exchange OF officers, non-cDmmissioned
officers and mem British and German
prisoners OF war land those nterned
in Holand as well as civilians intern
ed in Holland and Switzerland. The
latter will leave the country where
they are interned
The new arrangement provides that
non-comniissioncd officers will he OK.
changed direct, instead OF being in
termed. German and British prisoners
Of war and civilians intcrned In Hol
land will leave that country. while
their places will be taken by officers
who have been prisoners for more
than eighteen months, and other pris.
oners in poor health.
The number OF persons to be intern
ed, In accordance with The agreement
OF 1917, amounts TO about 1900 sick
" wounded British officers and abont
1900 German officers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
nsr.TE IT , % or "a 5AnEP nEI,sibsH HoTAHp


District of Remington sc. .t
The Honorable Probate Court for the
District of Bennington. a ..,.t st
To all persona Interested in the ev-
tate of Jared Howard late OF Bcnnine-
on In said District deceased
At Probate Court. holden NJ Ben
nington within aud for said District
1n the 9Th day OF July 1918. nm ihstru-
nent purporting 60 be the laat VIII
and Testament OF Jared Howard lato
of bennington In said District, deceRe'
cd was presented 20 the Court aforc-
said, for Probate. .t..t t
Aud II is ordered by said Court, that
the End day OF August 1918 Of the
Probate once In said Remington, be aH-
signed for proving said Instrument,
aud that notice thereof be given tn all
persons concerned. by Publishing thin
order three weeks succeeHivgly IN the
Bennington Evening Banner y. newspRp.
or circulating IN that vicinity. In said
District previous TO the time appoint
ed. ..r
THEREFORE. YOU are hereby noii-
fed TO appear before said Court, At tha
time and place aforesaid, aud contcnt
the probate Of said Will. II you have
Given under my hand at. bennington
In said District, this 9th day of July,
| 1918,
Amy II. Harbour, n,-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18

London, July 17.--Although the Ger
mans are still attacking the allied
lines viciously on both sides of the
Rheims. salient, the gains they are
making continue to be small ones on
isolated sectors and seemingly are
confined to the region along the
Marne and Immediately southwest OF
Rheims.
Eastward from the Cathedral City
through Champagne the French re-
port that they everywhere are holding
the enemy and keeping their line in
tact, Notwithstanding the prodigi0us
expenditure of shells by the Germans
and the determination with which
their troops are delivering their
thrusts. Everywhere the battles are
being stubbornly contested, and
where the French and Italians have
been compelled to give ground il has
been only after the infiction of ex'
tremely heavy casualties on the in
yaders,
Daily indications are increasing
that tho strategy Of the German com
mand in the present battle has fore
most The bIotting of the Rheims ga
lient and the strengthening of the
line eastward through Champagne
ltoward Verdun The hardest fighting
of Tuesday was southwest of Rheims
where the. enemy is endeaYoring tc
break through the hin and forest
region. reach the railroad running
from Rheims to Epernay and force
the evacuation Of Rheims
In these endeavors, the German war
Office asserts. the Germans have driv
en- back the allied troops on the
mountain of Rheims between Man
tcnal and north of Pourcy. the last
named place being a scant five mile:
distant from the Rheims -Epernay raj
way. The French official communica
tion admits that the Germans hole
the line west Of Nanteuil La Fosse
about a mile and half south o
Pourcy and relatively five miles ives
OF the railroad.
The German war Office is now CLAIM
ing the capture OF $4,000 prisoner
since the present offensive began.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
ELEPHANT TRAINER
SAYS ANIMALS THINK
James Smith OF the John Robinson
Circus Tells About Some PecuI-
laritles Of Elephants,

II there Is anything about animals,
Wild or domestic. that James Smith,
the elephant trainer with the John
Robinson Circus which is billed to ap
pear at Bennington on Tuesday. July
20 doesn't know, it has yet to be dis
covered
Love OF animals has made him an
eanest student of animated nature
and he has thereby acquired peculi-
ar insight into the characteristics and
temperament OF different species.
ranging from the little domestic kit.
ten to huge wild elephants. He can
te at a glance when his four-footed
friends are out OF condition and the
remedies he prepares are as effective
as those prescribed by a graduated
animal physician.
When asked IL he believed ele.
plants think. he seemed surprised al
such ignorance. DO they think? |
should say they do he answered.
They think lots, and no mistake
about II. Elephants put their heads
on one side just like pariots when
they are thinking, and when an idea
strikes them a strange glitter comes
in their eyes. When they are hungry
their eyes shine red and green and ii
is best for strangers to give them a
wide berth They don't often give
way to temper, but when they dc
they are very dangerous They have
a great objection to practical Jokes
and people generally have the sense
and decency not to play tricks or
them, for they have long memories
and will remember face or an in
Jury for years, and If they over ge
the chance won't forget to square ac
! counts.
when everything is done to max,
them comfortable they know IT, am
are much less likely to get cranky O
out of condition.
They are the most widcawake o
all animals and quick to notice al
that is going on around them. Fou
or five hours sleep is all they take
they seldom lie down, hut swayin
their bodies sideways take little cat
napr
Lots OF people think that eli,
plants like milk. This is not So mo-
do they require milk Give them
tubtl OF good clear water to drin
and that Is all they want or requir,
When they get chilled they are give
half a gallon Of whiskey and are 500
all right again.
Tickets will be- on sale show day I
Cokay's Drug store at the same pri
cs charged at the grounds
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
THIRTY-FOUR SOON
TO LEAVE FOR DEVENS
Bennington County Resistrants
Called TO EntraIn Here Wednes-
day Morning, July "a.

Thirty.four Bennington county reg
istrants have been called to make up
the Vermont quota to be sent to
Camp Devens The young men will
prabobly leave here in the morning
over the Chatham railroad, and by
the customary route The list is as
follows:
Harry Boynton Nelson. Landgrove
William Hamilton Stewart, North
Bennington.
Peter Louis Therricn. Manchester
Depot
Walter Edward Chase, Readsbero.
Walter Jay Nichols. Dorset.
Raymond Elwell. South Shaftsbury.
Willie John Westine, Landgrove.
Arthur L. LaClaire, North Benning-
ton.
Thomas Edward McGraw, Stamford.
John Edward Kinney, North Ben
nington
Samuel David Francis. .samfOrd.
Fred Bushee, Manchester Depot.
Doninick Iannone, Bennington.
Jesse Bronson, Bennington.
Uric Francis Berard, Readsboro.
Henry Christopher Fruitrich, Ben.
nington
Curtis Abbott Warner, Landgrove.
Thomas Francis Nash, North Ben
nington.
Benjamin G. Green. SALISBURY.
Aldo Giuseppe Massari, Readsboro.
Roscoe Dwight Gates, Bennington.
Martin A. Tierney, Manchester
Ludgor Goyette, North Pownal.
William Champney, Pownal. 49,.
Claudean Rose, Bennington.
Gust Gerhad Larsen, Manchester
Depot. ..
Rooul Tatro, North Pownal.
Frank Mark, Bennington.
Omar Labrasse. Manchester Depot
George Harold Burgess. Bennington
Harland Foster Coolidge, Dorset
David Lawrence Beland, East Dor
set =.
Joseph Tatro, Stamford.
Charles Wolcott Potter, Pownal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
ELECTROCUTED WHILE ~
- WORKING ON POLE
w. Walker Of St. Albans, Lipcrnan,
Receives 24oo Volts and
Dies Instantly, a.

st. Albans. July lev. Walker.
AZ, lineman employed by the Public
Electric Light company, was electro
cuted ate this afternoon while work.
ing or pole on South Main street
The line carried 2400 volts and ~the
man was hanging on the wire sbont
1vo minutes before he fell from the
top of the pole to the ground, a dis
lnce of 80 feet r. H. Mecorney was
luickly on the scene with a lung mo-
tor and Drs. j. G. Perrault and H. III,
Johnson we're summoner but the. man
5ai probably dead before he struck
he ground. ffa
Mr.. Walker had been employed by
he electric light company two
months. With other linemen he. had
cen working on the South Main
treet line about a week. Mr.. Walker
survived by wife.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
FRENCH DELIVER
HEAVY ATTACK
Hul Enemy Back Along 7wenty-FiU Mile
Front
Twenty-Five Mile
BRITISH LINE ADVANCED
South of somme River Gone Forward
More Than Mile.

London, July 1S.--Southeast of Viii
lers Bretonneux, south of the Somme
river the British line has been ad-
vanced in front of more than mile,
according to an official statement to.
day from British headquarters in
France. The Germans are reported
to have made slight progress north of
st. Agnan in the district to the south
west of Dormans below the River
Marne, but the progress here has
been slow. The maximum penetra-
tion OF French lines since July is is
six miles, according to latest reports.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
$4,000 MEN CALLED
General crowder Issues First Call sor
August.

Washington July 17-Forty-sis
thousand men form all states and the
District of Columbia were called to
the colors tonight by Provost Mar.
shal General Crowder. They are to
be all white registrants. Movement
into camp will be between August s
and August 3.
This is the first general call for Aug.
ust, during which month the military
program provides for the entrain.
ment of 100000 men. Special calls al,
ready issued account for 1884 of this
number,
Among the quotas to be furnished
and the camps to which the men go
are the following
Ga.
New York, $500; Camp Greenlcaf,
New York, 1000 Fort Slocum.
Vermont, so; Fort Slocum.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
smnB uGen ar
VERDICT OF $500.
Given D. w. Bradley In Suit Involving
Timber Land.

Manchester, July ia verdict Of
Sc, 800 In favor of d. w. Bradley was
returned by the jury against Amos N.
Blandin and the Somerset Land COM
pany OF Wilmington, in the county
court yesterday.
The case involved a commission on
land and timber rights sold by the
defendants to the Rich Lumber COM
pany some years ago and was be-
ing retired after having been taken
from the jury at previous trial with
a verdict for the defendants. Ap-
peal win probably be taken to the su-
preme court.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
PASTOR GUILTY

Rov. Theodore 6ruessel Convicted Of
Sedition.
New York, July 1S.-Rev. Thoo.
doro Brucssel, 4 German Lutheran
pastor Of Bristol c., was found gull
ty of violation of the espionage act
by jury in the United States district
court ut Hartford late yesterday. SEN
tenco was deferred until today He
was charged with having made disloy.
al and sed!tious utterancos, deroga-
tory to this country and It's war actiy-
tiles and in praise OF Germany and
tho kniser.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
LIEUT.. ROOSEVELT MAY
HAVE LANDED SAFELY
Col. Roosevelt Receives cablegram
from Gen. Pershing Expressing
Hope That Son May Be Alive.

New York, July ls.-Col Roosevelt.
just before leaving today for the re-
publican state convention at Saratoga.
received cablegram from Gen. Per-
shing expressing the hope that Lieut..
Quentin Roosevelt, the Colonel's son.
who was yesterday reported as killed
in an aerial combat, may have landed
safely.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
SO AIR ATTACKS
Allies Make Numerous Air Raids in
June,

Amsterdam. July 17-Thirty.threc
air attacks We're made during June by
the Allies against German towns and
cities, according to statement issued
at Berlin Twelve of these were
AGAINST industrial districts in Alsace.
Lorraine and Luxembourg. Four were
against the Dlllingen and Saarbrueck.
en- regions and one each at various
places n the Rhine district.
The report admits that slight dam.
age was done to blast furnaces in the
Saaibruken region and at Ludwig
shafen, while the damage to private
houses is said not to be inconslder
able, Thirlyfour persons have been
Killed and thirty-scycn severely in
jured Thirty-ive others suffered
slight wounds.