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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-25
FOR SALE

FOR SALE--Farm or about 90 acres
just adjoining Bennington village;
House In fair condition, several good
building lots can be sold from place
IL acres tillable land. william H.
Wills, agent, Hawks Block, Main St,
Bennington, Vermont. ftl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-25

ron SALE Il room house iind barn,
wired for electric lights, garage, IL
acres land with wood min. Walk
from udltnington nnllsst Prize reason
able. Address Bennington II. +. y, ],
Box 1873 lt20'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-25
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING

UNITED STATES POST OFFICE.
BENNINGTON, VERMONT Office of
Custodian. bennington, VT, Sept. l4th,
1918. Sealed proposals Will he re-
ccived at this Office until y. M Octo.
her 7th. 1918. and then publicly opened
for watcrproofing basement at this
building In accordance with the speci-
flcation, copies of which may be OBJ
tanned from the custodian only
Emery 5. Harris, Custodian. 3tS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-25

cnsilag0 euttlr.- ugcd- LII little This
machine cost originally $500 ana we VIII
sell for $500 The machine ls In every
way as good as new one direct from
the factory aud tmH ia n aplendid OBJ
portunity for anybody In need OF cut
ter TO Get one nj "a very attractive hg-
ure. Catalogue and fun description on
application. a. w. Myers & Son. Inc"
Office and yard foot Of school street.
Phones $50 aud ig0, Headquarters for
farm machinery 3tt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-25

TO RENT-Oct. LIST. new bungalow
on Washington St, with or without
garage. A. IL. Winslow, $40 Main St.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-25
TO RENT

TO RENT-Furmshed rooms with all
improvements. Olin Scott house, 3si
Pleasant street. also garage To rent,
four ear capacity. 5tb'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-28
PERSONAL

Miss Emily Shea went to Rutland
today TO visit relatives
Mrs Amos Jones is i'll i'll her home on
Clark street with influenza
Earl Miller of Greenfield has been a
visitor in town this week.
Miss Una Rice of Greenfield, former
" of Brattleboro, spent Christmas in
town
Mrs. Oscar Dion of Schenectady, ~ Y,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. +.
+. Holmes.
Mrs. J. L. Goldsmith and daughter,
Miss Gretchen Goldsmith, who are i'll.
are improving.
Mrs. Francis Taylor will finish work
today in the Office of the Crystal
| Springs Ice company.
Miss Ina Holman will return Sun
cation at her home here.
| Emerson Dainklee. who is in the navy
left yesterday for Newport, r. l., after
a furlough of FIVE days.
| Private Edmund Haus left today for
Camp Eustis, Virginia, after a fve-
days furlough at his home.
Mrs. w. NJ Brown returned last
| from Greenfield, where she had been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Z. J. Tag,
| CART, several days.
Miss Katharine Dunlevv, who has
been visiting here with her mother,
Mrs. Sarah Dunlevy, will return to-
morrow to Montpelier.
Miss Doris and Miss Gladys Porter
have gone TO Gardner, Mass, TO spend
the vacation with their grandparents.
Mr.. aud Mrs. p Larkin
Wayne Thompson, of Williamsburg
/ Ia, is visiting here n week with his
cousins, tho Misses Douglas of Spruce
street. He is iurior mechanic in the
navy and has been on the cruiser, Pu.
eblo, but is now stationed on the re-
eciving ship at Norfolk, Va.
Forest and Eleanor Harmon, who have
been Ill with influenza in the home7o
John \. Harvey on Chapin street, wc6t
yesterday to the homo Of their grandpar
ertj, Alr. and Mrs. A. T. Graves, at SUN
nysidc farm. Mrs Harmon. who Ia.
been caring for them, went with them
Attorney Harrie B. Chase is in West
minister TO try the ease of w. s Fem
against the town Of Westminster be
fore Judge T. f. O'Bricn, municipa
Judge for the northern district o.
Windham county Warner A. Graham
Of Bellows Falls is counsel for the de
fense.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-28
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Miss Mary Prouty is i'll with influenza.
Roy Fisher of Boston visited here over
Christmas with his mother, Mrs. L. S.
Fisher
Mrs Charles Fl. Allen and three Of her
children are i'll i'll their home in Vernon
with influenza.
Emil Erickson is recovering slowly
from serious operation performed by
Or. Z. r. Lynch in the Mclrose hospital.
Miss Elizabeth Fairman, who had been
taking a course in nursing in the Me!rose
hospital has returned TO her home in
Vernon to remain with her mother. Her
father. Sameu Fairman, recently died.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-28
PERSONAL.

Mr. and Mrs. Ellis johnson and son
are expected today from Greenfield to
remain over the week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B, c. Baldwin.
Verne Adams of the aviation corps,
stationed at Memphis. Tenn, who has
been spending few DAYS furlough at
his home in town, viii return tomor-
row
Henry C. Weathcrhcad of Canal
street, who fell six weeks ago in the
bathroom in his home and injured his
hip, is still confined to his home and
unable TO walk.
Lieut. A. c. Rate went this morning
to Fair Haven to spend tho weekend
He Will resume his position Monday in
the Peoples National bank,
Mrs. Z. +. Snow and Miss Louise
Leonard of northampton. Mass, are
guests today of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S.
Knight of Western avenue.
Miss Marion Boorn is expected to-
night TO visit al her home She is pa
pill dietitian in the children S hospital
on Randall 5 Island, New York.
Joseph Eckels will return tomorrow
to Hartford, Conn, 10 resume work
after spending the holidays with hi,
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. IL Eekels
D. H. Smith, stationed al Camp Up
, ton, Yaphank, l.. l., has been visiting
here this week on 4 short furlough. II,
formerly was employed in Emerson
Son s furniture store.
Private j. A. johnson of Witteycamp
Surrey, England, came on the ll.30 a. II
train Friday from overseas to visit owe
New Years with his aunt. Mrs " L
Thomas of Chesterfield y. H.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-28
ADJUSTMENTS.
HEARTS OF THE WORLD.
Those Who Filmed Griffith Picture Had
to Go Over the Top.

TO 10 over the Top.
Going over the top" with a camera ,
evidently has as many hazardous feat
ures as the more warlike activity Of
hunting the Hun in actual conflict. d.
w. Griffith, the American motion picture
genius who spent Is months in France
securing battle scenes for his Hearts of
the World, which will be seen at the
Auditorium beginning Monday, Dee. 80,
enjoys the distinction OF being the first
civilian ever to have been allowed to en-
ter the front line trenches III France,
1t might have been expected of the
man who produced The Birth of a Nation
and Intolerance, that he would do the
| unusual when he started out to make
new feature film That Griffith actually
did accomplish the seemingly impossible
| there can be no doubt since his Hearts
OF the World surely proves that this in
domitable American movie genius stops
at nothing when loaded for bear"
How does il feel to go over the top
] with camera was the question put to
Griffith when he returned from his IS
months on the battlefields of France.
1T was most exciting, | have to ad-
nit" was his reply. My sensations
We're those Of gambler playing for the
highest stakes man can play for his
life. Going into battle with a camera or
a musket-it is pretty much the same
! things the greatest gamble in tho
world for yourself And you might be i
bit nervous ii you could not forget and
think of the greater things that are al
stake in this war--greater things thar
your own little life hanging in the bal
ance."
1t has been learned on good authority
: that every courtesy and cooperation
were extended to Mr.. Griffith during hi
I long and trying experience near th
! French front. The headquarters staff 0
] the English army, the French war otfic
j and various officers at the inlmediat
Z front gave Mr.. Griffith the most enthu
! sastic help. many OF the French an,
British soldiers taking particular de
= light in posing for the great America
4 producer i'll and about the trenches an
4 dug outs.-Adyt,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-28

Deputy Game Warden Charles Keith
has posted cards advertising That re-
ward Of SO is offered for the capture
dead or alive. Of panther which IS ter
rorizing the deer in Orange county more
particularly in Orange and Topsham.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-28

will make and deliver any day this
week feather and spice cup cakes, 40c per
dozen. 2Jc. per half dozen; and oatmeal
cookies, i5c. per dozen. If the cakes are
wanted frostins. Toe. per dozen extra.
MARJORIE PIER, p Chestnut St Tel
2;;3 NJ. PSI .255'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-28
NEWFANE.

Harry A. Pike. graduate optometr'at
and eyesight specialist OF Bragtleboto. Will
he in Newfane at the County House Mon
day, Dee. 30-Adv. 30
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
E. D. HICKMAN AN
IMPORTANT WITNESS
All Delaware Will Be Glad to
Hear What he Has TO >ay

Mr. Hickman has. been a great suf-
ferer with stomach trouble and all its
attendant miseries. He used NARROW
BONE and after taking THREE BOT
TIES he is free from all ills.
He cannot say too much in praise
Of MARROWBONE.
Those who have any stomach trouble
or who are nervous and rundown
should write him at Marshsllton, Della
ware. lie will be glad to tell you what
MARROWBONE has done for him.
II you have stomach trouble in any
form, if you don't feel 100 per cent.
efficient, II yoY lack energy, II you are
despondeni, II you are pale and anaemic,
If You feel that YOU NEED A GOOD
TONlC-then begin taking NARROW
BONE at once.
NIARROWBONE contains IRON and
NUX and other ingredients that your
blood requires.
DO as hundreds OF others are doing
in the state Of Delaware. Cast away all
other tonics and use MARROWBONE.
Give it fair test. You will feel better
from the flrst dose.
MARROWBONE MAKES THE NERVES
STEADY. ENRICHES THE BLOOD,
HARDENS THE MUSCLES. BRIGHTENS
THE EYES. GIVES COLOR TO THE
CHEEKS AND VIGOR TO THE WHOLE
BODY.
AIABROWBONE is being demonstrated
at Eckerd's Drug store, sos Market
street, Wilmington, Del.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-01-07

towns and cities
Thrd-Neutrazation naturalization Of the Darda-
nees.
Fourth-RecoDsideraton Of the great wrong done to
France in is7i-referring TO Alsace-Lorraine
Fifth-Esabshment Of independent Poland com
prisng all genuinely Polish elements because this is
necessary tc the stability Of Western Europe"
Sxth-Araba, Armenia. Mesopotama, Syria Palestine
all Cutitled to separate national conditions.
Sevenh-Russlas future to be left to the decision OF
the Russian people themselves.
Eighth Inhabitants Of African colonies to be placed
under administration acceptable TO themselves the
purpose Of preventing exploitation for the benefit OF
European capitalists and Of European governments
one Of the nobest Of the Premiers many noble utter
was:
we VIII stand by the French democracy TO the death.
We demand reconsideration OF The great wrong Of 1871
No message more enheartening to the Allies and more
confondlng to The Huns and their partners in nterna
tiona crime and 1endshness could have been framed
and heraded to the world
II rings the deah-knell Of the German hope OF peace
favorable to Germany.
I'VE will stand by the French democracy to the DEATH"
it said.
And will the United States and It's people. They
willing to make any sacrifice Of men, money and material
to put end forever to the German dream Of world
domination.
Evening journal., 1918-01-07

territory. The operating income Of the
eastern roads has been on the decline
since September, 1916. For the western
roads, the sharp downward turn oc-
CURED in August. while the southern
roads showed a slight decrease In Au-
gust, September and October and nearly
held their own for the year as a whole.
"As compared with the years 1915
and 1914, operating income in 1917 was
usually greater. But the general tend
ency from month to month in 1911
has been 10 exceed those earlier years
by a smaller and smaller margin.
Standing out in bold relief against
the years gross receipts is the steady
resistless rise in operating costs. Every
month OF 1917, and each Of the three
districts in every month, showed in
creased expenses over 1916. 1t is trus
that revenues were also increased dur
ing every month but the increase in
expense fer oulstripped the growth Of
revenue.
While revenues in the 10 months Of
the year fOr which complete figures are
available increased II s per cent. oper-
ating expenses increased 1872 per cent.
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
Songs of The Scmmies
BY J. w. PEGLER,
United Press STAFF Correspondent.

WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDl-
TIONARY ARMY. FRANCE, Dec. H.
BY Mail Down in Company Street
they're betting three-to-one that the
sergeant never reached the German
lines alive.
The sergeant was missing after that
trench raid when the Boche dropped
into our trenches for close-aghting
When the shelling lifted the sergeant
was the nrst one bounding upstairs
from the dugout-the lieutenant had re-
manned at the mouth Of the stairs all
the time.
lt was very dark. The Sammies could
see figures rushing toward them.
Don't shoot, I'm an American, said
one young soldier, thinking the strang-
ers were French soldiers from an adj
joining sector.
You're Just the birds were out TO
kill" said a Boche ia English-and be
shot the Am crican dead.
The Samm es didn't like trench fight
ing AS many as could make it leaped
onto the par pet where they could use
their rifles ,t close-range on the en-
emy. Il was a mix-up; the Germans
knew their Plan and knew where not
10 shoot because their own men were
there.
When it was over the sergeant was
missing.
Il bet three dollars to one today
that the Sergeant fought out in No
Mans Land TIL they had TO kill him,
said one Of his boys today. THAT guy
just loved a fight. They'll never put him
in prison camp
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
PUSsYfOOT PATRIOTISM

! out" for the other fellow.
Are you, manufacturer OF necessary
war materials, "pussyfooting" around
the disloyal utterances Of a business
associate because he is adding dollars
TO your Golfers? Are you, clubman,
treating lightly what that man has
said in the smoking room about your
government, because you know him as
a Jolly good fellow" and you would
not hurt his feelings ?" Are you,
club woman, passing over seditious ut
terances OF a woman across the table
who IS defiant because she is a woman.
because she believes that she can not
be held responsible? Are you, little
society coward, minimizing what you
have heard today because the offender
was on your visiting list prior 10 April
6 and you are too much Of a lady"
to be rude? Both trousers and petit
coats have often concealed jellynsh.
and ramrOd Is a suggestion for the
strengthening Of your backbones. These
offenders would not require the Of
fees OF Secret Service men II they had
the earnest consideration Of the loyal
private citizen. In this grave crisis
the government has not established
military law nor defined lese majestic;
it has believed in the sincerity and
patriotism Of all its people. IL is not
enough that they have sent their sons
10 France, that they have bought Lib
erty Bonds, have contributed largely TO
the war library fund.- and have worked
to make the red triangle a success. All
this service and activity avsils moth
ing for the great flnality without per-
sonal loyalty, that loyalty, armored,
ready to serve against any thrust or
innuendo aimed ia any manner what
soever against the integrity Of this
country.
Old Glory has never trailed since the
first stars were sown upon its leld
and it Is your duty, my duty, the duty
of every man and woman under It,
please God to see that It never shall
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
By VIRGINIA FRAZER ROYLE.


AT one time we were told to be neu-
tral, but some have forgotten that the
embargo was removed on April 6, 1917.
Shame TO them that there are cars
which must be assalled by crier and
bell with the news. but 10 is true. Their
lethargy or indifference might have
met with tolerance prior to that date,
but today these same ears must be
penetrated, whether they VIII or no.
with the ringing challenge, "pro-Ger-
man or Americanr There can be no
middle ground-no side issue. Before
our declaration the attitude denomi-
nated as 'pussyfooting," for want Of a
more expressive word might have pro-
ceeded from laziness, selilshness, or the
shrinking from facing disagreeable
things; now 1t Is a helnOus crime But
1t has stalked before trusts willing TO
risk the loss OF a nation for present
gain. 10 has been the propaganda Of
wild-eved dreamers who would see the
situation, not as It is, but as they
would have IL; and veneercd with
peace at any price" it has dared TO
garble the words Of holy writ.
With this Menace In our midst shall
we be as slow TO wake up as was Eng
land? Shall we not heed her clarion
call to profit by her example? Shall
we walt for the best blood of our ma
tion TO be spilled upon the fields Of
France before we can grasp the crux
OF the battle to be waged at home by
every man, woman and child who is
American? Ours is not a fight Of ava
rice or conquest. We have not set up
a pagan god 10 war with the Kaiser's
Thor Jehovah, tho God Of Battles.
still is ours, and IL shall be ours to win
for Christianity, civilization, and lib
ertY for all men If we do our duty
But there are other things necessary
to solidify tho nation along with con
servation. Iiooverizing, and allied prop
aganda. We must put our personal
loyalty to the test before we can TRY
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
Fireman Fabnicaiing Fabric
Fragments For Fighters

T., where George Eastman. the kodak
man and a prominent worker in the
Rochester, Red Cross Chapter. hit upon
the idea Of enlisting fremen in Red
Cross work.
Knitting machines were provided and
the men now have competition as to
the length OF time required to make
2 sock, and also the quality that can
he turned out in day. The flremen
are very glad to have something TO do
in their leisure time and are producing
a large number Of socks.
The possibility of utilizing the leis-
ure time Of the thousands OF flremen
throughout the country has been sug-
gested to the three thousand chapters
Of the country. and the flremen's as
sistance In supplying socks to soldiers
and sailors viii be solicited by the local
chapters.
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
Railway Operating Income
Reduced by 100 Millions

Railways revenues for the calendar
year 1917 have in all probability
crossed the four billion mark, which
is higher by some 400 million dollars
than the point attained in 1916, which
broke the record by millions" says
Frank Haigh Dixon, chief statistcian
Of the Bureau of Railway Economics
In an analysis Of railway earnings and
expenses published in the Railway Age
Gazette. On the other hand, he points
out, railway expenses are on an even
sharper incline They amounted TO
more than s2,sOOOOO,OO0 in 1917, which
is nearly 500 million greater than in
1916, so that the lnal figure OF operat-
ing income for the year has been re-
duced by about 100 million dollars.
1T is within the memory Of young
men that revenues were less than one
half what they are now" Dr.. Dixon
says, and even in these days OF war
financing by the billion this growth in
railway service 10 the public cannot
but lead one TO pause and wonder
but, expenses this year are virtually
at the same level as the revenues Of
1912, so fast have all the factors Of
railway operation grown during the
past ilve years"
As a result met revenue from railway
operation has declined in 1917 by not
less than 30 million, while increased
taxes Of about 80 million will bring the
flnal figure Of operating income for the
year 10 a point lower than that Of
1916 by one hundred millions or more.
Thus operating income. which In 1916
was well over the billion dollar mark.
has this year probably stepped back
under a billion
This decline in operating income, Dr.
Dixon shows, has been most marked In
the eastern district, three-fourths Of the
total decrease having occurred in that
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
With The Pafagraphers

In an article entitled Through Tlrpitz 20 Jesus" Ger
man pastor says: "Our Divine Redeemer is a lover Of
peace So we but the peace that the Lord wants
must be lasting peace, and peace be lasting
cept that brings Courland the mining regions Of
Longyy and Brey and bases for fleet to f
ture starting points in any eventual with England
The latter our Trpitz after Christs heart
assure us He may be appropriately styled the Warke
Nazarene whose ardent patriotism is only equaed by
his devotion to his Divine aster.'-London Globe.
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Even the travelling salesman you know, may be a
stationery agent.
.---.
Almost many people have been spoiled by too much
money as by too little.
:-.-:-.
Time is money. and the best OF like to have little
change from time to time
.-:-.-.
show disposition to be easy mark, and everybody
will help you TO make good
:-=&:
Take wisdom your provision for the journey from
youth to old age for it is the most stable OF all pos
sessions.
--.-:-.
You should think Of higher things I do / am en-
tirey unable to keep my mind of the price OF meat and
gasoline
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
BY GEORGE MARTIN.
United Press star Correspondent,


WASHINGTON. Jan. Its a long
time between fires. SO the firemen knit
for the Red Cross. They're doing it all
over the country. the Red Cross told
the United Press today.
Sister Susie and her well known
habit OF sewing shirts for soldiers has
been outclassed. The nremen arc. fabri-
eating fragments Of fabric for fighters.
Chess. checkers, cards and newpapers
pail In time. The substitution Of motors
for horse in many city fire departments
has even relieved the flremen Of the
task OF curryipg and feeding the
hcrses.
So The flremen knit.
One Of the frst experiments in hav-
ing flremen knit was in Rochester, ~.
Evening journal., 1918-01-07

Won Tirptz says Germany's success is only ques-
tion OF keeping cool Blamed II that murderous Dutch
man hasn't got his eyes Ohio at last
Evening journal., 1918-01-07

Cleveland abandoned three-cent street fare sat
urday week, but thought Of putting wreath Of
crepe on Tom Johnson's monument.
Evening journal., 1918-01-07

Papas figuring on hash the Christmas dinner piece
de resistance figured wrong. Christmas meat
less Tuesday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-04
CHAPTER xl.

The gap closed up behind them and
the tunnel began to echo weirdIy. Over
their heads, at irregular intervals,
there were holes that if they led as
King presumed into caves above, left
not an inch Of all the long passage that
could not have been swept by rifle fire.
It was impregnab1e; for no artillery
heavy enough to pound the mountain
into pieces could ever be dragged
within range. Whatever hiding place
this entrance guarded could be held
forever, given food and cartridgesl
The tunnel wound to right and left
like snake, growing lighter and light
err after each bend and soon their own
din began to be swallowed in greater
one that entered from the farther end.
After two sharp turns they came out
Unexpectedly into the glaze OF blue day,
nearly stunned by light and sound. A
roar came up from below like that of
an ocean in the grip of a typhoon.
When his wits recovered from the
shock, King struggled with a wild de-
no servant of British India had ever
seen and lived to tell about, and that
is an experience more potent than I'M
broken rum.
They had emerged from round
mOuthed tunnel-it looked already ike
a rabbit-hole, so huge was the cliff be-
hind-on to ledge of rock that formed
a sort of road along one side of a
mile-wide chasm. Above him, it
seemed mile up. was blue sky, to
which limestone walls ran sheer, with
scarcely a foothold that could be seen.
Beneath, SO deep that eyes could not
guess how deep, yawned the stained
gorge Of the underworld, many-colored,
smooth and wet.
And out Of great, jagged slit In the
side of the cliff, perhaps a thousand
feet below them, there poured down
into thunderous dimness waterfall
whose breadth seemed not less than
half q mile. It spouted seventy OK