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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
INFLUENZA SITUATION
Outlook in Vermont Is More
Favorable.


Burlington, Oct. 15.-Although DR.
Dalton of the state board Of health
considers the epidemic situation fav.
orable. there was an increase OF 6555
victims in the state for the week end
ing October Is. This makes total
OF $500 in Vermont since the out.
break occurred DR. Dalton is OF the
opinion that the crest OF the disease
has been reached.
The ban on churches. amusements
and gatherings OF all kinds will not he
removed for at least another week.
and whether it is then or not will de.
pend wholly on conditions at that
tins.
In Burlington l72 new cases devel.
0pcd last week The city has voted
$1,000 to be used for relief work.
In Rutland. the condition is serious
About 100 new cases were reported
over Sunday and the disease seems 10
be making headway Two OF the city
doctors are quite i'll with II and
nurses are scarce.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
BERLIN DEEPLY
STIRRED OVER
WILSON'S NOTE
Presidents Reply Produced an
"Unfav0rable Impression"
PANIC IN MONEY CIRCLES
German Heads Will Meet to DeIlber.
ate on Mobilization and Several
Other War Measures.

London, Oct. i6.-President Will
sons reply produced most unfayor-
able Impression" in Berlin, says
general news despatch from Amster-
dam: The publication was followed
by panic in Berlin banking circles aud
on the stock exchange.
The German supreme command, it
adds, will meet at Berlin this week
end ito deliberate on mobilization.
concentration Of national strength,
and the raising of the military age"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
RspusLIcAM CAUCUS

Justices Of the Peace 10 Be Nominated
Thursday Evening.
The Republican voters OF the Town
OF Bennington are hereby notified IA
meet in caucus TO be held at Board OF
Civil Authority rooms in the village
of Bennington on October 18th, 1918
at eight o'clock. p. m. for the purpose
of placing in nomination fifteen can
didates Of the Republican party for
Justice of the Peace for the County of
Bennington
Dated at Bennington. this 10th day
of October. 1913.
Edward II Holden.
II b. Hutchins.
Peter Longtin
Walter II Berry,
Ralph A. Jones.
Republican Town Committee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

LOST--A table cloth between aiO
Pleasant St, and 203 Division street
Finder return TO $40 Pleasant street
and receives reward. 2it2
FOR SALIi-Brown mare. nftcon
three, weighs 1850 pounds, years or,i
fearless and true In all harness sit2s
FOR SALE-Fino bay mare. i,t5o
pounds, young, sound spirited. 4
bargain. A. W. Varney 2it6
TO RENT store centrally located
winter. Apply 2O6 Pleasant St. 2itf
FOR SALE-One 1917 ave passenger
Ford touring car In good condition.
tires all new, one seven passenger
Studehakcr, four cylinders good con-
dition. J. T. Cullinan, Arlington, Vt
2it6
WANTED--Rags. iron. paper. rub
bers, copper, lead brass. etc Apply
Joe Connel 2Q9 River St Telephone
evenings 329-M 2lt2be
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
GERMAN OCCUPATION
OF BRUSSELS TO CEASE
All Civilian Population Along Bel
sian Coast Moved Back Out OF
Country.

Paris, Oct l6-A high German
functionary in Belgium declared on
October 8 that German occupation of
Brussels would end at the latest with
in fifteen days, says an Echo de Paris
correspondent All the civilian popu.
lation along the Belgian coast has
been moved back out Of the country
and British aviators are said to be re.
porting fires over vast area.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
FRESH FOREST FIRES
Break Out Anew on 25.Mile Stretch in
Minnesota.

Duluth, Oct l5.-Fanned by a wind
increasing in velocity. forest fires
broke out afresh tonight on a 25-mile
slreich between Lawler and McGrath.
about go miles southwest of here. Ad.
lulant General Rheinow and Governor
burnquist left Duluth for Lawlor and
Altkin with 100 home guardsmen TO
aid in fighting the flames
rive trains, loaded with rescuers
ana IRE lighters with full heads of
steam, in their engines, were stand.
ing on the outskirts of Duluth tonight
awaiting word OF the progress made
AGAINST forest fires which broke out
afresh in this district late today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
PETITION IN sANkRuPTcY
Hugh Mckinnon of Lake Dunmore
Hotel Files Papers.

Middlebury Oct. l4--Hugh ]. Nc
kinnon. proprietor OF the Lake Dun
more Hotel at Salisbury, Vt. has filed
a petition in bankruptcy with the
clerk Of the United States Court at
Rutland. vt. He states that his liza
bitities are S9,4S7SS and he has as
sets of 1915. There are secured
cliams to the amount of s1,5UO, but
the schedule shows that there are
se'enty-four unsecured creditors,
many being from New York state and
from Massachusetts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
WAGE SCALES INCREASED
Anthracite Coal Miners Get Read.
justment.

Washington, d. c.. oct l5.-Wage
scales in the anthracite coal fields
have been readjusted with an in
crease in pay affecting about 100000
men in order that The STANDARD set by
competing industries may be met
Fuel Administrators Garfield said de.
tails Of the readjustment would be an.
nounced Thursday
The increase In wages to the min.
ers will be absorbed largely. Mr.. Gar.
field said, without putting the burden
ON tho consumer In consequence of
the wage. readiustment some of the
prices for anthracite coal will be ad.
yanced while others will be reduced.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
Justices Of the Peace to be Nominated
Friday Evening

justices Of the Peace to be Nominated
Friday Evening
The Democrat voters OF the Town
of Bennington are hereby notified to
meet in caucus to be held at Board of
Civil Authority rooms in the village
OF Bennington on October 18th, 1918.
at eight o'clock p. m. for the purpose
of placing in nomination fifteen can.
didates of the Democratic party for
Justices of the Peace for the County
of Bennington
Dennis Enright
w NJ Gibney,
John Scarey
H. d. Fillmore.
n j Tiffany
w. p Hogan, ! EY
John =. Mulligan,
Democratic Town Committee.
October 18th, 1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
PASSED THREE BILLION
Fourth Liberty Loan Beyond HaIs.
Way Post

Washington, Oct. 16.-With four
days more Of the drive the nation 10.
DAY. passed the three billion halfway
post in the Fourth Liberty Loan raise
toward the six billions asked for by
Saturday. Headquarters reports indi.
cate favorable conditions for the clos.
ing days OF the campaign.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
NO LE1LUP IN WAR WORK
viii Keep on Sending Overseas
250,000 Troops a Month.

Washington, Oct i5.--Tho White
House issued an announcement that
there viii be no let.up in American war
preparations aud that American
troops will continue to be sent over.
seas at the rate Of 100000 a month.
Secretary Baker supplemented the an.
nouncement with a report on the mar.
velous work OF the service of supply.
which is now in position to insure
delivery OF all its needs to the en-.
larged army overseas
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16

This apparently has not been a bat
tie. of limited obiectlves. but rather a
drive, and where towns resisted al all
strongly the line has pushed on. clos.
ing again beyond and leaving clear.
ing up parties to finish the work
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16

ESTATE or HENRY j. POTTER
THE UNDERSIGNED. having been
appointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District Of Bennington.
COMM to receive. examine
and adjust the claims and demands of
an persons against the estate of Henry
J. Potter. late OF Bennington. In said
pistrtCt deceased. and all claims eX-
hibited i'm onset thereto hereby give
notice that we will meet for the pur-
pose aforesaid. at the store of Burt
Brothers In the village OF Bennington
m said District on the 20th day of
November 1918, and End day of April,
1913, next from II o'clock 4. NJ, until
! o'clock =. NJ. on each of said days
and that six months from the eleventh
day of October A. -, 1918. is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors
TO present their claims to us for exam b.
lnation and allowance.
Dated at bennington Vermont. this
l2th day OF october A. u. 1918
CHARLES a. POWERS,
j. O. BURT,
G. A. WOOD
Hnntrn fnuorQ
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
TORPEDO BOATS LEAVE BASE
German Ships Filled With Soldier,
Proceed TO Germany.

London, Oct Several Of Ger.
manys largest torpedo boats recently
left Zeebrugge, the German naval
base on the Belgian coast, says an
Amsterdam despatch The ships were
filled with soldiers and proceeded to
Germany The Germans also report
ed evacuating Ostend.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
REVOLT DEVELOPING

C1eeho'SloVak Meeting at Prague Re.
suits In Strike.
Paris, Oct 16 Meetings called nv
the Czecho.Sloyak council at Prague
to protest against the export OF food.
siuifs from Bohemia. resulted I'm n
general strike which is developing In.
TO revolt says Zurich dispatches
Martial law has been proclaimed
throughout the country. and German.
hungarian troops are occupyinp
Prague, Pilsen. Pisek and Tabor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont, partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday. Probably local rain in
north portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
SWIFT & CO. MELON.
Big Meat Packing House to Divide
S48.OO0.OOO.

Chicago Oct. 14.--Swift e. Co. one
OF the largest meat packing houses in
the world, has recided to cut sal
100000 melon for the benefit OF its
22,OOO stockholders II has arranged
to separate the business of Libby, Nc.
Neil and Libby and to distribute the
stock Of that company among the
shareholders of Swift & Co.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
COLLISION oF SHIPS
British Freighter Sinks But Crew of
Forty Saved,

New York, Oct 16.-The British
freiehter, Port Philip. outbound, was
sunk in collision with United States
war vessel in the. lower bay today
The crew of forty was saved.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16

London, Oct l6.-The Belgians un-
der King Albert are advancing rapidly
along -Thourou road The
fall of Thourou, whose capture was
prematurely announced yesterday un
officially, is now expected mOmentari
~.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
Lille Has Fallen-British Patrols
Entered Southwestern Suburbs
of City This Morning.

Paris, Oct. 16.-British patrols en-
tered southwestern suburbs OF Lille
this morning.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
AUSTRIA WONDERING
Is Pained Because Left Out Of Note
Writing.

Basle, Oct i5.-Amerlca's failure to
respond to the Austrian peace note
has produced a painful impression in
Austria according to Vienna dis.
patch to the Frankfort Gazette. II Is
not known what this silence means
and the public Is asking II President
Wilson is not indicating sentiment
little favorable toward the Austrian
monarchy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
cAILLAUx TO BE TRIED
Charged With Attempts Against Sc.
curity Of Country.

Paris, Oct 16--The trail of Former
Premier Caillaux and two others
charged with criminal attempts
against the security of the country is
set for October 20.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16
100000 BELGIAN
REF UG[ES FLEE
INTO HOLLAND
Antwerp Is Turned into Town of
Tragedy
STREETS ALL CHOKED UP
Belnans Fear Germans Will Garry
Away all Food Supplies When
They Evacuate Belgium.

Amsterdam, Oct. l5-The roads TO
Brussels, Client and Antwerp are
roads OF misery and tragedy From
Flanders and the Lille districts, a
great food of refugees are pouring
eastward and the prospects are that
! Holland will in few days be brought
I face to face with terrible scenes like
those of the early days of the war,
when exiles of the war streamed
across her frontier.
The number of refugees cannot, OF
course, be actually gagged, but it is
( declared, il cannot be less than
quarter of a million These unhappy
people, graybeards, women and chill
dren, with such belongings as they
can take with them, have, one travel
er tells me, turned Antwerp into
town OF tragedy. The streets. as
well as the roads leading into it. are
choked with refugees
In Antwerp. hotels, cafes and rest
aurants are filled to oyertlowing
People are sleeping on the floors OF
those places and thousands can find
no better place in which TO rest than
the streets.
In Ghent, conditions are similar.
and Brussels, too, is rapidly filling up.
Great caravans of refugees are mixed
up with troops and their material, be-
ing driven reIentlessly along by the
Germans. The soldiers. it Is said, are
dOwncast and silent, while through
the days of black misery which the
refugees are experiencing one ray of
hope shines, making life bearable;
the news spreads among them OF the
heavy defeats which the German
armies are sustaining
Washington. Oct Is More than o
quarter of million Belgian refugees
are endeayoring 70 escape into Hol-
land according to advices received
today by Herbert Hoover. the Food
Controller, who is also Chairman of
the Commission for Relief in Bel
GUM. Messages to Mr., Hoover from
Holland show that the people are
tolling along the roads from Lille.
Roubaix and other towns in desper-
ate endeavor to reach the Dutch
frontier before the probable German
evacuation
The Relief Commission has made
arrangements for food. clothing, and
shelter when the refugees reach IIol-
land. and in the last month has ship
ped 10000 tons Of food to Rotterdam.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16

British Headquarters in France.
Oct. l5.--slnce Sunday morning eight
of the German front.line divisions in
Flanders have been flung back broken
and confused, while probably all or
most OF the divisions held in reserve
behind them received heavy cruel.
ing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16

London, Oct 16.-British patrols
gained ground during the night in
Douai.Lille sector, Field Marshal Hag
reported
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16

Washington, Oct 66-Substantial
gains on both sides of the Meuse
against stubborn resistance by rein.
forced enemy is reported today by
General Pershing in Tuesdays com.
munique.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16

Paris, Oct. l6-The French captur.
ed Acy-Romance village within one
mile of the important Rethel railway
junction in Champagne, the war Of
flee has announced.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-24

Congress shall make no law Z
abridging the freedom OF speech or OF
the press" so reads q clause in our
Constitution.
This is a wise provision. The citi.
sens Of democracy should at all
times know Of and be able to criticise
the management of their affairs. In
vestigatiOn and criticism in the pres.
ent war have been OF great benefit
lm Fastening our preparation by point
ing out errors that have been made.
There Is no doubt whatever that the
great safeguards in the conduct Of the
war are almost unlimited publicity and
the right Of criticism.
We are told that constructive crit
Scism Is always welcome, but who IL
TO decide what is constructive? Why
DOT criticism without the adjective?
Most citizens believe that Universal
Military Training as a corrective Of
eur unpr''.,ar r.',lness would have been
eonstrnr':r.'. and yet it was not adopt
ID. VIII. !" tell. II It had been ac-
cep'"' first proposed, what the
res':'' ave been on this war!
T. lad more publicity upoo
IL on OF aeroplanes, shipping
a.. .a:,ce, the suggestions Of think.
III u: would unQuestionably have
stimulated the rapidly with which
these articles were being produced.
and the delays that have occurred
might have been avoided.
There are things the Government
cannot make public. and these the peo-
pie do not ask to know. But in the
main full Information concerning the
progress Of preparation can safely be
given to the people. It Is the peoples
war: it II Z war supported by the peo-
pie, financially and physically, and
suggestions BY them should be sought
and consideF04
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-24

A meeting of the City Council will
be held tonight, during which the
principal business to be considered
will be the advisability Of authorlz.
ing an election for the aforementon-
ed bond issue.
A mass meeting of citizen will be
held Tuesday night to discuss the
same subject. At this meeting COM
plete and detailed information will
be given concerning the work of the
special committee and an opportunity
will thus be offered every citizen TO
intelligently make up an opinion con-
corning the most important question
influencing the future welfare of this
community that has yet been brought
to their attention.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-24
Plans Of Special Committee TAX
ing Definite Shape
skded Site for Housing Of Proposed Ship
building Plant Employees, Within City Limits
r.f1ence Of Many Hours Duration Held Saturday Night
With Representative Of Walbridge Interests

ducement to any large industry re-
gardless Of the nature Of its work, it
was said.
It was also stated that the city
would undoubtedly meet with no diff
ficulty in the disposing Of the bonds,
as the purpose of their issue is to
carry out vital government work.
Their o. K. will be certain.
To meet the balance of the ex-
pense, Colonel Stevens said, he had
been authorized by the Walbridge
Company to state that the company
would subscribe 100000, providing
an equal amount would be made
available by one or several local
financial institutions.
In addition to this statement,
Colonel Stevens endeavored to again
assure the committeeman of the per-
manency of his clients proposed
operations. Since their is no ques-
ton regarding the permanency of
the industry they propose to enter,
Colonel Stevens emphasized the de-
sire of his company to take full ad-
vantage of the unequalled possibil-
tiles offered by this community, if
conditions become such that opera
tions can be started. Full advantage
cannot be taken, said Colonel Stew
ems, if their business here is not con-
structed on a permanent basis. If
contracts are awarded them, insisted
Colonel Stevens, it is the intention Of
his company after the completion Of
government contracts to carry on the
work for an indefinite period on pri-
vate contracts.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-24

! Could We refuse so simple thing
and at the same time ask other men
to give their lives that our own prec-
ious lives be spared and our firesides
be kept safe from the terrors of the
Hun?
Our duty is clear, our privilege
Is great, our sacrifice is little, our
work is important.
National War Savings Day is to
be the great rallying day on which
everyone in our country is expected
to pledge himself or herself to save
and economize. This saving and
economizing will first of all leave in
the markets greater supply of labor
and materials for the use of the Gov
ernment with which to fight the war.
And then the money savings of the
individuals are to be invested in War
Savings Stamps.
What the Government asks us to
do is to pledge ourselves to buv at
DEFINITE periods with our savings A
specific amount of War Savings
Stamps. The thing to be accom-
pllshed is to get subscriptions which
Will take care during the balance of
the present year of the unsold por-
ton of the s2,OOO,OOO,OOO of War
Savings Stamps authorized by the
Congress to be sold during 1918.
when one stops to think of the
matter, it is really a small thing to
raise $2,O00.OoO,OOO in a country Of
more than 1oo,ooo,ooO people. II
everyone would do his share it would
be necessary for each person to SUBJ
scribe to only $50 worth Of stamps.
The duty of US at home is to see
to it that the entire amount is SUBJ
scribed. We must work to that end
We must add to our already great
army Of war savers. We must make
more sacrifices ourselves and uree
sacrifices upon others. National War
Savings Day must be made the great
success all of us hope for"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-24
WAR SAVINGS MUST
BE MADE BIG SUCCESS.

The National War Savings Com
mittee, which is carrying on, through
its State and local committees, 1
Nationwide campaign to get all the
people on or before June % to pledge
themselves to save to the utmost OF
their ability and to buy War Saw.
ings Stamps with :heir savings, has
given out the following statement:
"Those of US who remain at home
while others do the fighting have an
ever-increasing number of oppor-
tunities to do definite and highly I'm
portant work for our country. We
wish to do this work as an expires
sion of the gratitude we feel in being
privileged to continue at our usual
tasks, to enjoy the loving compan-
ionship of our families, to meet free
ly with our friends and neighbors, to
enjoy all the security of life and
most of the pleasures and the eco-
nomic privileges of peace times while
other men, who have had to put aside
all these things, are fighting our bat
ties for US on the sacred soil of dear
France and on the high seas.
"Our new opportunity to serve
comes as result Of designating June
2S as National War Savings Day, a
day on which all men and women and
all children Of sufficient years to ap-
preciate the days significance are
called upon to pledge themselves to
save to the utmost Of their ability
and to conserve all possible labor
and materials for the Government,
and to buy War Savings Stamps with
their savings. Our part is to do
everythings possible to make this day
stand out among the great days of
this period Of the war.
"Could any one Of us be asked to
do less than this? Could any one Of
US refeuse to do so little thing to
win war for the worlds freedom :!
Could any one of US put aside this
plea for saving while all Europe IS
crying out in its agony to be be re-
leased from the clutches of the mon-
ster that is befouling ali it touches? I?
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-24

col. W. L. Stevens, representative
:, the Walbridge Engineering Com
7 : -. proposed shipbuilders in Nor
:. CITY, met with the special COM
.i,.,. Of the Chamber of Commerce
s.turday night, the meeting lasting
ndl 1890. The members were e
~ encouraged with the results Of
=. conference. Plans and sugges-
-. that had hitherto been mere
- assumed definite form and be-
=. courses Of action.
cSIonel Stevens stated that under
= recent government regulations
,1neliae housing facilities for en-
,,ayoss Of plants doing government
- certain improvements and con-
,,aa.ees must be provided. This
- include sewerage, healthful
v,tE supply, drainage, etc. 1t was
1a,,ratsd that the sum of $4,000
vaaN BE- necessary to cover these
ryviiionA 70 take care Of this ex-
,anlllure q bond issue was suggest
4 owsrsl Of the speakers forcibly
) rssssd upon the minds Of their
1usus ~ great benefits that would
= psesived by the city il such action
ttkm. The proposed site for the
/ ~ y situated within the city
~ eadJau the required improve
/ - necessary at the present time
: assrs . great industry, will al
~ h IN saset to the city regard
= 4 he shipbuilding plants
EhDA For some time to come any
r. ysssssing housing facilities to
/ ~ intent this construction would
svide, will possess an attractive in
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-24

Summary: Struck out-By Bird,
IL; by Dupuy, l. Bases on balls
Off Bird, /; off Dupuy, /. Stolen
bases-Sears, Jackson, Dyer, Ross
(2). Passed balls-Marshall, 2. Wild
pitches-Dupuy, 2. Sacrifice hits
Woody, Dyer, Dupuy and Hawkins.
Hit by pitched balls-Dyer by Bird.
Umpire-Lynch.