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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
Of THREE
WARS HONOR OUR
PATRIOT DEAD
Annual Memorial Day Observ-
ance at Soldiers Home
WEATHER WAS IDEAL
Grafton by Rev. J. A. Perry Pronounc.
ed One of the Best Here
in Years

1t would have been impossible to
improve on the weather conditions
prevailed on Memorial day and the
usual large number of people attended
the exercises held at the grounds OF
the Vermont soldiers home
The parade formed at the graded
school and took the usual route to the
Vermont soldiers home. Music was
furnished by the Bennington City
band and the |. o. o. f. band and the
parade was composed OF the usual or.
ganiZations.
Upon arriving at the home grounds
the parade formed hollow square
above the cemetery for the exercises
of the Grand Army and Relief Corps.
These consisted OF the address by.
the commander, A. NJ. Downs, prayer
and address by the chaplain, A. 8. Col
Inns. and the address of the officer OF
the day, John c. Clark. The exer-
cises concluded with the service for
the unknown dead by the Women's Re-
lief Corps and taps by the buglar.
The procession marched from the
cemetery to the grand stand where
ceremonies continued. Lieut.. John D.
Lane presided as president of the day
and made an excellent address. The
oration by Rev. J. A. Perry, the new
pastor of the Methodist church, was
one OF the best delivered here in years
and was listened to with rapt atten-
tion by the audience. The benedic-
ton was pronounced by Rev. G. S.
Mills, pastor of the Second Congre-
gational church.
A considerable number Of members
Of organizations taking part went to
North Bennington for the exercises
to be held at the village cemetery.
Mr.. Mills made the address composed
in his Enthusiastically careful man
ner and delivered with that forceful
eloquence with which residents of
Bennington are all familiar. There
we're also exercises by the children.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
CONTRIBUTIONS
NOW WELL OVER
TWO THOUSAND.
Bennington Subscriptions to
Salvation Army Fund
COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
More Organization Would Have Re.
su.ed in a Much More credltable
Showing

Bennington has responded remark
ably well to the cause of the Salvation
Army, considerably more than two
thousand dollars having been subscrib.
ed when the treasurer, Homer H.
Webster, completed his report on the
29th.
No campaign of similar nature
after war was first declared has been
conducted with so little organization
and because of this fact large
amount of credit is due to those who
took an active part in the work. Mr..
Spargo has attended to the publicity
end of the work with his usual thor
oughness and the canvassers have put
a considerable amount of time and eff.
fort into the collections.
Inasmuch as more than fifteen hun.
dred dollars was secured from less
than two hundred and fifty subscrip-
tions it is apparent that a much larger
sum could have been raised here had
more people been canvassed. The
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
BAR THE MOTH
Take Precautions Now Against the
Little Pests

This is the time when the little
moth gets busy. 1t is much easier to
bar him from your wardrobe than It
is to put him out afterward and re-
pair the damage. Early in the spring
is the time for the ounce of preyen-
tion."
Woolen stuffs and furs are his fav-
orite materials. Eternal vigilance
seema tho only successful method TO;
protecting woolens and furs from the
pests.
Garments which must hang in the
closet all summer, ready for unex.
pected changes of weather, should be
brushed at regular intervals. Brush
under lapels, plaits, along hens and
seams. Turn pockets inside out and
cuffs down and brush thoroughly.
Clothes which are put away"
should be absolutely clean when stor.
ed away, then packed in as nearly an
air.tight way as possible. Thorough
brushing should remove all moths and
eggs, but hanging in the sun and wind
also helps. Then the garment should
be wrapped carefully, either sewed NJ
in strong paper put in pasteboarc
boxes sealed with gum paper, or plac
ed in paper bags sold for storage pur
poses.
Naphthalene fakes and pyrethrun
powder are the two most efectiv,
remedies known for protecting cloth
es from moths and for killing all stag
es OF the insect. Camphor is less ei
fectiye. Red.cedar chests kill adul
moths but do not prevent the hatchinI
OF the eggs.
Brushing, busting with naphthalen
flakes or pyrethrum powder, and care
full wrapping are the best insuranc
against the moths Placing in ceda
chests provides additional safety.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
PARENT-TEAcHER ANNUAL
Held in Brattleboro Tuesday and All
Officers Reelected

The Annual State meeting of the
Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations was held in
Brattleboro Tuesday and Wednesday,
May 9th and 2Sth.
The State Treasurer reported 1907
paid memberships, which is gain
over last year of 147-She also report
ed S44 given for Child Welfare Day
and 1854 toward the Congress House
at Washington which is being used as
a service club.
The officers were reelected and are
as follows:
President, Mrs. Frank w. Pier,
Brattleboro; Vice-President, Mrs. Ed
wardB. Huling, Bennington; Cor. Sec
retary, Mrs. Clarke c. Fits, Brattle-
borO; Rec. Secretary, Miss Lena c.
Ross, Rutland; Treasurer, Mrs. Ed
ward ID. Raymond Fair Haven.
Executive Board-Mrs F. G. Swien-
erton, Rutland; lirs. W. l.. Bryant,
Springfield; Mrs. A. Vail Allen, Fair
Haven Mrs. Thomas H. Hack, Bur-
lington; Mrs. Warner, Vergennes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
LOCAL OVERFLOW

Mr.. and Mrs. william II. Morgan
and James Kennedy of Ware. Mass.
were Memorial Day guests OF Mr. and
Mrs l.. u. Royce.
Capt e. N. Walbridge, U. S. r, F.,
who has charge of recruiting sta.
ton in Albany, and Mrs. Walbridge
were guests Thursday OF Mr. and Mrs.
l.. S. Norton.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred =. Morhous will
have as their dinner guests this even.
ing, William II. Putnam of New York
and Edward II. Everett OF Old Ben
nington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
n GA ARRIVES
IN PLYMOUTH
FROM LISBON
Successfully Completes Trans
Atlantic Flight
HAD BUT LITTLE TROUBLE
Entire Success by American Made
Machine Manned by Americans
Read the Hero Of Hour
HAD BUT LITTLE TROUBLE

Plymouth, Eng. May 31,-The N CA
arrived here from Ferrol, Spain at 2.26
this afternoon.
London. May 31.-The N. CA which
left Ferrol Spain at $40 for Plymouth,
England, passed the destroyer Barney
in the Bay of Biscay at 7;43. From
Brest came word later that she had
passed between Guessant and the
mainland, disappearing up the channel
at 1890. Lieutenant Read reported
"All well' to the steamer, George
Washington, when off Guessant at
noon. Heavy rain was falling over
the English Channel and at Plymouth
early. Skies cleared at Plymouth
later and flying conditions here are
ideal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
Sunday Opening Fishing
CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY
Forty-seventh Annual Meeting at No.
Bennington Tuesday

The forty-seventh annual meeting of
the Bennington County association
OF Congregational churches and min
listers meets Tuesday, June 3, with the
North Bennington church.
Rev. J. Duke King Of Rupert, who is
expected to open the discussion of the
conference theme at the morning ses-
sion has been engaged in Y. NJ. c. A.
work in France during the past year,
and greatly interested those who
heard him speak at the state confer
ence at Essex Junction.
Rev. w. Knighton Bloom is the new
secretary of the Sunday School ex-
tension society. He has served with
great acceptance pastorates in Hi
nois and North Dakota, and more re-
Gently has been general missionary
for North Dakota, and assistant mis-
sionary superintendent of the state.
His work in the middle west will en-
able him to bring to a New England
audience a larger point of view which
isesQecially important in these days.
Rev Otis Cary of Japan has been
for forty years representadv Of the
American beard y that country and is
one of the most noted of its repre-
sentativos anywhere.
The pastor and four delegates from
each church make up the voting mem
bership Of the association, but every
one interested will be most cordially
welcomed to the meeting.
The program Is as follows
Morning
Conference theme The Church as
Builder o, Character.
Devotional Service.
Organization and Business.
Roll call of churches. Four minute
reports by pastors and delegates Of
what each church has done last year
or plans to do next year.
Report of state conference director,
Mr.. +. T. II. Pierson.
Open forum on conference theme,
conducted by secretary c. c. Merrill.
Conference recess.
Dinner.
Afternoon
Hymn. "ln the Cross Of Christ
Glory"
Unfr shed business
Coaiercnce sermon, H,v. Chas. E.
Hitchcock.
<s-.c citractcr r iii; work in
Vermont during 1oIS-13ia, secretary
! c. c. M1-iill.
Offering for association expenses.
How the Congregational Missionary
societies are building character in
America, secretary w. Khightor
! Bloom OF the s. S extension society.
Solo. Mrs. Wells White
The chance on the foreign field fol
building chaacter, Rev. Otis c. Cary
OF japan. ..l....... u.
The Lords supper, Rev. William lie
Roy Haven and Rev. Geo. S. NILS.
woman's missionary meeting an(
Meeting OF the Bennington County
Ministers association.
Supper in the church vestry.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
ENGLAND WANTS ss2.ooo,ooo
Charges U. s. for Transportation
American Soldiers During War

Washington. May 2.-Englands bill
for transporting a million American
soldiers across the Atlantic in British
ships is approximately $S2,000,00O.
This, and the fact that President Will
son advanced $5O00,000 of his special
fund and probably more-to the
Czecho-Slovaks, we're the two chief
developments of todays hearing of
Secretary Baker, General March and
other war department officials before
the House military committee.
The army appropriation bill, which
failed at the last Congress, was under
discussion.
"The President assisted two of the
Czecho-Slovak corps" said General
March from money at his disposal
to the extent of five million dollars
and | think he has given them allot.
ments since so that Czechs could get
arms. The charge was to be ultimate
ly against the Czecho-Slovak country
which the allies proposed to organize
In central Europe. 1t is regular debt
like any other debt between nations.
This. so far as is known, was the
first information Congress had had OF
the money paid to the Czechs from the
Presidents funds
The British bill for transporting
American troops caused quite a little
discussion Brigadier-General Hines
director-general of transportation
said Britain originally asked $3.50, fol
transporting each soldier to France
but the cost was finally reduced I,
$Sl75. Thlrty-tlve million dollar al
ready has been paid. Congressmel
asked IL the general did not thinl
that charge excessive, but he replied
he believed the cost of transporting
troops in American ships would turl
out to be higher
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
FIFTEEN YOUTHS
ARE RECAPTURED
They Assaulted and Tied With Sheets
A Skipper Who Discovered Them
Escaping

New York, May 31.-Fifteen youths
who assaulted and tied with sheets
keeper who discovered them escaping
from the reformatory ON Randall's
Island early today, were captured
and taken in handouts, back to their
cells a few hours later after six had
been rescued from drowning.
They attempted to row to the main.
land and the boat was overturned by
the East River rapids.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
whv MANY Eail.

We limit the success of our own
work by our Incidence and lack Of faith
more than any outside circumstances
limit It for US. It is not lack Of talent
as much ms lack of courage and effort
that circumscrihes our usefulness.-
Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
SECRET PlENARY SESSION
To Hear Peace Terms to be Submit
/ ~ cna ted to Austrlans

% Paris, May 31.-+The secret plenary
session of the peace conference to
hear peace terms to be submitted to
the Austrians, met at three. The
doors of the French foreign Office were
closed promptly at that hour.
Indications to-day we're that the pre-
sentation of terms to the Austrians
would be postponed beyond Monday.
To-day's plenary session will decide
that plan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
Nc-4 MAY FLX DIRECT
Discussing Project Of Taking Ireland
to Newfoundland Route

Plymouth, May Silt has been
learned here unofticially that there is
prospect that the NC-4 may fly home
over the direct Atlantic Route from
Ireland TO Newfoundland. 1t is under
stood that a conference will be held
soon to discuss the project.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
BLACK CATS LOSE OPENER
Marshall A. C. Take Baseball Game
6 to o

The Black Cat baseball team, in its
first game of the season, was blanked
Friday afternoon by the Marshall
Athletic Club of North Adams. The
one feature of the game was the
strong pitching Of Hicks, who shut
out the local team without a run or a
hit. Toomey was not hit hard, but
was poorly supported Each of the six
errors behind him figured in a run.
The final score was 6 TO O.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
v0N BERNSTORFF
SAYS ONLY WAY
|SBY AMENDMENT
Intimates Strongly That Treaty
Will Not Be Signed
TERMS UNACCEPTABLE
Rantzau Also Sends Word to German
People That He Will Not Sign in
Its Present Form

Berlin, Friday.-"No German can be
found who would attach his name to a
document equivalent to a death sen.
tence to a fatherland," said Count
Won Berstorff, when questioned to-day
regarding the report from Paris that
it would be easier to get him to sign
than Count Brockdorff Rantzau. IF
our opponents sincerely wish peace" f"
he continued. There is only one way
and that is to amend unacceptable and
unfulfllable stipulations of the treaty
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
NORTH BENNINGTON

Morning worship at the Congreg.
aiional church at o'clock The
theme of the sermon will be THE New
Patriots" Sunday school at noon
The evening service will be omitted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31

Versailles. May 3O--lnformation
gathered from the German peace dele
cation here is to the effect that Count
Won Brockdorh- called the en-
tire peace delegation and the members
OF the Financial Commission together
before Herr Giesbert and Herr Lands
berg departed for Berlin several days
ago, and thanked them for their cal
laboratlon. Count Won BrockdorfI-
Rantzau asked them to tell the people
of Berlin that he would not sign the
peace treaty in the form in which 1t
was presented by the Allies
The Germans are so little satisfied
with the clearness Of the counterpro-
posals they presented to the Allies
that further notes were sent to the
Allies to-day to explain parts If the
document, which they themselves did
not find clear.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
Totals

lWo uaSe hlts. tanaNan Earned
runs none. B. B. Hicks 2, Toomey 3.
Hits off Hicks none Toomey s. list
bases. Harrington, West Mumford
Hicks. Struck out by Hicks l6, by
Toomey. 2. Left on bases. p'ack Cats 3
Marshall A. g. Z. Passed ball, Bandis-
tel ..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
CANADA STRIKE
SHOWS SIGNS Of
BEING BROKEN
Not All Unions Respond to Gen.
eral Call
10000 QUIT IN TORONTO
This Is Only Small Percentage and
This Refusal With Negotiations
Farther West Look Bright
10000 QUIT IN TORONTO

Toronto, May S0--For the first
time in its history, Toronto had a gem
eral strike to-day, called in support Of
the metal trades strikers, but up to a
late hour tonight the life OF the city
had hardly felt ripple of the trouble.
Early indications vert lacking as to
how generally the strike order would
be obeyed, but careful estimates were
that not more than 10000 men, in
cluding carpenters, machinists, some
branches of the cloak and garment
trades, shipbuilders, and others, were
out.
The street car men will meet on Sat
urday night to decide upon their ac-
ton. The strike committee may call
out more unions tomorrow and on
successive days. The news from Win
nipeg, however, that the general strike
there was practically broken, heart
ened Toronto citizens, the majority OF
whom are opposed to the sympathetic
strike movements.
Labor leaders declared the orders
for the strike to begin this morning
were obeyed by a large number OF
unionists in Toronto. The city EN-
ployees have not yet quit, nor had the
Federal Government'semployees on
the railroads.
The city was absolutely under con
troll tonight. Order and quiet are
everywhere in evidence. The Mayor
sent out an appeal to the citizens ask
ing for maintenance of the peace. A
committee of 10000 persons is being
organized, it was announced this evn
ing, TO help the local authorities IN
the event of need.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
BoLsHEvIkI DRIVEN BACK
orenburg In Southeastern Russia Is
Evacuated

London. May 81 Evacuation Of
Orenglrg. one OF the Inst Bolshevik
stroagn ,is il. south Eastern Russia.
is suggested in official wireless from
Moscow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
Card Of Thanks

We hereby wish to express our
heartfelt thanks and appreciation to
friends and ncighbors, also for floral
contributes during our recent bereaye.
ment, and for kindness rendered by
Mount Anthony Lodge, r. and A. NJ.
Mrs. Henry c. Day,
Mrs. Grace J. Cheever.
Buel D. Miller
Earl d. Miller,
Elmer II. Peelor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31

Cobalt, Ont, May 30.-The labor
situation in the mining camps is acute,
according to reports reaching here to-
day. AT Kirkland Lake the, miners
union has presented demands for a.
hour week, recognition OF the union
and a minimum wage Of $3.50 per
day. a-s aa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31
WEATHER

Fair tonight and probably Sunday.
Somewhat warmer interior tonight.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31

Washington, May 31.-The Ameri-
can naval transatlantic flight, which
began at Rockaway Beach, May s,
was successfully completed today with
the arrival of the N CA at Plymouth,
England, after five hundred mile
hop, from Ferrol, Spain. The an
nouncement that Lieutenant Comman-
der Reads plane, sole survivor of a
squadron of three, had reached Eng
land, was sent to the navy department
by vive Admiral Knapp at London.
The time given in the message,
2.26 p. m. confused officials here, who
were unable to estimate the actual
time for the last leg of the flight.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-31


Washington, May 3O.-The NC-4
which started early to-day from Lis
BON for Plymouth, England, on the
last leg of its historymaking over
seas fight, was officially reported to-
night as safe at its moorings at Ferrol,
in the Bay OF Biscay, with about AIS
miles still to be covered. The sea-
plane reached Ferrol after an inter-
rrpted 'To,age at 4:45, local time
HI 1t has been the expectation Of the
Navy Department that the big sea.
plane would complete the trip to Ply
mouth to-day, where elaborate pre-
parations had been made to receive
Lieut.. CommanIer Read and the mem
bers OF his crew. A forced landing
j was necessary, however, at Mandego
8 River, on the coast of Portugal after
the first 100 miles of the trip had been
O covered. qf o uri-a3s usG9
I'D There ensued a delay of several
hours until high tide and then the sea.
plane, again in good working order
rose from Mondego Bay and proceed
ed to Ferrol, covering another 200 mil
es. 1t was then decided, the dispatch
es report, not to attempt to make the
full distance to Plymouth, but to wait
at Ferrol until tomorrow morning.
The latest dispatches received by
the Navy Department are that the ma
chine is in perfect condition, and viii
get off early tomorrow morning from
Ferrol for Plymouth, unless weather
conditions make start impractical
Washington, May S1.-The NC-4 lef
Ferrol at 2:27 a. m. and reached Ply
,,nnuIh Of O oe q N, ANnnl, La 49,. H.,
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Washington, May 91.-The NC.4 left
Ferrol at 2:27 a. m. and reached Ply
mouth at 9:26 a. m. Washington time,
averaging under seventy knots hour.
or less than on any other lap of the
long voyage. Secretary Daniels sent
congratulation telegram to Read.
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Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-14
ADVERTISING
IS
PLANNED FOR
'CANTAL0UPES
Great Printers Ink Drive Is
Planned to Increase the
Popularity and Use of the
Luscious Melon.

A plan for cooperative advertising
OF the Imperial valley cantaloupes
was advocated at the session of the
cantaloupe growers held yesterday at
Brawley at the Bureau of Markets.
The head of the local office, Robert
l.. Ringer, Jr., is behind the move,
and he advanced statistics showing
how an assessment of 5 cents crate
on all melons grown in the valley
could be made to more than double
the demand.
According to statistics compiled by
Mr.. Ringer, the Imperial valley can
taloupe crop reaches but u 100000
people in the United States, out of
a possible total of over O0OOO, 900.
In addition, these 21,000,C00 who are
reached, eat only one cantaloupe a
week.
Mr.. Ringer took the population of
the various cities to which car load
lots are shipped from the Valley, and
found on adding them up that includ-
ing New York, Chicago, Philadelphia
and other large eastern cities the to-
tai population was only 21,OO0,OOO.
He next took the actual number of
cantaloupes sent so far, and by a
SCiiSo VI SoAitPltcttiollS IOulltl Jlldt lIl0
average consumption was canta-
loupe week for each person.
However, valley cantaloupes go to
the smaller towns, but at greater
expense to the users than is the case
in the larger cities. The jobbers in
the cities send melons out to the small
cities, but the cost is greater.
Mr.. Ringer believes that a city of
$4,000 people can stand, at the rate
of one cantaloupe per person a week,
at least a car load, but not all of the
cities of this size are using this
amount.
In addition to scattering the crop
that advertising cantaloupes in gene
raj, and the Imperial valley variety in
particular, will tend to increase the
demand, and that the average con-
sumption can be raised to much
higher figure than one week.
ut would easily be possible to raise
a fund of 100000" Mr. Ringer stat
err" and this could be used to greatly
increase the remain for the local pro-
duct. If this expense is shared by the
growers and operators, the cost for
each person will be very small"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-14
'YU N ANS To
VISIT VALLEY
AS GUESTS Of
BODY

In telephone conversation this aft
ernoon, Secretary Alexander, speak
ing for the Yuma Commercial Club,
accepted the invitation of the Associ-
ated Chambers of Commerce to visit
the Valley during the current month.
The invitation of the hosts was
extended by Joseph f. Seymour, eX-
ecutive secretary of the federated
boost bodies Mr.. Alexander stated
that he would have definite informa-
tion on the number of persons in the
Yuma party and the date most con-
venient for the good-fellowship meet.
In response to his request, the
Valley chambers will do everything
possible to aid Yuma in its fight to
retain the transcontinental route. An
effort is being made by certain IN
terests to take the road through Park
er. A meeting for a discussion of
the matter will be held in Phoenix on
the 18th of this month.
A proect is already under way for
the Valley men to repay the visit of
the Yumans by taking a large delega-
tion to the Arizona city for joint
celebration of the Fourth of July.