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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-04
5372 RED CROSS d
MEMBERSHIPS
IN THIS COUNTY
Remarkable Record Made In
Christmas Roll Call
2,5Os IN BENNINGTON
County Chairman Fred c. Martin
Makes Final Rport of oecsmbes
Campaign.
2,5os IN BENNINGTON

County Chairman Fred c. Martin,
who had charge OF the Christmas roll
call for the Red Cross has submitted
his final report which shows the Or
ganization has q total membership in
the county of 5S721s The onehalf
membership represents contribu.
tion of so cents sent In by the Rupert
town chairman.
During the campaign 5149 member
ships weressecured. In addition 110
members joined the organization be-
tween September and the time of
the campaign, making the total OF
5372. Following is the tabulating;
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-04
MEDALS OF HONOR
Highest Military Decorations for q
Men.

Washington, Feb. Award OF
congressional medals Of honor which
are the highest American military
decorations, to two officers and ~
men OF the army In France, is nm
nounced by the war department.
Only three of the medals had been
awarded previously for service in the
great war.
All awards were upon recommends
tion of General Pershlng. BY act OF
Congress the medal can be given
only for conspicuous gallantry and
intrepldity above and beyond call o
duty in action"
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Poor 4uddYl

Carroll had two pet rabbits of which
he was fond, so when one OF them was
killed by neighbors dog he felt bad
indeed. Not long after this the other
bunny acted droopy and sick. When
Carroll noticed that the rabbit was not
as usual, he went tc his mother aud
said, II think the bunny has ssdded
itself sick"
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cn, rM, on,--It !. wor,h Mone,

DON'T MISS THIS Cut out this
slip enclose with &c and mail It to
Foley 4 Co. 9S35 Sheffield Ave. Chi
caHo III writing your name and adj
dress clearly You will receive In re-
turn a trial package containing
Foloys Honey and Tar Compound,
for coughs. colds aud Group; Foloy's
Kidney Pills FOR pain IN sides and
baclS rheumatism, backache. kidney
and bladder ailments and Foley Cath
artic Tablets n wholesome and thor
ouphly cleansing cathartic. for con.
stipation, hillousness headache. and
sluggish bowcls--Sold Evcrywhcre
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-04
Ihe Ideal Condition Of mind

is secured when you have made Ger
tain an income which will give youI
family the living you have educated
them to enjoy If YOU die, our
monthly income service will from
the money standpoint do what yor
would have done. Consult us. Ma
tional Life lns. Co., Of Vt. (Mutual.l
Earle S. Kinsley. General Agent
Mead Building, Rutland, Vermont
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-04

Paris, Feb. 3-President Wilson
presided at the opening Of the league
Of nations commission. which was
held in Col, Houses apartments this
afternoon and lasted from 2 TO 5
o'clock, Special interest attached
to the meeting owing to the feeling
that the action OF the council on the
matter OF the former German colo
mics required The early presentation
2f a definite plan on the constitution
of tho league, 's,'l .sit
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-04
soLsHevIsrs ARE MASTERS
OF Nearly Whole Eastern Ukraine
Region.

London, Feb 4 Bolshevist forces
are now masters of almost the whole
eastern Ukraine according to a Hels.
ingfors despatch to the Mail. 1t is
reported that the Soviet government
has been established at Kharkoy. the
president being NJ Rakoysky one OF
the signers of the Brest-Litovsk
treaty.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-04
5ispH gssss.

The money received from the cam
pslgn has been turned over TO the
county chapter and disbuFsed In ac-
cordance with Instructions from the
New England headquarters in Boston.
Double or magazine members were
secured as follows: ~
Arlington, q; Bennington, so; No.
Bennington, Is; Old Bennington. 2
aianchestnr, "a; Rupert, 81 Snnder-
land. 1,yNorth PownaI !; Pownai, 2.
Winhsll, Q; SALISBURY, alau asll'
Four contributing incihbersi were
secured in Bennington, oneio ms Old
Bennington and one in Manchester;
total 6. g.i iq atgH1lih 9nt' a'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-04
"coNFEssloNs OF A WAR BRIDE
Unusual Play at the Opera House
This Evening.

Nus Evening.
Confessions of War Bride the
play that comes to the opera house
this evening, is an unusual produc-
ton It's presentation should cause a
tremendous discussion and will
arouse many minds to study of Ger.
tain vital problems of modern life
Lem b. Parker who wrote the play
went to real life for the plot and has
contrived a deeply interesting and
moving drama.
As an added feature. and one that
will appeal to everybody. Mary Car
son. the famous sufiragette OF the Pa
ciiic Coast, will lecture between acts
on whatshould be done with the "a
theirs and mothers of love children.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-04
COUNTERFEIT $40 srltqs

Warning issued by Secret Services
V+a -. Of imitation. ,.s,
Washington, Feb. 4-TWarning is
issued by the treasury secret service
that counterfeit $40 federal reserve
note on New York federal reserve
bank is in circulation, , Silk fbers In
the paper are inflated by pen marks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-04
WEATHER

Rain tonight Wednesday colder
and probably fair
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-04
Simmons Heaters

For Repairs, or information
In relation 10 tho woll known nh
Simmons Heaters. apply 70
W. q. SHELDON, Adm. Y.
Tel so, soZ Main o.
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4tt George y Mills.
Bennington, W., Feb &, 1919. 's.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17
Conditions Haze Changed

The inability of the Street Railway Company fulfill the letter
of its contract is not of its own making or choosing
More the expenditure Of millions for extensions
and lines which the does not have and cannot
get under it's present franchise.
More also employees,
which the of the will for More
the future will depend the willingness of the people
making possible for the supply it,
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
SERIOUS EFFECTS ARE SEEN
OF PICKERING IN COUNCIL

Paris.-The endless chickering's in
the supreme council is having a Sc
rious effect. The revival of many
questions in which the United States
is not directly interested is making
the American delegation extremely
impatient The Americans are con-
stant1y called upon to act as arbiters
in Balkan and other questions with
the result that sections Of the Euro
pean press, especially the French
press are assailing the American po-
sition on questions ih which the Amer
leans acted wholly without self con-
sideration.
Herbert Hoover's denunciation Of
the councils hesitancy in straighen-
ing out the Hungarian tangle and pro-
tecting the rights of all the entente
nations in the matter of Hungarian re-
parations is reflected in the attitude
of the entire American delegation.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
QUESTION OF WAGE
DEMAND POSTPONED
PRESIDENT WILSON ANNOUNCES
POLICY OF ADMINISTRATION
ON RAILROAD NATTER.
AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
"Duty Of Every Citizen Is to Insist
Upon a Truce Until an Intelligent
Settlement Can be Made.

Washington.-Postp of the
settlement of wage demands until nor
NAL economic conditions are restored
was announced by President Wilson
as the policy which the administration
will pursue in dealing with such ques.
tions, particular those affecting rail
road workers.
The President announced also that
it was neither wise nor feasible at
this time, when the most important
question before the country is re-
turn to a normal price level, to at
tempt to increase freight rates to pro-
vide funds for higher wages.
1--WE ought to postpone questions Of
this sort until we have the opportuni-
ty for certain calculations as to the
relations between wages and the cost
of living" the President declared in
a statement to the public explaining
his decision as to wages. "It is the
duty of every citizen to in sist upon a
truce in such protests until intelligent
settlements can be made by peace and
effective common counsel. l appeal
to my fellow citizens Of every en-
ployment to cooperate in insisting
upon and maintaining such truce"
Mr. Hines recommendation to the
President as to the amount of in
crease to be given went exhaustively
into the reasons advanced by the
shopmen as to the necessity for more
pay. He showed that the average
increase in shopmen's earnings was
in excess of the total increase in the
cost Of living from July 1, 1915, and
August 1, 1919, due to the fact that
Standardization adopted at the request
of the employees had given thousands
a higher classification and higher pay
than they previously enjoyed.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
WILSON'S ATTITUDE
is INTERESTING
HOW FAR MAY THE PRESIDENT
GO IN BACKING DEMAND FOR
TREATY ACCEPTANCE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS
Laughing Suggestion Made that Lodge
and Knox be Appointed to Assist
in Negotiating New Treaty.

Washington.-How far \President
Wilson may go in his fight for un-
qualified senate acceptance of the
peace treaty is subject of increas-
ing speculation in official and diplo-
matte circles.
Summed up, these discussions con-
template that he might take up the
question Of changes in the treaty by
diplomatic correspondence; return to
Paris and ask that the peace confer
ence be reas sembled for negotiation
Of new treaty; send new delega-
tipn to reopen negotiations; or pocket
the treaty and refuse to proceed fur
Their unless the senate recede from it's
position.
The possibility Of Mr.. Wilson's re-
turn to Paris to straighten out the
points raised by any senate qualifi-
cations is one which some senators
say would be entirely in line with his
course thus far in the peace settle
ment.
To send an entirely new set of peace
delegates also would be admittedly
within the Presidents power, and in
that connection republican senators
frequently have mentioned Senator
Hitchcock's statement that the Presi-
dent laughingly suggested Senators
Lodge and Knox as possible selections
to negotiate new treaty should the
present one be amended.
That tho President might permit
the negotiations to stand in a dead
lock by declining to take up with
other governments any changes sug-
gested by the senate involves perhaps
the most interesting possibilities Of
all.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
OREGON CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO.

Mexico City-General Alvaro Obre'
gon, who is a candidate for the pres,
idency sent the following telegram
to President CarranZa:
ALTHOUGH I have plenty of conf
dence that the government Of which
you are in charge will find most ade.
quate means of surmounting the diff
ficult international situation through
which we are now passing, am proud
to tell you that in the very remote
contingency under which this situa-
ton might not reach a satisfactory
conclusion, I would be happy to give
my modest forces in helping our
government in any place that might
be used"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
Uniform System of Collecting
To Be Adopted June LIST

for the convenience OF those whs
might prefer to pay at office rather
than to remit by mail. The SUD
sOriber would have plenty OF tins
to check up his toll calls and pay AZ
his convenience any time during tns
month. IL IL 1s not paid during tne
month, the next bill mailed ou'
will carry the arrears on 1t. Ins
second bill, carrying arrears, Wou1o
be expected to be paid in full no'
later than the 10th of the montn
This maximum limit will be 40 day.
from the date Of the 1rst bih; ano
IL payment In full fs not received ~
the expiration of this time the suo
scr1ber will be told by the operator
when he calls central that his setT
leo iS suspended" Ordinarily UH
message accounts will be carried tne
same an local service, as above %
planned; but under certain otrcun[
stances it will be necessary 10 oOr
lOot toll messages on demand:
The foregoing plan OF eollectinS
has been found best By those uSlnt
it. and LIN In general use throusnou1S
the whole country. It 10 approve
by the North Carolina Corporate
Commission and the Interstate O"''
poration Commission.
We wish to make the speclal ~ y
quest that your account be SettIS~
fall during this month (May);
Trusting to receive your ne~
cooperation, we wish to rGm2aN'
Yours, very truly
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
IN BRITAIN
ARE FACING ROCKY ROAD

London.-The British campaign to
defeat profiteers received new impe:
tus when hundreds of people from
the surrounding districts poured into
Oxford to purchase from the street
market organized by the trade and la.
Dor councils. The stalls were be.
sieged for hours, and every class Of
purchaser was there. Prices were
nearly so per cent below those in the
shops. All over Great Britain street
markets ere being opened to fight
profiteers
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
SERIOUS STRIKE SITUATION
IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.

Charlotte, N. C.-Troops are on
their way to Charlotte to take charge
of the situation until the strike
troubles are over; Mayor Frank R.
McNinch is summoning citizens for
police duty until the troops arrive;
three men are dead and IA wounded
as the result of battle between
members of crowd on one SIDE and
a squad of policemen and large num-
Der Of guards at the car barns of the
Southern Public Utilities company, on
South Boulevard, on the other.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
IMPORTANT NEWS
The WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
The NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The South.
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign

a. VA CASA
General Pershing, who was the guest
Of King Victor Emmanuel left here
for Venice, on his way to Treviso.
where he will start on a visit to the
Italian batlefelds.
A decree declaring Admiral KOlchak
and the all-Russian cabinet at Omsk
to be outlaws has been issued by the
soviet government, according to q
wireless message from Moscow to Lon
don.
The Bolsheviki have been driven
from Odessa by the populace of the
city, according to reports received by
the British war office.
It is reported also that the soviet
forces are evacuating Kiev and the
entire Ukraine.
It is reported that the nOn-BOlshevik
Ukrainians have invited the Poles to
help them capture Kiev, promising to
pay them with crops which the Boil
shevik would get otherwise.
Herbert Hoover has left Warshaw
for Lemberg, Pinsk and the eastern
districts to take stock of the harvest
prospects there. The outlook for the
food supply of Poland is, indeed black.
Week after week rainy weather has
ruined crops and the estimated harvest
will be 20 to 80 per cents below nor
NAL.
To recover more than 100000 in
gold, part of the fortune of the late
Dom Paul Kruger, once president Of
the Transvaal, which is believed to
be cemented in the hold of the bark
Dorothea, sunk on Tenedos roof, off
the coast of Zululand, is one of the
projects which may be received as a
result of Improvement in science OF
salvaging sunken ships.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28

Without amendment, and with prac-
tically no opposition, the house voted
to amend the Lever food control act
to extend it's provisions to include
clothing, containers of food, feed or
fertilizers, fuel oil and implements
used in production of necessities, and
to penalize profiteering by a $4,000
fine or two years Imprisonment.
Five hours of general debate pre-
coded passage Of the food measure
the first legislative step in carrying
out the recommendations of President
Wilson in his recent address to con-
gress on the high cost of living.
Cotton growing is destined to be-
come an important industry in China
in the opinion of the British consul at
Marking who, in a government re-
port, says cotton cultivation is being
extended in northern Kiangpei, and
experiments are being made in Hal
chow, partly with American seeds.
Investments are being made in cotton
in cotton spinning factories. One
establishment at Pootung represents
an investment of $1,OO0,OOO, and anoth-
er at Changchow $5,O0O,0OO.
American forces which will re-
main in Germany after Septem-
Der 80 are the Eighth infan-
try, Seventh machine gun battalion,
Second battalion of the Sixth field
artillery, Thirty-dft signal battalion,
First supply train, First mobile ordan-
ance repair shop, Field Hospital No.
Is, and Ambulance Company No. 70.
The aggregate of these units will be
nearly 1000 officers and men. The
infantry regiment comprises 5000, the
machine gun battalion IT'S, the artll-
lery $50 and the engin $50.
With the approval OF President VIII
son, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt sent to Secretary Glass Tor
transmission to congress estimates Tor
additional naval appropriations total
ing $18,6OO,OOO to permit OF expert
tiously placing and maintaining IN
proper state Of repair all OF the hgnt-
ing ships of ther fleet"
Meeting the committee in round
table discussion in the rest room OF
the white house, in contradiction TO
the precedents of more than century
and with the whole nation listening
through the medium of relay of pub
lie stenographers, the president went
into many of the details Of the peace
negotiations and touched on all the
hotly debated questions which have
divided the senate in it's consideration
of the peace treaty.
The president revealed that Japan's
promise to return Shantung province
to China was reduced to written form
in the minutes of the peace confer
ences. He asserted he had every con-
fidence that the promise would be car
ried out and told the senators it was
"the best that could be got'' out OF
the negotiations, Japan having given
notice she would withdraw from the
conference if her demands were re-
fused
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28

% has been evident for some time
EhAt our present methods OF col
lecting were both inadequate and
unsatisfactory. In the past we have
employed O collector, bat n large
number Of our subscribers prefer to
pay at our. Office and regularly do
60 A great many, when Interrupted
by the collector calling, will tell him
TO leave his bill-that they prefer
to send q check by mail. A conS1d-
cradle number make a special re-
quest OF us to mail their bills to them
at the hrst OF the month, which We
do. Others pay the collector ON his
monthly rounds. The collector IL
being detained now much more than
previously On account Of the in
creased number Of toll messages to
identity, 30 It 10 Impossible for him
70 complete his rounds. The D1roc-
tors OF the North State Telephone
Co., at a recent meeting, adopted o.
uniform system of collecting, the
same az 1S in general use by praotd-
ca11y all telephone companies and
pubic utilities.
Under the new plan, beginning
June 1rHt, We will mail every sub
scriber his bill on the nrst OF the
month, for the current months
service. We will also include O
statement showing all toll messages
ttemizod. We will provide . colleo-
tors Office ut ia College st.. Open
eaAaY from to IL, aud from 1 70
WseOS and On Saturday nights 2 t0 D;
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
PREMIER NITTI URGES
GREATER PRODUCTION

Rome.-Premier Nitti issued
proclamation addressed to all the pre-
fects, urging them to cary on a cam
paign for greater production in the
country, most frugal economy and the
prevention of strikes.
"a majority of the public continues
to live as heretofore" said the pre-
m1er. Besides there is a large part
Of the people who instead of work
ing more intensely insist on working
less and demanding greater compen-
sation."
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
BYRNES THINKS RADICALS ARE
TRYING TO STIR UP TROUBLE

Washington.-Rep James
F. ByFnes, Of South Carolina, will ask
for an investigation of what he thinks
is a movement to excite the negroes
to revolution. He is sure that the T.
W. w. and ether radical organizations
are trying to stir up trouble in this
country. He will ask the house to
take action to bar from the mails a
number of negro newspapers that
carry matter to incite riot or revo-
luton.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
TEN TRUNKS OF ARMS
SHIPPED TO MEXICO

New York.-Ten trunks contain
ing arms and ammunition were ship
ped from this city to Mexico on the
steamship MORO Castle which sailed
for Havana, Progresso and Vera Cruz
The trunks were shipped from a
Broadway hotel. The department Of
justice and navy department have
been notified and it is expected gun
boats will be sent out to intercept the
steamship.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
YOUNGEST Filler" IN
AMERICA is KILLED

Tampa, F1a.-Sergeant Pilot Chas.
Copp, II years old, said to be the
youngest flier in the United States
army aerial service, died at Carlstrom
field, Arcadia, as the result of inju.
ries received when MS machine fell.
He regained consciousness for only 4
few minutes following the accident
Cops home was in Tampa and he
was known as one ef the best hiers
et Carlstrom.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-28
DEPARTMENTS DISAGREE
AS TO MOTOR SURPLUS

Washington. - Senator Simmons
has been trying to secure the final
transfer to the North Carolina road
authorities Of its share of the surplus
motor equipment which congress di.
rected should be distributed to the
states. The war department takes
the position that the authority to dis
tribute these parts was rescinded,
even II Inadvertently, by section s OF
the sundry civil bill passed in July.