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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
1876 LOCAL PEOPLE IN PLAY
1.-The RunaWays" by Welfare Players
Oct. % and %.

Quite the most pretentious of the
many good things sponsored by the
Welfare Players got under way Satur
day evening when rehearsals were
started of the musical extravaganza
The Runaways,' which will be pre-
sented with cast and chorus of 125
local singers and dancers at the
Opera House on Thursday and Friday
evening, October % and "a
"The Runaways" will be directed
by Mr.. and Mrs Louis Philbrook, OF
New York, who have staged this play
in Burlington, Montpelier, Barre, st.
Adams, st. Johnsbury, Rutland and
more than one hundred New England
cities. Costumes and special scenic
and electrical effects have been order
ed from New York for the play, and
reports of the first rehearsal indicate
that the popularity of The Runa-
ways" in other Vermont cities is in
deed well deserved. The principal
characters will meet tonight and the
chorus groups tomorrow night, in Lii
brary hail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
Flower Show Old Institution.

The flower shows of English villages
have an ancient origin, though few
people may ever stop to give the mat
ter a thought. The ancestry Of the
floral fete reaches back to the days Of
Ovid, the poet. AS for when flower
shows were first held in England, Il
cannot be certainly known but 1t Is a
fact that If they did not actually iu
troduce them, the worsted manufac
turers from Flanders, fleeing the
wrath of Philip and Alva, in 1867, gave
a flip to the practice. TO these peo
pie English gardens of Elizabeth's
time owed such favorites as the glily.
dover and the carnation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
VICTIM OF HAZlNG
Springfield Y. m. C. A. Student Hal
Pneumonia.

Springfield Y. M. c. A. Student Has
Pneumonia.
Springfield. Oct. 11.-William Wolf
slayer. aged 20. freshman at Spring
field, Y. NJ. c. A. College, is in a ser-
Gus condition as a result, it is alleged
of hazing by second-year students
According to college men, Wolfslag-
er and members of his class were tax
en- over miles of open country in the
hill section of Springfield The fresh
men were rolled in everv small pond
and puddle that the hazing party
came to on the hike
The victims, were also rolled down
sandbanks, it is alleged At the end
of the expedition the freshmen were
tied to trees in the woods near viii
braham road and told that when they
heard q whistle they could return to
the college On hearing the whistle.
the freshmen cut loose and started
for tho college.
Wolfslager fell in a faint On arriv-
ing in his room. He soon developed
double pneumonia. DR. L. L. Doggett.
president of the college, said tonight
that information received by him
leads him to believe that pneumonia
was not the result of the hazing by
upper classmen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
To Preserve China.

Many lover of fine china has been
heartbroken to discover her choice din
ner or tea set lined with halrlike
cracks. Hot tea or chocolate poured
into dainty cups cracks them instantly.
A Chinese merchant gave this bit of
information when rare ten set was
purchased from him. Before using
delicate china place II in a pan Of
rold water Let It come gradually to
the boil and allow the china to remain
In the water till cold" This tempers
the china, and 1t is capable of With
standing the sudden expansion caused
by the heat. There is no need Of re-
peatlng the treatment for long time"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
Memorial Notice.

In sad and loving memory of our
beloved son and brother, Private Fred
erick c. Horst of Co. L, 1926 Infantry,
SIND division, who paid the supreme
sacrifice, Oct. 10, 1918. First anniver-
sary Oct. Is. 1919. 1880 a. m, at the
St Francis de Sales church.
He bravely answered dutys call
And for his country fell;
Oh, how | miss his smiling face,
No tongue can ever tell.
He did his share, he took his stand
Beside his comrades brave;
In Frodois, France. he is sleeping
In a soldiers honored grave.
Parents, Sisters and Brothers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
FOOTBALL RESULTS
Saturdays Games Contained But Few
Surprises

Saturdays Games Contained But Few
Surprises
Yae, "a; North Carolina, Z.
Harvard, 35; Colby, O,
Princeton, 81 Lafayette, 6.
Cornell, g. Williams, 0.
Syracuse, Z; Army, 8.
Navy, Sc; Johns Hopkins, 0.
Boston College, 25; Middlebury, 0.
Holy Cross, Ia; Bowdon, 0.
Dartmouth, 81; Mass. Aggies, Z.
Pennsylvania, 80; Delaware, 0.
Bates, Sc; Ft. Mckinley, 0.
Stevens, g. Haverford, O..
Maine, 50; FIT. Williams, O.
Franklin & Marshall, 26; Albridge 0.
Lehigh, 19; Rutgers, o.
St. Lawrence, 6; Rochester, 8.
Phillips Exter, 7; Dartmouth Fresh
men, O.
Amherst, 10; Union, 0.
Wesleyan, 35; Rhode Island State, 0.
Pennsylvania State, 8; Bucknell, 0.
Trinity, 6; Connecticut Aggies, 0.
Swarthmore IA; Pennsylvania Mill
tary College, O.
Colgate. IA; Brown, 0.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
Building in Denmark.

There are at present three phases
OF Denmarks building difficulties =
land materials and money. The land
question can probably be settled and al
so that OF materials, but general ar
rangement of the financial question
must first be made. The cost of build.
ing has increased from $40 crowns per
square meter (S7.72 per square foot)
to 720 crowns per square meter
tS1793 per square fooD. This is dis
cournging private initiative and cor
porations are now conducting one-third
Of the building enterprises in Copen-
hagen and the provincial cities. To
help these building corporations dur
Ing the war, the government voted
Sl000,000. This was not sufficient,
and by law passed February 5, 1918,
provision was made to finance these
corporations and compensate them for
some of the extra expenses of building.
All in ali the state and municipalities
subsidlze the building corporations to
the extent of 60 per cent of the In
creased costs, which are 100 per cent,
so that the houses cost the corpora.
tion 40 per cent more than before.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
LoNesHoRgMEN TO GO BACK
District Council Urges Pier Men to
Resume Work

New York, Oct 13.-The strike of
10000 longshoremen, which has par
alyzed transatlantic and coastwise
shipping and tide up the harbor for
nearly week causing great loss in
perishable foodstuffs, will be brought
to an end today, according to the opin
ion voiced last night by both T. V.
O'Connor, President of the Internal.
ional Longshoremen's association, and
John F. Riley, chairman of the strike
committee This prediction was made
after a four hour meeting of the dele
gates to the New York District Coun-
Gil at 1874 Eleventh street, at which the
delegates, representing the fifty-four
locals, voted to urge the men to go
back to work tomorrow morning and
wait until Dec. L to press their de-
mands for increased wages.
There will be a mass meeting of the
longshoremen tonight at place to
be determined later, at which the ques-
tion of returning to work tomorrow
morning will be put up for their rati-
fication or rejection. The plan of TAX
ing a referendum vote by locals has
been abandoned, and the action of to-
nights mass meeting will settle the
question, one way or the other.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
Houses Are Us Live Behind Windows
FUNDS NEEDED
To Retain Home Demonstration Agent
in This County

Who stands ready to answer all
kinds of home problems? The Home
Demonstration Agent But unless the
women express their appreciation sub
stantially in dollars and cents Ben
nington County will lose this govern
ment worker.
The membership fee is only one dol
lar per year and in some communities
where the agent has worked the wo-
men have already contributed gene
rously. But nevertheless there he
mains the sum of $500 to be raised for
expenses next year.
The executive committee apeals to
the women. VIII this county let
this opportunity to retain worker
slip away?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

Memphis Tenn, Oct 11.-Five men
who boarded southbound passenger
train on the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley Railroad as it was leaving the
yards here erly today held up the
express messenger and his assistant
secured several packages and escaped
when the train was stopped at West
Junction in response to a telephone
message from a yard master who
saw the men board the train.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
GERMAN VESSELS
ARE BARRED FROM
THE BAL TIC SEA
$4,000 Let's Land from British
Warships to Attack Enemy
RIGA SUFFERS DAMAGE
City Is, Bombarded by the German
Russian Forces-Defenders Rein
forced by Schoolboys

Paris, Oct. 13.-Important troop
movements are occurring in the dir
ection of Riga, it is reported in tele-
gram from Basel. Esthonian troops
are said to have left Segwold for Riga,
thirty miles distant Lettish reinforce
ments and other Esthonian detach-
ments are reported bound for Libau
on transports for the purpose of join
ing the Lettish forces which have
been landed there from British YES
sells.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
BOLD RoRBERlEs
Paymaster temporarily Blinded by
Pepper and Money Taken.

Cleveland, Oct. 11.-Six robbers
this morning held up the paymaster
of The Samuel Emerisan Company in
the lobby of Euclid Avenue building
and after throwing pepper into his
face escaped in an automobile with
$1,000, which the paymaster carried
in a money bag.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
Business Is Good

Who says business isn't good
There wasn't renting room to be
had in St. Johnsbury last Wednesday
night and three travelling men, after
walking the streets till midnight,
went to Woodsville, N. H., where they
got accommodations for the night, re-
turning to st. Johnsbury the next
morning. Somewhat similar condi-
tions have been noted in other towns
and cities of Vermont-Barre Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
NO MILITARY CENSORSHIP

But Federal Troops Are Still on Duty
at Gary.
Washington, Oct 13.-Denal that
military censorship had been estab-
lished at Gary. where. federal troops
are on duty because of steel strike,
was made in a telegram received at
the war department from Major-Gen.
Wood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
FIRST PRODUCT SINCE STRIKE
Was Turned Out Today at Younas-
town Blast Furnace.

Youngstown, Ohio, Oct. 1.-THE
first iron manufactured in the Mahon-
ing valley since the strike began was
poured from a blast furnace at the
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., today.
according to an observer outside the
plant, who saw the metal. Activity
at practically all other plants here In
dicated an attempt to manufacture
iron soon,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

Toledo, Ohio. Oct. 11.-Bandits in
an automobile escaped with $4,000
here today after holding up two men
carrying The Pinkerton Tobacco Com
pany payroll and shooting an EN-
ployee, George Hillman. He received
four shot wounds and is expected to
die.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
NEW YORK'S LATEST
STRIKE TIES UP CITY
feurs and Helpers Demand
Heavy Increase of Paw.

New York, Oct 12,-New York's lat
est strike. that of eleven thousand
members of the International Brother
hood of teamsters, chauffeurs and
helpers, tied UP the principal railroad
terminals here today. The strikers
demands include a fiat increase of
twenty-five dollars, an-eight-hour day
and weeks vacation yearly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
TOO LArB TO CLASSIFY

LOST-Between Arlington, Vt, and
Shushan. N. Y, a box of fancy work
including crocheted bed spread, yoke
and other articles. Finder please noti-
fly Mrs. Robert Parkingson, East
Arlington, VT Suitable reward offered
24t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
The Fool Streak.


"The fool streak is as much an or
dained organ of the human body rs
ls the conscience or the appendix"
asserted old Festus Poster. ut is that
attribute which prompts us to over
estimate our own Importance, to fancy
that we can beat the other fellow at
mis- own game, to believe that the av-
erage Hon. is infested with a herd
of friends who devote their lives to
earnestly soliciting him to run for Of
fice. to accept pomposity for ability. to
dash after dashing widows, to expect
man with a horse laugh to have
horse sense, to plant congressional
garden seeds, to call chance acquaint'
ances Brother to buy nonessentials
on the installment plan. and so forth.
The conscience can be reduced or erad'
icated by moral suasion. The appen-
dix is removable by an operation. But
the only efficacious method Of getting
rid of the fool streak is for the victim
to seat himself and carefully and
urayerfully pluck it out little at a
time. rs one picks the basting threads
out of new garment or the bones
from a sunish. h."-Kansas City Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

Stettin, Germany, Oct. 11.-De-
mands that German ships on the Bal
tic be recalled to their home ports
and that all others be forbidden to
leave were received by the German
Government in telegram from Lon
don this morning, according to the
Abend Post of this city.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
COL. HOUSE FEELING BETTER
He Remains in Bed Trying to Regain
His Strenuth

New York. Oct. 13.--Col House re.
mained in bed today, but statement
from his hotel said he was feeling bet-
ter, and that he rested well last night,
New York, Oct. 13.-After nearly a
years absence from this country, Col
onel Edward NJ House, a member of
the Paris Peace Conference and ad-
wiser of President Wilson, returned
yesterday from France on the army
transport Northern Pacific with
his wife. He looked pale, weak and
tired after his illness in Paris and the
strain of his long and continuous la
bors over the Peace Treaty and the
League of Nations.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
FRANCE HOLDS
!. TREATY To BE
4. '"-"''oD-u "-"'
NOW IN FORCE
War Is Declared Ended by Two
Presidential DEGREES
3 ALLIED POWERS RATIFY
Paris Believes First Meeting OF Coun
Gil of League of Nations Should
Be Called Soon

Paris. Oct. 13.-Decrees published
in the Journal Official, today, place
interior affairs of France on peace
basis, ending the state of siege, lift.
ing the censorship, and transferring
the jurisdiction of policie affairs from
the army to procedures. To end the
4 state of war with Germany, it is still
necessary to deposit in the foreign Of
flee the text of the treaty signed by
President Poincare and, the ratifica-
tion documents signed by the kings
of England and Italy.
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TO CRUSH VICIOUS PRACTICE
Radical Means TO Stop Political Agta
tion Among School Children.

Berlin, Oct. IL. Associated-M
ter of worship, Haenisch, told the Bud
get commission of the Prussian Diet,
yesterday, that 1t is proposed to adopt
radical means to crush political agi
tation among public school pupils.
The agitation, he declared, has been
instigated by political propagandists
seeking regeneration of Hohenzollern
regime.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
STRIKERS RETURN
Altoona Strike Was Local and Un.
authorized by Union.

Washington, Oct, 13.-The railroad
administration was notified that strik-
ing railroad shopmen at Altoona
would return to work at 8 p m. The
strike was local and unauthorized by
the union.
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arrived at 1880.
Mineola, N. Y, Oct 13.-Forty of
| the siXty-two original starters in the
army air-service transcontinentaI
race lined up today at controls all the
way from here to San Francisco ready
to resume the flights. Reports from
San Francisco were that Lieutenant
Melvin w. Maynard, who finished first
would start the return trip tomorrow
Major Spats and Lieutenant kiel. the
first to reach here from the Pacific
coast expect to begin the homeward
trip Wednesday.
Mineola, Oct. 1S.-Captain Smiths
log book records indicate he beat
Lieut.. Maynard across the continent.
His claim will be officially verified be
fore a decision is made.
San Francisco, Oct. 1l-First
Lieut.. Melvin w Maynard, plotting a
DeHaviland Four airplane. leader of
the westbound fliers in the transcon.
tinental air derby, arrived in San
Francisco from Minela, N, Y, at
1:12:07 p. m. today.
1t was unofiicially estimated that
Maynards actual flying time from
Mineola to San Francisco, distance
Of 2701 miles, was "a hours 5S min
utes 55 10 seconds.
Mineola, n. Y, Oct. 11.-Lieut E. c.
Kiel, first of the eastbound trans
continental derby flyers to complete
his journey from San Francisco,
landed at Roosevelt Field at 6:35: 10
p. M today, followed 30 seconds later
by Mai. Carl Spatz, who previously
had landed by error at Hazelhurst
Field
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

Washington, Oct. 12.-Dr. Gray
son declined today to comment on the
exact nature of President Wilson's con
dition, speculation about which has
been greatly increased by the publica-
tion Of the letter of Senator Moses of
New Hampshire to one of his consti-
tuents. Tonight DR.. Grayson issued
the usual bulletin without granting the
usual interview to newspapermen, and
at his home, it was stated that the
doctor and returned to the White
House and was to spend the night
there
Pressed for a statement this morn
ing as to the character of the Presi-
dents illness and for comment on SEN
ator Moses letter, DR.. Grayson asked
whether Senator Moses is a physi-
cian." When told that he was not, DR.
Grayson remarked that Senator Mos
as must have information that I do
not possess"
DR.. Grayson was asked whether the
President had suffered cerebral les
'cn or hemorrhage, and said he would
not at this moment comment on any of
he reports circulated as to the Presi.
dents condition. explaining that he
and the other attending physicians had
agreed on a policy of not answering
questions based on current reports.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
WEATHER FORECAST

Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday
Rise in temperature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
40 OF ORIGINAL
g. STARTERS To
RESUME FLIGHTS
Lieutenant Maynard First to
'e,, Reach Coast
sPATz ANn.,,, so,.A ARE NEXT
Maynard Makes Coast to Coast Flight
Of 27oo Miles in Less Than rs
Hours Actual Flying

Mineola, Oct. 13.-Captain Lowell
Smith, third east bound aviator to
complete the trans-continental fight
arrived at 1880.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

Berlin, Oct. 12.-No ships are being
permitted to leave Kiel according to
the Vossiche Zietung, which adds that
Stettin shipowners have sent wireless
dispatches to vessels at sea to return
Immediately to Stettin or to go to the
nearest port
News of blockade of the Baltic
Sea has created sensation in Dan
zig, where large cargoes of coal and
herring were expected in the next
few days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

Berlin, Oct. 11.-More apprehension
than ever exists here at present over
the outcome of the Baltic adventure.
Even If Germany is not wholly and
officially responsible she breads being
made responsible for the actions Of
troops who seem to be acting In de-
fiance Of Government orders.
The German Governments position
is difficult to describe Technically
1t is faultless. 1t has addressed pro-
per orders to the troops and forbid
den supplies to be sent them but
plotting is still carried on with Berlin
for its centre, South German troops
still go adventuring into the Baltic
regions, and the Government is rather
colorless in its declarations.
Nobody speaks or writes with ap-
proval of what is going on, but pro,
badly the official attitude is win and
we support you: lose and we disown
you,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

FOR SALE-Chestnut horse. weight
800; and one top carriage nearly new.
Geo. S. McKeon, tel. 251-R 112 Scott
street street ..---..---.-..- q. -. 24t2'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

Manchester, ~ H., Oct. 11.-United
States Senator George II. Moses in
letter to representative Frank H.
Challis of this city writes as follows:
"The President is very sick man.
He suffered some kind of cerebral
lesion either during his speech at
Pueblo or Immediately thereafter,
and one of the readily discernible re.
suits is a slight facial paralysis.
His condition is such that while
this lesion is healed, he is absolutely
unable to undergo any experience
which requires concentration of mind,
and that there is consequent suffus-
ion of blood in the brain, the pressure
of which would be likely to reopen
this lesion or to cause new ones, with
a probable fatal result.
"Of course he may get well-that
is, he may live-but if he does he will
not be any material force or factor In
anything.
"One of the interesting rumors here
is that Col. House is coming home to
try to impress on the President that
he should abdicate for a few months
and call Marshall to be acting Presi-
dent"
The cerebral lesion referred to in
Senator Moses letter, when followed
by paralysis, is interpreted by local
physicians as a shock or rupture of
the cerebral arteries. 1t might take
the form of apoplexy and is some
times called cerebral hemorrhage.
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Washington, Oct. 11.-Hope that
President Wilson soon might regain
his normal health and resume fully
the duties of his office was swept
away today by his physicians, who
announced it would be impossible for
him to leave his bed for an extended
period"
The announcement made after
consultation between Rear Admiral
Grayson and the three other physi-
clans aiding in the case, said there
had been no interruption of the
Presidents slow Improvement, but
emphasized that he still had a long
road to travel before he reached COM
plete recovery.
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Paris, Oct 12.--With three allied
powers, England, Italy and France,
having in effect ratified the Versailles
treaty, attention now turns to the Of
fetal acts by which the state of peace
will be formally established.
After the signing by the French
President which will complete French
formal ratification, there remains
four steps.
The first will be the deposit with
the Secretary of the Peace Confer
ence at the Quai d'Orsay of separate
diplomatic instruments certifying
that the chiefs of the states of Ger
many and of three allied powers have
ratified the treaty. Ebert's ratifica-
tion has been there two months
Poincaire's will be there probably on
"Wednesday. King Georges and King
Victor Emanue's are expected to be
denosited by that time.
The second step will be the certifi-
cation to the Peace Conference that
the certificates of ratification have
been deposited by Germany and by
three allied powers. This will take
place as soon as step number one has
beer' completed
Step three will be the formal pro
mitigation of the treaty by the Peace
Conference and by the official journ-
ais of the four governments.
The fourth step will be to put the
treaty in force which means the set
tling by the Peace Conference Of tho
formal date from which Germany's oh.
legations, beginning with the coming
into force of the treaty, will be cal
culated.
1t is held hn"a that the first meet
ing of the Council % the League Of
Nations should be called by Presi-
dent Wilson to meet in Paris within a
few days after three movers deposit
their ratification cer'ifcp es 1t is
believed by Americans that This meet
ing will deal only with the Sarre Ra
in matter, and other affairs which
under the terms of the Treaty, must
no ~00'''"4od within &c oo'' 1~vs 2 tc-
the Treaty comes into effect, and
that then the Council will wait for a.
tion in Washington before proceeding
further.