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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04

question has come TO the front lately
and Germany Is filed with propaganda
TO show that Schleswig should and
must remain German. No speech is
complete without at least a reference
10 Poland and Czecho-Slovakla. and yet
not one of the speakers but knows that
these questions will be settled. for good
or Ill, by the peace conference.
Is Same Old Hun.
The failure OF the German to change
materially Is in no way better TO he
observed than ia his attitude to the
question of the conduct of the war II
Is only rarely tina, criticism of it ia
heard In the house, and the general
feeling seems to be that If anything is
wrong with it, that is all in the past
and should be forgotten or overl, oked
by Geriuany's enemies.
The prisoner OF war question IS as
puzzllng to the student of German psy-
chology just now as anything else.
Virtually every speaker touches upon
The prisoner question before he leaves
The tribune. Tell German first that
the ariJistice made no provision for
the return Of German prisoners. and,
second. that, while Germany begs daily
fol food. she attempts at the same
time to saddle herself with 100000
more mouths to feed, and It has no eff
feet on him. 1t cannot be sheer pity
for the welfare OF the prisoners. no.
cause plenty of Germans know only too
well how slim food is.
Listening to delegates to the assem-
bly,, and talking to Germans outside OF
It, the correspondent finds that the old
German viewpoint he learned to know
so. well during the war until the breach
with America is still abroad in the
land, though in less truculent form
The German does not understand Why
he now should suffer; why everything
cannot be placed on n basis Of status
luo ante: why anyone should hold
against him the conduc; of the war
with which. he claims, he had moth.
ing to do.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04

Dewey was siX and il was his first
year at school. He remained after
school each evening, not because OF
failing to get ideas, for Dewey had
plenty of ideas and room for more.
but for sufficient reasons he had a
special permit TO stay. This gave him
good opportunity to confide In Miss O..
his teacher, about his "glrl''--and
every little brown curl around his neck
nodded approval TO all he said.
On this particular afternoon, after
the others had gone and all was still.
Dewey, with wistful. big brown eyes.
said: Miss o.. you can't guess who
my girl is now?" as If he were ac-
customed to changing. cts Margaret"
and as he turned his head this way
and that the little brown curls al
ways asserting, he waded deeper: 81
never knew what love was till I saw
Margaret. "--IndianapOlIs News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04
GETTING into a scrape.

Rabbits, men, golf and Scotland
consplred to produce the expression OF
"getting into a scrape." In that part
of Great Britain the game was tirst
played. The rabbits were plentiful
then as now, they had q habit or
making little hollows in which to rest.
Whenever ball stopped In one or
these scraped-out spots, the player
had real problem to solve. Finally
the protests became so numerous that
the golfing societies amended the
rules and permitted the players to
take certain privileges after getting
into scrape" From that time, with
the difficulty decreased. the game
fourished.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04
SCRAP BIG WARSHIpS
Great Britain to Dispose of Ves-
sells by Auction.
Many of 200 That Have Outlived Use
fulness Hold High Place in
Naval History.

London.--Nearly 200 warships OF
the British navy, most of which have
outlived their usefulness, are to be
sold to the highest bidder as soon as
they can be cleared of their guns, etc.
Among the vessels to be disposed of
are several which have high place
In naval history and around which
hovers an intense sentimental interest.
A somewhat similar step was taken
by the admiralty in 1904, when n large
number of obsolete vessels were dis
posed of. AT that time great hue and
cry was raised, as many persons feared
that the strength of the navy would be
seriously impaired. But, as matter
of fact, the sale OF the ships resulted
In making the navy stronger than ever
and the coming sale is expected to
have similar effect.
The removal of obsolete vessels in
1904 had n two-fold purpose, and In
both respects was justified by the war.
1t set free the personnel needed TO
start the nucleus crew system. and
did not give an adequate return In
lighting efficiency for the cost of their
upkeep.
widespread interest will be aroused
to be removed from service. Senti-
mental interest In his majesty's ships
OF war Is strong. amounting almost to
reverence, evoked by such an ancient
monument rs Nelson's Victory.
Among the ships now to be dis
posed of are many which have been
brought prominently before the public
eye. Several have flown the flags of
distinguished officers, and not a few
have made records in connection with
the war.
More than 100 destroyers, compris-
Ing the "a" to "F" classes, are now
cIassed as noneffective, and 81 of
them. including 81 for immediate dis
posal, appeared In the list Of April 8.
There will soon. therefore, be no de-
stroyers in the navy launched before
1909. All the torpedo boats, except
the 30 turbine-driven boats of the
coastal type built in 10000, are be-
ing cleared off, and 46 are in the list.
Perhaps the most interesting unit of
this group Is torpedo boat No. 079.
which in the naval maneuvers was
commanded by King George, then a
lieutenant In the navy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04
Marrlos Hrother,s Widow.

Topeka, Kan--An unusual feature
developed ut the marriage license desk
In the probate judges Office here when
Ernest d. Day, thirty-two years Of
age of this city, secured license to
wed Katie Day, twenty-one years of
ss-, also of Topeka. Mrs. Day was
the widow Of his brother. This is sali
to be the first time such thing has
occurred mere. 1t is prohibited by law
In some states and some countries.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04
Girl Struck by Lightning.

Harrington, Kan.-Miss Mary Har-
ness was struck by lightning the other
evening while helping her brother,
John Harness. in an alfalfa field in
an attempt to save some hay from an
approaching storm. Her clothing and
shoes were torn from her body aud she
was painfully burned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04
Cotton Seized in 1867
Is Paid for by U. S.

Savannah, c The claim of
the Imperial Importing and Elk
porting Company of Georgia for
$176,666.69 Cor cotton illegally
seized by the federal govern
mont in 1867 has been paid, 1t
developed through the filing of
a petition In superior court here
for permission to notify by ad-
vertisements stockholders and
others interested.
The money is to be divided
among residents of Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North and South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia. Lawyers. however, will
get half of the total. The case
reached final decision in federal
courts recently after ten years
of litigation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04
NOTICE

To the Taxpayers of the Village OF
Bennington: A Rate Bill has beeii
placed in my hands for collection us
follows: 80 cents on the dollar for the
Village Tax. 20 cents on the dollar for
the Highway Tax on the Grand List Of
1919
/ hereby demand payment of said
taxes. and notify you that will attend
at the Bennington County Savings
Bank from 9 o'clock a. m. until 3
O'Clock p, m. There will be discount
of 4 per cent on Village tax If paid
within 80 days.
c. II. DEWEY. Treasurer
Bennington. Vt. July Is. 1919.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04
NOTICE

As my wife Cecilia Legacy has left
my bed and board, this will serve to
notify all that shall pay no bills
contracted by her after this date.
William Legacy
Aug. 4, 1919, Bennington, Vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04

command was exercised by the voice
of the commander flying with the fleet.
In September following, voice COM
manded flying was instituted at sew
eral other fields.
Avoids Many Accidents
BY using the airplane radio tele-
phone In instructing aviators in aerial
gunnery it was found possible to reach
the same efficiency with saving of
one-third Of the time. BY exercising
control over pilots In the air, accidents
we're practically eliminated.
At the signing of the armistlce, de-
velopment and training in voice COM
manded flying was well under way.
Numerous demonstrations were held
during November and December and Il
fleet of POI airplanes was Unanswered
in the air Il San Diego by voice COM
mand.
In the practical application of the
uirplane radio telephone to airplanes.
over GOO flights have been made with
this apparatus In this country. In the
last 2,000 flights there have been only
"A cases of airplane trouble and only
20 cases Of radio trouble.
Shipments of the apparatus to
France in quantities began August and
September, 1913. and of trained air
service radio personnel in October.
Had the war continued the voIce-com
manded military air unit would I'M
doubtedly have made itself felt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04
NORTH BENNINGTON

The Ncrth Bennington All-Stars will
cross bats with the Burns Athletic
club at Marquis Park Tuesday even.
ing at $3.50
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WANTED
p u LIP w GOD

for immediate SHIPMENT. Either rossed
or peeled. Sell direct to consumer and
get best price by notifying H. S. How
ard, agent, Burlington, VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04
VOICE ORDERS
RULE AIR WAR
Development of Radio Telephone
Permits Personal Direction
of Fleets.
Prevents MANY ACCIDENTS
At Signing Of ArmIstice Training in
Voice-commanded Flying Was
Well Under Way--PiIots Di-
rected From Ground.

Observation-Disclosures to the entry
of the United States into the war, the
problem of airplane radio development
had received attention from the army
In August, 1910, the first wireless
transmission from airplanes was made
In the years following the development
of the airplane radio was carried on
through series of accomplishments
These may be summed as follows:
10l2-Mcssage transmitted from air.
plane to ground by wireless telegraph
over distance of 80 miles.
1915-Fan type of driving the wire
less power plant on the airplane de-
veloped and adopted.
1916-Radio telegraph transmission
from airplane successful over 40
miles of distance; radio messages
transmitted between airplanes In
flight airplane radio telephone con-
structed.
1917-The human voice transmitted
by radio telephone from airpIane to
ground.
Talk Thousands of Miles.
Contemporeneous with this was the
commercial development of the radio
telephone for ground and ship use by
engineers Of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company. This culDli-
mated in a successful transmission
from the naval radio station at Airing
ton to stations thousands of miles
away.
In May, 1917, steps were taken to
combine the experience of the engi-
necrs and of the army IN developing
the airplane wireless.
Six weeks later the airplane tele-
phone was fact and In October, 1917,
long-range test was made. Tele-
phonic communication was carried on
between airplanes In flight up to "a
miles apart and from airplane to
ground up to a distance of 45 miles
The development of voice command
ed flying was definitely begun at Gerst-
ner field, La, in May, 1918. On June
an aerial review was given by an air
fleet of two squadrons of IS planes
each, followed by close order drill
by section of six airplanes.
Throughout the review and the drill
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-04
OLD REGIME RULES
GERMAN ASSEMBLY
Many Old Faces Remain and
Many New Ores Are Not
Unlike Old.
REICHS1AG SPIRIT PREVAILS
Only One Member Has Admitted GER
many Had Part in Starting the
War--Hun Doesn't Understand
Why He Should Suffer.

The German national assembly mas
demonstrated tive things clearly. II
Is unable to do business much more
speedily than the old reichstag, chief
~ because there Is little unity and
much dissenslon between the parties,
and the old order Of things has
changed very little despite the new
faces.
The latter is perhaps the most i'm
portant point, because the assembly
was hailed by German papers-and
particularly by the agencies that sup
ply the outside world with news-as
the birth Of the new republic, the be-
ginning of new regime, the living en-
blem of the passing of the old.
1t Is new in sense, and the old
regime has passed, perhaps, hat there
are enough of the old people left, and
so many of the new people are not
much unlike the old that the effect in
the Weimar theater Is not much diff
ferent from the reichstag. One hears
precisely the same arguments from the
floor, watches precious time fly by over
the same and similar arguments as
used to make one despair of construc-
tive legislation.
One Admits Germanys Guilt.
Perhaps the most striking thing Is
the tone of the great majority of the
party speeches. Just one delegate has
had the courage TO attack the con
servatives and the moral strength to
go on record as admitting that Ger.
many had something to do with start
ing the war Man after man, regard
less of party has, In speeches proved
to his own and the houses satisfaction
that Russia, France or England, not
Germany, started the war.
One lone man has had the courage
TO tell the house that the German
treatment of Belgium forever forbids
German complaints from being ef.
fective. The great bulk at least OF
northern Germany, seems TO have
adopted the attitude:
well, it's all over now. We, the
people, didn't start the thing at any
rate, so LET'S start out even and square,
with no hard feelings on any side"
The assembly is the principal out
let for every known kind Of propa.
ganda, INDUCED In nearly as vehement.
~ and excitedly by the social demo
crafts as by the conservatives. First
there is the Alsace-Lorralne question.
Il comes up three, four, dozen times
q session, and always rouses the same
enthusiasm. Every old and shopwcrn
argument is trotted out and cheered.
II has never occurred to the Germans
that on the other side of the fence
there are fairly good arguments to sup
port Frances retention Of these prov.
lnces.
The junction with Austria provokes
an almost equal enthusiasm, and II
would seem as If half the speakers in.
sert II In their speeches for that pur-
pose. alone. The Schleswig- HoIstein
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
ADMINISTRATORS SALE

Georgia, Sumter County.-By vir-
tue of an order of the Court of Or
binary of Sumter county, Georgia,
October term, 1919, there will be sold
before the court house door in Daw-
son, Terrell county, Georgia, the real
estate located in that county belong
ing to the estate of ]. I. Howell, de-
ceased. 1,472 of lots number 127 and
1913 in Second district, Lee county,
Georgia Also all of lot number 95 in
Third district of Terrell county,
Georgia, aggregating 206 acres, more
or less. Also 500 acres off of lot No.
$50, same county. Also sixteen 90
shares stock in Bank of Sasser. Also
house and lot in town of Plains, Ga.
Sold between legal hours of sale on
first Tuesday in November, 1919.
Terms of sale cash.
MRS. ANNIE L. HOWELL, adj
ministratrix estate of J. l. Howell,
deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
are worse than grasshoppers.

are worse than grasshoppers.
Figures compiled by the state vet
Urinary places the number Of no-ac-
count horses in this state at slightly
more than 100000.
100000 Pounds of Fodder.
These animals eat about 100000
pounds of fodder every day, the state
veterinarian figures. And fodder is
worth $40 per ton-or more. Thous-
ands of ranchers are simply being
eaten out of house and home.
No matter how many horses a
Montana man may own or what their
quality, he cannot ship them to
market at profit. There isn't mark
ct in the United States where these
Montana horses will bring enough to
pay the freight The more horses a
fellow owns in Montana the poorer,
he is. They can't even eat them. A
state law prevents the butchering of
horses. Some time ago j. B. Long,
of Great Falls, succeeded in getting
a stranger to accept 1000 head of
his horses, with a contract that the
stranger would get the animals off
Longs ranch within so days.
Thought 1t Was Bluff.
The stranger thought he was "call-
ing a bluff" on the part of Long.
Long gave the man contract per-
hitting him to pick out 1000 horses,
taking any he pleased. The stranger
gathered up a carload and sent them
down to Kansas City to TRY out" the
market. When he finished, the load
had cost him $500. He refused to
take the balance of the horses from
Long and the latter attempted to
force him to do so. But, the courts
declared there had been no consld-
Grafton for the contract, and Ranch
err Long had to keep his horses.
The Montana horses are the scrub
blest kind of scrubs. They are the
worthless descendants of worthless
Indian ponies. They are not large
enough to do work required on the
modern ranches.
Of course, there are good horses
in Montana-lots of them They are
not included among the million
scrubs.
Thousands in Boer War.
During the Boer war thousands and
thousands of Montana scrubs were
sold to the British army and sent into
South Africa, where they were found
to be too small for use. Most of them
were purchased from the Grow In
dams. The Crows took the money
they received for the ponies and
bought first class stock. Today the
Indians are better supplied with good
horses than any Indian tribe in the
country.
But even medium good horses can
be had for nothing in Montana. They,
too. are drag on the market. There
are too many of them for use and
Montana is so far from horse mark
ct that by the time the freight is paid
on them the bill is greater than the
selling price.
So, if you want horse, or a dozen
horses, or hundred horses come to
Montana and get them. They are as
free as jack rabbits in Oklahoma.
The more you take the better the ma
tives will like you.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
ADMINISTRATORS SALE

Georgia, Terrell County.-By vir-
tue of an order of the Court of Ordi-
nary of Mitchell county, having juris-
diction of administration, granted
upon the application of ]. D. Whit
ing, as administrator of the estate
of E. M. Whiting, deceased, late of
Muscogee county, to sell the lands of
the deceased for the purpose of dis
tribution, there will be sold before
the court house door at public out
cry, to the highest bidder, in the city
of Dawson, Terrell county, Georgia,
between the legal hours of sale on
the first Tuesday in November, 1919,
as the property of the said deceased,
the following described lands to wit:
zone unimproved city lot number
two hundred and sixty three (263),
as laid out by the city map in the
city of Dawson, Terrell county, Geor-
gia." This the 10Th day of Septem-
Der, 1919. j. D. WHITING,
Administrator of E. M. Whiting,
deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21

house with a view to benefiting Sec
ton of the country or portion of
it's citizenship at the expense of the
whole.
Budget System Strongly Favored.
During his remarks Secretary Glass
approved of budget system for the
nation that would cover projects and
items of expenditures that originat-
ed in congress, as well as the finan-
cial affairs of the executive branches
of the government.
Former President Taft appeared
before the committee the same day
and declared: "The house will have
to put its own house in order and
change its own system" He said he
favored a budget system by which it
will require a two-thirds vote of the
house to put in items not included
in the presidents budget.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
BOIL WEEvIL NOW
is EATING GERANIUMS
They Work on the Roots and Cause
Stalks to Die. Eats Them
Up Entirely.

VALDOSTA, Ga.-With the viz
tual elimination of cotton growing
in this section it appears that the
boil weevil is compelled to seek 9TH
err means of support and information
to this effect is coming in. Mrs. D. v.
Baker, who loves flowers and cult
Yates them, says that for some time
she has had trouble with her gera-
NUNS and after a period of close
watching she found that the boil
weevils were causing the trouble, al
though they attack the geraniums in
a different manner from cotton. They
work at the roots and cause the stalk
to die and break off at the ground.
Close examination showed that the
roots are entirely eaten up and the
boil weevils were plentiful around
where the feast had been going on.
This leads many to wonder that
when there is no more cotton for the
weevils to eat what damage will they
do to other useful plants in the fields,
and hereafter a close watch Will be
kept to note what direction their de-
vastation will take.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
100000 MONTANA HORSES TO
BE GIVEN TO ANYONE, FREE
Scrubs Are Drug On Market and Ranchers Declare They Are
Costing Huge Sums in Fodder Eaten.

BILLINGS, Mont.-Want horse
Anybody in Montana will give you
one for the asking. Anybody will
give a dozen or 40 or 50--or 100
if they happen to have that many.
And all without single cent of cost.
All you will have to do is to feed
them. Or, better still, take them out
of the state.
Montana has 100000 hores that
are worthless. In fact, they are
worse than worthless They can't be
sold, they can't be worked and they
can't be eaten. They are eating their
way across the Montana plains and
they are the states worst curse. They
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR
HOG IN LOWNDES COUNTY
Animal Came by Express AccomPa-
MED by Two Veterinarians.

VALDOSTA, -"Super Clans
man." a five thousand dollar Poland
China boar, arrived here yesterday
to head the herd at the Black Dia-
mond Stock Farm, near this city. The
animal came by express and was in
sured for the full amount and ac--
companied by Clarence DeAtley and
]. F. Hall, two well-known veterina-
rians, who looked after the animals
welfare on the trip.
The hog weighed $50 pounds and
is perhaps the most valuable hog in
Georgia and was recently purchased
by A. G. Swanson, owner of the
Black Diamond farm, who intends
to make this place the leading Po-
land-China hog farm in South Geor-
gia, and he is stocking it with the
finest animals that can be obtained
for money. Mr.. Swanson is we'll
known Washington, D. c. business
man.
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ETARY GLASS
oPpOSEs BONUSES
r. WOULD MEAN AN
LOAN SOON.
,,c AGAINST WASTE.

bNGTON, D. C.-secretary
p.os,,rv Glass, speaking be-
k,onse special committee on
Jared that the government
Ia 70 float another liberty
srressmen carry their de-
b tremendous sums of mon
to soldiers. Sec
f. asserted that the treas
/ for the fiscal year will be
h 400, covered largely by
';nstallments of the victory
LIE within the fiscal year,
he proposed bonus and 9TH
briation projects now re-
',or in congress will serious
/ the nations credit.
krg the bonus Secretary
Eored it had been proposed
h capture the soldier vote,
l. considers that a majority
rrice men would consider it
4 to their patriotism at a
/ the government is sorely
h funds. Secretary Glass
4 his disapproval of other
h and presented in the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
EXCURSION FARES

The United States Railroad Ad-
ministration announces excursion
fares to Macon, Georgia and return
account the Georgia State Fair.
Tickets will be on sale from all sta
tions in Georgia October 81 to 30,
1919, and for trains scheduled to
arrive in Macon before noon Octo-
Der 81, 1919. Tickets will be void
after November 2, 1919. For further
information apply to ticket agent,
Central of Georgia railroad.