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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
IS BANDS OF MEXICAN REBELS
10000 Government Troops Trying to
overpower Them

Washington. July 23 twenty-five
distinct bands of rebels with a
strength of about $4,000 men now are
operating in Mexico, according to ~
tabulation whicn has just been pub
lished in Mexico City Opposing them
Carranza has force of about $4,000
which, however is able to control lit
tic more than the railway lines with
a narrow strip along the Pacific coast
from Guayamas to San Bias and the
territory around Tampico. The report
asserts that there is certain degree
of cooperation between the various
rebel ferees in the north as well as in
the south. Villa and Angeles are
shown in the tabulation to have $1,000
men, Teliv Diaz. 50O0 Manuel Pelaez,
5000 and General Cantu 1900.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
MASSACHUSETTS TOWN
BUYS IT'S TROLLEY LINE
Citizens Refused to Permit Little
Road to BE Put Into
the Scrap Heap

Some communities have considered
the possibility of preserving their
local means of transportation from the
avalanche of dissolution that seems
to be threatening many of the electric
railroad companies of the country.
How the town of Sharon in Massachu-
setts solved the problem is told by the
Boston Herald
Sharon can boast that is has street
railway of its own. and that every bit
Cf stock in the company will soon be
owned by citizens of the town. The
smallest child has as much interest in
it as the oldest inhabitants
Sharon was the first town in The
state TO avail itself of the wartime
measure allowing towns 10 operate and
lnance their own street railways fer
a period of two years after the war.
But the real story of SharOn's 3 3
milo street railway begins s years ago
when the line was first inaueuralcd.
II was known as the Norwood Canton
& Sharon Street Railway company and
connected the town of Sharon with
that Of Canton
y
arc all like ono big family, they will
tell you-and during those IS years
the railway became family affair"
The track runs directly through the
Main street of tie town; the railway,
therefore, became the main artery OF
communication between the townspco-
Pie. The carmen were the trusted
fl lends of every one in the town.
Now the peaceful railway. which ran
car every hour, was no mere bust
ness proposition to the people OF
Sharon. That railway, with its faithful
crew of two, was regarded with affect
ion and trust. If the car no longer
ran, who was to do the hundred and
one little errands for which the good
housewives depended on the crew ?
One woman, every Saturday after.
noon, stopped the car; chatted pleas.
antly with the crew and then entrust.
ed to their tender care pot of smox.
ing hot beans for her newly married
daughter who lived down the road a
bit. Another, with a sick husband,
gave the crew prescription which
they had filled at the local drug store,
and brought back to her on their re
turn trip.
The children rode on the car and
when the kindly conductor came
around for their fares-and the fares
were missing-a chorus of childish
voices usually piped up Charge it to
father!"
And the crew kept track of all the
charges and long suffering father
paid the bill when he was reminded of
it. No lawn party in the summer-no
gathering in winter, along the car
route, was complete unless the host.
ess ran out to the gate to, hail the car
as it trundled by and give the crew
their share of the good things from
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
GIRLS ON STRIKE
Vermont Chocolate Company's Wrap
pers "Scrap."

Burlington, July 23.-One hundred
and twenty-five girls of the wrapping
department o fthe Vermont Milk
Chocolate company walked out today
in protest against the reduction oI
their pay for piece work. They claim
that the company offered some time
ago to pay them 2 IL cents per car
ton during the summer months and
that the company has now reduced
the rate to IA cents.
The company claims that its Gus
tom is to pay IL cents carton to
the girls learning the business and
those not so swift and IA cents
when they become more proficient,
the idea being to equalize wages
When the girls walked out they re-
mained near the factory and ate their
lunches, doing picket duty meantime.
Four or five of the girls did not walk
out with the rest and when they did
come out at noon they were set upon
by their striking sisters and rough
ly handled.
Henry LaPoint, assistant superin-
tendent of the department, went to
the aid of the girls who were being
mauled. Thereupon the strikers trans
ferred their attack on him. During
this alteration. the strikers claim, a
girl named Eleanor Garyey was
struck in the face with such force as
to render her unconscious. She was
taken to her home in the police am
bulance.
The girls who walked out stated
that they intend to remain away until
they have a personal interview with
President John Walker, who is out of
town. They declare they will not re-
turn until their demands are salts
fed The strike threatens to tie up
the whole plant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
RUSSIAN TROOPS
MUT|NY AND JOIN
THE B0LSHE WIKI
Have Handed Over Town of
Omega to Enemy
IS PERILOUS
But General lronside Believes Fresh
British Troops Are Equal to
Difficult Task !.
SITUATION is PERILOUs

London, July 24.-The government
has received dispatch from Major
general Ironside, commander-in-chief
on the Archangel front, stating that
Russian troops have mutined and join
ed the Bolsheyiki, handing over the
town of Omega and the Omega front to
the enemy
General Ironside now has the situat-
ion in hand and believes the fresh
British volunteer troops ARE equal to
their difficult and perilous task.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
ARMY BOMBING
PLANE WILL FLY
AROUND COUNTRY
Ii Left Washington at Ten
O'clock This Morning
AUGUSTA, ME-, FIRST STOP
Thence to Cleveland, Duluth, Seattle
San Diego, San Antonio, Miami
and Washington
AUGUSTA, ME-, FIRST STOP

Washington, July 24.-An army
bombing plane carrying a crew of five
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel r.
S. Hartz left here at ten o'clock on
the first leg of flight of nearly eight
thousand miles around the rim of the
country. The first stop scheduled is
at Augusta, Maine, five hundred and
sixty miles from Washington.
From Augusta the airmen will go to
Cleveland, Ohio, and the general
route thereafter will include Duluth,
Seattle. San Diego. San Antonio, Mi
ami and back TO Washington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
PLAYGROUND NOTES

There will be hike and picnic for
Ill girls of ten, eleven and twelve
Years of age, starting from the Play
ground at O'Clock and getting back
1t 7, Friday afternoon. Everyone
,ring their own lunch.
All girls over twelve, report at the
Saturday at O'Clock for a
hike and picnic. Bring your own
unch and bathing suit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
GOLF TOURNAMENT STARTS
Cream of American Players Gather
at Cleveland.

Cleveland, July 23-One hundred
and forty golfers, including the cream
Of American players, tied in the first
1S-role round of the professional golf
tournament at the Mayfleld Country
club today. The $500 yard course
was i'll splendid condition.
James Barnes of St Louis, title
holder was paired with George Sar-
geant of Minneapolis, among the ear
ly starters, while Louis Teller of
Boston, formerly a French expert.
playing with Frank Adams of Wjnni-
peg, followed 40 minutes later, sue
ceeded by National Champion Walter
Hagen of Detroit and Bob Macdonald
of Chicago
Only few holes behind these
stars were Gil Nichols of New Work
and Robert Simpson of Corona Beach
Cal, and closely punched after them
came Willie Kidd of st. Louis, En-
NETT French OF York, Pa, and Jock
Hutchinson and Eddie Loos of
Chicago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
MUST HAVE APPROPRIATION
Forest Fires in Idaho Cannot Be
Handled Otherwise.

Washington. d. c.. July 23.-Con-
gress was asked today by Secretary
Lane for a special appropriation of
100000 to fight forest fires in Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington. Latest
reports from Idaho, he said, declare
that fires cannot be extinguished
save by heavy rain, of which there
is no immediate prospect"
To meet the emergency the secre-
tary has authorized the use of $40, 900
appropriated for the land office field
service, but not intended for forest
fire fighting.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
REPLAY THREE INNINGS
OF Disputed Game Between Pttsburg
and Cincinnati.

New York July President
John A. Heydler of the National
league announced trday revised
finding on the protested Pittsburg-
Cincinnati game of July whereby
only the uncompleted three innings
of the contest will be played. Under
his ruling 1t will not be necessary to
replay the entire game, as was origi-
nally ordered.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
TWO GIGANTIC SHIPS PLANNED
Designed to Cross Atlantic in Four
Davs

Washington, July 24-Two gigan-
tic ocean liners, larger than any ships
now afoat and designed to cross the
Atlantic in four days, are to be built
by the shipping board. They will be
one thousand feet long and of thirty
knots speed and will be equipped for
use as commerce destroyers in event
of war.
The board announced today that
work on them be started in the near
future. 1t may be that two similar
liners will be constructed later.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
2.75 PER CENT
BEER HELD To BE
|NTOX|CAT INC
Verno5-
Within ''arG Wartime
Prom .~'"tDeus1s 1s'qseats
TEST CASE IN NEW YORK
Brings Suit Against Mar
tin Schmauder Before Federal
Judge ChatfieId

New York, July 24.-Beer of 2.75
per cent alcoholic content is held to
be intoxicating within the meaning
of wartime prohibition act in decis-
ion returned today by Federal Judge
Chatfield in a test case brought by the
against Martin Schmauder
Of New Haven, Conn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24

London, July 23.--(By The Associat-
ed Press. 1.-The fourth day of the
great coal miners strike brought no
signs of a settlement. Almost 25O,-
900 men have laid down their tools.
Ten thousand went out today in Not
tingham and Derby, while 10000 men
in Mommuoth and $500 Lancashire
workers went back to save the mines
from destruction, but coupling with
their return a strong protest.
Premier Lloyd George and several
members of the cabinet, including
Andrew Bonar Law, sir Auckland Ged-
des and Sir Robert S. Horne, conferred
with the mine owners today. The pre-
mier will meet the officers of the
miners federation tomorrow.
The triple alliance Of labor, which
is composed of the railway men, tran
sportation workers and miners, met in
London behind closed doors and regis
tered a vote of 217 to IL against con-
scription, participation in Russian
campaigns and the intervention of
military force in trade union disputes.
Sir Eric Geddes. who is the cabinets
man of all work, went to Leeds with a
retinue of officials, but announced that
his mission was only for the protect
ion of the mines against flooding and
for the direction of sailors engaged in
pumping. 1t was not to interfere with
the strike. Sir Eric, as manager of
large railways, has had experience in
dealing with labor trouble, but it re-
mains to be seen whether his pres
ence in the strike districts will have
a beneficial effect.
The most important news Of the day
Is that soldiers will be used to pro-
tect the sailors working at the mines.
The use of the military for the pur-
poses In connection with strikes is
policy which the unions oppose bitter
ly and have made their opposition
one of the chief planks in their plat
form.
The disclosure by labor paper re-
Gently of a secret circular which the
war Office sent to officers, asking what
would be the attitude of the soldiers
in the event they were called upon for
strike-breaking, has produced great
sensation in labor circles.
There is no doubt that Lloyd
Georges government has met the
most serious situation in domestic af-
fairs that 1t has yet had to deal with,
one which may bring to focus all the
labor discomfort which has been ac-
cumulating since the armistice. He
and the other ministers wore serious
faces today; they were in conference
for hours.
Lloyd Georges genius hitherto has
been shown in ability for compromises
Now he is placed between two oppos-
Ing forces whose interests are in di-
rect opposition. The miners who con-
stitute the strong organized labor
body of the country are determined
upon the naturalization of the Mines
the coal owners seem equally deter
mined to maintain their property
rights. Moreover, 300 members of the
premier's coalition party in the Com
mons have signed strong protest
against naturalization as a principle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
TAFT SUGGESTS
PLAN To INSURE
RATIFICATION
lie Offers Interpretations That
May Win
HE FAvORS RATIFICATION
Some of Senators Believe Ex-Presi-
dents Plan viii Be Acceptable
to Opponents

Washington, July 23--A program of
interpretations 10 be included in
Senate ratification OF the peace treaty
in order to insure support of the Re
pubicans favorable to a league idea
is suggested in letters from former
President Taft to vii II. Hays, Repub-
lican national chairman, copies of
which are in the hands of some of
the Republican senators.
The letters suggest six "interpre-
tations' covering the right of with
drawal, limiting the representation
of dominions and colonies, asserting
the perogative of Congress to declare
war under article ten. confirming ma
tional control over domestic issues,
defining the Monroe doctrine, and re-
serving the right to terminate obli-
cations under article ten at the end
o, ten years.
Mr.. Taft wrote that these interpre-
tations would not weaken the league
covenant. but would, he believed. as
sure ratification. He suggested that
he should not appear publicly at this
time as their sponsor because it might
bias some Republicans against them.
The suggestion has been received
with earnest consideration by the
group of Republicans who favor the
league idea and who already are at
work on a definite program OF inter
prative reservations which they de-
clare they have reason to believe will
be accepted by the administration.
The administration leaders, however,
tions will be necessary, still insist they
will have the votes when the time
comes to ratify the covenant as it is.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
JESS WILLARD BUYS FARM
Purchases 700 Acres Near His Home
at Lawrence

Topeka, Kansas, July 24-Jess Will
lard, who received one hundred thous-
and dollars for his match with Jack
Dempsey, has purchased a hundred
and seventy-five thousand dollar farm,
containing seven hundred acres, near
his home at Lawrence. He paid down
one hundred thousand dollars in cash
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
NEARLY 100000
MEN QUIT WORK
IN COAL FIELDS
England Has Big Problem on
Her Hands
FOURTH DAY OF STRIKE
Mines Guarded by Soldiers-sailors
Operating Pumps to
Prevent Flooding
FOURTH DAY OF STRIKE

London, July 24.-An executive of
the Miners Federation met premier
Lloyd George and other members of
the government today in an effort to
settle the dispute in the Yorkshire
coal fields.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24

Washington, July "a President
Wilson had no engagements today
with Republican senators for the dis
cussion of the peace treaty and the
league of nations covenant. Mr..
Wilson's advisers said today that the
President had known for several
days of the existence of letters OF
former President Taft suggesting res
ervations on the peace treaty. 1t is
assumed that the former presidents
suggestions have been discussed with
Mr.. Wilson by senator's who have re-
Gently been in communication with
Mr.. Taft.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
MAY AUDIT VT. ACCOUNTS
Prof. Gray of Dartmouth College Has
Been Offered the Work.

Prof. William Gray of Dartmouth
college has been offered the work of
auditing the Vermont state accounts,
but he has not yet given announce
ment of his intention in the matter.
The law requires that the work be
done during the month of July, which
would require that Prof. Gray's vaca-
tion period be interrupted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
Does This Hit Your

"Some men,. said Uncle Eben, goes
fishin' not so much foh de sake of de
fish as foh de chance to loaf without
bein' noticed"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York s, Cincinnati |.
Chicago 3, Brooklyn 0 (first game)
Chicago 6, Brooklyn 0 (second
game).
Philadelphia 6, Pittsburg 1 tfirst
game).
Pittsburg /, Philadelphia (second
game)
st. Louis-Boston, rain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24

Detroit, July 24.-Forest fires in
northern Michigan again have as
sumed serious proportions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
RAINS CHECK FOREST FIRES
Situation in Montana and Idaho Is
Improved.

Improved.
Spokane, Washington, July "a
Heavy rains last night in western
Montant and northern Idaho were be-
lieved at District Forest Service head
quarters to have greatly improved
the forest fire situation which had
been considered extremely critical.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24

London. July 24.-Exportation of
Cardiff coal has been stopped by gov
ernment order
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-24
BASEBALL RESULTS
Scores Of Yesterdays Games and
Standing Of Clubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston 8, Detroit /.
Standing Of the Clubs
The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
WITNESS HEARD
ROW AND SHOT
Testimony at Johnson Trial
Indicates Men Struggled
Before Killing.

The trial of Benjamin F. johnson,
coiored. who Is charged with having
shot and killed William e. Payne, of
Virginia. prohibition inspector, on
the night of February q, at Rosslyn.
was begun in the Alexandria County
Courthouse yesterday morning before
Judge Samuel G. Brent
Mrs. Payne testified her husband
had left her to pursue suspected
bootlegger, whom she had seen max
ing his way between the tracks. Cath
crime Jackson, colored, testified she
saw two men struggling near her
home.
She said she heard Payne say,
Give up. / don't want to shoot you"
and the other man replied, 'I'il shoot
you," and then came the shot
Johnson's alleged confession to a
Washington detective was read In
which he said Payne struck him on
the head three times with an instru-
ment, and that he did not fre until
he had been beaten by Payne. The
confession states that Johnson. after
shooting, threw his gun intosthe creek.
1t is expected that the trial will
continue for three or four days on
account of the great number of wit
nesses.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
LOCAL TEMPERATURE,

Midnight, a; a. m. %; a m, 70; 8 a.
m, 80; a. m. %; 10 a. m, rs; IL noon. S.;
p. NJ. e.; p. M. So; p. m. g.; p m,
So; 10 p. m. 5i. Highest. s5; lowest. %.
Relative humidity-s a. m, g.; y. m, .;
8 p. m. 81: rainfall IS p. m. to D. M, o.;
hours of sunshine, CT; per cent of possible sun
shine 81.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
DEPARTURES

Accumulated excess Of temperature since jan
uary l, 1919 +52: excess OF temperature since
March l. 1919. +sl; accumulated deficiency Of
precipitation since January /. 1919. -oS; ex-
cess OF precipitation since March /, 1919. +0.8.
Temperature same date last year-Highest, IS;
lowest, s.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
ACQUITTED OF MURDER
AFTER BRIEF TRIAL
Jury Decides Killing Justified on
Self Defense Grounds.

One of the shortest murder trials
in the District Supreme Court was
that before Chief Justice Mccoy yes
terday. 1t lasted but three hours.
ending in acquittal.
Julia Brown. colored. who shot Fred
w. Furman, alias Texas" in front
of Pierce street southwest, June "A,
1917. was defendant
The jury brought In verdict of
not guilty. believing that the woman
had shot in self-defense.
Almond w. Scott was counsel for
the defense.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
aShaIl the xxorI5 ho

"shall the world become worse or
better before Jesus second conn
ing E. Hez Swem. Sun. night
and Eye ne.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
Prof. Bouten Begins Law
Course at Georgetown

Prof. Henry S. Boutell, LII. D..
former minister to Switzerland, has
begun his course in international law
at Georgetown Law School, accord
ing to announcement yesterday by Ar
thur A. Alexander, acting secretary.
The course is for postgraduate stu
dents and will consist of twenty lee.
lures. In addition to the postgradu-
ate law students a number of stu
dents in the university's School of
Foreign Service, Thirty-seventh and
o streets northwest, will attend the
lectures.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LOCAL FORECAST.

District OF Columbia, Maryland and Virginia
Cloudy and colder Friday. probably followed by
rain by Friday night and on Saturday; fresh
easterly winds.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
DANCING.

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The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
LOCAL MENTION.

cans sugar corn, 25cy large can.
hsh roe, 19c; z cans baking powder.
s1.O0; red kidney beans, 16c can;
navy beans, 10c lb.; lima beans,
spaghetti, 25c: e. ]. peas, 15c: 8
pkgs. corn flakes, 25c; lbs. buck
wheat, 25c; salt herring, soc; pure
pepper. 30c: 3 doz. safety matches,
25c; Star cocoa, 25c;. mixed tea, soc
g26 Pa. Ave, and all the ]. It ID,
Pyles stores. >
The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
Mrs. w, E. Denver Funeral.

Funeral services for Mrs. Willie z.
Denver. 20 years old, and wife of
John T. Denver. an employe of the
Adams Express Company. will be
held this afternoon at O'Clock
from her home, 646 Seventh street
northeast. Interment will be at
Congressional Cemetery. Mrs. Dem
yer died on Tuesday.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-08
SHORTER HoNoRs NEW PASTOR
REV. THOMAS ALL SMILES.

If the true temperature of good feel
ing which now pervades at Shorter
church which was taken at their re-
ception of the new pastor, it could be
truly said that years have passel by
since such an ardent demonstration
by all classes and kind ranging from
children to the aged. Tuesday night
a grand reception evidencing the
warmth of spirit and loyalty of
the church was given at the church;
quite 400 people participated at the
banquet tables, Speeches were made
by the pastors of the city and the
laymen.
A rousing welcome from all the
officials and a spirit of good cheer
possessed both those of the member
ship and onn-members. Much good
work is anticipated as the pastor came
to pastor Denver and not merely be
restricted to his denomination.
Mindful of his added responsible
tiles to make good because of the
many good things said about him, he
has rolled up his sleeves and has
heartily entered into his work.
1t can be justly said that his sweet
dispositioned wife won as many
friends at the reception as did the
pastor. The Star congratulates Short
er on her new progressive pastor.
May his success be city and state
wide.-Denver Star.