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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-15
Russia pestitut. Of snuthss

Before the war Russns need OF
Scylhes was estimated at GO0O.000 nm.
nually, Of which about h.f were re-
quired in Siberia. TO MI these re-.
Quircmcnts about 100000 scythes
were imported annually and the re-
mander manufactured in Russia. Ac.
cordmg to latest information there are
hardly any ScvtheS to he found. Rus.
Sian industry being at standStlll aud
the importation closed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-15
BONNEVILLE

Mrs Hugh Benson IS spending a
few weeks al Manchester.
Floyd Slade. who has been working
at Mount Holly, has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ellenburg re-
turned last week from a visit with
their daughter at Schenectady, N. Y
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-15

served his coun-
try through the
Civil War in COM
pany E, New
York II. A. Vol
unteers in the
army of the Pa
tomac and saw
hard fig h I in &.
Now at the age
of SO he says
Il was failing
rapidly as the re
suit Of kidney
a n d bl a d d e r
trouble, having to
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-15

EN- times night and had terrible
pains in the back. ! had catarrh, and
o full feeling in the head and throat
tormented me in the morning.
From the first day | started to take
GOLDINE | began to improve. That
night only had to get up once IL
was the first time in years had full
nights sleep. and am actually aston
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-15
DORSET HOLLOW

Mrs. William Lanfear is quite i'll,
Edward Potter of L S. navy recent
ly visited his aunt, Mrs Julia Potter.
Miss Elsie Seymour of Elm street
spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Err
win Roberts,
Misses Clara and Dorothy Kelley,
who have been visiting their sister,
Mrs. 7. w Mclaughlin in Manchester
Center, have returned to their home
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-15
WHEN TONGUE IS COATED

your liver is torpid and is affecting
your stomach and bowels. To rouse
your liver, take the little, purely vege-
table and in-all-ways satisfactory
Hoods Pills. They relieve biliousness.
constipation. all liver ills. Do rot irr!-
tate nor grippe. Price csc. OF druggists
or c. |. Hood Co., Lowell. Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-15
No charmer. rhisl

Furthermore. why do they call an
car-Spliung whistle a "siren:" our
understanding Of a siren is that PEG.
pie don't try To get away from her.
Galveston News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-15

Sergeant John r. Thorne. better
known as UNCLE JAY, is a member
of the G. A. r. Reno Post No. 81 and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10
FARMERS BLAME
LABOR FOR H. c. |.
Extraordinary Rise in Prices
Attributable to Strikes, Say
N. Y. Grange Officials.

ALBANY, N. Y. September 10
Officials of the New York State
Grange. representing 125,0oO farmers
in a statement issued here placing re-
sponsibility for the high cost of living
upon labor, declared that IAN eco
nomic adjustment must be made II the
world is to be fed and agriculture pre-
served" The indictment of all work
ers except those engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits is made by Sherman j.
Lowell and w. N. Giles, master and
secretary, respectively. of the grange,
who allege that strikes have been an
important factor in raising the price
of food, clothing and shelter.
The first factor in happy life is
three meals every day." says the
statement. The next is adequate
clothing and housing to keep the body
warm. The war has only fastened
what every thinking aSriculturallst
has seen for years was surely coming.
Rural workers have not received the
support and encouragement which the
urban workers so easily obtained in
the form of better schools, roads.
churches, houses, shorter hours ana
higher wages for work under more
favorable conditions. This had the
result of steadily drawing from the
country it's population to an alarming
degree. NOW, luSlcdu VI SOiA'S
study of our situation and developing
a remedy, our laboring brotheCs OF
the city purpose to remedy our trouble
by arbitrary measures without any
real knowledge of the cost Of produc-
ing the necessities of life.
mo class of Americans WIN req
blood in their veins will stand being
told they must labor long hours at
inadequate pay in order that another
class may have shorter hours ana
higher wages Even the faithful farmer,
who has always produced suflclent
food for all, feels he has about reached
the limit, and that no laboring man
of the city should find fault if he APP
plies the same rule that his city
brother has taught him.
why is it that over half our farms
have mortgages on them, and that two
thirds are worked by renters? When
a class of men demand a higher wage,
although their labor does not earn it,
some one else must pay, and they be-
come dishonest profiteers.
1--WE here challenge the city laborer
to a cost accounting that all the world
may see who earns his wage. Let
there be an authoritative cost account
ing of farm products and wage scale
for labor the base of which shall be
its earning power.
when wheat was 81 bushel, one
bushel paid for a days work. Wheat,
by government fiat, is now $2.26
busheI, and it now requires from two
to three bushels to pay labor for one
days work. Again when wool was 80
cents a pound, allowing four pounds
for suit of clothes. the farmer re-
ceived for the product $1.20. Figuring
the cost of suit of clothes at $40.
thirteen days labor at $3.50 per day
paid for the suit. Today wool is 65
cents a pound. four pounds bringing
$3.50, the amount received by the farm
er. The same suit of clothing is now
$40 and the laborer can obtain a suit
by eight days Of labor at IS per day.
These comparisons will hold good with
every farm product"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10
SENATOR SPENCER URGES
TREATY RESERVATIONS
II Forced to Act on Pact as Written
He Would Vote to Reject,
i He Says.

President Wilson's statement in his
st Louis speech that the treaty con-
troversy demands either acceptance
or rejection drew fire in the Senate
yesterday from Senator Spencer, re-
publican, Missouri, who urged adop-
ton of reservations protecting Ameri-
can rights.
Senator Spencer said if forced to
choose between acceptance or rejec-
tioA of the treaty as it is written, he
world vote for rejection.
have no sympathy with changes"
Senator Spencer added, that would
kfllA the treaty. There are many
confmendable things in the league
covenant that deserve a trial and also
in the treaty. But 1 have cordial
sympathy for such reservations as
safeguard the essential rights of our
country.
The real issue before the Ameri-
can people today" said he, lis whether
reservations shall be engrafted, in
separately engrafted, as will absolute
ly safeguard American rights, con-
stitutional, domestic and traditional
and fully protect our independence OF
action"
The treaty the senator added was
peculiarly and unfortunately a one
man document"
The Shantung award was denounced
by Senator Spencer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10
MRS. SAMUEL SPENCER
DIES AT TUXEDO PARK
Long Resident of Washington, She
Was Active in Philanthropic
Work.

News Of the death at Tuxedo Park,
n. Y, yesterday of Mrs. Samuel
Spencer. was received with deep re-
greet in Washington, where Mrs.
Spencer has made her home for nearly
thirty years. The late Samuel Spen-
Ger, president of the Southern rail-
road, and Mrs. Spencer bought the
residence at 2o12 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. some years ago. and their home
before and after the death of Mr..
Spencer was a favored meeting place
for society, both for purely social
events and for philanthropic work, in
which Mrs. Spencer took leading
part. Mrs. Spencer was before her
marriage Louisa v. Benning, daugh-
ter of the late Gen. H L. Benning
of southern fame.
1t was known to Mrs. Spencer's
Washington friends that for months
past she was not able to enter active
ly into social affairs, but her death
was a great surprise and shock to
them.
Society of Colonial Danes OF New
York. of the National Society, Daugh-
ters of the American Revolutions; the
Chevy Chase Club, the Tuxedo Club
and the Montgomery Country Club.
She was active in Red Cross work
during the war. She concerned her
self in public movements for women.
giving her drawing rooms and the use
of her secretary for their meetings
and fostering local charities She was
seventy-one years old. having been
born at Columbus. Ga, June 81, 1S4S.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs
James D. Laying of New York, and two
Island avenue, Washington. and
Vivian Spencer of New York
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been completed, but burial will be in
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, where
the late Mr.. Spencer is buried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10
THIEVES GET BUT SMALL
LOOT IN TWO ROBBERIES
Diamond Ring, Auto Tires and
Tobacco Taken, However, in
Three Other Intrusions.

Thieves, who forced their way into
the office of Dickey Bros feed store,
1447 Maryland avenue northeast, last
night and broke open the cash reg
lister were rewarded with 100 pennies
and SO worth of postage stamps.
Intruders who entered the store of
Harry E. Keller, 3O1 Sd street south
east, last night got even less for their
trouble. They found only $2.04 in the
cash register.
The Washington Tobacco Company,
917 E street, reported the theft of
1919 worth of cigars from a wagon of
the company at 7th and r streets
northwest.
Disappearance of a diamond ring
from his apartment. at 1910 California
street northwest, in the past week
was reported to the police by M. A.
Darby. The ring was set with clus-
ter of four small stones.
Joseph Whitehead reported to the
police that the automobile supply
store at 1916 New Hampshire avenue
northwest was entered last night by
forcing rear door and tires valued
at $160 stolen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10
AD0LPH BRAND DIES.

Adolph Brand. expert chronologist.
died last night after a lingering illness
at Emergency Hospital at the age of
forty-nine.
Mr.. Brand was prominent in B'nai
Birth circles all over the country and
especially in the activities of Argo
Lodge. He served for a time as field
secretary Of District No. 5, l. o. B. B.,
and was later elected president Of the
society.
He was the originator Of the motto.
Local jobs for local men," which was
later generally adopted
The body will be sent to Boston for
burial in the family lot. Members OF
Argo Lodge will accompany the body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10
DENIES B0LsHEvIsT REPORT

Counselor Debuchi, charge of the
Japanese embassy, has authorized
categorical denial of a statement at
tributed to bolshevist sources in Mos
cow that Admiral Kolchak had ap-
piled to Japan for help, Offering in
return the northern portion of the
Island of Saghalien and the Ussuri
valley on the mainland of Siberia
Mr.. Debuchi. points out that Ad-
miral Kolchak' could not make a
binding. pledge relating to Russian
territory, and that Japan has been
all along giving all aid possible.
There is no intention of 'ceasing the
extension of aid, said Counselor De-
buchi, who reiterated Japan had no
thought of territorial compensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10
REMOVES INJUNCTION OF
SECRECY FROM TREATY

Upon the request Of Senator Lodge
OF Massachusetts the Senate has re-
moved the Injunction of secrecy
against the salmon fisheries treaty
made between Great Britain and the
United States for the purpose of regu-
lating salmon fishing on the northwest
coast, recently transmitted to the SEN
ate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10
WOULD DISMISS FARMERS
GRAIN RATE COMPLAINT

Examiners of the Interstate Com
merce Commission recommended to-
day that the complaint of the National
Council of Farmers Cooperative AS
sociations against new rates on coarse
grain be dismissed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-09
Licensing Motor Car Drivers.

In New York hereafter you must be
able to prove that you are competent
TO drive motor car before you can Sc
cure a license to do so. Under the en-
pire states new system, each applicant
for a license must answer twenty four
questions to the satisfaction of an ex-
aiming board before the application is
granted You must be able to show
that your eyesight is sufficient, that you
are not subject to such disabilities as
heart trouble, vertigo, etc, that you are
of sound mind and not addicted to the
excessive use of liquors or narcotics. In
addition to these and other inquiries, a
few simple road tests are being con-
sidered,
Sooner or later, as automobiles multi
ply, similar restrictions must be adopt.
ed by every state, and it will be valuable
to have the experience of New York as
a guide AT present we place no restric-
ton whatever upon anybody who thinks
he can operate a motor car. And yet,
in its potentialities Of harm, the motor
car is Of greater consequence even than
the railroad engine. In the hands of a
nervous or inexperienced person, or one
subject to sudden physical weakness or
addicted to liquor it is serious menace
not only to the driver but to everybody
else. Statistics are not available but il
is perfectly safe to say that very large
percentage of all automobile accidents
are due to igorance, recklessness or in
toxication. Why the state should as
sumo that anybody with the price of an
automobile is fit to drive one along a
public highway has always been mys-
terry. Let us here in Minnesota keep an
eve on New York and when the legisla-
ture meets next lime, let us, too, adopt
a licensing code calculated TO keep motor
cars out of incompetent hands.-St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-09
Flying Over Human Habitations.

The lesson Of the Chicago balloon dis
aster is that the time has not yet come
to allow aircraft, and particularly dirigi
bles, to fly at large over human habita-
tions. There is an element of unfamiliar
horror, even after way in which death
came so often from the air, in the
thought of great airship falling like
maglignant monster of prehistoric eras
upon a group of people engaged III their
daily occupation in the center of great
city. Modern mechanisms of locomotion
have brought menaces enough into every
day life without our being subjected to
risks from on high. The falling aircraft
may bring death or injury into the office
building or church or home, and it pre-
sents a menace in the street or the open
country. 1t is Of small consequence
whether or not new devices were being
tried on this particular dirigible. There
is no standard of safety in the nayiga
ton of such craft, and every flight is
more or less an experiment. Until the
dirigible has achieved greater degree
of security in operation, its course in
the air should be rigidly prescribed. Even
the airplane is far from reliability. Dur
ing the past two months two postal
aviators, while on duty, have met death
through the falling of their planes
Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-09
Danger Ahead! Look Out!!

Colds and grippe frequently will leave
you with weak kidneys, ami aching back
The kidneys get overworked fighting of
cold or a. contagious disease. When
they slow up, and don't perform theil
duties, look out, there is trouble brewing
Kidney and bladder troubles are dan
gerous, and should not be neglected; il
you are compelled to arise from your
slumber once or twice during the night
it proves that your kidneys are affected
and bladder irritated, and if you will take
from 10 to 20 drops of SEVEN BARKs
in little water after meals, you will
correct the alkalnity Of your secretions
thus giving you undisturbed sleep and
peaceful rest, preparing you for your
next days duties.
If you feel dull, irritable and nervous
have headaches, sore or enlarged joints
irregular kidney action, you should give
the kidneys quick relief by taking SEVEN
BARKS, which will not only relieve the
kidney trouble, but keep your stomach
in good condition and your liver active
Don't neglect your kidney trouble with
first symptoms. You win be sorry if you
dots too serious a matter. Get SEW.
EN- BARKS of y9ur druggist Price, SC
cents.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-09
so THEY DIDN'T DEPOSIT.
Wife Argued That People Don't See
What You Have in the Bank.

She was a petulant baby doll' ar.
rayed in bargain counter inery. He was
a meek little man whose rough and toll
worn hands branded him as a manual
laborer. They were standing in front
of savings bank yesterday and he was
fondling a small roll of bills.
"You make me tired with all your talk
about saving for rainy day. We never
have, and have always gotten along" she
was insisting in whining tone.
But suppose l should lose my job or
get SICK" he argued.
There you go, always borrowing trou-
Bile" she nagged.
And after pause she capped her ar
gument by saying:-
people cant see what you've got in
the bank, but they do see the clothes
you have on your back. Come on over
and see that swell hat / told you about "
Evidently convinced that further argu-
ment was useless, he meekly followed as
she led the way to woman's apparel
shop.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-09
HOW A TOWN Is JUDGED.
Some of the Specimens by Which the
Strangers Size 1t Up.

The Bennington Banner is exactly
right when it says;
people who pass through town judge
Bennington by specimens they see, Brace
up so as not to damage the towns repu-
tation."
Although evidently directed toward
the questionable human exhibits which
one may seein passing through" the
advice applies equally to many other
things.
town is judged (ll by its streets
because specimens of those hit" the
passer- through first. Certain Vermont
towns and cities have achieved an I'M
enviable fame in this direction. In adj
dition to posting speed limit signs, such
towns enforce the speed limit by keeping
the streets so rough that the tourist
must reduce speed or smash his vehicle
A town is judged also by its business
district. Good stores, adequate buildings
and handsome lighting systems add
thousands OF dollars to the estimate OF
the transient observed. Nothing so de-
presses the value of the physical APP
pearance Of a town like specimens of
tumbledown shops, blank corners and an
air Of apologize detection.
A town Is judged by its residences.
Many towns which have Indifferent bust
ness equipment have streets Of hand
some residences which attract the trav-
eler and often clinch the home seeker
At the same time, one point of progress
and prosperity is the town which is made
up of people who have retired" to live
therein because it is quiet and restful
spot No town can be truly attractive
which hasn't enough specimens of active
business men to take a pride therein
and push for progress.
A town is judged by its newspaper
specimens Prosperous, newsy sheets
which show that there are not only live
men at the helm but that every member
Of the community is on the staff of the
newspaper BY virtue of their communi-
ty pride and their belief in the pulling
power of good publieity-such newspa
pers are not only community assets but
good community advertisements.
Schools, churches, community halls or
houses theatres, etc.--how these all re-
feet the town and its character How
they attract or repel, when it comes to
home choosing How essential they are
to the real home and community life
Of the town! Yet, in the end, it really
gets down to the human specimens who
make up that community and who alone
can make it "go" or clog its wheels so
it stops, stands still and moulders away.
Good enough. Let's have the right sort
of men and women, clean, upright, de-
Gently dressed, patriotic, and public.spir-
tied believing everlsstingly in the town
and its future, and the future Of that
town is just as certain as the rising and
setting of the sun.
Give us first the human specimens and
the community melting-pot viii do the
rest-Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-09
Now, as to Coal Values

Representative Huddleston of Alabama
charges that there is widespread propa
ganda on the part of coal producers to
induce folks to buy coal at the present
high prices He says that investigation
already made, outside of the Congress
investigation started by Representative
MacGregor, has shown that government
price fixing is the only remedy for the
avarice Of the coal barons. Until coal
prices and the prices of other raw mate
rails drop" said the Alabama representa-.
tive, manufacturers will be unable to
lowers the prices of finished articles. The
profiteers filed their pockets during the
war and they want to continue their
profiteering in time of peace" The coal
producers, he says, are trying to scare
the people with threats of shortage, be-
cause they fear holding off the buyers
will force prices down. Representative
Huddleston comes from one of the larg-
est bituminous districts in the United
States and ought to have information on
the subject he is discussing. All the
same, the operators say, the fuel out
look is the worst in years, partly be.
cause of the small demand for steam
coal This makes it necessary to confine
profits to the anthracite traffic. The
United States geological survey says
that the total coal production to date is
slightly more than 100000 tons below
that of last year and that $4,000 tons
are being mined daily now, as compared
with 100000 tons at this time last year.
Sydney A. Hale of the Coal, Trade Jour
nal says that the reason why coal went
up when the fuel administration went
out of business was because the admin
istration had set an inadequate price.
He holds that advances have been iusti-
fled by expenses. So there you arel--
Buffalo Express.