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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
TURGEON APPOINTED
A BRIGADIER GENERAL
Native of Shrewsbury Received Honor
From Governor Smith of
New York

Rutland. Aug Go, Newton b
Turgeon one of the best known resi-
dents of Buffalo, N Y, and a native
of Shrewsbury, who resigned about six
weeks ago from the 74th regiment of
the New York national guard, has been
appointed by Gov Smith of New York
to the rank of brigadier general, and it
is understood he will be attached to
the 4th brigade.
Gen. Turegon has number of rela
tives in this county and visited this
summer at his former home in Shrews-
bury The Buffalo Evening Post. in
its July 31st issue printed the fol
lowing account of Gen. Turegcn's pro-
notion
"Col. Newton e. Turgeon, former
commander of the 74th regiment, New
York guard who recently resigned
has been commissioned brigadier
general by Gov. Smith, according to
reports from Albany, and will be as
signed shortly to command of the
fourth brigade.
Brig Gen. Turgeon said today that
he had just received official nctifica-
ton from Adjt Gen. Charles w,
Berry of the promotion. The commits
sion was unexpected, Gen. Turgeon
said for short time ago he asked
for his discharge Instead CT discharge
papers he received the notice of the
new commission as general.
"In the fourth brigade are the 65th
and 74th regiments of Buffalo, the
third of Syracuse, the fourth of Bing-
hampton. Squadron b of cavalry to
which Troop | is attached and an am
bulance section in Rochester. Gen.
Turgeon said he will qualify in a few
days He has been in the guard since
1889 serving in all ranks from private
with the exception of sergeant and
lieutenant colonel.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
CRASH
DOWNWARD IN
STOCK EXCHANGE
Disturbing RumOrs Lead to
Orgy of Selling
FRENCH EXCHANGE FALLS
The Only Reassuring Feature Is the
Ease of Money-"Paper Profits"
Wiped Out

New York Aug. 7.-Prices fell with
crash in the last hour of trading on
the stock exchange today. Reactions
OF 5 to almost 20 points from the best
quotations of the session were ac-
companied by many disturbing ru-
mors and led to an orgy of selling
Reports from Washington to the
effect that President Wilson's ad-
dress before Congress tomorrow
would deal summariIy with profiteers
were supplemented by rumors that
action contemplated by the depart
ment Of Justice would involve many
industrial corporations which flour
ished during the war.
Apprehension was heightened also
by the attitude of the railroad broth
erhoods, whose representative before
the House interstate commerce com
mittee gave utterance to serious ac-
cusations against Wall street inter
ests.'
Another disturbing feature was the
further collapse of French exchange
to a point never before recorded in
this market, bills on Paris falling to
levels where they represented dis
count OF SO per cent from par
The one reassuring feature was
the ease OF money. Call loans were
in free supply at less than 5 per cent.
while moderate amounts of time
money were offered for the first time
in many weeks at per cent.
Aside from its irregularity, the
market gave no hint of demoralza-
ton until heavy offerings of United
States Steel and other leaders caused
recessions of l to points between
sales.
Transactions amounted 10 1,S5O,O00
shares, of which no less than 40 per
cent changed hands in the last 60
minutes. SO heavy was the selling
that the stock ticker was kept busy
until s.25 o'clock recording the days
operations.
After the markets close countless
calls for additional margins to streng-
hen-over-extended bull accounts
were sent out by telegraph.
The decline was the most severe OF
any encountered by the stock market
since the inception of the bull move
ment last February and wiped out
millions of dollars of paper profits
made in the past few months.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
MUCH HoARDED FOOD
Twenty Per Cent Greater Than Year
AGO,

Washington, d. c.. Aug. Al
though prices of practically all i'm
portant foods have shown a substant-
ial increase during the last year,
stocks of food held in storage on June
l this year were approximately 90
per cent greater than those held on
June I. 1918, according to a memor-
andum showing the relation between
storage figures and prices issued to-
day by the federal trade commission
Government stocks were excluded
from the comparison.
"The fact that stocks of many i'm
portant foods were much larger on
June this year than on the same
date last year" said the commits
sion's statement, while prices were
as high or higher, apparently means
that they are being withheld specu-
latively for a world demand, which
is not now here but which Is expect
ed when hunger-impelled strikes Sc
cure high wages with which higher
food prices can be paid.
To show that the "law of supply
and demand is not working" the
commission listed eight staple foods
which on June | showed an increase
in stocks withheld from the market
ranging from three to 29S per cent
over stocks on June /, 1918, and in
each instance there was shown to
have been a substantial advance in
the wholesale price during that per.
led. Stocks of frozen fowls showed
a maximum increase of 29S per cent
and the price despite this fact in
creased three cents a pound. Wheat
stocks showed an increase of ia per
cent, with an increase in price of 81
cents; -four stocks an increase of 81
per cent with an increase in the price
per barrel of nearly three dollars.
egg stocks an increase of 9S per cent
with an increase in price of II cents.
and butter stocks an increase of 129
per cent, with the price soaring 12
cents above last years figures. Salt
beef, canned salmon and canned corn
completed the items in this table. tho
latter showing an increase of 81 per
cent in stocks, with an increase in
price.
All dry storage stocks, according to
the commissions figures, showed an
average increase of 124 per cent. OF
these not listed in the above table,
stocks Of rye increased 346 per cent:
barley 207 per cent; buckwheat -four
S27 per cent, and canned tomatoes
202 per cent.
Increases in other cold storage
stocks were shown as follows Cured
beef 103 per cent; frozen lamb and
mutton, 81 per cent; frozen pork 2O6
! per cent, and picked pork 10 per
] cent.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
KHAKI UNIFORMS ADOPTED
British Type Has Been Chosen in
Northern Russia.

Archangel, Aug. 3,--The khaki uni
forms of the British type that have
been adopted by the North Russian
government for it's soldiers have now
with only a very few exceptions, re
placed the dozen or more varieties OF
fancy military dress that were com
mon in the early days of the fighting
against the Bolsheviki on this front
| last September
This little matter of standardizing
the uniforms typifies the efforts that
have been made to organize Rus
sian army in the North. Only three
units now are out OF khaki-the
French Foreign Legion, Russians
who wear the French light blue and
the Polish legion. also wearing light
blue and with strange four-cornered
peaked caps.
Even the Cossack troops have had
to give up their gaudy colors and
flaming g-striped trousers for the khaki
The Slayo-Brittanic legion officers
wear the British uniforms, "pips" and
all, as grade markings BUT the other
Russian officers wear the old Russian
shoulder stripes on British cut
CUdlS Will ti1t GAIN DlONHc bCAt.
A startling contrast to the well-uni-
formed government troops are the
Bolshevik prisoners who are brought
in, from time to time, to Archangel
Most of them are without any uni
form at all. wearing their peasant
clothes, while some have queer mix
lures of the dress of half the nations
of the world.
Many former Bolshevik prisoners
have changed their garb. and also
their politics, for the khaki, and now
are fighting against the Bolshevidi
One entire battalion of former Boil
shevik prisoners. ofiicered by an Eng
lish colonel, and known as Dyer Bat
TALON has done excellent work.
Hundreds OF boys are in khaki in
Archangel. Recently Governor Gen
eral Miller announced that an "edu-
cational battalion" of boys from the
ages of II to Is years. was to be
formed, to include boys guilty of ac-
tions deserving imprisonment ram
blers and houseless boys, and boys
whose parents would like to have
them brought up in an atmosphere o.
military discipline
In honor of General Edmund Iron
side, the British commander-in-chlef
this battalion will be known as Gen
eral Ironsides Educational Battalion
for Children" and will be dressed
and fed at the expense of the British
government.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
MAYS WILL PITCH
New York Club Secures Injunction
Against Ban Johnson

New York, Aug. Carl Mays,
pitcher, became a temporary member
of the playing staff of the New York
American league baseball club today
by virtue of an injunction granted by
Supreme Court Justice l.. Luce, re-
straiIthig President Ban Johnson of
the league from interfering with the
player participating in championship
games. The order is operative until
next Tuesday when the case will be
argued on its merits. At that time
President Johnson must appear to
show cause why he suspended Mays
after it was announced that the star
pitcher had been obtained by the New
Workers from the Boston club.
With the granting of the temporary
injunction, papers were prepared for
device upon the umpires officiating
at the present st. Louis-Yankee SER
les and on Manager Burke of the st.
Louis team as well as President John
son. In addition to the court proceed
ings, the owners of the Yankees is
sued an invitation to other club own
ers to meet here next Monday to dis
cuss the case.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
ACTORS STRIKE
CLOSES 13 NEW
YORK THEATRES
Managers Get Only Few Minutes
Notice
LEADING PLAYERS OUT
Claim Managers Association Refuses
to Recognize Their Association
Or Its Aims
LEADING PLAYERS OUT

New York, Aug. S.--On notice
varying from five to thirty minutes a
hundred or more actors and actresses
last night closed twelve attractions in
New Yorks fist class theatres and
precipitated one of the most remark
able situations ever known in the his
tory o. tho American stage.
The strike. which affected two
thirds of the legitimate theatres,
probably will be extended today to
New York's remaining playhouses if
the managers do not capitulate.
The calling out Of the players fol-
lowed a strike meeting of the Actors
Equity Association, 1,400 strong, in
the afternoon, and was the reply of
the association to the refusal of the
managers toereat with it.
The strike astounded the managers
who were in most cases utterly unpre-
pared. In one or two instances at
tempts were made to give the shows
with understudies, but in only one
case was the attempt successful.
Audiences were bewildered In most
cases crowded houses had assembled
before the announcement of strike
was made to the managers and, in
turn. communicated to the audiences
AT nearly all houses long lines of pa
irons stood until 10 o'clock and later
to have their money refunded. and
there were hurried calls for cash
from many theatre treasurers.
Despite the warnings of a strike
which the actors have sounded, all
concerned last night were so surpris-
ed by the turn of events that it was
impossible to say what would hap
pen next The only thing certain is
that the actors have chosen the most
prosperous summer in the history of
the theatre for their strike. and that
huge sums of money will be lost by
managers and actors alike if an ad-
justment is not quickly forthcoming.
The amount of money turned back at
II theatres last night was in the
neighborhood OF $4,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
World and Publicity Newspapers
cAsTLEToN MAN SHOT
John Romaine Hit With Charge of
Buckshos.

Castleton, Aug. John Romano
of this village received II buckshot
in his hands and chest at 10 O'Clock
this morning while he was taking
water from we'll in the rear of the
house owned by Joe Turna on the
north road south OF the John Jones
quarry.
Romaine, formerly OF Proctor, has
been at Turna's home for a week and
this morning went to fetch some wa
ter. While STOPPING over the spring,
the shot hit him. knocking him over.
The person with the gun was not
found Dr. Seeley attended to the
wounds
States Attorney p. M. M. Phelps
was notified and with Deputy Sheriff
Carl Beach of this village, searched
the thick woods back of the farm for
the assailant but was unable to find
any trace OF the man or gun. Two
shotguns were found in the Turna
house but had not been used in
years.
The states attorneys theory is
that some person was hunting in the
woods back Of the house and seeing
something move, fired at the object
which proved to be Romaine
The injuries consist of badly la
cerated left hand which may result
in the loss of two fingers, slight chest
wounds and injuries to the left
hand. Romaine is able to walk about.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
TYPHus DECREASING
City of Mexico Has Fewer Cases
Than for Many Years.

Mexico City, Aug 3.--The number
of typhus cases in the capital was
fewer during the first five months of
1919 than for many previous years
and the Department of Health in a
recent statement declares that the
marked decrease In sickness is the
direct result of its own crusade for
personal hygiene.
TIL capital, with its abnormal popu-
lation of more than a million, reports
not more than 125 new cases of typ
hus per month. whereas in former
years when the city's population was
normal, or about 100000 the number
of cases reported per month averaged
1000 and 1900.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
FAVOR IRISH FREEDOM
Knights OF Columbus Adopt ResoIu
ton at Convention.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 7.--EarIy to
day after session extending from
last night, the peace convention here
of the Knights of Columbus unani
mously adopted resolution calline
for the full recognition of the indie
pendence of the Irish Nation.
Practically every one of the 300 dc
legates, representing the Knights OF
Columbus under many different flags
cordially seconded the resolution
which read:
Resolved that the Supreme Coun
ell Of the Knights of Columbus, en-
dorsing the vote of the Senate of the
United States expressing it's sym
pathy with the aspirations of the Irish
people for a government of its own
hereby urge the recognition of the
national independence Of Ireland by
the nations Of the world.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
FEATURE GOLF
IN I'd ROUND
OF TOURNAME Mt
Walker and Morse Likely. to
Meet in Final
YOUTH MEETS CHAMPION
Sayre Mcleod, Jr, Shows Remarkable
Form While Paired With
A. L. Walker, Jr.
YOUTH MEETS CHAMPION

Tho match play on tho second day
of the annual tournament of the Yer
mont Golf association which is being
held on the course of the Mount An
thony club developed several inter
esting features.
A. l.. Walker, the international
champion, was matched with S. Nc
Leod. jr., lad of 15 years. and tho
youngster held his opponent to and
victory for the champion Mcleod
made the first nine in As and in the
second was going at 40 clip when
the match closed.
The sharpest play of the day was
in the Holden-Morse match in which
the Rutland man defeated Holden
one up in 10 holes.
Another feature was the match be.
tween two Brattleboro players. ]. G..
Estey and E. R. Uchida and which
Estey won l up in 20 holes. The pair
tied at IS holes. Uchida had a
chance to win on the 10Th but failed
to make the best of the opportunity.
The first round of match play took
place Thursday afternoon and the
summaries to date follow:
Championship division, first round
match play: ]. G. Estey, Brattleboro.
beat j. F. Hall, Rutland 8 and Z: B.
K. Uchida, Brattleboro, beat George
Worthington, Mt Anthony, and q:
Z. M. Clark, Ekwanok, beat ]. p. Es-
tey, Brattleboro, and /; f. Taussig
Dorset, beat c. j. Dexter Brattleboro,
and 6; Sayer Mcleod, jr. Mt. An
thony, beat R. Kellogg, Mt. Anthony,
. and 2; A. l.. Walker, jr., Ekwanok.
beat Clark Burnham, Ekwanok. s and
o; Geo. Il. Morse, Rutland, beat Geo
Mckee, Montpelier, 2 and 1; G.. l..
Holden, Mt Anthony, beat w II
johnston. Barre, 8 and 2.
Second Sixteen Fl. L. Shields
Mt. Anthony. beat VIM. Mckee. Mont
pelier, and 3; w. r. Pond, Rutland.
beat G. B. Wellington, Mt. Anthony. /
up, l9 holes; F. d. Garfield. Dorset.
beat J. r. Sheldon, Rutland, up 10
holes; e. Stevens. Mt. Anthony. beat
Z. Turri, Mt Anthony, G and 5; ]. G.
Colgate. Mt. Anthony beat E. |. Hall
Rutland 2 and /; A. ]. Mcclure, Elk.
wanok, beat P. b. Jennings, Mt. An.
thony 2 and 1; ]. Fraser, Barre. beat
10. Kemshall, Dorset and A; G. b
Stevens, Mt. Anthony, beat e. w. Tay
lar. 1r., Ekwanok, / up 10 holes.
Championship division, second
round, match play: j. G. Estey beat
E X. Uchida l up in 20 holes. r
Taussig beat e. NJ. Clark 2 up: A.
Walker, jr., beat s. Mcleod. ir. :
and 4; George E. Morse beat c. l.
Holden l up in 19 holes.
Losing eight of first sixteen.
George Worthington beat ]. r. Hall
by default; ]. P. Estey beat G. 7
Dexter and 4 Clark Burnham beat
richards kellogg and 8; w. Fl.
Johnston beat George Mckee 4 and 2
Second sixteen H. L. Shields beat
w. r. Pond 6 and s. F.. d. Garfield
beat q. Stevens and 2; A. J.. Nc
Clure beat j. c. Colgate and Z; G.
+. Stevens beat J. Frazier and q
Losing eight second sixteen: G
b. Wellington beat William Mckee s
and 4; j. r. Sheldon beat G.. TURF
up in 10 holes; p. B. Jennings beat
r. ]. Hall and 2; E. w. Taylor. ir
beat e. Kemshall 6 and 5.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
PRESIDENT WILL
ADDRESS CONGRESS
He Has Completed His Message Which
Recommends Legislation to Deal
With High Cost of Living

Washington, Aug. President
Wilson tonight completed his message
to Congress containing recommended
ions for legislation to deal with the
high cost OF living situation, and will
read it at a joint session of Congress
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The message was virtually complet
ed this morning and read this after
noon to members of the Cabinet and
other Government officials composing
the cost of living advisory council,
who were summoned to the White
House for that purpose. Secretary
Glass, Attorney General Palmer Sec
retary Redfeld, Secretary Houston,
Assistant Secretary Leffingwell of the
Treasury Department, and Messrs
Colver and Murdoch of the Fedora
Trade Commission attended.
Those present generally approved
the message. but some suggestions
were submitted to the President, and
it is understood that these were made
the basis fer notifications in the com.
munication, which was sent to the
Government Printing Office tonight.
No copies of the message will be
available until inst before the Presi
dent begins reading it. The hour
when the President is scheduled to ap-
pear was fixed by himself Stock and
grain markets will be closed before
the contents Of the message are known
ut was denied, however, that this con
sideration had any bearing on the
hour fixed.
The Presidential message will con
tain 5000 words. officials acquainted
sgith its contents tonight would not
tell the nature of the recommendation
to be made.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
KING ALBERT TO
COME IN SEPTEMBER
He Will Make Complete Swing
Around Country Accompanied by
His Son. Leopold

Brussels, Aug. S.-Details of King
Albert's trip to America are not yet
fully arranged, but it is probable ha
will start about the middle of Septem-
ber and make a complete swing around
the country. accompanied by his son.
Prince Leopold Cardinal Mercier will
start for America in September.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
ALLIES DEMAND
SURRENDER Of
GENERAL KRUSHA
First of Enemy Officials to be
Tried by Allies
WAS HEAD or
Accused of Being Responsib'cT
Typhus Fever Epidemic Which
Caused 5000 Deaths

London, Aug. S.-The surrender of
General Krusha, commander of the
German prison camp at Kaiser has
been demanded by the allies as the
first of the enemy officials to be tried
for violation of international law dur
ing the war, according to dispatch
from Copenhagen He is accused of
being responsible for an epidemic of
typhus fever at Kaiser camp which
caused the death of three thousand
French prisoners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
BAND LEADS HIM TO JAIL
Memphis Editor, Sentenced for Con
tempt, Escorted by Friends.

Memphis. Aug. 5.-Preceded by a
band and accompanied by scores of
prominent business men who parad-
ed the principal streets of the city
Edward T. Leech, editor of the Mem
phis Press, an afternoon newspaper.
entered the Shelby county Jail yester-
day to begin serving sentence of
ten days imprisonment imposed for
contempt OF Chancellor Israel Peres'
court.
The contempt charges grew out of
an editorial written by Leech during
local political campaign last year
Friends of Leech, who organized the
parade and accompanied him to jail,
are planning mass meeting next
week when the editor is released.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
GENERAL STRIKE IN
CHICAGO STOCK YARDS
Thirty-three Thousand Employees
Walked Out at Nine This
Morninq

Chicago, Khg. S.-A general strike cf
thirty-three thousand employees at
packing plants in the stock yards be-
gan at nine this morning The action
followed a decision of the Stock Yards
Labor council last night to call a gen.
eral strike unless state troops and po-
lice guards were Immediately with.
drawn from the plants. The strike
was precipitated by the return to work
yesterday of five thousand negroes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
CHARGED WITH ANARCHY
Four Men Arrested After Bronx Raid
Much Literature Found

New York. Aug. S-Charged with
'minal anarchy under an old section
ra,, penal code, four men were arrest
tJe Today by detectives from the bomb
0iad, after raid on their apartments
l.-i the Bronx. Much anarchistic liter
ature and loaded revolver were found
in flat.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
ARCHDUKE JOSEPH is
NOT TO BE KING
lis Office Is to be President-His
Plan of Government Has Been
Accented

Vienna, Aug. There is no intent
ion of making Archduke Joseph King
of Hungary, according to advices from
Budapest, his office being merely that
cf president Archduke Joseph and
his generals called on the allies in a
group yesterday, to whom he presented
his plan for a new government which
was tactily accepted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
BASEBALL RESULTS
Scores of Yesterdays Games and
Standing of Clubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE

ST Louis 6, New York g.
(First game)
New York s. ST Louis 2.
(Second game)
Chicago 2, Philadelphia l.
(First game)
Philadelphia 3, Chicago 2.
(Second game)
Detroit A. Washington g. (Ten in.
nings.
pocton 9 CIovalond 2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
HINES AWAITING
WORD FROM THE
UNION HEADS
Wilson Leaves Settlement of
Trouble With Him
MEN ORDERED TO RETURN
President Says Tactiss of Railroad
shop Workers Are in
Poor Form
MEN ORDERED TO RETURN

Washington, Aug S.-Director Cen
eral Hines today awaited word from
the unions that all striking railroad
shoDmen had returned to work before
undertaking to carry out President
Wilson's instruction to settle the
wage controversy on its merits.
The telegraph system of railroad
administration was put at the dispos-
al of union officers, and peremptory
orders that men should return to
their jobsswent out to five hundred
local chairman.
The railroad administration oflici-
ais said they would not discuss the
procedure to be employed in adjust
ing wage demands until after the
men returned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-08
Difficult Distinguish Desire Reform
STEAMER AGROUND
The North Star Strikes Six Miles Off
Yarmouth

Boston, Aug S.-The steamship
North Star which left here yesterday
for Yarmouth, Novia Scotia, went
aground in fog today on Green Island
six miles off Yarmouth. according to
advices received by the Eastern Star
Steamship company. Four steamers
were standing by and the passengers
were believed to be in no danger.