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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-01
BEllNING ION BRIEFS
News OF the ToWr ard Village Tou
Briefly Tor Eusy READER
Miss Helen Burns OF Spring street
NJ 81, floril,cr nLiIh cnunrn nnld.

Miss Helen Burns OF Spring street
is suffering with a severe cold.
"The Midnight Patrol a Thomas
H. Ince special al Library Theater
To-day. ADV.
John Mulcahy has returned to New
york after visit of Several days
| with friends in town.
| Miss Marion Beeciier of - Pleasant
street was with friends in Hoosick
Falls for over the week end.
Clayton ]. Kinsley returned Sunday
from a few days visit with relatives
and friends in the polthern. part OF
! the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Young and
Is, Everett Harwood and two children
returned Sunday from Boston where
they spent Thanksgiving and the
I week end.
There will be a special meeting of
the Executive Committee OF the Ben
nington Post OF the American l-egion.
Monday evening. Dec list in the Stark
! Hose rooms at nine o'clock. a
! Miss EVELYN StQckwell, who recent.
lily underwent an operation at the Put,
nam Memorial hospital for appended
tbs was able to return Thursday to
/ her home on East Main street. e;i
One of the most exciting and swift
lly moving dramas to be shown on the
screen is the great special attraction
THE Midnight PATROL which Select
Pictures anonunces for today at Ii
brary Theatre. ADV.
Paul c. Howe, who passed Thanks
giving and the week end with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank e. Howe
returned Sunday to Lynn, Mass
where he is a student at the General
Electric training school.
An important meeting OF the soiici. |
tors in the Every Member Canvass
of the Second Congregational church
will be held Tuesday night in the
chanel at 73O. The canvass is to
come next Sunday afternoon.
Miss Beulah Whitley returned
Sunday to Plymouth, Mass Miss
Whiteley. was in town to spend the
Thanksgiving recess with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Whiteley
of Main street. She is employed a
stenographer in Plymouth.
The annual election of officers will
take place Tuesday evening at the
regular meeting OF Catamount Com
mandry. 1t is therefore earnestly re-
auested that all members OF the COM
manary make an effort to be present
nj this meeting at o'clock
Mrs. James Moore and daughter
Miss Clara B. Moore, returned Satur
day to their home in Cohoes afIer
brief stay here with relatives Mrs
Moore's sister, Mrs. Richard Watson
is i'll and has been undergoing treat
ment at the Putnam Memorial .hospi-
tai.
Attention. The Woman's Mission
arv society of the Second Congresa-
tionai church will hold its meeting on
Wednesday. pec., Srd at 2 g., 0 clock IN
stead of on Tuesday. Mrs. Lailra IS
Cole of North street is to be hostess
and Mrs. Elmer II. Gaskell the leader
China and Sanitation" is the subject
Miss Helen Lalley. who was called
here several days ago by the serious
Illness of her mother, Mrs. James
Lalley of Beech street, returned Sun
day to Philadelphia where she is EN-
ployed as stenographer Mrs. Lalley's
condition is much improved and she
was able Saturday to leave the hospi-
tai.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-01

Miss Marion Beeciier of Pleasant
street was with friends in Hoosck
Falls for over the week end
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
Federal Forest Service Is Making
Experiments With Army
Machines.
FORESTER TELLS ABOUT TRIP
Gives Interesting Account Of Expert
ences Together with Observations
as to Feasibility Of This
Method of Fire Detection.

Washington, u. C--Airplane fire pa
troll of the national forests by army
machines was begun as an experiment
for the forest service recently. The
first report from forester has Just
come to headquarters here after an
exciting observation flight from Mather
Field made over the southern patrol
route in California, covering portions
Of the Eldorado and Stanisiaus forest
preserves.
The trip was taken by Assistant Dis
trict Forester How for the collection of
data as TO the feasibility of this novel
method Of fire detection; what should
be done to fight the flames. If pos
sible from the plane: how alarms may
promptly be given; what style of plane
or balloon is best adapted, and what
additional apparatus may be necessary
&c make successful this attempt at
more effectually safeguarding remote
end inaccessible stretches of praCti-
cally unexplored country from the
scourge which annually destroys thou
sands upon thousands of acres of tim
Der rapidly becoming well nigh price
less.
Tells Stirring Tale.
Forester How not only covers all
these interesting points, but tells a
stirring tale Of adventure in doing so.
After describing his preparations for
the trip, he continues:
MY pilot was Sergeant Mckee, who
is one of the army flying instructors.
The plane we used was a Curtiss JM-1
with an OX-5 motor. There are no con-
trolls in front, so all ! had to do was
to sit strapped to my seat. We start
ed about nine o'clock. ! had heard so
much of persons becoming nauseated
that was expecting TO feel funny, but
l never had that kind of symptom.
Ny impression was that we were stand
ing still, when in fact we were going
70 miles an hour. We flew up the
American valley to Placerville; thence
to Chinese, ten miles southeast of So
nora.
"On the trip we saw five fires, all of
which were outside Of the forest boun-
daries. The largest was near Placer
vile and had been burning week.
1.-THE country is so rugged that a
landing could not have been made to
fight fire without a crash. The pilot
agreed to this and steered to the west
of the peak instead of TO the east, and
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
PUT PROFITS INTO DIAMONDS
for Precious Stones Invariably
Follows Devastating War.

The waste of war, by which many
suffer and few reap returns, Is always
accompanied by demand for precious
stones. This war has differed only
from other wars in that the demand
was greater. Profiteers in the allied
countries have bought for the purpose
of display. Profiteers in enemy coun-
tries want diamonds, because they sup
ply the safest way Of concealing new
ly acquired wealth. AS the diamond
industry is the closest corporation in
the world, values are not likely to de
preclate, unless all the profiteers want
to change their investments at the
same time. At the present moment
the price is higher than it has ever
been.
The diamond dealer Is of all trad
ers the least hampered by office re-
strictions. He frequently carries the
bulk of his stock in trade about with
him in his waistcoat pocket. The pub-
lie street is, rs often as not, his ONLY
market place. In HatOn cnrdens
which is the chief center of the dio-
mond industry in London, may fire.
quently be seen little groups of two,
three, or more well-dressed men. peer
Ing intently through little monocle
lenses at gems worth many thousands
of dollars.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
NO NEED FOR THEM TO PART
Young Man Willing to Sacrifice Him.
self to Soften Blow to Poor
Father-in-Law.

The young man had asked him for
the hand of his daughter. and pang
wrung the fatherly heart of Mr.. Jones
us he looked ut the youth. and thought
of the bitterness of parting with his
well-beloved child.
81 suppose, Oliver" he said at last.
at is only natural and right that when
the young birds have become old
enough to fly, they should leave their
parental nest and go with their chosen
mates to build nests Of their own, and
yet it pains me when think of one
of my fledglings getting ready to fly
away"
This seems to be good-sized nest"
suggested the young man, anxious to
soften the blow; perhaps you'd rath'
er have me and Gertie stay here
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
Airplane Patrol
for Forest Fires

by doing this, we missed seeing some
of the country the patrol is expected
tc cover. A forest patrol by aircraft
is more hazardous than the flying that
Is usually done.
"My pilot made me understand that
our trip scared him more than any
other trip he had ever made, simply
because he could not make his plane
attain the elevation necessary for rela-
tive safety. He said he would take no
rsore passengers In the future. To
&c so would mean that he could cover
only portions of the forest which could
be seen from the lookout points.
Getaway Extremely Difficult.
I'm landing at Chinese for luncheon
we broke our tail skid, but were able
to replace it. Our getaway was ex-
tremely difficult, and did heap of
thinking. Returning, we made di-
rect flight to Mather Field at an eie-
walton of 5000 feet When about half
way the pilot said he was going to
make straight dip. He had made
y series in the morning of so to 20 feet
on an angle. This time he shot down
for 500 feet.
This was quite thrilling, but moth
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18

ing to the tail spin he put the ma
chine through in descending to Mather
Field. I had no warning and felt as
IL we were going down series OF
corkscrew curves at n terrific rate. The
earth looked like an ocean during
heavy sea. We dropped 1,5OO feet In
this manner and then gracefully vol
r.aned to the field within n hundred
feet of the hangar. Our total flight
time was about four hours and the dis
tnnce covered $50 miles.
Fires have already been detected
from airplanes that have not been
picked up by the lookout man. There
is no question in my mind that 1t Is
the most feasible method of prompt
fire detection. believe, however, that
the expense of establishing such pa
troll would be prohibitive for the for
est service.
81 am convinced more than ever that
the dirigible with helium gas will be
the type of ship we shall use in the fu-
ture. predict that within five years
our present system of lookout patrol
will practically be a thing of the past
and also that the suppression of forest
fires will commence Immediately after
discovery. In other words. the fire
fighting forces will accompany the OBJ
server In dirigibe. When a fire is
discovered one or two men will climb
down and put 1t out. There will then
be different methods of fire suppress
sion than If will he NOS
slble to carry large tanks of water and
motors to pump 1t on fire. Chemi.
calls, perhaps, may also be used"
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
HEROIC WAR PIGEONS

+. that the transport brought home.
General Muir's exploits are manv.
on one occasion. having been as
signed to deliver a message of preot
Importance to post 1S miles awav.
he flew through shrapnel and gas. and
past squadron Of Germans that had
been sent out to intercept carrier
pigeons and delivered the message In
just 33 minutes.
With his breast torn open, with his
wings singed by fire, and eyes blind.
ed with blood, he kept on till he had
reached his objective.
King Cole, another pigeon, is the
nearest rival of General Muir for
fame. He was a messenger in the
last Argonne drive and flying through
a cloud of gas fell into IN Abandoned
trench. There he lay in the mud for
two days, and gathering strength.
arose, and came home with the mes.
sage.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
United States Army Perfects Fine
Telephone System in 0c-
cupied Territory.
HANDLE $4,000 CALLS DAILY
Enables Commanding General to Keep
Hand on Pulse Of Army-Opera-
tors Speak English, French
and German.

Coblenz.-At the time the Ameri-
cans began withdrawing from Ger
many the United States army had per-
fected one of the finest telephone sys-
tens in Europe. From the headquar-
ters of the third army in Coblenz fifty
ng-distance lines had been set up
and 1t Is possible for the command
ing general to sit in his office and
talk with American officers in London,
Berlin, Vienna, Rotterdam, Brussels,
Antwerp, Paris and various other
European points.
The army of occupation has tele-
phone system closely resembling the
best commercial system in the United
States. On the top floor of the head
quarters building in Coblenz a nine
position switchboard was installed
soon after the Americans reached the
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
Flock That Did Wonderful Deeds
Returns Home.
General Muir" Comes With Breast
Shattered as Result Of Many
Exploits. g.

New York.-With breast shattered.
but still alive. General Muir, one of
the greatest war heroes, returned re-
Gently. AS the steamer pulled into
New York harbor, General Muir sat
on the deck wrapped In blanket
that bore several wound and service
stripes. There was no perceptible
sign that he realized where ne was.
He made no comment.
Reporters tried in vain to interview
him. Sergt. Fred J. Hermann, his
commander, did all the talking. You
see-General Muir is carrier pigeon.
He was one of the seven birds of
the intelligence service of the A. Il,
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
Gas Woodchucks.

Winsted, Conn.-Gassing wood
chucks Is the latest method Of exter-
minating them in Massachusetts. The
idea was tried out on the farm of Ell
bert l.. Fargo, near Marlboro, and
proved a success.
A hose was attached to the exhaust
of an automobile engine and extended
down the hole. By use of liberal
mixture of gas the rodents were killed.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
Rlqht at the Center.

Our habitual thoughts and actions
determine our characters and they
are made moment by moment II
at the center we are stayed on God
the circumstances must be right
Samuel Fallows.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
Would Your

would you remain always young,
and would you carry all the joy and
buoyancy of youth into your maturer
years7 Then have care concerning
but one thing-how you live in your
thought world Ralph Waldo Trine.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
"Doodlebug" Code Name.

The word 'Doodlebug" is the code
name of the third army switchboard
in Coblenz, the corps and divisions nj
so retaining the code names that were
assigned them during the war. On the
back of twentypage telephone di-
rectory issued by the third army the
artists conception of "doodlebug"
has been reproduced in the shape of
bug made up of combination of
sabres, rifles and an aerial bomb.
All the apparatus, including switch
boards, telephone instruments, and, in
fact, everything excepting the wires,
Is of American manufacture and is
to be taken out when the Americans
in force say good-by to the Rhine and
start for France and home.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
Marine Rockies Shocked
by Customs of Cubans.

Guantanamo, Cuba. - Some
newly arrived marines at this
place are getting their first In
sight into Cuban customs.
! 1t is not uncommon to see
naked children in the towns
about here playing in the
streets.
Another novel sight Is the
, municipal graveyard. Cubans
have to pay taxes on the graves
Of their relatives. and when the
taxpayer becomes delinquent the
!, body or bones are exhumed and
thrown in common heap In one
corner of the burying ground.
The marines are rapidly ac-
quiring the notion that Cubans
, are fresh air fiends.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18

Call not that man wretched who,
whatever ills he suffers has child to
love.-Southey.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
His Doubt.

You mustn't grieve So" said the
sympathetic parson to the bereaved
man, your poor wife will be happier
in the world to which she has gone
than she ever was in this"
THAT may be so, parson,," said the
widower, that may be all as you say,
but l don't see how 1t can be. With
me here where she can't find fault
with me every day I don't see how
she can be entirely happy"
The old porch hammock is making
last years mistletoe look like an ANA.
teur these nights.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18

A patent has been granted for an
electrically Illuminated keyhole.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18

Switzerland is considering the
adoption Of the 24-hour clock, abolish
Ing the a. m. and p. m.
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
CONTROL 10000
MILES OF PHONES

Rhine. Scattered throughout Coblenz
are twenty private branch exchanges
of the various units of headquarters.
Connected to this system are more
than four hundred "subscribers" In
addition to the fifty long-distance
lines.
10000 Miles of Wire.
Within the German occupied area
there has been established by the sig
nal corps under the direction of Col
Parker Hit, chief signal officer, n net
work Of wires connecting the various
connect with all the corps and dlvi-
sions, approximately 10000 miles Of
wire being in service.
This extensive plant has not. how
ever, been built by the third army, but
consists almost altogether of the Ger
corps and so arranged rs to meet the
needs Of the army. Sufficient circuits
were left, however. for the civilian
population to carry on their business.
More than 1900 calls are register
ed daily on the Coblenz switchboard
With the establishment of an ex-
change In Coblenz 1t was necessary
to employ operators who could speak
English, French and German. The fif-
teen operators on duty In Coblenz are
all members of the women's telephone
corps and have been in the service
more than year. The chief opera
tor, Miss Helen Cook, was former
employee of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company of New York.
Previous to Joining the American ex-
peditionary force, Miss Cook spent six
years rs instructor for the Bell sys-
TEN in offices in Chicago, Minneapolis,
Omaha, Cleveland, Detroit and Mem
phiS
The Dolores star., 1919-07-18
InPRovED UNlroRA INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNSO[lOOL
LESSON

(By REV. 2. b. FITZwATER. D. D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of ChicagoD
Copyright. 1919. Western Newspaper Union)
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-06
You Do More Work,

You are more ambitious and you get more
enjoyment out of everything when your
blood is in good condition. Impurities in
the blood have very depressing effect on
the system, causing weakness, laziness,
nervousness and sickness.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
and Enriching the Blood. When you feel
its strengthening, invigorating effect, see
how it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite, you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
is not a patent medicine, it is simply
IRON and QUININE suspended in Syrup.
So pleasant even children like it. The
blood needs Quinine to Purifyit and IRON
to Enrich it. These reliable tonic prop
critics never fail to drive out impurities in
the blood.
The strengthening Power of GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it
the favorite tonic in thousands of homes.
More than thirty-fve years ago, folks
would ride long distance to get GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC when
member of their family had Malaria CT
needed a bodybuilding, strengthening
tonic. The formula is just the same to-
day, and you can get it from any drug
store. 60c per bottle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-06
A Main Street Property Owner
Discusses Question of Paving Bonds

Editor Dawson News Since the
paving propaganda has reached such
gigantic proportions will you give a
mere proporety owner" an oppor-
tunity to voice the opinions that are
being ridiculed on every hand, and
that bid fair to be over-ridden by
popular vote to be taken soon? Per-
haps the public has not given the
question the consideration which it
deserves. Certainly there is 'the
other side" as in every situation. To
say the least, as the proposition now
stands, whereby the property own
ers have to pay two-thirds of the
total cost, and pay when the work is
completed, it means a very unfair
and serious thing. How many prop
erty owners on Main street are f.
nancially able to stand for this add
ed burden, especially at time when
the whole country is in such tur-
mol, and when labor conditions are
as they have never been before?
Every day we are called upon to
meet obligations for good and wor-
thy causes-liberty loan, charity, Red
Cross and thousand and one other
things that have to be met. At this
time the only safe and sane solu-
ton of the dust problem of Main
street is a thorough sprinkling-not
just to the library, but the entire
way to the Central depot
City Fathers, would you undertake
to discourage citizens of Dawson
from owning property in her pre-
cincts, to encourage the renting
spirit If this paving proposition
goes through it will be the cause of
more than one resident giving up
his property. Already several places
have changed ownership at low fig
ures, and others will follow suit, if
buyers can be found. Would you en-
joy having the home you have earned
by the sweat of your brow wrest
from you in such fashion? Would
you, you residents of other sections
whose vote will largely decide this
matter? If we are to have paved
streets now or at any future time
let it be by fair means-that of
equal taxation. Surely, down in your
hearts you must admit the justice of
this! Do Main street citizens use this
thoroughfare more than citizens of
other streets? Why not tax every
one alike? Pave the city one street
at a time. This would be burden
to some, but nothing in comparison
to the burden you are about to
thrust upol US. 1t has been thrown
up to us many times that Montezu-
ma is naved. We grant it, but ask
how? A prominent citiz zen of
Montezuma stated that it was done
by equal taxation, and that he con-
sidered it an outrage that Dawson
was considering any other method.
In Americas a reliable citizen has
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-06
SENATOR H. SMITH
DISCUSSES LEAGUE
DECLARES HE WILL NOT AGREE
TO FOREIGN TRIBUNAL SET
THING PROBLEMS OF U. S.

MACON.-Senator Hoke Smith
arrived Friday morning to deliver an
address before the Georgia Educa-
tional Association.
Asked for his views of the league
of nations Senator Smith said he
hadn't fully made up his mind on
this question for the reason he had
not given it close study.
81 shall study it thoroughly before
l make up my mind" he said. "The
changes made are most radical, in
my opinion, although some are in
clined to look upon them as being of
minor nature.
Generally speaking, favor CO.
operation between countries to set
tie their differences by arbitration
and the use of their moral support
in broad matters that have to be ad-
iusted. But l will never agree to an
arbitration by a foreign tribunal for
our domestic problems. l hope the
modification of these terms will be
such that rights can be preserved to
us-the greatest nation in the world. J"