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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-12
HOW WAR BONDS
Rise IN Value
History of All Loans For a Cen
fury Shows That Advance Has
Always Come With Peace.

viii history repeat itself? That
question is in the minds OF many bond
buyers these days. Records show chat
the prices OF bonds were way down
during war times OF the past bul
soon after peace was declared adj
yanced rapidly
During Napoleonic wars prices OF
English per cent consols ranged
from 81 10. the high, and "a IL the
low, in 1914 TO 90 rs, the high, and
81 3-4 the low, III 1924. During tins
same period French 3 per cent
rentes rose from 50, the high, in 1874
TO 104.S in 1924. They also. went as
low as IS in 1914.
French per cent rentes during
the Franco Prussian war ranged in
price from ISL TO S7.S and 5O.S 20
Sl1.
United States bonds during the
Civil war sold for 80 "a, the high,
and SO. HE low In 1901, but from
then on they had practically steady
rise until 1879, al which time tho
high was % l-S and the low Ill IL,
The ten-forty.year bonds. put out in
1864, advanced from lO3 IL "a
ll6 1-S IN ten years
The following table has been pre-
pared By the statistical department
of the Guaranty Trust Co. OF New
York; =,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-12
SHOTS UNFIRED
DROVE THE HUN
Director Franklin Tells low
American Munitions on the
Way Brought War to End.


The war supplies that have been de-
livered and must be paid for but never
used were what actually brought the
war 10 the sudden end so much car
lier than had been expected, accord
ing to Lewis B. Franklin. director Of
the war loan organization for the
United States.
Those are the things for which
we are going to pay with the Fifth
and last-Liberty Loan Mr. Frank
lin explained at a meeting OF Liberty
Loan chairmen.
THAT is what ! mean when | say
that this money you are going to raise
through the things already bought
with the credit of it's paying for the
saving of a half million American
/ lives.
The speed and bravery of the
/ American 'dough-boy affected the
/ German on the front line more than il
did the men at German general head
/ quarters: but the fact that America
had ten tons OF mustard gas ready lol
shipment in 1919, to every ton thai
Germany had; the fact that We were
going TO have a tank on the front line
for every 10 fee OF the line in 1919
the fact that We would have thou
sands OF batteries OF guns where VIZ
L did not have n single one in 1918 T
those facts had an influence on lh'
German General staff
And. far from that money, thos'
millions and billions of'dollars waste'
in an unnecessary preparation, ! fee
that the fast that the money was spen
and that that enormous output o
munitions vas ready was the con
trolling factor in the weakening OF Tn
German General STAFF, and that
caused their message to the Kaise
that they were beaten and that h
must sue for peace And the way Sc
it is that this money, instead Of bein
wasted. can be written down as hay
ing saved the lives of hundreds c
thousands OF American men VIII
would have been sacrificed had. Tn
war continued another year.
Il do not believe that we are goin
10 be troubled with this loan. ! loo
for at least 10000, Oeo subscribers Il
the next loan
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-12

Like infant individuals, the infant 70.
pdblics of Europe are notably endowed
with appetite and bowling power.
cnmmi.slnnrrr, Notlcc
ESTATE or CATHERINE LY0'

ESTATE or CATHERINE LYONS
The undersigned. having boon APP
pointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the risuHct Of Bennington
CnminlsalOncra. 40 receive examine.
and adjust the claims and demands OF
an rvra6ns against the estate OF
GATHERING LYONS late of BenninR-
ton Ia saiu District. deceased. aud all
claims exhibited ~ .ousct thereto.
heichy give notice that We Will meet
for the purnOse aforesaid, az the office
Of " J Mcaphcr ia the Town of Ben.
ninrton In said District on the 18TH
IL of sep'tmbcr. 1918. next from III
O'clock A. A. until : o'clock l. NJ, on
each Of said days and that six months
from ifr 9Sth day Of February, \. n
tal9. IL the time limited by said Court
fer said creditors 90 present theh
claims to MS for examination and al
lnwnncc
Dated IA BoaninRton. VT this 2Stl
day of February A, u. 1919.
~ y. HtTCHtNS.
Nm T. HOGAN.
Commissioners
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-12
FARM ron SALE.

Will cell the entire farm or any
nart Two hundred acres. One OF
tie few that can all be worked with
tractor. In high state OF cultivation.
buildings good For further parti-
culars. inquire OF
H B. HUTCHINS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-12
BE PREPARED

III you think youft beaten You are;
II YOU think you De not. you donrf
II YOU like TO win ibut you think you
can't
It's almost certain You won't"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-12

played out and knew | would have to
get something to help me pretty
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-12

After all the excitement we have
had In tie last year aud n half II is
going Ia lac difficult for the people to-
become as aroused rs they used rs
over speakcrshlp contests in legsla'
lures
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-12

Decentralization has its breads More
than ore soldier will have to 20 into
the Kitchen to show his admiring reh-
lives his newly acquired skill In cook
ing and. If he makes q hit, lie will
never be released.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-12

William McCar-
thy, of IL Monu-
ment Ave. Ben
nington.Vt. says:
Il was so bad it
was all ! could
do TO sleep. | had
rheumatism in
my joints and |
had to hack and
spit up mucous a
good part of the
time. | just got
all run down and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-12
SEE THE WONDERFUL
DEMONSTRATION OF
SPIRITISM


Goks Drug Store Prices 25c 0Oe
81, -
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17
VICTOR BERGER VERDICT IS o. K.

Victor Berger has been convicted of vlo- lation of the espionage law in federal court in Chicago. We believe the verdict promul- gated in the Chicago court was righteous one The man who advises the laboring- men of this country, not to rely on their ballots alone but to arm themselves and back their ballots with bullets should be suppressed just as a man suppresses rattlesnake when he raises his noisy ratles before striking deadly, poisonous blow.
 z According to the testimony in the case against Berger and his associates in crime, il- troduced in the Chicago federal court he and they were guilty of preaching in this country the doctrines of Russian Bolsheviki and the American l. w. w., docrine which would arouse the false belief that it is better to de- stroy government which has had the admin istration of the world since its institution than to uphold it.
 We believe that one of the benefits of the recent four years of war has been to open the eyes of the peoples of the world to the. dangers of the doctrines of theI. w. w. and Bolsheviki and arouse determination for their destruc- ton.
 What Bolshevism has done for Russia is only an exemplifcation of what would occur If Haywood and many others not so bold as they, could have their way. This doctrine is to de- stroy and override government for which our forefathers shed their blood and which has because of its guarantee of liberty and oppor- tunity, made America the melting pot of the world
 The suppression of such men Berger, Haywood and Debbs and the doctrines they preach is necessary in peace in if we are still to cherish the hope that the United States will continue to be the home of liberty and justice planted by Jefferson, Jackson, Tilden, Grover Cleveland Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17

through these institutions was duly trans ferred in the form of munitions.
 Like most of the clumsy diplomacy ot Berlin the plan to involve us in war with Mex ico went awry, but that it did so was no fault of many American newspapers and politicians
 War with Mexico was the insistent de- mand of all those jingOes. Some of them had property interests at stake. Some of them were undoubtedly in favor of any adventure that would prevent our our interfering with the Pan-German scheme of world conquest. But most of them only partisans opposing the President
 There never was anything subtle in Ger man intrigue in the United States. All of 1t was obvious. It's purpose was as plain as pikestaff The most valuable assistance it had that was not bought and paid for was the spirit of aggression against Mexico developed in our journalism and politics. We see that in most cases there was excuse for this eX cept desire to force the hand of of the President and to involve us in a costly war at home when all signs and portents gave warning of life and death struggle abroad.
 The fact that the United States did not fall into the German trap in Mexico accounts in large measure for the triumph in Europe
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17
OPPOSES AX-GRINDING

Every publisher who has been invited to 'troast' somebody or something through his columns will read with pleasure the following from the Sentinel of Friend Neb:
 "A newspaper must not be expected to fight personal battles for subscribers. Its in fuence must be used for the people as whole. Every week some of our good friends ask us to make somebody do something, Of course we feel complimented when hear that subscriber feels that the paper is important factor in the community. But as to making anybody do things you have got the wrong idea brother If we were to take every com pliment that comes to notice editing the Sentinel would be too warm job for Here are some of the late questions: We wish you would go after the stores because they stay open so late Saturday night. We wish you would go after the city council because the streets are not sprinkled more frequently people who run their cars in the city with the cut-out open?' Why isn t the speed ordi- nance enforced?' Why don you expose poker games?' Why do nearby towns pay more for grain than Friend? Why don't so-and-so go to war7 Why we could go on until this column is full. All of these are mentioned kindly in an effort to side-track some of them Of course we know that many of them are asked in joking manner, but many people are in earnest and become angry when the paper appears without word said of their complaint. Every citizen is part of the city government. Every citizen is part of the national government and has right to make complaint and inquiry to protect himself and in a way better government, but he must not expect a newspaper to flare up and raise Cain with another citizen and at the same time protect the complainer from publicity
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17
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mand, fair wages and healthful con- ditions. I am not one who believes in coddling the man who has worn the uniform. He has fought for his own preservation and the preservation of those who belong to him just as much as he fought for his nation and his flag. But the democracy for which he has fought must be made real to him. The flag must stand for just as much in peace times as it stood for on the battlefield, and we all know that in this we failed before the great awakening of the past few years. If the principles of social justice prevail, American citizenship will mean something that the world has never known before, but if capitalism attempts to rear it's ugly head and inaugurate an era of greed as it did in the closing days of the last century and the first of this, then this country will witness a period of protest that will be wasteful in life and resources, and, saddest of all, entirely unnecessary.
 And so, after all, I can leave office with malice toward none, content with the encouragement and whole hearted support of those who re- mained steadfast through my terms of office. This has meant far more to me than the vituperation and abuse of my opponents, because I know that their animus was aimed fundament- ally not at me but in vain effort to check the, course of progress.
 GEO. w. P. HUNT, Governor of Arizona. Phoenix, Arizona,
 December 31, 1918.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17
ANNUAL MEETING OF
 ASSESSORS ENDS
Phoenix, Arizona,
 December 31, 1918.
ENDS

The joint meeting of the State Assessors Association and the State Tax Commission ended last week at the Hotel Adams with the recom- mendation that there be no change at present in the rate of assessment valuation. The concensus of opinion expressed at the meeting was that conditions at present are too unset tied to attempt any reform in tax ation valuation. If future events this year indicate the need of reform, the changes will be taken up at the meet ing of the State Tax conference here next August, it was voted.
 After the conclusion of the joint ses- sion, the assessors association met alone and elected officers for the en- chosen:
 E. A. Hughes, Cochise county, presi- dent; A. B. Ming, Yuma county, vice president; c. E. Gentry, Yavapai county, secretary and treasurer; J. A. Duncan, Gila county, assistant secretary and treasurer. The election of Dr. Duncan was a signal honor, he being the first deputy assessor ever elected to office by the association.
 Last years legislative committee of the association was chosen to con- tinue it's duties for the next year. It consists of c. E. Gentry, J. T. Bone, Pat Rose, E. A. Hughes and Charles Woolfolk.
 At the close of the meeting, the re- tiring president of the association, George Truman of Pinal county, was presented very handsomely engrav- ed EIks' watch charm on behalf of the organization. The presentation speech was made by N. O. Rnggles of Mohave county, new member of the association and a very entertaining talker.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17
HOW BIG GUN WAS FOUND
French Artillery Officers Made Care ful Measurements, and the Rest
 of the Matter Was Easy.

Careful measurements of two hoIei made by single shell in passin, through two awnings in a Paris fac tory enabled French artillery officer to locate the great German long-rang, gun by a feat of mathematics. Thi two awnings were several feet apar and the relation of one to the othes gave perfect data on the course whicl the shell had taken as it approached the earth. After the apertures had been measured to the one-thousandtl part of an inch and the direction the shells fall exactly established, tn, earlier career. of the shell became problem on paper. By applying tn, laws governing the flight of projectiles and allowing for the wind, the stat of the atmosphere and other consider ations, French artillery officers wer, able to follow back the course of tn, shell to the mouth of the cannon il the forest of St. Gobain, after whicl it was speedily demolished by Frencl artillery.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17
RETIRING GOVERNOR
 MAKES STATEMENT

Urgent request from number of members of the press for a state ment before retiring from office in- duced Gov. Geo. w. P. Hunt to pre- pare the following brief resume of his stewardship as governor of Ari- zona.
 It is but human that in returning to private life I should do so with mixed feelings of relief at being able to lay down the, burdens and re- held and regret that have not been able to accomplish many things for which 1 have striven and hoped to at tain. But that, presume, is the fate of every man in pubh, or, for that matter, private life.
 I have no desire or intention to re- view the events of the turbulent years that are just closing. I came into office with clearly fixed ideals of democracy. I have by no means witnessed the consummation of these ideals. Many who started with me l in the fight have fallen by the way side, but I leave office calm in spirit and clear in conscience, because I have never compromised with what | believed to be my duty as Chief EX- ecutive of the state of Arizona. These who believe in government by privi- | lege rather than government by the people find it easy to use the terms q. w. w. " and "Bolshevik,, but my ideas of democracy were formed before these terms came into being, and will remain adament when the | I. w. w. and Bolshevik shall have gone the way of the mugwumps and populists. Not that I wish to take a martyrs consolation and look to my justification from posterity, as I have no desire to be a marty and no in. tention of retiring from participation in Arizona affairs. I can take courage and satisfaction from the fact that know our institutions will never re turn to the medieval conditions they were in when we passed from terri torial to state government, and I know that the burden of taxation will never again fall on the individual and en tirely miss the corporate interests as it did in the old days. And I see men who formerly took the attitude that the worker and the public be damned eagerly asking federal inter vention and settlement of industria troubles. The big men of the country and that certainly includes the bis business men, are beginning to realize that in any form of democracy the rights of humanity or the individual rights, if you please, transcend al other considerations. And while trading on the fact that politicians generally are the last to sense the public pulse, big business may stave off tn hour of social justice for a few months or few years, I would sol emnly warn the people of Arizona that the future of the state depends upon the worker. Our future de bends entirely upon the utilization o our natural resources. These resour ces are quite ample to guarantee { living in accordance with American ideals to every one who is willing tC pay the price in individual effort Whatever may be said of the return ing soldier, and much is being saiG that is wise and much that is redicu lous, he is going to expect, nay, de
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17
WHEN GERMANY TEMPTED US

What has been believed all along is now proved by the testimony of the Department of Justice representatives that Villa s murder ous raid upon United States army camp at Columbus, N. M., in March, 1916, was insti- gated and inspired by representatives of the money needed to equip the bandit was deposi- ted in St. Louis banks by Financial Agent Albert and Ambassador von Bernstorff, and
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17

President Wilson did not exactly read the Declaration of Independence to King George w. but when he addressed him as the head of the democracy of Great Britain he delicately touched upon the developments since 1776 which have been hardly less i'm portant in the British Empire than in the United States George IT, would have grieved, but Jefferson would have rejoiced to this day
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17
Great constitutional obstacles, it appears,

Great constitutional obstacles, 1t appears, stand in the way of Congressional acquiescence in the President request for appropriation of $100,000,000 to be used for the relief of starving people in Europe A nasty demand For five ten times that to be used in war-maing would meet opposition. Never theless in the promotion of peace it is some times cheaper to feed nations than to fight them
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17

Alien anarchists whose object is to over- throw the United States Constitution should have among their visions the speed with which our soldiers were shipped abroad and the realization that their own export could be as expeditions.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17

When TrOtzky arrests Lenine because of a personal difference over Bolshevik reforms, it becomes incumbent upon local Bolshe- vists to sort themselves into opposing groups. Which of the two dictators is the true prophet of the doctrines of the Reds and which is the traitor?
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-17
LOYALTY IN LITTLE THINGS LAST PROOF
 OF PATRIOTISM

Americans without murmuring cut their sugar allowance from four pounds month to three and then as long as need be to two pounds for loy- alty'S sake.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-09
A Rare Disease.

A case of a new and rare disease
came to the attention of the Health
officer during the past week, the first
that has been known in this section
1t is a sequel of the influenza but more
deadly. 1t is known in medical cir.
cles as sub utaneous eodema of tn
neck. A cure is very rare. The case
was discovered by a Johns Hopkinf
physician, who is working in the
Sharpsburg district. A woman resi-
ding there was taken i'll with inhuenz.
and this physician was called in. The
influenza soon developed into the new
disease. The young physician, who
had seen the disease on one occasio
treated at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore
Immediately recognized it. The nee
began to swell and he realized il wa
only a question of few hours The WON.
an would be choked TO death. The
physician started massaging the neck
and worked continuously for two
hours. The woman is living AMI is re-
covering. 1t was one Of the few cases
that has been cured in this country.
The woman is prominent resident o.
Sharpsburg.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-09
To "De-Louse" Soldiers.

If New York and the other ports Of
debarkation are not to be subjected to
the old Mosaic plague of lice visited
upon Pharoah and the ancient Egyp-
tians, the American soldiers returning
from overseas must be thoroughly ode
loused" before they are permitted to
meet their relatives, declared Health
Commissioner Copeland, in a state
ment at New York last week. Calling
attention to the fact that typhus and
trench fever are carried by Coolies
DR.. Copeland says:
"This is matter Of such vital i'm.
portance that no time whatever should
be lost by the government authorities
in preparing equipment and medical
personnel adequate to meet the needs
Of this serious situation. A failure
to make such provision might inflict an
amount of suffering which would justil
fly censure upon those responsible for
such neglect"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-09
SAVE 100000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY
WAS LOST IN THRESHING
Farmers, Urged by Food Admlnlstra-
tlon, Provide Seven Extra Loaves
Of Bread for Every American.

By adopting cleaner threshing meth
DDS and by literally combing harvest
fields to gather grain formerly vast
ed, threshermen and farmers Of the
United States this year saved fully
100000 bushels Of wheat, estimated
as equivalent to about seven one-pound
loayes Of bread for every person In
the country. This result, accompanied
by corresponding savings Of barley,
oats, rye and other grains, is shown by
reports from 33 grain states to the q.
8. Food Administration. Other states,
although not prepared to furnish def
mite figures Of conservation In the
grain fields, report greatly reduced
harvest losses.
This rural food saving achievement,
accomplished In scarcely six months
time, was in direct response to re-
quests by the Food Administration,
which asked farmers and threshermen
to reduce harvest losses from about
8N per cent-the estimated average
in normal times-to the lowest posi-
BILE minimum. Country grain thresh-
Ing committees carried into every
grain growing community the official
recommendations for accomplishing
the results desired.
In numerous instances drivers Of
racks with leaky bottoms were sent
from the fields to repair their equip
ment and frequently bad order thresh-
ing machines were stopped until the
cause Of waste was removed. But In
proportion to the number Of persons
engaged in gathering the nations grain
crop, cases of compulsion were COM
paratively rare. The Food Admins
tration freely attributes the success Of
the grain threshing campaign to pa
triotic service by farmers, thresher-
men and their crews. Incidentally
grain growers Of the United States are
many millions Of dollars Gin pocket"
as q result of the grain saved.