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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-02
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PLANNING TO EXTEND oi9vos
LOCAL GIRLS CLUBS
Miss Martha Pratt OF the County Farm
Bureau Assisting Welfare

The Girls Club Department of thax
Pubic Welfare ASSOCIATION has been
making larger plans than ever before
n its history. The hope is that it
may be possible for every girl in Benz
Il ngton who desires to become a cluhs
members may have the opportunity
The outl nes OF federation OF clubs
with grade school, high school and
business divisions are being formuIat-f
ed and soon Will be ready for publica-
ton. Al eady the upper high school
Igirls are organized with NJ SIS Barbara
Robinson as president, Miss Anna
Murray as secretary and Miss Helen
Thomas as treasurer. Mrs, Haviland
Sibley will act as adviser to the club.
The lower classes have a limited
number in club work and others W III
be o ganized as soon as the demand
is made. Friday afternoon about sixty
members of the junior high school
remained after school to discuss club
work. They will meet to organize
Monday afternoon
To assist those who are acting as
advisers and leaders of these ciuhss
there W Il be held q monthly confer
ence for discussion and study of the
adolesCent glrl and how TO util ze her
o-o~'~v Theaa confa =
ences will be held In the farm bureau
S~h Vnf LIle IArSt
Tuesday of each month at AIS o'clock.
The discussions roughly outlined are
the psychology Of the adolescent girl,
how TO plan club programs, the kind
OF activ ties girls enjoy and the i'm
sp,rat.o on of leadership. 4
All workers interested in girls are
earnestly invited to ass st in the dis.
cussion and give othe.s the benefit of
their experience $50
The county boys and girls club
lleader Mss Martha P att. OF the Farm,
Bureau, is cooperating with the Well
fare association to make this club pro
gram possible. Any girl who is i1.e
terested is invited to call Miss Pratt
on the telephone, 12-O and will receive
more definite information. eA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-02
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY.


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15t2
wANTED-crn~-ers to cut cord
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D-second-band motorcycle
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
Hardwood Scarce, Furniture Takes Jump

ing veneer, handles, vehicles, and agri-
cultural implements, which require
high-grade hardwoods have likewise
been seriously affected
The history OF all these industries
has been much the same, the report
states. They began in the northeast
where for many years local supplies
of timber were ample for their needs.
The waning of these supplies forced
the industries westward, where they
found magnificent virgin hardwood
stands. and expanded rapidly. In the
last fifteen or twenty years they have
been forced to reach out both north
and south for timber, as the forests
along the Ohio river were exhausted.
At present, their sources of supply
are very largely the more remote and
inaccessible parts of the Appalachian
mountains and the lower Mississippi
A demand for furniture In excess of
the normal capacity of the factories,
low stocks of hardwood lumber, great
ly decreased production, and the diff
Guilty and uncertainty of obtaining
adequate supplies of material, have all
injected a very large speculative ele-
ment into the furniture industry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
Not Many Conscientious Directors Left

EORTY-ONE conscientious directors
l are still being held in military
prisons and disciplinary barracks for
their refusal to recognize and obey
military authority, according to bull
letin issued by the American Civil
Liberties union.
Most of the sentences these men
are serving will expire this year, Two
sentences will expire in 1925 and one
I'm 1923. few will expire in 1921
and 1922.
These DIRECTORS are the remnant
of total of some 5000 out OF $780,
goo men called to the colors who re-
fused to perform military service. The
others accepted noncombatant service
or went on farms, or with reconstruc-
ton units.
Of these whose scruples prevented
them from rendering any service or
obedience whatever, only forty-one re-
main, and these could obtain their
liberty at any time, the union admits.
If they would forego their scruples
to the point of obeying the rules and
regulations aud performing the duties
required of other prisoners.
The union claims that America is
the only country among those which
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
Keeping Tab on Congress Ames Resigns

pensive quality has helped reduce the
aggregate cost Of the paper used. For
1919, the paper cost was $13O,OOO, as
compared with $4,000 in 1918 and
$500, 900 in 1917.
1T is learned that Judge C. B. Ames
viii retire as first assistant to the at
torney general to resume his law
practice in Oklahoma City. Judge
Ames handled the governments case
in the coal strike injunction proceed
ings, was in charge of a number of
antitrust prosecutions and conducted
the negotiations with the packers.
which resulted in restricting their bust
ness to the packing of meats.
THROUGH the department of state
invitations to more than a score of
foreign governments TO send delegates
to the fifteenth international congress
against alcoholism here Sept. 81 have
been issued. This year will be the
first time that the congress has NET
outside Europe.
PRESIDENT WILSON has decided
that the White House flock of forty
eight prize sheep is to be sold. The
yield of wool has gone to charity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
AND THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH!
Surgeon Knew Just Exactly How
Much laxative ConvaIescing Pa
tent Would Suffer.

She is a laxative young school
teacher and he q surgeon, who is not
much given to speech. Recently when
he operated on her, her chattering
preceding the operation almost drove
him mad. After the operation, though,
he forgot all about that and did all ne
could to alleviate her suffering.
The fourth day he dressed her
wounds and made her comfortable in
every way he could. Then she began
to chatter and asked him question aft
er question, the last one being, "Doc-
tor, how am really now?"
He remembered his experience with
her laxative little tongue before her
operation. "Oh, you're getting along
splendidly," he retorted. "1n fact all
the suffering you will now have to en-
dure is just to keep quiet"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
WASHINGTON
SIDELIGI7TS
Pacific Coast Is Excited Over Japanese

japan reaching out for domination OF
the Pacific, and processes great fear
that unless Japan is halted the uni
ted States will be worsted by the ori-
entail power. not only in trade. but
in war.
Unless we take to heart the lessons
of history" says Senator Phelan, I'VE
will, by our lack of vigilance, permit
foothold to be gained by these peo-
pie which will ultimately not only de-
feat US commercially in the carrying
trade, as they are fast doing, but mill
tarily in the next world war. Our
civilization is at stake"
"a Japanese colony under the Amer
lean flag is not compatible with the
growth of an American state" con-
tinues Senator Phelan. 'The soil of
California is being absorbed by the
japanese and legislation. state and
federal, is now being evoked to stem
the yellow tide. 1t is race as well
as an economic problem.
1.-THE Japanese government looks af-
ter its nationals throughout the world.
1t can call on them wherever they
are. They are not released from al
legiance. Emperor worship-Shinto-
iSm-is their creed"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
Sporting Notes

Leland Stanford university has
made tennis a major sport.
q Toronto Skating club will erect q
clubhouse. 1t Will include an artificial
ice rink for figure skating.
frankie Murphy and Johnny Fiske,
two Denver boxers, are touring Pacific
coast rings. They are finding the four
round game pretty swift. but plenty
Of work.
Harvard will have available next
season, tkirty-four athletes who won
the varsity III" in i've major sports,
namely: football, rowing. hockey,
track and baseball.
Los Angeles proposes building a
stadium to seat $4,000 people and will
strive to secure TIE 1924 Olympic fes-
tival.
At Princeton university more than
1,4O0 students participated in intra-
natural athletics in the term recently
concluded.
The Incognito Cricket club of Eng
land will begin its tour of PhiIadel-
phia and New York clubs September
6. playing Philadelphia eleven at Phila-
delphia.
Boston will open its new arena No
Vember ] with boxing show.
Already tie Green Bay (Wis) Pack
ers' club has organized for football
Players will share receipts, being paid
after each game. The squad is limited.
Johns Hopkins college football auth
critics have secured Ray Van Orman
as coach. and will present him with a
bonus Of $500 if he develops team to
heat Maryland State in the annual
struggle between the rivals next
Thanksgiving day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints Otter prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result Of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get medium or large size bottle inn
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
Taking No Chance on Not Getting Mandy

A NYBODY standing at the right spot
"A at the right moment in the big
Union station in Washington one
night might have seen Representative
Ben Johnson of Kentucky performing
an odd chOre.
1t wouldn't have looked SO funny if
Johnson were not so tall and of such
dignified appearance. He stood by the
big gate where most of the passengers
we're coming from a train and every
few moments remarked, In a tone of
authority, to nobody in particular:
fright this way, Mandy; I'll take
care Of you"
What sense was there to man do
ing such a thing as that? After he
had said it many times Johnson went
away, but in couple of hours he was
back again, repeating the same line.
with the same calm dignity as before.
People were puzzled. Yet it was
all simple enough.
The Joilnsons had sent to Kentucky
for q cook. name Of Mandy. They
knew her name. but that was all !;
they didn't even know for sure what
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09

CCARCITY of high-grade hardwood
- lumber and it's increased cost have
largely contributed to the increased
cost of furniture, says the forest serv-
ice of the United States department
of agriculture in report to the senate
on timber depletion, prices, exports,
and ownership.
Higher lumber prices are multiplied
I'm retail furniture prices. An increase
in raw material cost to the manufac-
turer of So adds SO to $40 to the retail
charge, and the purchaser actually
pays for the lumber in a piece Of
furniture three or four times prewar
prices.
Other industries, such as those max
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
RUTH HATES TO SEE
MATES HIT HOMERS
Sore Because Bodie and Pipp
Knock Out Circuit SmaSheS.
Pitching Got on Ills Nerves, Made Him
Dizzy and Interfered With His
Hittinu-OutfieIder Are
Supposed to Hit.

This Babe Ruth, who hits home
runs for the Yankees and is quite a
character in New York, by the way,
is an easy-going and accommodating
cuss, always willing to do his little
bit. In one of the games of the series
with Washington recently, Manager
Miller Higgins moaned over his short
age of pitchers. Washington had been
lambasting all sorts of twirling, some
of Higgins pitchers had sore arms,
some of them had worked in double
holiday bill the day before, one was
under suspension for taking a few
playful pokes at an umpire, and SO
on.
Mr. Babe, stumbling around waiting
to take his place in right field, heard
Manager Huggins wailing.
"Gimme that old pill. Let me
PITCH" said Mr.. Babe.
And so Mr.. Babe went in and
pitched. That is, he did for four in
nings. BY that time the Yankees had
a lead of ten runs. They had made
twelve and all Washington had was
two Babe allowed in the first round
before he got we'll started. liz the fifth
inning Pitcher Babe walked Shannon
and Charity doubled.
"Shucks," said Pitcher Babe, as he
called for time. Then he threw down
the ball, waddled out to right field and
yelled to Sam Wick, who had been sub
stituting there:
"Get out of the game. I'm going to
outfield some. Pitchin' gets on my
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
eRIDIRoN RUINS BALL STARS
Harry Mccormick and Dave Robert
son Cited as Examples-Frisch
Was Fortunate.

frank Frisch was fortunate as a
football player" says John McGraw
the other day ir commenting on his
infield star, sin that he did not sus-
tain an injury of such character as to
hamper him in his ball playing. Any
number of prospective major league
stars have failed to attain greatness
because of the results of injuries they
received on the gridiron. Harry Nc
Cormick, for che, would have been a
real great ball player had he not In
jured both knees and one shoulder
while playing football at Bucknell.
There is Dave Robertson, too. Dave
probably would have been as fine a
left-handed pitcher as there is in base
ball today, but in the last game of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09

train would bring her. But, according
to reports, she was wonderful cook
who could play culinary selections on
a gas stove just by ear, producing
southern dishes of rare quality and
fragrance. She was too good a cook
to lose, and she was not accustomed
to finding street addresses in strange
cities.
And that was the reason why the
dignified congressman went to all the
trains and cried out, every time he
saw an able-bodied colored woman:
Fright this way; Mandy; I'll take
care Of you
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recognized conscientious objection to
active participation In war, which has
not long since released all men I'M
prisoned for this reason.
These men," says the unions bulle-
tin, referring to conscientious objec-
tors still in military prisons in this
country, "are being released slowly as
their sentences expire, or by special
order. for reasons not explained by
the war department, which has no
consistent policy of dealing with con-
scientious DIRECTORS and never had
any.
There is no prospect for general
amnesty Letters on specific cases
addressed to the secretary of war may
help in securing special orders of
release"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09

THE cost of publishing the Congress
sional Record, the government pub
Iication recording daily everything
that is said and done In congress. as
well as some things outside, was $537.-
$40 last year, practically the same as
for 1913. but about 100000 less than
the 1917 cost. In 1917 congress was
In session $50 days; in 1913, 307 days,
and in 1919, 279 days.
The printed pages in the Record for
these years were 652,511, 1854 in 1917;
563. 672,5S7 in 1913, and 455, 100, $50 ia
1918. The cost of paper has increased
greatly within the last three years,
bat the use Of lighter and less ex-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
GROVES WINNER FROM START
Baltimore Pitcher Has Had Rapid
Rise-Resan His Career as Guard
ian of First Base.

Pitcher Lefty Groves. the Baltimore
clubs purchase from Martinsburg. has
had a rapid rise. About this time
last year he Joined an independent
team in Midland, Nd. TO play first
base, but looked so much like pitch
err he was put on mound duty. He
made good, and this spring Bill Lou
den, manager of the Martinsburg
team, induced him to take a fling at
Blue Ridge baseball. He was a win
ner from the start.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
HIS REMARK SUGGESTIVE

At a recent ball game in Los
Angeles one of the Vernon play
ers after a questionable decision
by ar umpire. picked up pair
of outfielders' smoked glasses,
handed them to the umpire and
said:
'"Take these: now all you
need is a tin cup
what do you mean?" de-
manded the umpire.
go out on the street corner
and play blind man." was the ],
answer.
1t is not stated what happen
ed to that ball player.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
a LEADING Clue.

"What made the Prohibition enforce
ment agents suspect a staid, respect
able elderly woman of having whisky
bottles concealed about her?'
'I'm sure / don't know, unless 1t
was her cOrkscrew curls."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09

xxT ASHINGTCN.-The Pacific coast
w again is becoming highly wrought
up over the silent. steady penetration
OF that section of the country by the
Japanese, and intends to press RENE
dial measures at the next session of
congress. The house committee on
immigration has been investigating the
situation. holding hearings in Califor-
MA and visiting the japanese settle
ments, in preparation for action on
various pending bills ranging all the
way from outright exclusion of Japa-
nese to amendment Of the Constitu
ton. withholding American citizenship
from American born japanese.
Senator Phelan of California sees
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
Babe Ruth.

nerves and makes me dizzy-interferes
with my hittin,' too. I amt had a good
hold on that old ball today"
Down in his heart Ruth was jealous,
for Pipp and Bcdie had each made
home runs and Babe had only meas
ly double and single to his credit. He
wanted to be an outfielder again, be-
cause outfielders are supposed to hit
and pitcher persons are not.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
JOHN M'cLosKEY STANDS PAT
One of Southern Managers Who Be.
iieves There Is Nothing on Market
to Help His Team.

John McCloskey is one Of the South
ern league managers who has stood
pat on his ball club. believing there
was nothing on the market that would
improve 1t. He still plans to go through
with it. Years Of experience as scout
and manager have convinced McClos-
key that it doesn't pay to make
changes, just to be making them, even
if your team does hit slump.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
Baseball Notes

III DdO@OQ11 VONNO
Princeton and Yale began playing
baseball fifty-two years ago.
| Pitcher Monte Prieste, released by
Mobile, was taken on by the New Or
/ leans club.
The Wichita club has transferred
Pitcher Ernest Maun, young right
handler, to Rockford of the Three-I
league.
| Outfielder Fred Heck, who jumped
the Columbia Sally league team for
the outlaws, has been forgiven and
| is back in.
Buddy Ryan, outfielder, who has
been playing up in Idaho among the
outlaws, joined the Sacramento team
of the Coast league.
The Detroit club has or has not,
according to varying reports, bought
Pitcher Bill Morrisette from the Ham
ilton Mint league club.
Dick McCabe of the Buffalo Bisons,
after winning 13 straight games, met
his first defeat of the season at the
hands of the Akron team.
After observing the recent work of
Ruth, Speaker. and Eddie Collins one
reaches the conclusion that they ought
to be in league by themselves.
They will have to count Akron In
that International race, after all. Dick
Hoblitzel has his team going strong
er than any team in the league.
Dave Altizer, who is managing the
Aberdeen team Of the South Dakota
league, has resurrected an old play
mate of pre-war days in Eddie Karg-
er.
The National league favors the
restoration of the draft agreement
between the major and minor leagues,
according to President John A. Heyd-
Ter.
Recent Pacific Coast batting aver
ages show Salt Lake has the three
leaders in the list, Sheely, Maggert
and Johnson, all hitting better than
$50.
Indian joe Guyon, whom Charley
the South Atlantic league. selected a
berth for himself in the Georgia out
| law circuit.
Little Rock now thinks 1t has
pitching staff that will go the route,
after recent deals. The staff includes
Robinson, Jonnard. Carlson, Yellow
horse and Hengeveld.
A Chicago baseball statistician gives
out the dope that in So straight
games only one base runner was able
to steal on Ray Schalk. That was
George Sisler.
Clarence Mueller, The young outfeld-
er with Forth Smith under option
| from the ST. Louis Cardinals, tried his
hand at. pitching for Charley
Schmidt's team the other day. Hes
done about everything on the team
now.
Now they are figgering on Babe
Ruth's chances to make a record Of
20 home runs during the season.
Connie Mack bought Outfielder
Frank Walker from the Rocky Mount
club of the Virginia league and Is said
TO have paid $1,000 for him.
Monte Prieste finally decided his
fortune lay in the outlaw Delta
league and he joined the Clarksdale
team of that organization.
George Uhle and George Cykowski
graduated from Cleveland slndlots to
the big time Now Detroit has signed
Norman Glasier another kid hurIer.
The Yankees have two good reasons
now for building new baseball park.
One is. the Giants want them to go
and the other is. the Polo grounds
isn't big enough.
Frank Tobin, since his return to the
Toast league from the p. I. circuit. is
leading the Coast in hitting with
mark around 400 and doing r~ost of
- catch'rU for Portland
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
Pun FOR yanks

Frisco is pulling for the Yankees to
snare the pennant. O'DouI, Lewis,
Meusel and Brodie are coast products.
Babe Ruth is also a favorite.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09

'otball he played in college he hurt
his left shoulder and he hasn't been
able to throw a curve ball since. Only
the fact that he is good hitter en-
abled him to remain in major league
baseball. Those two are notable ex-
amples of what have in mind. There
have been many Others"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
Minneapolis Sells Nixon

Al Nixon, Wtfielder. has been SOLD
by the Ninneapolis American associa-
tion club 10 Beaumont of tie Texas
league.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09

Pugilism Is getting to be very much
like yachting-merely matter Of
wind.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09

Frank Tobin, since his return to the
roast league from the p. l. circuit, is
leading the Coast in hitting with a
mark around 400 and doing r~ost of
- cafcl'r0 for Portland
The Washington herald., 1920-08-15

Not thinking they might be spelling Uncle Wigglys vacation,
Lulu Alice and Jimmie piled into the clothes basket arshp So
did Charley and Araba the chickens and Dcke and Nellie Chip
Chip the sparows "Haw! Haw! Please give ride tooP'
croaked Mr. Cav Caw black gentleman Uncle Wgy did
his best but there the arshp that settle
down toward the ground what will happen now" asked Nurse
Jane. Uncle Wiggly said be didn't know
The Washington herald., 1920-08-15

"Wel, we'll start vacation" said Uncle
Wggy to Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy fine day. We
the seaSore the Nurse said
would be fine All of sudden, she and Uncle Wggy
riding Jackie and Peee Bow Wow the puppy dog boys
ming along "Oh please give nde barked Jackie and he
and Pee climbed the Wait for US! Wait for us cried
other animal children.