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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
REU PHi5iii5j,;iE;' PfjiHi'ii;iiijj jjI';iI.s.'iIS
BEING CAP PTURED
BY THOUSANDS
Two Important Towns Retaken
by Polish Troops
BOLsHEyIM IN PRUSSIA
Russans Cross Frontier in Great
Number to Escape from Adyanc-
in1 Poles.

Warsaw, Aug 24--Lomza, seventy
five miles northeast Of Warsaw, and
Bialy y5tok fifty miles east Of Lomza,
have been recaptured by the Polish
armies, says an official communication
issued by the War Office here today
Military authorities estimate a total Of
10000 Red prisoners has been taken
in the last week.
In the remaining occupied sectors in
the north the Bolshevik are crossing
the Pruss.an frontier in great num-
bers. In this region the Eighteenth
and the Thirty third BolsheWH div-
sons have been smashed and all of
the Fifty-Fowth Division have been
taken prisoner.
The Fifth Polish army alone, oper-
ating on the northern frCnt, has ac-
counted for more than 10000 prison.
ers, including the staffs of the
Eighteenth and the Fiftyfourth diyis-
ions, says that communication.
The military authorities announce
that the various Government districts
Of Poland with the exception of Su-
walki and Grodnc in the North have
been virtually cleared Of the Bolshe.
Wiki, some OF whom in the panic OF re
treat crossed into East Prussia.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
LUNCH ROOM CHANGES
Profiteering Said to Have Been in
Practice az Albany.

Albany. Aug. "a Following the in
yestieatiCns Of last week and the re,
ports in newspapers of their profiteer
ing lunch room proprietors are reduc
ing their prices. according to officials
OF the Albany office OF the department
OF Justice yesterday. 1t is said some
Of the managers admitted oNercharg-
ing on q number OF items, One of the
men had new price list yesterday in
which the following changes were
noted flashed brown potatoes. for
merly twenty cents, now Is cents
American fried potatJ es, formerly
twenty cents. now 10 cents; Saratoga
chips, formerly % cents, now twenty
cents; iced tea, formerly Is cents
glass now ten cents.
The agents who visited a prominent
Albany hotel cafeteria were agreeab-
ly surprised on being served the fol
lowing portions: Two lamb chops,
fifty cents; one large spoonful of
mashed potatoes, Is cents, one glass
of buttermilk, FIVE cents. two rolls,
six cents one piece of butter, three
cents. Considering the service the
hotel furnishes and the overhead ex-
pense the agents said the rates were
more reasonable than in the lunch
rooms,
A visit to one of the PAGES yester-
day disclosed the following changes.
Sliced tomatoes, formerly Is cents a
dish, now ten cents; one-half cante.
loupe, formerly IS cents, now ten
cents; half and half coffee. formerly
ten cents, now five cents The agents
say there is no reason for charging
more than five cents for a cup of tea,
coffee or cocoa, and ask the public
to make complaint Of overcharging
with assurance Of prompt inyestt
cation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
FOCH WILL
VISIT UNITED STATES
Andre Tardieu Says France Supplied
Big Part of American War
Material

Metz, Lorraine, Aug Marshal
Foch will visit the United States
when the European situation permits
him to take a vacation Of the required
length. The marshall made this state
ment to Supreme Knight James A.
Flaherty Of the American Knights Of
Columbus, at the banquet Saturday
II ght at which covers were laid for
1000, after MIR. Flaherty had extended
a formal invitation to the marshal on
behalf Of the knights.
Marshal Foch was the principal
speaker at the banquet, which was at
tended by the burgomasters of 80
Lorraine cities and towns and Min
lister Of Justice lHopiteau Capt.
Andre Tardieu, cne Of the speakers,
caused some surprise when he said
you may not know that France pro
yided you with 80 per cent Of your air
planes, 60 per cent Of your guns and
howitzers, and so per cent OF your war
material. When you return to Ameri
ca and hear the opinion expressed
that France is parsimonious, remem
Iber that France paid 4,500.00O000
francs in taxes in 1914 and 10000, 900.
000 this year
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
STATE DEVELOPMENT
ALONG FOUR LINES
Address by Candidate for Governor
Frederick n. Babbitt at Orwell
This Afternoon

Orwell, Aug. % Charges that
Frank w. Agan of Ludlow, candidate
for the Republican gubernatorial nom
nation, had deserted his own platform
and adopted in essence principal points
Of Frederick n. Rabbits platform
were hurled at the Ludlow man by the
latter candidate in campaign speech
here this afternoon
Mr. Agan has abandoned his idea
Of tearing the prohibition amendment
from the Constitution, declared Mr..
Babb It. and now stands for modifica-
tion and humanization of the Volstead
act TO the same degree that have ad-
yocated changing this unreasonable
measure ever since the initial publi-
cation of my platform points"
Mr.. Babbitt pointed out that Mr..
Agan had a so adopted his ideals on
the return OF The Little Red School
house" in the rural districts and plan of
placing the construction maintenance
and Improvement work on the trunk
line roads exclusively under central
ized state jurisdiction, leaving the
towns money which they now have
with which to improve, build and main
tain crossroads and connecting Ines.
The Bellows Falls candidate de-
clared that instead of one particular
issue he he ieyed there were four fun
damental points in connection with the
well balanced development of the
state 81 do not believe Vermont can
be developed simply by allowing the
state to swim in liquor, neither do
agree with the contention that the
only programme for betterment is one
which would put a machine shop on
every hill
"The four principal points, Mr.. Bah
bitt declared, are; first, improved
schools with return of rural schools
where necessary; second; change in
highway policy by getting more money
through economies and increased eff
cheney and putt ny full authority in the
hands Of the state commissioner to Inn
prove, maintain and build trunk lines
with a skilled staff to insure increased
efficiency over the present hit or miss
policy; third: building up our agricul-
ture, better roads and better rural
schools will help materially Liberal
i2ation of the banking laws will make
it possible for money deposited by Yer
mOnters in Vermont banks to flow in.
to development of our own farms and
thus contribute to prosperity, happi-
ness and general welfare of the state.
Fourth; development of industrial in
terests, thus to provide better markets
for the agricultural interests" Here
Mr. Babbt said liberalized banking
law was a paramount consideration.
He further emphasized the develop
ment of the tremendous hydro electric
possibilities of the state.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
VERMONT VETERAN DEAD
Death Ends Long Illness Of Brigadler.
General Charles A. Woodruff.


Brigadier General Charles A. Wood
ruff, United States Army, retired. a
.C.yil War veteran, prominent mem
Der Of the Loyal Legion, Spanish
American War Veterans and Grand
Army Of the Republic died at his
home, 2S Plaza Drive. Berkeley, Calf,
Thursday Aug. r. Death was caused
by heart disease complicated by in
testInal trouble. He was Is years
old.
General Woodruff was born in Yer
mont on April 26, 1S45. He enlisted
n the 10Th Infantry OF the Unicn
forces at the outbreak OF the Civil
War and served with that unit until
August is, 1868, as a private and cor
poral In 1857 he was appointed TO
the West Point army academy and
was graduated in 1871.
After serving continuously with
the regular army from the time he
was commissioned until 1903. and be.
NJ elevated through the ranks Of
first lieutenant, captain major, lieu
tenantcolonel and colonel, he was
raised to the grade of d brigad er.
general and retired. Since then he
has made his home in Berkeley.
Surviving General Woodruff is his
widow, Mrs, Louise G Woodruww,
three sons and two daughters. The
sons are Colonel James A. Woodruff
e. S. A.; Maicr Edwin Woodruff. T.
Is. A. and Captain Charles A. Wood.
ruff, who served with the military
during the World War and now is as
soeiated with the Bethlehem Iron
Works
Mrs. Roger Williams and Mrs.
Malln Craig, wife Of BrigaderGen.
eral Craig, now n Washington, D. c..
are the daughters
Under the direction Of George II.
Thomas Post Of G. A. R., the Loyal
Legion and the Spanish War Yeter-
ANS, funeral services We're held frcm
Gray's Undertaking Parlors, Diyisad-
.ero and Geary streets, Berkeley, at
O'Clock Monday afternoon.
General Woodruff has been a
prominent member of the Loyal le.
gion and active in its affairs for
many years. lie served as Com
mander Of the San Francisco Post Of
the Loyal Legion for number OF
years and has held various other Of
fees
In 1899 he was cited for gallautry
m action during the engagement at
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
CANDIDATE AGAIN TALKS
ON CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Says Vermont Taxpayers Should Be
Willing to Pay More Taxes to
Get Improved Roads.

Vergennes Aug. 25.-"TaXes ought
to be raised" "You men are getting
higher wages and you can afford to
pay more OF them out in taxes Frank
w. Agan. candidate for the guberna-
torial nomination, told fair sized
audience here last night.
Mr.. Agan was to have spoken in the
Town hall but found a moving picture
show going on there and band con-
cert in the Park. As soon as the band
had finished therefore the speakers
mounted the platform out of doors.
Mr.. Agans retinue consisted of
Judge HumehL skeels, who introduc-
ed the cand date as his fellow towns
man" and Howard l. Hindley editor
OF Governor Clements Herald.
When advocating raising the taxes
Mr.. Agan was dwelling on his good
roads policy The liquor question how
ever. featured in his address. He de-
cared that under the Vostead Act
America was paying Canada war debt
because OF the excessive price paid
for smuggled goods. He criticized an
opponent whom he did not name for
spend ng an excessive amount Of
money. Il can afford to spend the
money. said Mr.. Agan, but | am not
going to-
He declared that he was running his
own campaign, that he was against two
prohibitionists, Emery and Hartness,
and one slightly moist candidate, Bah
btt.
He said he was not the wet candi-
date or the rummy" He voiced
strenuous objection to the way in
which. he charged 1855 wilful mem
bers Of the legislature surrendered the
sovereign rights of the people of Yer
mont, violating their oaths of office,
and putting aside the doctrine OF states
rights.'
In conclusion Mr. Agan told his au-
dience that he was an absolutely hon
est and fearless man
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25

Nashville, Aug, "a. -Certifcation
of Tennessee's ratification of the fed
eral suffrage amendment was enroute
by mail tonight to Washington.
Governor Roberts placed the GER
tidcation in the mail today after re-
ce wing from State Attorney General
Thompson an opinion that a writ of
certiorari and supersedeas issued
last night by Chief Justice Lansden
of the Tennessee Supreme Court in
effect set aside an order temporarily
restraining the Governor from tax.
ing such action. The Injunction was
obtained last Saturday By citizens
Of Nashville opposed to suffrage.
Issuance of the writ and the gov
erntrs certihcation may transfer
to Washington the battle over legal
ity of ratification, anti suffrage leaders
declaring the American const tutional
league was prepared to apply to the
District OF Columbia Supreme Court
for an order restraining Secretary
Colby from issuing the proclamation,
Announcement early today that
Justice Lansdue had issued the writ,
followed an hour later by the state
ment that the Governor had mailed
the certihCation, was a bombshell IN
the camp of the anttsuffrage forces
and an agreeable surprise to the sui
iragists. There had been no intima-
tion such a course was planned and
smal circle Of the suffrage leaders
had kept the secret well.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
NORTH ADAMS FAIR
Annual Show This Year September
Sd, 4th, and 9th.


The Hoosac Valley Agricultural So
ciety Of North Adams is certainly
showing signs of life this year and in
dications point to a very successful
fair on September Sd, 4th and 9Th
North Adams Chamber Of Commerce
is backing tn s years fair and fund
of $4,000 has already been subscribed
to re-slate and repaint the fair build
ings. The fence has been repaired
and repainted and the track put into
excellent condition
Attractions have been billed which
compare favorably with other fairs
and altogether the event promises to
be very much worthwhile.
Fine exhibitions of cattle and farm
products are promised and the North
Adams manufacturers will fill one
building with the showing of goods
manufactured in the city.
A troop of United States cavalry
VII camp on the grounds all during
the fair and some out of the ordinary
drills are promised In connection
with this troop the arsenal at Spring
field will send collection OF modern
ordinances and captured German war
trophies, which will occupy a large
tent on the fair grounds
Another sensational feature VIII be
the jumping of an is foot gap by an
automobile. This stunt has been put
on in only a few eastern cites and is
advertised as a great thriller
Free vaudeville and a mammoth
midway are also promised and an aero
plane which will do ha.r-raising stunts
over the grounds twice each day.
Some of the best local ball teams
have been signed up for games during
the fair and horse trotting will be
featured. Some fast horses are
promised and close contests expected.
This years purses are particularly
generous and some fine strings of
horses have been already booked.
The business streets in North Ad-
ans will be decorated during the fair
week and the retail merchants are Of
fering special inducements during
this time.
Band concerts will be held on the
grounds each day and crowds are an
ticipated.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25

New York. Aug rs The trunk
murder mystery in connection with
which Eugene Leroy has been sought
by detectives all over the country and
in Canada and Mexico. has ramifca
tions VIII ch extend from New York to
Michigan, Mississippi and Alabama.
A few minutes after an employe of
the American Railway Express com
Ipany here had discovered the nude and
mutilaaed body Of young woman in
Ia trunk stored in the unclaimed bag
gage warehouse, police Of New York
and Detroit began following the train
of evidence which led to the victim
Identification as Mrs. Katherine Lou
Jackson of Sturgis, Miss, and the To-
cation OF A. A. Tatum, whose name and
a Detroit street address were found
marked on the trunk which concealed
the crime for more than a month.
At 105 Harper street, Detroit, Tatum
was unknown but someone there told
detectives that a young coupe known
as Mr.. and Mrs. e. Leroy had disap-
peared from that address about June
10. the date on which the trunk was
shipped to New York.
The public ty given these two names,
Leroy and Tatum, brought forward An
drew j Branic, New York EXPIRE s
man who said he knew Leroy under
the name of Fernandez. He told the
police he had handled a trunk for
Fernandez or Leroy, who, he said, also
used the name of o. J, Woods. He pro-
duced letter from Leroy, enclosing
Ia check for the trunk in which the
body was later found, asking that it be
removed from the express warehouse
and stored by Branic until Leroy
should call for it,
A Detroit policeman, Leo Trumbull,
then came to the front, declaring that
he and his wife. knew the young wo-
man who lived with Leroy as his wife
lat the Harper avenue address. When
the body Of the murdered woman arriy-
ed Detroit, Trumbul and his wife iden
titled it as Mrs Leroy
Then from the south came positive
word that Mrs. Leroy was really Mrs
Jackson, wife of Kid Mccoy jackson
.of Sturgis, Mississippi.
Reports have poured in from every
quarter of the cont nent indicating that
Leroy had been seen in this or that
place A $4,000 reward offered by the
police of Detroit stimulated the
search and he was reported variously
as escaping to Canada, hiding in Mexi-
co, sailing for Brazil and the Bahamas
and under arrest in Chicago
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
COMING FLOWER SHOW


Much interest is being manifested
in the flower show which is to be he'd
at the Y NJ. c. A. a week from to-
day Sept. 1st Everybody who has
flowers is asked to make at least one
entry and those who have no flowers
of their own can find beautiful wild
flowers on all the hills and roads
about Bennington
There will bee Xhibits Of potted
plants, ferns, native eyerygreens and
many kinds of cultivated and Wild
flowers. Children under ten are offer
ed a prize of seeds for the best dis
play of wild flowers and gladioli bulbs
will be given to the child over ten
making the most art site display Any
one wishing to have plants called for
and delivered at The Y NJ. G A. is
asked to notify Mrs. Roy Macomber,,
telephone 965.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
coNFERs DEGREE ON SIXTY
Great increase of Knights of Colum
bus at Rutland

Rutland, Aug. 24.-One of the larg
est gatherings of knights of Columbus
held here in years, was present Sun
day when Judge James e. Finegan,
past New York state deputy, and his
staff conferred the third degree on a
class of 60 candidates. The work was
witnessed by about 300 members Of
Vermont, New York, Massachusetts
and New Hampshire councils.
District Deputy p. H. Brohan of this
city and Grand Knight James p.
Leamy of West Rutland We're in
charge The members and candidates
gathered at * of C. hall in Merchants
row and paraded &c St. Peters church
where benedcton was pronounced
The degree was conferred in St
Peters hall
A buffet lunch was served in the
school rooms, with a committee com
posed of BARLEY j Costello, Charles
e. Mcmahon James H. Quinn, Patrick
H Dolan and Joseph Kelley in charge.
A smoketalk in K Of G hall followed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
GEN. EDWARDS TRANSFERRED
Stationed at Camp Dix, N. j., After
September I.

Boston, Aug. %, orders assigning
Brig Gen. Clarence r. Edwards. com.
the Department Of the North
east, to command Of the Second Bri-
gade. First Army Division, at Camp
Dix, New Jersey, were received at de
partment headquarters here Monday,
He is expected to report for his. new
duties about september /.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
BYRNE HAWKS
Former Bennington Girl Married
Tuesday at Ottawa, III.

iNNNAcJ O. 0NAe'Nof 'iis
Miss Helen J. Hawks, formerly Of
Bennington and daughter Of the late
Mr. and Mrs, s. b. Hawks wellknown
residents Of Bennington, was married
Tuesday evening t. Theron Byrne at
the home Of Miss Hawks aunt, MIS-.
Charles Sanders. Ottawa, III.
The bride spent her childhood in
bennington attending the public
schools here and has many relatives
and acquaintance in town. She left
Bennington a number of years ago to
reside with her aunt at Ottawa
Mr.. Byrne is a private secretary at
Washington and with his bride viii
so there to reside upon the conclusion
of wedding trip to include Benning-
ton
Mr., and Mrs. George NJ Hawks of
South street left here Sunday to at.
tend the wedding. Mr. Hawks is a
uncle of Mrs. Byrne.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25

CHECKING THE CORN BoRER
Strict Quarantine imposed on Certain
New York Counties

Produce dealers who are accustomed
to import vegetables from New York
state should bear in mind that a strict
quarantine has been imposed by the
department of agriculture against Ger
tain counties in New York state in an
effort to check the ravages of the corn
boror, one OF the most destructive
insect pests imported recently from
Europe.
In the infected areas a quarantine
has been established against the i'm
portation Of vegetables of any kind un-
Jess first inspected and passed by
agents of the department Of agricul-
ture. No green corn may be taken out
OF the quarantned area under any con
dit ons
An agent Of the department was re
Gently in Bennington and stated that
the quarantine regulations were being
violated by purchasers OF vegetables
living in Bennington and vicinity who
have been hauling produce across the
state line and disposing Of it to local
consumers
Violations of the quarantine regula-
tions are punishable by heavy fine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
POLAND FLATLY
REJECTS SOVIET
PEACE TERMS
Only One Out of Is Proves to BE
Acceptable
POLES READY TO DISARM
VIII Do SO Only When SOVIET Govern.
ment in Russia Takes
Same Step.

London, Aug 25.--Poland's reply to
the peace terms presented by the Rus
sian soviet delegat on at Minsk
amounts to a flat rejection, says the
Manchester Guardian correspondent at
Minsk in wireless message filed Mon
day.
Out of Is demands of the BolsheviN
only one, that relating to demobiliZ-
alton, is accepted and that only on the
condition that Russia demobilze at
the same time.
The terms relative to disarmament,
closing of munition pants and the de-
livery of munitions by Russia to Po-
land are Indignantly rejected
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
FIGHTING SUFFRAGE
Attempt In Washington to Stop Secre.
tary of State.

Washington Aug 25.-Application
for an injunction to restrain Secretary
Colby from promulgating ratification
OF the federal Suffrage amendment
was fled today in the district SUI
ppreme court by counsel for the
American Constitutional League.
Associate Justice S.ddons required
that authority for such procedure
be cited and agreed to hear counsel
on that point later in the day
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
TWO YEARS FOR eIeAMY
Michael j. McCarty of Bratteboro
Sent to Windsor.


BYateleborc, Aug, "a After plead
ing guilty to the charge Of bigamy.
Michael J. McCarty of Brattleboro
was sentenced yesterday by Judge A.
e, Cudworth in the Municipal court
to serve not less than two nor more
than three years at hard labor IN the
states prison at Windsor. States
Attorney E. w. G bson appeared for
the state and Attorney Arthur Y. d.
Piper for the respondent. In impos.
ing sentence Judge Cudworth sa d he
took into account the fact that Nc
Cary pleaded guilty aud saved the
State the expense of a trial, but he
characterized McCarty's act in open
ly marrying a Brattleboro young WON.
an here in town, where his wife was
undergoing treatment i'm a hospital.
as "a brazen pece Of ef,rUntery' Nc
Carly married Mrs Florence May
Soedn August 5, and no attempt was
made to keep the matter sercet His
wife was in the Meme rial hospital The
couple went to Connecticut and on
their return McCarty was arrested In
a statement to the court yesterday
State S Attorney Gibson said that Nc
Carly claimed to have married Mrs.
Soden to cover up another's wrong,
without appreciating the seriousness
Of the offense. McCarty claimed that
Mrs Soden, who is a divorced woman
said she WOuld cOumft suiCide If ne
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-25
VETERANS TO MEET
WIndham County Association to Gath
er in Rrattlehoro Aug 81.

Bratteboro, Aug. 24,-Notficat ons
have been sent to the members OF the
Windham County Veterans associa-
tion by Secretary Edwin H. Putnam
that reunion will be held here Tues
day, August 81. The speakers will be
Frederick H. Babbitt of Bellows Falls,
one OF the candidates for governor,
and Ernest w. Gibson of this place a
candidate for congressman.
The Woman's Re ief Corps will serve
dinner at Island park and there will be
several company reunions, including
Company X, 9th Vermont volunteers
and Company b, 18th Vermont. vol
unteers.