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NNINCTOM EVENING BANNER
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Sixteenth yeah no. 4598.
BENNINGTON, VT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1919.
PRICE TWO CENTS
'Thirty States Have Ratified the Prohibition Amendment and Even Wisconsin and New York are Wobbling Along the Edge of the Desert
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Root Heads Rules Com. Payne
Has Commerce and Labor
MOORE'S FISH AND GAME
First Bill in Senate Would Repeal En
tire Direct Primary. Nominations
Equal Suffrage Bill in House.
The committee appointments for
both houses of the legislature have
been announced. The Semite appoint
ments by Lieut. Gov. Stono give Sena
er Root the chatrmanshlp of rules,
and places him on state liiKtltutI')iin.
taxation, mileage and debentures,
public health. Senator Payne is chuir
man of commerce? nnd labor, and is on
the general committee, municipal cor
porations, suffrage and elections.
Of the House appointments, Hen-,
nington county men get two chairman--ships
Sheldon of Itupcrt heading the
committee on claims, and Mcore of
Bennington, fish nnd game. Other
county appointments on committees
lire Bebee of Dorset on agriculture,
library; Moore of Bennington, on ai
propriations; .Bond of Searsburg on
banking and insurance, military af
fairs, town lines; Sheldon of Itupcrt
on educational institutions: Harring
ton of Shaftsbury on commerce and
labor, suffrage and election; Knights
of Woodford on corporations; Buck of
Sunderland on education; Mmrissey
of Arlington on fish and game, public
buildings; Farnum of Peru on general
committee, public buildings; ltenson
of Wlnhall on mileage and debentures,
minor courts; Walker of Manchester
on penal institutions, state and court
expenses; Bentlcy of Sandgate on
public buildings; Potter of Pownal on
public health, 'ways and means;
Young of Olastenbury on taxation;
Towalee of Iandgrove on conserva
tion: Howe of Readsboro on federal
relations, military affairs, state in-
stltutlons; Fuller of Stamford on tem-
perancc. '
The. fifsL House M . si- '"'rodncpd
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by-U'ike -of Georgia, and reluteit'wrtinnWinnr.Icr ofUc.
qualifications of voters in town meet-
' Jng. It grants full suffrage to women
who -wil hake the freeman' , rath and
Play a poll tax.
A bill has been introduced to abol
ish offsets and the 5 per cent, money
tax, so-called ;. also to assess mort
gaged properly in ratio to the inter
est held by mortgagor and mortgagee.
Moore of Bennington has already
introduced three bills, one lo increase
1 he amount paid towards burial of
soldiers and sailors from $75 tn $100
Also one providing that the salary of
assistant town clerk shall he fixed by
tho wlcctmen. Also one to nrpropri
ate $1800.11 for the Beaitfngton Ilartle
Monument and Historical Associa
tion. The first bl'l introduced in the Sen
ate was by Senator Hall of Grand
' Isle to repeal tho chapter of laws ro
latlng to nomination by direct pri
marles. '
FLY OVER OCEAN IN MAY
Great Advance Made in Aviation and
Aeronautics. '
London, Jan. 4. Gen. Brancker,
who Is giving up his post ns muster
general of .personnel in the air min
istry to devote his time to commer
cial uvlatiou, in an Interview with the
London Daily Express yesterday as-'
serted that a flight across the Atlan
tic probably, would be accomplished
in May. Ho added that the trip wus
feasible at the, present moment, us
there were three or four types of air
planes uvallalile which nre capable of
making the flight.
Geu. Brancker sold the time was
not far distant when airplanes would
he owned and driven as automobiles
nre today. Ho said It probably
would bo necessary to establish tin
tierlul police force tho duty of which
would .be to -watch over ulr routes
and frontiers.
The London Kvening News says
that it has been officially informed
that tho British admiralty is embark
ing on a big program of airship con
struction. Airships are being built
with a gas capacity of 2,500,000 cubic
feet. These air craft will have u
large lifting capacity and will be able
to make between 60 and 70 miles an
hour. They will carry crews of
men.
Still larger airships nre projected
ami flights with passengers nre pre
dicted for the near future. Several
airships, which will be equal In size
and' capacity to tho -largest Zeppelins
and which are of a similar rigid type.
are being built. Primarily they arr
being constructed for sen work and
general observntlon duty for the navy.
These airships, it is said, w ill be cap
able of remaining in the air for a
week.
The newspaper nays a regular air
ship mail service between England
ami the United Stale during tho
summer of 1 In .regarded uk cer
tain, by airship builders.
COL. HOUSE ILL
Confined to Bed with Slight Attack of
Indigestion.
Purls, Jan. 14 -Gordon Auehinloss
son In law of Col. House, said today,
'Col.
nouse is huh in ncd with a
stiglil indigestion nltack. Ho Is bet
ter and will be out iu a few duys."
KM FED SEVEN STftTES
FRQM TERRORS ARE ADDED 10
! OFDOESREVISI
Only Scattered Desperadoes
Fire Occasionally
MANY UEHELS LOCKED UP
Casualties in Berlin During Week
Are Estimated at 200 Killed and
1,000 Wounded.
.Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 14 Berlin's
long week of Bolshevism Is finally
ended. Here and there scattered des
peradoes, mostly youths, fire occas
ional from some house top, and dur
ing the night nttemptH are made by
small bands of Lti'bknechfs follow
ers to revive reigns of terror. They
are in significant, however, compared
with what has passed.
Liebknerht'a ulster was arrested to
day, and several hundred rebels are
locked up awaiting trial which, be
cause martial law was not proclaimed,
must be left to the regular courts.
Casualties during the week are es
timated at two hundred killed and
one thousand wounded. An over
whelming majority of these are Bol
shevik!. The backbone of tho second revolu
tion seems to be broken at last, and
the Government may assert with Jus
tification that within twenty-four
hours more the whole movement
will be completely suppressed.
Tho Spartacides have evidently lost
heart. Their organ. Die Rote Fahne,
admits it openly this morning, deplor
ing that the leaders declared a gen
eral strike without seeing that. the
factories were actually closed. The
general strike turned out to be a com
plete failure, and the conditions on
which certain indejendent Spartaclde
groups proposed to make peace were
such that the Government, was com
pelled to reject thein.
No compromise of any kind will
now be entertained. The fortresses
Ftill held by the Spartacides must be
surrendered unconditionally, or they
will face tlm fate of those established
There v. as more fierce fighting this
morning a; the Anhalt railwav station,
which tlie Spartacides sought" to capt
ure at all costs because many Boyalist
trocps were expected to arrive there.
To make doubly sure, arriving troops!
were detrained at some distance from
Berlin.
The Spartacides were never able to
take any part of the station, but many
were killed In the attempt. They suc
ceeded, however, in delaying several
trains filled with soldiers at a sub
urban station near l.iepsle. who were
en route to Berlin
GREEN TIGERS WIN
They Beat The Odd Fellows Team
By 261 Pins.
Last evening on the Y. M
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bowline: alleys the Green Tigers were
not quite so green, ami gnl away with
lit'. 1 more pin than their dads on the
Odd Pi llows team.
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Tomorrow night the Cooper Instate
n ils the Black Cat team.
FUNERAL OF MRS. SHAW
Services at Zion Church, Manchester,
at 3 p. m., Thursday.
Manchester Center. Jan. 15 The
funeral of Mrs. Herbert N. Shaw will
he held from ion Kpiscopal church
Thursday afternoon. January It!, at 3
o'clock, with interment at Dellwnod
cem terv, Manchester.
Mrs. Shaw died on Tuesday at noon
after an lllnens- of one week with
pneumonia. She Is rvlved by her
husband, by seven sons und two
daughters, her death being the first
break in a large family circle. Mrs.
Shaw was born in Arlington and
lived there from her birth until the
family moved to Manchester In 1 !:.
NEW YORK NATIONALS SOLD
Controlling Interest in Baseball Club
Brings Million Dollars.
New York. Jan. 14. A controlling
Intercut In tho New York Nationals
baseball club held by the John T
Hush estate has been sold to Charles
Aslonenian A I broker, Judge Francis
X. MctJmiU -and Joint J. McOraw tor
one million dollars.
YON. HINDENBURG. IN COMMAND
Will Head German Troops That Op
poso Poles.
Copenhagen. Jan. 15 Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg will hooii take
loiimianii ni ino ucrmuu troops op
posing the Poles In eastern Germany,
say advices froui Bromberg.
TIE "DOST
This
Rrinirs Total for Ratifica
tion to 31
ONLY FIVE MORE NEEDED
36 Are Necessary for Adoption of the
Amendment Distiller WilJ
Fight for Referenda.
Chicago, Jun. 14. Fovea States to
day ratified the .prohibition constitu
tional amendment, drinking the total
up to thirty-one. Thirty-six are neces
sary for the adoption of the amend
ment. The seven Slates joining the "dry"
column today were Arkansas, Colora
do, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, North
Carolina, and Alabama.
The Nebraska Senate and the Plan
House also voted for ratification.
Illinois was added to the list when
the House of Boprcsontaiivcs by a
vote of 84 to tit; at Spring Held adopted
the resolution which went throu? the
Senate last Wednesday by a vote of
no to 15.
Immediately after the result
had'
been announced the dry forces enter
ed upon a campaign for worldwide
prohibition. At a mass meeting held
ut the First Methodist church, men
into closer connection wit lithe re
the Antl-salcon League, with hands
clinched and arms upraised, took up
on themselves a solemn pledge to
inltate a campaign for the elimination
of strong drink in every corner of the
world.
Steps C require a referendum vote
on the prohibition amendment in fif
teen states which Legislatures have
approved the amendment, but the peo
ple still have the iower to reject It.
were taken toiiay by the Executive
Committee of the distillers' conven
tion, which met In Chicago last week.
H. G. BARBER IS CANDIDATE
Attorney General Seeks Position a
, i y-,.""-&perior-3jdfle - ...
Brattleboro. Jan. 13. Announce
ment wan made toniglrt by Attorney
General H. G. Barber of this town
that he had decided to be a candidate
for election by the legislature 10 sue
ceed Judge K. L. Waterman of Bruttle-
boro, who last week made known
his Intention not to stand for re-election
us one of the superior Judges of
Vermont, Mr. Barber's second two
year term as attorney general will
exp're February 1.
Judge Addison K. Cud worth of
South Londonderry, Judge of the Brat
ileboro municipal court, and a mem
ber 'of (he House of UeprsentativeH,
Is being, talked of for the olllco but
he has not announced his candidacy.
He is t!G years old.
Attorney General Barber is 4S years
old and members of the bar here
say that practically every member of
he County Bar association has signi
fied hia intention to support Mr. Bar
ber. They feel that Judge Waterman's
successor should he a VVinilbam conn-
1 ty man.
PRIVATE OWNERS ON OFF SIDE
They Refuse to Submit Their Views
to War Labor Board.
New York. Jan. 1... Private own
ers of New York harbor craft, whose
employes nnd those of the rni'iVad ad
ministration struck last week, refused;
to submit their side for decision hyj
the war labor board. The board meet!
Ing hern by direction of President Wil
son had previously overruled a motion
by the owners counsel that. Basil
Manly, joint chairman with Tuft and
five labor' members, be ollnnted from
hearing. Tho hoard decided to make
It binding not withstanding the own
ers action.
BRITISH TROOPS IN VIENNA
Acted at Convoy of Train
Load of
Foodstuffs.
Vienna. Tuesday. Jan. II A small
body of British troops arrived ns a
convoy of a train load of foodstuffs,
a nreseiit. from the Krilish army in
talv to women and children of Vienna.
The officer in charge explained to
the Burgomaster that the supplies
were pent. In recognition of the fact
that Austria treated British prisoners
with consideration, In contrast, with
the-inhuman treatment given by the
Germans.
NEARLY 50 TRADES
Will
Be Taught at New Military
School, Camp Devens.
Aver.. Mass., Jan. 1.1 The new mill
tary school organized by Major Gen
eral McCain opened today at Camp
Devens with 3,!hiii men enrolled
Classes In general education will open
Thursday, with course covering nearly
50 trades and professions.
NORTH GERMAN REPUBLIC
Propoaal Made For Formation of New
. . . State.
t'epenhimon, jn. 15. The govern
incut of Brunswick has Issued a pro
clamation proposing the formation of
a "Central North German federal Be
public" with a preliminary ronstitu
lion resembling Switzerland's. Sol
dier and workmen's council.! nn
O'-iked to pass upon tho question.
DELEGATES DISSATISFIED
Belgians and SercanG Are Permitted
Only Two Each.
Paris, Jan. 15. While tho appoint
ment of delegates to the Feaee Con
gress has not vet been officially made
known, tho list published after Mon-j
day's session of the supremo council
has caused an unfavorable impress-
Ion among some of the missions,- ac-:
cording to tho French press. '
The Beleglans und Serbians arc not
able dissatisfied with , tho giving of
three delegates to Uracil while they
are only permitted two each.
Y. M. C. A.'s REPLY
Has Distributed Free v $1,400,000
Worth of Canteen Supplies
New York, Jau. U. Tho most em
phatic answer that the Young Men's
Christian Association can make to
charges of profiting which have been
made by returning soldiers is that the
organization, has distributed . free
$1,400,000 worth of canteen supplies,
William Sloane, chairman of tho or
ganization's national war work coun
cil, said in a statement issued at New
York yesterday.
. This total, he said, is exclusive of
a los.s of $332,181 in operating sol
diers' stores in Great Britain. Mr.
Sloune said his statement was based
on a cabled report from K. C. Carter,
chief secretary of tho organization in
Paris, und thut tho figures do not In
clude tho post exchange deficit for
November and December.
Mr. Carter in his messago staled !
that his llgures are "undoubtedly sub
stantially below actual distribution,"
ns they include only the value of
sweets, "smokes" and hot drinks civ-
j en to men in the truiclitx. prisoners
01 war aim soiuierr, who nan not been
paiu ror some tun" au'l were without
ni.no.
Asseriing that army officials had
preferred to have canteen service
run on a cost basis because they "did
not wish to have the soldier feel that
he was being pauperized," Mr. Sloane
said that, even excluding rentals and
clerk hire, for which, no charge was
made .the Young Men's Christian as
sociation conducted its canteens at
an actual loss.
Supplies distributed free up to Oc
tober 31 last, he said, amounted to
1523,110, nnd V.w November total was
estimated at $183,4$U. The Christmas
program, whirt included distribution
to every fighting man overKeas of a
gift comprising two packages of
clgaretts. a can of tobacco, a pack
aRe of chewing gum. five Christmas
cards and a las of candy, was estl
mated to havo ro;t $700,000, Mr.
Sloatm. said.
; Froc-Mine c? athletic, sur.'lis.- I'aJued
at $82!t.4!'! aud p-ee entertainments
were not included in tho grand tota1
he taid. Another item excluded from
the total was fc'.Ort.ouO appropriated
by the council for nix-months' sup
ply of .stationery. Mr. Sloane added
that in Noveni'ter alone soldier?
wrote 14.0S9.305 letter on Bed Tri
angle stationery.
"These are our latest figures, incom
plete and conservative,' concludes th'
statement. "There are very few
branches ol the great Young Men'
Christian association war service pro
gram which are not free to the sol
dirs and sailors; in everyone of those
few br.uu.hes where some charge is
made, the Young Men's Christian as
sociutii n is operating at a loss."
"Side Line" All Right.
Those wotueu who can do somctlilr.c
should not be nshnnvd to be up and
doing It. There Is n dicnlty attached
to nil honest labor, no matter how or
dinary or ccmmotiplnce It may be, and
those of m who are qualified to help
out at home wil! fe. l better find strong
er providing, of course, our family
will in no way smlfor as 11 result to
be up mul nt our honest little "side
line."--New York Dcnlug Telegram.
Western Samoa.
German Samoa or Western Samoa
as it is cuilcd since September. 1014
when British occupation took place,
eumprlst the Islands of Savn'.l uud
Opolu with tho town of Apia as the
hend of the political nnd commercial
life. The Islands are the remains of
a Hcnilsutunerced volcanic range, heav
lly clothed with tropical vcnluro which
to u great extent prohibits agriculture
yr farming; hence the principal Indus
trios are the pluming of coconut
cacao and rubber.
Nacoleon Who Never Reigned.
Nnnoleon II never reigned. When
Nupoleon I abdicated ho also re-
nouueed tho rlpht of succession tor
Ms son, known u the king of Borne
When Nupoleon HI created himself
einneror of the French he took the
style and title of Napoleon III. in or
der to establish the connection be
tween himself nnd his uncle, the Dial
Napoleon.
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL DAY
Governor Smith of New
York Sets
Aside Feb. 9.
Albany, Jan. 14. Governor Smith
In proclamation Issued, set aside Sun
dsv. February 'J, as lloosevelt mem
orlal day, and asking bolh houses of
the legislature to conduct commemor
ate exercises.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank all the kind
friend j and neighbor for the How
ers pent and their sympathy shown
us; we iiIho thank the unllor boys who
so kindly assisted at the funeral of
our In loved boy.
Mn, Grace Vetal,
Mrs, Frank Johns,
Mrs. Carrie Welch.
HSON'SiECK 5231 WISE CHIEF Ml
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titHULLu-u- ' - JANUAHI I, Hi
Stranger Attempted to Open Ac
count at County Bank
IS HELD ON SUSPICION
Bridgeport Bank Officials Believe Man
Is War.ed In Connecticut and
New York.
C. V. Wilson, who registered at
the Putnam house from New York
city, is being held at the county Jail,
following his arrest shortly .before
noon by Oilicer Richard Hurley. Just
what charge can bo preferred against
Wilson Is unknown but bank official?
in Bridgeport, Conn., believe that he
is wanted in thut city and also in New
York.
Wilson appeared at the County
bank this forenoon and informed
Cashier II. 11. Webster that he wished
to open an account. He stated tha'
he was at present, superintendent of
the Mountain Mills company at Wil
mlngton and desired to transfer hif
account from a Connecticut bank tr
Bennington. He presented a check
fcr $7,841.82 on the First Bridgeport.
Conn., national bank.
After Wilson had left the bank
Cashier Webster began making In
qulries In Wilmington by telephon'
but was unable to learn anything of
tae new customer. Becoming more
suspicious he communicated with th
Bridgeport bank and was informer'
that Wilson was believed to be want
ed In that city and by the Burns de
tectlvo aeency for alleged irregular!
ties In New York city. Cashier Web
ster was advised lo hold Wilson 1!
possible.
The stranger went from the bank t
the Bennington garage where he gav.
a check for ?30 in making a purchasr
of a tire, receiving a balance Ii
mouey. From the garage he went t
tho Cottage hotel bar where he wo
spending some of the change secure'"
in the tire transaction when he wa
overhauled by II. T. Southall. South
all Pureed h!-i (3 . disenrgo whn
money he had left and also took h'
watch to make good what Wilson hat
spent over tho bar.
!n the meantime Cashier Webste
had obtained his Information from th'
Connecticut bank officials and Olficd
Hurley was put on the stranger
trail. The trail was a short one an
VYIIfon was soon in jail. He was ar
parently somewhat intoxicated.
Wilson had faevcral checkbooks 0'
different banks in his possession In
eluding the one ho had used in pur
chasing the tire.
Velocity of Light.
The velocity of light wa obtnlnec
by tho Danish astronomer Iloemer ii
IC7C. by observing tho eclipses of J up!
ter s moons, hcn the e.nrtn wa'
nearest to Jupiter, the eel'pse nr
pearel abouf eight nnd one-half miji
ntes too soon for the calculations. nn'
when the earth wa most remote fron
Jupiter, they were about eight nnd one
half minutes too late. Koeiner conclud
ed the reason to be that it required 1"
minutes for light from the planet t
traverse the diameter of the earth''
orbit, which measured the diffcrenc
of the distances of tho enrth fron
Jupiter. Tula calculation has sloe
been verified, nud proves that Ugh
travels about IStf.OOO mile n second.
The London Timet.
The London Times was founded or
Br.iunry 1. 17sS. by John Walter, wh
started a small newspaper, origlnullj
called The Daily I'nl verbal ltegistei
the first number of which was Issuec
on January I, 175. This was reallj
thouuh not in name, the first numbei
of The Times. The OlOlh number
whleli appeared 011 January 1, 17S.S
was for the first time entitled ill
Times, or Dally I'niversal ltcglster, but
the second title was dropped on Marcl
I." of that yeor, since which the paper
has been known us The Times. ,
Shakebpeare Stands Alone.
Admitting to the fullest that tin
present age cannot forestall the Judj?
uient of posterity, it seems nnlikclj
Hint a eoov of the work of any con
t.-nihonn-v ilramatlst will ever sell fol
$:."0n0. Such a thing happened re
cciitlv In the case of four Shnkospeart
folios; but Shakespeare was Shake
spcare, cen when bis contetnporarlet-
took him lis a matter of course, and
since then the judgment of time ha
made him n standard by which the cn
during genius of later playwrights can
be reasonably estimated.
Noted Colored Woman.
Sojourner Truth was a colored worn
an born In New York state, prohablj
about tho middle of the eighteenth
century, as she was middle aged a'
the time of Washington's death, In
170'.). That was not her real name,
but she nssunjed It for reasons of her
own. She was n slave all her life un
til Fet free by nn net of the New York
legislature In 127 iibollslilng slavery
in that state, July 4. 1S2Y. Mrs. Har
riet Beccher Stowc wrote n life of her.
First National Dank Total Now
$1,650,000
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
No Changes in Board cf Directors at
Annual Meetinfl Hld Tutaday
January 14.
The First National Bank of Benning
ton held its annual meeting yesterday
ind elected the following board of
ilrectora: George F. Graves, Lyman
F. Abbott. W. 11. Bradford, William
A. Boot and L. A. Graves.
The board of directors organized
xlth the election of the following of
:lcers: President, George F. Graves;
ice-president, Lyman F. Abbott;
:ashler, L. A. Graves; assistant cash
er, Arthur J. Colgan and W. S. Boyn
:on. The bank at present has total as
icts of $1,650,000 according to its Jan
tary report, nn Increase of $234,000
luring the year in commercial and
avings deposits.
In view of the conditions that have
irevailed during the past twelve
nouths nud tho extra burdens that
save been Imposed upon the financial
nstitutions by tho government, tho of
Iclals consider the year's business
lighly satisfactory.
'.OCAL FARMERS TO GET NITRATE
jovernment To Sell Nitrate for Fee
tillzer Through County Agents
Washington. D. C. Jan. 14. Notice
tns been given to F. Clifford Shaw,
Vgrlcultural Agent for Bennington
"cuniy. that the V. S. Department of
Vgrlcu'ture will sell at cost a supply
f nitrate of soda to farmers in Ben
itngton County.
The nitrate will be sold under the
authority of the Food Control Act and
ubsequent legislation relating there
0. The price will be fSl.OO a ton.
rce on board cars at loading point or
'orL Farmers are to pay In addition
rclgbt to their snipping points.
Applications for a part of the nit
ate bought by the government will
e received only from actual farmers
r owners or holders of forms for uss
n their land, and may be made
nroucfi county Agent Show or
irough any member of a Jocal com-
ilttee consisting of C. L Knapp.
orth Bennington; Karl Taylor, Man
hester Depot; and h H. West, Dor-
et.
No money will be required with the
pp'icatlon but upon notice from the
lthorlzcd representative of the De-
artment of Agriculture farmers who
ive signed applications must, de
osit with a local bank, association.
individual, designated by the Sec
tary of Agriculture to art a-s the
armors' agent for that purrooe.
noney to cover the cost of tho ferti'!-
er except the freight charco. Ii
actlcal'y every cae tho money wi'!
e paid to a County Nitrate D!str!bu-
or designated by the Department of
'.rlctilture. Nitrate will be chirped
" distributors on siriif ilr.ifr ivit!
i'l of lading attached. Llstrlbuter;-
III pay drafts, take no the bills el!
Adiuff. collect money from fanner
nd distribute nitrate to fr.rmers
Nrrangements have been made Id so
nre a largo quantity of uitra'o end
Is believed that a'l reasonable re-
i'lirements can ho met.
All applications for nitrate must be
nade'on or before Saturday, Jan. 25.
3APTIST LADIE3' AID ELECTION
Officers and Chairmen Chosen for
Ensuing Year.
At the annual meeting of tho Lnd
is' Aid Society of the Baptist church,
vhich was held Monday afternoon,
he following officers were elected:
resident. Mrs. E. W. Bradford; Stu.
Ice president, Mrs. Boy Paddock;
unlor vice president. Mrs. Newton
'ottroll; treasurer, Miss Harriet Sib
ey; secretary, Mrs. Herbert Mars
!en; chairman of circles. Main, Mrs.
V, C. Towart; Union, Mrs. William
I. Myers; Gage, Mrs, Elinor Hough
on; Kim, Mrs. H. K. Est 03; School
md North, Mrs. Thomas Davenport;
event h ward. Mrs. Steen.
The reports for the year's work.
"91S, was very satisfactory. The fi-
lances of tin society have increased
o that tho treasurer's report showei
hat. while quite a sum of money was
'xpended on work that Is always as
utned by the society, there is still a
toodly sum on hand. The result, of
ho work done by the blue and red
teams, which were recently organ
ized, Is meeting with wonderful ap
proval. In the special lino of work
(or which the society Is organized are
found good reasons for congratula
tion for the year's success.
SURVEY OF DAMAGE PLANNED
President Wilson to Have Indepen
dent Estimate of Amount.
Paris, Jan. 15 -President Wilson
will havo before him nil Independent
estimate of the actual physical dam
ir,o suffered by France and Belgium
luring the war when the pence con
gress reaches the stage of discussing
Indemnities.
A survey Is now being planned und
probably will be conducted by over
two hundred American army officers.
BYTSHSTEE!
of Police Fores Had Been
Suspended
U N B E C O M I XG CONDUCT
Action Taken at Special Meeting
Called Tuesday Evening by
Police Commitlee. .
Chief of Police Patrick Brazil, who
baa been under suspension for a
week, was re-Instated at a' epocLil
meeting of U10 village board of trus
tees Tuesday evening. At the rogular
January meeting of the board a reso
lution wa3 Introduced stating that In
asmuch as it had como to tho know
ledge of the board that tho chief had "
been guilty of conduct not bocomlng"
an officer that h.j be suspended for u
period of one week and that ho bo re
quired to .show cause why ho should
not be permanently discharged.
During the week tho police commit
toe ha3 mado further Investigation of
the case and at the request, of Chair
man Howard of the committee a spec
ial meeting was cal'ed for Tuesday
oveuing. President Holden presided
qnd there were present Trustees Mor
rlsscy, McGurn. Bergeron, Howard
and Wills. Clerk Hogan and Corpora
ation Attorney Chare were also in at
tendance. It was moved and carried
unanimously that tho officer bo rein
stated. Chief Brazil has been an officer in
Bennir.gfn during the past 15 years '
and in view of his long sorvico, the
members cf the board expressed them
selves freely in favor of his re-instate
mcnt. Trustee North, who was not
prsent ut the meotirg telephoned his
approval cf thu action. .
Street Commissioner Crawford was
a'so present nt the meeting and there
was on informal discussion-regarding
the overhauling of tho machluery be
lonstng to tho villa go including the
truck, the steam roller and the village
sprayer. Inasmuch as the meeting
hud been cal'ed for a special purpose,
nn oHicia! act! in could to taken on
ether mattts. --' '
VERMONT NCWS
Items of Interest From Various Parts
of tho State.
More than 600 utuclcnts ar enrolled
In tho University cf Vermont for the
second pcme.' tcr and more are expec
ted. Secretary A. C. Html of tho Windsor
county Y. M. C. A. will leave soon for
France to erg.ice in special work ar
the representative of the national and
county essociatiou. Miss Alice Jen
keraoti will have charge of tho Wins
dor county headquarters during Mr.
Ilurd's absence, while the members
of tho county committee will glyo
attention to tie business matters that
n;ay c?u-.c up.
Twenty yettra nro, at the time of,
:.) i?nanish Arncr.can war, Charles
S. Fran!; we re tho uniform of a troop
er iu the Crd V. 3. cavalry at Fort
Et'.nn Alien. On ono of tho 'sleeves
cf hi.; Hrvieo coat was sown tho in
$T,nia of a corporal. That was 20
years ago.
1 oday that snmo man
iiuignia of a lieutenant-
wcaiv. th
color.f 1 and 1 oiiicialiy recognized as
tho co;n:iKw;li!'.g o;T;cer of all tha
military r.t Fort Lilian A'.'.en.
Major II. Nch-ou Jae'. on, who ar.
rived in Now York Dec ':9 from ser
vice in France, came ' Burlington
Thur.--d.iy morning, accompanied by
Mrs. Jae'.:? nn. who wont to New York
to meet hl:n. lie lias a ten days'
leave and w.jl soon enter a hospital
for treatment for his left arm, which
v:a:i injured while ho 'was giving aid
to an American fold'er who had been
truck by a Gorman bullet. Two bul
lets entered Major Jackson's arm,
which ho car. ios in a filing.
William E. Scott, who camft from
Denver, Col., to Johnson with the re
maim; of his brother. Colonel Scott,
and had been 111 ever since tho fun
eral, died at the home of his brother.
Daniel Scott, iu Johnson Monday
r.Ighl. His remains will bo placed
i;i the vault and buried at Eden in the
spring. Ho leaves no family. Ills
wire died in 190S in Denver, where
Mr. Soott went in 1S7S and leaven
quite an catate. Daniel Scott la the
only relative In his father's family,
tho deceased was 7J years old.
At tho second dinner nnd meeting
the Vi'ii Ness house in Burlington,
of the Vermont patrol committee, hold
on Thar -day evening ut the Van N'es:
house in lluilintton. more than 2?r
leading men of Vermont met to give
an additional push lo the movement:
for better roads, and listened lo an
inspiring address by Congressman'
elect I'aniei ueen 01 mo 1.11 .ew
Veil: district. M. C. Webber of But
l iitil, counsel for the legislative com
mittee of the patrol committee, mnd
his report of u re-draft of the bill
whkh will he presented to tho le.ls
l.iliiro nt this . session. While tho
('raft of th:1 bill is not final nnd somu
changes probably will be made in it,
the gi neral outline is expected to re
main. I'llt-K ( iirnl In l ( II lnj
Priir ''! r l iiM'l innnrif If f'AZO
1 IVI MKNT fail." to eir ItoMnU,
Hliiul, l : 1 -If it er PrntriiiMnR I'llon.
r-i..iis 1 1 rit.u 1.1:1 : ""uthm ini IIo.iIm.
Von c in c ' rrntful mcp utter itia
111 ?t Ki-;'l.t.V.iua. l'rl'-o ec.