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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30
TOWN HAD NARROW
ESCAPE FROM
SERIOUS FIRE
Blaze Started lin Rear Of Evans
News Agency
CAUSED BY HOT srOyEpIpE
Fortunate Discovery and Quick Ac-
ton Prevented Destruction of
Much Property.

What would have made the begin.
ming of one OF the worst fires in the
history OF Bennington was discovered
at O'Clock this morning in the rear
room of the Evans news agency on
Main street. Men on the street hur-
ried into the building and the flames
were extinguished before any mater.
ial damage had been done. The loss
is confined to the destruction of a
few Halloween goods which Mr..
Evans had packed away until next
fall lt
Mr.. Evans, during the past two
days, has been moving from the
Hawks block to the quarters in the
Dewey building formerly occupied by
w. l.. Gokay, the druggist The Hal
lowe'en goods had been stored on
some high shelves in the back room
and some of them came in contact
with the elbow of stovepipe from
the w. C. Firth barber shop. 1t is
presumed that when the draughts in
the stove in the barber shop was OPP
ened this morning that the elbow be-
came sufficiently heated to set fire to
the goods which were largely COM
posed of masks. lanterns and other
articles made of papier mache and
therefore intensely infiammablei
When Mrs Evans opened the front
door of the news room at o'clock
this morning she was greeted with
the cracking OF the burning Hal
lowe'en goods and realized that there
was a fire in the building With the
use of a step ladder the burning
packages were thrown to the floor
and the flames were either stamped
out or extinguished with pals of
water. An alarm was rung but the
fire was ont before any of the com
panies responded.
The building, which is entirely OF
wood is the property Of Mrs. C. II.
Dewey. 1t was constructed many
years ago and the material is so thor
oughly seasoned that once afre the
block would have burned like SO
much tinder Had the fire started In
the night and once worked It's way
into adjoining wooden buildings it Is
likely that the village would have ex.
perienced one of the worst contlagra.
tions in its history.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30
BELIEVE BRITAIN
WANTS STOSMASH
!. FREIGHT RATES
Next Step ). d Be Seizure of Grain
Carrying Ships
PRODUCE EXCHANGE WORRIED
Move May Have Been Made to Break
up Combination of
Spectators.
EXCHANGE WORRIED

Ottawa. Ont, Nov 29-The sub
committee of the Dominion cabinet
tonight fixed the prices which are to
be paid the dealers whose wheat has
been peremptorily Communicated, 1t
was decided that the prices to be APP
piled are those which ruled at the
closing of the markets in Winnipeg
on Saturday, namely. $l.04 S-4 per
bushel for No. / northern, $103 3-S
No. 9 northern and .93 3-4 for No. 3
northern
New York Nov. 29.-The com
Wandering of Canadian wheat by
the Canadian government was inter
preted here today by grain exporters
as possibly the first step by Great
Britain not merely to take over all
Canadian grain but TO smash ocean
freight rates by requisitioning the
Atlantic freighters. Exporters re-
garded the situation as undoubtedly
serious from their point of view.
julius Barnes, one of the leading
exporters on the New York Produce
exchange, asserted the British govern
nent virtually could drive the Ameri.
can grain exporter out of business if
1t chose.
THE seizure OF Canadian grain, he
said, has left us all at sea None of
us know yet just what it means but
if the British government intends, as
is possible, to take over all of the
Canadian grain crop, it is going to
put us in a serious position
For some time there has been
rumor current in New York exporting
Gil cles that Great Britain intended to
take over all its Atlantic merchant
marine as a drastic step toward
breaking the high freight rates. Mr.
Barnes declared the Canadian grain
seizure looked like the first step in
this direction ,a ..s-t.
1t was reported the grain had been
Communicated on behalf OF Italy, the
Italian government having urged the
step on London in order to escape the
heavy burden Of the present twenty
five per cent rate of exchange against
it in New York
J. Ward Warner, president OF the
Produce Exchange, discounted this re
port, He understood Italy was not
making individual purchases but that
grain was being bought in common
for England, France and Italy
THE only explanation can offer of
this move" said Mr. Warner, "is that
certain spectators have been hold
ing wheat in the Canadian elevators
for a big rise and that the Canadian
government has acted to check them
But it is impossible to tell just now
what it does mean.
The wheat market here was active
and somewhat excited today over the
news, and prices were higher
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30
TAFT ARRAIGNED
BY StcR.ETAR
GARRISON
Says FormerP Presidents Criticism
Of PHILIPPINE Policy MandaCious
CALLS IT CAMPAIGN MATERIAL
Former Governor OF Island Calls At
tention TO Wholesale Removal
Of Officials.

Washington. Now 29.- Secretary
Garrison OF the war department, is
sued formal statement today sharp
ly arraigning former President VII
liam II Taft for having lent his name
to what are termed Statements men
dacious in character ana mischieyous
intent with relation 10 condition in
the Philippine islands, under. the pres
ent administration. Circulation OF
these statements, Mr. Garrison charg-
es, shows plainly that Republican
politicians are attempting to lay the
foundation for campaign material
with respect to the Philippine is
lands
Particular attention is given by the
secretary to articles written by o.
Garfield Jones published in a Califor-
MIA newspaper and later republished
in pamphlet form under the title
Unhappy Conditions in the Philip
pine Islands" with an Introduction by
Mr.. Tart. The introduction attribute
ed the conditions described to the
blind and foolish policy OF President
Wilson and Governor General Harri-
son
In connection with his comment.
Mr. Garrison makes public letter
which he says was written recently
by Jones to the department asking
where newspaper market might be
found for much better article
which he had prepared ON 'The Fill
pinos and the Democratic Regime"
declared to be highly favorable to the
administration.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30
BASKET BALL GAMES
Bennington High School Girls to Play
North Adams Girls.

VIVIAN SNedH'o Si
Basket Ball has come to be the
major winter sport in Bennington and
this winter it promises to be more in
teresting than ever. Both the boys
and girls have ambitious and loyal
teams and both managers have been
working hard to present schedule
worthy of the pubhc's patronage.
Friday evening has been reserved at
Library Hall as game night during
the winter 1t is planned to hold two
games one for boys and one for girls
each evening and then finish the eve
ming with social time for both play
ers and spectators.
The season will be officially opened
this week. Friday evening, Decem-
Der 3rd when the Bennington High
school girls will play the girls of
Drury High school from North Ad-
ans. The High school boy will play
an Alumane team. The games will be
finished by o'clock after which there
will be an hour of dancing with Miss
Hurley at the piano.
The management guarantees the
public good, clean. wholesome basket
ball and earnestly solicits generous
support SO that the schedule may be
self-supporting and financially pos
sible The price of admission win be
twenty cents for both games and the
dancing. Full recreational value as
sured for money expended.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30
VERMONT INTEREST RATES
Banks Here Found to Not Change IL
Per Cent.

In reply to criticism Of the Ameri-
can bankers association in connec-
tion with his declaration that many
national banks charge usurious inter
est rates, John SHELTON Williams. con
troller Of the currency, issued state
ment at Washington Friday night
again giving instances OF such prac-
tices.
Mr., Williams said it was true that
majority OF the national banks
obeyed the usury laws of the various
states, but that the reports rendered
to him showed. as he announced in
speeches and previous public state
ments, that this was far from being
universally true.
THE only states where there were
no national banks which admitted un-
der oath in their statements of Sep
tember 21, 1915, that they We're charg
ing as high as II per cent on any OF
their loans were Connecticut, Della
ware Mississippi, New Hampshire.
Rhode Island, Vermont and Wiscon-
sim said the statement. 1t added
that reports of September 2, 1915,
showed that 2743 of the 1913 national
banks of the country were charging
10 per cent on some loans.
Mr. Williams suggested that here
after national banks be required to
print in their published statements of
the condition the maximum rate of in
terest charged. He expressed the
hope that the association would work
with the controllers office to end the
practice complained Of
=. Prevent kw5oEr3 al. Eek?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30
NORTH BENNINGTON

Mr. Todd of Bank street extension
returned Sunday from Ticonderoga.
where he attended the funeral OF his
fathe,.
p Dalton has been taking the place
of Reynolds Dunham in the local r.
X. Office, while the latter enjoyed a
few days vacation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

EOReALE Don't pay rent; $500 per month
SC, ri 70 Buy a lot and save THE. ! can sell
YOU a building lot on Main ST.. Grant st. Elm
St., Weeks ST., ue wey St., Putnam ss., Wash
ington st.. Mckinley ST., Dunham ST., Eveeett
St.. Convent st, Monument Aye. and sever
new streets. Geo. II. Dewey, Agt. SSif
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

unnecessary and most wasteful was
effected to give more places for Fill
pinos. My authority for these re-
suits is in statements of Dean Wor-
cester, Vice Governor Gilbert and
Dan e. Williams, all of whom are in
the islands and know them we'll
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

sible heretofore to distribute 1885,
600 portions of soup. meat and bread
monthly Less than one-third of
these food supplies has been paid for
by those who received them. The
cost of the food distributed free has
amounted to $4,000 rubles a month.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

TOR sALE--2 sets of new heavy beam sleigh
with reaches hand made, set with brake
new Portland cutters, secOnd hand Portlan1
cutter nearly new. z new buggy harness.
acond hand buggy harness, ! rev 3-tnch tire
double wagon, douhl box with spriUg seat,
sc cond baud carriages, ] ne shifting uole
ana neck yoke. one second hard very heavy
Linch tire double wagon with Smith brake,
Moon, South shaft.buri. Tel. ISi-tt. 1910
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

y OR SALE The double house. "Plesance,
on Pleasant 81, is paying bet er than 10
per cent INT. yrhe store ormerly cccupied by
DIR. Sol l)mou, Main st. Two house on Dewey
st much cheaper than can be built. Several
double and single houses for sale or rent.
Building lots, far us. Rents collected. Prop
erty cared for. Gen. ms, Agt. n. Y, Lie.
II. N. williams. Tel. 13eW. 2St25
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING.
FOR SALE

g7OR sALSs-- Brolers, dressed. 81 25a pair
alive. from 75c TO Sl.C0 pair Drip card
to Frank Cassano. Lyons Dist Tel. 25s-N ;. -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

EoR sALE-One choice new milch COW, c,lf
by side can be had If desired. F. M. Phil
pott. Telephone lSD-2 M lRt 3stGt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

FOR SALE-Now n I'd until after holidays
laurel wreaths. laural rope, evergreen rope.
evergreen wreat,s, spruce and holly -wreaths
and Christmas trees. Graves covered with
spruce Orders delivered or .shipped. Mrs..C. s.
Morse North Braucn st. Tel 1891 56ti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

For SALE Back mare. welsht 90) sevel
L years old Sound, gentle and true. Also
wagon snd harness. Tracy Kenyon, North
He nnington.' fHts 33t1'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

.,uR sALE-A first class 6e 1tal O'fice all
Y equpoed. doing fine business in one OF the
largest cities in Vermont Address DENIAL,
banner 0fiico. 4E,2l
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair tonight and Wednesday,
Colder tonight
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

FOB SALE One psir good work horses
Burgess, Tel. f09R. Ss.t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

EOR SALE Farm OF III acres, located ono
Il mile from Arlington Station, 35 acres
of meadow land, 20 acres of pasture, balance IN
timber containing some good che.tout. beech
u nd birch timber, with abundance of cord wood
besides, modern farm house with rooma, run
ning wateg in house, barn s0x45 win basement,
runnlog water in tho barn, hen house, Eog
bouse and store house. good lot of bearing ap-
pie trees. Price sy20. Nash Hutchins. 10tr
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

COR sALE-Variety of Lathe and Planer
L toois drills anu reamers, etc. Apply 70 Eli
j. Tiffany 400 Gage st. 1oH
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30
BOWLING SCORES

One Sided Match Between the Pirates
~t and Moflawks.
Last night in the bowling tourna-
ment on the Y NJ. c. A. alleys the Pi-
rates surprised the Mohawks by TAX
ing every point with four of their
men bowling over five hundred.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

DOR gALM-Ten COWS about to freshen
ILquire OF r. II. Purdy, Manchester, W.
B4tlg
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

KrOR SALE Modern house, rooms In fac
L. repair, piazza. good cellar, aad large shed
iu rear, toilet aud rity water. Located min
ites walk from Main St. Price sieCO-slOl0
cash. Nash s. Hutchius All
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

ErOR SALE-A customer has left with us
u Ford Touring car In need of some over
hauling wLicn he desires US to .ell for him lust
az IL is A very i,w piics will he accepted.
The Bennington Garage, E. W. Williams. 4lsf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

ROR SALE -Berkshires aud Chester White
pigs. weeks old, s. per pair. ). Everett
Har 4 ood, Tel 4lsW. 44C7
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30
70 RENT

V,O RENT-Two houses on Silver St. with
all modern improvements. Apply 10
Melissa Fl. Mason, 20i South st. 4itf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

4. OR sALE-One 1915 Ford Touring car,
IL equipped with shock absorbers, at q low
price. Bennington Garage Il. W. Williams
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

CHRISTMAS GOODS SALE-The Misses
~ Ames will have their annual sale OF rapuia
work and other hand made articles also Shaker
goods, beg nning Dec. II and continuing u9iii
Christ nj 8 at li5 Union st. 4it6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

sENO RENT-Furnshed rooms with elect -ic
Il light and bath at 1lS Stafford st. 4tt6t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-30

,I,O RENT--North side Of tenement on North
l. Brancn ST.. IS Der month. inquire Matte
Rckart Patterson 1913 Scott st. t3f
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-08
AIR BATTLES FREQUENT

London.-The French made further
gains in their fight for the important
town OF Lens in the Artois region of
northern France, and in a series of
attacks with hand grenades got much
nearer to its radiating lines of rail-
ways.
These roads are a line of communi-
cation of vital consequence to the
Germans, who are defending them
with utter disregard of the cost.
The Anglo-French troops won addi-
tional ground in the Givenchy wood
and captured more German machine
guns and a considerable number of
prisoners in the Champagne region.
Reports indicate that there is to be
no slackening of the offensive move
ment until decisive results are reach
ed. The British forces now in France
are estimated at 1000, 900 men, and
they are to be increased soon by
100000 ander the plans of the War
Office.
Seventeen air battles in seven DAYS
are reported by Field Marshal Sir
John French.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-08
WASHINGTON

Mrs. John Maxwell of Nashville,
Tenn, called on President Wilson and
presented him with a picture of grand
uncle, former President Johnson.
The cotton crop is estimated at TO-
$50, 900 bales by the Department of
Agriculture. This is the smallest crop
since 1900.
The Bulgarian Legation at Washing
ton denied the reports that two Bull
garian Cabinet members had resigned,
Following his receipt of a note from
the German Government on the sub
marine issue handed him by the Ger
man Ambassador in New York, Secre-
tary Lansing had a conference with
President Wilson.
Colonel John F. Gaynor, who was
indicted with Benjamin D.. Greene IN
connection with the Savannah harbor
contracts, died at Washington.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels an
nounced hat he would recommend to
Congress legislation increasing the
number of midshipmen of the Naval
Academy to 1000.
Director of the Mint Wooley announ-
ced that for the present no more pur-
chases of silver will be made, as there
is a good supply on hand.
Six midshipmen at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis were recon-
mended for dismissal and four others
suspended for n year as the result
of Secretary Daniels hazing investiga-
ton.
General Maytorena, Colonel Flores
and Colonel De la Vega, all Villista
officers, were arrested by the mill
tary authorities at Nogales, Ariz.
They were paroled until President
Wilson disposes of their cases.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-08
WEEKS EVENTS
IN NEWS ITEMS
What the World Is Doing Told
in Condensed Form
MOVES IN THE GREAT WAR
Battles ir Europe's Gigantic Struggle
Affairs at the Nations Capital
Happenings in All Parts
of the Globe.
MOVES IN THE GREAT WAR
War Bulletins

The French and British landed
troops at Salonika, where they havS
probably already ~entrained to join the
Servian army and aid in repelling the
German or Bulgarian invasion. The
force is made for the most part OF
French soldiers.
The Germans began a heavy bonn
bardment in France and delivered re-
peated attacks across the open field
against the trenches and quarries at
Vermelles and the Hulluch Road.
A squadron of French aeroplanes
tropped 40 bombs of heavy calibre
on the railroad station at Metz.
Headquarters of the Kaiser in the
West, recently moved to Luxembourg,
the capital of the Grand Duchhy, were
bombarded by French aviators. The
official communique making this an
nouncement does not speculate respec-
ting the damage done.
Italian troops in the high noun
tains, where snow is already falling
haveily won a small action at the
L~agoscare and Paramosic passes.
The British captured two German
trenches north of Lens, and he
French gained a numbr eof minor
successes. One salient was captured
in Champagne. There were many
artillery duels.
In the Allies great offensive in
France, counter attacks by the Ger
mans were halted and the Kaiser's
lines were cut further back than De-
fore, according to the Paris Official
statement.
British air craft have been very ac-
tive. Seventeen air combats in seven
days are reported.
Servia offered to cede to Greece the
districts of Guievgeli and Dorain, in
Macedonia, in exchange for Greece's
participation in an expedition of the
Allies against Bulgaria.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-08
Foreign

A royal decree prohibiting the sale
to foreigners of ships flying the Greek
flag was issued by the government OF
Greece. >
Twenty-Five passengers and so
members of the crew of the British
steamer Highland Warrior, which
went ashore on Cape Prior, Spain,
were rescued.
George Edwards, prominent Eng
lish theatrical manager, died in Lon
don. He was So years old.
The new Hungarian war loan will
bear 6 per cent. interest and will be
issued at 97h, according to a Berlin
dispatch.
Arthur Mieghan, solicitor-generaI
for Canada, was raised to full cabinet
rank and sworn in as a minister of
the Borden government.
The negro leader of Havana, La
Coste, who was the brains and inspira-
ton of the uprising in 1912, died sud
denly after the authorities had ex-
amined him regarding the threatened
negro revolt in Santiago.
Turkey has consented to the emf
grafton of all Armenians who will be-
come naturalized American citizens.
An earthquake shock lasting two
seconds was felt throughout Cumber-
land. England.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-08
VENIZELOS FORCED TO RESIGN
ALLIED ARMIES AT SALONIKI
REDOUBT LOST BY BRITISH
Sir John French Admits TeutOns Regained HohenzOlern
POsitiOn--Fighting Is In The Open-Alies Win At
Many POints---Big Gun Duels Continuous
BERLIN PLACES ENTENTE LOSSES AT 1870, 600 MEN

Paris.-Hard fighting in the opel
marked the operations on the western
front, the French and British press
ing their offensive movement ant
meeting persistent counter-attacks o
the Germans.
The Kaiser's troops, in repeated on
slaughts northwest of the Sermedes
Hulluch road, succeeded in recaptur
ing most of the Hohenzollern redoubt
so named by the German soldiers
and an important strategic point.
This gain is admitted in the --latest
report of Field Marshal French, al
though it is not mentioned in the Der
lin official communication.
South of Givenchy the Germans re
took from the French the crossing OF
Five Roads.
French troops have made further
advances in the forest of Givenchy
and at Hill No. 119, where the allies
are thrusting at the defenses of Lens.
Several counter-attacks by the Ger
mans in the Champagne region north
of Mesnil have been repulsed. In
other sectors of the Artois region ar
tillery duels of great intensity con-
t1nue day and night. Hand grenade
and bomb fighting have been almost
uninterrupted in the vicinity of Quen-
nevieres and Nauvron and in the
Artois.
French air squadrons have made
several raids behind the German lines
and an airship feet dropped forty
large shells on the Sablons railroad
station at Metz.
Berlin charges that the British used
gas bombs in their recent successful
drive.
An official statement by Berlin that
the British have lost $4,000 men and
the French 100, 900 ince they began
their offensive movement on Septem-
Der 70 last has not been denied either
by London or Paris.
In the east heavy battles were
fought and the Germans pushed their
advance on Dvinsk. They are using
big guns in their attack, many eight
inch pieces being employed in she'll
ing the Russian positions.
Much of the fighting at many points
is being done with the bayonet. Elk
cept in the immediate vicinity of
Dvinsk the Russians appear to be
more than holding their own and to
be pressing their offensive with much
vigor.
In the Austro-Italian arena snow
storms in the mountains and bad
wathr conditions in other sections
have limited the activities to sporadic
attacks by small bodies of troops.