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NOTE CONDEMNED
UNANIMOUSLYBY
GERMAN PRESS
Berlin Government Will Take Its
Time in Making Reply
PREPARATION NOT POPULAR
Administration Will Be Satisfied for
the Present If No More American
Ships Are Sunk.

Washington, July 29r-James w.
Gerard, the American Ambassador at
Berlin, has notified the State depart
ment that the German press Is almost
unanimous i'm condemninG the char
acter, scope, and tone ofsthc last Am
crican note on submarine warfare,
Mr.. Gerard cabled a suniIIiAryf OF The
German press comment Eiill order to
give the Government AMI idea ofs the
impression that the Amefican stand
had created throughout Germany Il
Judged by the information forward
ed by the Ambassador, the feeling is
Widespread in the empire that the
American note is unfriendly and un-
neutral. Nothing has been received
from the Ambassador, however, to in
dicate the character of the response
that may be made by the German
Government There is some reason
to believe that this response will be
long delayed No offense will be
taken by the United States Govern
lHtUt UNCE any ldiiulC oii tiS POI VI
Germany to send a reply in the i'm
mediate future. In fact, the Ameri-
can note is regarded as not calling for
an answer except with reference to
the demand for disavowal and repara
ton in connection with the deaths of
American citizens through the sink
ing OF the Lusitania.
1t is we'll understood in Washing
ton that the German Government
might find it embarrassing to make
disayowal and offer of reparation at
this time. Such action on the part
of the imperial authorities would be
very unpopular, according to the in
formation received here. Therefore,
it is expected that the response will
not be forwarded until considerable
period of time has elapsed. This
Government appears to be in no
hurry to hear from Germany on the
subject The Administration takes
the position that the most satisfac-
tory answer can be given through a
careful avoidance by German sub
marine commanders of sinking Ameri
can merchant ships without warning
or similar attacks on other vessels
carrying citizens of the United
States.
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BLESSED WITH A CHARMING
WIFE.

Hon. Joseph W. Folk, former COVER
nor of Missouri, who is to lecture on
the last day of our Chautauqua, has
made remarkable rise in public life,
and it is quite likely that much of his
success has been due as greatly to his
charming, talented wife as to his own
sterling qualities.
When he was governor of Missouri
they entertained splendidly At the
executive mansion guests were recelv-
ed with all the grace for which the
southland is famous. Mrs. Folk be-
came very popular i'll Jefferson City.
Blessed with good looks and the dain-
test of tact she made friends from the
day of her arrival She was largely
identified with church and charity
work. She is an accomplished musi-
elan, and most of the meetings of the
Choral Symphony Society We're held at
the mansion,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30
ORDERS RAILROAD
FROM VE2AC CRUZ
TOMEX|C0 CITY
Secretary Lansing Demands That
Communication Be Restored
POPULATION IS STARVING
Carranza Told He viii Be Held Re.
sponsibe, Villa and zapata Warm
ed Against Interference.

Washington, July 29.-Alarmed
over chaotic conditions in Mexico
City, whore the population is starving
and virtual anarchy prevails, secre
tary Lansing tonight telesraplied de.
mands Oh the leaders OF the Mexican
factions that railroad communication
between Vera Cruz ami the capital
be restored Immediately i'll order to
permit food supplies to reach the
stricken city.
These representations were tele-
graphed to General Venustiano Car
ranza, head of the Constitutionalists
General Francisco Villa, head of the
so-called Convention Government,
and General Emiliano Zapata, leader
of the force which now controls
Mexico City and is cooperating with
lVilla.
The note sent to Carranza at Vera
Cruz by Secretary Lansing deals en-
tirely with the railroad afd food situ-
atoms, Carranza is told that intoler
able conditions have prevailed for sew
eral months along the line of the rail-
way connecting Vera Cruz and Mcxi-
co City, and this Government looks
to the Carranza Government to REM
edy the conditions and permit the
shipment of food supplies into Mexico
City for the benefit Of Amerleans and,
| IN fact, Of the entire population,
which is represented TO be ON the
verge of starvation. Carrapza is told
also that his failure to comply with
the demands of the United States
will cause this Government to hold
him responsible
The notes sent to Villa and Zapata
are of similar import. They are told
that any attempt on the part OF their
forces to interrupt communication
with Mexico City and destroy the rail
road running from Vera Cruz viii be
resisted by the United States Govern
| ment No definite action is threaten.
| cd by this Government in its com
munication to CarranZa, Villa aud
zapata, but the telegraphic notes
from Secretary Lansing leave the in
ference that unless conditions are
remedied the United States will be
| obliged to take positive course in
order to remedy them. The under
standing here is that unless food sup
plies are permitted to pass freely in.
to Mexico City this Governments
hand will be forced within ten days.
Days may elapse before the com.
munication TO Zapata can be dcli:er-
ed because of the break in communi-
cation between Mexico City and the
outside world. The Brazilian Minis
ter. Senior Cardoso. who is in charge
OF American interests in Mexico
City, has not been able to communi-
cate with this Government for ten
days, and il is not known here whet.
her important messages from the
State Department sent recently have
been delivered to him. The last mes
sage received from Senior Cardoso
was sent from Mexico City on July
10, the night of the day following
the evacuation OF the capital by the
force of General Pablo Gonzales.
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PLAYGROUND NOTES


One of the most interesting games
of the season in the league was play
ed between the Playground Juniors
and the All Stars yesterday. Although
at the beginning the playing on both
sides was ragged and both sides scor-
ed heavily. during the last four in
nings the game was held tie. Fin
ally in the ninth, the Playground Jun
iors made run thus bringing the
score up to % to 27.
The playground membership badg-
es are now to be had at any time at
the playground. To avoid any mis-
understanding, it should be clearly
understood that the purchase of these
is not compulsory for attendance at
the playground, it is simply a plan
devised whereby the children may
contribute toward the pavilion fund
and in return receive a symbol of
playground membership.
The standing of the teams up to the
present date in the Junior play
ground league is as follows.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

ing 10 advices reqQlyed mere from ret
rograd. The bankB have already sent
their gold 10 Petrosrad Sand the city
is being empticd Of alIss goYernment
supplies that would pTYFs ef sahaI stp ~
the enemy. Il +. sfss
London, Jnly 3o-T The nrobable ev-
acuation of Warsaw and the whole
Polish salient by the Russians. is indi-
Gated in dispatches received from
Petrograd today. This decision would
come as surprise to all outside the
inner councils of the Russian general
staff as the splendid resistance which
the Russians have been offering, ap-
parently with considerable success to
the German efforts to encircle the
city, we're believed to be evidence of
Grand Duke Nicholas's intention to
| fight it out with Germany
1t is pointed out, however. by the
Russian military critics, after cOnver-
sations with competent military
authorities" that until the army is
properly equipped to oppose the per-
feet Austro-German machine, the SEN
sble thing to do would be to avoid
battle and withdraw until the armies
are organized and equipped and in a
condition to take an aggressive offen-
sive and drive the enemy from Rus
sian soil.
Politics, rather than strategy, de-
cided the Russians to advance into
East Prussia and Galicia, il is explain
ed by the critics, and while in doing
SO they rendered great service to the
western allies and inflicted terrible
losses on both Austrians and Ger-
mans, they may now give up all and!
more than they gained.
1t is anticipated by the Petrograd
papers that the whole country, ii ey-
acuated. will be denuded of resources
which might prove valuable to the
Germans. as has been done in most
of the territory heretofore given UP.
The capture of Warsaw naturally
would be made the occasion for great
celebrations in Germany and and it
is reported that Emperor William has
arranged to make state entry into
the city, accompanied by the En-
press. The Empress has been on a
visit to Field Marshal won linden
burgh's headquarters at Allenstein,
East Prussia, and left there yester-
day with the Crown Princess Cecilie
for Neidenburg, which is across the
Polish border.
In the meantime fighting of the
greatest intensity continues around
the Polish triangle. and as Berlin
claims no important. success except
the repulse of Russian attacks. it is
presumed that the Russians are hold
ing off the AustroGermans.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

of the unsuccessful result OF her con
ference with governor Whitman.
The last hope of Charles Becker
died when he was told early in the
evening that his wife had failed to
move Gov Whitman to grant him re
prieve. This, Mrs. Becker asked the
governor at q conference she had
with him at Poughkeepsie. Failing
in her mission she motored to Ossin
ing, n. Y, TO break the news to her
husband, but it had reached him be-
fore she arrived.
Becker, it is said, had not expected
clemency Almost at the moment the
news was received, the prisoner gave
out a letter he had written to Gov.
Whitman in Which he attacked the ex-
given to the newspapers statements
which cast a foul aspersion on my
character and for which he demand
ed retraction
In his letter the former police lieu
tenant again reiterated his innocence
OF the crime for which he has twice
been convicted. "To these charges
and to all others, | answer the let
ter read, 'by the world to which you
are sending me before my time, what
was my constant answer While in the
world j ain ms innocent as you of
hayinE murdered Hermann Rosenthal
or of bayifg counseled. procured or
aided his murder, or having any
knowledge oil that dreadful crime"
Tile alleged statements which Beck
err referred to as having been credited
tostile governor were that he had Of
ferad To plead guilty of murder in the
second degree, that, quoting from
Becker's letter, he ''had offered to
give testimony against several per-
sons (whOse names are undisclosed)
of having shared with me in collect
ing money from law breakers that he
had sent counsel to the two men ar
rested for completely in the Rosen-
thai murder, and that with cruelty
lmost inconceivable, it is stated that
my first wife died under circumstance
es warranting suspicion that / had
caused her DEATH" Becker explained
the death of his first wife by declar-
ing that she had died of "hasty con
SUMPTION and that no breath of sus-
picion had ever been raised against
him in that connection.
Mark we'll, sir, these words OF
mine" the letter concluded. when
your power passes then the truth of
Rosenthal's murder viii become
known. But while your nominees
remain district attorneys and can
hold the club over these persons.
With the aid of judges who are miss
led into msconceiving the testimony
offered in my trial and into mistating
it both to the jury and on appeal, you
have proved yourself able to destroy
my life. But, believe me, | will sur
render it without rancor. Not all the
Judges in this state, nor In this coun-
try, nor the governor of this state,
nor the district attorney, nor all of
them combined, can destroy perman-
emily the character of an innocent
man"
In the afternoon Becker's brothers,
Jackson and John, and his widowed
sister, Mrs. Katherine Geuigher, visit
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30
FRANCH SUBMARINES IN RAID
Underwater Craft Cause Destruction
in Harbor of Zeebrugge.

London, July 3O-The French sub
marines have begun to take an active
part in the war, according to dis
patch received here from Copenga-
hen. A flotilla Of French underwat-
er craft has made raid in the harbor
OF Zeebrugge, held by the Germans,
where they destroyed number of
vessels with large loss of life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30
How to Keep Wei.

Keep the liver active and the bow
els regular by using baxter's Man
drake Bitters. II IS safe remedy
for constipation, biliousness, malaria,
sick-headache, loss of appetite, dizzi-
ness, general debility. Sold every
where, liquid or tablets, 25 cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30
WEATHER

For eastern New York and western
Vermont, partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday Probably local thunder
showers. Not much change in tenn
perature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

FOR SALE Lot on Elm street, fine iocat on
Large loo on East Main street, very dcsira-
Bile Scvera houses and farms. Two houses
formerly owned by Il. Il. Edge ton, Dewey ana
Grant streets Farm OF 120 acres. | mile Of
Arlington Depot. Gen. Ins. Ag't IL. n. vii
liams Tel l3g- " g5tF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

Next Tuesday the Playground Jrs.,
will play the Playground Stars.
A movement is on foot to secure the
fast Shaftsbury team for game to
be played on the playground tomor-
row afternoon at 8 p. III.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

E0R SALE Modern 3 room house, slate
root, piazzs, city wster and toilet; rrop-
erty in iiue repair, located in good resident al
section s minutes from Main st. and trolley
Price 81, 100. Mash & Hutchns. l2tf
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PIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League

Washington 2, Cleveland 1.
Detroit Z. New York 6.
st. Louis 5, Philadelphia 1.
Chicago-Boston, called in third,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

t}OK SALT Farm Of 1853 acres good rich
l. strong soil comfortable house, horse barn.
wagon shed, wood lUt with abundance of tire
wood, orchard OF 50 trees. This farm s Just
off the main road. 4 miles from EenninRon.
Price $1,000. Mash Hutchns 23Lf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

Becker protested his innocence of
letter to Governor Whitman yester-
day, the contents of which were not
made public at Sing Sing. Becker's
lawyers could find nothing to take leg
al exception to in justice Ford's refus
al Wednesday night to grant Becker
new trial. Becker passed the day
calmly and declared that he is not
afraid to die.
Mrs. Becker arrived at Sing Sing
prison by automobile from Poughkeep
sic at l1.30 O'Clock. She went at
once to her husbands cell to tell him
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

For SALE One four cylinder five passe gsr
81 horse po~cr Interstate touring car.
This car is in excellent condition and VII De
cold at n very low figure. E. w. Williams,
The Bennington Garage. AT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

(SOR SALE-Garden truck AM fruit farm,
" acres flat rich suil, good room house
with rum ing water, cow barn, wagon shed.
horse barn poultry hous g. Splendi1Iy located
on State road. 3 minutes walk from station.
Price 81 800 81 800 cash, balance on mortgage
af n per cent Mash & Huichlns aStt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

FOR SALE A small place about IL acres,
consists of = bans, hog house, grtnary,
8 room house. nice sprino water ",od gravel
hank a, res q. II ce sand. Price is5JJ. Just out
of village of North Remington on trolley line.
Inquire Chicken Coop Inu, North Bennineton.
35t2jt
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BECKER EXECUTED
At 5:5k. lA!!S l..
MORNING
Condemned Man Maintained His
Innocence to the End
FLAYED WHIT man IN STATEMENT
Wife of Former New York Police
Lieutenant Failed in Plea to
Governor.
FLAYED WHITMAN IN STATEMENT

Ossining, N. Y, July 30--Protestine
his innocence to the last, Charles
Becker, former New York police lieu
tenant, was clectrocuted at 5l55 this
morning at Sing Sing prison for the
murder of the gambler, Hermann
Rosenthal Three shocks were ad
ministered,
Pinned over the doomed mans
heart as he advanced TO the fatal
chair was Il picture OF his faithful
wife and in his hand he carried a
crucifiX.
His last words were Jesus have
mercy" which he repeated several
times just before the electric current
shot through the chair.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30
National League

Boston 10, Cincinnati 5, first game,
Boston Z, Cincinnati 6, second
game.
Pittshnrg 8. BROOKLYN 2.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30
LOST AND FOUND

FOUND Bicycle, o gner can nave by calling
n on John Laberanic, WoUdford Hollow.
dptlN
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

NcOR SALE Pigs for sale. Inquire Wal
l. bridge Homestead, Remington Fails
BDtjt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

FOR sALE-Broilers, roasting chickens and
fowl, dressed to order and delivered. Also
fresh eggs. Mountain View Poultry Farm.
fci- l7l-W. 92tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30
Federal League

Pittsburg 3, Baltimore 0, first game.
Pittsburg 5, Baltimore 2. second
game.
Chicago 4, Buffalo 2.
Brooklyn 4, Kansas City 0.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

EsOK SALE-The worthington homestead
In North Remington, VT. consisting OF 2
story house. porch across entire front and part
of each side, hot air furnace, Kewanee water
system, bath room and acetyline gas plant
Large, roony barn. suitable f,r garage cement
walks, nice lawn, gravel driyeways; also gar.
den. Lot has frontage of over 100 feet. An
ideal place for anyone desiI ing home with all
modern improvements. Will be sold rcgsona-
Bile. Inquire OF X. a. Jones, First National
Bank, or of Mrs. w. r. Worthington, on
premises North Bennington. Vt. 56tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

FOR sALE-The large brick dwelling on
Pleasant st In the Village of Remington,
formerly occupied 10y the late Anna @ Park.
This house has spacious grounds and contains
fourteen large rooms, resides pantry, bath
room. large wood shed and four room cellar.
IL is equi oped with all modern improvements.
This place, which is one OF the most desirable
in Bennington, will be sold at a very reason.
able price Apply to n. II. Webster, X. 4.
Healy or Edward j. Hall. Remington. 48tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

FOR sALE-One Ford Roadster this car
would make good tight truck and viii he
sold at a very low tgurc.t Bennington Gartrge
39tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
TO REHv

'ENO RENT--One slice f a twofamllv hnuse
on Convent avenue, containing seven
rooms and ba th hard wood floors e'cctri h
lights aud Az improvements. Apply To Denis
Donohuc. Tel I02.M. 3yt6
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HON. JOSEPH w. FOLK.
ANOTHER eUNBoAT TO HAITI
Nashville Ordered to Help Restore
Order on Island.

Washington, July 3o.-The gunboat
Nashville was ordered to Cape Halt
len today tot assist the United States
forces of marines in case OF further
Revolutionary outbreaks in Haiti.
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RUSSIANS BE GIN
fVACUAII
OF WARSAW
Banks Have Already Sent Their
Gold to Petr0srad
NOTHING LEFT FOR GERMANS
All Military Stores VIII Be Removed
Before invading Army Enters
the City.

London, July S0-The evacuation
of Warsaw has already begun accord
ing to advices received here from Pet
rograd. The banks have already sent
their gold TO Pefrograd sand the city
is being empticd Of ALI government
supplies that would pfYYe Oft use to
the enemy. +.
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LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE Large Persian rug posi- he'd
l. stead. chest OF drawers. chairs. book cas- ~
pictures, etc, at Mrs A. a. squires. North
st. f2t6',
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rY'o EENT One small tenement. Il. S. parris
DigtSiOn st. 35tI
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MISCELLANEOUS

CEWIsG MACHINES When out of or'cr
W will try the patience of any one. take ad-
vantage OF my work and have II thoroughly re-
adjusted. Supplies furn she'd. Get hottie of
my stainless IL. Alexander Hart, l23 Pleasant
St., Bennington, vt. 4lt6t
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fHNO Rent New 8 ro I'm tenement on School
st. flardp ool ilo>rs. hardwood finish
nnstairs and down, gis, electric lights and b - h.
Phoac 372l2 or li5-5. s6t2
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WANTED To hire farm with large house
w and barn. Address k. Box 26S, Man
hester Depot, VT. 2stf
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WANTED For family of two adults, iiv-
w ing in country, u competent girl or
middle aged woman, who can cook w II, for
general bousework. No washing or looming
required. Apply Mrs, q. N. Chambers, Dorset,
VI. SSt6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-30

XX/ANTED--Two young women women
w would like positions doing housework
Apply 2ll Depot street. 3StW
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XTANTED-Pupil nurses At the Taunton
w State Hospital Training School Tor Nur
ses. For particulars, address nr. Arthur V
60tf
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fVNO RENT Nicely furnished rooms to rent.
Apply 30l North st. 1871
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
WIFE WINS RACE.
TO- COMMIT
SUICIDE
Husbands Chase through the
Streets Of Chicago Ends at
Lake Shore.

CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-A race with
his Wheeler life the stakew lost
by ]. B. Henderson Just before noon
the other day; when the woman beat
him to the shore OF Lake Michigan,
at the foot Of Schiller street, on Lake
Shore drive. and jumped In. He was
two blocks away, making a-slast fn-
tile sprint against death. -
Lake Shore drive was thronged
with motorists and fashionable stroll
lers. as the woman, her heavy fur
coat covering only thin underwear,
and in stocking-clad feet, slipped
through the stream OF automobiles,
crossed the narrow park and dropped
into the water. ~ :
Almost before those she had Just
elbowcd on the drive could reach the
bank her husband ran up. He pac-
ed along the bank in q frenzy until
a dark form appeared. Then he
dashed toward the water as II to cast
himself In, stopped, buried his face
in his hands, and sobbed.
Futile efforts to reach the body
with ropes thrown from the shore
were made by the police. and It was
an hour before II was recovered. "a
Mr.. Henderson said that his wife
had been Ill for several years, and
that while he stepped from home this
morning to get some medicine she
had fed.