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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-26
HALL is TOO SMALL
For Meeting Now in Progress at
Readsboro.


Readsboro has never before wit
messed such enthusiasm as has been
manifested i'll the opening meetings of
the campaign which is being conduct
ed by the residents with the co-opera-
ton of the Bennington County I'M
provement Association All the stores
have been closed evenings for ltthe
week; meetings have been postponed
and everything done to help the work
alone. i1ro trs 9rgq Uay II
The Campaign opened sunday night
with a meeting in the Masonic, hall
and was attended by large crowd in
spite of the rain Monday ysspiSht's
meeting at the school house MasRlso
attended by large numberEand the
school boys brought in chairs and
planks to make seats to accommodate
the people Unbounded enthusiasm
prevailed at these meetings.
The meeting in the Village hall on
Tuesday night was one of the great
est ever held in Readsboro. Soon af-
ter o'clock people began to arrive
in large loads from many miles OH IN
the country and many of the citizens
had come the latter part of the after
noon to be sure of seats The meeting
was scheduled to begin at 7.3O and all
available standing room was taken at
Z and large crowd turned away. Miss.
Anna l.. Davis of Brattleboro was the
speaker of the evening and spoke par
ticularly on public health. The little
play Between Two Lives presented
by the local young people told a story
of the old and new in country life and
will be remembered long time by
| those who witnessed 1t,
The campaign is centering on the
need of district nursing service and
| sidewalks in the town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-26

London, April 24.-The British
steamship Parlsiana, OF 4,76S tons
gross. has been sunk. The crew of
the vessel was landed today. The
Parisiana left Newport, England, April
20, bound for Norfolk
The Parisiana was SS5 feet long, had
52-foot beam, and was 27 feet deep.
She was built in 1911 at West Har-
tlepool, and was owned by Funess,
Witty & Company Ltd of Cardiff.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-26
COSTLY FISHING
Two Orleans County Men Paid Fines
Amountjnu to S145,3S.

Hyde Park, April 24.-On complaint
of ]. T. Stevens, county fish and game
warden, Volney Parker and Davis
Burgess Of Lowell pleaded guilty be-
fore Justice of the Peace F. p. Collins
of Eden Mills to fishing in Cory pond
in Eden in closed season. Parker paid
a fine of costs of $17.19, and Burgess
paid $16.39.
To the charge Of fishing without Ii
cense each paid $1,000. Cory pond
being private preserve, leased by
D. L. Fairbanks and others, who
caught Parker and Burgess fishing
there, the respondents paid private
damages of s25 each. States Attorney
NJ. p. Maurice of Morrisville prosecut-
ed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-26
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont, probably rain tonight or
Thursday Cooler tonight
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-26
SOUTH sHAFTsBURY

The school will have a food sale at
Hotel Lawrence Friday afternoon at
3.3C.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-26

II you have any trouble with fumes
now, please let us know at O'Brien's.
Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-26

II It can be cleaned, it can be
cleaned at O'Brien's. ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-26

Men, no matter how badly soiled
your suit is we can clean It. O'Brien.
ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-26

(SoMMI ,sIoNERs' NOTICE
" Estate OF GEORGE L. RUGG
The Undersigned having been appointed by
the Honor able Probate Court or the district
OF Benningt q. COMM Is, % NERS. 10 receive,
examine, and adjust The claims and dem snds
all persons against the estate of GEORGE l..
Rugg late OF Bennington In said District, de.
ceased, and all claims exhibited In of ct there.
TO. hereby give notice that we will meet for the
purpose aforssid, at the tffi 70 of Collins N.
Graves In the TO Of Remington In said Dis
trict. on the IS h day OF October next, from
2o'olook v. NJ. until I O'Clock p. M, on said
day and that six months from the 18th day : I
April A. ID. 1916, |. the time limited by said
Court for said creditors n present Their claims
TO us for examination and allowance.
Dated At Pennington. VI, this goth day of
April A. D. 1916
W. L. GOKAY,
VIII. WILLS,
Commissioners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-26
THREE ASSAULTS
IN DEAD MAN
HILL FAIL
Paris Claims Germans Were Re-
pulsed With Heavy Losses
BERLIN PUTS IT THE OTHER WAY
Says French Were Attacking Party
and We're Swept Down by Teu-
tonic infantry.

London, April 25.-Three successive
attacks were made by the Germans
last night on the new French positions
In the region of Dead Man Hill, on the
Verdun front
The French War Office bulletin of
this afternoon says the first two as
saults failed completely, and that the
third attack, although assisted by the
use of gas, also broke down. The Ger
mans are said to have sustained heavy
losses.
German troops also attempted last
night to carry an advanced post at the
redoubt of Avocourt but were unable
to achieve their object according to
Paris
The same report of heavy fighting at
Dead Man Hill is made by Berlin, but
the German official bulletin says it
was the French who made the attacks
advancing in waves against the Ger
man trenches and suffering repulse as
result of the infantry fire.
London. April 24.-0ffensive opera
titons by the French troops continue
to be the feature of the fighting around
Verdun. Berlin reports attacks by the
foe yesterday at three points-north-
east of Avocourt. east Of Dead Man
Hlll and near Thirumont Farm. All
these failed, it is stated.
The Paris day bulletin says, on the
contrary. that by the use of hand gren-
AIDES General Petain's soldiers made
progress southeast OF Haucourt and
northwest of Caurettes and captured
, about thirty prisoners.
A spirited bombardment by the Ger
man Guns of French positions at'Dead
Man Hill is reported.
French air squadrons have been raid
ing the railroad station at Wyfwege, in
Belgium. dropping forty-eght shells
| there on two visits.
Evening star., 1916-05-10
Belasco Tonight.

\ novelty in stage entertainment Is
promised tonight and for the remain
der of the week. with a matinee Satur-
day. at the Belasco when His Bridal
Night with the Dolly Sisters, is pre-
sented for the first time in Washing
ton. The play is a new'as we'll as
original farce comedy in three acts by
Lawrence Rising introducing Roszika
and Yancsi Dolly, who have danced
and acted their way into popular favor
in many Broadway successes.
The story has to do with a young
man who, on his bridal night. dis
covers that he cannot tell his wife
from her beautiful twin sister He is
in love with her and she loves him, but
he doesn't know which sister he has
married and both sisters have reasons
for pretending to be his wife. An un-
usual climax is reached, in which the
Dolly Sisters are given an opportunity
to present their famous dancing, and
this is followed by many surprises to
the very end. The cast includes Lu-
cille Watson, Jessie Ralph. Frank
Thomas. John Westley and Harry Lii
ford.
Evening star., 1916-05-10
Film Features.
Columbia.

Hazel Dawn pictured in THE Feud
Girl will be the feature picture at
Loew's Columbia Theater the first part ol
next week, beginning Sunday afternoon
The atmosphere for this picture was
found in the Georgia mountains. and il
is said that many of the mountaineers
who appear have had real experience in
feud warfare. Irving Cummings, Ger
trude Norman. Hardee Kirkland and
others of the Famous Players Company
are pictured in the cast.
Thursday. Friday and Saturday of next
week 'Pasquale,@ written by George Be
ban, and in which he plays the title role
will be the photoplay feature. Many OF
the scenes show what men are confronted
with in the trenches. bursting bombs and
other machines of modern war.
Evening star., 1916-05-10
"The Dickey Bird

The p. F. Keith Theater bill next
week will present Mary Shaw, the dis
tinguished actress. with her own COM
pany. in 1.-The Dickey Bird" heralded as
the only adequate defence of the
American husband; Jack Wilson, as
sisted by Lillian Boardman and Frank
Hurst in AN Impromptu Revue, in
which the foibles of footlisht folks are
held up for ridicule; Belle Baker.
singing character comedienne. with ex-
elusive songs about human types and
mundane topics; Jasper. the dog
star of Young America: Nine. Ade
laide Hermann. the successor of
Hermann the Great. who will offer
new illusions and magic as Gag
liostro. the Master of Mysteries"
Joseph Maxweils production of THE
Little Stranger" a racetrack romance:
Ralph Smalley. solo cellist; Beeman
and Anderson, roller skating wags: the
pipe organ recitals and the Pathe
News Pictorial
Evening star., 1916-05-10
REGULAR REPUBLICANS
ARE VICTORS IN MARYLAND
FACTION Led by Former Gov. Colds
borough Defeated in State
Convention.

BALTIMORE, May 10.-The faction
led BY former Gov. =. l.. Goldsboroueh h
was defeated In the republican state
convention here yesterday. and the four
delegates at large 10 the national con-
yention at Chicago presented by the
regular organization were elected.
Tney are: Gen. Felix Agnus. pub
Usher OF the Baltimore American: o. E.
Weller, defeated republican candidate
for governor at the last election; Wal
ter b. Miller and DR.. ]. Mcpherson
Scott. Twelve district delegates to the
national convention also were elected
The Chicago delegation is uninstructed
although some of the district delegates
are known to have strong Hughes or
Roosevelt leanings
Resolutions were adopted arraigning
the democratic tariff as wholly made
qUate either to provide sufficient revenue
for the support OF the government or to
protect American labor and industry
upon the farm.
The resolution condemned the feeble
and vacillating foreign policy of the
present democratic administration at
Washington" and its failure to take
any steps toward proper provision for
the common defense
Evening star., 1916-05-10
qAnl[llSE|k TENTS lEZ1[|@ Us
Gnasement describes it

week. The management describes y
as the act de luxe of the season.
Other offerings will include Kennedy
and Melrose in acrobatic clown non
sense; the Franklin Ardel Players III
The Suffragette.' in which they have
made great hit this season: I'll
QUOTA melodic surprise, and Gou
let Harris and Morey, ratheskeller
trio, with the latest and best in their
line.
Lonesome Luke" in The BONN
Throwers" will be the funny film and
Kitty Gordon, the English beauty. the
picture star in "As in Looking
Glass" the famous Equitable feature
will be shown thrice daily except Satur-
day. when the s pm. exhibition VIII be
omitted.
The Sunday concerts from to 0:3O
will feature a fine orchestral program,
new specialties and other attractions.
Evening star., 1916-05-10

THE Birth of Nation b. W. Grif-
ith's photoplay spectacle. continues to
attract large audiences to the National
Theater, although next week will be
the fifth of it's phenomenal engagement
in this city. Dealing with scenes
easily within the memory of many
men, this picture seems to exert a pc
culiar sway over the emotions of all
classes. Its love story, of type oft
told in tales of the civil war, has a
strong emotional appeal. Henry b
Walthau. Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper
and Lillian Gish are pictured in i'm
portant roles.
Evening star., 1916-05-10
RECORD SALE OF SEATS.
Orders for the First Municipal Opera
Tickets Start Well.

Tie frst order filled at the opening
OF the sale of seats this morning for
the Community Singing Society's mu-
nicIpsl grand opera production of
Martha" 10 be given at the Belasco
Thcater. May -, % and "a, was for
three boxes for members of the board
Of educate This was rapidly follow
ed by fifteen other orders for boxes and
for seats totaling more than $1,000.
This is the greatest sale of seats for
musical entertainment given under
civic auspices in this city. II is the
first time that grand opera was ever at
tempted under civic auspices, and the
response that has met the efforts of
the members of the society has been
particularly gratifying to them.
Evening star., 1916-05-10
TO PLAY BALL FOR CHARITY,
National Press and Metropolitan
Club Teams to Contest.

The gauntlet has been thrown down and
picked up. The National Press Club has
formally accepted the challenge to play
ball with picked team of players from
the Metropolitan Club. The date set is
June 3; the stage setting is American
League Park. and the proceeds are to
benefit Providence Hospital.
:. T. Early, Guy Mason, Jefferson Jones
and William Donaldson are the National
Press Club members who will organize.
coach and bring to unconQuerable pro-
fcioncy the team that is to represent
the scribes. Enlistments are now In order.
Evening star., 1916-05-10
Leader.

Once a Thief" d photoplay featuring
Bryant Washburn and Nell Craig, will be
shown at the Leader Sunday, with a
isis Hopkins comedy, "a Lunchroom
Legacy" picturing Rose Melville, and
''The Sheriff's Duty" featuring Joe Ryan
and Sid Jordan; Monday and Tuesday the
second nstallment of the serials, "Mys-
Evening star., 1916-05-10
LYceunl.

Two burlesques and olio are an
nounced for next week at the Lyceum
Thea ter. The first is entitled THE
Egyptian Springs, story with an
oriental atmosphere. Fun in the Union
Depot is the other Ora Entail, a
classic dancer, also will appear A chorus
of twenty girls and the runway will be
features at all performances.
Evening star., 1916-05-10
Back Home"

The Poll Players will return to the
gayer side of life next week, when Back
Home" will engage the talents of the
company. A. H. Van Buren, and Maude
Gilbert have prominent roles.
Back Home was founded on Irwin S.
Cobb's Judge Priest" stories. Judge
Priest, the lovable. and Jefferson Davis
Poindexter, his humorous servant, are. o.
course. among the important personages
in the plav
Evening star., 1916-05-10
Cosmos.

The Lonesome Lassies." the most
elaborate girl act" in this years
vaudeville, presented by B. y. Rolfe
and featuring Harry Watson, Jere De-
laney and fourteen fashion girls" in
a big musical and terpsichorean spec
tacle. with lots of laughable comedy.
will be the headline attraction at the
Cosmos Theater the last half of the
Evening star., 1916-05-10
Glen Echo Opens May 20.

One week from Saturday. May 90
Glen Echo Park will open for the 1916
summer season, under the same man
agement With a thrilling new ride
added to the old attractions, the park
will offer fresh inducements to the
capitals amusement seekers the com
ing season
Evening star., 1916-05-10
bANKHEAD ROADS BILL
PASSED BY THE SENATE
Measure Authorizes Expenditure of
S75,COo,000, Contingent Upon
States Paying Equal Amount.

The Bankhead good roads bill author
izing an expenditure of s75.000.000 by
the government in the construction of
post roads. contingent upon an equal ex-
penditure by the states, was passed by
the Senate Monday without record
vote being taken. The Bankhead bill
was substituted in the Senate for the
Schakleford bill which passed the
House, providing that noti more than
s25.00o,o 900 should be appropriated an
nuany by the government for good
roads.
The Senate measure includes a pro-
vision for the expenditure of 10000
o00 for roads in national forests.
Evening star., 1916-05-10
Provisions of the Bill.

The bill appropriates $1,000. 900 for the
year ending June 80, 1917. with the
increasing appropriations until 1921.
when the entire amount is TO have
been spent. The money is to be ap-
portioned by the Secretary of Asri-
culture. according to the terms of the
bill, on a basis of one-third in the ratio
of the area to which the states bear
TO the total area of the country, one
third in the ratio of the population
ard one-third in the ratio which the
mileage of rural delivery routes bears
to the total mileage in the country.
Evening star., 1916-05-10
ARMY At KUT-EL-AMARA
AT STARVAT|0N'S VERGE
British EYEWITNESS" Tells Of Des-
perate Plight of Gen. Town
shend's Forces.

LONDON, May 1O.-A dispatch from
the British eyewitness with the
Mesopotamia forces gives descrip-
tion of Gen. Townshend's holding out
against the Turks at kut-el- -Amara
while on the verge of starvation. The
men subsisted during the last fortnight
four ounces of -four daily and
ration of horse flesh. One of Gen.
Townshend's last wireless dispatches
before he capitulated said;
Have destroyed the guns and am
destroying the munitions. officers have
gone to Khalil Bey to say that we are
ready to surrender. We must have
some food and officers have gone to
bring some from the Turks.
White Flag Is Hoisted.
The last message sent by Gen. Town
shend said:
we have hoisted the white flag. 4
Turkish regiment is approaching
January "a the British discovered new
stores hidden in the houses. mostly un-
derground. They We're sufficient for
nearly three months on a gradually re-
duced scale. These We're commandeered
and paid for. one of the chief diff
culties was the fact that the civil pop
ulation remained in kut-elA Amara.
The few who tried to leave We're shot
by the Turks. who made it clear that
they would execute any persons who
tried to escape. Thus the garrison was
burdened with 5000 additional mouths
to feed.
Turkish Commander Kind.
khalil Pasha. the Turkish general to
whom! the forces under Gen. Town
shend surrendered. showed the utmost
consideration for his prisoners. khalil
Pasha expressed admiration for the
gallant defense of the garrison and
showed anxiety that they should be
well fed. He especially desired that
every comfort and consideration should
be shown to Gen. Townshend and eX-
pressed regret that his own supplies
were not more plentiful.
Evening star., 1916-05-10
Italian war. Charlie Chaplin and a
special feature film.

If you want work, read the want col
umns Of The Star
Evening star., 1916-05-10

daily features at the Virginia Theater.
The management announces, in addi-
ton. special features from the CAicorn
Film Service for the coming week. The
program Sunday includes a first time
shown Italian film of the Austro
Evening star., 1916-05-10
Recipe for Success.

From the Boston Transcript.
If you wish to get ahead and stay
ahead, use a head.
Evening star., 1916-05-10

teres of Myra," and of Who's Guilty."
will be shown
Virginia.
Charlie Chaplin's films of fun are
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-04
POSTAL SAVINGS
DEPOSITS HERE
STILL GROWING
February's Record Is Sur
passed By March Activi-
ties in Post Office.


While February was set down as
the banner month in the history of the
postal savings bank in this city, March
has surpassed it by a gain of nearly
81, 900. For several months past there
has been continual and steady in
crease in the postal savings deposits
which shows no signs of abatement.
The total amount on deposit now is
1920, 49, and there are 1874 open ac-
counts. The figures for March follow,
main office:
Three hundred and ffty-six new
accounts, AL accounts closed, 1876
deposits made. $40 Withdrawals, SAL
$50 deposited, $22,493 withdrawn,
$19.o57 gain 2,O33 open accounts,
and $224,621 on deposit
East Side station: 80 new accounts
opened, 81 accounts closed, 513 de-
posits, ITO Withdrawals, $13,672 de-
posted, $8,021 withdrawn, $5,651
gain. 629 open accounts, $73,715 on
deposit.
West End station: Fifty-four new
accounts opened, 38 accounts closed,
29s deposits, 129 Withdrawals, $500
deposited, 1881 withdrawn, 81 SO
gain, 28s open accounts, s21,593 on
deposit.
closed seven deposits, six Withdraw
ais, SIS deposited, $53 Withdrawn, SIS
gain, % open accounts, and $720 on
deposit.
Total: 500 new accounts opened, S72
closed, 2,695 deposits, 1,175 withdraw
ais, $780, 800 deposited, $33.098 with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-04
CARDINAL WRITES
OF POPE'S KINDNESS
IN PASTORAL NOTE

London,Apri1 4.-Cardinal Mercier's
pastoral letter, which evoked a re-
monstrance from Governor General
Won Kissing last month, has just been
received here. After expressing joy
at being back among his fellow coun-
tryment and stating that his journey to
Rome had been blessed beyond what
he had dared to hope, the Belgian car
dina1 says:
There are many. things which 1
cannot say You will understand that
the abnormal position prevents me
from laying before you open-heartedly
exactly what is in my soul and well
would be, if I could speak, of the
strongest comfort. But you will not
doubt my word when say that my
Journey to Rome has beeen specially
blessed and that Iireturn happy, very
happy.
1.-THE Holy Fathers kindness was
touching. From the rnomept of my
arrival in Rome he took me in his
arms and allowed me to tell him ev-
erything, to conf1de everything to him,
to think aloud before him. Paternal-
ly, he conso1ed, enlightened and en-
couraged me- He understands and
shares our care for our religious lib
critics and our patriotism" II
The pastoral concludes with an in
junction to trust in God and consistent
in prayer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-04
drawn. $27,292, gain, 2.974 open ac-
counts, and $S20,449 on deposit.
DELANEY ESTATE.

To clear up the title to a piece of
real estate, Margaret Mcdonald was
today appointed administrators of the
in the probate court today. Mr.. De-
laney died in 1914. His estate is a
one-sixth interest in a piece of real
estate valued at about $500. Chris
topher c.. Donohue and Mauritz OIL
son were named appraisers. Bridget
Delaney, mother of the owner of the
estate is dead. Besides Marearef
Mcdonald other heirs are his brother
and sister. Edward Delaney of Park
avenue and Mary Mead Of Main street;
Oscar Knaiblin and Nellie K. CoughIia
of North avenue, children Of a deceas-
ed sister, Nellie Knablin, and Robert
Edith, Mildred Casey and Jennie c.
Ross of Brooklyn, children of a de-
ceased sister, Jennie Casey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-04
STOCK MARKET


rJ.aw York April 4-Opening-Y es-
Ierdavss advance in specialties, espec-
ssSsJlv war shares, was resumed at to-
DAVIS opening of the stock exchange.
T-ffl, gains of one to four. points in
BALDWIN LOGON olive, New York Air
srbraJxe. Studebaker and Willys-Over7
Ianf5 Shipping shares were higher
NV a point. with marked activity IN
Mercantile Marine pfd and common.
Conpers were prominent but slightly
fyrae,,lar. Utah and Anaconda show
ing slight recessions, with Kennecott
unchanged, but Zinc issues We're
strong. Industrial Alcohol issues
gave promise of further prominence
and some minor specialties were frac-
tfona1ly higher Rails were again
backward
demonstrating became broader and
more animated, dealings in the first
hour approximatii1g 100000 shares,
with continued activity to noon Price
changes were irregular, however some
speciaIties, notably CrucibIe Steel and
81 few leading rails, falling under yes
terday's final figures, while others
supplemented early gains. Marines
became the outstanding feature,
with numerous large individual sales
of the common stock on it's advance
or SIS to 1e1 Ia. Motors and oils
were brought forward later, WHY'S
Overland extending its gain eight
points to 243 and Stud ebaker aim ost
four. Sugars were weak, Cuban
American declining 20 to 22o and
South Porto Rico nine to 207. Bonds
were lower.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-04
Devon Real Estate
Dealer Is Sued By
One of His Clients

Benson F. Snyder. a. Devon real es-
tate dealer, was the defendant in a
suit heard this morning before Judge
court. Fannie r. Anderson of Wor-
din avenue brought the action, al1eg-
ing misrepresentation on Snyder's
part.
She claimed that in 1914 she au-
thorized him to sell for her a piece
of property in Devon for $500. She
was in ill-health at the time and
was persuaded by Snyder, she says.
that the property was in poor condi-
tion and not worth more than $4,000.
Snyder induced her to sell the prop
erty to him for that amount. The
plaintiff Declares the plot was rea-
sonably worth $sl5oo at that time and
is valued at $4,000 now The trial
was in progress at press hour.