davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23

FIGHTING IN DvlNsk REGION
Russians Taking Of Advantage Of
German Activity at verdun.

Petrograd, March 22.-The Russian
operations on the northern front
promises to develop into the most
$ rs movement undertaken by
~ Q % in this theatre of war since
Fr> 'fate - Won Hindenbergs cam
paign {. -ibr, 'nsk last autumn.
Taking h. ssy German pre-oc-
cupation at Yes Russian staff
decided to anticipa.. my plans the
Germans might be making for an of
fensive in the Dvinsk region by SER
les of maneuvres which, if successful
would not only make 1t impossible for
them to institute the advance they
apparently intended, but also force
them out of the positions they now
hold against the Northern Russian
Army.
The position of the German forces
in the northern section takes the form
of an arc, with the army before
furthest extended into Russian terri
tory. This alignment makes the Ger
man position particularly susceptible
to flanking attacks by the Russians
north and south of Dvinsk These, as
officially announced, have already be-
gun.
In the region of Lake Narooz. south
of Dvinsk. the Russians advanced
along tenmile front, threatening the
Wilma Railroad and German communi-
cations between this point and Dvinsk
1t is unofficially reported that this
movement against the southern flank
Of the German Dvinsk position was ac
companied by maneuvers of the same
nature against the northern German
flank in the neighborhood of Friedrich
stadt
The effect of these two attacks, If
successfully executed, will be to
squeeze the Germans from their eX-
tended position before Dvinsk and
convert the present arc into straight
line from Friedrichstadt to Svientsy-
any.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
WHY GUNS JAMMED
Rapid-Firers Could Not Be Loaded In
the Darkness.

Washington, March 22.-An official
report explaining that difficulty Of
loading in darkness was responsible
for the failure of two of the four
weapons of the 18th cavalry's machine
gun troops in the fight with Villa and
his bandits at Columbus, has been re-
ceived at the war department Press
dispatches telling OF the guns jamming
had caused Brig-Gen. Crozier, chief of
ordnance, to order an investigation.
The report transmitted by the Of
ficer commanding the machine-gun
troop through the headquarters of the
San Antonio arsenal, follows:
"The reason for the jamming Of the
machine-guns during the fight last
Thursday morning was not the failure
of the mechanism to function proper
ly, but the fact that the night was
dark and it was very difficult mat
ter to load the guns. In loading the
guns the feed strip has to be inserted
properly in this guide. If the strip
is not inserted properly in this guide
the gun will fire about five shots and
will then jam. This happened to two
of my guns as it was so dark that it
was almost impossible to get the strips
in the slots The other two guns did
not jam and the execution they did
showed the value of machine-gun fire
The ammunition used was not reloaded
and had been manufactured since 1910
The extractors are all model 1914.
Gen. Crozier appeared to regard the
explanation as satisfactory, as the
troopers were fighting under the most
adverse conditions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
CURF[W WILL 60
INTO EFFECT At
$3.50 TONIGHT
All Children Under 10 Years Of Age
Must Then Leave Streets
EXCEPTIONS IN CERTAIN CASES
Regulations Do Not Apply to Ju.
venles Who Are Accompanies by
Parent or Guardian.

At $3.50 O'Clock tonight all children
under Is years must leave the streets
OF Bennington and return to their
homes, unless there is some reasonable
excuse for their presence on the
thoroughiares after that hour.
Through its publication in the Ban
ner today the curfew ordinance adopt
ed at the village meeting on Tuesday
Will be in effect tonight. While the
ordinance is now eiieteive, some of
the minor details for the carrying out
of its provision have not been com.
pleted. One Of the matters for which
arrangements have not yet been made
is the signal announcing the hour
when the children must cease to fire.
quent the streets. 1t is probable that
this requirement, and any others that
may have been omitted, Will be dis
cussed at gathering of the village
board of trustees this evening The
ordinance is as follows:
An ordinance prohibiting persons un-
der Is years Of age from being ON the
streets, alleyways or public places at
night after $3.50 o'clock
Be it Ordained by the Village Of Ben
nington. as follows:
Section /. is hereby made unlawful
for any person under Is years Of age to
be or remain in or upon. any OF the
streets, alleys or public places in the
Village of Bennington at night after o.
80 clock, unless such persons are ac-
companied by a parent, guardian or
other person having the legal custody
of such minor person or Is in the per-
Torrance of an errand or duty direct
ed by such parent, guardian or other
person having the care of such minor
persons, or whose legal employment
makes it necessary TO be upon the
streets, alleys or public places during
the night time after said specified hour.
Provided, This exception shall not ap-
ply when the person under age shall be
playing or unnecessarily lettering in or
upon said street, alley or public place,
whether alone or accompanied by a
parent, guardian or any person whom
sOevei.
Section g 1t is hereby made unfaw-
full for any parent, guardian or other
person having the legal care and Gus
tody of any person under is years of
age to allow or permit any such child,
ward or other person under such age
II go or be in or upon any CT the streets
or public places in said city within the
time prohibited in section / of this or
dinance, unless there exists reasona-
bic necessity therefor.
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
that no child or minor person arrested
under the provisions OF this ordinance
shall be placed in confinement until the
parents or guardian of such minor per-
son shall have been notified of such
arrest and shall have refused to be
held responsible for the observance. of
the provisions this ordinance by said
minor person. }@--fEr
Section 4. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
It's passage and publication.
Adopted ct the Annual Village Meet
ing March, q, 1916.
w. p Hogan, M
Clerk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
GERMANS GAIN HILL
SOUTH WEST Of
MALANC0URT
verdun Region Shaken by AII.Day
Roar of Artillery
FRENCH LOSE MORE TRENCHES
Berlin Claims to Have Bagged Nearly
5000 UnWounded Prisoners Since
Monday.

London, March 22.-German attacks
made today to the northwest of Yer
dun resulted in the occupation of a
part of slight elevation southwest of
Malancourt.
These attacks followed violent
bombardment which lasted all day,
and all except the one against Hau-
court Hill were checked by the French
curtain of artillery hre and the vol
leys of the French riflemen
The Vaux-Douaumon region, north
east OF Verdun, was the scene OF an
intense bombardment.
Berlin now estimates the number OF
French prisoners taken in the last two
days of fighting on the west bank OF
the Meuse at nearly 5000.
The battle to the northwest OF Yer
dun appears to be merging itself with
the conflicts In the Argonne which in
creased in intensity today, the French
artillery vigorously searching German
positions in the region of La File
Morte and Montfaucon, the latter OF
which is within the Nerdun zone of
fire.
The official bulletin issued in Berlin
says:
During the work of clearing up the
battlefields after the attacks OF
March 20 northeast of Ayocourt, and
owing to the occasional capture OF ad-
ditional trenches from the enemy out
side the wooded sections, the number
of unwounded prisoners captured
there has been increased to fifty Off
GERS and 2,914 men.
Artillery battles continued on both
sides of the Meuse with great yio-
lence. although at times they became
less intense.
At Obersept the French again at
tempted to make up fer the check
they suffered on Feb. l3. They were
repulsed with considerable losses.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
FATHERS AND SONS
Old Y. M. C. A. Function Here For
First Time

" ith the object in view of bringing
| about a closer relationship between
| fathers and sons, the association will
hold Father and Son Supper Wednes-
day evening, March 18th, at quarter of
seven.
This is not new idea, although new
to Bennington, but it is one of the hap
piest ideas which the association has
struck, and these banquets are now
held the country over.
First will come an excellent supper,
to be served by the ladies' Auxiliary Of
the Y. NJ c. A. The menu has no rela-
tion to the price, as it is the wish that
no father and son shall remain at home
because of the cost. A nominal charge
OF twenty-five cents per plate will be
made, but the supper in itself will re-
pay those who attend. There will be
orchestral music to add to the enjoy
ment Of the supper.
The keynote of the evening will be
struck by A. j. Pierce, boys work Sec
retary of the Troy Y. NJ. C. A. The
president and secretary of the local as
sociation went to Pittsfeld recently to
hear Mr.. Pierce, and were so impressed
WltH lHe importance OIL MS message
that he was signed up on the spot for
the coming occasion. Mr.. Pierce speaks
to fathers OF all creeds about the prac-
tical, essential needs of boys, and his
audience files out quietly, thoughtfully,
determined
There will also be present the state
Y. NJ. c. A. secretary, Bryon n Clark,
of Burlington. who will speak briefly
u is the custom to hear from each
father and son, and Roger Burt and
A. w. Braisted have consented to speak
from their points of view. Ray Pad
dock will act as toastmaster.
Each father will receive an appro-
pirate souvenir of the occasion.
All fathers, with sons between
twelve and twenty-one, are cordially.
whether members of the Y. NJ. C. A. or
not, so far as they can be acco mo-
dated. The ladies wish to know or
before Saturday of this week row
many will attend There are at pre-
sent seventy-five plates asked for and it
is feared that all who may wish to go
cannot be accommodated. Telephone,
write CT call at the Y NJ. c. A. at once
for reservations.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
FOUND ARSENIC IN STOMACH
Suspicion That Michigan Millionaire
Was Murdered.

New York, March 22.-District At.
torney Swami had an interview today
with DR.. Arthur Warren Waite. den
tist, whose fatherin-aw, John f. Peck,
an aged drug dealer of Grand Rapids,
Mich, died suddenly here March y.
An inquiry which has been undertak-
en- resulted it was said. from the dis
covery that arsenic in quantities that
no physicians prescription would con
tain was found in Mr. Peck's stomach
Mrs. Peck died suddenly here on Jan.
uary 20 while on visit to her daugh-
ter and son-in-law in their Riverside
Drive home.
Mr.. Peck came to New York a short
time after the death of his wife. He
seemed in good health for a time, it
was said, but toward the end of Feb
ruary suffered from slight intestinal
arrangement. He became very i'll on
the afternoon of March IL and died
the following morning. AS in the case
Of his wife it was explained that he
had suffered greatly from nausea in
the few hours before his death.
Dictrict Attorney Swami in a brief
interview with Dr. Waite said he di-
rected the latters attention to the
similarity of symptoms which attend
ed the brief illness of Peck and
of Mrs. Peck.
News that there was any suspicion
concerning the cause of death of Mr.
Peck never reached DR.. Waite, he is
said to have told Mr.. Swami, until
Monday when he was SO informed by
his wife's aunt. Miss Katherine A
Peck. Dr. Waite said he Immediately
telegraphed to Percy Peck, Mr.. Peck's
son, in Grand Rapids when the discov-
cry was made of arsenic in the stom-
ach of Mr.. Peck.
DR.. Waite, who is 20 years old, mar
ried Miss Peck, only daughter of the
millionaire drug man, in Grand Rapids
September 8. 1915. Mrs. Waite is at
present in Grand Rapids.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
EDWARD vANDERsURG DEAD
Lifelong Resident OF Village Passed
Away This Morning.

Edward Van Derburg, aged 81, a
well-known colored man whose home
was at the Guideboard died this
morning after an illness which had
troubled him for some time.
The VanDerburg family settled in
this country shortly after the Revolu-
ton and have lived about this part of
the country since. The deceased had
lived practically all his life in and
around Bennington. He was known
as hard worker and was respected
by those who knew him. He is the
father of Harry w. VanDerburgh. the
well-known janitor for number of
Main street buildings. Funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
The VanDerburgs came either from
Holland or some colony of that coun-
try which accounts for, their Dutch
name. They were probably the first
c0lored family to come to this part of
the country.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
FORCE ECONOMY ON YOUTHS
German Authorities Order Them to
Deposit Their Earnings.

Berlin, March 20, (by Wireless to
Sayville,) ,)-An official decree was is
sued today to the effect that minors
engaged in gainful occupations shall
not receive more than Is marks week
ly Of their earnings, together with a
surplus amounting to not more than
one-third of the amount paid in excess
of 1S marks. The residue must be de-
posted in savings banks, not to be
withdrawn during the war
This measure was decided upon ow-
ing to the fact that exceptionally high
salaries are being paid and that in
some instances the money has been
wasted because the fathers or guard
ians Of the minors, being at the front,
are unable to exercise proper super
vision.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
Y. M. c. A. SOCIAL
Third of Series Shows Increasing
Popularity.

Last evening $50 young people as
SO far as it is possible to count ac-
curately an increased attendance of
80 over the last social in February.
And they came early, many arriving
before eight o'clock.
The program was practically the
same as heretofore, including games,
dancing and refreshments. OF late
checkers and chess have become quite
popular at the "Y", and last night
there were not boards enough to meet
the demand In fact, the building and
equipment were taxed about to capaci-
ty.
No simple task falls to the social
committee to keep things going, and
instructing the ladies in the different
games, and the work Of this commit
tee was everywhere in evidence, under
the direction of William II. Cone, who
has just assumed the chairmanship.
Many thought the blizzard advertised
for today had got ahead of itself when
showers of confetti were released up
on the dancers from the clouds in the
gym.
There was liberal sprinkling of
parents throughout the building. The
patronesses were Mrs. w. b. Sheldon
who is the newly elected president of
the Auxiliary, Mrs. Z. T. Hogle, Mrs
G. S. Mills, Mrs. L. H. Ross, Mrs. E.
l. Hunter. Mrs. l.. H. Royce, Miss
Nellie Moore, Mrs. H. H. Webster, and
Mrs. f. A. Wilkinson.
Probably one more social will be
held sometime in April this season.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
LOSS OF 1000 VESSELS
Washington Estimate on Wars Effect
on Commerce.

Washington, March 22.-The Euro
pean war has taken from the seas
more than 1000 merchant vessels of
nearly 100000 tonnage, according to
figures published by the department of
commerce. Germany, with 600 vessels
sunk, captured or detained, heads the
list Of losers. Two hundred and
twenty-five of the 500 British vessels
lost were sunk by submarines. Great
Britain's allies lost 167 ships, Austria
lost so and Turkey 1874. The total OF
neutral losses is put at 1856, but most
of these were released after being re-
ported captured. Nnety-two neutral
vessels have been summarized and "a
sunk by mines. Twenty-three have
been damaged by submarines and
mines
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
Colds Quickly Relieved

Many people cough. and cough
from the beginning of Fall right
through to Spring, Others get cold
after cold. Take DR.. Kings New Dis
covery and you will get almost i'm
mediate relief. 1t checks your cold,
stops the racking, rasping, tissue-tear-
ing cough, heals the Inflammation,
sooths the raw tubes. Easy to take,
Antiseptic and Healing. Get a soc
bottle Of Dr. Kings New Discovery to
day. 1T is certainly a great medi-
cine and keep bottle of it continu-
ally on hand" writes w. c.. Jesseman,
Franconia, N. IA. Money back if not
satisfied.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
WARsHIP SENT TO TAMPlco
Americans There Said to Be Uneasy
and Preparing to Leave.

Galveston, Texas, March 22.-The
United States battleship Kentucky,
which put to sea under sealed orders
late yesterday, was sent to Tampico, it
was reported today The battleship
sailed before 1t was possible to deliver
coal and other supplies.
While quiet prevails at Tampico,
there is an undertone of uneasiness
among the American residents, accord.
ing to reports brought here by mine
refugees who arrived today on board
the oil tank steamer Topila The par
ty included three men, five women,
wives of oil field operatives, and one
girl. They report that there were sew.
eral hundred Americans who were anx.
ious to leave Tampico.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
BIG GERMAN SHIP SUNK,
Esperanza, with Food for Turks,
Caught by Russians.

London, March 22.-The sinking by
a Russian warship of the steamship
Esperanza off Kali Akra, in the Black
Sea off the Rumanian coast, is report
ed in a Reuter- dispatch filed at Bucha-
rest on Sunday.
The Esperanza, 7,000-ton vessel, fly
ing the German flag, is said to have
been loaded with foodstuffs for Con-
stantinople. The crew was captured by
the Russians.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
FIVE SHIPS HELD UP.
American Tanker Among Those. De-
tanned by the British.

London, March 20, delayed by
or)-The following steamers
have been taken into Kirkwall; 3tT
Hammersfjord, Norwegian and Mar
yik Swedish, from Narvik for Phila-
iephia, with cargoes of iron ore; Os-
car H., Danish, from Christiania for
New York, with a general cargo and
mails and passengers; Wico, Ameri-
can tanker, from New York for Stock
som, with petroleum, and Steinstad,
Norwegian, from Baltimore for Aal-
borg, with cargo OF maize.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
Cut This Quit Is Worth Money

Vut nl8 Out-u I6 worth MoHey
DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with &c and mail 1t to
Foley & Co., Chicago, ILL.,, Writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound, for lagrippe coughs, colds
and Group; Foley Kidney Pills, for
lame back, weak kidneys, rheumatism.
bladder troubles. and Foley Cathartic
Tablets, wholesome and throughly
cleansing cathartic, for constipation,
biliousness, headache and sluggish
bowels. Sold everywhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
Named by County Judges For Three
"Wet" Towns.

County Judges II. n. Shaw of Man.
chester and C. A. Perry of Readsboro
have completed the appointment of
license commissioners for the three
towns OF Bennington county that voted
yes" at the March election. They
are as follows:
Bennington: William A. Root, j.
ed Walbridge, E. d. Moore.
Pownal: George A. Dunn, Elijah
Barber, Arthur Smith.
Searsburg: Hugh Rice, Fred ID.
Bagley, George Biddle.
Judge Perry is still confined to his
home at Readsboro by illness, but
Judge Shaw consulted with him by
phone before making the several ap-
pointments. ,e~-s4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
100000 FIRE LOSS
Oklahoma Oil Field Swept b,
Flames.

Tulsa, Okla, March 23.-Damage es-
timated at S1,O00,000 has been caused
in the fire-swept district of the Cush
ing oil field. The fire, which started
Tuesday night, was burning at noon
yesterday, but was diminishing in in
tensity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
WooDFoRD HOLLOW

On Sunday afternoon next at 8
o'clock there will be service at the
Ferndale church. Everybody living in
the vicinity is invited to attend.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
LOSS OF MILLIONS
0S0UTH[RN
CITIES BY FIRE
Business Sections Of Nashville
and Augusta Flame Swept
MANY HOMES ALSO BURNED
At Least 600 Residences in Nashville
Destroyed and 5000 Are Without
Shelter.

Augusta, Ca, March 22-Fire
caused damage estimated at more than
$2,O00,00O in the downtown section OF
Augusta tonight and at late hour
was eating its way unchecked down
Broad street. where the city's princi-
pal business houses are located
Ten blocks had been destroyed or
were burning and the flames had
spread to residential sections.
Shortly before midnight the flames
were carried by the wind into the resi-
Dental section, where a new confiagra-
tion soon was making rapid headway.
The outbreak was four blocks from the
blaze in the business section.
The Dyer bank building was among
the structures destroyed and the Union
bank building, the Western Union
building and the building housing the
Augusta Chronicle and Augusta Her
aid were among those damaged.
Fire companies with equipment were
rushed here on special trains from Ma
con and Atlanta,
There apparently was little hope of
saving Cotton Row. a string of ware
houses where s5,000,0O0 worth of cot
ton was stored The Cotton Exchange
and the Board of Trade building also
were directly in the path of flames.
After midnight the fire began to
lose headway and it was believed it
might be checked in few hours.
Nashville, Tenn, March ga
BAH OF yarn, lighted and thrown by
boy into dry grass in a vacant lot,
started a conilagration in Nashville at
noon which was not under control m.
til late this afternoon after thirty-five
residence blocks had been swept. Loss
is estimated at 81 100000.
A wind driving at fifty miles an
hour famed the grass into torrent
of fame which quickly caught a plan
ing mill and leaped from building to
building until at least 500 residences
had been destroyed. the East Nashville
snbpostotiice burned down, the big
Warner public school and several
churches reduced to ruins.
Tonight it Is estimated at least 5000
persons are homeless.
National guardsmen called ont by
Governor Rye went on duty in the fire
zone late this afternoon and will re-
main to aid relief work and prevent
lootin:.
Pitful scenes were in evidence
everywhere tcnight The fire spread
with such suddenness that members
Of many families have been separated
Men were vainly looking for wives and
parents were seeking children.
1t is believed most of the missing
will be found in homes of Nashville
residents where the homeless were
taken after the fire. Thrilling rescues
were made. Several women were
saved by men who risked their lives
by rushing through the flames.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont. fair tonight. Friday fair and
warmer.