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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
When the Administration Runs of Note Pap-And Paper
HOME ECONOMICS
Unique and Interesting Program
Saturday.

The Home Economics program of
the Fortnightly at the Congregational
chapel Saturday afternoon was unique
and very interesting and reflects much
credit upon the committee under Mrs.
William H. Wills and also upon our
progressive and up-to-date business
men who so kindly co-operated in max
ing the affair success Their exhibits
of pure food, as guaranteed by the
Westiield catalogue, were most at
tractively arranged in the ladies' par
lor and were certainly an appetizing
sight. One of the exhibitors had most
fortunately sent a demonstrator to
this miniature food fair and so every
guest had a chance to taste delicious
mayonnaise served on crackers; but
everything looked so thoroughly good
to eat that in spite of this opportunity
everybody went home hungry. The
merchants and business firms who con
tributed this interesting exhibit were
E. f. Bottum. w. L. Gokay, B. S.
Loomis, e. B. Patterson, C. l.. Hudson,
Estes Market, Moores Market, Nc
Cues Market. The Satter Grocery
and Tea Co., The Direct Importing Co.
and the Davenport Bakery.
The recipes brought in by club mem
bers were conveniently arranged in
alcoye, and were easily copied by the
ladies who had come prepared with
paper and pencil. In this room there
was also quiz for housewives of
twenty questions to test their efTicien-
cy, which was very amusing as well
as instructive
The program opened with two short
papers. one read by Mrs. Wills and the
other by Miss Dorothy Patchin. pupil
in the domestic science course of our
High school, and it was very pleasing
to hear so fine a record of the West
field pure food movemnet from one of
our young students. Between the
papers Miss Helen Cutting played
piano solo, giving much pleasure and
the program as whole was one of the
best of the home programs presented
this year.
The next meeting on April 10, is the
last OF the season. and beside import
ant business and the annual election
Of officers, will present an attractive
prigran on Bennington Bird Life"
by Mrs. Lucretius H. Ross and close
with a social tea
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
WAITE PREPARED TO DIE
Self-confessed Poisoner Expects to Be
Electrocuted.

New York, April 3.--The first of a
series of examinations into the sanity
of DR.. Arthur Warren Waite, self-con-
fessed slayer of his father-in-law, John
Z. Peck of Grand Rapids, was made at
Bellevue hospital, yesterday, by an
alienist employed by the Waite fam
lily. After an examination had been
completed the physician who has been
attending Waite announced his physi-
cal condition was such that he could
not be arraigned today to plead to
the indictment charging him with
murder in the first degree, as had
been proposed by District Attorney
Swami.
W. r. Duel, Waite's attorney, ad-
mitted yesterday that his client had
confided to him that he had intended
to murder his wife, in the hope there
by Of obtaining her share in the Peck
riches, love of money and the desire
for luxury, the attorney said, were the
motives for Waite's crime. The young
dentist now is suffering from remorse.
Mr. Duel said, and constantly ex-
presses regard for his wife as well as
sorrow for the trouble he has brought
on her.
Waite, according to Mr.. Duel. is anx-
ious to atone for his crime as soon
as possible, "ard looks forward eager
ly to death in the electric chair" The
prisoner spends much of his time writ
ing letters and notes on whatever
scraps of paper he can obtain at the
hospital.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
FRENCH CLEARED
OUT OF TRENCH ).
Y AT HAUCOURT
Berlin Reports Capture Of 1000
Yards of DefenCeS
FIGHTING ON THE MEUSE
Paris Reports That German Infantry
Attacks Were Eventually
Repulsed.

London, April 3.-The German Off
cial statement issued in Berlin yester-
day announces that Teuton troops
have cleared 1000 yards OF French
trenches northeast of Haucourt III ad-
dition to the positions taken March 30.
The Germans took 7S1 prisoners in
the battle of Vaux March 81. The only
mention of fighting around Nerdun
Saturday tells of the repulse Of a
French counter-attack after terrific
artillery bombardment near Vaux.
A dispatch from Paris at 11.40 p m.
says that the Germans launched heavy
attacks again yesterday against the
French positions, both west and east
of the Meuse. To the west the at
tacks were repulsed, but to the east,
in the neighborhood of Fort Douau-
mont, the assaulting forces penetrat-
ed the Caillete wood, lying to the
south. From the northern part of the
wood they were almost Immediately
elected by French counterattacks.
No new infantry attack was
launched by the Germans Saturday
night against the French fortifcations
of Verdun, according to the official an
nouncement issued yesterday aft ar
noon by the war department in Paris.
On the western bank of the Meuse
the Teutons violently bombarded
French positions in Avocourt woods,
but there was no infantry attack On
the east bank of the Meuse in the
Verdun section the night was calm.
The text of the statement follows:
West of the Meuse the lombard
ment was rather violent against our
positions in the wood of Avocourt, but
there was no infantry action. East OF
the Meuse the night was calm. The
enemy in the region of Douaumont
and Vaux made no new attack. In the
Woevre the artillery activity was fee
BILE. There was no event of impor-
tance in the course Of the night on the
entire front"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
U-BOATS REAP IN C
BIGGER HARVEST
IN CHANNEL
lIOyd's Reports the Sinking Of Four
More Steamers
ALLIES BARRIERS DAMAGED
Rough Weather in English Channel
Has Opened That Section for
Submarine Activity.

London, April 2.--Lloyd's reports
that the Norwegian steamship Peter
Hamre was sunk Saturday night while
at anchor. One man, the sole surviy-
or of the crew OF fifteen, has been
landed from the Kentlsh Knock Light
ship.
The Peter Hamre had tonnage Of
1880 gross and was 2S4 feet long She
was owned by S. Tonnesen & Co., of
Bergen, Norway.
The British liner Achilles was sunk
Friday. Four members of her crew
are missing. The Captain and sixty
two other persons from the steamer
have been landed. The Achilles was
a vessel of 1000 tons and was in the
Australian trade.
The British steamer Goldmouth has
been sunk, and her crew, two members
of which are suffering from injuries
was landed at Penzance, says a
Lloyd's dispatch from that place, dat
ed Saturday. The Goldmouth was of
7,446 gross tons and was All feet
long She was probably in the Gov
ernment service.
The British steamship Ashburton
has been sunk by shrapnel shells fired
by a German submarine. Five mem.
bers of the crew have been taken to
the hospital The vessel. according to
the Exchange Telegraph Company,
was not armed.
A Reuter- dispatch from Almeria
says the crew of the Norwegian steam
ship Norne has been landed there
The Norne the sinking of which has
been previously reported, was torpe
doed' by German submarine in the
Bay OF Biscay on Mareh-26. The men
We're allowed ten minutes in which tC
leave the vessel.
Paris. April 1.-(Delayed Owing
to the fact that bad weather has dam.
aged the Entente Allies barriers, caus-
ing mines to drift and making the en-.
trance TO the Channel easier. sub
marines have been more active there
during the last three weeks than fol
four months, according to semi-ofii
cia communication dealing with the
| marine situation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
LEONARD H. GODFREY
Springfield Electrical Salesman Died
at Home Here Sunday Forenoon.

at 7oHe. mere SUNDAY forenoon.
Leonard H. Godfrey, aged 26, a
salesman for the general Electric
company and connected with the
g. '9gfield, Mass, Office of that cor.
pc'ate Lf.aied at the home of his par
ents, M.'OTary rs. Henry c. Godfrey,
on Main stree Sunday forenoon.
Because of failing health he was
granted three months vacation last
December and returned to his home
here in the hope that the change OF
location would be beneficial. Every
possible medical attention and the low
ing care of family and friends, how
ever, failed to restore his failing
strength and his decline was rapid to
the end which peacefully came to him
at II o'clock Sunday forenoon.
Leonard Hyde Godfrey, was born
in Bennington October Is, 1889.
He was educated at the Ben
nington high school and began his
life work with Il. E. Larrabee, the
present superintendent of the Twin
State Gas and Electric company. He
followed the trade of an electrician
here in Bennington for about two
years and then entered the employ of
the General Electric company, being
first stationed at the plant in Pittsfield.
From Pittsfield he was transferred to
Schenectady to complete his technical
knowledge of the business before tax.
ing a position with the sales depart.
ment.
For about three years he had been
connected with the Springfield office
of the company and by his untiring
energy and faithfulness and because
of his thorough preliminary training
he had acquired an exceptional reputa
tion as salesman and had won his
way into the esteem and affections OF
his chief and his business associates
In August, 1914, he married Grace
d. Livingston, daughter of Mrs. James
II. Livingston who together with his
parents, two brothers, II. Douglas
Godfrey and William Godfrey and
two sisters, Ruth NJ Godfrey
and E. Florence Godfrey, have the
sincere sympathy OF The community
in their bereavement. Here in Ben
nington, where the larger portion OF
his life was passed, the news of his
death will be sadly received by large
circle Of friends.
The funeral will be held from the
house at 2.30 o'clock Wednesday after
noon, Rev. George S. Mills. pastor Of
the Second Congregational church
will officiate and the burial will be in
the Park Lawn cemetery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
HIGHEST DAM IN THE WORLD.
Difficulties Overcome In Building the
ArrowroclS, In Idaho.

The dam is built in n narrow, precip
itous canyon. through which the turbu
lent Boise river races. Its name Is
gained from a gigantic rock in tina,
canyon. the Arrowrock, which had
won its name from the custom of the
rowing Indians, who shot arrows into
the face of it TO tell their comrades
which way they had Travelled. BY the
angle of the arrow the late comerS
knew whether those in advance had
gone up stream or down or up one Of
the many tributaries.
The construction of the dam COM
menced in 1911, although much prelim'
mary and preparatory work had been
done before that, the most important
being that of diyerting the river from
the site of the dam while the building
was in progress. This was done by
cutting a tunnel through the canyol
walls for 500 feet ana turning the
river through that. This tunnel was
large enough to carry the river at its
highest flood and was lined with ce-
ment. When the dam was finished the
tunnel was plugged with solid cement
In order to reach solid rock on which
to anchor the dam foundation it was
necessary to go down ninety-one feet
below the normal bed of the river No
less than 225,000 cubic yards of soil
and gravel were removed to lay bare
this bedrock.
The dam as finished is 3iS feet high.
2I0 feet thick at the base, taperlng TO
sixteen feet at the top, where there is
a fine driveway, lighted at night with
artistic electric lamps. The length of
the dam is 1000 feet, curving grace
fully upstream with radius of G62
feet. In its construction 100000 cubic
yards of cement were used, sufficient
to make column ten feet square and
twenty-seven miles high.-J, Il. STRAIT
ton in st. Nicholas.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
"ROsEMARY" AT THE HARTE
Marguerite Snow in Famous English
Drama Today

Admirers of Marguerite Snow
known and loved by thousands of mo
tion picture patrons as pretty
Peggy will be delighted to learn that
she is now starring at the head of her
own company under Metro auspices
and will be seen here at Harte today in
Rosemary" a five part feature pic.
ture produced by Quality Pictures Cor
poration.
This brilliant star will be supported
by a notable cast in this production
including Paul Gilmore, the popular
romantic stage star; Frank Bacon, the
mastery character actor and a dozen
others of like Importance. Rose
mary" is the adaptation of the famous
English drama in which John Drew
was starred at the Empire Theatre, the
home theatre of the late Charles
Frohman, on Broadway. 1t Is a beau
tiful story Of English country life and
affords Miss Snow an excellent oppor
unity to display her unusual charm
and distinctive dramatic gifts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
oDDFELLoWS LOSE MONEY
Thief Entered Lodge Rooms Friday
Night by Fire Escape.

About $40 in money was lifted from
the cigar counter of the local Odd Eel
lows Rooms Friday night by thief
who gained access from the fire es-
cape. Two desks were also pried open
by the intruder but nothing of value
taken from them.
The Job was not the work of boys
is certain because the lodge officers
state that after jimmying a window
from the fire escape in the rear, the
thief left the mud print of new
moccasin rubber on a settee just in.
side.
Another peculiar feature of the
break was ten pennies and So worth
of stamps in the drawer which were
not touched. Neither were the cigars
disturbed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
GYMNASIUM EXHIBITION
Indoor Track Meet for Girls Glasses
at Library Hall Friday Afternoon.

1t has always been the custom for
the recreation classes to give an ex
hibition of their work, near the close
of the winter season. This year in
stead of the usual large festival, sew
aral separate affairs will be given
each distinctive of the various branch
es of the work. The Camp Fire girls
will give play and possibly public
council, later Mrs. Fishers histori-
cal play will incorporate many of the
features Of the usual festival, but in
order to give the parents and interest
ed friends an opportunity to see what
the girls have been doing in gymnas
ium this winter, all the classes will
join in an indoor meet on Friday after
noon at $3.50 at Library hall The
regular order of gymnasium exercises
will be followed with competitive
marching, folk dancing. relay races
and a Newcomb tournament, judges
and other officials will be appointed
and the winning club will receive apen
nant. All parents and friends are
most cordially invited end their inter
est solicited. There will be no charge
of admission.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
The Great Chain,

The great chain" the links of which
were two and one.half inches square
and one foot long, each link weighing
140 pounds, was stretched across the
Hudson river at West Point, just be-
low Fort Clinton, May 1, IT'S, to pre-
vent the British warships from ascend.
ing the riyer. The total weight of the
chain was $50 tons, and its length
was 4j0 yards. Parts of 1t are still
preserved ut West Point.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
SAVE YOUR RAGS
Chance for Thrifty People to Add To


Income.
The housewife who sells her collec.
tion of old rags, papers and rubbers
to junk dealer at the same price that
used to prevail, is not thrifty. In
fact, she is loosing money at every
such sale The scarcity of old news
papers and white rags in particular is
so keenly felt by the paper manufac
turers that they are paying very high
prices for these necessary commodi
ties. The result is that junk dealers
are growing rich and there is no need
to make them richer by practically
giving to them for six cents per 100
pounds what should bring from 25 to
35 cents per 100 pounds.
The following authentic table Of
prices will be of interest to the house.
wife. 1t tells what junk dealers
should pay for:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
hMERICANS FAIL
To c A I Ell Up
WITH VILLA
Bandit Chief Manages TO Keep Out
of Col. DOdd'S Clutches
CAk0 HAS QUIT CARRAbzA
Ceserts de Facto Government with
His Troops and Joins Villas
Command.

Columbus, n. NJ, April 2.-The re-
ports received here at base headquart-
ers from the front today were to the
effect that Colonel George A. Dodd and
his men of the Seventh Cavalry were
still pursuing Villa in a northwesterly
direction from the scene of last Wed.
nesday's engagement
There has been no further contact
with the Villa forces since their de.
feat Wednesday as far as is known
here The army officers think the fact
that Villa has been wounded will make
1t practically impossible for him to
hide out, separated from his men, for
any considerable length of time, on
account of need of medical attendance
First Lieut. Allen w Gullion of the
Twentieth Infantry. the Adjutant OF
the eXpeditionary base, left for the
front today to make tour of the en-
tire line Of communication between the
base and the most advanced forces
The commanders OF the base have
charge OF the line of communication
and it is the Adjutants purpose to
strengthen this line and facilitate the
transmission of messages from the
front.
The fact that the four men injured
in the fight with Villas force have not
been brought back here yet is taken
by headquarters to indicate that theil
injuries were very slight and that they
are being treated in the field and
soon will be able to return to duty
The first two automobile ambulances
left for the front yesterday, however
and il is possible that these wounded
men win be kept at the field hospitals
until the ambulances have arrived.
San Antonio, Tex, April st was
stated yesterday at the headquarters
of Maj Gen. Frederick Funston that
there appeared to be reason to believe
that Col Cano, who was leading one
of the heavier Carranza government
forces operating with the American
forces in the search for Francisco
Villa, had revoted against Gen Car.
rama and had Joined the bandit. The
reports of Col. Cano's action had not
been confirmed late yesterday.
Unless Villa is definitely located
within the next day or two it is be
lieved at San Antonio that Gen Per
shing will begin a dogged search fol
him in the mountains west and south
of Guerrero. Since the defeat o.
Villas force. March 29, in and neal
Guerrero. the American commander
has had lightly equipped model detach
ments of cavalry swooping through
| the district about the head waters OF
| the Santa Maria river in efforts to 10
cate the elusive bandit. reported tc
have gone in that direction after being
| desperately wounded, Gen Pershing
did not get report through TO Ger
Funston yesterday, but his chief Of
staff reported, indicating that the line
Of communication was maintained.
There is increasing belief that Gen
Pershing may have been deceived il
regard to the direction taken by Vills
and even concerning his injuries
Some reports indicate that he was no
injured at ALL and instead of goine
northeast of Guerrero he had moveC
into the hills to the south and east
A direction American army officers
had expected him to take.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03

We the undersigned wish to extend
our thanks to our friends and COM
munity at large who did such excel
lent service in saving our barn and
house from burning.
w. L. Campbell and family.
Pownal, VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
VILLA EDUCATING YOUTHS
Pays for Their Tuition at California
Military Academy.

San Rafael. Calf. April 4.-Six
Mexican youths are being educated at
local military academy at the ex-
pense of Francisco Villa, 1t became
known today. They have been study
ing here since 1913, with $4,000 for
three years paid in advance.
The Mexican bandit also spent
$4,000 in giving six other youthful
proteges a years training at another
military academy here two years ago.
Colonel Carlos Jauregui. former
fiscal agent for Villa at Ell Paso
brought the twelve boys here in 1913
The fact that Villa was sending them
through school was kept a secret
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
Card of Thanks

We wish to express our heartfelt ap.
preeiation of the many acts of kind
ness and words of sympathy in our re-
cent bereavement, the death of Mrs.
William w. Hope.
William w. Hope and family.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
"eooD ROADS DAY"
Annual County Gathering to Be Held
at Bennington Tomorrow.

All roads, both good and bad lead
to Bennington tomorrow when the
road commissioners and seectmen
will hold their annual gathering with
the state highway commissioner, Stod.
dard b. Bates of Orleans.
A special train is to be run from
North Dorset, leaving that station at
$50 in the morning, to accommodate
residents Of the up.county towns.
Dinner will be served at the Put
nam house at o'clock and all mem
bers of the Bennington board of trade
and interested citizens are invited tc
be present with the officials and tc
take part In the exercises that are tc
follow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03

FOR SALE-The John p Daley
property located on East Main street.
the property consists of over l acre Of
land, good substantial 10 room house,
with electric lights, barn with base
ment, new poultry house, fine garden
large and varied assortment of fruit
and berries. all buildings in excellent
repair. This is a very desirable home
property, will be sold on satisfactory
terms, and possession will be given at
Cnce. For price terms etc, see Nash
and Huechins. 49u
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03

He-I want to tell you joke about
mistletoe. She-Be sure it isn't over
my head.--Corncll Widow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
Before and After.

The woman ut first sits down anu
waits for husband; in the end she
sits up and waits for him.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont, probably rain tonight and
Tuesday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
RECEIPTS NEARLY
BALANCED ALL
PENOIIURE
School Exhibition Will Be Made
an Annual
ACCORDING TO PUBLIC WISH
Over 1900 People Visited the Graded
School Building in Two Days
Last Week.

Although no appropriation was
made by the school-board to offset the
expenses of the school exposition held
last week in the graded building on
figuring up the expenses and receipts
this morning it was found that the af-
fair had cleared profit of $3.50.
The natural question raised by par
ents or taxpayers when such an ex-
hibit is proposed is: What will it
cost? superintendent Varney and his
corps of teachers whose energy made
the exposition success, determined
to put on school fair that should pay
its own expenses. Therefore admis-
sion was charged in the form of col
lection to those who packed the as
sembly hall to witness the oral work
in the four programs given by the
children
The total receipts from this source
amounted to $4S.41. The expenses of
the entire exhibit were as follows:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03

WANTED-Help wanted male, Sales
man wanted for state of Vermont, by
responsible company. Young, ambit-
ious hustler Commission, drawing
account for expenses. References
Mention telephone number If pos.
sible. Address Manufactures, Care of
Banner. 49tlt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
CLASSIFIED.

FOR SALE-Fruit and ornamental
trees, shrubs, perennials and roses
Planting and pruning done +. j.
Green, Agent Chese Bros. Co. SIC
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03

WANTED--ln Old Bennington girl
for general homework. Two in fam
lily. Apply Miss Robinson. 307 Main
ST. 49t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03

WANTED-Woman to do general
house work for two weeks. Apply
l.. c. Holton. School st. 49tS*