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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
AUSTRIAN ATTACK
LIKE GERMAN
4, vERDUN
Captured Positions Strengthened
With Artillery
MANY GUNS OF LARGE CALIBRE
Italians Have Hampered Advance of
the Enemy BY Destroying
Bridges.
MANY GUNS OF LARGE CALIBRE

Rome, May 24.-The Austrian often.
sive along the Italian front, which be-
gan ten days ago. is assuming more
and more the character of the German
offensive at Verdun.
After having occupied the advanced
positions, from which the Italians with
drew, the Austrians are now strength.
ening and organizing themselves there
They have concentrated additional ar
tillery under command of General Koe-
vess and have been attempting, but
without success, to cut the Italians
rear communications for supplies. The
advance of the Austrians has been rem
dered more difficult by the destruction
of bridges and roads.
Italian officers estimate that be
tween the Adige and Brenta Rivers
the Austrians have placed twentysiX
batteries of guns Of 305 calibre, aside
from many other batteries of smaller
guns, and have brought from the Cali
clan and Balkan fronts fresh troops to
the number of eighteen divisions, or
$50 600 men.
Arsiero is one of the towns that has
suffered most severely from the bonn.
bardment.
Austrian prisoners say that prior to
the beginning of the offensive they
were told that it was the intention to
capture the Venetian provinces by
storm, beginning with the province Of
Voenza The Austrian officers gave
orders that the Austrian soldiers, once
on Italian territory must not show
themselves weak, but that they must
not act brutally toward the population,
They promised that next summer the
men might take the baths at Lido, in
Venice on the Adriatic.
This extensive movement by the
Austrians is styled by them the Of
fensive toward the Valley of the Po
Rive"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
s241, 100000 FOR NAVY
Battle Cruisers Needed to Balance
Fleet.

Washington May 24.-The naval
appropriation bill, carrying a total OF
$24l 100000, was reported to the
House today by Chairman Padgett
of the naval committee. The commit
tees report says that the S9S,Q00,-
600 over last years appropriation was
TO place the navy in better state
of preparedness II states that the
measure carries S9S,OOO.OOO to pro
vide for five battle cruisers ana to-
complete ships now building,
Referring to its failure to recon-
mend additional dreadnoughts in the
program reported, the committee says
it does not wish to he understood as
holding that battleships have been
displaced as the main naval depend.
encC.
"Our feet of dreadnoughts and pre-.
dreadnoughts' It explains, has
reached such proportions that the
construction of battle cruisers must
now he authorized and begun at once
in order that our fleet be properly
balanced for fighting efficiency
The total cost of the new ships
recommended is placed at 100000 0OO
coo of which S59,244326 is to be ap
propriated in 1917, together with S2S.
| 369,127 for continuing present build
ing. An appropriation OF S3,5O0,OOC
each for dry docks at philadelphig
and Norfolk is included in the bill
$4,000 In each case to be immedi
ately available on passage,
The bill carries an appropriation o
nearly fourteen millions for actiy,
and reserve ammunition in addition
to eleven millions for ammunition fo
the five proposed battle cruisers
Under the bill S3.9l500O would g,
for new engines and other equipmen
of the ships of the fleet now in aotiy,
service.
The committee estimates that tn,
shortages In men will he met in few
years and that the 16,579 additiona
men provided for are all that will b.
needed during the next fiscal year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25

HAS a GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
Mrs. AddelIe Brsboise Celebrates Her
Ninety-fifth Birthday.

Mrs. Addelle Brisboise, who has
made her home with Mrs. George
Clark of Main street celebrated her
ninety-fifth birthday, May "a, 1916. A
very unusual thing concerning Mrs.
Brisboise is that she has lived through
five generations. Her family consists
of eleven children, forty-four great
grandchildren, thirty-six great, great
grandchildren and five greatgreat-
great grandchildren Another Incl
dent in her life is that she attended
her own grandmother's fiftieth we'd
ding anniversary when she was eight
years Of age. A number of Mrs. Bris-
boise's neighbors and friends gave
her tea party in honor of this day
The dining room was tastefully decor
ated in pink and white and delight
full lunch was served
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25

New York, May 24.-Three women
Elizabeth c. Hardwick, Clara Louise
Peck Waite, the wife, and Margaret
Weaver Horton, the other woman,
brought the trial of Dr. Arthur Warren
Waite for the poisoning Of his father
in law. John Z. Peck, to dramatic
climax today.
Miss Hardwick's part was a minor
one She was the TX. Adams whose
telegram set in action the investigation
which brought about the trial.
The wife, calm but repressing her
emotions only by strong effort, mar
rated the experiences of her married
life, beginning with the whirlwind WOO
ing, and ending with the parting with
her husband few months later at the
Grand Rapids station March II, when
he departed for New York and prison
cell.
Rapidly the incidents fell from the
lips of the wife, the marriage the talks
about money, Waite's premonitions Of
the death of her father his actions
during the fatal illness. the prepara-
tion OF the food, the fatal eggnog, his
urging cremation, his suggestion that
she make viii and the last letter re-
ceived
Mrs. Horton. sulen and self-pos-
sessed, forced only by sledge hammer
questions to make any answers at all,
told OF the three months relations
with the man, their language lessons,
voice lessons, dramatic lessons. their
studio at the Plaza hotel and then,
almost in monosyllables, OF the mans
confession to her. Then she told of his
letters. written to her from the hospital
and from the Tombs, in which he de-
clared that he would not get the chair
but an asylum for the criminal insane
from which he would return TO her in
few years. Then. almost in a whis
per. of her reply that she would wait
for him -four years or forty
Percy Peck. brother in law of Waite
and son of the man who, the state says
was killed, could add only one tense
moment to the day and that was wher
he told how. with the TX. Adams
telegram in his pocket and the autopsy
already ordered, he had met Waite al
Grand Rapids and quietly demanded
the checks which would put the body
OF his father in his possession, In the
clash of Wills the son proved the stronl
er. and without word of explanation he
gan the work which revealed the truth
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
s----@----
TAX HETTY ON $4,000
Richest Woman In World Assessed
For Bellows Falls Property.

Bellows Falls. May 2i.-The listers
have finished their work for the town
of Rockingham. The largest taxpay.
err is the International Paper com.
pany, which pays on a valuation of
S620,000.
Hetty Green Is the largest individual
taxpayer. She is assessed on a valua.
tion of $4,000. OF this $4,000 is for
her home on Church street and the re.
naming 100000 is personal property.
BY paying her taxes here. where she
retains her residence. the richest wo.
man in the world escapes taxation in
New York.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
HlNDENBURe TO HIS ARMY.
Says There Will Be No Peace Till 1t
Has Crossed the Dvina.

London, May 24.--An Order of the
Day said to have been issued recent
ly by Field Marshal Won Hindenburg to
his men on the Russian front, is quot
ed as follows in Central News dis
patch from Basel, Switzerland;
For some time rumor has been
spreading among the troops that peace
negotiations are about to begin, and
this fact, coupled with the instinct of
self-preservation which is constantly
growing, is having bad effect on
the morals of the men.
in the name of the Emperor ] de-
clare that there cannot be any ques-
tien OF peace until we have crossed
the Dyina. Soldiers, if YOU wish peace
20. and seek it on the other side of the
Dvina'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
Standing 0 fthe Teams
p. O. SAVINGS LIMIT RAISED
Hereafter Interest Will Be Paid on
Deposits Up to 1000

An amendment to the postal savings
act which increases to $1,000 the maxi
mum amount of deposit upon which in
terest will be paid and aboishes the
limit of $1O0 for deposits in calendar
month was announced yesterday from
the local Post office. Formerly $500
was the maximum. Thousands of de-
positors have reached the old limit, It
is stated, and are anxious to entrust
more of their savings to Uncle Sam,
The success of the system is evi.
denced by the fact that more than
100000 depositors have more than
$50 900, 900 to their credit. The removal
of the restrictions is expected to re
suit in a rapid increase in deposits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
GERMANS HOLD ALL
POSITIONS ON
DEAD MAN HILL
TuetOnS Again Secure Possession
Of Fort D0uauqunt
VICTORIES COST THOUSANDS
Berlin Estimates Losses at 10000
in 72 Hours of Continuous
Fighting

Berlin, May 25.--The Great German
nutcracker is closing in on Yerdun in
the bloodiest fighting of the war. The
right jaw in two days has moved three
miles northwest of Fort Douaumont.
The French have evacuated all posi-.
tions on Dead Man hill. Both sides
hold hill 3O4. Fully 10000 lives were
lost in 72 hours fighting.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
Have Charming Hair
Free From Dandruff
Men and Women: Is Your Hair Lus-
trous, Soft and Abundant.

Men and women Is your Halr LuS-
trous, Soft and Abundant.
one bottle Of Partisan Sage will
prove TO any man or woman that dand-
run can be banished forever that there
is no need of falling hair and that
scalp itch is unnecessary.
It is q delightful, refreshing, invigor-
atlng, harmless aud inexpensive liquid
that every druggist knows about and
speaks well Of
But one thing that has especially
made Partisan Sage famous Is its pecu-
liar power to turn harsh. unattractiye
hair into luxmiant hair In a short time.
and women who desire fascinating hair
should not be without It.
W. l.. Gokay guarantees Il to do just
as advertised or money back, and he
sells lots of It,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
INSANE WHEN PECK
WAS POISONED,
BUTSANE now
Defence Announces Plea in Case
of Or. Arthur Warren Waite
"OTHER WOMAN" TESTIFIES
Ready to Wait "Four Years or Forty"
For His Release from
Asylum.

New York, May 25.-The defence of
Arthur Warren Waite, charged with
the poisoning of his wealthy fatherin-
law, John f. Peck Of Grand Rapids,
Mich. will he insanity, it was an
nounced by the accused mans counsel
in making his opening statement to
the jury today. The defence will con-
tend that the young dentist is insane
at the present time,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
Keep Your skin Clear and Healthy

There is only one way to have
clear, healthy complexion and that is
to keep the bowels active and regular
DIR. Kings New Life Pills will make
your complexion healthy and clear
move the bowels gently, stimulate the
liver, cleanse the system and purify
the blood. A splendid spring medi.
cine. 25c at your Druggist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
IS WOMEN TO BE DELEGATES
viii Represent Western States in
Democratic Convention.

Washington May 24.--Fifteen wo-
men have been elected delegates to
the Democratic national convention at
st. Louis, Kansas, California and
Washington have chosen four women
delegates each Arizona has chosen
one and Wyoming two.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
ooETHALs SAILS HOME TODAY.
Not Yet Ordered to Command Military
Forces in Canal Zone.

Panama, May 24.--Gen Goethals has
not been notified that his powers have
been extended to cover the command
of the military forces in the Panama
Canal Zone. lie viii leave tomorrow
for New York unless he is ordered to
remain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25

ESTATE OF MAGGIE c. MCCONNELL

ESTATE OF MAGGIE G. MCCONNELL
STATE OF VERMONT, The Honor
District of Remington, SO. ( able Probate
Court for the District of Bennington:
To all persons interested in the estate of
Maggl- 6. Mcconnell, late Of Pownal, 10 said
District, deceased, GREETING:
At a Probate Court, holden at Bennington.
within and for said District, on the 10th day of
May, 1915, an instrument purportinE to be
the last Will and Testament of Maggie G. Nc
Connoil, late OF Powna in said district, deceased,
was presented to the Court aforesaid for Pro-
bate.
And 1t is ordered by sa d Court that the
Sth day of June, 1916, at the Probate
Office in said Bennington. be assigned for prov.
ing said instrument; and that notice thereof be
given to all persons concerned, by publishing
this order three weeks successfully in the Ben
nlngton Evening Banner, newsp 'per citcu-
latng IN that Vicinity, IN "a District, previous
TO the time appointed.
THBREF0RE. yo1 are hereby notified to
appear before said Court at the time and place
aforesaid, and contest the probate Of said Will
If you have cause.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND at Remington, in
said District this 10th cay of Mag, 1918.
AMY II. HARBOUR, Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
WASHINGTON DOUBTFUL
German Embassy Also Questions Won
Buelow Rumors

bUtTOW NUTTIUTa
Washington, May 2i.-The report
that Prince Won Buelow. former Ger.
man Chancellor is coming to Wash.
ington on a special mission is not cred.
tied in official circles here. No init.
nation that such a visit is in prospect
has been received officially or unotli'
cially by the State Department. The
German Embassy is skeptlcal about
the accuracy of the report.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
Posting Notice

hereby this day forbid all persons
for harboring or trusting Mrs. Flor.
ence Thomas Campbell on my account,
as l shall pay no bills of her contract
ing after this date.
Francis l.. Campbell,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
EMPLOYMENT for YOUNG Women

at light manufacturing operations. The work
pays good wages and the gill boardiog house
run by the Company and controlled by COM
pete 1t matron, affords desirable home while
lelrnpg. Address Watham tWach Co., Wal
than Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
EASEMENT INDICTED
Daniel Bailey viii Also Be Tried for
Hiqh Treason.

London, May 25.-sir Roger Case.
ment and Daniel Bailey were formally
indicted today ON the charge Of high
treason. ,o,.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
ENGLAND REFUSES
TO LET US HAVE
GERMAN DYES
Official Denial That Such PermiS-
sion Had Been Given
NOT TO ENGlAND'S INTEREST
Administration at Washington Report.
ed to Be Hoping To Secure
Some Concessions.

London, May 25.--Lord Robert Cecil,
British minister of war trade, informed
the House OF Commons yesterday after
noon that a proposal had been re-
ceiyed to permit the expectation from
Germany to the American government
of dyestuffs but that no answer had
yet been given. The war trade min
ister denied reports given much pub
licity III England that licenses had
been granted for the export from Ger
many TO the United States of $1,000
O00 worth of dyes, part of shipment
which might reach $30,0O0O00.
Lord Robert agreed with Sir John
Lonsdale, conservative member for
Mid Armagh, who was the questioner,
that the object of Germany's desire
to export dyestuff was to keep up Ger
man exchange with America He
added "Unquestionably it is not to
our interest to allow that to take
place, and | will bear that considera-
ton very carefully in mind when the
reply is sent to the American govern
ment 1t would not be courteous to
the United States to give assurance
to this House before the reply TO them
Is actually sent but assure Sir
John Lonsdae what he says and what
is the general feeling Of the House
will be borne in mind in any reply
we send
Lord Robert said that in 1915 the
British government was willing to al
low the expectation from Germany 10
the United States of two cargoes OF dye
stuffs, but that this offer had lapsed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL


Boston 4, Detroit 0.
New York 10, st. Louis |.
Chicago 4, Washington /.
Cleveland 5. Philadelphia 4.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont, partly cloudy tonight and
Friday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25

Washington, May 25-Negotiations
with Great Britain are proceeding. state
department officials stated at Washing
ton last night, with fair prospect of sue
cess in securing a permit to import at
least limited quantity of German dyes
to American manufacturers. The de-
partment is taking the position that the
original $4,000, 900 permit should be APP
piled to release part of the $1,000 tons
now offered by Germany, if the parties
interested can agree upon basis Of
valuation. The department at present
is waiting for the American importers
involved to present basis of agree
ment tor release of specific shipments
at values to be approved by the Brit
ish government
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25
Standing of the Teams
National League

st, Louis 5, Boston 4.
New York 6, Cincinnati |.
Brooklyn 3, Pittsburg . Go innings)
Philadelphia 6, Chicago 5.
Ctandipn n ftha Taap,e
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-03

From left to right, Miss Anna Marie
DanieIson and "Dr." PeroiyaI Allen.
Seattle, Wash, Oct. 3.-His mania
was to break down the moral reserve
of women and watch them succUmb
to his Establishments.
This experimentation with wom-
ems souls has landed OR" PerciVal
V. Allen, friendship specialist be-
hind bars and enmeshed him in one
of the strangest poison mysteries on
record.
Thrice married, divorced twice and
a figure in the love life Of many
women, Allen some months ago per-
suaded Miss Anna Marie Danielson,
wealthy Iowa tourist, to share an
apartment with him here. * mar
riage license had been secured, but
no ceremony occurred.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-25
MEXICAN COMMISSIONERS TO
START FOR u. S. NEXT SUNDAY

Mexico City. Mex, Aug 25.-MeTn-
bers of the Mexican commission 10 the
conference of representatives of the
United States and Mexico for the set
Element of international differences
tentatively agreed. after conference
late today. TO leave for the united
states Sunday morning. According to
their present plans. Louis Cabrera,
president of the Mexican commission
viii proceed by way of Veracruz, IN
company with James Linn Rodgers the
American representative to the Carran-
"a government. and Mr. Rodgers's sec
rotary. John ". Bell. From Veracruz
they will continue either by a Spanish
steamer to Havana or on the United
States tender Dixie
Alberto j. PAM. president of the Ma
tionaI railways of Mexico. and fEnacio
Ronillas intend TO go TO the United
States in senior Pani's private car by
way of Piedras Negras, San Antonio
and St. Louis. The commissioners de-
cline to discuss their instructions
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-25
MEXICAN VOTERS TO VOTE
AS THEY WISH ON SEPT. )

Free suffrage will be enjoyed by
Mexican voters for the first time a the
municipal elections to be held through
out the republic on September ,. ac-
cording to a message received from the
department of gobernacIon at Mexico
City by Carranza consul Andres Garcia
Friday.
The message states that reports from
the governors of the states indicate
that everything is in readiness for the
municipal elections and that the differ
ent political parties viii have absolute
freedom at the polls.
The National Democratic party has
issued a call for all OF the members 10
get together and select candidates for
the elections.
The order for the congressional cleo
tions will be issued in October and will
he held later. the message says. Fol-
lowing the congressional elections the
presidential election will be scheduled
Five hundred thousand pesos have
been set aside by first chief Carranza
to establish an agrarian commission in
the state of Colima and to aid the small
farmers by making them loans with
low rates of interest and long periods
of time in which to pay back the loans.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-25
Capt. Morey viii Tell
Military School Cadets
OF the Fight at Cdrrizdl

Cadets at the Pennsylvania Military
college at Chester. Pa. will hear stories
Of the Mexican punitive expedition and
Of the fight at Carrizal this winter
Can't. Lewis s Morey. of the 10th cav
airy. who was one of the survivors OF
the Carrizal fight. has been detailed
as professor of military science and
practice at the famous Pennsylvania
school and will take up his work at the
beginning of the fall term Capt Morey
came here after he had escaped from
the Carranza soldiers at Carrizsl and
spent some time at Cloudcroft recov-
ering his health after his ordeal on the
desert This is the school which recent
" conferred an honorary degree upon
J. L Campbell. of FL Paso-
Col. Peyton c. March has been ordered
to the eighth field artillery. which is
being newly organized at Camp Fort
Bliss
second Lieut. Lawrence s Churchills.
of the seventh infantry, at Camp Fort
Bliss. has been ordered to the aviation
section at san Diego. Calf
First Lieut.. Edward G. Bigley. of the
10th Pennsylvania infantry, has re-
signed from the army
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-25
CLINT RANCHMAN, T. E. BELT,
STOPS RUNAWAY ARMY TEAM

Numerous pedestrians on Texas street
had a narrow escape from injury
Thursday afternoon when an army mule
team became frightened while standing
in front of the quartermaster's depot
at Mills and Campbell streets and ran
a distance of four blocks, before they
were halted.
Traffic patrolman J. VI. Thomas made
strenuous attempts to stop the team
when it passed Texas street and Mesa
avenue, but was unable to do so, so
great was the speed of the animals.
T E. Belt, of the Stahlman ranch,
near Clint. Tex, was standing at ore
gon and Texas streets when the run
away team attempted to turn. and,
grasping the leading animal. halted
them.