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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-19
FIVE-YEAR NAVAL
PROGRA'i Lust
IN The HOUSE
Sec. Daniels Confident Senate Will
Come to His Rescue
BATTLESHIPS CUT FROM LIST
Bill Carries an Appropriation of
S24oooooo0, Largest of its Kind
on Record.

Washington, May 19.-Administra-
ton forces in Congress at Washington
lost the first skirmish in the naval pre-
paredness campaign yesterday when
the House committee broke a five-days
deadlock and completed the naval APP
preparation bin without approving the
iye-year building program advocated
by President Wilson and Secretary
Daniels.
AS finally agreed to, the bill au-
thorizes the construction in 1917 of
five battle cruisers as against two
dreadnoughts and two battle cruisers
recommended by Secretary Daniels;
four scout cruisers, an increase of one
scout over the departments program;
10 destroyers, as against - recon-
mended; 20 submarines, three to be
SO0-ton boats, compared with five fleet
and 20 coast defense submarines rec
commended; one hospital ship; one oil
fuel ship and one ammunition ship.
The gunboat recommended was strick-
en- out and the fuel and ammunition
ships were added from Secretary Dan
iels program for the second year. The
total amount carried by the bill is
S240 100000 the largest naval appro-
priation ever presented to Congress.
While the appropriation proposed is
if anything, an increase over the de-
partment's plans, failure OF the five
years program and the fact that no
dreadnoughts were provided for make
the bill unsatisfactory to administra-
tion officials. Secretary Daniels said
last night he never lost hope of getting
what he asked for until Congress ad-
journed. 1t was clearly indicated that
the Senate, which has not yet taken
up consideration of the naval bill even
In committee, was relied upon to re.
store the battleships The Senate has
never failed to increase the program
for the navy mapped out by the
House, and navy officials are confident
that the final bill will provide for at
least two battleships and four battle
cruisers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-19
URGES GERMANS TO OBEY LAWS
Ambassador Bernstorff Issues In
structons to Consuls.

Washington, May 1S.-Germany,
through Count Won Bernstorff, has
instructed all German consuls in the
United States to admonish German
citizens in their district to observe
American laws. This was done in
an effort to end various alleged viola
tions of American neutrality. The
ambassador acted on instructions
from the Berlin foreign office. The
announcement today says;
In consequence of cases which
have occurred of late, the German am
bassador had sent instructions to all
German consuls in the United States
to strongly impress on German citizens
living in their districts that it is their
duty to scrupulously obey the laws of
the state in whic hthey reside.
1t was said at the German embassy
that the instructions were designed to
prevent plots and lawlessness on the
part OF German citizens who might be
disposed to engage in such. The Ger
man government, it was said, looked
WIN Sl"'S uioi"fol oii any SuNl Noi'
duct and desired that they should en-
gage in no such undertakings.
1t was not disclosed where special
cases had been brought to the atten-
tion OF the German government, but
it was made clear that the Berlin off
cials want the United States and It's
people to understand that they have
not countenanced any illegal affairs in
which German sympathizers in this
country have been connected.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-19
BENNINGTON CLUB OFFICERS
Elected For Ensuing Year at Business
Meeting Thursday Evening.

The annual business meeting of the
Bennington club was held Thursday
evening at the rooms in the Opera
House block, about 40 members being
present
William A. Root was elected presi.
dent for the coming year. Other off
GERS were as follows; Vicepresident,
DR. f. S. Braley; secretary, A. E. Hol-
lister; treasurer, George L. Bond;
chairman of house committee, Howard
II. Shields; chairman social commit
tee, w. T. Bssen; chairman entertain
ment committee, Isaac p Walker.
The following four were elected to
take the place of those on the board
of management whose three-year
terms expired this year: W. +. Bis
sell; Walter II. Berry; II. Harry
Sharpe and Arthur +. Hollister.
After the transaction of other bust.
ness of minor importance buffet
lunch was served.
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Washington, May 19-President
Wilson, acting at the request Of Sena.
tor O'Gorman Of New York, sent
message last night through the state
department TO ambassador Page at
London, directing him to make every
possible effort to secure a delay in the
execution or sentence of jeremiah c.
Lynch Of New York, naturalized
American convicted by a courtmartial
of being implicated in the Irish upris-
ing in Dublin.
Information telegraphed to Washing
ten last night to Senator O'Gorman by
friends of Lynch in New York was to
the effect that he had been sentenced
to death and would be shot at mid
night New York time Secretary
Lansing. at the direction of the presi-
dent, at . o'clock last night cabled En-
bassador Page to make representations
in behalf of Lynch in order to save his
life, pending an investigation OF the
facts in this case by the American gov
ernment
President Wilson was at n theater
when Senator OGorman called at the
White House. Secretary Tumulty
hurried to the theater and laid the
facts before the president. Gable dis
patches yesterday had told OF Lynch's
conviction but did not give the sen
tence.
A dispatch from London yesterday
| said Jeremiah c. Lynch OF New York
| has been tried and convicted by a
court-martial in Dublin on a charge
of participating in the Irish rebellion
The sentence was to be promulgated
| today, hut no word has been re-
ceiyed by the American embassy here
as to what sentence was imposed.
| The news that Lynch had been
| convicted by courtmartial was re-
ceived by the embassy from the Amer.
lean consul in Dublin Previous to
this the last news the embassy had
of Lynch was that under the defense
OF the realm act he was prohibited
from leaving the liremile zone of
Dublin. This provision as rule only
applies to hostile aliens, but can be
extended to friendly aliens 1t was
extended to Lynch. as he had been
making trips to western Ireland
Lynch has been a resident OF Dublin
for some time
| jeremiah c. Lynch is a naturalized
American citizen, it was said yester
day by friends in New York. Up to
four years ago, when he returned tc
ireland TO engage in the insurance
business in the city of Cork. he was
prominent in irish circles at New
York as president OF the Philo-CeltiC
society and as Il member of the state
Celtic league. Two years ago he re
turned to New York and spent sis
months there as representative of the
Gaelic league from Ireland and has
since been in Ireland as representa-
tive of the Gaelic league from the
United States. He is about 40 year,
old and first came to this country y
years ago.
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CLEVER WORK ON PLAY
High School Students Show Ability In
Practice Rehearsal This Afternoon

The final dress rehearsal Of CAS- You
Like 1t" was given by the high school
pupils before the 9TH and Sth grades Of
the grammar school this afternoon in
preparation for the performance before
the general public this evening. The
boys report that the sale of tickets has
been fair but the hall has not been filled
and the parents and friends who have
not decided to attend are reminded that
tickets can be secured at Evans.
Much work has gone into the cos
tunes and properties and in the re-
hearsal this afternoon several Of the
amateur actors did particularly good
work. Mrs. Arthur Elliot has drilled
the players and the parts are both well
spoken and well acted Spencer Lee
has a solo in one OF the acts which is
well rendered The entertainment
from the preliminary this afternoon
appears well worth the admission.
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SlNN FElN PLOT KNOWN
Government Feared to Take Drastic
Action.

London, May 19.-FTom testimony
developed yesterday at the hearing
opened by the royal commission to in.
quire into the Irish rebellion, it ap-
peared that the government had re-
ceived advance information of prepara-
tions for an uprising with help from
German sources. The testimony was
given by Sir Matthew Nathan. who re-
signed as under secretary for Ireland
after the rebellion broke out The
government had received advices, said
Sir Matthew, that an attempt would be
made to land arms in Ireland from
German submarines, also that rifles
had been purchased from Irish sol
diers on home leave while Others had
been taken into the country in passen-
gers baggage.
The former under secretary gave
this testimony in the course of a
long statement outlining the forma-
ton of the national volunteers, Of
which he declared small section only
had shown themselves disloyal, the
leaders Of this section having issued
manifesto declaring that Ireland
should provide for it's own defense
and indicated an intention to estab-
lish a free national government OF
Ireland. The leaders of the movement,
he said, directed their efforts to Sc
curing more rifles and ammunition
and to storing as large an amount
Of material as possible This was
where the great danger came from, he
added, as it was felt that an attempt
at disarmment might lead to blood
shed.
The executives in ireland, being in
possession OF sufficient evidence of the
association of the movements lead
ers with a foreign enemy, continued
Sir Matthew, had decided on their
| arrest and were discussing the mat.
| ter on April "A when the rebellion
broke out. He defended the failure
| OF the government to disarm the vol
| unteers on the ground that such ac
tion might have alenated the sym.
pathies OF many loyal volunteers. and
added: There are 25,O0O Irish Catho.
lies enlisted in the army
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-19
AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED
Sergeant Furman Shot by Mexican
Customs Guards

CuStOnS SuaTuS
FL paso, Tex, May 1S.-Sergeant
Harry Furman, a member of the ma
chine gun company OF the Twenty
third infantry, was shot and killed on
Mexican soil mile and a half east Of
Juarez today by Mexican customs
guards
General Gabriel Gayira, Juarez COM
mander, and other Mexican officials
say Furman crossed the international
boundary in an intoxicated condition
and fred on the customs guard before
he was made the target of their fire.
Furman's company commander says
he saw the sergeant short time be-
fore the shooting and that he appeared
perfectly sober
An investigation disclosed that Fur
man. while searching for stray mules
rode a horse on a strip of Mexican
soil left north of the Rio Grande by
the shifting of the river bed He wa,
armed with a pistol. American army
men admit he was not within hii
rights in penetrating Mexican soil. Hi
pistol had been recently fired, tw,
chambers being empty.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-19
EVEN BRICK LAYERS BENEFIT
Higher Education Never Came Amiss
In Any Trade

Higher Education never Came AmlSS
In Any Trade
Editor of the Banner: While am
bilious youth, in these practical days,
is endeavoring to avoid studying any
thing which is not of immediate com
mercial use, and we are told that the
primary aim of education should be to
teach nothing but what will bring yisi-
BILE returns ten days after graduation
the accompanying ode may be of
interest. It appeared recently in the
New York Press and on May IS, was
read at gathering Of Princeton alumni
in Troy, by DR. Richmond, president
of Union College, If one may venture
to speak for them. such educators as
Dr. Richmond do not maintain thatone
cannot get on without advanced study,
but that, upon the whole. higher edu-
cation is Of very practical use, It'helps
one to meet the problems and tasks Of
life, and to be at home in various diff
cult situations .-Thorton f. Turner.
Ode
Just after the Board had brought the
schools up-to-date,
To prepare you TOR your life work
Without teaching one superhuous
thing.
jim Reilly presented himself to be edu-
Gated.
Fle wanted to be a bricklayer
So they taught him to be a perfect
bIicklayer
And nothing more.
tie knew so much about bricklaying
that the contractor made him a
foreman.
But he knew nothing about being a
foreman.
So he spoke to the School Board about
it.
And they put in night course for him,
On how to be foreman
And nothing more.
He became so excellent q foreman that
the contractor made him a partner
But lie knew nothing about hgurine
costs.
Nor about bookkeeping,
Nor ABOUT real estate.
And he was too proud to 90 back tc
night school.
SO he hired a tutor, who taught him
these things.
| Prospering at last and meeting other
men as wealthy as he,
Whenever the Conversation started
he'd say to himself.
"Tll lie low till it comes my way
| Then I'll show 'em,"
But they never mentioned bricklaying
Nor the art of being foreman,
Nor the whole duty of being a con
| tractor,
Nor figuring costs,
| Nor real estate;
So Jim never said anything,
But he sent his son to college.
John Erskiue.
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Standing Of the Teams
SOUTH sHAFTseURY

The school here is planning to hold
Decoration day exercises in Cole hall
Monday, May 20.
Mrs. Louis j. Rabner and sister
Mrs. Walter Mattison of North Ben
nington spent Thursday in Troy.
The play "As You Like IT. will be
given in Cole hall Wednesday evening
May "a by members of the Benning
ton high school, The entire pro
ceeds are to go to the school here al
South SALISBURY. Plan to attend and
show Bennington high school that yor
appreciate their kindness and generosi
ty and at the same time help your Owl
school,
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SKILL SHOWN AT Y. M. c. A.
Entertaining and Instructive Program
Of PHYSICAL Work.


A fair sized audience was quite
pleasantly surprised with the perfor-
nance by the North Adams Y. NJ. c. A.
boys at the local gymnasium last even
ing. II gave Bennington a sample Of
what can be done by an expert physi.
cal director with an average group Of
young men, and the evening was start
ed with the announcement that the To-
cal association with its new physical
director will be able to do as much
The star feature was Richard Cate,
four years old, who did tumbling act
with his father He stands upon his
fathers hand held above his head as
steadily as on the floor,
The other features were work upon
the apparatus, such as is calculated to
give correct poise and posture and
self-coniidence, within the reach of the
ordinary young man. A group of Ben
nington boys under the leadership OF
Oscar Elwell gave drill which was
we'll received.
Through the courtesy of llurley's or
| chestra, each number was accompani
ed with appropriate music.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-19
MORTON 90 YEARS OLD.
Former Vice President Was Born in
Shoreham.

Levi Parsons Morton, vice-presi
dent of the United States, 1SS9-g3.
celebrated Wednesday the 92nd ami.
versary of his birth, SAYS the New
York Sun He spent the day quietly
at his home, 400 Park avenue, sur.
rounded by members OF his immediate
family and despite the rain he went
out for two drives, in the morning and
in the afternoon.
Before retiring at o'clock at
night-Mr Morton has long believed
in going to bed early-he said that he
had had "a very happy birthday He
was particularly anxious to get a
good nights rest, as he intended 20 80
the next day to his country estate,
Ellerslie. Observation-Disclosures, to
spend the summer accompanied by
Mrs. Morton. The venerable states.
man aud banker is very found OF Ellers
lie. which embraces 1000 acres and
has been eagerly looking forward to
his summer stay there,
Mr.. Morton is in good health and
gets keen 2est out of living. Mrs
Morton-his companion for AZ years
is also we'll.
Mr.. Morton is n Green Mountain
boy who fought his way to the top OF
fame In business and politics. He was
born at Shoreham, VI, on May l6
1914. He had retired from active poll
tical life when in 1883 he accepted
the nomination as Benjamin Hari
sons running mate. Two years afte
he ceased to be vice-president he be
came governor of New York GS95.96l
He served as Minister to France 1881
~
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bury; president, Dea. n. G. Williams.
Bellows Falls; vice-president, Rev.
Paul d. Moody, st. Johnsbury.
Directors for 3 years-Rev. Frank
w. Hazen, Johnson; II. S. Woodruff,
Barre; ~, c. c. Adams, Burlington;
Philip T. Q Hrson, Bennington
Director fate >r Ito fill vacancy
Rev. R. H. G., Lab.. 'tleboro
Members of c. FcS For 3
years, Rev. c. II, Smith, flington;
Prof. c, 3. Wright, Middlebufy.
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YEARLY WASTE OF AUTOS
At Least $4,000 Machines Go to Junk
Heap

Al Least loJUOU MaCntneS 20 10 JUNK
Heap
A high authority in the automobile
business figures that the number Of
automobiles in use in the United States
this summer will not be far from 2,750,
GOO, allowing 20 per cent for cars
which probably viii be junked."
The estimate that 20 per cent. of the
2,1000,OO0 cars licensed in 1915 are go
ing on the scrap heap suggests that
the waste due to the comparatively
short life Of the average automobile
has in the past been of staggering pro-
portions and continues TO be enormous
But unquestionably the situation is
gradually getting upon sounder and
more sensible basis through standard
ization and simpifcation in manufac-
ture and a greater degree OF intelli-
gence in the purchase Of cars.
The question of how long an automo-
bile is going to give good service and
how much it is going to cost to main
tain that service are paramount pro-
blems affecting the economics OF mo-
toring There is where the matter of
simplicity in motor car design and con
struction comes in.
The more parts the more wear, the
greater the cost OF maintenance and the
greater the depreciation Elimination
of unnecessary parts saves the pur-
chaser money when he buys car and
means economy every day the car is in
use. The longer the car is used the
greater the saving.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-19
NEW AMERICA DISCOVERED
Howe's Moving Pictures Reveal a
World OF the Unknown.

Columbus discovered America in
l492-that is. fringe of it, Ever
since then it has been discovered by
degrees as westward, the course OF
Empire takes its way" Periodically
discoveries are made which are Of sur
passing Importance even though they
are not heralded as much as they de
serve Such n one was made about
20 years ago by officials Of the Great
Northern Railway while blazing q way
through northwestern Montana on the
Continental Divide, but it took Con
gress just about 20 years to realize the
importance of the discovery
For It was not until years ago that
Congress officially recognized the fin
est of all our National playgrounds-
Glacier National Park-by enacting a
law setting il aside as n heritage for
all Americans for all time, and it is
this superb heritage which, for the
first time, will be adequately portrayed
on films by Lyman IL. Howe at the
| opera house Tuesday night only, May
%. This feature in itself comprises a
( vacation--a round trip to the roof OF
| America and back, The picture i1l
lows the trail into the recesses OF the
everlasting hills En- route spectators
will form pictorial acQuaintauces with
the really noble red men-natiye Black
feet Indians.
Throughout the new program is like
Il mine OF veritable riches, which, inter
mingled with its veins of pure gold II
an educational sense, also has its veins
OF sparkling comedy films, scintlldt
ing with wit and humor contributed by
tIowe's cartoonists. This comes as {
welcome and wholesome relief frol
the ordinary posed so-called comedy o
The "slap.stiCk" or trough house
type, and Is all the more appreciate,
for reason that these films are create,
exclusively for this exhibition auu
cannot be seen at any other. OF trip
abroad there are pictorial Journeys pa
excellence to Madeira, the rivers O
France, pastoral Holland, italy. th
Firth Of Fof.h bridge. Scotland, logg
ing in Italy, and via aeroplaue aAov
and among The clouds,
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GERMAN STEAMERS
SUNK BY RUSSIAN
SUBMARINE
Three FreighterS Sent to Bottom
Of Baltic Sea
PORTION OZONE CREW LOST
One Ship SheIed Before Torpedo
Was Fired to Complete
Destruction.

London May 1S.-The sinking of
two German steamships by a sub
marine, believed to be a Russian, is re-
ported in Reuter- dispatch from
Stockholm.
The steamships were the Kolga.
Hamburg, Tor Stockholm, and the
Blanca.
They were torpedoed yesterday af-
ternoon off the Swedish island OF
Landsort, in the Baltic
The Kolga was attacked at p. m,
being shelled by the submarine for
twenty minutes. Two members of the
crew We're slightly injured The Kol-
ga then was torpedoed and sunk
Thirteen of the crew were picked up
by Swedish steamship, Four others
including the captain and second mate,
are missine.
Half an hour later the Blanca was
shelled and torpedoed. The attack oc-
CURED in the same vicinity as that on
the Kolga
The captain was taken prisoner.
Two members of the crew were in
jured slightly. They and the other
members of the crew were picked up
by the vessel which rescued the men
from the Kolga.
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Ne are accustomed TO regard sand
ds utterly barren. but the plants native
10 the coast sands Of Prussia have been
enumerated by naturalists "hosc csti
mates vary from III to 23l varieties.
or these one of the most available is
the Arundo nrcnarm marrum), which
thrives only In sand and In the salt air
Of the beach This in time serves to
prepare the soil for larger plants.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-19
PRESIDENT SEEKS
TO SAVE LIFE OF
JEREMIAH LYNCH
Ambassador Directed to InterCede
for Convicted Irish American
TO DIE AT 11O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT
No Reply to Message Received by
State Department Up to
O'clock Today.

Washington, May 19,-The state de-
partment has received no reply to the
message sent by President Wilson TO
Ambassador Page at London direct
ing that official to secure, if possible,
a stay OF execution in the case Of
jeremiah c. Lynch of New York
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-19
NOTICES 2
Office Of the Clerk of the Village o
Renninntnn.

Bennington.
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids for the construction of cement
concrete sidewalks and curb and gut
ter in the Village of Bennington will
be received by the Trustees of said
Village at a special meeting Of said
Board to be held at the Village Room
Monday evening May 22nd. at seven
thirty o'clock
Specifications may be obtained of
the undersigned at his Office at any
time.
The right to reject any or all bids
will be reserved by said Board OF
Trustees.
w. p. Hogan, Clerk.
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Postinn Notice

hereby this day forbid all persons
for harboring or trusting Mrs. Flor.
ence Thomas Campbell on my account
as shall pay no bills of her contract.
ing after this date.
Francis l.. Campbell,
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Standing of the Teams
National League

Cincinnati 3, Boston ..
Chicago 4, Brooklyn 90 innings)
New York 8, st. Louis 0.
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburg 0.
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NORTH BENNINGTON

Died this morning at l11O at his
home, on Greenwich street Charles
Chase.
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WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair tonight and Saturday.
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BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL

American League
st. Louis Z, Boston !.
Philadelphia 5, Chicago /.
Cleveland 4. Washington 2.
Detroit-New York, rain.