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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
VAST CROWD CHEER
DEMAND WAR
ON CT RMANy
Madison Square audience Pledges
Support to the President
ROOs WELT DEMANDS ACTION
Speakers Insist American Freedom
Can Now Be Maintained Only
BY War.

New York, March 23.-Led by more
than 40 patriotic and civic organiza-
tions and college clubs, crowd that
filled Madison square garden last
night enthusiastically pledged itself to
the support of President Wilson and
urged that there be no more delay by
the United States in entering the
European war against Germany.
Among the speakers were Elihu Root,
Who presided; DR.. John Grier Hibben,
president of Princeton University
Charles s. Fairchild, who was secre-
tary of the treasury under President
Cleveland, and Mayor Mitchell. United
States Senator Ollie James OF Ken
lucky, Joseph II. Choate and many
others Of prominence were present.
When Mr.. Root, opening the meet
ing. declared the time had come for
this country to act, irrespective OF
parties or partisanship, the great
crowd arose. cheering and waving
small American flags. This demon
stration was repeated time and again
and it was with difficulty that Mr..
Root and the other speakers made
themselves heard. Mr.. Root said In
part
I'VE came not to find fault or to
critloise. We came to turn our faces
toward the government of our choice,
the government, the president and
the congress on whom weigh the ter
rible burdens OF decision and action
in the issue of peace or war and in
the terrible pursuit of that freedom
which can be maintained IL seems now
only by war. In this government by
the people il must be the people them
selves who act through the president
and the congress. e
In opening his address DIR. Hibben
said Il am here tonight as paei-
fist i believe in peace at any price,
and the price at the present time Is
wa. - a1Ig iaurf ta
Let u.s. recognize our enemy. We
have been long time finding him out,
but we know him. ! hope that the
day will come when the stars and
stripes will be seen somewhere along
the Won Hindenburg line in France.
Theodore Roosevelt sent letter In
which he urged instant and effective
action against Germany After emu
merating numerous covert acts OF
war" against this country the former
president said: Useless, in the words
of Abraham Lincoln, we are degen-
crates whose manhood has run out.
we shall strike hard and effectively
in repsone to these brutal and un-
provoked injuries. Unless we do so we
shall show ourselves unworthy to be
then heirs of the steadfast soldiers OF
washington; unworthy to claim kim
ship with theumen OF high soul who
under the banners of Grant and Lee
proved their truth by their endeavor."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

Misses Grace and Murial Millar and
Leland Millar and Miss Irene Davis
left today for Springfield. Mass.
where they will attend the production
by the ''Katinka' musical comedy
company this evening. Galen Millar
of this village is a member of the
company.
Deeds were passed today for the
sale of block on North street formerly
owned by DR.. w. Il. Putnam and oc
cupied by 3. A. Quinlan and NJ. j.
WEIGH to Meyer and Joseph Margolin.
F. S. Rice has purchased building
lot on Weeks street and will begin
the erection of a house as soon as
the frost is out of the, ground.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
CORPORAL CRU TONIGHT.
Address In Congregational Chapel by
French Soldier.

HoureSS VI congregational OUoPes "
French Soldier.
Corporal Albert NJ. Cru, Instructor
in French in Williams college and .
member of the French army, will de-
liver an address in the Congregations
al chapel this evening at 5 o'clock.
Mr.. Cru, who has been at the front
and has seen active service since
August, 1914, was wounded while
fighting and is at his home in WIFE
Jamestown on three weeks furlough-
Both he and his wife are well-
known to many Bennington people
and his coming here win be return
to old friends. He has been giving
talks to various organizations In the
surrounding towns and cities and the
large audiences that have heard him
praise him highly,
The lecture this evening will be-
Instructive as well Jas interesting, az
Mr.. Cru was IN a. position to observe
Jas we'll as participste in the string
events of the fret years of the great
war An admission fee of fifty cents
will be charged. ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
AM[ [R|CAN TANKER
1ORPtO0tO OFF
DUTCH COAST
twenty Members Of Crew Drown
When HeaIdt0n Is sunk
STEAMER HAD NO WARNING
Ship When Attacked Was Inside
"safe" Lane and Carried No
Armament.

Washington, March 23.-American
Consul Mahin at Amsterdam cabled
the state department last night that
the American steamer Healdton, sunk
by submarine yesterday off Ter,
schelling, Holland, was torpedoed
without warning and that 20 of the
crew were drowned. The consuls dis
patch follows.-
standard oil ship Healdton from
Philadelphia for Rotterdam, cargo.
oil, torpedoed without warning SIS
evening of 21st.. % miles north of
Terschelling, Holland. Twenty of
crew drowned. One died of injuries.
Other (taken) to north of Holland
Submarine seen after torpedoing.
More details to follow"
Thirteen members of the Healdtons
crew have arrived at Ymuiden, Hol-
land, says dispatch from London
They say the steamer was sunk with
out warning in the so-called safe"
zone and express the belief that 10
men aboard the vessel were drowned.
The sinking of the Healdton adds
war waged against American shipping
by Germany to be laid before Congress
by President Wilson at the special
session he has called for April g 1t
can cause no immediate change in the
situation. Since the destruction of
three American ships last Saturday
and Sunday administration officials
have considered that a state of war
existed, and it is to meet this situa-
tion that Congress has been sum-
moned to authorize steps beyond the
arming of merchantmen.
The Healdton was unarmed. having
left port before the president author
lied the navy TO furnish guns and
gunners to merchantmen. Her fate
serves to tighten the profound inter
est with which the government and
people await the time when an Amer
ican prepared and ready to send a
shell into hostile submarine on sight
will enter the war zone es
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23

Orleans.
DR.. James NJ. Hamilton. surgeon
Spanish-American war, Rutland.
Frank C. Partridge, manufacturer
Proctor.
Hon. William B. Mayo, physician
and surgeon, Northheld.
Guy r. varnum, manufacturer
Barre.
Martin A. Brown lumber merchant
and manufacturer, Wilmington.
A. A. Dunklee, farmer, Vernon.
James Hartness, inventor and man
ufacturer, Springfield.
James A. Stacey, wholesale lumber
dealer, White River Junction.
Sidney S. Cotton, superintendent
Rutland railroad, Rutland
Executive Committee
Col Ira l.. Reeves, chairman, presi
dent Norwich university, Northield.
Hon. Fred A. Rowland, secretary
president National Life Ins. company
Montpelier.
Walter j. Bigelow, editor St Johns
bury Daily Caledonian, st. Johnsbury
Hon. Percival w. Clement, banker
and railroad financier. Rutland.
George o. Gridley, manufacturer
Windsor.
John E. Maun. superintendent Cen
Adams.
Fraser Metzger, clergyman, Ran
dolph,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
REFERENDUM Bit
ON LICENSE BY
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BIG VOTE ,
Morse Bill Passed By Senate ey
Vote Of IS to 5 A
ANOTHER SUFFRAGE Bill PASSED
Villas Measure Permitting Women e
Vote for President Goes Y
Through Senate. 80

Montpelier, March 23.--The Senate
this morning passed the Morse bin
providing for yearly referendum OF
the liquor question by vote of 10 70
5. The bill had been ordered to =
third reading by vote of 21 to s,
following debate in committee OF
the whole.
The Villas suffrage bill permitting
women to vote for presidential elecr'
tors passed the senate by majority
OF IL votes.
In the house this morning the bill
limiting the working hours of women
and children to 55 week and the
Stearns suffrage bill was passed by q
margin of so votes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
WAR VS.. CHICKENS
International Situation Interferes with
Poultry Business.

A resident of Bennington who
should have known better than to
listen to things which did not con-
Germ him overheard the following con-
versation this morning:
1T is a fine morning, Mrs. Smith.
"The weather is surely pleasant
these days, Mrs. Jones"
Isn't it just terrible that this
country is going to war with Ger.
many?"
Yes, it's just awful. VIII came
home last night and said he was go
ing to set a hen, and just told him
that If the United States was going
to war he needn't set no hen as /
don't intend to nave him go away to
fight and leave me with a lot OF
chickens to take care Of"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
PLANS 10 SECURE
NEW H0UStSf0R
BENNINGTON
Sock Company Starts With Shares
at SIS Each
ALL ARE ASKED TO HELP
Hope to Sell Enough Stock SO That
Six or Eight Houses Can Be Built
During Coming Summer.

A movement to secure additional
houses for Bennington has been start
ed by the board of trade. A commit
tee has been appointe4 composed OF
w. II. Nichols, Fred c. Martin and w
]. Randles to secure subscriptions to
a stock company to 4lild tenement
houses here.
The statement of thu objects sought
that appears at the hSad of the stock
subscription papers as follows;
Bloomington is in urgent need of
more dwelling houses. People desir-
ing to come here are kept away be-
cause they can find no place to live.
Our community is held back in its
growth and prosperity by this lack of
houses.
In view of this condition and our
desire to help Bennington We, the
undersigned, agree to invest the
amount set opposite our names in
stock in building corporation to be
organized under the laws of Vermont,
with the proviso that our liability Is
limited to the amount subscribed.
Shares in the corporation are to be
of par value of S25 each and this
agreement is not to become operative
until at least $4,000 in stock has been
sold. Each share of stock shall en-
title the owner thereof to one vote in
all meetings of the stockholders of
the corporation.
IL is our understanding that when
stock has been sold to the amount of
$4,000, or more il possible. the stock
holders shall meet and organize by
electing board of directors who
the corporation and shall buy land
and built houses for rental in the
village OF Bennington. The directors
shall endeavor TO so conduct the
business of the corporation as to re
turn fair but not exorbitant profit to
the stockholders.
We agree to pay one half of the
amount subscribed on June 1. 1917 or
as soon thereafter as IL may be need
ed and the remaining half on August
/, 1917 or as soon thereafter as it
may be called for by the board Of di-
rectors:"
There are probably 500 men In
Bennington who can afford to take
from one to ten shares and few who
can take more. II will be no bonanza
but it will be conservative business
investment with no possibility OF los
ing. In other towns such assOcia-
tions have been started and have paid
dividends regularly.
Capitalists have not come forward
to build the houses we need. We must
do the job ourselves. Bennington
has never failed to do her duty when
asked to come forward for the benefit
of the town and in this there is no
chance to lose 'h
1t is hoped to raise $4,000 and then
borrow an equal amount from the lo-
cal banks and built at least seven
double tenement houses this year and
more IL we can raise the money.
1t will be town organization for
the development of our town and 1t
will be in the hands of a board of
competent directors elected by the
stockholders. 1t will be easy to
choose five or seven splendid business
men to look after the detail
Come forward now and make the
thing success from the start. Enlist
now for the benefit of the town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
+, DousLE SUICIDE
Two Girls Shoot Themselves
Portsmouth Cafe

Portsmouth, N. H., March23.--Two
girls, each about % years Of age,
Edith Stanton Of Cincinnati, o., and
Mary Spaulding Of Newton Center.
Mass, committed suicide at the Ports
mouth cafe last night by shooting.
A note. which gave no reason for
the tragedy. indicated that the plan
for a double suicide had been made
some time ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
CoNsTIpATIoa roIsoNs

the blood. Perfect elimination is in
dlspensable to health. Stimulate the
liver, open the bowels, and get the sys-
tenn into good habit by takirg Hood S
Pills, the old reliable family cathartic.
Do not irritate nor grlpe. Price 25c..
of all druggists or promptly by mail OF
G.. |. Hood Co.. Lowell. Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23

Isss nxt al ,asi OF the nose, Itching OF the
rectum, short dry cough, grinding of
the teeth, little red points sticking out
on tongue, starting during sleep, slow
fever. If your child shows any Of
these symptoms. start using DR..
True's Elixir, the Family Laxative and
Worm Expeller, at once.
my little son is gaining every day
and l think more of DR.. Trues Elixir
than all other such medicines put to-
gether," writes Mrs. Ida Gagnon of
Manchester, N. H.
At your druggists, S5c, soc and $1.00.
Write to us for
nation. NNY.V. O1ftG/ IL.
Auburn, Maine. u
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont rain and warmer tonight
Saturday rain and colder with strong
winds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
Hoosick FALLS TRIMMED
Y. M. C. A. Team Defeated Fennessey
All stars 21-14.

Y. M. C. A. Team Defeated Fennessey
All stars 21-14.
Thursday night at the Y. M. c. A.
with the gym packed the Y. M. c. A.
five won close game from the Fen
nessey All Stars. The score was 21
to Ia During most of the contest
the. local boys were more consistent
in their passing and shooting and held
the All Stars to points in the first
half while they rolled only 8.
The Y. NJ c. A. quintet proved con
clusively that rapid strides have been
made in team play and started off
with rally at the beginning Of the
second half caging four baskets before
the All Stars found themselves. Oc-
casionally the Hoosick Falls boys
would take spurt and work the
leather down the floor only to have it
intercepted by the defense of the Y.
boys. The Colburn- -Morrissey-Mc-
Guire combination worked very ef-
tectively and proved the point getters
for the Y.
The line up
Y. NJ. c. A. All Stars
Levin. rf, rf.; McGraw
rf., Fennessey
Mcclure, IT,, IT,, Hopsapple
Colburn, c., c., Clark
Morrissey lg., lg.. Chairman
Mann. rg., rg., Buss
Austin. rg.
Goals from floor. McGraw, Buss,
Morrissey, Mann, Clark 3, Colburn 8,
Levin 3, Mcclure 2; fouls, Colburn,
McGraw a; timekeeper, Pillings;
scorer, Armstrong; referee, Hutton.
The preliminary soccer game was
one of the best seen yet and this new
style of playing the game pleased the
audience. Some good pass work was
pulled off and clever head work was
seen. At the end of the first half. the
Dwarfs were holding tie Giants 2 to
i and in the second half, while the
Giants succeeded in kicking 2 more
goals, the Dwarfs kicked 3, winning
the game 5 to3. K. AFyf
The line up; na2t
Giants--R. f. Hutton, c. Austin, L..
F. Barrett; goal, .Madigan. ....y,.9
Dwarfs-R. F. Gayatt, c. Mann, l..
F. Kanter; goal, Brown.
Goals--Kanter q Gavatt 2, Mann l.
Hutton 2, Austin 1; referee Arm
strong; timer, Elwelr; scorer, w.
Armstrong.
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hard and full belly with
occasional gripings and
pains about the navel,
pale face Of leaden tint,
eyes heavy and dull,
twitching eyelids, itching
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
Little Son is Cainirq'

Familiar signs Of worms in children
are: Deranged stomach, swollen up
per lip, sour stomach, offensive breath
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-03
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK
ST. PETER NoLAsco.

st. Peter of the noble family of
Nolasco, was born in Languedoc,
about 1889. At the age Of twenty five
he was strongly urged to marry, but
his heart from childhood had been
given to the poor and the suffering,
and after a night spent in prayer
Peter took vow of chastity, and
Church. He now followed Simon de
Montfort in his crusade against the
Albigenses, was appointed tutor to the
son of the conquered King of Arragon,
and sent into Spain with his charge.
The sight of the Spanish Christian
slaves, grGaning under the tyranny of
the Moors, infiamed Peter with indig-
nation, and he longed to set them
free. The Divine Will was soon mani
tested. The Blessed Virgin appeared
on the same night to Peter, to Ray
mund of Pennafort, his confessor, and
to James, King of Arragon, his ward,
and babe them prosecute without fear
their holy designs. After great oppo-
sition, the Order for the Redemption
of Captives was sOlemnly established,
and Peter was made the first general
and one Of the first two ransomers
For twenty-five years he toiled for
the afflicted slaves, releasing them
from bondage and from sin, and often
by the example of his charity con-
verting their Mahometan masters
Worn out by his labors, Peter died
on Christmas-day, 1856.
ST Peter, when at Algiers, guaran-
teed a large ransom for some noble
Spanish captives, and wrote to Spain
for the sum. The prisoners, however,
finding their captivity intolerable, con-
trived meanwhile to escape. On this,
Peter was taken up, scourged as a
thief, and put on board vessel, with
orders to bring back from Spain the
money promised. The Moorish crew
had secret instructions when at sea
to scuttle Peters ship, and then to
save themselves on board the convoy
vessel. They did so, and left Peter
without oar or sail in a sinking ship.
But the Saint trusting in God stood
up, and opening his cloak to the wind,
was carried safely into the harbor
of Valencia.
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irreverence. Ii he only stopped to
think, he would no more swear by God
the Father, or Christ, than he would
swear by the name of his loved earth
ly mother and father.
Little children listen and learn
They think it smart and manly to talk
| like father or big brother, mamma and
| sister, and their young lips roll out
| profanity as Vesuvius does smoke and
| lava.
| have heard them at play on the
street, in the parks or alleys, utter
the most foul and fearful oaths mag
Unable as if they were tough sailors
or soldiers. Before they are ten years
old the devil has stamped his black,
cloven, cursing foot into the white in
nocence of their souls.
Many men seem to have no regard
for God, but pretend great respect for
the ladies. Many a man has been
careful not to swear before a minister
and to apologize if he did Since
when was any reverend or any women
entitled to more reverence than the
Deity?
Profanity shows spiritual corrup-
ton and paralysis, defiance of the
law of heaven. To know God or
Christ is TO have reverence and to
eXalt Name which is above every
principally and power.
God as Creator has the right to be
Legislator, as we'll as Redeemer, and
to command there shall be no other
gods before me-" or image made of
Him or word used concerning Him
that is unworthy His divine at
tributes.
No gentleman or Christian will tell
another man to go to help' if he re-
members the Bible definition of
piece of endless torment" whether
seething with literal fire or urquench-
able remorse in the hearts of those,
who willingly eXiled themselves from
heaven. To tell a man to go to hell
is only to ask him to accompany you
to the same place, for you show the
spirit of a devil instead of an angel.
Why not tell man to go to heaven,
and try and help him there? Give
him your hand and not your foot;
show him love and not hate; help and
not hurt him, and pray and say
bless YOU and not damn you"
Men swear any say; 4 did not mean
anything by it." That's the sin and
shame. Don't use Gods name unless
you mean it, in alteration, prayer or
| confession of sin.
Don't be familiar with the One or
His name you will need when you are
sick, poor, bereaved of friends, when
you pass through the Valley of Deaths
| shadow or appear before the white
| throne of His purity.
My MESSAGE
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ssEloT!oN4> ~
lDOCTRINAE. SS=RS LlTURGICAL.


tirely with the production and susie
nance of persons. We all of us at
times notice the great throngs of men
who go, at the call of the whistle, in
and out of our great factories. To the
average mans mind, these hundreds
of men are hands," and the purpose
of the factories where they are en-
ployed is to produce goods" but to
the average woman'S mind, these hun
dreds of laborers are human beings,
and the purpose of the factories is to
furnish sustenance, through pay en-
velopes, to men and women and boys
and girls and babies yet unborn. In
most of our homes the man leaves
human interests early in the morning,
devotes the best hours of his day to
the welfare of things, and returns to
persons again only for the evening S
relaxation. His wife, meanwhile, has
hardly done an act of labor all the day,
has hardly made plan or had a
thought, which is not with consider
able intimacy related to human beings
her husband, her children, her
neighbOrs.
Exchange.
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THE SACRED HEART.

The story of the dealings of God
with man is story of love. Creation
was an act of love. God made us be-
cause He loved us.
Every moment of our existence has
been new manifestation of Gods
unselfish affection. No mother more
tenderly watched each move and turn
of her child than God has watched
over us. Nothing escapes His vigil of
love. In our wants He was always
ready to satisfy. In our weakness He
was our strength; in our wanderings
He was our guide; in our sorrows He
was our comforter, and in our falls
He was our only hope. And so it will
be until the end We shall never call
on Him and find Him deaf, never
stretch out our hand and find Him
missing. To the brink of eternity He
will follow us, ready, if necessary, at
the last moment to exercise a miracle
of love to save us from the result of
our sins.
For all this love He asks only that
we love Him in return. This is the
one great desire of the Sacred Heart
of Jesus. AS a Baby He stretched out
His little hands to us and His dim
pied infant smile was an invitation to
love. He spent His life in devising
new methods of winning our affec-
tons. His last appeal was one that
should move a heart of stone. From
the bloody Altar of the Cross His
Arms outstretched to embrace us,
His head bowed to welcome us, His
Heart opened to receive us, He Of
fered His life for love of u.s. Surely
such love, the infinite love of God,
should find echo in our hearts.
When we look over the world we
wonder that God is so patient We
can understand that He pities those
millions who have never heard of
Him, have never learned of His love
for them. 1t is when we think of the
cold neglect of the Christian world,
the Indifference that is shown to His
Commandments, the. positive con-
tempt that is manifested by so many
that we are astonished that He does
not rain fire from heaven. When we
see Catholics, the children of His spe-
cial love, living lives that are an
abomination in the face of heaven;
when we hear tongues that have been
purpled with His Precious Blood
disappearing His Holy Name; when
we see men giving up to the Iusts of
the flesh their bodies that have been
sanctified as temples of the Holy
Ghost, laughing at the warning of His
Church, tempting the wrath of an In
fnitely Just and Holy God, we feel
that the Sacred Heart of Jesus must
nearly break with grief even in heaven
and that the Father must again regret
that He has made man.
Our Holy Father pleads that we
make PREPARATION for these insults.