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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-20

pGOpics
He was educated at Mr.. David Cor
forts academy and at Norwod co.,
lege. AT an early age he WAS admits
ted to the bar and by his unaided e&@
forts. his ability and his integrity. hn@
soon won a high place in his ch0mQ@
profession. william G. Darlington lONe4a
the people Of Charlotte, and that k11r3
affection was returned Is known 70 CHI
our citizens. who will long cherish g.
memory of this Christian gentlemA
this exemplary citizen, this honorab4n3
and upright lawyer.
Be 1t therefore resolved by the h4-s3
OF Charlotte county, That in his uNz%3
timely death the state of Virginia am
the county Of Charlotte have lost IN
citizen of the highest character. an
our profession a member whose III
was an example which should di1ktSzS
guish the lawyer, and secure tho eo6
,fdence Of his clients and fellow.ue
That we deplore hiss death g.
calamity to our bar. and an irreparAN
loss to his family and. friends.
That we tender his wife ana ~
dren our profound sympathy n th
deep affiiction, and commend -
the consolation which his characS
and conduct assures. s
That the secretary of this me1f
be instructed to send a copy Of g.
Richmond virginian. and 70
Lynchburr News, and to his NiA
and that copy be likewise preue1
to the circuit court OF Chaft4
county"
RoBT- r HIrcHEs0N
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-20

Suit for Damages Entered.
Suit for 1900 alleged damages was
lnstitutsd yesterday n tn law ana
pqNjtx eesre aeea1
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Conley-shinIett.

Especial to The Richmond virginiany
Harriaonburg. Va. June ls.--Charles
aSKon1eY Eenley. seventeen- ana Miss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-20

hare this afternoon 10 atteM
state convsntion ~ ~
.tafAal O11Ar n EAolQ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-20
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT.

AT a meeting of all the members OH
the bar of Charlotte county. held oMe
Saturday. June 2. 1917. the following
resolutions were offered and adopt4d&
The great loss which Charlottla
county sustained in the death Of Wis
liam c. Darlington, which occurred ae]
his home at Charlotte Courthouse. o1
May 10, 1917. has been fully shared III
the members of this bar.
William c. Darlington was born ~
his grandfather's estate. "Inglesides
in Charlotte county. November ASs
1883. His father, Colonel Henry AN
Darlington. was gallant Confederat1R
officer, descended from Judge PaQ4S
Darlington, of the supreme court 81
appeals of Virginia. His mother 49,
a daughter of DR.. John Cullen. 81
Richmond. the first president Of th1s
Medical College of Virginia, and uuQS
of it's founders.
william c. Darlington inherited tn
traits of these two distinguished fAn~s
lilies. and in him was embodied The
best characteristics of tho Virg1ntMs
rroY y,lts
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
STATE OF WAR TO Be
RECOGNIZED
AT OaCf
Washington Convinced President
Will Act Within 48 Hours
DANIELS HAS INSTRUCTIONS
Secretary of Navy Prepares to Help
Sweep German Submarines from
the Sea.

Washington, March 20.--Presdent
Wilson is expected within the next
AS hours to indicate definitely that he
believes a virtual state of war exists
between the United States and Ger
many, News received from Plymouth
that 15 men, some of them Americans,
had been drowned when the American
merchantmen Vigilancia was sunk
without warning by German subma.
rine added, If possible to the already
grave view of the situation held at
Washington as result of the destruc-
tion of the Vigilancia, the Illinois and
the City of Memphis.
Whether the president will hasten
the extra session of Congress already
called for April 16. or will take addi-
tional steps TO protect American COM
merce without this move was not dis.
closed last night. No official pretend
ed to know his plans and the general
view was that he was still considering
the question in his usual deliberate
way.
A cabinet meeting probably will be
held this afternoon and at that time
the situation arising out of the new
acts OF aggression on the part of Ger
many is expected to be thoroughly
Canvassed.
Preparation of aggressive action to
protect American rights began yester-
day. when the president visited the
navy department personally and di.
rected Secretary Daniels to utilize the
$115, 100000 made available by con-
gress to hasten naval building plans.
The New York navy-yard was directed
to begin the construction of so sub.
marine chasers. and announcement
was made that bids for 200 more will
be opened tomorrow. Through the
early graduation of two classes at An.
napolis and the mobilization of re-
serves It is proposed to make it posi-.
bile to man all ships of the navy.
The question was also taken up of
getting into communication Informal
ly with Great Britain and France to
discuss cooperation in the protection
of commerce lanes across the Allan
tic. This step probably will not be
taken until the course of the United
States has been finally determined
In addition to his conference with
Secretary Daniels, the president saw
Secretaries Lansing and McAdoo and
William Denman, chairman of the
federal shipping board, and there was
every indication that he was mapping
cut comprehensive plans for the pro-
lection of American interests in any
eventuality.
1t is generally conceded that al
ready a virtual state of war exists
with Germany, in spite of the technic-
a. armed neutrality status of the Uni
ted States. rs .f
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
ALLIES FOLLOWING
GERMAN ARMIES
IN RETREAT
Berlin Statement says Withdrawal
affects Big salient
HALT IS SOON ExpEc Ed
kaiser's Armies Believed to Have
Reached Point Selected for New
Defence Line.

London, March 20.-The withdrawal
of the German armies on the front in
France yesterday went on rapidly,
with the French and British follow
ing closely. The sweeping extent OF
this retreat is shown in an official
German war office statement, which
says that it affects the front from Ar
ras to the Aisne (near Soissons,) the
whole of the big salient, distance
penetrated into territory previously
held by the Germans to depth OF 22
miles and the British nearly as much.
1t now appears that the Germans
have nearly or quite reached the line
of Cambrai-St Quentin, which 1t has
been generally supposed they have Sc
lected as their defense line. The
French, having passed beyond the
German retreat may come now at any
time.
Yesterdays dispatches showed rap
id progress by the French and British
through liberated territory, numerous
towns and villages being included.
There was no report of any save rear
guard actions.
The French troops have occupied
about 20 additional villages and small
towns in their advance on the re-
treating Germans. They have gone
beyond Ham on the Somme river and
Chauny, on the Disc, which brings
them appreciably nearer to the St.
Quentin-Laon line.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
MINELlAN

NOTICE-Cneese factory concern
wishes to open new factory in Sec
tion wanting such facility to sell
milk. Write stating quantity of milk
available and price. Would buy or
rent, suitable buildings or farm
Brionne Farms Co Inc. $50 Broad
way, New York. 4St3*
FOR SALE-One horse express
wagon in good condition. Price
reasonable Telephone 73.J. r.. L..
Sanborn, 204 Union st. 43t6"
NOTICE-Reward offered. 81 paid
for information leading to obtaining
OF competent woman for general
house work. Address p. o. Box 343.
43t6
TO RENT-3 room tenement on
first floor partly furnished If desired,
also one furnished room. One build
ing lot for sale. w. G. Clark, corner
Grove and County SITS. Tel. 145-Y.
4St6
TO RENT-Five room tenement on
second floor, centerally located.
Rent $12 per month in advance. Ap-
ply w II. Wills. Main st. Phone
5-M. Aft
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
EAST SIDE SETTLEMENT WORK
Descriptive Talk Before FortnightIy
Saturday Afternoon.

Those who braved the elements
and attended the meeting of the Fort
nightly on Saturday, were well repaid
for the effort.
Miss Rose Morrissey, accompanied
by Miss Barbara Cronin, sang Kath-
leen Mavoureen'' in a manner which
won applause both for her voice and
the song. She responded to the en-
core with "The Lowback Car"
Miss Margaret Brown Of New York
took her audience with her to the
East Side of that city and made them
see very clearly the need and the way
the Henry Street Settlement" is
meeting the need She has been en-
gagged in some part of the work since
her graduation from college: first in
the library, aiding in giving assis
tance to the children in their home
work, then she spent several seasons
at the summer homes connected with
the settlement and she is at present
secretary of the committee for voca-
tional training. She called attention
to the fact that the settlement and
its "neighbors" were particularly
elated by the revolution in Russia.
The Little Grandmother of the Re-
volution,' who has been liberated in
Siberia made her home at the
house in Henry Street during her
stay in America.
There was a delightful surprise for
the club members. Miss Virginia
OBrien, accompanied by Mrs. A. w.
Varney. sang "The Jewel Song" from
Faust, and as an encore THE Little
Irish Girl" Miss O'Brien is studying
at the Boston Conservatory of Music.
The report that she shows great
promise was fully justified by her
work on Saturday.
The next meeting of the Fortnightly
will be held in the chapel of the Con-
gregational church this coming Sat
urday, March "a. IL will be a musi-
Gale. Members will please watch the
Banner for further notice.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
ociao Say Party Marches Up and the Other
On the Day Of Resurrection What Will the Association Say
FIFTEEN DROWNED
When Boat Was Launched from Tor
edoed ViqiIancIa.

Plymouth, March 20.-Fifteen mem
bers of the crew of the American
steamer Vigilancia lost their lives
when the steamer was torpedoed by a
German submarine. The survivors
were in lifeboats from Friday morn
ing until Sunday afternoon. Among
those drowned we're several American
citizens, including Third Officer Neils
P. North and Third Engineer Carl
Adeholde. This information was CIV
en- out by Capt Frank A. Middleton OF
New York who, with the survivors OF
the Vigilancia, has reached the main
land and probably will make affidavits
before the American consul.
To the Associated Press Capt. Mid
dleton said yesterday that his vessel
was sunk without warning. 1t was
10 o'clock Friday morning with the
weather clear when the ship was
struck by torpedo on the starboard
side near the No. 3 hatch. Two tor
pedoes were fred at the steamer, but
the first passed harmlessly astern.
Between seven and 10 minutes after
the steamer was struck she foundered
Two lifeboats were lowered from
the Yigilancia and the crew of AZ
men got into them. Owing to the
swell of the ocean however, % men
were thrown into the water. The
boats OF the captain and the mates
picked up 10 Of the men but the other
Is were drowned.
Capt. Middleton says he saw no sub
marine during the attack. but that
one of the engineers thinks he saw
a periscope. The captain saw two
oily streaks on the water about 1000
yards from the steamer which he took
to be the tracks of torpedoes. The
Vigilancia was flying the American
flag and had her name and flag
painted on either side.
Speaking of his experience in the
boat Capt. Middleton said: After
rescuing as many of the crew as pos
sible, in the boats we had biscuits and
water. Several times, by the glare OF
the lights saw submarine following
us so yards from the boats between
10 O'Clock Friday night and 2:50
O'Clock Saturday morning, but it made
no attempt to help us. We suffered
great hardships in the boats. One
man Of the engine room staff is par
alyzed as result of exposure.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
CHORAL CONCERT
Big Gathering VIII Take Place Tues
day evening, March 27.

Remember the choral concert
which takes place Tuesday. March
9th, in high school hall The chorus
viii be assisted by James c. Morton
of Pittsfield who comes recommended
as the finest tenor in western Massa-
chusetts. Dpa
Some years ago Mr.. Morton scored
great success in the production in
North Adams of the opera THE Mix
ado" He was the leading tenor
with the Adams Musical society
which toured nearly the whole of
Massachusetts. He now holds the
position OF first tenor in the Congrega-
tional church of Adams,
The numbers which the chorus will
render follow:
Coronation March Meyerbeer
The Miller's Wooing Tanning
A Fishermen's Song GabuzZi
Hail Bright Abode Wagner
(From "Tannhauser"
A Roundelay Morley
Bridal Chorus from the Cantata THE
Rose Maiden" Cowen
Following are the names of some OF
those who will sing in the chorus.
The list is not complete, but includes
only those who rehearsed March IS:
Miss Beulah Bates, Mrs. VIM. Boyn-
ton. Mrs. VIM. Burke Miss Ruth
Carrier, Misses Hannah Cleveland
Helen Cutting. Ethel Davenport
Maud Galusha. Luela Goldsmith
Margaret Healy, Katharine Lamarre,
Jessie Loomis. Mrs. Ralph Parker,
Miss Hilda Pratt, Miss Martha Pratt.
Mrs. H. NJ Ritchie. Mrs. John Spargo,
w. S. Boynton, p. S. Emerson, Ho.
ward Estes, c. S. Estes. Frank Hur-
ley, l.. H. Nichols, r. T. Parker. N. s
Payne. C. II. Plumb, f. S. Pratt, II.
A. Wills, w. H. Wills, Charles Will
son.
The last regular rehearsal will be
held this evening at 7:45. Remember
It is the last. If your name isn't on
this list, please come just the same
You will notice that many other
names are lacking besides yours. If
ye have attendance. prepare to give
it now. We need you for this last re
hearsal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20

Commissioners that when new dwell.
lngs are constructed within the village
limits they shall In so far as Is prac.
ticable furnish them with water and
sewer mains In the streets adjacent
and extend the lighting system OF the
village as rapidly as the growth OF
the locality warrants 1t.
Voted to so instruct relative to new
houses or houses recently built.
Article II. To see what tax the VII
lage will raise upon Its grand list to
lefray the expenses of the village for
the year ensuing and to pay Its In
iebtedness and to fix the time for the
collection of such tax.
Fixed the tax at 80 cents on the
iolIar an increase Of ten cents on the
lollar from last year. or this sum
Ave cents on the dollar must be de-
voted to paying the debt Of the VII.
age. Payable July Is.
Article IS. To see II the village
will vote to have the provisions of
Chapters IL and IL Of the Public sta
tutes and amendments thereof apply
20 the next annual meeting Of the vii.
age and to any special meetings in
tervening.
Voted to use the Australian next
year.
Article 10. To transact any other
business found necessary when met.
Voted to direct the board of trus-
tees to compel property owners to
connect buildings with the sewers
wherever sewers are available.
The only article to cause much dis
cussion was TO provide the fire de-
partment with motor trucks and this
discussion was over just how to go at
1t rather than in opposition to the
idea,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
MUSIC AND aeclrArIoNs
Program for Entertainment At Metho.
4 dist Church Wednesday Evening


Following is the program for the
entertainment to be given at the
Methodist church "Wednesday even
ing: laa hsrA "a
piano Duet-The Witches Flight
Miss Randles and Miss Parker
Reading-The Troublesome Mite-Box
Miss Grace Andrew
Piano Solo-Song of Spring
Miss Leila Stickles
Vocal Solo
Somewhere a Voice is Calling
Mrs. Dudley Haynes
Dialogue-Under the Searchlight
IL Young Ladies
Piano Duet
Soldiers Chorus from Faust
Miss Randles and Miss Parker
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
CHINESE TAKE TIeN.rslN
German Possessions Are Occupied
Without Opposition.

Pekin, March 19.-Chinese troops
have occupied without opposition the
German concessions at Tien-Tsin and
Hankow.
The Dutch have taken over the
German Consulates.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
EIGHT men KILLED
IN L|FtB0AT BY
U-b0AT SHELLS
German Submarine Fires on Bel
gian Relief Steamer
VICTIMS ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE
Selien Had Letters Of Safe Conduct
and Was Following so-caIIed
Safe Passage.

London, Tuesday. March ga boat
containing the first, second and third
mates and five seamen of the Dutch
steamer Selien. (Selene?), chartered
by the Belgian Relief Commission has
been shelled by submarine and all
the occupants killed, according to q
Reuter- dispatch from Stayanger.
/" The Dutch steamer Selien," says
the dispatch, has reached here (Stav-
anger, Norway bound for New York
in ballast. She left Rotterdam Friday
bearing the usual designations Of the
Belgian Relief committee, and was at
tackled at o'clock Saturday afternoon
by q German submarine.
"The Selien did not stop. but after
some shots lowed lifeboat, in which
the first, second and third mates and
five seamen embarked. The boat was
then struck by shell and all eight
were killed.
THE Selien put on full speed ahead
and the submarine disappeared"
Amsterdam, March 20. (via Lon
don. "A Rotterdam dispatch to the
Handeliblad says:
1.-TWO of the five relief ships, which.
with letters of safe conduct from the
German Legation we're enroute north
ward were shelled by German sub
marine in the so-called safe passage
Seven men were killed aboard the
Tunisie. which entered Stayanger.
The other vessels continued on their
voyage"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
ALL CENSORSHIP GONE
No Secrecy Enforced In Russia Ex-
cept as to Military Matters

All censorship in Russia. except
that on military affairs. has been
suppressed by the Petrograd govern
ment, according to Reuter- dispatch
from the Russian capital
The department which has been
regulating the affairs of the press
has been abolished. A committee OF
arts and letters, headed by Maxim
Gorly, has been formed to insure the
safeguard of the palaces and artistic
property
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
4 Tf7|V ~ ~ u H1--I'E y
HELP is. APPRECIATED
Letter From English Treasurer of
Belgian Relief Fund.
Cambridge. Ell

.gas isdw tsH Cambridge. England
c' Editor OF The Bennington Banner:
l shall be glad If you would allow me
space in your paper gratefully to ac-
knowledge the receipt Of the follow
ing contributions to the University
Belgian fund, collected by Mrs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
BENNINGTON DOCTORS INVITED
Clinic On Infantile Paralysis Al
North Adams.

CIInIC Oh THIdHtTTc TdTdIysW ~
North Adams. "a
A public clinic for the study and
treatment of infantile paralysis will
be held at North Adams tomorrow
opening at o'clock. The clinic will
be held in G. A. r. hall on Holden
street.
The clinic will be in charge Of the
Harvard university medical staff and
nurses. The North Adams board Of
health invites Bennington physicians
to be present and to bring any pat
tents or suspected cases that they
may desire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont cloudy and warmer tonight
Wednesday partly cloudy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-20

Etheltert Clark.
Treasurer.
26 February, 1917.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12

oped since this war came on so as to
BE able to competent,y instruct the
men. officers schools will be held
regularly and much of the time these
schools will meet in the evening.
Officers AID men appear to be get
ting on finely together. The officers
are doing all they can to make the
men feel at home and the newcomers
evidently appreciate it. The army Off
| GERS are instructed to see to it that
the soldiers get good wholesome food
and plenty of it and that they be
made as comfortable as possible.
The men too seem to be in excellent
spirits. The companionship of their
! fellows, the new experience in an out
/ door life and the interesting expert
ielce which come up in the days work
/ OF the soldier are evidently appealing
10 the young men OF spirit who are
now entering on their duties il the
national army
The officers in charge say the men
are as safe. from any demoralizing
influences at the camp as they would
be at home The army of camp fol-
lowers which it has been predicted
would come to prey on the young SOL
diers is not in evidence now, accord
ling TO the deputy sheriffs who are in
charge out at the camp. Three depu-
! ty sheriffs have been OF duty at Camp
Dodge and in the territory adjoining
for several weeks. They report that
they have checked single residents in
tn vicinity Of Camp Dodge and that
only reliable people are living in that
vicinity. 1t has been necessary to or
der a few characters who would have
camped in that vicinity to move on
but the sheriffs report the district is
free from bad characters.
| 1t is the estimate of the officers that
about one out of every ten or twelve
men to report, or at least ten per cent
OF the men sent to Camp Dodge, will
be rejected for physical disability
The experienced army physicians
have little different way of sizing a
man up and examining him for army
service from that of the average ply
! sician. A man must show evidence of
endurance or bottom in order to pass
| the army physicians.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12
WAR TRAINING STARTED
At CAMP DODGE
Fir QUota Of Men 20 be Ready to
Act "a Non-CCms When The
Second Quota Arrives.
OFFICERS AND MEN
ARE GETTING ON FINE
Estimated That One Out of Every
Ten or Twelve Men Sent TO
Camp Dodge Viii he Reject
cd for Physical Disability.

De5 Nones Sept. 1a.-Forty
hours Of WORK each week is the sche-
dule for the drafted men ont at the
big conto1mc1t at Camp Dodge. We'd
nesday and Saturday afternoons the
men will have off for recreation.
Some big athletic contests including
football games are in completion for
the afternoons off, especially Satur-
day, when the camp organization is
perfected. There are TO be interregi-
mental games.
The time of the men this week will
be largely given over to getting set
tied. Following their registration
and assignment to barracks the men
are being put to work cleaning up
their barracks. The rooms are being
swept out and thoroughly scrubbed
or mopped; all of the debris left by
the builders is being cleaned up
from about the buildings and the
grounds put in condition.
Training in the arts of war started
for the first arrivals Monday. 1t is
expected that by the time the second
quota men reach camp about the
third week in September that these
| first arrivals will be sufficiently
schooled to act as Ion-commissioned
officers to assist in the training of
| the new men.
The officers say that the real train
ing will probably not start until the
| first week in October after the Sec
ond forty per cent has arrived. Then
all but the last ten per cent will be
in camp and the big cantonment will
be in full training order.
There will be a considerable
amount of night work in the tarin!ng
of the drafted men. Night scouting,
controlling marching, occupation of
trenches. trench raids a relief party
work, trench combat and practice in
getting through wire entanglements
under cover of darkness will be part
of the night work which the men
must learn.
There will be frequent tests and
the men or troops which are not
keeping up in their work will lose
their Saturday afternoons off and will
have to study up.
The reserve officers and the nom
commissioned officers as we'll as the
men will have an abundance of work
to do. They must study when they
are not with their men and learn all
OF the new methods Of warfare devel-