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COCCH| IS HELD
IN ITALY FOR
CRUGERK|LL|NG
Held in Bologna for Death of
New York Girl
TO FIGHT EXTRADlTION
Fire Ruins Back of Cocchis Bicycle
Shop to Be Searched for Other
Possible Victims.

New York, June 23.-Alfredo Coo
chi, held at Bologna, Italy, for the
murder of Ruth Cruger, is reported to
have made a full confession, according
to press dispatches received here to-
day
Police Commissioner Wood stated
today that he had been expecting a
confession. He again communicated
with the state department in relation
to Cocchi's eXtradition.
Bologna, Italy, June 21.--Alfredo
Cocchi, who is under arrest in con
nection with the murder of Ruth Cru
ger of New York. will resist extradi-
ton. He declares himself innocent of
any crime and his lawyer is prepar-
ing a case to show no valid demand
for his return TO the United States can
be made.
Cocchi declares he knew Ruth Cru
ger only two days before she dlsap-
peared. His conduct toward her was
entirely correct, he insists He left
America only for domestic reasons, he
says.
Cocchi's father and brother. both of
whom are working as machinists here,
declare they are convinced o. his in
nocence owing to statements he made
before 1t was suspected he might be
arrested.
They gave to Senor Venturini. Coo
chi's lawyer, letters which the ac-
cused wrote them before he came
home. They submitted these 20 show
there was nothing in them which
could be construed as an Indication
of guilt.
The police have questioned the fam.
lily of Cocehi's wife, who ara from
lmola, but what they could offer threw
little light on the case. 1t appears
that Cocchi's wife left Italy more than
ten years ago when she was engaged
to him and married him after arriving
in New York
Attorney Venturini says Coo hi did
not lose his Italian citizenship while
in the United States and points out
that in spite of the eXtradiction treaty |
Of 1884 between Italy and the Hnited
States, Italy does not give up its own
subjects to answer for a crime com
mitted abroad, but Furnishes them by |
italian law.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-23
THREE BILLION
AND OVER FOR
LIBERTY LOAN
Four Million Americans Re-
spond to Appeal
ALLOTMENT is FIXED
Ninety-Nine Per Cent of investments
Are Made in Amounts Of $4,000
or Less.

Washington, June 22.-Nearly A.
100000 persons subscribed $3,035 ,226,-
$50 to the Liberty loan, it was an
nounced at the treasury department
tonight.
The official figures were made pub
lie after full week Of counting and
tabulating by an extra force of clerks
in the twelve federal reserve banks.
Statistics hurriedly compiled at the
department tonight estimate 100000
persons or ninety-nine per cent, sub
scribed in amounts ranging from $50
to 10000. Twenty one persons, of
whom John ID. Rockefeller was one,
and more. The aggregate subscrip-
tions of those who bought in such vast
lots was $1SS,7S9,900
All the eastern federal reserve cit
les over subscribed even the maxi
mum amount they were expected to
buy. These advance estimates were
based on the total of the banking re-
sources of the federal reserve district.
Three cities, Minneapolis, Kansas
City and Atlanta. fell behind the min
imum allotment they wee expected to
buy.
New York, as has been known for
seceral days, was the leader in over.
With a maximum amount
of $750,000,000 expected, the great
district which includes not only the
district bought the staggering total
Of s1,1S6,7SS, 400.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-23
2OTOGRADUATE
AT ST. FRANCIS
CHURCHSUNDAY
Address BY the Pastor, Rev.
T. R. Carty
BY REV. FIR. CAHILL
List of Pupils Who Received Palmer
Certificates for Excellence in
Penmanship.

The graduating exercises OF st
Francis de Sales academy. grammar
| course, will be neld at St. Frances de
Sales church Sunday forenoon at 10
O'Clock. Rev. T. X. Carty, pastor of
the church, will address the gradu.
ates and high mass will be sung by
Rev. r. j. Cah!ll Won Weber's mass
in q will be sung by the choir, ac.
companied by the orchestra. Re
sponses will be sung by the sanctuary
choir.
Prelude-An Dante Kreutzer
Kyrie Chorus
t-Christe-eleison
John Mccormack and Alfred Larin
Quartette-
Miss Morrissey, Miss Nellie McGurn
Messrs Mccormack and Mcguire
Gloria Chorus
soprano Solo Gratias
Miss Eliza McGurn
Tenor Solo Qui Tolls
Michael Gilmore
Credo Chorus
Soprano Solo Et Inearnatus
Miss Rose Morrissey
Offertory-O Salutaris
Sauctus Chorus
Quartette, Miss Morrissey, Miss
Nellie McQurn, Messrs. Nc
cormack and McGurn
Benedictus Chorus
Quartetto
Soprano, Miss Morrissey
Alto. Miss Nellie McGurn
Tenor, E. c. Bennett
Bass, H. A. Wilson
Agnus Del Chorus
Alto Solo-Agnus Del
Miss Margaret Healy
Soprano solo and obligato-
Dona Nobis Pacem
Miss Eliza McGurn
Benediction
Prelude-March C. Minor Bach
Director. Edward c. Bennett
Organist, Miss Helen F. Hurley.
Orchestra. violin. Harold r. Hurley
clarinet, Harold Cook; cello, Raniel
jr.
The class roll is as follows;
John Joseph Casey.
Mary Alice Casey
Anna Frances Cone
Nora Margaret Costello
Arthur Francis Cronin
Joseph Francis Culver
James Richard Doyle
Mary Margaret Doyle
Katharine Angela Cecilia Fraden-
Durgh
Richard Francis Xavier Fraden-
lurgh
Martha Mary Harvey
Robert Leo Joseph Kennedy
Martha Margaret Leahy
Marion Catherine Lyons
Margaret Catherine Murphy
Mary Elizabeth Frances Natter t
John Joseph Ryan ..s.-el
John Patrick Shea
Marion Bridget Shea
Dorothy Margaret Stapleton
The following are the names of the
'upils at the Academy who received
from the A. n Palmer Co
# Boston for rapid, legible, business
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women, Notwithstanding lights,
in their various professions

women, Notwithstanding lights,
in their various professions
Miss Leola May Spencer's essay on
Education Through the Playground"
was an excellent description of this
branch of civic work which is so fast
becoming popular. She brought out
very plainly the value of play in the
mental, moral and physical develop
ment of the child.
The Glass VIII by Llewellyn Ed
ward Bells was amusing and gave
the audience an opportunity for a good
laugh.
In Miss Louise Marie Ciocca's His
tory of the Telephone" she emphasiz-
ed the fact that it is strictly Ameri.
can, that no other industrial organi-
zation owes so little to foreign coun-
tries and the patent issued to Bell in
1896, was the most valuable single
patent ever issued
The reading of President Wilson's
message by Miss Carolyn Wales Hard
was very appropriate part of the pro-
gram just at this critical time in our
country.
The diplomas were awarded by
Supt. J. d. Whittier.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-23
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

Village President, A. w. Braisted
was in New York this week in the in.
terest of the Putnam Memorial hospi
tai.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Spicer and
Mr.. Spicers mother, Mrs. Conant OF
Camden, N. Y, spent Thursday with
Secretary and Mrs. H. A. Wilkinson
of Putnam street They left Friday
morning, continuing their trip to Exc
ter. N. H., where their son is a mem
Der of the Phillips Academy gradual
ing class.
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VISITS HIS OLD HOME
Charles E. Harwood of Upland, Calf,
Is in Town.

Charles E. Harwood of Upland, Calf.
Is in Town.
Charles E. Harwood of Upland
Calf, is visiting Bennington, of which
town he is a native He is accom-
panied by his daughter, Miss Aurelia
Harwood. While here they are
guests at the home OF b. T. u Henry
Mrs. tHarwood died March IS, this
year. FGev
MIR. Harwood is today attending the
commencement exercises at Williams
college from which he graduated in
1852. This is the 65th anniversary of
the class. Mr.. Harwood is 1st vice
president of the Mexican Petroleum
company, one of the biggest oil com
panies in the world
They have or will have Jan. / over
100000 tons of shipping on the ocean
and are building more. The company
is capitalized at 100000. While
on his way to Bennington, Mr.. Har-
wood visited his son Paul II. Harwood
who lives in New York where he is
superintendent of the shipping of the
Mexican Petroleum company Mr.
Harwood also has a son. Edward c..
Harwood of Upland, Calf. and a
daughters Mrs. Isabella H. Scott of
Sacramento.
Mr.. Harwood was born in a little
house on the SALISBURY road about a
mile beyond where Everett Harwood
now lives. He left Bennington when
he was % years old after studying law
for two years with Judge Pierrpont
osborn who had an office just west of
Governor Tichenor place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-23
PRODUCE PRICES UNCHANGED
Slight Reductions in Quotations for
Flour and Old Potatoes.

There has not been much improve
ment from the consumers point of
view in the prices for the necessar-
les of life during the past weCk.
There has been a slight break in the
wholesale prices OF flour which will
probably be effective in the local
market next week. The best brands.
however, are yet selling arounl SIS
barrel. Old potatoes are a little
easier and are selling at 80 cents
peck New potatoes are priced at
S1.25 and S1.S0 and in some instances
are decidedly small.
Eggs are quoted at 40 cents and
creamery butter at 40 ceLts Good
dairy butter can be had for 40 cents
pound. Granulated sugar is selling
at nine cents a pound.
There has been little cnange In the
prices of out-ofseason vegetables.
Cucumbers are selling all the way
from to Is cents apiece, asparagus
20 to 25 cents, string beans Is cents
a quart, tomatoes 10 cents a pound
Bunch onions, locally grown, ave sell
ing for cents.
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penmanship:
Anna F. Cone, Nora M. Costello.
Mary NJ Doyle. Mary e. F. Natter.
Dorothy NJ. Stapleton, Marguerite
Norm, Mary A. Casey, Martha NJ
Leahy, John j. Ryan, Robert L. ].
Kennedy, Francis V. Kervan, Clement
Clifford Thomas D. Culver, Robert p.
McKeOn Francis f. Graham, John A.
Burke, Bernard F. Ryan, Paul T.
Bellemare, Frances NJ. Cone, Mar
garet A. Griffin, Margaret C. Kearns,
Elizabeth NJ. Leahy, Mary F. Lee,
Mary L, Harwood. Helen NJ. Shea,
Edna NJ. Turner Evelyn R. Bellemare
Martha NJ Harvey. Marion b. Shea.
Catherine Gigney,, Sunds ". Stoppielo,
Cecilia Liberty, Helen Rafferty,, Julia
Hughes. oss4tg stnsda
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-23
TWO SENTENCED TO WINDSOR
One Prisoner Escapes While on the
Way to Jail.

Way to Jail.
Morris and Charles Hunt, who were
convicted of burglary after jury
trial in county court. were taken this
morning by Sheriff Godfrey to the
state prison at Windsor The two men
were charged with breaking and en-
tering a store in PCwnal. They were
sentenced to not more than three or
less than two years at hal labor.
The two Hunts and another prison
er, Cornelius Reardon, left the county
court house at Manchester yesterday
noon on their way to the county jail in
this village in the custody of Sheriff
Frederick Godfrey. The train from
the north pulled into the station as
the sheriff and his three prisoners
were standing on the platform. None
of the prisoners was handcuffed. Sud
denly Reardon dashed across the
track in front of the approaching loco
motive, doubled back behind the train
and escaped.
Reardon was arrested for the theft
of pay check from the person of
by the name of Anderson.
The alleged theft was committed at
Manchester and Reardon was arrested
in Troy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-23
THREE MORE CASES OF POLIO
One Develops in Waitsfeld and Two
in MONTPELIER.


in Montpelier.
Burlington, June 21.-Three new
cases of infantile paralysis and the
arrival of hot weather are causing
much apprehension on the part of the
state board of health members. The
new cases reported today are those of
a seven-yearold girl in Waitsfield and
two cases of children in Montpelier
The total number OF cases in the
state is now nine, all confined to
Waitsfield, Barre and Montpelier. Mo
ton picture theater owners in Mont
pelier have been ordered to exclude
children under 16 from their theatres
All public assemblages have been for
hidden in Waitsfield and Barre. In
two of the cases the human serum
has been administered, which is one
of the treatments for the disease.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-23
245 MEN FOR THE NAVY
Vermont Furnishes This Number OF
Its Quota of 400 Men.

Burlington, June 21-Six men were
enlisted today at the recruiting office
for the United States navy in this
total for the week, which in the navy
closes officially Thursday night, up to
II. The grand total of enlistments
since April is now 245 towards Yer
mont's quota of 400 which the navy
department had hoped would be filled
by April 90
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-23
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont probably showers and thun-
der storms tonight and Sunday Not
much change in temperature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-23
ZEPPELlNS MAY COME
German Paper Declares Arships
May Soon Cross Atlantic.

New York, June 21.-A dispatch
from Copenhagen, by way of London
yesterday. say that a German techni-
cal weekly calculates that regular
Zeppelin trips to America are pos
sibility of the not-distant future. The
paper says that only a moderate in
crease in size over the present type
would give the necessary lifting ca
pacity for an airship making trip
of four days. The article apparently
was written with peace and not war
time volages in mind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Raised First Cry
For Freedom

at was therefore by no means an
accident that the first protest OF ma
tional individualism and the first cry
for national freedom of action and IN
dividual freedom of thought had come
from Bohemia. Threatened by the
Germans, who had behind them the au-
thority of the Holy Roman Empire OF
German nationality, the Czechs arose
in a protest against universally. both
in Church and State. II is a fact TO
which sufficient attention has seldom
been paid that among the different ar
ticles of accusation raised against John
Huss at the Council of Constance was
that Huss had instigated among the
Czechs national hatred OF the Ger
mans.
"To this accusation Huss answered:
Il have affirmed and yet affirm Thu Bo..
hemians should by right have the cher
place in the Offices of the Kingdom OF
Bohemia, even as they that are French
born in the Kingdom of France and the
Germans in their own countries, where
by the Bohemian might have the faculty
TO rule his people and the Germans
hear rule over the Germans These
words, spoken by the martyr on his
trial. have remained the programme oil
the Czecho-Slovak nation"
This remarkable programme, formu-
lated FIVE centuries ago by the great
Bohemian reformer, is the essence OF
the cause now championed by this
country and Free Russia. Indeed,
President Wilson's famous utterance
Of last January looks like . para
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Austro-M
Threat to Peace

"Those who defended the usefulness,
even the necessity, of tria-Hungary.
and at one time the great Bohemian
historian and statesman Palacky was
one of them, thought of Austria as a
federal system of nations and lands
with equal rights. But Austrla-Hun-
gary as n dualistic monster became the
oppressor of all who were not Germans
or Magyars. 1t is standing threat to
the peace of Europe, a mere tool OF
Germany seeking conquest in the East,
a state having no destiny OF It's own.
unable 10 construct an organic state
composed of number of equal, free,
progressive races. The dynasty, living
in its traditions of absolutism, man.
ages to maintain the semblance of the
former world power through the .un-
democratic cooperation of sterile no
bility. a bureaucracy that belongs TO no
race. and a body OF army officers that
is against every race
Since the above document was issued
Bohemia was subjected TO reign OF
terror the like of which II had hardly
ever before experienced. Hundreds of
executions, thousands OF arrests. whole
sale confiscation Of property, suppression
Of all public opinion emblttered bohe-
mia TO such an extent that to-day 1t rs
practically the entire nation that de-
mands complete independence. The
satisfaction of this demand should be
as certain as that of Poland. The
restoration of Bohemia is not doc.
trinaire suggestion, but . matter OF
elementary Justice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
The Birth of New Nations
B OLE NJ l A
By ISAAC DON LEVINE
Author Of THE Russian Revolution"
COPYRIGHT. 1917. Tribune Assoeiattor)

under a double yoke. Both the Teu-
tons and the Hungarians Cypress the
Bohemians. The former control the
inhabitants of Bohemia proper and
Moravia, while the 100000 Slovaks
populating so-called Slovakia are ruled
from Budapest.
The Czechs are the inhabitants Of
Bohemia proper, Moravia and Silesia
The Slovaks are also of Czech origin.
The dialect of the Slovaks differs
somewhat from the Bohemian, thanks
to the German influence on the latter
But the real difference between the
Slovaks and the Czechs springs from
the fact that the first were subjugated
by the Hungsrians and the second by
the Teutons.
The Slovaks recognize themselves as
Bohemians, and as such are united
with the Czechs in their nationalistic
aspirations. The new Bohemian state
would therefore be a Czecho-Slovak
state, consisting of parts of Austria
and Hungary. Altogether this state
would include about 100000 inhsbi-
tants, fully three-quarters of whom are
Bohemians.
The restoration of Bohemia is both e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Professor Masaryk
Leads in Fight

Perhaps the greatest living Bohemian
to-day is Professor Masaryk. He was
very active before the war in expos
ing the Vaccinations of the Teutons in
Vienna. After the outbreak of the war
he became the chief of the Bohemian
National Council in Paris, which has
now been elevated by the Czech army
in Russia TO the position of the Pro-
visional Government Of Bohemia.
This body issued on November IA.
1915, the following manifesto, which
sets forth clearly the aims and aspira-
tions of the Bohemian people:
"All Bohemian political parties have
up to this time been fighting for a
qualified independence within the limits
Of Austria Hungary. But the events OF
this terrible war and the reckless vlo-
lence of Vienna constra1n us TO claim
independence without regard to Aus
tria-Hungary. We ask for an indepen-
dent Bohemian lovak state. The Be-
hemian people are now convinced that
they must strike out for themselves.
Austria was defeated not only by Rus
STA. but by the little, despised Serbia,
and is now a dependency of Germany.
To-day Berlin has galvanized this
corpse, but it is the last effort. Aus
ia-Hungary has abdicated. We have
lost all confidence in its vitality; 1t
has no longer any reason for existence.
BY its incapacity, by its voluntary
subordination TO Germany, 1t has con-
WINGED the whole world that the former
belief in the mission Of Austria is out
of date, forever overthrow by the Eu-
ropean war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

There is nation in the ranks
Of the Allies of which the world at large
is not cognizant. 1t has never declared
war against the Central Powers through
diplomatic channels, and yet 1t has an
army fighting the Teutons. The gov
eminent of that nation is temporarily
domiciled in Paris. At the head Of that
government stands a provisional dicta-
tor. The name Of this dictator is Pro-
lessor T. G. Masaryk, and he heads the
Czecho- Slovak, or Bohemian, state.
A government without an army is
negligible institution in our times. 1t
is the Czecho-Slovak army, therefore,
that is responsible for the rising pres
tige of the government of Bohemia.
And this army is a product of the
Russian revolution. Under the old re-
gime many Bohemians in Russia, in
union with their brethren captured by
the Russians from the Austrian armies,
cndeavored to form into national units
to fight the Teutons. But the govern
ment of Sturmer and Protopopoff dis
couraged all such efforts on the part of
the Austrian Slavs.
The new Russia has chosen a differ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

1s4s, when Europe was in revolution,
the Bohemians for the first time for
mulated their demands. These were
modest, being only a claim of auton-
omy within the bounds of Austria. Had
this claim been satisfied by the Haps-
burgs, the cornerstone Of their I'M
perial structure would not be so
shaky as il is to-day. But treachery
and autocracy go together In response
TO the pleas of the Bohemians, Austria
delivered the Slovaks into the hands
of the restored Hungarian dominion!
In 1870 Francis Joseph promised the
Czechs that he would crown himself
King of Bohemia, thus making that
country an autonomous entity. But
this promise was never kept. The re-
suit Of this attitude toward the
Czechs was the awakening of their ma
tional consciousness and pride. Those
leaders who favored free union with
Austria began to advocate separation
from the Dual Monarchy. The alliance
OF Vienna with Berlin only further
alienated the Bohemians from the
Hapsburgs. The Czechs sought to ere
ate basis for an alliance of Austria
with Russia and France, as they early
perceived the mission Of Prussia In
Euronc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Has Big Army
Against Oppressor

Thus the world Is confronted with
the unique spectacle Of an oppressed
nation trying TO solve the problem OF
it's independence by waging war
against its oppressor. There can be no
doubt that this is the most effective
method possible for the purpose, un-
| ouestionably more effective than rebel
lion. II the present Bohemian army in
! Russia should be increased by 2Oo'OOo
volunteers from among the 2.OO0,00O
Pohemians living outside of their
fatherland. and if these be- joined by
large numbers of deserters from the
Austrian lines, the question of Bohe-
milan independence at the universal
neacc conference would assume def
nitely favorable aspect.
However, the Allies have declared
even before the Russian overturn tnat
the "Eberation of the Czecho-Slovaks
from foreign domination" was one OF
their aims. And the stand of free Rus
STA is that President Wilson's doctrine
/
nm the right of each nationality to set
tie its own destinies should become the
basis for the coming world peace. The
Bohemian question is consequently one
Of the major nationalistic problems be-
fore the Allies, and in some respects
the most difficult of solution, as it pro-
foundlv affects the life of the Dual
Monarchy.
The disintegration of Austria
Hungary could be avoided by clipping
Calicia and Italy Irredenta of its
body. II would certainly not be
effected by the liberation of Bosnia
from its grip. But the restoration OF
Bohemia as an independent nation can
not but vitality affect the fortunes of
the Austrian Empire. Bohemia is the
most vulnerable spot in Austria. 1t Is
in fact, the backbone of the Haps-
burg dominion. It's elimination from
the Austrian structure would almost
Immediately result in the swift
crumbling away of the Dual Mon
archy.
Bohemia is the most advanced part
Of Austria. II has more railroads per
square mile than any other part OF the
empire. It's population is 40 per cent
of the total population Of Austria, and
it produces twice the quantity OF agri-
culturaI products that are produced by
the rest of the latter. Bohemia is the
leading industrial and commercial ter
,i,orv Of Austria. It produces five times
az much coal as the remainder Of Aus
trim and one and half times as much
iron. II bears GO per cent OF Austrias
taxation, and contains proDortionately
more literate persons than any otner
section of the Dual Monarchy.