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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
IBy Associated Frcss.I

90 -hSSVNPdhSh ISSS'J
The British, French npd Italian
lines nre still holding Hrmiy against
onsinushts OF the Teutonic allies.
deIirercd with hrn,y rc-enrorce-
mcnts that hive been drawn from
the Russinr front since tho ccssa-
tion OF hostilIties there under the
nrnistice.
The latest attack OF the Germans
made In the Csmbrai region he
tween liuilccourt md Qucnnt, uns
a complete failure, when tho Tcuton
1osses In men killed and rsadc pris-
oncr nre put in the balance with
their snnIi Enin OF ground against
the Brltl.h. Another attack by the
German Crown Prince In the Cnuri-
ercs wood. on the verdun sector,
which WINS delivered with inrEc cf-
fective>. has met with the custom
ary Tepulse. while In the highlands
of, the northern front tho enemy
nrmics arc still being held In cheek
by tho Italians.
A most expensive operation was
the German attack on wedpeaday Y
between Builecourt and Queant.
The nerlin War once admits that
only few British shelters and
ninety prisoners were tHker. while
Field Murshal HniE reports tina,
heavy casualties were indicted on
the enemy all along the front OF the
ohcnsives. numerous OF his dead
being left before the eutnnElements \
when the impossible task OF pierc-
ing the British lines becnme ap-
parent, and hurried retrent was
ordered.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
American Engineers
Killed By Hun Bombs
fBy Associated Press.

by NSsoCldtcU FrSSS.1
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE. December I3.--A num-
ber OF American railway engineers
have been killed by Germun aerial
hon,bs In n town somewhere behind
the British front. Details .nrc not
yet known.
IL IL now permitted to announce
that Gerpap bomb fell I'm n street
In town through which Americas
troops were panninE. Pieces Of the
bomb shattered the windows OF =
house in which there were officers,
"houerinE them with glass, but
hurting no one.
Two American soldiers have died
in hospitals from Eunshot wounds.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
Loue Versus Wine, or UhLans
Score on the Western Front

the hheis
II
make
Ito
n n
Decenber
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
TO FILL OUT REGULAR ARMY
Nearly 1000 Drafted Soldiers TFans-
ferred From Camp Meade
TO Camp Greene.
Try Associated Press.

CHARLOTTE. y. e.. December l3.-
Nearly 1000 drafted soldiers. who wero
transferred from Camp Meade. ar
rived at Camp Greene this morning.
and were assigned to various regular
army regiments. This is the second
increment of men arriving TO fill out
the regular army units at Camp Greene
10 war strength. a similar number
Of volunteers having arrived week
aCO
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
ARTILLERY FIGHTING
ALONG WHOLE FRONT

PARIS, December 1S.-Active artil.
lery lighting is in progress along the
whole front, the War Office announces.
The statement follows:
Along tho whole front the artiI-
lery on both sides is showing a mod
crate degree of activity.
We repulsed raid in strength un-
dertaken by the enemy in Caurieres
wood.
From December 10 to IS nine Ger
man airplancs were brought down by
our pilots. In the same period our
a"iators carried out various effective
bombing operations. in which projec-
tiles weighing 10000 Kilograms (aa,ooo
pounds) were thrown down, especially
on the aviation grounds at Colmar and
schlesmaldt. warehouses at Logelbach.
factories at Rombach, the region of
Wavtllc and at Chambley and Thiau.
court, and on railway stations at
Warmeriville, Juniville and Amagne-
Lucquy. Good results were observed"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
SERIES Of HEAVY ASSAULTS
DELIVERED BY GERMAN.

tBy Associated Pressl
y l. ] y y HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY. Wednesday. De.
ceuber 1o.-Gcneral Won Bellows German
troops have Joined the Austrians and
Sohemians under Field Marshal Conrad
Won toetzendorf III a series of heavl
assaults during the las, two days be-
tween the Brenta and Pieve Rivers
just north Of Monte Grappa.
The lighting has been severe ana
attended with large losses. but tn.
Italian front has been sustained. with
one slight indentation at Monte Spinon.
cia. where the enemy secured a tenn
porary footho!d. which is stlll being
contested bitterly.
Artillery preparation early Yesterday
was followed by infantry rushes. The
Fourth Austrian Division, on the right.
mad number OF Bohemian regiments
IN the front line. These men are fresh
from the RuSso-Galician front.
desperate struggle went on around
Col BeTetta. where tho Austrians were
aided by enfiladed fire from batterie.
on the west bank OF the Brenta River
In positions established when the lines
were reformed last week For some
time the Beretta positions were In tho
hands of the enemy. but brilliant
counterattack has restored nearly all
the Italian POSSESSIONS
German reserve forces were engaged
for the first time since they were used
on the big Isonzo offensive The fight
ing was bloody around Monte Spinon-
c!a and Col Orso t"Bear HIP, with
the enemy gaining n foothold.
The result OF the two days fighting
has not advanced tactically the enemy.s
position leNding toward the Venetian
plains. which is his real aim
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
LITTLE FIGHTING
on ITALIAN fHON1

10 o y. December 13.-"Li,tle
"shtins because OF snow and mist
was Beriin's Official account to-day OF
the situation on the Italian 'front.'
Romo dispatches, however, report a
severe two days batt!e apparently still
IN progress, In which fresh Austro.,
German reserves were hurled againxt
Diag's tines between the Piayc and
Rrenta Rivers. They pushed back tina.
Italians slightly, but failed to shake
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
ITALIANS TORPEDO
TWO BATTLESH|PS
IN TRIESTE HARBOR|'
Attack Made After Crossing
Several DISTINCTIONS
and Mines.
BOTH AUSTRIAN CRAFT
ARE OF MONARCH TYPE,
Germans Report Capture of
Ninety British Soldiers
East Of Bullecourt.
FIERCE FIGHTING IN ITALY
Fresh Austro.German Reserves Arc
Hurled Against Diaz Between .
Piave and Brenta.
BOTH AUSTRIAN CRAFT
ARE OF MONARCH TYPE,
FIERCE FIGHTING IN ITALY
IBy. Associated prow.1

NEW YORK, December 13.-The tor.
pedoing OF two Austrian battle.hips in
the harbor OF Trieste b. Italian torpedo
craft OH tho night OF December Is
reported In message received here
to-day by Commander c. Pfistcr. OF
tho Italian navy. The information
was contained in n telegram received
by Commander Phster from Captain L.
Nannutelli. naval attachc OF the Italian
embassy at Washington.
After successfully crossing several
distractions and mine fields" the dis
patch said. "the Italian torpedo craft.
entered tho harbor of Trieste, where
they fired four torpedoes against two
Austrian men-of-war of the Monarch
type. All the torpedoes reached their
targets and exploded.
Though the most intense artillery
fire was concentrated against the at
tacking torpedo-boats. and though
even torpedoes were fired against them,
all OF our units returned safely and
unhurt to their home bases"
a London dispatch received Wcines.
day quoted Vienna official statement
as saying the Austrian battleship Wien
was sunk Sunday night. the date men.
toned in the foregoing communica.
tion Most of the crew was saved, the
London message stated The waters ia
which tho vessel was sunk were not
named, however. 80
The Wien is q ship Of the Monarch
type. The Wien. Monarch and Buda-
pest were built In 1895 and 1896. They
displaced $500 tons. and are gistcrsd
as carrying compliments of AL men.
They were G2S feet long, fifty-six feet
Beam. They were armed with -four
nine-inch and twenty guns Of smaller
calibe-. Each had two torpedo tubes.
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village ToIS
Briefly for Busy Readers

Don't forget the Band Dance tonight
at Foresters Hall. Adv.
Don't miss the last episode of
"Patria' at Harte Theatre tomorrow.
Adv.
The special meeting of the Fort
nightly Club in the Second Congrega-
tional chapel, at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, will not be long one, but
it will be an interesting one. Every
woman in Bennington, as well as
every man, ought to understand about
the Liberty Loan in its first and last
detail. Be ready with questions. il
you please, Mr.. Webster and Mr..
Spargo will know how to answer
them.
There was good attendance of
women at the canning demonstration
given at high school hall this fore
noon. The demonstration was con-
Quoted by two women experts from
the agricultural college at Burlington
and those who attended expressed
themselves as exceptionally well
pleased with the practical methods.
demonstrated.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
WHY A RUSSIAN ARMY FAILED
Its Soldiers Were Sent Into Battle
a3.i Without Equipment.

On the Russian front the two armies
German and Russian. had been en-
gagged in terrific struggle for many
days. The line wayered from day to
day; forward surged the Russians
and backward the Germans, and then
a reverse movement, Germans advanc'
ing and Russians retreating.
1t was a critical battle. The world
watched its fluctuations with eager
interest. The commanders on both
sides implored that reinforcements be
sent to them. Hindenberg, Germany S
greatest military genius, saw the
thousands of fresh troops arrive to as
sist his war-weary men with great re-
lief. The Russian commander was
likewise relieved when his reinforce
ments appeared, scores of thousands
of men, the flower of Russia's man
hood.
Approximately the achievements
received by each commander were the
same, about five army corps. But
there was one very great and impor-
tant difference-the Germans were
well equipped They had plenty OF
arms and ammunition. The Russians
were not equipped at all. They were
without guns or ammunition. They
were empty-handed.
When the German troops rushed
forth to deliver a new and stronger
offensive stroke, the Russians had to
give way The new troops had only
their naked fists and the weapons of
the early cave men, sticks or stones
picked up on the spot. Thus one of
the great battles was lost to Russia
simply because her men were not
equipped
Such incidents as this were respon'
sible for the Russian revolution. The
army reyolted with the people, be
cause the soldiers would not continue
to be sacrificed by corrupt and incom.
petent officials.
May it never be the lot of any OF
our brave soldier boys to defend them
selves against well-armed enemies
with no weapons save sticks and
stones and their bare hands! We
must see that they are equipped with
every possible advantage.
In this richest and greatest country
CT the world, with the most inventive
minds in the world, we can and must
equip our gallant soldiers with every
advantage that science can suggest or
money buy.
1t is worse than treason to send our
men to the fighting line and then to
withhold the necessary financial sup
port without which they cannot be
equipped The soldier on the battle
field must be secured by the sacrifice
of material resources at home.
Every Liberty Bond purchased here
in Bennington will be an added pro-
lection to the brave American soldiers
fighting on European battlefields, and
to the men of our navy in their peril
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
LICENSE TO SELL
STATE OF VERMONT, District OF
bennington es.s Nfclaish.

STATE OF VERMONT, Dlstrict VI
Bennington Ss. NiclAisA'
The Honorable Probate Court, for
the District Aforesaid' a. gs
To ali persons Interested In the es'
tate of William Hawks Cone, MINOR
of said Bennington. .
WHEREAS, application in writing
hath been made to this Court by the
guardian of William Hawks Cone for
license to sell portion of the real
estate of said ward, viz: Situated
in the Village of Bennington, on the
east side of North street, so-called In
said Village. Representing that the
sale thereof for the purpose of putting
the proceeds Of such sale at interest
or investing the same in stocks or
other real estate, or using the aValls
thereof for the benefit of said ward as
the law directs would be beneficial Tor
said ward.
WHEREUPON, the said Court APP
pointed and assigned the 4th day OF
June 1917, at the Probate Office IN
Bennington in said District, TO near
and decide upon said application, and
ordered that public notice thereof be
given to all persons interested there
in. by publishing this order three
weeks successfully in the Bennington
Evening Banner, newspaper published
at Bennington in said District, which
circulates in the neighborhood oil
those persons interested therein all
which publications shall be previous
to the time appointed for the hearing.
THEREFORE,, you are hereby no.
tilted to appear before said Court, at
the time and place aforesaid, then and
there in said Court, to object to the
granting of such license, If you see
cause.
Given Under My Hand at Bennins-
ton in said District. this 10th day OF
May 1917.
Amy H. Harbour,
Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
DENIED U-BoATS CHECKED
Naval officer In England Says Stu
alton Is Growing Worse

Supreme Court Justice Scudder OF
Brooklyn made public yesterday the
contents of letter which he received
in the morning mail from friend, an
officer, who is serving on one of the
American naval vessels in British
waters. This letter, which was writ
ten the day after the American de-
stroyer fleet arrived in England, read:
My Dear Judge: May 5, 1917
am taking the liberty OF writing to
you in order that, knowing the truth.
you may be able to remedy the evil
A number of destroyers arrived in
port yesterday after a ten days trip.
This proves that the boats of this type
can cross-it had never been attempt
ed before. What | am writing to you
about is just this The situation Is
really getting out of control The
American public has been fed on lies
for so long that it will be doubly diff
ficult to impress 1t with facts. The
simple facts OF increasing danger and
Importance are: sC
First More ships are sunk per
month than can possibly be replaced
in the same interval of time.
Second. An insignificant number OF
submarines is being destroyed.
Third. Not one-tenth as many have
been accounted for to date as we have
been led to believe. "A hundred
American sea-going destroyers operat
ing from this side may hold the situa-
ton in check long enough to enable
A,i.r tho ClrrN a ? &
from France and Belgium II the
United States does not Immediately
embark on the construction OF at
least 100, and preferably 200g destroy
ers. then it will have only itself TO
blame. for the handwriting on the wall
is already too plain,
| cannot write in detail. The letter
would not get through. The situation
is so serious that am writing 10 you
directly to tell you how things stand
and TO urge you not to believe the re
assuring statements brought back by
publishers and writer's. | am where
the submarine is operating most eX-
tensively, and, for us. the cards are
now on the table. The American pub
lie must be scared into realization of
the truth. IL its present isolation pre-
vents temporarily the growth of the
patriotic impulse.
Justice Scudder said that when he
received the letter he decided that it
would be for the best interests of the
nation to have it made public. He
refused to give the name OF the writer
of the letter for fear of possible con-
sequences. He asserted that he did
not wish to make a martyr OF him. He
did say, however, that the writer was
graduate of Annapolis and naval
officer. The Justice would not indi-
cate the rank of the officer,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
MORE MONEY IN FOOD
N. Y. Commission Says Greater Profit
Is Made Than Ever Before

New York. May 2S.-Joseph Harti-
gan, city commissioner of weights and
measures in a statement. issued to-
night, declared that never in the city's
history has so much money been
made by individuals and corporations
dealing in foodstuffs as in the last few
months.
while foods have been kept in
abundance in storehouses and while
prices have been advancing by leaps
and bounds" asserted Mr.. Hartigan,
mo thought has been given to the
consumer. The dealers have said:
Here is our golden opportunity and
they have seized it,"
Reports made to him by inspectors
Of his department. he said, showed
that the food jobbers and brokers re-
scented government interference with
speculation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
Gus work upon the deem.

GUS work upon the deep.
To equip the army and the navy for
the great struggle Uncle Sam needs
money, billions of dollars. 1t can
only be raised by means of popular
bond issue. Unless the money is
Forthcoming, we and our gallant allies
must bend the knee of subsection to
the most ruthless military despotism
in all history.
Here in this historic place of sacred
memory, the men and women of 1917
will not prove recreant to the trust be-
queathed to them by the heroes of
1777. Once more the sons and daugh-
tiers of Bennington will serve the
cause of freedom by their sacrifices.
By Registration Daytime 5th-
let there be no home without a re-
ceipt for at least one Liberty Bond.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
" Estate of JOHN ROBINSON

/ The undersigned having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
Of Bennington. C0MMISSi 0NERS, to receive
examine, and adjust the claims and
demands of all persons against the estate of
John Robinson late of Bennington in said
District, deceased, and all claims exhibited In
Offset thereto. hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purpose aforesaid at the Office
Collins NJ. Graves 10 the villag OF Bennipg-
ton iD said District, on the 30tn day of Oct. and
2Sih day of November neat, from o'clock
p. NJ. until 5 O'Clock p. NJ. on ach OF said days
and that ak months from the 2Sth day of May
A. d. 1917, is the time limited by said Court for
said creditors to present their claims to us for
examination and allowance.
Dated at BenniL gton this 18th day Of Msy
J.Ew ALBRIO6E,
Oh, DEWEY
Commissioners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
The Egg and the Shell.

Eggshells are made chiefly OF carbo-
nate of lime, and the yolk is half wa
ter, half oil and albumen, while the
white of an egg, as it is called, consists
of water chiefly with albumen and a
title phosphorus and sulphur. The
FOLK always floats at the top of the
white. so to be as near as possible to
the hen when she sits upon it to hatch
it, while two cords attached to the
yolk, one at each end, prevent it from
actually touching the shell.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
NEW YORK SALOONS OPEN
Law Does Not Permit Order to Close
on Registration Day.

New York, May 31.-Saloons will
not be closed Tuesday next, registra-
ton day, according to the state excise
commissioners office here.
1t was stated that the excise law
specifies the occasions on which sa-
looms must close, and that sale of
liquor cannot be stopped on other oc-
casions except by order of military
authorities after declaration of mar
tial law.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
D'ANNUNZIO IN FIGHT
Poet Helps Italians in Annihlating
Austrian Attack.

Undine, Italy, June 1.-The Aus
trians in attempting to recapture San
Giovanni, on the southern portion of
the Carso plateau, came into ter
rible hand-to-hand fight with the
Italians
Among the Italians was Gabrielle
d'AnnunZio, the poet and playwright,
whose word and example animated the
soldiers in the heroic struggle, which
ended in the humiliation of the
enemy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
DR.. sLAkE's HOSPITAL OPEN
Poincare Makes American Surgeon
Member of Legion Of Honor

Paris, May 31.-President Poincare
and Nine. Poincare formally opened
today the Red Cross hospital of Paris,
organized by DIR. Joseph A. Blake, its
surgeon in chief, and supported by the
American Red Cross President Poin-
care conferred the Legion OF Honor
medal upon Dr. Blake, saying as he
did so:
France bestows this in recognition
of your science, your devotion, and
your creative work given for her"
DR.. Blake responded in a happy
vein.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
WILSON'S $4,000 BOND
President Sends Personal Subscription
to Secretary McAdoo.

Washington, May 31.-President
Wilson today joined the ranks of par
Elephants in the Liberty Loan by sub
scribing for a $4,000 bond.
Writing to Secretary McAdoo, the
President said:
May | not send you personally my
subscription to the Liberty Loan,
which | make with great satisfaction
and with the wish that it might be a
great deal larger?''
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01

All male persons between the ages
of 81 and 80 inclusive, residing in the
Town of SALISBURY are nearby mott
fed to appear at Cole Hall in said
town and register on June 8, 1917,
Board will be in session from z a. m.
to p. m.
rJlt4 f. E. Rice,
Town Clerk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

NOTICE-Clean Sweep Sale of new
and second hand clothing Saturday,
June 2, at 104 Gage street, Mrs. E. E.
Shambeau. 5t1*
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
AMERICAN OFFERS PRIZE
H. w. Barol of Paris Gives $4,000
for Cunners Who Sink U-Boats

Nice, May 31--H. w. Barol, an
American resident here, has given
$4,000 francs (S25,000) to the Minis
try of Marine as prizes for officers and
gunners on merchantmen who sink
submarines.
The money is to be distributed in
prizes of 5000 francs ($1000)
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
NORTH BENNINGTON

There are more seed potatoes at
the North Bennington high school for
distribution.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-12-13
FROM MONTANA.
Mr.. slavens, Ex-Mayor OF Laddonia,
Spendinf The Winter In The North
Tells OF Crops, Etc.

T. H. Slavens, father of ]. b. Sla-
vens and Mrs. Bert ingram Of Mexi-
co, writes the, following letter for
publication from Montana, where he
went recently to spend the winter
with sotnT relatives:>
My trip was very pleasant, tho
was on the road two days and two
nights. Travelled thru some fine
country and thru some very poor
country. The land on my route thru
Nebraska was very poor; nothing
much but sand-hills. We travelled
thru South Dakota and Wyoming
by night and could not tell anything
about the country On Saturday
morning, when it was light enough to
see, we we're in Montana; travelling
thru as fine a country. as one would
care to see.
This valley extends within a. few
miles Of Billings, then you come to
Yellow Stone Valley, which is also
fine country.
Boyd is in Rock Creek Valley. 1t
is very small town, but in pretty
part of Montana.
The weather has been fine ever
since 1 came here. We have had
very few windy days, and no cold
days; as pretty fall weather as we
ever have in Missouri.
There is a great deal of fine land
in this part of Montana, and quite a
bit of rough land. Some of this
rough land is being cultivated, known
as dry land, and produces fine crops.
The main crops are wheat, oats and
alfalfa.
The farmers have not fed anything
to their stock so far this fall, and
horses and cattle are in fine shape
There is fine grass here at this time.
Wheat is looking fine and farmers
are still plowing for spring wheat.
An the land has been taken up in
this part of Montana, and the only
show for one to get land here is to
find some one who wants to sell, and
that is hard to do, as all farmers
have talked to seem we'll satisfied.
There is very little game in this
part of the country; a few sage hens
and jack rabbits, plenty of coyotes
and a few wolves.
Wishing all my friends back in Au-
drain a happy Christmas and a pros
porous New Year, remain a true
Missourian. I. II, SLAFENo'