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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
FOWL R-sMITH
Bennington Couple Married at South
SALISBURY Monday.

A quiet wedding took place at the
NJ f. parsonage in South SALISBURY,
Monday afternoon when Miss Dorothy
Smith. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Smith of North Bennington, became
the bride of Harland Fowler, son OF
Mrs. Sybil Fowler Of Bennington.
The bride was gowned in navy blue
taffeta with white hat and carried a
bouquet of white carnations and
daisies. The couple was attended by
Miss Mildred Smith, sister of the
bride and John Millington. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. p. He'll
er Mr. and Mrs. Fowler left on the
afternoon train for New York city and
Elmira. ~ Y, where they win pass
their honeymoon. On their return
they viii reside in Bennington.
The bridegroom is employed at the
EZ Waist company. The many
friends OF both Mr.. and Mrs, Fowler
wish them all happiness and success
in their married life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
REGIMENT 1900 SHORT
First Vermont Needs Many More
Recruits.


Burlington, April 16--Fifteen hun
dred men will be needed to bring the
1st Vermont infantry up to wal
strength, according to a statement
made by Col w. c. Rivers, the muster
ing officer at the conclusion of the
present wedding out process. Out OF
the original enlistments 204 men and
two officers were rejected and S19
men and 35 officers, in addition to Col
Fred n. Thomas and staff, have been
accepted
The picking out of the men who
have dependents, wives. mothers and
children which will begin soon, will
still further lower the strength OF the
regiment by from $50 to 200. The reg
iment on a war footing numbers POOP
men and SO officers.
The number of non-commissioned
officers who Have dependents is
known to be As and the withdrawal
of them would cripple the force. The
proportion of the men who have de-
pendents is probably much less but
if figured at 10 per cent the loss would
be 70-odd men
The losses of so many noncommis-
stoned officers lis regarded so serious
ly that at the request of Gov. Graham,
Col. Rivers has communicated with the
adjutant general, urging him to allow
the regiment to retain these officers
for the time being at least
The militia needs a quantity OF many
kinds of equipment including coats,
overcoats, blankets, etc. There are
guns enough and the state has proyid-
ed a certain number of cartridge belts
The requisition for these supplies was
sent in few days ago but when they
will reach the fort Is not known.
The 1st Vermont infantry is to be
used to guard Vermont and a part Of
New Hampshire. according to Col
Thomas. The points TO which the vari-
Gus details will be sent are known but
these cannot be published in advance.
The work OF taking the finger prints
of the members of the regiment was
begun today and viii probably be fin
ished by Wednesday noon. Marching
is squads, instruction in the manual
of arms, etc, are now occupying the
attention of the regiment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
BIGGER CROPS MOVEMENT
Canvass to Be Made cf Windham
County Farmers.

SOuHhy dttNSfos
Bellows Falls, April 16.-The agri-
cultural committee of the Committee
of Public Safety met this afternoon in
the Office of Judge r. f. OBrien.
County Agent A w. Sweeton of Brat
tleboro who had been attending meet
ings of all the county agents of the
state, which were held in Burlington
Friday and Saturday, explained to the
committee how his department plans
to cooperate in the work of the agri-
cultural committee. Superintendent Of
Schools b. E. Merriam explained the
plans of the state school department
in arranging for a greater amount of
garden planting this summer
The committee decided to make
every effort to induce farmers to pro-
duce more crops this year. Every
farmer within a radius of 20 miles of
Bellows Falls will receive a card ask
ing him if he has sufficient seed for
himself and if he has any for sale.
subcommittee were appointed to
make thorough canvass of all the
farmers in this locality and to impress
upon them the necessity of putting
more land under cultivation this year.
They will be especially urged to plant
potatoes and beans. Every person
here-abouts will be asked to take part
in the movement to have each family
raise enough garden products to make
each family at least partially self-sup-
porting.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
FRAIL HUMANITY
Up and Down the Country With the
Personal Eduation,

The national organizer of Colored
Womens clubs declares that the color
ed race needs "the Bible, bathtub,
and broom"
Los Angeles clubwomen have enlist
ed in campaign TO eliminate bill
boards.
Nineteen presidents OF the United
States were lawyers. Only II were
college men.
A circus performance in Los An
geles was opened recently with prayer
/ by local clergyman
During the recent discussion in the
Nebraska legislature one member at
tempted to throw another down stairs.
Hon. James M. Beck says that pos
sibly half the tragedies of history are
due to military anpreparedness."
A food riot in Newark, n. j., was
broken up by hoodlums who shouted
that the savings banks were busted"
Thirteen labor leaders were recent
ly found guilty uf conspiracy in Chi
cago. One of them had accumulated
a fortune.
An FL Paso. Tex. clergyman made
the text OF recent discourse to au-
tomobile owners. Train your auto to
come to church"
During a recent session of the Tex
as legislature a senator grabbed a
chair and threatened TO brain a col
league. The sergeant-at-arms stopped
him.
Australia has voted against compul-
sorry service in the British army,
1,0S4,91S votes being cast in the af
firmative, and 1,145,19S, in the mega
tive.
In Iowa it has been decided that
newspapers cannot print the Ameri-
can flag at the head of their editorial
columns without violating the law
against flag desecration.
The governor of Texas has been de-
clared not guilty of charges on which
he was impeached. During the trial
he denounced senator, who opposed
him as a niger
The woman superintendent of
home for crippled children on Long
Island was accused of selling TO
junk man the clothing contributed to
the inmates. and thereupon resigned.
After nearly 80 years of litigation
the Sherman antitrust law is SO little
understood that the attorney general
of the United States refuses to advise
business men who are planning COM
binations whether such combinations
are permissible or not.
President McGlynn of the New York
State Hotel association says that
since so many states have gone bone
dry" business men from other states
who used to come to New York twice
year for couple of days each time
now come 10 times year and remain
week.
A reception in the ballroom of their
mansion was given by Boston mil
lionaire and his wife as compliment
to their head coachman on his retire
ment after ~ years of service.
For the last 20 years the American
flag has scarcely been seen on coast
steamers plying between Japan and
China. The Standard Oil company
has kept the flag floating in the
Orient.-Leslie's Weekly,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
GIRL TRIES SUICIDE
Clara Strong Drinks Quantity of Wood
Alcohol.

Burlington, April 17.-Clara Strong,
13 years old, attempted to take her
own life today by drinking wood alco-
hol. dependency induced by frequent
epileptic fits which she has suffered
during the last few days, being given
as the reason for her act The little
girl has been subject to these attacks
for year and half and for several
days her condition has been much
worse
The child was apparently feeling
better this afternoon and her grand
mother, Mrs. Clara Davis. with whom
she lived, left here this afternoon for
the purpose of doing some trading, the
girl declining to have some of the
neighbors' children called in to stay
with her.
Mrs. Davis was not absent more
than half an hour and when she re-
turned she found the child lying on
the bed in an unconscious condition.
Believing her granddaughter had suf-
fered another fit she attempted to re-
vive her when she noticed slip of
paper held in the child's fingers. This
proved to be a note which read.
81 have taken something to end my
life, Grandma"
A physician was hurriedly summon
ed and the patient was removed to
the Mary Fletcher hospital where it
is stated that she has a chance of re-
covery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18


London, April 1S-The great often
sive of the French forces on the south
ern part of the battle front in France
goes on unabated, and has resulted in
further important gains, continu
alton of which would menace the
German front from Lens to Scissors
Yesterdays fighting witnessed an ex
tension of the line of attack well into
the Champagne region where evidence
of its coming had been presaged by
days Of violent bombardment
The attack of the French was ire.
sistible. despite snow and rain. South
of Moronvilliers, first line German
positions oyer.a front of nine and one
third miles were taken and to the east
and southwest strongly organized
line OF heights on a front of nearly
eight, miles was captured. The village
of AuberiTe likewise fell into the
hands OF the French as also did a
powerfully fortified salient around the
village of about two miles in extent
German counter attacks at several
points were without result Near
Mont Carnillet. southwest of Moron
villiers, an especially violent one was
broken up by the French guns and on
this sector, more than 1880 Germans
were made prisoners. aa III
Midway between scissors and
Rheims another counter attack was
repulsed. while still another offensive
launched by the Germans, near Cour-
cy, north of Rheims, was put down by
the Russians guarding this part OF the
line. Thirteen thousand, five hundred
Germans have been made prisoner in
the two days fighting, according to
Paris. 1000 having been taken in
Mondays attack between Rheims and
scissors.
Unofficial dispatches estimate the
German loss TO the French in the first
twenty-four hours of fighting at l00,-
600 in killed, wounded and captured.
Berlin says the French efforts to
break through the German lines on
the Aisne failed and that there had
been no renewal of the attack. A
previous communication described the
battle as one of the greatest in the
history of the war. 1t admitted that
under the terrific bombardment be-
tween the Oise and Conde-Sur-Aisne,
the French shells ''levelled the posi-
tions (German) and produced wide,
deep craters, rendering an obstinate
defense no longer possible" Besides
the French suffering sanguinary loss
es, more than 2.100 prisoners were TAX
en- by the Germans, the communica-
tion said:
West and northwest of Lens, the
British are still pressing the Germans
hard and holding back attacks by the
Germans to drive in their advance
guards. Further progress has been
made b ythe British in the neighbor-
hood Of the Havrincourt wood, mid
way between Arras and St Quentin.
Lens fall becomes more certain with
every succeeding British gain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
TOO YOUNG TO MARRY
Girls Father Asks Annulment oi
Marriage.

Pittsfield, April 16.-Mrs. Ralph
Daley, formerly Miss Jennie Radke, 16
year-old war bride" who ran away
with her soldier sweetheart to Ben
nington, VT. two weeks ago and was
married. will become again Miss Jen-
ME Radke, IL her fathers petition to
the Superior Court for annulment OF
the marriage is granted.
Private Daley himself is authority
for the statement that his father-in-
law is to seek annulment of the mar
riage. The bridegroom says his bride
gave her age as is when they applied
for the marriage license. and he did
not know she was under the age at
which she could not marry without
parental consent.
Her parents, the guardsman says,
do not wish her 10 marry so young.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
ESTATE OF IDA H. WOOD
CrATE OF VERMONT,
~ nisfri [ of Ranninofnn es

- rATE OF NERION =,
- Distri t of Bennington ss
TIE HONORABLa PROBATE COURT
for the DIstrist of B. enninston.
To all rersnns inter- eted in the Estate OF
Ida aollister Wood. late Of Bennington in said
District, deceased, GREETING:
Ara Probate Court. hol1en at Bennington,
within ard for said District. on the 2nd day of
April, 1917. an Instrument pueportins to
be the last Will and Testament of Ida HOLSTER
Wood, la'e of BeuDinston n ID district,
deceased, was presented to the Court aforesaid,
for Pr lbate.
And Vt is ordered by sa d Court thst the
2sth day of April, 1917, at the Probate
office in said b nuington. ne assigned ~ prov
ing said In trument; and tha notice thereof be
given Z all persons coneeyneS, by publishing
this order three weeks succeseivelf in ihs Ben
nlnRton Evening Banner, newsp per Clrou
lating 10 that Vicinity, in said District, previous
to the time appointed.
THEREFORE,, YOU are hereby notififd TO
appear before said Court, at the time aul place
afort aid. AMI contest the PR bate OF said will
If you have cause.
Given nnder my hand AZ Bennington in said
district this End day OF ApIi 1917.
AMY h. HARBOUR, Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18

Washington, April 1S.--Shortly af-
ternoon today the navy department re-
ceiyed reports from Boston that heavy
gun fire had been heard off Province
town and to the north. The reports
had been received at Boston from
three different stations and came in
rapid succession.
Naval officers were of the opinion
that the firing indicated a conflict of
some nature as no salutes may be
fired during a state of war.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
GUARD AT MILLS
Elliott Plant at Waterbury Protected
Since Attempt at Incendarism

Waterbury, April 16-The watch
has been increased at the Elliott mills
since the attempt at incendiarism
there last Friday night. At the time
of the burning of the old mills boxes
were being made for army blankets.
Until recently boxes for cartridges
have been made, although that has
not been done recently. Rumors have
been current of strange maneuvers of
two men around the Bolton Falls
plant
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
FOR SUFFERING POLAND
PitifuI Appeal From Members of Cen
tra Committee.

4
julius L. Weichman, the local sec
retary of the committee for relief il
! Poland, has received pitiful appea
, from prominent members of the cen
tral committee in New York. The ap
peal which is autographed by Henry
1 Morganthau, Jacob n. Schiff, Nathan
Strauss and Louis Marshall is as fol
lows:
| wish to sound for you the most
terrible cry, the most urgent call fol
aid that Jewish ears have heard III
three thousand years.
! wish to have you hear the final
call before death of whole Jewish
people-about to die!
| wish to ask you to look with me
I at scene of absolute misery and
starvation that Jewish martydom in
all its history has never equalled
wish to ask you to look with me upon
a whole Jewish people-actually about
to die!
| cannot possibly paint for you this
terrible picture. And yet, in this let
ter | must ask your help and try TO
get you to see the tragedy OF death in
which unknown thousands OF your
brethren starve.
Today in Poland, in Galicia, in Lii
thuania in Russia, in Palestine and
Turkey, whole families are driven
back and forth and back again by in
Nd du-
ing from hunger and exposure. Old
men are dying, mothers are wandering
homeless with babies in their arms,
thousands OF little suffering children,
whose feet and arms and little faces
are SwOllen-no, not from disease,
but, Oh, God! from awful hunger.
Their parents know that only three
meals. three little meals such as your
children eat, would reduce the swell
ing and take away this awful boy
suffering; and helpless and hopeless,
these mothers and fathers stand and
watch the tragedy, looking to God and
America alone-iookfng for help to
youi
N this blacklist tragedy Of our race,
| ask your aid You may have already
given. We all have given. We must
give again.
We have not yet sent enough to
keep them all alive. Even doing out
but barley stepped in warm water TO
our brethren, we have actually failed
to send enough for ALL And daily,
from the long lines, hundreds are
actually turned away to starve with
their families through another day,
because there is no more, because,
even of this poor food, you and / do
not send enough.
And | do not promise that We may
even save these people-if the war is
to 3Rst But we can at least prove our
selves Jews, prove ourselves their
brothers and postpone the end. We
need not yet let them die.
say we But the duty is ours
individually. We cannot send enough.
And for every Jew who does not meet
this call, meet it quickly and generous
ly, someone of our brethren dies! No
one can give your share. The duty is
individually yours.
Will you not join me in this effort
to save the lives of the Jews now in
such imminent danger?
Contributions to the fund may be
made by check or in cash. They may
be left at the Banner Office or with
Julius L. Weichman and will be ac-
knowledged through the columns of
the Banner.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
TO CULTIVATE LAND
Project TO Use Considerable Area near
st. Albans for Potatoes.

st. Adams, April ia public meet
ing will be held at the city hall We'd
nesday evening at 730 O'Clock, when
plans will be submitted for forming
an organization to deal with the prob
lem of increasing the food products of
this vicinity The plan to be submit
ted will involve taking over a consid-
cradle area of land not now under cul-
tivation and which lies in the immed-
late vicinity of St. Adams and planting
it to such crops as potatoes and beans.
When the crops are harvested they
will be sold at cost to the deserving
poor and wage earners with large fam
lilies to support.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED waitress. 1 colored
chef. 1 pie maker. Apply Pete Panos.
6St6
LOST-Small purse containing sum
of money between Lincoln street and
Putnam bridge. Finder please return
to Mrs. Joseph Pellerin, 12O Lincoln
ST. 6St2*
WANTED-Cash paid for United
States postage stamps before 1870.
Higher prices if on the original envel-
ope White to George A. Hitchcock.
Ware, Mass. 6Stle
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
RED CROSS CHAPTER HAS FUND
New 6rattleboro Organization Raises
Over $3.50 in First Day.

Brattleboro. April 16.-More than
$3.50 was raised by the finance com
mittee of the Brattleboro chapter of
the American Red Cross, which con-
Quoted community canvass Saturday
to secure funds for carrying on work
which has been laid out. The chapter
was organized only few days ago,
and thus starts out with a substan-
tial fund. Not all the funds promised
are in hand yet. and it is expected that
the results of the canvass will approx
innate $780, There was no expense
whatever. The chairman of the com
mittee is Mrs. Clarke c. Fits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
HEAVY GUNS HEARD
OFF Nj " lNcLAkO
COAST TO-DAY
I epOrts Received from Three Diff
ferent naval Stati0nS
REPORTS TALLY As TO TIME
Navy officers Believe Conflict Has
Taken Place as No SaIutes Are
Fired Curing War.

Boston, April 1S.-Lieut. Edward
Blakslee, communication officer OF the
first district stationed at the Charles
ton navy yard, stated today that re-
ports of heavy firing by three distinct
stations at 941 this morning had been
received.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
MANY JOINING THE NAVY
A Thousand High Grade Recruits {
Day is Average Now.

Washington, April 16-Recruiting
for the navy is bringing in more than
a thousand men day under the pres
sure of war emergency. Officers OF
the fleet are highly pleased with the
character of fhe recruits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
CLOSES NIGHT BARS
May Mitchell Hopes Clubs VIII Fol-
low His Lead.

New York, April 1S.-Mayor Mitchell
announced last night after confer
ence with hotel and restaurant mana
gers, that all night liquor licenses will
be cancelled for the duration of the
war, beginning May l. Thereafter all
bars must be closed at / o'clock
"While | have no legal authority to
regulate the hours during which
drinks may be served in private clubs"
the mayor said, II am sure that the
public spirit of club members through
out the city will dictate a voluntary
compliance with the policy | have out
lined"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
GAINS BY ALLIES
MENACE ENTIRE
GERMAN FRONT
British Take $4,000 Prisoners in
Nine Days
ARTILLERY LEVELS TRENCHES
Berlin Reports Say Sombardment
Made It impossible to Hold
Positions.

London, April 1S.-The capture by
the British of 1900 German prisoners
and 227 guns since April 9 is an
nounced in Gen. Haig's official report
today.
Gen. Haigs troops are reported to
have made further progress toward
Cambrai.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
GERMAN SHIPS lNTERNEo
Government Takes Over Vessels In
Argentine Ports.

Buenos Aires, April 1S.-All German
ships in Argentine ports were ordered
interned today
The government explained the act
as a move to prevent damage by the
crews.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
SEPARATE PEACE RUMoRs
Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey Want to
Quit.

London, April 1S.-Rumors persist
that Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey are moving for separate
peace.
The rumors come by the way of
Zurich, Switzerland, and are without
official conformation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
To the Wife of
One Who Drinks

We have an important confidential
message for you. 1t will come in
plain envelope. How to conquer the
liquor habit in days and make home
happy. Wonderful. safe. lasting, re-
liable. Guaranteed. Write to the
Manchester Institute. 9S2 Hanover
St, Manchester. n. II.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
TO PURCHASE AUTO TRUCK
Mddlebury Votes to s3end S1,25o-
for Apparatus.

Middlebury, April 16.-At the spec
ial meeting this evening it was voted
to purchase a motor truck for the fire
department to cost $1,250. This was
done after vote had been taken
twice and then reconsidered.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
Card of Thanks

We wish to thank the friends and
neighhors who so kindly assisted us in
the sickness and death of our beloved
wife and mother. Also for the beauti-
full flolial tributes.
Oscar Cross and family
SALISBURY Vt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18

TO VOTE IN RHoD.E ISLAND
Legislature Passes Woman Suffrage
Sill

Providence, r. l., April 1.-THE act
extending presidential suffrage to the
women of Rhode Island passed the
house in concurrence early last night
by rollcall vote of II to 20. Cor.
Beeckman will sign the act today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont overcast. probably showers
tonight and Thursday.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-10-25
Faye Hall, secretary.

~ AhN'hf
Charles Kinney, treasurer.
The incoming class has not yet made
its elections.
The Red Cross chapter met In the
Gymnasium for the first time last
Thursday. The committee comprises:
Miss Edna Orvis, acting as chairman;
Mrs. Frank Regain, and Miss Harriet
Childs. The work is under the direc-
ton Of Miss Anita Bliss.
On Saturday last Principal Brooks
and daughter unofficially representing
the Y. M. c. A. and the Y. w. c. A.
Of the Seminary attended at Burling-
ton a conference Of the colleges and
preparatory schools Of the state held
under the auspices Of the National Y.
M. G. A. Similar conventions are be-
ing held in every state TO mobilize col
leges and prep schools In the interest
Of the million dollar fund 70 be raised
for the immediate needs Of the Y. N.
c. A. at the war fronts and In the
principal army camps Of Europe. A
fuller account Of this conference and
its Significance will be given later.