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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

decreasing membership through the
passing away of the Arlington men
who responded to the call to preserve
the Union. Over fifty years ago he
affiliated with Center lodge, F. and A.
NJ. of Rutland and he is also mem
ber of Adoniram chapter of Manches-
ter, Taft commandery, X. r., of Ben
nington and Cairo temple of Shriners
of Rutland He is the vice.president
of the Arlington Social and Literary
club and member of the Arlington
board of trade. He has always main
tanned an active interest in the public
affairs and has held a number of town
Offices.
Like her husband. Mrs Adams is in
excellent health. She is able to at
tend TO all OF her household duties and
to give considerable of her time to the
social life of the community. She is
a charter member of Red Mountain
chapter, Order OF the Eastern Star.
and has held different Offices in that
organization She was also a charter
member of the Arlington Relief Corps
and active in the work of that society
SO long as it existed For years she
was the leading alto of the st. James
church choir. She is the last survivor
OF family of IL children.
The reception Monday evening was
largely attended by relatives ana ae-
quaintances The interior of the
house was prettily decorated in vel
low and green. jonquils and ground
pine. The rememberances comprised
the usual gold coin of fiftieth ami
versaries, cut glass and linen. An
especially pleasing gift, and for which
Mr. and Mrs. Adams wish to express
their appreciation through the col
umns of the Banner was a grafanola
and records from the people of Ar
lingtoI
Among the relatives and out-of-town
guests present were Prof. and Mrs. G..
A. Adams of CastletCn, Oscar A. Ad-
ans. a brother of Granville, Miss Ber-
tina Ransom, a cousin. of Burlington,
Mrs. Mary Adams of Bennington, Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Garfield of Rutland,
Mrs. Claude Campbell of Manchester,
Dr. and Mrs William LaHiff of Leo.
minister, Mass, Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. d,
LaBatt and children. Orlando Adams
and Jane Engenia, Of Arlington. A
daughter OF Prof and Mrs. Adams,
Miss Frances, who is in school at Au-
burndale, Mass. was unable to be
present Mr. Adams has one sister,
Mrs A. L. Lovelace of Essex, p. o.,
but the condition of her health and
the distance to be travelled would not
permit her TO be nresent. c. J. X.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
PROF. J. (. RUSSELL DEAD
Members Of Williams College Faculty
for 29 Years Dies at 90.

members oT WiUfams IoileQe rdCuity
for 29 Years Dies at 60.
Wlliamstow... Mass. Feb. 26.---
The death of Professor John Edward
Russell at the Williams College inHrm
airy here late last night was an
nounced today. He was in his seven.
tieth year. and for twenty-nine years
was a member of the Williams Col
lege Faculty. having been for all ex-
cept one OF those years Mark Hopkins
Professor of Mental and Moral Phil
osophy.
Pop" Russell. as he was known TO
the Williams students of at least two
generations, was probably one of the
most familiar figures in the college
life, and scarcely commencement
passed at which the senior class did
not designate him in its class vote as
its "fayorite professor"
Professor Russell was born in Wal
pole, n. H.. and was graduated from
Williams in 1872. During 1S7S-lS75
he was student at the Andover The
illogical Seminary and then pursued
postgraduate studies at Yale and in
Berlin. During 1SS518S6 he was lee
ture on the history of philosophy at
Williams and during 1SS5-1SS9 was
Professor of Biblical Theology at
Yale.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
A seventy.Year Old couple.

Mr.. and Mrs. T. b. Carpenter, Har
risburg Pa, suffered from kidney
trouble. He says: "My wife and
suffered from kidney trouble and had
rheumatic pains all through the body
The first few doses of Foley Kidney
Pills relieved us, and FIVE bottles en-
.tirely cured us. Altho we are both
in the seventies, we are as vigorous
as we were thirty years ago" Foley
Kidney Pills stop sleep-disturbine
bladder weakness, backache, rheuma
tism, swollen joints. Sold Every
where.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
TROLLEY EXTENSION.
Attorney HeaIy Says Company viii
Accede to Further Hearing

Editor of the Banner because OF
what was said in the Banner last
night about the hearing at Montpelier
on the bill relating TO the extention of
the street railway line to the Guide
board, / wish to have 1t understood;
/. That the company received no
tice of the proposed hearing because
it had asked for notice.
2. That IL was not incumbent upon
the company to notify anyone when it
received notice from the committee
which called the meeting, or to as
sumo that others were not told of it.
3. That the hearing was not one
sided because Mr. Root spoke very
earnestly and at some length in favor
of the bill,
4. That il further hearing is de-
sired the railway company will
readily accede to it.
The company officials assure me
that they have no desire to gain any
advantage in this matter by any mis-
understanding or by the failure of
anyone interested to receive notice of
the hearing, and that the company
bases its opposition to the bill and to
the proposed extension at this time
upon reasonable grounds, which seem
to the company officials thoroughly
meritorious.
Since it must be agreed that the
failure of those interested to receive
notice OF the hearing was not the
fault of the railway company, it would
be unjust that any prejudice be Great
ed against the company on account of
il.
Very truly,
Robert +. Healy.
rl..,.k,,o.1. UaA fQf-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

FOR SALE-Asparagu and straw
berry plants at 1c each; Everbearing
strawberry and everbearing raspber-
ry at &c; Concord grape vines, Perfec-
tion currants, iris. hemerocalls at Sc; /;
Moores Early, Niagara and Delaware
vines at 10c; Oriental Poppy, Shasta
Daisy, Yucca, Phlox. Golden Glow.
Bleeding heart, Baby's Breath. white
and purple Lilac, Russian Mulberry
at 15c. Boston Ivy, Clematis, red,
white, and pink Peonies, Weigelia,
Golden Elder. Hydranagea, Spiraea,
Orange, Snowfall. Butterfly bush,
Hardy Femockns, striped and banded
Grasses, standard kinds, hardy Roses
at Csc; Tree Roses at 81; Cut leaf
weeping birch at $3.50; Rivers pur-
pie Beech and Rosters blue Spruce at
81 each. Above prices include deliv.
cry within miles If order amounts to
soc and are good till Mar. Is for or.
ders accompanied by cash, C. f.
Knapp, North Bennington. 25t12"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
LEAK INQUIRY COST $4,000
commlttee Votes $4,000 Fee for
r.seas ~, Counselor Whipple. in7'

Washington, Feb. 26,-Shernan
L. 4Whipple Of Boston will receive
q $4,000 for the work of himself and
assistants as counsel to the House
Rules Committee in the peace note
leak inquiry. The fee was unanimous
ly approved today by the committee
Some committeeman including Chair
man Henry. thought the fee too small,
hut Mr.. Whipple insisted that he con
sidered his work a public service.
The total cost of the inquiry, Chair
man Henry said today, would not ex-
ceed. $4,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

$500 or $400 worth of personal be-
ongings of Mrs. Clement were mark
ed destroyed, but he thought they had
)een stolen. He made ii plain to the
committee that he told DR.. Lawton
not to spare expense in caring for
Mrs. Clement and said that DR.. Law
ION told him he would care for her as
he would for his own wife.
Il. W. Gibson, attorney for the re.
treat failed to shake the testimony of
9ither witness in his cross-eXamina.
lion. He attempted to show that Mrs
Clement had to be confined in a
lparsley furnished room because OF
her tendency to destroy everything
around her, that she was profane and
vituperative and of uncleanly habits
N a conversation with newspaper
men Miss Guyette said that Mrs. Gle
ment was immaculate when at home
and that habits were engendered by
conditions at the retreat.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
AESSES TELL
OF SHOCKING
CONDITIONS
Committee Invest eating Retreat
Hears Oamaging Testimony
FORMER EMPLOYEES TESTIFY
Claim Made that Attendants Were
Too Few In Number and
incompetent.

Montpelier, Feb. 27.-E. C. Jones
and his wife of Sheffield, formerly at
tendants at the Brattleboro retreat,
were the principal witnesses before
the Investigating committee today
Both testified that the food was. poor
and that DR.. Lawton was seldom seen
outside OF his Office. They declared
that more help was needed at the re-
treat.
Joseph c. Jones. an attorney OF Rut.
land, was on the stand today and ties.
titled that he was man handled when
at the retreat for treatment for alco-
holism.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
HOT MEAT SUPPER
At $50 in Congregational Chapel
Wednesday.

At $50 in Congregational Chapel
Wednesday.
The Ladies Aid society of the End
Congregational church will serve a
meat supper in the chapel on We'd
nesday, February 2Sth at $50. Tick
cts 20 cents.
Menu
Sit down and eat and welcome to
our table.
Hot Roast Beef
Mashed Potatoes Brown Sauce
Club Salad
lellies
Parker House Rolls butief
To make the end most sweet
Assorted Cakes Coffee
Caterer. Mrs. Pauison p 3
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
AMERICANS
PER|SH[O WHEN
LAC0N|A SANK
Two Women Passengers and Six
Members of the Crew
WOMEN DIED FROM EXPOSURE
Perished in Lifeboat After Steamer
Went Gown and Were Buried
at Sea.

London, Feb. 27.-Thirteen passen
gers lost their lives when the Cunard
liner Laconia was torpedoed without
warning Sunday night off the Irish
coast.
Among those who lost their lives
were Mrs. Mary E. Hoy and her
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hoy. The
two women died of exposure after
leaving the sinking steamer and were
buried at sea.
Eight lifeboats were launched from
the steamer.
The Hoys were the wife and daugh-
ter of DR.. Albert S. Hoy formerly Of
Chicago who is the representative OF
an American concern in London.
OF those on board the Laconia 294
have been landed at Queenstown and
IA at Bantry. Five were drowned
when the steamer was sunk, eight
died from exposure and were buried
at sea and six have been taken to
hospitals.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
Ian Women Long Over the
One OF the Great Mysteries of Life the Average Man VIII
REPRESENTATIVE BuNoY DEAD
Member Of Legislature from Manches.
ter Died Suddenly This Afternoon

Especial to the Evening Banner)
Montpelier, Feb. 27.--William H..
Bundy, representative from Man
chester, died suddenly at his board
ing place at l O'Clock this afternoon.
Heart trouble was the cause of
death. Mr.. Bundy had not been i'll
until this forenoon and his death was
entirely unexpected.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
PREDICTS $1,000 MEMBERS
President Frank w. Clark Of N. E. M
p. a. Sees Success Ahead

Y. -. SCSs OHS~SSS N"S"u
Frank W. Clark of Williston. who al
q meeting held in Boston last Thurs
day was elected president of the New
England Milk Producers association
estimates that within six months the
association will have membership
of $4,000 representing 100000 COWS.
The matter of organization, he said
would be taken up with the other New
England states before much Is done
by the parent organization in Vermont
as this state is fairly well organized
at present
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
STORE ANI' PosToFFIcE BURN
Property of Charles Field at Ferris
burg DESTROYED

A two-story brick building at Ferris
burg Center containing the general
store Of Charles Field and the post
office, was entirey destroyed by fire
Sunday evening together with all the
contents.
An ice house and grain shed ad.
Joining were also burned
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

1t was not certain last night that
any Americans had lost their lives in
the sinking Sunday night of the Gun
ard liner Laeonia. Mrs. Mary Hoy
and daughter Miss Elizabeth Hoy OF
Chicago we're listed among the first
class passengers and according to re-
ports were drowned.
While details of the cargo of the
I.aconia are withheld under a recent
ruling of the customs officials, II was
learned at the office of the company
that the following items were among
the principal commodities carried:
One thousand bars of silver, 10000
bushels of wheat; 2S4S bales of cot
ton; 140S boxes of fresh fruit; 5000
tons of shell castings and other war
supplies, and 900 tons of provisions.
Officials of the line stated positively
that there were no explosives on
board
In addition to cargo and passengers,
the Laconia carried 5000 bags of Unit
ed States and Canadian mail, 1900
sacks of which had been transferred
from the American liner St Louis.
The Laconia, sailing on the same date
the Holland-America liner Ryndam
returned to port after being turned
back from her voyage to Rotterdam
by the submarine menace, had on
board nine OF the Ryndam's passen-
gers.
The Laconia, when she left New
York, was armed with one defense
gun, mounted aft. The report that
the ship was torpedoed at night and
without warming, indicates that no OPP
portunity was given to make use of
the defense gun, according to officials
of the line.
The Laconia is the second ship to
be sunk of the former Boston-Liver-
pool service of the Cunard line. A
sister ship. the Franconia, was sunk
last October in the Mediterranean
while in the British government SER
vice. Both vessels were taken over
by the British admiralty soon after
the war began and the Laconia was
for a time used in the service OF the
government as transport. She was
only recently restored to her owners
'or commercial purposes and the trip
on which she was sunk was her third
after coming back to the service for
which she was built. Several of the
officers in the stewards department
who were on the Laconia were also
on the Franconia when she went
down.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont, generally fair tonight and
Wednesday. Colder.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27
GERARD AT CORUNNA
Ambassador to Embark There for the
United States.

Madrid, Feb. 26, (via Paris Am
bassador Gerard and party have ar.
rived at Corunna according to mes.
sage received here from the Governor
of Corunna this evening.
The Ambassador left Madrid yes
terday afternoon and will take steam.
er from CCrunua for the United
States
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

New York. Feb. 27.--Six of the 20
American members of the crew of the
Laconia were lost when the steamer
was torpedoed Sunday night, accord
ing to the best figures obtainable by
the officials of the Cunard company
here Consul Frost at Queenstown re-
ports that Is of the Americans were
saved,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

FOR SALE-Two seated carriage,
nearly new, at bargain: one new bug
gy pole L. c. Holton. 25t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

FOUND-A pair OF glasses Monday
and owner may have same by calling
at Banner office and paying for this
advertisement. 25t1
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

WANTED-At once a strictly tenn
perant married man for farm work.
Good light farm work Good eight
room tenement house. Apply Geo. E.
Davis, near Haynes Corners, Tel. 221
a II
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

2 FOR SALE-$12.50 made-to.measure
all wool mems suits and over coats.
Pay $500 with order S10.50 when re-
ceived. Made by Faultless Tailoring
Co. of New York Sold by Vance Sta
cy, South SALISBURY, VT este
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

on account of leaving town. 1876
Dewey Street. 26t6*
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-27

roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Ford roadster. give
model in first letter. Address G.
Banner Office. 25t6S
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
WOMAN CAPTURES
ZEPPELIN'S CREH
Farmers Wife Takes Men of Las in
Charge-Captain Fires Airship
Before Surrendering.

Paris, Oct. 24.--The surrender of the
commander and men Of the Zeppelin L A.
to the wife of farmer on whose land
the dirigble fell is one Of the features
of the destruction Of the kaiser's air fleet
The surrender of the crew of the L-4j
was not made until after the destruc.
ton of their machine. This Zeppelin was
making for the Swiss frontier when two
of its motors broke down and its petrol
supply ran short.
Captain Keller, her commander, decid.
ed to descend and Tighten the machine,
and after landing seven men, detaching
two motors and one propeller the Zeppe-
lin rose again, driven by one motor It's
power was not sufficient, however, TO
make way against the wind. It was
driven against hillside and came down
in field of a farm
A German prisoner of war who was
working on the farm ran to the house
and returned with Mime Dupont, who
operated the farm He advised his com
patriots to surrender TO her, which they
did, with the exception of Captain Keller,
who set fire to the Zeppelin with an APP
special type Of explosive bullet
from his revolver. He then surrendered
10 the gendarmes who had arrived.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
VERMONT PASSED
NEW YORK IN STONE
Green Mountain State Stands Third in
the Production, Being Headed BY
Pennsylvania and Ohio.

! The value of the stone produced in the
United States in 1916 was $7004 800, as
reported to G. +, Loughlin of the United
States geological survey, department of
the interior. an increase Of nearly q per
cent over the value for 1915.
OF the total value over SO per cent, or
Sal ,3l0s7l, was represented by lime
stone, an increase of more than II per
cent over the value for 1915. Marble,
valued at $7033,l7l, representing nearly
8 per cent of the total, was the only
other kind of stone that showed an in
crease (about 2 per cent.
OF the other kinds, granite was valued
at Sl74lS,5S2, basalt and related rocks
at 81 ,666,297 and sandstone at $5,603,77s,
representing respectively y per cent, 10
per cent and per cent of the production,
and decreases of about 3 per cent, 10 per
cent and per cent of the value as com
pared with 1915.
The leading states and the value of
their output, which represented over 63
per cent of the total, were as follows;
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
j. s. WILL USE
GERMAN CASH
Property in U. S. May Be
Worth $200,000,-
600
-
PALMER READY
TO SEIZE 1T
Business Holdings Are to Be
Turned to Uncle Sans
War Purposes

Washington, Oct. ga. Mitchell
Palmer, custodian of enemy property
began yesterday his preparations for tn
seizure of at least $200000000 of Ger
man owned property in the rInite'
States. This he will hold and admins
ter until the end of the war. It's fur
Their disposition is then to be determined
by Congress.
! Although none of this money will b.
available in time for the purchase of tn,
present issue of Liberty bonds, it is re
garded as certain that the custodian oi
enemy property will be the largest indi
vidual purchaser of any subsequent is.
sue. THIS German money will be used
to finance the war against the kaiser s
armies.
All German property of business ma
ture will be taken over by Mr.. Palmer
and wherever possible this business will
be administered by directors appointed
by the government. The money earned
will be held in trust by the custodian,
and under the terms of the act he may
invest it in whatever seems to him to be
safe securities.
Property held here by German inter
ests will be seized by Mr. Palmer and
disposed of as he sees fit. This proper
" includes at least 100000 bales of
cotton, which is needed very badly by
England, France and Italy at this time.
Mr.. Palmer may sell this cotton at the
market price, or confiscate it to govern
ment use and hold the amount received
at market price for future disposition.
German controlled banking institu
lions and all other business enterprises
of which SO per cent of the stock is
owned by alien enemies. will be turned
over to Mr.. Palmer. Three months is
given the officers and directors of all
such institutions to make their returns
to the custodian. Already there are hun
dreds of letters awaiting Mr.. Palmer, in
which he is asked to take over and ad
minister these properties.
Mr.. Palmer has qualified by fling a
bond for Sl5o000. and has opened an
Office at 800 street, where he will be
gin active work with big force of
assistants early next week. He will
have at his disposal the records of stock
ownership of financial institutions and
the records of stock ownership Of cor
porations from the treasury department
and the office of the commissioner of cor
porations respectively.
William j. Flynn. chief of the secret
service, has been directed by the pres
dent to place the entire facilities of the
service at Mr.. Palmer's disposal Sec
.etary Daniels has given to Mr.. Palmer
he right to call on the naval intelli- !
,ence bureau, and Attorney General
iregory has given the use of the agen
les of the department of justice. This
will give the service of the best trained :
ederal investigators to the custodian and
nsures careful search for any persons
Who seek to eyade the provisions Of the
rading with the enemy act.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
QUICK ACTION SAVED SHIP
Commander Vernon of the Destroyer Gas.
sin Was Prompt.

Washington, ID. c., Oct. pa Goodness
and quick maneuvering by Commander
Walter H. Vernon probably saved the
American destroyer Cassn from destruc-
ton in an encounter with a German sub
marine in the war zone on Oct. Is, the
navy department was advised Yesterday
by Vice Admiral Sims in his full report
of the fight. meagre details of which
were received last week
| Before she had an opportunity to fire
shot the destroyer was hit on the stern
by a torpedo which killed Gunners Mate
0smond Kelly Ingram, slightly wounded
five others of the crew and put one en-
CINE out OF commission.
The Cassin had been searching half an
hour for a submarine first sighted five
miles away when Commander Vernon
suddenly saw torpedo 400 yards distant
and making for the ship at great speed
Realizing that his vessel was in imm-
nent danger of being hit amidships and
broken in two, the commander ordered
full speed ahead and the wheel hard
over. The patrol boat was just clear Of
the torpedo's path when the projectile
preached on the surface, turned sharply
and hit its objective.
Recovering quickly from the shock Of
the explosion, the Cassin continued the
search to be rewarded BY the showing
Of the U-boat coming tower. -Four shots
were sent at the German and two came
so close that the submarine quickly went
under water.
With all men alert At their stations.
the destroyer continued its hunt until
darkness. Later. conveyed BY other
American and British patrol boats. she
made port. in the meantime officers and
men had made temporary repairs. Ad
miral Sims reported that the behavior Of 4
the officers and entire crew was admir- 4
able He gave special credits to Com I
mauder Vernon and commended Lieuten- I
ants MacLaren. Saunders and Parkinson 4
for their ingenuity in efeetinE repairs 4
and for their GOODNESS and efficient work 4
Many II the ships enlisted personnel 4
vere cited by the admiral for GOODNESS
and qualities Of leadership -Oficisl re-
port