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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
FORMING
alHI To FIGHT
AGAINST HUNS
Than 100000 Trained
Soldiers in Siberia.
Will AID ALLIES


llarbin. Sept T. ASSOCIATED PressJ
a movement exceeding, perhaps.
hat OF the Czechoslovaks, is being
organized by Polish officers to form a
Polish division to hght in Siberia
twa5d to their oppressed father.
land as integral units in the American
army According to conservative ea-
ima,o5 an army of more than 100000
'lainal miH.arigts is Immediately
available in the regions Of Harbin.
Nikolsk ana NladiyOstok. Large
corps oi raj way men also can be utii-
ICED IF necessary, to take over the
Chinese Eastern Railway The funds
40 De used In creating the Polish army
ere to 4c considered a loan to the
Polish people or their Government
L is believed that if the Polish or
sanitation is successful the Ukrain
ians VIII begin "a similar movement
aUl hoCaaso of the close relationship
between he Magyars and the Poles
it is considered possible that many
Of the M.eyar may be Won over tc
inc oido cl the Entente Allies
Tho Poos are emphatic in declarina
hat they do not intend 10 participate
a palti- aal that their only desire
is 10 0gh' for their own country
The Pole. have asked that recog
ten he promptly granted to them
lv ,he United States Government. ST
ha hey may add thoir aid in oppos
Gg he srrold of German aggression
ca HoH as wlr ,neir own freedom
Entente allied officials here see
tlrea benefits to be derived from the
encouragcmen' of the Poles First
they say e would obyiatc the neces
sily ci moylng additional troops
across the Pacific second, the allied
forces n0N n Siberia could bee moved
westward 20 strengthen the thurman
coas expedition. ultimately bringing
pressure 10 bear on the western front
srd third that an army composed of
CzcChcs 0y3ks Poles. and Ukrainians
would calyanizc the Russians into ac
lioG
Entente allied Consuls have pre-
-''l d. FOO ii|"t"'H t' ilH ''Il IlNiit~
employees ou thc Chinese Eastern Raj
wa} demanding thai the strike come
90 m end as it retards military move
ments The mcI have agreed TO run
trains from Horbin TO Nladivostok in
order to make military connections
bat hove stated that they win not end
tri6c
The eloeraph operators also have
gone out on strike. The Czechoslov
9f have assumed control over the
.c oeraph Office Tor the dispatch OF
military tclegrams
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
METHODISTS TO HOLD
INSTITUTE OCT. 81.
Pastors, Sunday School and Church
Workers to Number OF 500 Are Ex-
Pected to Be in Attendance.

Rutland Sept. IA religious gath
aring Of unusual interest will be held
in the Methodist Episcopal church OF
the city, Thursday and Friday, Ccto-
Der and 4 The occasion is the fall
meeting of the Burlington District
Preachers institute, and the program
will be furnished jointly by the board
Of Sunday schools and the Joint cen
tenary committee. There will he no
less than eight different speakers,
each of whom is an export in his diff
ierent line of work All phases Of
Sunday school work viii be covered
The Methodist Episcopal church is
celebrating the Tooth anniversary of
the founding of its missionary society
During the past two years complete
survey of the United States and the
various foreign missionary feds has
been made and it has been found that,
in order 10 do its share in Christianiz
ing the the world and ia meeting the
special needs which have arisen out
Of the world war there will be needed
IN the next FIVE years no less than
SS0o0o.o0o To raise this vast sum
plans are now under way OF this
SS0,00O.000 the Sunday schools have
undertaken to raise Sl0.000,000 The
story of the centenary and Of the mar
vclous world survey viii be told at
this convention Tho pablo is lnyit
ed to all sessions
Under the leadership of the district
superintendent. Or George X. Stath
am, ihe district has heen divided into
six groups. with a chairman for oacf
group These chairmen are busily
engaged in advertising the institute
and working up attendance In addi
iiCa 70 the pastors, Sunday schoo
aud other church workers viii be in
attendance and it is expected tha
from the 81 churches of the distric
there will be a total attendance of no
ess than 800
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
TREACHERY Of
GERMAN ACTS
MADE PUBLIC
Confidential Documents Secured
in Russia Disclose Perfidy.
FLOT OF GERMAN STAFF
Lenine and Trotzky Betray Their Own
People Under Orders From Ger
man Government.

Washington, Sept. 16.-Secret actiy-
tiles against the United States and
the allies of the German paid and
controlled Russian Bolsheyiki govern.
ment are the subject of today's chap
ter of confidential documents from
Russia given to the public by the
American government.
One of the documents, terse note
from the German general staff to The
council Of peoples commissaries, dis
closes that as long ago as November
1917, when the Russian regime still
was regarded as an ally of the ma
tiOns at war with Germany, the Ger
mans were brusquely requiring Len.
inc and Trotzky to furnish informa
ton regarding the amounts and places
OF storage of supplies received by
Russia from America, England and
France
Others tell of the launching in Jan
uary and February this year Of Boil
sbeyiki peace and socialistic propa-
ganda against the United States Eng
land and France al the direction of
the German intelligence service. This
was at the very time that Scheidmann
the powerful German socialist and
world socialism apostle, was in com
muniCatiOn with his Russian brothers
regarding OF the pariys business re
iatiOns With the imperial govern
ment." The intelligence service re
quired the Bolsheyiki to send to the
allied countries through neutral Eur
ope comrades under various names
and with false neutral passports to
preach their doctrine of disorganiza.
ton and 90 carry on campaigns OF
"counter-reyolution. sabotage, lootng
et.."
Plans Of the Germans for sending
three submarines. disassembled, by
rail overland to Vladivostok for serv
ice on the Pacific are disclosed in a
communication to the German high
seas feet general staff to the com
missars Another Of the naval com
munications reveals scheme conceiv
ed in January Of employing Russian
ships on the Pacific under the Russian
flag 20 carry agitatOrs, and agents
dcstructors" to the United States
Japan and the British colonies in east
err Asia
Personal notes from the German in
telligence service to the commissars
describe the assault upon and robbery
of the Italian ambassador in The
streets of Petrograd in February, last
In a vain effort to get possession o
important papers believed to hay,
been in the ambassadors possession
Other notes tell in detail OF the watcl
kept upon the American and othe
allied embassies.
Like the remainder of the docu
ments of the series those made pub
lie today are accompanied by note
explaining which are originals ant
which Photographic copies and By eN
( planatory comments by Edgar SiSsol
who obtained the correspondence fl
Russia for The committee ON puhli
information.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
FACING A FUTURE
SHORTAGE OF FOOD
Shortage Of Men for Agricultural
tura Work Makes Situation
Serious in u s

Washington. Sept 1l-The present
year probably marks the height OF
Americas food production Although
.he shortage OF labor has been keen
Is felt by the farmer this year the
,rops nave been cared for and harvest
ad without loss. Bu, here is The fact
hat must be remembered men are
eaying the farms in cyeryincreasing
numbers to- engage In direct war
work and beginning next year The la.
Dor shortage is bound TO result in a
decreased agricultural production ac
,ording to a bulletin from the federal
food administrator
But the demand upon the United
States and Canada for food for the
allies and the allied armies is NOT go
Ing to decrease; IL anything it will
increase.
Before the war 10 per cent of the
NOR DIS food deficit was produced 10y
America Now 80 per cent must com,
from the United States and Canada
That is the demand made upon tho
1918 crops and probably future year,
viii see an eyermcreasing European
deficit.
The meaning Of this is that thC
1918 food crops must De stretched on
and made 20 do their utmost Wheat
meats. sugar and fats must be care
ully conserved The fate of the
whole civilized world depends upol
American food supplies
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
GE RnANS PLAN
To MAKE GTR0NG
STAND 500 n
Iiindenburg Line Seems to BE
Place Of Resistance.
AUSTRIANS FEEL SORE
Auc.rian Prisoners Captured by Amer
icans Are Bitter in Denunciation
OF Germans.

With The American Forces on the
Lorraine Front, Sept 16, CAssociated
Press) Aside from slightly increas-
ed artillery activity this morning the
day has been largely devoted to pa
trolling by both sides.
The Germans are apparently plan
ming to hold the Hindenbarg line
from which they are sending out pa
trolls. while the Americans and
French encamped a few miles on this
side continued to feel out the line
by the same methods.
German infantry has been obser
we'd consolidating positions at La
Chaussee. as if in preparation for a
counterattacks, but none has devel
0ped so far Near this point the
enemy is occupying shell holes.
The German artillery fire is linn
tied chiefly to guns of II and los mil
lmeter caliber but many O., the shells
are "duds'
The Germans are also active in
constructing machine-gun nests at
various points of the line
Pursuit groups, protected by a bar
rage, carried out numerous raids and
scored victories in several engage
ments Attemps Of German aviators
to cross the American line We're un
successful today,
Enemy airplauas last night at
tackled points within the American
lines. Bombs were dropped on 81
Nihiel, and the German ayiators used
their machine guns against that town
but with little effect
Reports from different points
along the line show that the number
of guns and the general material capt
ured by the Americans is increasing
An entire artillery park was captured
at Jaulny.
Austrian prisoners captured by
the Americans are bitter in their de
nunciation of the Germans They ac
cuse the latter OF leaving them in th'
lurch. Austrian officers assert tina
they were not warned of the American
attack, and that repeated requests foi
ammunition were ignored
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
TWO SHIPS A DAY
os Ships in t3 Days Delivered BY
American Yards.

Washington. Sept. 16.-Twenty-
SIX a0ius with % deadweight tonnage
nj l4I520 tons were delivered to the
shipping board 10y American yards
during the FIRST thirteen days OF the
month. Che board announced today.
During the same period 2S steel and
wood ships of l50,37O deadweight
tons were launched
Twentyimea of the ships were
.eal II of lO9.970 tons having been
4.gula,tioned steel ships of Gl.6SO tons
Gtecl ships government contracts The
1iher three vessels We're of wood and
h1yc an aggregate tonnage of ll,OOO
IONS
The ships launched included eight
eouisidoned steel ships of 6l.630 tons
capacity, l1 steel ships built under
government contracts and aggregat
ing 1850 tons and IL wooden yes
ols of $500 tons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
DRAFT REGISTRATION
Vermont Leads in Excess
Estimates.

vermont Leads in Excess OF
Estimates.
Washington Sept i6-Complete
returns from the registration Thurs
day in sixteen States and the District
of Columbia, of men between the ages
OF IS and l5 years. were received to.
day by Provost Marshal Genera
Crowder They showed a total of g..
23S ,629 men, as against the estimate
of 3.232.267 and it was announced Of
hcially that they do not Justify The as
sumption that the returns from The
entire country will show an enroll
meut very greatly in excess of the es
innate of 100000
n six OF the States the total regis
tr3tiou fell below the estimate, but In
ten OF them It exceeded it The Dis
irict Of Columbia registered 90 per
cent. moro than the number estimated
for IL. due officials believe, to the in
nuv OF war workers OF the States
Ncrmouts percentage of excess en-
ronment was the highest being 10 -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
DECLINING MORALE
Heated by Surrender Of Many En-.

Indicated by Surrender Of Many En-.
emy Officers.
american Army Headquarters in
Ar"ne Monday (Reu,ersl During
'Hp rrbtus inthe ST. Mihiol salient
H 0s been noted that the enemy
soldiers have shown am inclination 10
surrender .n large patches IN oh.
aNer who has 0oen several years
d.. lia front says he has never seen
' many noncommissioned officers
rs during the past few days.
'I "a. 'hIs feature indicates a de-
--- .L.lLo of The enemN lOrces.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
R II E U M AT IS NJ
Physicians Believe a Genuine Rene.
dy Tor the Disease Has Been Found.

Rheuma the wonderful rheumatism
remedy sold by W l.. Gokay and AN
druggists, gives quicker and more
lasting relief than other remedies
costing many times as much.
Rhcuma passes the deadly poison
ous socrctions into the bowels and
Kidneys, from which they are quickly
thrown off IN a natural. healthy way.
Read what reputable physician
says about Rhema: % have made "A
most careful investigation of the for.
mula employed In the manufacture o,
Rhouma. and ! heartily recommend {,
as a remedy for an forms of rhcuma
iism find Rheuma Tar IN advance of
the methods generally EMPLOYED I'M
lhc treatment of rheumatism. anr al
together different in composition from
the remedies usually prescribed"
Dr. NJ c. Lyons
This should give any sufferer from
rheumatism confidence to try Rheu
ma.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
REGISTRATION IN VERMONT
State Has over 1000 Liable For Mill
tary Duty.

Montpelier. Sept. 16-The adjutant
general has complied the figures show
mg the registration on Thursday, Sep.
tember -, in the state. the mum
Der registering being 40,SS7 of whom
% are colored There are 1850 aliens
who have declared their intention OF
becoming citizens and 1878 non-declar-
ants. The remainder are citizens.
The registration by counties is as
follows
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
Tho open Door

'or The widow suddenly deprived ot
ayecy visible means OF support is lite
Insurance. 10 shows the way oul OF
many financial difficulties Buy am tn.
come policy TO- provide for necessities
will live TO enjoy &c. National Lite
lns. Co. of w. tMutuaD Earle $.
Knsley. General Agent Mead Build.
ng. Rutland, w. ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
FIVE NEGROES EXECUTED
Sentenced by Court Martial for TAX
ing Part in Houston Riot.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept 17.-Fiye
negroes whose sentences to death
were pronounced by court martial
which tried them for participation in
The Houston riot in August. of last
wear and were approved by Presi.
dent Wilson. were hanged at Fort
sam Houston at daybreak No ciyi.
lians We're allowed to witness the exc.
cu'ions which wore carried through
with great secrecy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
DAY OF AToNeMENT
Jewish Holiday Celebrated by Special
Services on Monday.

The Jewish people of Bennington
celebrated Yum Ripper or day OF
atonomeut, Monday with services IN
Library hall The holiday was kept
by fasting from sundown sunday
to shutdown Monday They could not
eat or drink during that time
Rabbi S. Margolis of Rochester n.
Y. oGciatcd at the religious services
i'm Library hall Sunday evening ana ON
Monday
The local Jewish stores were closed
Monday until 6p. m The celebration
ended With "a feast
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
.fI.rT ING GETTING Y
LIVELY lG F6lHT
IN MACEDONIA
AyiATORS DROP BONES +


London Sept 1G.-Capture of the
and second line Bulgarian posi-
lions alons @ ten-mile section Of the
mrnNardar front Sunday was an
uool by a. j Bali0ur, the Foreign
secretary, 40 reception to the Greek
cation tonight
lie referred to this, which Involved
m taking OF 500 prisoners and ten
guns. rs the prelude to an important
offensive bringing greater riumphs
which the British and Greek troops
would take an equal and glorious
nIrI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
DEATHS FROM INFLUENZA
soston and Maiden Physicians Are
Victims Of Epidemic.

victims OF Epidemic,
Boston. Sept l6-Dr Thomas T..
Leon chief physician of the Carney
hospital died today OF pneumonia rc.
ult'ug from an attack of influenza
Ie had devoted much time recently
% caring fey naval men. among whom
influenza Us prevalent
D. Wuham w Kingshury 81 we'll
known physician of Maiden. died yes.
erday 40 his home from an attack Of
Spanish influenza ile had been IN
only q few days He was IS years
old. mcmhcr of the Maiden board Of
health and the head of the Red Cross
ur ical dressing work in Maiden
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
NORTH BENNINGTON

IH"rO win be % meeting of the
NHh bennington band this evening
o'clock an members are re-
'U,nd to De present and each should
.0e 'o report what band property
psses.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
coLLlERIEs RESUME WORK
All In sehuYlkill Region Expected Z,
Heed Request.

Readng Pa. Sept l7-Ml Read.
ng Coal and Iron company collieries
except those in the Shamokn district.
resumed work today hoeding the re.
quest of Fuel Administrator Garfield.
a company official stated that all men
throughout the Schuylkill region are
expected TO be back to work tomor.
row.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont cooler tonight probably
night frost Wednesday, fair and
cooler.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
BIG STAMP SALES
Boy Scouts OF America Have Sold
St7,000,0O0 Of Them.

SiT000,000 OF Them.
Now York Sept l6.-Boy Scouts
or America have sold more than Sl7-
100000 Of war savings stamps, it is
an1ounced at headquarters of the or.
sanitation here Sales OF individual
scouts averaged Sll Two thousand.
aieh' hundred seventyone ace med.
ais have been issued TO boys who dis
posed of at least $3.50 worth of
stamps.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
CAPTURED VICIOUS HUN.


NmCrlclns N0f NAN WHO ENpIOIIVu
Chlorine Gas Torture.
with the American Army In France,
Sunday Sept 10 Beuters) Among
the captives taken by the Americans
at Thiacourt was Prof Otto Schmeern.
knse. the exploiter of chlorine gas as a
form of civilized torture.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17


OHe W reporting tonight on opera
l.u iacedonia Saturday says chat
llO artillery lire was lively along the
uw 'front.' The statement reads
ARMY of the East, Sept a. There
Na lively artillery activity along
M entire front In the Doiran sector
It % roops carried out a raid. Be
Hu .he lakes an enemy raid was re-
pulsed
frcngh, Serbian, and British ayia
dropped two tons of bombs on en-
w euCampments.
WashugtonSept. 1G.-The launch.
.n oil an offensive against the Bulge
ra ou the saloniki front by tha ne.
0i.aa Serbian Army in Co-opgra.
Uoa Wi,i trench forces, and the CAP
Ue OF three strongly fortified EWga
rau l0Iiong which the Bulsarians
Dad held Tor two and half years is
announced In an Official commuaiQuc
received bore today from Salonili
The line OF the allies on the MacedO
uW front is 300 miles long and
stretches from Avona, on the Adriatic.
beyond the mouth OF the Sruma,
paare o ompties into the Aegean.
ae,ral tines since the allied army
collected at Saloniki in an abor,ive de
tense of Serbia and as a demonsra.
t9l % impress Greece and Bulgaria.
u the cary Autumn of 1915. there
ho been signs of an advance here;
OH nothing much has happened Sar-
mll the first commander. had neither
Sire men nor the equipment His
successor, Guillaumat, appointed last
am1er had no time TO do any.
thing before he was recalled to be
Uue Military Governor of Paris
Then early in July came the advance
u He Italians and French over a for.
io front ON the extreme left OF
. line ina Southern Albania They
captured and then lost half dozen
towns ON the way which runs the old
Roman road, the Via Egnatia. the en-
cu front as far as Lake Ochrida
When Guillemat took command
l December the army consisted oi
a'0Il men, including $4,000 French
10000 British, 10000 Serbians. and
100000 Greeks and Montenegrins. In
southern Albania We're between 300
' and 100000 Italians.
.n official estimate of the enemy .
ie tor the Argean at the time oi
a' lHilm offensive last July showed
.HfD' ot four diyisios of Austrians
several German battaiions ,thel Bulga
rn field army of about 2jO.000, ant
mo Turkish detachments Bulggri,
'I Turkey were then war-weary; now
they are said to have mutual Quarreh
as Wcll.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
HELPFUL HAlR HINT

Worthy the Attention Of Everyone
Who Would Avoid Dandruff, Itching
Scalp, Cray Hairs and Badness.
"Whst will stop nay hair coming
oute' Reply parisiou sage tliQuid
form is the best remedy for hair and
scalp troubles, said to- prevent bald
moss. gayness and dandrulf.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17

Before going To- bed, ! always rub
q little Partisan soge into my scalp
SAYS q woman whose thick. soft and
fluffy hair is greatly admired This
stops itching scalp. keeps the hair
from falling ont and make 90 easy to
dress nllraclINeIN.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-17
EDITOR CHAPLIN
GIVES HIMSELF
Up To OFFICERS
Says His Mind Has Been Wand
ering Several Days.
WIFE HAD BEEN KILLED
Reading Newspaper Accounts Of His
Wife's Death and His Disappear
ance. Prompted His Return.

New York, Sept. l6.-Mrs. Charles
f. Chaplin, wife Of the city editor Of
the New York Evening World, was
found dead with a bullet wound in her
head in the bedroom Of the Chapip
apartment in the Hotel Cumberland
here late TO-DAY.
Discovery OF Mrs Chapin's body fol
lowed receipt by Don Seitz business
manager Of the Evening World, Of q
letter signed Charles L. Chaplin in
which the writer limited at suicide,
and added
My wife has been such a good pal
/ cannot leave her alone in the
world
The police Immediately began a
search for Mr. Chaplin, but up to a,
late hour tonight he had not been
found
At the Offices Of the Evening World
it was said that Mr. Chaplin has been
in falling health for several years and
that for the last year he has been con
stantly under the care of a physician.
The letter received by Mr., Setz
late this afternoon said
Il have been living with my wife
for thirty-nine years. and have been
happy during that time. ! am con
sci0us OF being on the verge Of nerv-
Gus breakdown, and il j. apparent
that the time is close by when | viii
completely collapse When YOU get
This letter ! will be dead My wife
has been such good pal cannot
leave her alone in the world"
The writer concluded with direc.
tions as TO the disposition of his body
and of his property.
When the police entered the Chaplin
arartment they found the body OF
Mrs Chaplin lying on the bed Ply
sicans said that she apparently had
bcen dead since early morning No
one could be found who had heard a
she.
The police learned that Mr.. Chaplin
left the hotel, apparently in good
spirits at $50 a. m, first pinning a
note on his apartment door reading.
don't disturb and requesting the
hotel clerk to plug the telephone con
ueClOn 10 the apartment ana see that
Mrs Chaplin was not disturbed as she
had been i'll during the night
The police also learned from
chauffeur that Mr. Chaplin had driven
to the vicinity of the Grand Central
station, and later, about 4 p. m, re-
turned 10 the hotel It also was learn
ed thai MIR Chaplin had an appoint
ment TO meet a FREUD tonight at the
| Manhattan beach bathin" pool. where
he spent much of his leisure time.
however he did not keep his ap.
continent and police have no further
r7c- oi him.
Nlr Chaplin has been city editor Of
D. Evening World for 20 years, and
3 enc of the mos; widely known news
1anor men in the country For 10
rcfrs before comig to New York, he
v9s connected with newspapers under
hn puiitzor administration in various
/ 'il'r cities, being at one time night
i'r editor Of the ST. Louis Posi- Dis.
a'eh