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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
USUAL MARCH BLIZZARD
Month Failed to Pass Into History
Without Storm.


March, 1919, like its predecessors OF
recent years, didn't pass into history
without a snow blizzard although the
month had nearly elapsed before the
arrival Of the storm. The pronounc-
ed change from the open and mild
weather that had prevailed for weeks
began Thursday afternoon with
rain that changed to snow during the
night. So much rain fell during the
night that the river was nearly bank
full in the morning and remained in
that condition nearly all day.
All day Friday and into the night q
still northwest wind laden with heavy
snow prevailed Not large amount OF
inconvenience and little damage re-
suited In this vicinity. At the Fill,
more & Slade paper mill the high
water caused some trouble but no
damage. "A washout near the mill
delayed traffic on trolley line for q
couple Of hours but the break was
soon repaired. Friday morning a car
ran off the trolley track on the hill
near the Stark Paper company's mill
but no damage resulted.
The New York papers arrived or
time today but did not come through
Friday. At the local postoflce II was
reported that little delay to the mails
had resulted from the storm. The
rural carriers failed to report today
however, a fact indicating that thC
country roads were badly drifted
The storm appeared to be mucf
more severe in other sections of th,
state than In and around Benning
ton. The rain raised the Connection
river all Of Ave feet in a few hours
and foot Of snow Is reported from
towns in Windam county. All stree
car trafiic in Burlington was stopped.
Trolley care service between Mont
pelier and Barre was. suspended ant
railway traffic on the Central Yer
mont was seriously handicapped b,
washouts. Exceedingly rough weath
er was reported from many towns il
the central and northern part OF tn
state.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29

that England likewise refused to list
en- to the voice OF the American
colonies
England was compelled less than
a century and half ago 10 recognize
the independence Of the colonies. and
within the last year the Efforts of our
country saved England and her allies
from total defeat ut the hands OF the
Central Powers. The land to which
England was thus compelled to do
justice has Just saved England in her
hour OF need
Let England now realize that jus.
tioe TO Ireland which she has so Ions
denied, with grievous loss to Ireland,
but also with great loss to herself,
will now remove from her path the
bitterest hostility which she has to
encounter all over the world and will
convince mankind in general Of the
sincerity OF her declarations when
she says that she believes in liberty
and justice for others as we'll as for
herself
finally We urge this claim that
peace aud order may be brought out
OF the chaos with which The whole
world now seems to be threatened.
In this great hour when Governments
arc being reformed and when pcoplef
long oppressed by tyranny are cmorg
ing again into the sunlight Of liberty
let there be sincerity and unselhsh
ness upon the part OF those who are
controlling the Peace Conference 1,
the end that the mistakes OF The Con
gress OF Vienna may be avoided and
peace mado that will be lasting ant
permanent because Il will be Just an,
right
Upon the shoulders of our PresI
dent and Congress rests in the las
analysis the responsibility Of tn
peace that shall be made. We urg
them to act IN accordance with tn
doctrines laid down on our behal
when we entered the war. and in aC
oordance with the resolution recent
adopted, almost unanimously. by tn
Foreign Affairs Committee Of IN
House Of Representatives. to the en-
L. that auiocracy and miltarism ma
be forever destroyed and that tn
right Of seltdetermnatlon shall
given to all the peoples of the earth.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
CANADA is DIVIDED
Question OF Daylight Saving No.
Unanimous

Unanimous
Toronto, March 2S.--Advices from
nearly all sections OF Canada today in
dicated that rural and suburban dis
tricts would go through the summer
with their clocks an hour apart as a
result OF the rejection by the domin.
ion parliament OF the measure to re-
enact the daylight saving plan
The large cities and industrial cen
tors. It is reported, woud adopt the
advanced time schedule, while the
rural agricultural communities would
retain standard time. II was gencr-
ally predicted here that the govern
ment would not interfere with the
decision of the railway war board IN
follow the American transportation
systems in setting the clocks an hour
ahead next Sunday morning. and, as
shipping and telegraph companies al.
20 will operate under .Ss now time
many concerns have announced their
intention OF taking similar action. re.
gardlcss OF legislative action.
Several cities in Ontario have
adopted the daylight saving pan
| Montreal manufacturing and trade
institutions having arranged con
ference on the subject with the mum
icipul authorities and the Toronto
city council is expected TO pass .
local advanced time ordinance
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Philadelphia, Feb. %,

Cardinal Gibbons, in introducing
resolution at tho Irish Convention to.
day calling on President Wilson and
Congress to urge the Peace Confer.
enco to grant DIFFERENTIATION for
Ireland, said:
81 hold in my hands resolution on
behalf of ireland which should appeal
10 every lover OF liberty and justice.
My friends, there is liberty in the
air The nations OF the earth are
clamoring for liberty, and why should
not freedom.loying Ireland join in the
general cry?
yes Ireland wants freedom to
breathe the air of heaven. She wants
freedom to stretch her brawny aud
sinewy arms She wants freedom to
develop her resources. She wants
freedom to develop the riches Of her
soul. She wants freedom to carve
out her own destiny
And We are here today to plead
the cause Of lreland's sons and
daughters that they may stand erect,
redeemend regenerated and Olsen.
thrallcd on their own sacred soil"
The text OF the resolution follows:
we, the delegates to the Conven
tion of the Irish Race in America, as
sembled in Philadelphia, the city in
which the immortal Declaration OF
American Liberty was given to the
world, and speaking for many mill
ions of American citizens. call upon
the President and Congress OF these
United States of America to urge tn,
Peace Conference now in session a
Paris to apply to Ireland the srea
doctrine of national selr.determna
tIon and to recognize the right OF tn,
people OF Ireland to select for them
selves without interference from an.
other people the form OF governmen
under which in future they shall live
I'VE urge this claim. in the frs
place. in the name Of iustice--recol
nizing and insisting on the truth SO
forth by the founders Of our Republic
that all governments derive theI
Just powers from the consent Of IN
governed.
I'VE urge this claim In the name {
America. insisting. as we have jus
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
Cardinal Gibbons Resolution
Demanding Freedom for Ireland

shown in the case of France that we
are not an ungrateful people, and
recalling that no other people have
contributed more than those of Irish
blood to the creation, the upbuidng
the development and the preservation
ard defense OF our grea, country.
I'VE urge this claim in the name Of
Ireland because Of the unparalleled
struggle for now seven aud half
centuries that Ireland has carried on
for national existence and liberty.
because all efforts to break down and
destroy that existence have failed.
and because of the extraordinary ma.
iority by which less than two months
ago tho people OF Ireland declared,
not alone their dissatisfaction with
the government OF their land by Eng.
land, but also their determination TO
govern themselves without interfer-
enco from any outside influence or
power
"We urge this claim in tho name of
humanity because we believe that
war cannot be ended and a just and
permanent peace cannot be brought
about unless the doctrine Of selfdc
termination be applied to ireland
and the people OF that country be
permitted to decide for thcmsolvNS
the form of government under which
they shall live.
3 I'VE point ont that England has
tried in every way TO coorce or Il
persuade or to caiolc the people o
ireland to give M their devotion /,
their national aspirations and trie,
them all in vain Lloyd George with
In The last few months has hocn com
PEELED to assert that ireland is a
present as much opposed TO Britlsl
rule as in the days Of Cromwell.
"The Industries OF ireland hav0
been destroyed. her trade and con
mercc wiped ont. her population en-
in two. her leaders deported and he'll
in English iails without indictment o
trial. and yet within the last tw
months the people with an unanimlt
. never before attained have again d,
clared their utter dissotisfactio
, with English rule and their dete
mination to be free.
England refuses to listen to Ia
voice OF ireland, but We point ot
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
DETROIT BANK ROBBERY
Bandits Lock Fourteen Persons in
the Vault

Bandits Lock Fourteen Persons in
the Vault
Detroit, March Herding four
teen prisoners, including several wo-
men patrons. into an apartment In
the vault of the West Side branch Of
the Commonwealth State bank here,
six bandits this afternoon robbed
the institution Of $4,000 in cash and
unregistered Liberty bonds which
officials say may exceed S65,O0O in
value. Fifty thousand dollars in
currency had been removed from
the branch TO the main Office only a
few hours before the hold-up, ac-
cording 10 j W. McCausey, presi'
dent of the bank The hold-up was
one of the most daring in recent
years
Two of the men stood guard out.
SIDE The entrance to the bank while
four others entered, with the man
at their head waving a sawed-ofi
shotgun Charles II. Mooney the
cashier and Paul Mallick, his assist
ant, were ordered from their cage
and with several patrons forced tc
stand with upraiscd hands while tho
bank vault was being r'aod The
twc bank attaches rerS. hen or
derod injo the vault with foul
patrons and the big steel dool
closed Eight other persons, inclWd
ing several who came in after thC
bandits entered, including two wo
mon, each with baby in her arms
were ordered one by one into al
apartment.
The bandits then gathered all tn,
fcurrency in sight and escaped in
biE touring car.
II was several minutes after th'
: handi,s left before the apartment
and vault were opened and the i'm
prisoned persons released
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
MISSOURI SENATE
VOTES SUFFRAGE
Women's Convention at ST. Louis
Celebrates and Sings poSology on
Receipt OF News.

celebrates ana sings poSology on
Receipt OF News.
St Louis, March 2S.-Great excite.
ment prevailed and the doxology was
sung when the news was brought to
the convention OF the national Amer.
lean woman suffrage association to.
day that the Missouri Senate had
passed the suffrage bill granting WON
en- the right to vote for presidential
electors, and Immediately aftcrward
had passed Il resolution submitting
to the voters a constitutional amend.
mcnt for woman suffrage in all s:ec.
tiOnS
Although the House and the Sen.
ate have each passed a presidential
suffrage bill, they have not passed
the same bin, but the Sonate's action
is considered as ending the women's
campaign, as the House is over
wholmingly for suffrage,
The association today passed rcso.
lutions iudorsing the league OF ma.
tlons and urging the United States
government ito bring about the
prompt redress Of all legitimate griev
ances' as safeguard against rovo
luton by violence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Miss Martha Dewey TO Marry VIM E
Wells Of Johnstown

Wcllb OF YOUNGSTOWN
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II, Dewey an.
nounoed the engagement OF their
daughter Miss Martha II. Dewey to
William +. Wells Of Johnslown, N. Y,
this afternoon at an informal tea Civ.
en- at their homo on Union street,
Only few OF Miss Dewey's most init.
mate friends were present Miss
Jane Peck OF Gloversville poured
Miss Dewey is the older daughter
OF c. II. Dewey, treasurer OF the Ben.
nington County savings bank and o
lineal descondeh Of Parson Jedediah
Dewey famed In the early history Of
Bennington Miss Dewey was edu-
Gated at The Emma Willard school In
Troy
Mr. Wells is a son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Wells OF Johnstown He
served as a sergeant in the army OF
the United States during the war and
has recently returned from service
overseas. lie has several times
visited in Bennington
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
CLOCKS To Be
SET AHEAD ONE
HOUR SUNDAY
Plan Used Last Summer TO BE
Continued
FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING
FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING
The Only Opposition To Moving The
Time Ahead Comes From The
Farmers

AT 2 o'clock, Sunday morning, Mar
30, the time throughout the United
States Will be set ahead one hour
The idea was tried out last year, and
was 81 we'll liked by the people of all
classes that Congress has not seen fiji
to rescind the order for daylight
saving. This leaves the order in
force and it will be complied with to
morrow morning
What little opposition TO tho plan
there is comes mostly from the farm
ers, but probably they will join in
with the others SO as not to make the
confusion that would arise over using
two kinds Of time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
FRENCH DEMAND
FOR SAAR VALLEY
ANOTHER DELAY
France Lays Amended Claims
Before Council of -Four
PEACE MATTERS GO SLOW
England and America Oppose Claim
Of France for Saar Valey-sa'
Vors Of Annexation

Paris, Friday--In laying her claims
before the council of four today
France asked first of all that her
boundaries, as fixed by the 1914
treaty be restored to her, together
with the Sarrc basin In the Rhine
province on the left bank of the
Rhine, II was asked that the Ger
mans should not be permitted 10 es'
tablish fortiilcations, occupy territory
with armed forces, nor control rail
ways. On the Alsace.L0Talne line
it was demanded that the Rhine
should be the natural frontier OF
France
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
DOLLAR BUTTER PREDICTED
Price Jumps Ono or Two Cents Ever,
Day for Week.

Glens Falls, March 27.-The Post.
Star says: With best quality cream.
cry butter retailing In the city at so
cents pound and the price advanc-
ing almost daily, dollar butter. which
was predicted during the war, Is ex.
pected within a month or two. Poor.
er grades OF butter are selling at 60
cents or more. Last week the price
jumped one and two cents daily. IN
the recent slump prices fell q cents
within 4 week and there was u sigh
of relief among householders. Now
there is shortage and other
trouble
In the market it is said the slump
was due to the announcement that
the government did not intend to re-
quire the full amount of butter com.
wandered and the market became
panicly Retailers stopped buying
in anticipation Of lower prices and
It became evident that severe read
justment OF market Wakes would have
to occur If confidence were to be re,
stored. As Is usual under panic con
, dltions, the reaction was too severe;
prices dropped below correct values
and the tendency is now upward.
The reaction has been intensified by
the decision Of the food adnInistra
tion to reinstate all orders which had
been cancelled by tho first announce
ment, At present tho available sup
ply is far below tho demand. receipt.
having materially decreased followinl
the slump in prices Increased de
mand and decreased production is
said to be responsible for the in
crease
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29

Great Britain. France, and Italy

Great Britain, France, and Italy
The four Government heads today
deliberated on the question Of the Pol
ish frontier, according TO the news.
papers, who believe that there will be
difficulty in reaching an agreement on
the principle of the annexation to Po-
land of territory containing two to
three million Germans. The papers
believe that the council will reach a
decision sooner on the question OF
reparation than ON the Polish ques'
tion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
FOR cLEAnEsr POSSIBLE PEACE
Efforts of British Delegation VIII
Bear Fruit.

London, March 2s.-Efforts which
the British delegation at the peace
conference Is making to procure for
the world the cleanest possible peace
will bear fruit in the peace treaty
soon to be made public, Paris cor
respondent Of the Westminster Gaz-
ette declares. He states the authori-
ty of a higher placed parsonage"
that the conference does not mean to
violate territorial rights and that
fears on that point felt by interest
cd peoples in Europe are unfounded
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29


Paris, March 2s.The announce
ment that General Mangin has been
summoned to Paris for conference
with Premier Clemenceau has given
rise to world of conjections. The
Generals military reputation and his
later success as an army adminlstrat.
or in the Rhine provinces lend Gre
dence TO the report that he Is about to
receive an important post in Eastern
Europc-it is rumored, the command
and coordination of the allied actiyi-
ties against the Bolshevlki.
At the same time there Is O persist.
ent rumor In British and American
circles that before resorting to force
the Allies will make another attempt
to treat with LenIne. Pichon's state.
ment In the Chamber last Wednesday
defined the French point OF view
clearly enough. 1t will be only under
pressure that the French will consent
to abandon the idea OF forcibIe mill
tary action against the present rulers
CT Russia.
AT the moment of cabling these two
opposing plans--those Of the olive
branch and of the sword-appear 10
be nearly equally balanced as the pro.
posed Russian policy.
Paris, March 27.--The extraordi-
nary situation which has been created
| by Hungary's virtual defiance OF the
allied powers and the sudden impetus
pyf,ra,, ~ axtro,,,., 80 dfootfs,a, NJ tho :, :,
cession Of the Bolshevist Government
at Budapest has not cleared for the
better in any way. 1t is doubtful if
any positive action has been taken by
the penipotentiaries of the allied
powers, although there IL talk !. of
forming armies and adopting other
measures suggesting the use OF force.
One significant feature OF the situa-
ton is the widespread opinion, among
men not interested In Bolshevisrn or
friendly TO It, that Lenine will have
to be called 10 Paris before tho
foundations for real peace can be
had.
Lloyd George yisualized something
like this early IN the Peace Confer
ence. when lie proposed inviting the
Bolsheviki TO confer with the allied
representatives Stephen Pichon, for
France, rejected Lloyd Georges pro.
posal: and the unauthorized publica-
tion of his communication on the sub
ject created great commotion. suhse-
quently President Wilson endeavor'
cd to effect compromise By sug:
gesting that allied representatives
meet the envoys OF all the Russian
factions-Bolshevik and anti.Bolshey'
Tx alike-at Prinkipo Island In the
Sea OF Marmora- Some factions ac'
copied. The Boisheviki agreed. but
proposing conditions which the peace
plenipotentlaries regarded as insult
ing
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
BUT LITTLE INFLUENZA
Reports Concerning It in Brattleboro
Are Erroneous.

Reports have appeared in numer-
Gus state papers to the effect that in
fluenza was raging in Bellows Falls,
Springfield and Brattleboro. AS far
as this town is concerned the story
Is wholly erroneous. There have
been scattered cases during the past
month, but the disease has not ap-
peared in anything like epidemic
form In view Of the number of
cases in adjoining towns Brattleboro
seems to have kept remarkably free
from II thus far.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
ALLIES CRITICAL SITUATION
Vanguards Of Bolshevlki Forces Are
Close Upon Odessa

Paris, March 29.--The situation Of
the allies at Odessa is still critical.
according to the latest advices from
that region. The Russian soviet COM
munique OF Tuesday declared that
Vanguards of Bolsheviki forces were
close upon the city'c suburbs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
ARROGANT GERMAN REPLY
II VIII Not Give Free Aocess to Pol.
lsh Army

Copenhagen, March 2s.--The full
text OF the German reply to the Al.
lies concerning tho landing OF Po-
lish troops at Danzig shows that Ger
many made the point that II did not
undertake to give free access to the
Polish army to west Prussia In the
Armistice agreement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
NATURAL COMMERCIAL OUTLETS
Hamburg and stettin Are Such for
Cxecho.SloVakia.

Paris, Friday, March 2S.-Hambure
and Stettin are considered the natur
al commercial outlets to the sea for
Czecho-Slovakia, according to a decis
ion reached by the commission on the
international regime of waterways
This action, which grants demands OF
Czecho-Slovak delegates to the peace
conference, would provide. If finally
approved, that the new republic enjoy
every privilege as TO foreign com
merce at the two ports as il they ac
tually belonged to II,
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FINAL SESSION APRIL 4
Foundations Of League VIII Be De-
finiteIy Announced

Paris, March 29-The peace con
ference commission on the league OF
nations probably will hold its final
session April 4, it was indicated to-
day, At thu meeting the ,ounda
tions OF the league will be definitely
announced
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29

Paris, March 2S-Further serious
delay was encountered this afternoon
by the Big Four in their effort to
reach an early conclusion OH the first
draft cf the preliminary treaty OF
peace,
The new obstacle in an entirely new
set OF claims from the French Gov.
crnment in the matter OF rcparation.
Roparation was on the program this
morning, but was passed until the af
ternoon because Premier Clemenceau
announced that there were some
changes he would like to make in the
French claims He certainly made
them.
In the program which he presented
this afternoon France calls for the en-
tiro saar Valley in perpetuity.
This territory had previously been
included IN the French scheme only as
a part of the general readiustment OF
the western boundry of Germany. In
that form Il hud been opposed by
America and England as an annoxa-
ton project which would create a Ger
man iredenta and provoke future
wars. s
Now France puts forth the same
claim in another form, demanding II,
because of its coal mines, as part OF
the preparation account, aud calling it
payment in kind for the French min
ing regions which were ruined by the
Germans. But America and England
still persist in calling the project n
/ scheme Of annexation which is not to
be tolerated
This latest move once more throws
the ontirc reparation question into
confusion
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29

Paris, March 2S.-Tho conditions
OF a preliminary peace with Germany
were again under discussion today by
President Wilson and the Premiers OF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
MILLION MARKS DAILY
Is Cost Of Support for Unemployed
In Berlin.

Berlin, Friday, March 2S.-Support
OF the unemployed is costing the mu-
inequalities of greater Berlin one mil
lion marks daily. A clerical force OF
twenty-three hundred is required to
keep track OF the army Of workless
people.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight and Sunday. Not quite
so cold West and northwest gales.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-29
RuMoRs OF lNTERMENT
lnterAIlles Mission at psnxia May
De Held,

Paris, March 29.-Rumors we're cir
cuating last night that the inter.
allies mission at Danzig had been in.
termed. Today's papers, however.
contain no confirmation OF tho report.