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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
Gas Factory a City in Itself.

Where on October y, 1917. stood a
bare waste Of forest, now stands what
is small manufacturing town and n
city in its activities Great chemical
plants have risen With lightning rapid
lily There are the chlorine. phoSgenc,
chloralln and mustard gas plants and
then down near the water the large
flung plant where the biz shells were
tllled with deadly poisons aud sent on
their crrand of freeing humanity.
Edgcwuod arsenal covers y tract of
300 acres adjoining its companion
uit the greet Aberdeen proving
grounds, where The biggest of The big
guns were trIrl out that were de.
signed 10 smash The strongest of Cor
man Notifications. AZ the arsenal
those results, It was confidently pre-
dicicd, would he more effectively So
cured, and certainly at smaller hui
man cost. by the gas products which
II was confidently declared wonld
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
IT PUTS The 4PEP"
into Peptiron.-The Combination Of
Pepsin, Nux, Iron, Celery.

This is what makes Peptiroa Of
wonderful therapeutic value, ard Sc
successful after influenza, the grip
and in blood and nerve troubles.
anemia, paleness, nervous weakness
and the exhausting worry and anx-
iety over the world war.
1t is a real iron blood and nerve
tonic, especially beneficial in nc
weakness following the influenza and
grip, to WORKOUT, brain-fagg2l nlea.
delicate wolneB,t sehool-tired gipls,
and TO fast-growing boys, iny iSds
and conya!eseents, the aged ad IL.
lirh. 1t actually puts iron, u lla pral
strengthened, into the blood, and re-
stores the wasted red coipuseles
Yasr druggist knows IFS great merit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
HlNr.eNnuRe RAISING ARMY
Claims 1t Is to Protect eermany's
Eastern Frontier.

Paris. Jan. 31-Reports from Der
lin that Field Marshal Won linden.
burg is raising four army corps 70 the
protection Of Germany's eastern ron
tier, have. attracted considerable at
tention in military circles here. Z he
succeeded in collecting such body
of troops its existence would upse the
armed strength on which the sise of
the allied army OF occupation IS ID be
based.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

Parted wien the grim god Of war
frowned over Fr2nce, Poilu went to
Join his colors Sweetheart babe him
Godspeed and bided her time awaiting
his return, But the rayaging hordcs
of kaiseriSm, steadily advancing,
threatened the honor OF the woman
hood Of France and the girl lied TO
Holland 10 friends, where she was
safe from molestation. The war IS
over, kaIserism is no moro. Poilu on
leave crosses the Dutch border and
grecis his sweetheart. who watched
and waited while he fought.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
Ten Thousand Soldiers Toll at
Turning Out Shells 10 Rout
Germans.
MANY ARE INJURED AT WORK
Edsewocd Arsenal in Maryland Won
Place of Leadership Over Allies in
Scientific Progress and Dead
illness of output--eas Fac
tory City in Itself.

/ Baltimore, Md.-While the men who
have been working in shpyardS ana
munltion plants have received Just
praise for their fulfllment Of patriotic
duty. there is an army Of men 10000
strong who have worked faithfully,
carefully screened from public notice,
/ performing some OF the most impor-
I tant work of the war, work which was
! largely responsible for the early sign
ing Of the armistice. who have re-
! ceiveh no recognition at all.
Day after day they have secretly
worked in the manufacture OF the poi-
sonous gases which routed the Huns
and impressed upon the Germans the
ingenuity and resourcefulness of the
American brain.
These men Of the Edgewood arsenal
stayed on American soil, never had the
| excitement Of an ocean voyage or adj
| venture in foreign country or the
hero-worship Of those who have been
overseas, and yet while staying right
IN this country they ran greater risks
than many Of the men on the firing
line.
800 at One Time in Hospital.
/ The hospital at Edgew0od Is now
occupied by 800 men who have been
gassed or burned while about their
country's work. There have been as
great heroes ut Edgewood as on the
battlefield. There Is in the hospital
blue-eyed boy In early manhood,
smiling bravely through scars which
are today as vivid as the first day,
months ago, when they brought him,
. writing bit of humanity. to the
hospital. Nor is he the only one. There
are others, some Of whom have been
gassed twice and thrice and are today
invalided in Colorado, having devel.
oped tuberculosis.
Hundreds of others are MANNED and
Twin always bear the marks Of their
sacrifice for Uncle sam, which they
gave SO gladly without any Of the
glory, stripes, promotion or encourage.
ment given to the mon in the camps
and trenches,
The signing Of the armlstice has
made IT possible for the public 10 have
the first insight into the vast work
which has been accomplished. AT the
Edgcwood arsenal, where has been
manufactured and shipped safely
over there more gas than has been
made by England and France com
bincd. Far removed from prying eyes,
these thousands of men have produced
gases which Will 90 down in history
MS among the greatest achievements OF
The war.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

TIC SfOfY OF lIIs. fiIILIt iIitIuII :
ton, SIT Myrtle Avenue. Latonia.
Kentucky. IS typical. She says: 4
have never in All my life. until re-
Gently, weighed over TO- pounds.
Finally, I began to take Peruna.
Ny, weight now is 1890 While I
didn't really need tt, | have started
on the third bottle. Pefuna haa
certainly done me 2 great deal OF
good and 1 recommend Il 10 my
friends Several are taking il.
IL Is surprising the amount OF de-
pendenee placed by women every
where upon Dr. Hartmal's World
Famous PertDa. For forty-hve
years It has been n household REM
edy for coughs. colds. oatafrh and
all catarrhal Inflammation whether
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
A Woman,a esperIonoe wIth orIppe

When cough or cold hangs on
and You have aches and pains in your
Joints and muscles, It il likely that
grlppc Is taking hold OF your system
Mrs. ]. 4. Rodgers. Switger, S c.
seys. ~ am susceptible to colds; OF.
ten ending in grippe In this case !
have found t'oley's Honey and Tar to
prevent doctor bills This sterling
family remedy loosens the phlegm,
stops irritation, allays soreness and
inflammation and frees the air pas
sages Good for children Sold
everywhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

NANTED-Women between the
ages OF 20 and As TO take six months
course in practical nursing. For fur
thcr particulars apply to Mutual Aid
Association, . Harris Place, Brattle-
poro, VI. ste
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
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rpon these 500 acres have been con-
structed a large number of imm nse
chemical plants with the necessary adj
juncts, all on an extensive scale, con-
nected by - miles of railway oacr-
atcd by United States army crews,
working three shifts day. At first
ii was attempted TO run the arsenal
with civilian labor, but the hazardous
character of the employment made This
class of employee so uncertain, nj
though fancy wages were offered, That
It became Necessary to use enlisted
men exclusively throughout the plant.
The result has been that work of
a highly specialized nature and extra
hazardous has been done by men ~
celving from $40 month mp, aud un.
der rigorous military discipline.
The research laboratory work OF The
arsenal has been highly fruitful and
the gases of the Germans are said 10
he mild in comparison With the more
terrible products of Edgewood, of
which the Germans had only got a
foretaste when the armistice was
signed.
"came to Teach, Remain to Learn"
Two experts, Colonel Aud and Cap
tain Hankar, one sent from England
and the other from France, to aid In
the establishment of toxic gas plants,
coi1 nu loovfpu. sskVo oau,a 20 tno.l
but we remain 10 learn"
The Central Construction corpora
tion received contract in October,
1917, for the construction of a gas
shell filling plant at Edgewood, under
the Immediate supervision of Capt.
(now Lieut.. COLI Edwin NJ Chance.
then connected with the ordnance de-
partmcnt.
II soon became quite evldc.t that
more than one gas shell filling unit
would be required. II was also ap-
parent that experimental work neceS-
sarily had to be carried on in connec-
ton with construction on somewhat
elaborate scale In the first unit, both
Of which circumstances caused the
pressure on the entire situation to be
rapidly increased, hence the contract
or's organization. as well as the MILF
tary personnel. began TO increase rap
idly early in the present year. until mt
the height Of, It's operation the con-
struction corporation had approximate
ly 6,000 men in its employ: new camp
buildings and mess halls were con
structed at top speed.
When we saved salt last winter We
helped swell the amount needed for
the making Of chlorine. of which II
isthe foundation. This plant produced
100 tons Of chlorine and 1f2 tons Of
fused cnustic soda a day. making ON
of the largest single plants of its kind
in the country. For the first time Wis
itors--a party of business nen-were
allowed through the plant last week
and they saw one Of the commonest Of
table supplies. salt, being made into
Que of the most fatal posons. This
chloric gas passes from 1852 electro
lytic cells, Is dried by sulphurlc acid
and pumped to the chemical plants.
Dry chloric gas is dubbed into the
common sulphur in tanks and becomes
basic raw material in The production
of mustard gas, which was one of the
deadlicst weapons used to win the
war.
Making OF Phosgene.
Then there is the phosgcne plant.
Here coke * received nv rail and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

WstNTED--Pupil nurses, male and
fetnple, at tho Taunton State hospital
Training School for nurses. For par
tieulats address DR.. Arthur v. Goss,
Supt;, Taunton State Hospital. Taun-
ton, Mass. 29tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

ron SALE--Second hand double
work harness. Apply to Charles r.
Burt, South street. lgt2e
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

= FOR SALE,--Scoond nand piano
VIII soil cheap. Apply at Seventh
Ward school. i2tG
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

OF the respira tory systeip 1fcnacI,
or otter organ or part OF siir f~iiI.
Tle record OF peruna fur ns so
~ hsir century ~ q St1rtlfifsa ,.s
Thousands have discovered ana ~
liN 10 It's marvellous merit. perunn
- Aisi s.eNchyw here. Airy 10 pnr-
chased in either liauid or t5i,i..t
form. Your dealcr Mss 1t. Aslff6f-
pr. iartman'ss we'll known paaina
Ionic, DO. not accept Suhstiture
or something Just as GOOD Insist
upon peruna. ~
II you are sick and suffering from
my c.use Whatever, write RIO Pc
runa cQmpany, Dent. 10. (,oliI,nhuss
1hlo, Tor Or .Hartman's Heaifb
book The book Is free ana may
hclp you. ASH sour dealer for 4
ierund Almanac.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

.WANTED--Teacher at once. Va
cAncies in graded and rural schools
Good salaries. Apply today. Hatha-
way Teachers Agency, phone 226-W.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

WhNTED--poeition as working
manager or hcrdsnan. gsptiamans es-
tate or first class farm. Married. Life
o1periencc with agriculture and live
stock. Wish to locate IN Vermont
pest references. Russell Polar
Wcedsport, n, Y. St6s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
FOR SALE

FOR SALE--Six cylinder Stearns
Knight Truck This is an overhRuled
touring car with u good wide truck
body and drivers cab Both engine
aand ear are IN first class condition
and IN running order Engine is
speedy as well as strong. Price $500
Address Black Cat Textiles Co. 1916
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

FOR sALE--Furniture and clothing
including four good overcoats. dining
room table couch and bureau. In
dulre i2i Stafford st. tel. 37i-W. lite
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

WANTED-Dry corn fodder. II. n.
Cushman Mfg. Co. 1tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

IISyANTED---Boys to sell vanilla
Aayoring after school hours and Sat
utddys: send 81 for eight bottles that
rbfail for 25c each. Send postcard
f6f free sample bottle. Wakefield Ex
tthct Co.. Sanbornville, N. II. 9t25'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

TO RENT--Stores, oflices tenements.
shops etablee, individual storage lock.
all centrally located. Geo. III. HAWKS
i2s Main street. 7ett
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

ls,lR SALE--Several horses, surrics,
coaches ana coach harness. Henry NJ.
Tlttle Go. Phone 40. ar
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

TO RENT--s furnished rooms for
lieht house Keeping. Inquire 2Sa
school street 1Ote.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

TO RENT--Town Farm, without
he te rent for the coming year begln.
iilhE April LIST. and with Il will no
care OF Town Poor that live at Town
Farm. For terms apply TO The Select.
men or q. r. Mathers overaeer OF
Poor. gtf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
MISCELLANEOUS

f.OsT.-Retwetn school ana nraa
lord sfrehiE. bunch Of Keys. Flhdnr
pieaec return 10 Banner Oillce 1853
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

y yyANTED---A. first class gardener.
Apply VIM. II. wills, Hawks Building,
uenhinNton "a Ste
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
Makinn Of Phosnene.

Then there is the phosgcne plant.
Here coke is received by rail and
burned by common steam boiler,
INre oxygen obtained from liquid mir
and carbon dioXide are passed toseth-
or through red.hot coke producing car
hon monoylde Dry chlorine gas and
carbon monoXide are suitably mixed,
and by passing over a catalyzer, con
verified TO form gaseous phosgene. The
liquid phosgcnc is filled into onc-ton
containers for overseas shipment aud
was the gas most largely used In The
war.
Chlorpgorln. bnc OF the commpncst
war gases is another product of Edge
wood and was produced at the rate Of
80 tons day.
Filing plants are another important
feature Of the arsenal. Here shells
are received by rail and inspected.
phosgene. ohlorpgorin and mustard gas
are received FROM the chemical plant.
other war gases are obtained from
outside plants by rail. The capacity
of these plants is more than 125,00O
containers Il day. The ventilation Is
such that men In direct contact with
the liquid gas are not required TO wear
masks. The filed shells are returned
from filling machines aud are cassl-
fled by weight and stored one day rs e
test for leakage. They are then paint
cd gray and striped, the numbers aud
colors of the stripes indicating the ma
turc of the gas within the she'll. Here
the drums whose range is approx
nately LOO yards, are filled with the
initial gases. The grenndes are filled
by hand With stannic chloride and are
used especially in clearing dueouts.
Others are filled with white phosphor.
us and are used in the production OF
smoke screens in connection With the
concealment Of troops.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
TO RENT

TO RENT-Tenement. Apply TO Mrs.
u. q. Slade, tel. i67.M lltf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

sfbANTEp--To buy goods for second
hand store. VIII buy anything use
s3e School st.. Tel. 4sI-W. 1Ot25'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

slWANTED.-~one experienced sharper
man at Remington factory. a. $.
Payne. Inc. l0t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
The Secret Of Their Beauty

health robust health, that
If she ret well
aactvenes
hers. That S GST ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
WANTED

tsMASTED.-Housew by the hour.
Address Box 1872, Bennington. 11t6'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

WANTED-Wash ings to do at
nome. lie Union street. 10tGs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

Woman between 40 and
90 years old as houaekeeper. One in
family Address Box 3D. East Airing
ton. llt6'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

FOR sALlc--Two grey horses. Az.
ply Anton Myers, South Salisbury,
Ngt 96t25'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01

s.fNOR. SALls--Onts for feed or seed
P'ued hay and loose Htraw--straw at
oaril only Beans. for eating purposes
CWllto .blrch--maple--b ana oak,
Phone SIAM a. II. Winslow, SIS Main
street DOti
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-22
AUTOMOBILE THEFTS.

Considering the enormous amount
of money invested in automobiles. il
is amazing that owners have not in
sisted before on some better means
of preventing theft of cars Regular
gangs of motor thieves now operate
all over the country No car worth
anything is safe. But it will be posi-
Bile to make automobile stealing very
difficult.
Automobile associations are work
ing on this problem, and legislation
Is likely to be presented in a good
many state legislatures this winter
looking to solution of this problem.
A few states have already enacted
strict laws. A type of statute that
may become somewhat general is be-
ing drafted by the New York state
Automobile association.
This act requires a purchaser of an
automobile to obtain a deed of the
car like that for piece of real estate,
to be witnessed by some officer of the
law. The possessor of a car who had
no such deed would be considered to
hold it by unlawful means.
Some people may object to the
bother and machinery created by
such an act. But in view of the diff
ficulties in recovering stolen cars. i'll
looks as if such legislation would be
necessary 1t would involve no more
trouble and expense than insurlng
automobiles against theft. which is
now being done with millions of ma
chimes.
Any such scheme Of course makes It
necessary that cars have the makers
number clearly marked, and in such
way that it would be difficult or i'm
possible to obliterate it.
Many cars are already sufficiently
marked in this way. The possession
of a car, the number of which had
been tempered with, should be Drima
facie evidence of fraud. Automobile
stealing is altogether too easy a game
for the crook element, and it is time
to put a stop to it,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-22
Is THE COUNTRY WORTHY?

During the war the people were ex-
horted to show themselves worthy of
the noble boys in the trenches. As a
consequence there was a magnificent
display of public spirit in civic serv-
ice. But now, with the war over,
many people are falling back into the
old selfish habits. They consider
their own interest only, and are I'M
able to look at the interest of the
community.
As the returning soldiers see labor
and capital grabbing for dollars. and
profiteers amassing wealth at the ex-
pense of the public, will they not ask
themselves If the country in which
so much class and selfish spirit is
shown, was worth fighting for?
II is worth fighting for, because it
is a minority that is grasping and
greedy But if people expect that
their country is to get out of the
swamp of troubles into which it has
fallen, the civic spirit and unselfish
outlook Of the war days must be re-
covered.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-22

lieve in the possibility of an offensive
as they had seen no preparations for
it, But gradually they brought them
| selves TO face the severe fighting that
/ lay before them.
| After several days artillery prep
aration the French attacked early on
| April lG between Vailly and Brimont,
to the northwest of Rheims. They
broke through at various points on
the Chemin des Danes and forced us
to withdraw with heavy losses from
the Vailly salient to the heights of
the Chemin des Danes. Further to
the east the French chung firmly to
the ridge that to the north falls
sharply into the AiIette valley.
Between the Winterberg and the
Aisne the French pressed forward
with tanks to the outskirts of Juvin-
court, but were held up by a counter
attack division. Due east of the Aisfe
our troops held their ground Towards
Brimont another break through was
made, but was neutralized by a push
on the part of our counter-attack
forces. On April Z and Is the enemy
renewed the assault, but was unable
to gain any advantage.
Meanwhile offensives in Champagne
lad also been opened, directed against
the heights Of Moronvilliers. One di-
vision gave way. and we lost the
heights which formed a key position
When the French attempted to de-
scend the northern slope they were
exposed to our artillery fire, which
moved them down and brought them
to a standstill.
He Inquiries Into Failure.
Our counter-attack divisions, as II
subsequently ascertained in personal
conversation with the regimental COM
manders were thrown in too hastily,
so that on the 18th we failed to cap
ture the heights.
The loss Of them was a severe blow, |
as they afforded a view, to the north,
right over the whole country; butt
we had to make the best of il.
The crisis of the April battle had |
been survived.
In these battles the French infan-
try had attacked in close formation, |
and its losses had been appalling.
Both on the Aisne and in Cham
payne General Nivelle again attempt |
ed to score a victory. BY this time |
our line was once more re-establish- |
ed and consolidated. SO that on both |
the fields of this great dual battle |
the new offensive came to grief with |
heavy loss
The 7th of May saw fierce fighting
all along the front, after which the !
attack on the Aisne died out, and SUBJ |
sequent to the 9Th it flickered down
in Champagne also. though here 1t |
blaZed NJ again on the 10th.
The French offensive had collapsed |
with terrible loss of life, and although |
Frence was obliged to celebrate it as
a victory it caused great depression.
The minister of war admitted in July |
that the attack had failed with losses
that must not again be incurred. These
losses were so great that the morale |
Of the army began to suffer and mutt
MES broke out, though we heard but
little about them. and that only by de-
grees, Only later on did we learn the
whole truth,
Nlvelle Loses His Command.
Changes We're also made in the I
French high command, General Nj
velle was replaced by General Petain.