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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-29

He had been on duty about two
hours when he was aroused from
his reverie by the sound of footsteps
approaching in the darkness. He
challenged;
Haiti Who goes there?"
And voice from the gloom re-
piled:
IT'S quite all right. It's your col
onel."
"Fm sorry, sir. can't let you pass
without the password"
Its quite all right, l tell you. I'm
your colonel
"Well, I'm very sorry, sir, but I've
got my orders, and you can't pass this
ere tin opener till you say Eff
clency.'"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-29
Chemical Warfare Service.

In the argument that is going on to
determine whether the chemical War
fare service is to be separate unit OF
the army or TO be included in the en-
gineer corps, note should be taken of
the probable developments of the flu
ture. Anyone with sense of perspec-
tive and proportion must admit that
these are unlimited. Like the air SER
vice, this branch of the army is in our
opinion destined for an expansion thar
will necessitate Its recognition and
establishment as separate bureau.
Had the war continued a few months,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-29
The latest in Weddlna Rlnas.

To an observer the wedding ring
Gates the marriage. About year ago
the curtain" shape was in vogue. To-
day the pattern is half-round and
plump, and very narrow 1t is COM
Portable to wear with other rings. In
gold ii costs about So, in platinum
500. The average Englshwoman pre-
fers the gold ring, while some women
on this continent have platinum or even
a jeweled circlet.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-29
l1yaterloaI s.nnolence

A youth OF nineteen who since early
childhood had been liaLle TO drop of to
sleep at any time and without any
feeling of fatigue is described by DR.
II. Carlill in the Lancet tLondon). He
was perfectly normal and Doctor Car
Ill became convinced that the attacks
were hysterical and srlf-suggested in
other words that he hypnotized him.
self. They told him his attacks were
due to thickened spot on his skull,
nnd cured hin by cutting out tiny
piece of bone ard letting him handle
~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-29

MID-WINTER is one of the best
periods in which to order the Monu-
ment, because the cold weather is the
one season in which we are not rushed
Consequently you obtain the closest
prices, the finest kind of workmanship
and the stone is ready for erection
when suitable weather sets in.
We would be pleased to show our
designs, quote prices, etc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-29
An Echo Of the Past.

am afraid there Isn't much senti-
ment in always SOUL"
MOI"
"Some one was playing a celebrated
waltz of a decade ago, and how do you
suppose Jbway remembered that ne
had heard it before?"
~ can't imagine"
ale said, BY Jimmy, that's the tune
- orchestra was playing one night in
a restaurant where l got Dtome!ne
poisoning ="
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-29

our chemical warfare service wor.d
have been using gases which produce
an absolutely lethal effect lasting for
ty-eight hours, but leaving no perma-
nent effect-Scientific American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-29

a f ter he had
been a soldier
only a w e k.
He was given
S trict instruc-
tons not to let
a n y b ody pass
until they gave
t h e password.
The word chos-
en- W s Elf
ciency."
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
Anti-Soviet Officer Tells Tales
OF Rule of B0lsE1eviki i'm Russia

London, March "a young Of
ficer in the northwest army who took
part in the Yudenitch advance on
Pctrograd made the following state
nent to The Manchester Guardian's S
correspondent at Helsingfors:
"I am convinced of one thing, that
this whole business Of war against
the Bolshevi1s leads to nothing but
the destruction Of Russia itself and
Of honest men on both sides. We
started out with belief in words
like democracy, but the moment our
advance looked like being successful
the northwest government was
pushed on one side like a baby, and
the real intentions of the leaders be-
came clear. ! have heard of the 'red'
terror. 1t could not have been worse
than the white terror, in which |
have actually taken part. If these
things came under my personal OBJ
seryation you may imagine what was
the total Of terror on the whole
front. The worst Of it was that we
did nothing but destroy.
"I am convinced from what I saw
before our coming that there was a
more or less efficient working Or
ganization of local government in the
village soviets. We destroyed it and
put back q local autocracy in the per-
sons of officials and military COM
manders whose object was to get
out of the villages what they could
A man with some feelings Of human
ity, suffered from what | saw. We
captured big estates run by agrioll-
tural communes-a sort Of state
farms. Considering all the difficult
ties they were in good condition, well
stocked with beasts, geese, ETC., all
we'll cared for. We literally sacked
them, handing them over to soldiers
who killed even the cows, after which
we restored the estate to its pre-
revolution owner.
"Our people lad sacked the es-
tates which the reds had organized
and the old owners have no capital
with which to run these things them
selves IT was the same everywhere
The reds had preserved palaces, etc.
absolutely untouched. There was a
different story to tell after we had
| left them"
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
TO STAND OR
fall, WITH
LEAGUE
Wilson Makes it Clear That
He Will Accept No Reser-
vations at All On the
Peace Treaty.
United Press Wire. }


Washington, March 9.-The league
of nations as it stands or no league
at all is the issue in the treaty fight
as President Wilson sees it, in the
opinion of various senators Of both
parties who discussed the president s
letter to Senator Hitchcock.
Senators Borah and Hitchcock,
who represent the extremes, are
agreed that the president had clearly
drawn the issue that if the treaty
goes into the campaign it will be
upon the foregoing basis. But the
senators working for a compromise
on article 10 reservations continue to
work as they read in Wilson's letter
the implication that he would accept
against his will the bipartisan reser-
vation on article TO-
The republican "mild reservation
lists" are inclined to be angry at Will
sons description of them as "mild
nullifiers. 1t is believed the letter
may send them back into the Lodge
camp.
On the republican side the ''bitter
enders" are pleased to note the presi-
dent wanted the issue as clearly cut
as they wanted it. Senator Borah
has maintained the only way to &c
to the people of the country in a
campaign on the treaty is on the
issue of the treaty as it stands or nc
treaty at all,
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
lHv H. WILSON.l

Montesano, March y.-On Satur-
day the defense closed it's case and
only reserved the right to bring on
more witnesses should the necessity
arise. The whole case is in, that is
to say, the whole story of the Cen
tralia shooting has been told from
both sides. All the facts Of the case
are known or at least sufficiently
enough to tell what happened at Cen
tralia on Armisjice day. What has
been told on the Witaess stand?
What has been proven?
The story as told by the bulk of
the defense witnesses and that told
by the witnesses for the prosecution
varies only in one important detail,
as to who was the aggressor. The
prosecution does not deny that the
hall was attacked and wrecked, on
the contrary they admit it, which is
of course the only thing they could
do. But the prosecution contended
that the men in the parade, or at
least Warren Grimm, We're shot down
without provocation and the raid fol-
lowed as result. \, S,.aassttsasSaal
. grasn .ullv the story as pre-
sented on the witness stand by the
uelense IS possible only with COM
plete understanding OF the proseuu-
tion's position.
Without attempting to drag in the
apparent culpability of the chamber
of commerce of Centralia and thei?
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
SURVIVORS Still. |. !.
TELL. | |. IF VILLA
D()|N(C3;{jj
Scared Passengers OH Train
Dynamited by Mexican
Bandit Chief Tell Tales
of Experiences.

El Paso, Tex, March o-Tho re-
ported capture by Pancho Villa OF
Joseph Williams, who is held for
$4,000 ransom is reiterated by
passengers on the ill-fated train
which was dynamited near Corral
itos last Thursday. The few sur
yivors who reached Jaurez stated the
Villa band killed 20 soldiers on the
train guard and two Mexican train
men.
After burning the train and rob.
bing the passengers Villa carried
Williams away.
An unfathomable feature of the
survivors story was that after con-
demning him to be shot, Villa per,
mitted Robert Peltimer, an American
passenger, to SO free. Villa ad-
dressed the passengers, saying that
he is no robber or assassin, but is
fighting for civil liberty and would
spare the remaining passengers out
of honor for the memory of Genera
Felipe Angeles, Villas former com
rade who was executed by the Mexi
can military authorities severa
months ago.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
WILSON ADAAlANT I
IN STAND ON
|ADR|AT 7 {
President Says Would Be
Willing to Approve Mutu-
al Agreement Between
Jugo- -Slavs and ITALY.

Washington, March S.-Prcsident
Wilson is determined to hold out for
a settlement OF the Adriatic dispute
in line with his ideas OF justice for
Jugo-Slavia, according to interpreta-
tions placed by officials upon the
presidents reply to the note Of the
British and French premiers.
The president said he would glad
ly approve a mutual agreement be-
tween the Italian and Jugo-Slav gov
ernments without prejudice to ter
ritorial and other interests of any
third nation, but cannot possibly
approve any plans which assign to
Jugo-Slavia in the northern districts
of Albania territorial compensation
for what she is deprived of else
where"
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09

Tower avenue, about $50 feet south
OF the I. w. w. hail and entirely out
OF range from that location. Grimm,
the state contends. was shot from the
Avalon hotel while he was standing
at the head Of his column which he
commanded. After being shot, ac-
cording to the prosecution, he went
behind AK Billie's cafe, located on
the southwest corner OF Second
street and Tower avenue, where he
was found and later put into an auto
and taken to the hospital The
prosecution has also touched upon,
to some extent, what they phrase as
an evident conspiracy on the part of
the defendants to shoot down the
paraders. They form this theory on
the confession Of Roberts and the
statements OF the other defendants
who have admitted they We're on the
hill to the east Of the hail and in
The Arnold hotel. The theory of the
conspiracy is OF course necessary to
stabilize the position of the prosecu-
tion in attempting to fasten the death
OF Warren Grimm on the ten de-
PENDANTS. Without the conspiracy
established the charge OF murder
falls flat and likewise without prov
ing that Grimm was shot at the in
tersection OF Second and Tower av-
cnne, the conspiracy charge falls flat
1t is we'll to remember this because
r r, oH r. 20 u, \
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09

difference over dollar, it seems.
According to the woman's statements.
Bass, who gave the name Of William
Davis when arrested. had said, You
had better not doublecross me. II
don't stand to be doub1ecrossed. YQ1
know Josie Leary, the, girl who was
killed on the Anaconda road three
or four years ago? Well 1 was tha
guy that did it. She doublecrossed
me, and I got rid ofiher. "roped"
her from the cabin and killed her.
The woman explained that 'troped..,j
in underworld parlance means .sen.:
ticed.''
After hearing this drunken boast
ing, the woman, said that she went
out to a friends house, leaving BASS.
who had fallen asleep stretcheh:
across the bed, locked up in tie
room. Thinking that the man s IN
guarded drunken boasting mightvlead
to cleW which would unravel thu
mystery Of Miss Leary's murder, the
woman had the police notified and
the man was promptly arrested and
held at the city Jail for investigation.
This morning both the woman and
the man made statements to thu
county attorney.
The man who is about 80 years
old and was born and raised in Butte,
stated that he had known Miss LeaTy,
we'll for a year previous to her death,
but denied any responsibility for her
murder. He stated that he bought
much moonshine last evening, and
was drinking from 7 o'clock till neaFs,
ly midnight when he left two friends
on Front street and started UP town.
That is the last he can remember, he
says, till he was walked up by the,
officers i'll the woman's room about
1880 this morning. He states that
il made the statements attributed to,
him, he was too drunk to know what
he was doing or saying, and he can
not remember the incident now. He.
claims also that at the time Josie
Leary was killed he was working uli-
derground at the Leonard. The truth
OF this alibi has not yet been estab-
lished. j
He says that for nearly year pre-
vious to Miss Learys death, she Wis.,
tied very frequently the cars in the,
N. p yards, where he was employed.
as a cleaner, that he talked with her
there for long periods and they be-
(COntjnued on Page Thraa
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
FRENCH DISPLEASED.
Especial United Press Wire.

London, March 9.-French dis
patches indicate the Paris govern
m.ent is considerably displeased at
the turn Turkish events have taken
and feels that Great Britain, Greece
and Italy have combined to force
through a program to which they
know France is opposed.
In the meantime the indications
are that the conference here will
again consider the Turkish question
for the purpose of devising a formal
plan for settling the entire Turkish
issue.
Lloyd Georges statement in the
house of commons that the British
government had been informed that
10000 Armenians had been mas
sacred in Turkish Asia Minor is taken
to mean that plans are being made
for extensive military action there.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
Especial United Press Wire.)

Especial United Press Wire)
Rome, March 9.-Strike disorders
are reported from all sections of the
country. Troops are on duty in
many of the sections, but outrages
occur daily despite the many precau-
tions.
A dispatch from Summatine said
that 5000 striking sulphur miners
had devastated the Tallarita mines
and later rushed the city hall, break
ing windows with stones. A Naples
dispatch said the strike of iron work.
ers. in that district continues.
Employees of private interurban
lines in the Rome district have
struck. Florence reported a strike
of marble and stone workers, with
the men demanding higher wages.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09

Wesopotamians and Thracians.
The position of the French forces
in the Cecilia desert is considered
serious. 1t is reported they are men
aced by a large force Of Turkish ma
tionalists.
The occupation of Constantinople
may be permanent, the British TAX
ing the position that the safety of the
allied commerce demands full protec-
tion for 'the gateway to the east"
Some outbreaks occurred in Constan-
tinople, official messages said, but it
is the allied forces there are suffi-
cient to preventf the disturbances
from assuming serious proportions.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
TALI1EST IN ORDER.
Especial United Press Wire.

Especial United Press Wire.)
Washington, March S.-Discus-
sion of President Wilson's letter to
Senator Hitchcock refusing a treaty
compromise broke out in the senate
soon after that body met. Senator
Lodge opened the debate.
Efforts to agree on a compromise
to article 10 reservations were con-
tinued. New reservations agreed
upon by republican leaders, includ-
ing Senator Lodge, were accepted by
some democrats Whether enough
democrats agree to it is still uncer-
tain.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
(Special United Press Wire J

New York, Marcr9 Preparation
are bing made by the United States
navy to send two giant flying boats
across the Pacific ocean to Manila
and from there to China, according
to an announcement made at the Ma
tional Aircraft show here.
Planes for the S,00O-mile flight
will be twice as large as the
.Nancies,' which made the trans
Atlantic flight and are now under
construction. The hop off is sched-
uled for next month.
Advices received here state that
the British government is also en-
gagged in building giant machines in
which British flyers will attempt the
trans-Pacifie flight.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
OF
r. 4. DEMANDS
T(Mt)Rn0vI

Especial United Press Wirc)
Washington, March G.--Ar-
bitraticn of the railroad wage
controversy under the terms of
the Esch-Cuminins law is to start
here tomorrow, il was am
nounccd. Representatives. of
the railroad, and of the 3,O0O,-
600 union workers will meet
here on that date. The findings
and recommendations Of this
joint commission must be rati-
fled by the labor board cstab-
Iishea bwaethe railroad law.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
SOVIE;'T'S NOW
HAVE REAL
NAVY
Fleet Of Warships, Includ-
ing Submarines, Captured
by Bolsheviki When Odes-
sa Was Occupied.

London, March ga number of
warships were captured by the Soviet
Forces when they took odessa, ac-
cording to official reports received
here. Among the vessels captured
by the Balsheviki was the Russian
cruiser Admiral Nakhimoff, four
speedy torpedo destroyers, scout
cruiser, one steamer, three steam
trtWlefs, two cutters and two sub
marines
The Admiral Nakhimoff was built
in 1913 and has a speed Of about 80
knots.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
COAL MINERS MAY Tie Up
OPERATIONS NEXT MONTH
Especial United Press Wire. J

New York, March 9.--Represen-
tatives of the anthracite coal miners
in a preliminary meeting here are
understood to- have decided that in
case their negotiations with the op-
orators extend beyond April /, there
may be a suspension Of work, "but
no strike"
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
Many Plans to Cross Pacific
in 7wo of Biggest Airplanes

April, it is said in some quarters,
has been selected instead of March
for the initial hop off by the Ameri-
can flyers because in that month tho.
velocity of the winds on the Pacific
is less than in any other month IN
the year. The first jump will be made
to the Hawaiian islands. when tho
hardest part of the trip will havs
been accomplished. III.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
RAILROAD STRIKE
AvERTED FOR i. /.
A Time In! |
(special United Press Wire. ! q

Especial United Press Wire.) s,
Chicago, March 9.-The threat
ened railway strike was avertea
when the maintenance of way men
and shop workers voted to remain
with the other railroad workers. or
ganizations. Their wage demands
will go before the presidents COM.
mission with those of the other rail-
road union bodies.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
BRYAN PUNCTURES
hITCHC0Ck'S
BOOM
Especial United Press Wire.)

Especial United Press Wlre.J
Lincoln, March 9.-Vigorous op-
position to the candidacy of Senator
Hitchcock for the presidential nom
ination was emphatically expressed
in signed statement by William J.,
Bryan in his publication, "The Com
moner."
His nomination would be equiva-
lent to the announcement that the
party has no desire for success or
hope of victory" the statement said.
1t also criticized Hitchcock for op-
posing woman suffrage and prohibit
tion.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
CDNC5lIlTIL JApS.

Washington, March 9-Advices
received here from Toxic indicate
that the terms included in the peace
offer made the Japanese govern
ment by the Russian Soviet govern
ment is stipulation promising
abandonment of Bolsheviki propa-
ganda in the Japanese empire. 1t is
also reported the Soviet agrees to
recognize Japan's special position as
a far eastern power.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
BELIEVE GUILTORD SANK.

Especial United Press Wire.)
New York, March 9.-It is be-
lieved the United States shipping
board steamer Guilford, which was
reported in distress Saturday, sank
after her abandonment By the crew
Off Nantucket lightship.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
GOLD COMING HERE.

New York, March 9.-Gold to the
value of $1,250,O00 left an English
port today consigned to New York,
according to announcements made by
local bankers. The metal is a part
OF a quantity from South Africa
which was bid in by representatives
of the American financial interests
recently.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
DRUNKEN MAN ALLEGED
TO HAVE SAID he WAS
KILLER OF LEARY Girl

When under the influence Of moonshine last night
William Bass babbed to his love of hour in sordid
Butte rooming house, that he the guy who killed
Josie Leary on the Anaconda road according to the
of the woman before the county attorney this
morning.
The woman and the intoxicated man had some little
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
CONS AN T|N0PL = HAS NEW Government
Defense Shows CoIlcIusiveIy That
Legionaires Aggressors in Riot

long series of activities against the
|. w. W., composing as it does.
actual conspiracy, the position of the
prosecution is this:
They are only concerned with
proving the murder Of Warren
Grimm, who they have attempted to
show was shot somewhere at the in
tersection Or Second street and
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
DISMISS PREFECT.
17I1 - 8 = : = J.
(By the Federated Press.

lBy the Federated PreSS.J
Paris, March 9.-The socialist
mayor and sub-prefect Of Brest have
been dismissed by the minister of tho
interior because of their refusal to
allow patriotic demonstration In
honor of the men Of Brest Wounded
in the war.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
MANY TURKS UNDER ARMS.

Especial United Press Wire.)
Washington, March 9.-According
to advices received here the Turkish
nationalist forces are in the village
of Alden, mainly, where there are
from 10000 to $4,000 under arms
in Antolia. The British, in Asia
Minor, have troops at Smyra. There
are Italuan forces in Konieh and
Aide and French troops in Galicia,
Smyrna and Angoria.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
o,Italians, IN Throes of Great
ssursa Strike Which Ties Up 7radeE

The strike of cinema workers, which
has been on for several days, has
aroused the greatest public inter
est.
1t is estimated that about $4,000
persons are out in connection with
the cinema strike. They are chiefly
mechanics, carpenters and extra, ac-
tors
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
COLORED MEN STRIKE.

Washington, d. c., March o.
Nearly 200 colored hod carriers, af-
filiated with the trade unoin move
ment, suspended work to raise wages
from SIS to Sc for an cght-hour day
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
SAIL PASHA CHIEF OF
new REGIME IN TURKS
CAPITAL UNDER BRITISH
Especial United Press Wire.)

London, March "a new government headed by Sail
Pasha has been formed in Constinople, dispatch re-
ceved here stated The actual situation in the Turkish
capital not clear --latest reports however, indicate
that Constantinople is under martial law and is
trolled by British soldiers.
The Turks are reported be stirring up the Arabians
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-09
ROOKRINDERs STRIKE.

Edmonton, Alberta, March O.
For four months organized book
binders have attempted TO secure
Wago increases, and as a last resort
sthey suspended work. -. 4 q 5ta Z