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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02

A "kAFFEE kLASTCH"
Fair at St. Peters Parish House Next
Week.

A "Kaffee Klastch" and sale Will be
held In st. Peters Parish house the
afternoon and evenings Of November
sixth and seventh. In the coffee room
Frau Grafin, Frau Dudenhoff and Frau
Auerback will serve coffee, sandwiches
and chicken salad, tea waters,
ice cream and German cakes. This
room will offer for sale Thanksgiving
favors and many attractive novelties.
Frau Adelberts booth will be the
center of attraction for children,
dolls, stuffed animals, handkerchiefs
and flowers will be sold. Young girls
.costumed as flowers will be in at
tendance.
Frau Nohden sutility andmysterious
package department will create much
Amusement. Frau Hertz and Frau
Havtman will assist
Frau Nuremberg and Frau Keller will
sell home made and the celebrated
Mirror candy from an attractive stall,
assisted by Frau Scheller, Frau
Nohdren and Frau Maxmenden.
One corner Of the hall will be filled
with the usual goods always found at
such an entertainment. Home made
rugs, many useful and >. decorative
articles in care Of Frau Scheller and
Frau Blumendorf.
The dairy and vegetable stall, fruits,
jellies, pickles. etc, will attract all
good housekeepers. Frau Hartz, Frau
Seiberg, Frau Seibold, Frau Scheller,
Frau Lambind and Frap Richter will
be In charge. Nor should the Golden
Goose, Frau Greppi will represent, be
forgotten Admission 10 cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
lUxURlES FOR SAILORS.
Provisions For Bnttieship Fleet Con-
tain Many Deficiencies.

Provisions For Bnttieship Fleet Con-
tain Many Delicncies.
NEW YORK, Nov. AT the Brook
Ign navy yard the machinery was set
In motion by which the food supply for
the $1,000 officers and enlisted men
who are to go to sea next month In the
fleet OF battleships. torpedo boats and
auxiliaries will be slowed away In the
holds of the supply ships Glacier and
Culgoa, which are TO carry all the pro
visions for the ships.
Many articles of food now served out
to the enlisted men the old time sailor
never dreamed of being able to eat at
sea, such as condensed milk, canned
peaches and pears, uuts, jellies, choco
late and other sweets. Besides the
100000 pounds Of -four that the Ola
cler is to carry she will have $1,000
pounds of frankfurter sausage and
10000 pounds of bologna sausage. Sly
thousand dozen eggs, to be issued al
Trinidad, will also be taken on board
and 100000 pounds of potatoes. -Four
teen thousand pounds of smoking and
1000 pounds of plug tobacco, together
with 3,700 cigars and $1,000 cigarettes
will accommodate the wants of tn,
smokers The 100000 pounds of fresl
beef, the chickens, mutton and Other
perishable articles will not be taken Oh
board until the last moment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
WILLIAM F.L0THAMERH

Mr.. William F. Lothamer, former
president OF the Boss Barbers' Union, q
noted politician and ut one time chair
man of the Democratic State Central
Committee, writes from 1905 South 4th
Ave-, Minneapolis, Mimi:
"For years / suffered with severe
disease of the kidneys. would have
pains all over my body, and at times
have such dizziness in my head that
could not see nor work.
"Nights l would often be awake with
pain SO could get no rest. l spent
hundreds Of dollars on doctors and
drugs, and had ceased to have faith in
either.
any druggist told me one day OF the
praise his customers gave to Peruna,
and advised me to try it, offering to re-
turn my money If it did not help me.
| purchased few bottles. kept getting
better. The medicine did its work.
and in four months was well man"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
MYSTERIOUS DR..
FOWLER ON THE
RACK
Promoter Faces Disruption OF
One Of His Pet Schemes.
IS REQUESTED TO ACCOUNT.
Refuses To Comply When Stockhold
ers OF Virginia Mutual Company
Meet To Make Inquiries.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2.-After
mysterious career Of several years In
this city DR.. X. G. Flower, alias Pro
fessor o. o. oxford, promoter who
left record in New York and other
cities, is facing the disruption Of pet
scheme he has been attempting to
carry out here.
The Virginia Clay and Material COM
pany, a 100000 capital on paper con-
Germ, has been .disposing Of Its stock
throughout Pennsylvania.
The stockholders have been having
visions Of millions through secret
formula which DR.. Flower has for
making bricks that was revealed to
him In Persia, where he said 1t was
used by the ancient potters many years
ago. 1t is not protected by patent
rights.
Stock In the concern has been sold at
SO a share. All Of the thousands ac-
crued from the sale Of the stock was
paid into the hands Of A. ID. Flower,
who is known as the son OF DR..
Flower.
Recently there has arisen spirit OF
inquiry among investors, which cul-
minated In meeting Of directors held
in the offices in which Miss Hamer,
the secretary, conducts her business as
a public stenographer IN room OF,
Betz building.
The president, DR.. Dotterer, called
upon Flower for an accounting Of the
money received from the sale Of stock.
This was refused
At the close of the meeting President
Dotterer said: Had | known Of DR..
Flowers questionable history l never
would have gone into the company
nor allowed my friends to do so.
Il did not know, nor did any Of the
people In my section know, that Flow
er is at present fighting extradiuon to
New York, where in May, 1904, he
jumped $4,000 bail rather than face
charges of having conducted swlndling
operations aggregating Sl,000,0O0."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
WANTS TO SEE EXECUTION.
New Jersey Man Asks Leave to Wit
ness Wife's Slayers Die.

CAMDEN, N. j., Nov. 2.-Charles
Gibson and Stephen Dorsey, negroes,
convicted of the murder Of Mrs. Fran
ces HOrner, wife Of Edward Horner,
at Cooper's Creek, and her servant,
Victoria Natoli, on Aug. 20 last, were
sentenced to be put to death at Tren-
ton In the week beginning Dec. 16.
The husband of the murdered wo-
man was In the courtroom when SEN
tence was pronounced, and he asked
Prosecutor Scovel for permission to be
present at the execution Of the slayers
of his wife. Mr. Scovel promised to
make an effort to get the required per
mission, and 1t Is thought probable that
Horner's request will be granted.
The negroes set fire to Horners barn,
and while he and a farm hand were
out fighting the blaze the two women
were slain The motive for the crime
was robbery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
UNITED KINGDOM
MAY Be TIED
Up
British Society Of Railway Ser
wants Call Strike.
PARALYZE ALL INDUSTRIES.
General Walkout Ordered BY Execu-
tive Committee viii Produce Star
walton In Interior Towns.

LONDON. Nov. 2. - The executive
committee Of the ADalgamated Society
OF Railway Servants adopted resolu-
ton to call general strike.
The British railway employees and
the companies have been at logger
heads for soIhe time past on the ques-
ton whether the Amalgamated Society
would strike to secure recognition OF
the organization and new scale of
wages and hours. Finally it was de
cided by tine employees to reach de-
clslon by ballot. The men voted to
strike.
The seriousness Of a railway tieup
in the United Kingdom is difficult to
overestimate. Ii IN pointed out that il
will not only paralyze the Industries,
but soon will starve out the inhao-
itants Of all the interior cities of Eng
land, where there are only few days
food supplies on hand.
Richard Bell, NJ. F., general secretary
Of the Amagamated Society Of Rail
way Servants, has been the leader of
the strike movement, and in recent
address to a large body of railway
men at Cardiff he said that strike
would he a terrible calamity and that
the society intended to exhaust every
means to reach peaceful solution OF
the trouble.
L.. La. t1..
the railway companies had sent an UNI
favorable reply to the society's demand
for the recognition of the unions, and
II was added Oct. Ii that the ballots
so far received from the railway men
on the ACCESSIBILITY of declaring a gen
eral strike were largely in favor of Sc
doing.
The council of the Railway Compa'
MES association in its reply to the men
pointed out that the council had nc
power to appoint representatives to
meet the delegates Of the unions, ms
proposed, and discuss questions which
affected the relations between indi'
vidual companies and their employees
Mr.. Bell in an interview said:
Not only the members of the so
ciety, but every man engaged in the
railway service in the United Kingdom
will get notice. We took the opinion
of our members. and knowing that
and knowing also that thousands OF
men outside the society are In sympa'
thy with us, we resolved to call ON
every one TO come out"
The railroads charge that the pres
ent agitation is due to the growth OF
socialism, and, curiously enough, while
this Idea was being voiced by Lord
Claud Hamilton in declaration thai
socialism was 'irreligious and immoral
in its TEACHINGS" Mr.. Lloyd-Georgt
was averring IN his al itess that social
ism was "a bogy of today introduced
to brighten the unwary" and that there
was no danger, "but n certain advan
tage in socialism, insomuch as Il
stirred the people to think"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
HITCHCOCK MAY
MAY STILL Be IN
new YORK
Suspicion. Grows That Hitch
cock Is In Gotham.
POLICE ARE SEEKING ACTOR
Mysterious Attempt to Spirit Away
Girl Witness In Case Against
Accused Comedian.

NEW YORK, Nov. mo trace has
been found by the police Of Raymond
Hitchcock, the actor. who disappeared
Wednesday in the face of impending
indictments charging him with Of
lenses against little girls.
4 wireless message sent by Inspect
or McCaf'erty to the captain Of the
White STAR liner Majestic, which sail
ed for Europe Wednesday morning
asking if Hitchcock Is aboard has not
been answered.
Numerous reports concerning men
who look like Hitchcock are received
hourly from all around New York. The
most promising trail leads to Montreal
or Quebec by way Of New England.
Reliable advices state that Hitchcock
was seen at Rutland, VT, Oh a train
bound fo. Montreal.
Some of the Children's society detec.
tives who worked up the case against
Hitchcock say that they believe he has
taken Bella Mckenzie, one Of the girls
he Is accused of having mistreated,
away with him. They believe the girl
and Hitchcock are together on the Ma,
jestlc, although there is no definite In,
formation at hand to establish such q
theory.
The Children's society people say
that the girl is missing and that she
was last seen In company Of friend
Of Hitchcock.
A thorough search Is being made for
the missing actor by the police Of
Montreal and Quebec, and scores of
kilograms have been sent out ordering
his apprehension.
There is growing suspicion In the
theatrical district that Hitchcock Is
right here in town, hiding with friends.
A gateman at the Grand Central sta.
ton told the police he saw the actor
take train for Boston at / o'clock
Wednesday afternoon.
Then came the report that he was
seen on the streets of North Adams,
Mass, by William Newman, clerk AT
the Richmond hotel. Roy Wyman, who
Is connected with one of the North
Adams theaters. where Hitchcock has
played, reported also that he had seen
the actor. Two men were with him
according TO Wyman.
Another report that has interested
the police is that friend Of Hitchcock
who owns ninety foot motor boat has
suddenly disappeared. A boat resem
bling this ninety footer was seen III
the landing ut Great Neck. A man got
aboard, and 1t steamed at full speed
toward City Island.
A mysterious attempt to get Elsie
VOecks, one Of the witnesses In the
Hitchcock case, to White Plains Is puX
cling the district attorneys office.
Assistant District Attorney Garvar
supposed that a writ Of habeas corpus
signed by Justice Kehoe commanding
the Children's Aid society to produce
Elsie Voecks at White Plains was Is
sued at the request of Clarence Shearn
counsel for William r. Hearst The
girl is also witness In the crimina
libel suit of William Astor Chanlel
against Mr.. Hearst's evening paper.
Mr.. Shearn says he did not apply FOL
the writ. 1t Is now supposed that tn,
mother of Elsie Voecks is trying t.
take the girl from the custody Of thu
Children's society.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
GRANITE BUSINESS GROWING
Extensive Additions Planned for
Woodbury. Granite Co. at Bethel.

Bethel, Oct. Bottle Woodbury.
Granite Co. has begun this week con-
struction work on an extensive addi-
ton to it's cutting plant in this vii
lage. Easterly of its present cutting
shed 1t is building new shed 225 by
LAG feet, capable of giving employ
ment to four hundred hands. Between
the new and the old sheds and run
ming from the railroad land entirely
across its premises, 1t is building a
travelling crane costing $500 The
structural work is furnished by the
Vermont Construction Co. Of Burling-
ton, The new plant will be equipped
throughout with the latest machinery,
and will be operated by electricity. It
Is estimated that these additions to
the plant will cost from $4,000 to
100000. Work will be pushed this
fall as late as the weather permits
and be resumed again in the early
spring and II is expected that the
work will be completed by May or
| June first.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
MAIL HANDLED AT BURLINGTON
$4,000 Pieces Of Mail Have Left the
Office During Past 30 Days.

1t is estimated that during the
special weighing Of the mails au-
thorized by Congress, which came to
a close at the Burlington post-ollce
at midnight Wednesday night having
been in progress since September 80,
10000 pounds of mail have gone out
of the Office. About 100000 pieces of
mail have left the Office during the
past thirty days and this, with the
mail matter received would make Il
total of over a billion pieces handled
during the period
During the week from October 13 to
10, inclusive, a count of the mail
matter going out of the office was
made and the results were as follows:
Letters. 1876; post cards, 17,154;
pieces of second class mail matter 5S,-
1903; pieces of third class mail matter,
1912; pieces of fourth class mail
matter, lao; pieces of free mail,
1852.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
MILK 7 CENTS AT RUTLAND
Retail Milk Dealers Voted Last Night
to Advance the Price.

Rutland is certainly acquiring all OF
the earmarks of big city. For the
first time in the history of the town
consumers of milk will be required to
pay seven cents quart for their milk
if they want it delivered or they can
save cent by going to the creamer-
les for it, The Retail Milk Dealers
association met at the BarIwoll house
last night and voted to advance the
price from six to seven cents delivered
and from five to six cents at the cream
cries, this action following directly on
the heels OF the advance from $3.50 to
>$l.75. per hundred pounds, which was
voted at Wednesday nights meeting OF
the Milk Producers association.
The meeting was attended by prac-
tically all the milk peddlers III the city
and the creameries were also repres-
ented. The members voted TO sell 10
quart tickets for ST. seven quarts and
pint for 80 cents or three quarts and
pint for % cents. The price of
cream was fixed at ! | cents for half
pint bottle delivered or 10 cents at the
croameres. The advance is to go into
effect at once The meetings was held
at the Rutland creamery on West St
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
NORTH BENNINGTON

A mystery in town-Who stole the
cider?
p. H. Mccarthy went to Johnsonville
Friday for a few days work.
The old fashioned -crystalized sweet
lag now on sale at Needham's.
Hiram White has returned from his
vacation spent in Seward, n. Y.
Ray Minott is home over Sunday
rom the Rutland Business college.
Mrs. Irving Babcock Of Petersburg
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. II. A.
Davis.
Commencing Saturday evening the
Free Library will close at $3.50 during
he winter months.
A. c. Matthews and family returned
Friday from weeks vacation spent in
Rutland and Mddletown.
Rev. j. p. Harper has returned from
Manchester where he attended the
council of the installation of Rev. Ra
vi.
delegation of young people attend
ID the Halloween party at the home Of
Miss Ruby Soule in Bennington Thurs
lay evening.
Regular business meeting of the j
i. Mccullough Engine company. No.
Monday evening, Nov. 4. Every
member is requested to be present.
w, r. Jones, employed by the II. c..
White company, met with quite a sew
IRE accident Friday morning while at
work on one of the large scope presses
he machine breaking and a piece hit.
ing him and fracturingh his collar bone.
The clay pigeon shoot held here by
he North Bennington Fish and Game
club Thursday proved to be success
as all who entered in the competition
were inexperienced in this art of shoot
ing, The score follows; 80 birds
each: John b. James, A; Harry Wall,
4; Harrison Millington, 10; Harry A.
Chase, 6; George w. Bonner, 3; Ira
Adams, IL; Herbert A. Davis, 6; Der.
ME Mattison, Z; Percy Streeter, A.;
Ed. Phillips, 3; William Stanley, 7.
Services at the different churches
Sunday as follows: At the Methodist
church at the usual hours; Epworth
eague in the evening, leader, Rev. W.
9. Newton. At the st. John the Bap.
list church services at $3.50. At the
Baptist church services at II a. m.
preaching by this pastor, subject
Sowing and Reaping," reception OF
lew members, followed by communion
Sunday school at IL o'clock; every
body invited; B. Y. P. u. at 6 p. m.
subject, Acquainted with Cod" roll
Iall, Mrs. Ernest Whitman, leader. A
good attendance is desired. Union
services at the Congregational church
sermon at II a. m, by the pastor, fol
Owed by communion. Sunday schoo
1t II o'clock; Christian Endeavor al
5:15. Union service in the auditorium
Of the church, sermon by Rev. George
). Mills of Bennington Everybody il
vited.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
SHARKS ANNUAL DINNER
Hose Company Members Enjoy Festive
Occasion at the Putnam House.

The stark Hose company held its
annual dinner at the Putnam House
Friday evening. There were about 30
members in attendance and the affair
as usual, was an enjoyable one. vii.
lage President Ward l.. Lyons acted as
toastmaster at the postprandial eXer-
cises and every one present was re-
quired to rise when his name was call
ed and do his part of the entertain
ment There were a number of ex-
cellent short speeches and some good
stories were told.
Landlord Cornell provided a tasty
layout, with venison from the buck
killed by Grover Lyons as the star fea
ture.
Following the adjournment the mem
bers assembled at the company's room
on Pleasant street for a social hour.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
Kidney Disease, First Stage
Promptly Relieved By Pe=ru=na.

THE first stage Of Brights Dis
i ease of the kidneys Ia known
as the catarrhal stage.
.Catarrh OF the mucous membrane
lining the kidneys Is the hrst act OF
drama that often ends ~ q
tragedy.
To stop the catarrh is to head OF
the disease.
III Brights Disease Gan be relieved
during the catarrhal stage all Will
be well.
Peruna has achieved reputation
for mitigating catarrh OF the M
ternal organs.
This explains why Peruna has
been used with so much success
~ In kidney diseases.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
wardeII Gets Eighteen Years.

NEW YORK, Nov. flames War
dell, whose sensational confession that
he had murdered his wife, made after
he had fooled the jury and was about
to be sentenced by the court for man
slaughter. created startling precedent
In criminal annals, must serve not
more than nineteen years and eleven
months and not less than eighteen
years and eleven months In Sing Sing.
This sentence was pronounced on War;
dell by Judge Foster.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
AN ASSAULT CASE
Assailant of Mrs. Guy Hill Believed
to be a Bennington Resident.

There is suspicion that the man
who is wanted by the. North Adams
police for the attempted assault upon
Mrs Guy Hill of that city at Sand
Springs, was resident of this town.
Mrs Hill took car from North Ad-
ans and alighted at Sand Springs
Thursday evening to call upon
friend. A man left the car at the
same time and was seen to go in the
same direction as Mrs. Hill. Later
the woman was found in an unconsci-
GUS condition near the home of her
friend and was for some time in a
serious condition. The police of
North Adams attempted to identify
the man who left the car with Mrs.
Hill by making inquiries of the pas
sengers, but were unable to obtain
any clue to work upon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
AN EXTENSIVE LANDSLIDE
Traffce Blocked On West River Divis.
ion Near Wiiliamsville.

Brattleboro, Oct 30.-A landslide
occurred late yesterday afternoon on
the West River division of the Central
Vermont railway, n mile this side of
Williamsvile, cutting off all towns
above that station from communication
by wire and railroad For three hours
it was not possible to get a team over
the high pile of cliffs and trees that
lay across the highway. Over fifty
feet Of enbankment of the West river
railroad was washed into the West riv
er.
A wrecking train returned at 1880
last evening for additional supplies to
clear the track.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
ATTACHMENT ON JORDAN HALL
Trying to Raise Funds to Overcome
Financial Difficulty.

st. Adams. Oct 3l.-Mrs. Mary A.
Gould of Mortified has served writ
If attachment on the entire property
If Jordan Hall, he military fitting
school established here last Septem-
ber in order to protect her interests,
It being understood that the finances
Of the Institution are in an unsatis-
factory condition. Mrs. Gould is the
argest creditor. The amount men,
toned in the writ is 100000.
Head master c. l.. Jordan has left
this city. A message received from
him, written in Boston, said that he
had consulted an attorney and was
trying to raise the necessary funds.
It also stated that he would return
here this morning but he failed to do
20.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
shot wife, Friend and Self.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 2.-As re.
suit of domestic troubles j. II. Ruther-
ford, a former saloon keeper Of Tip.
ton, Tenn, MORALLY wounded his wife
and shot and killed Eugene II. Peete
Il friend, then killed himself. 1t is
said Rutherford and his wife had sep.
arated, and the latter had instituted
divorce proceedings. Mrs. Rutherford's
condition is hopeless.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
TO DEDICATE MORRIS HALL
Date Fixed for Dec. 12-Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson Invited,

Burlington, Oct. 30.-Morrill hall the
new agricultural college building at the
University of Vermont, for which the
state appropriated 100000, and named
in honor of the late Senator Justin S.
Morrill, father of the land grant col
lege system, will be dedicated Dec
ember II, during the annual meeting
of the Vermont State Grange. Secre-
tary of Agriculture James Wilson has
been invited to be present.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
SOME LATE HUNTING STORIES
Deer Kill of Bennington County In
creased by Two in Madison Family.

Judge Norman Mattison of Glasten-
bury was in town yesterday and re-
ported two more deer to be added to
the number killed in Bennington
county during the recent season. The
Judge got his buck and his two sons,
Norman, Jr.. and John together
bagged another.
During the season while hunting
deer in the vicinity of Beartown in
Sunderland, Lee and Jesse Bentley
killed two bears and 800 pound
buck
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-02
BARRACKS DEFEATED
Thursday. Night by. the Y. N. c. A.
Duck Pin Team.

The fourth game in a series of five
between the Baptist Barracks and the
Y. NJ. c. q. duck pin teams proved to
be one of the most exciting games
played during the series. The Y M.
c. A. won by only 10 pins making two
games won by each team. The score
was as follows: