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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
.EX-GOV. FRANK BLACK HAS
IDEAS ON SENATORIAL
QUALIFICATIONS
Empire State Lawyer Selects Himself
as the Successor Of 7. c.
platt.

New York Nov. l3-Several of the
Republican pilgrims 10 Washington
are back Ia New York and express
varied views as TO Mr.. Platts success
or i'm the United States senate. Sen
ator Plat said that he believed he
was 10 be- succeeded by Elihu Root.
Representative Parsons. president OF
the New York Republican county com
miitee. told his friends that he, TOO,
believed that MI Root Is 10 be Mr.
Platts successor: William Berri, an
other OF The New Workers who dis
cussed the matter with the President
said that he firmly believed the joint
caucus of the Republican senator's and
assemblymeu would alone determine
the victor.
Chairman Woodruff as soon as be
arrived from Washington sped up
satcWard lie Is 100 return Saturday
night William Barnes Jr. arrived
m New York from Albany last night.
lie had talk with Chairman Wood
run at Albany and 10 was learned that
President Roosevelt had practically
asked Mr. Woodruff TO relinquish his
aspirations for the United States SEN
aturshlp 100 this time. and that
Mr. Woodruff had declined TO do sd.
one OF Mr. Woodrun's missions up
the state was TO secure. 10 possible,
further pledges of state senators and
assemblympn TO hi. candidacy.
The Republicans will have major.
ity of siNtysiX m the joint caucus Oh
the legislature which is TO assemble
in Albany the first week IN January,
They have thirtynyc senators ana lVo
asscmhymcn 10 was stated to day
tnat Mr. Woodruff has many pledges
to- his candidacy and 60 also leaked out
that Frank $. Black has forty Repub'
lican senators and asscmhlymen pied
rcd to his candidacy This has been
done very quietly.
Republicans ol experience and those
familiar with many matters during lhe
last four Years hardly knew what TO
say of the situation One group de-
clnrpd t.at if President Roosevelt put
hi. foot down uard he would nave nus
vay and would certainly control ihe
Joint Republican caucus at Albany lot
United States senator
AN of these fellows who are ten
iug what they are going To DO az Az
bany 10 dcly the president said one
of Governor Blacks friends VIII
/ fade away lust as an Weddings DO.
Don't nut any stock To- their yelpings
/ that they arc To- carry out their cen
sltutional prorogatvo and elect the
| senator"
Am the friends OF Ex-Governor
Black have had broad grins since elee
ton day of how he at Saratoga ioroeu
the president to ring the heu i9I
Hughes. There we're other kepuoh
cans tn this neighhorhood ionisht WV
said that they believed Mr.. Black s le
mous barrolhcad speech at Concord
/ y. n. last spring. and his speech ~
| carnegie hall In the closing DAYS o.
the campaign would be used by ms
president and his friends to ,ncom
mass the defeat OF Black for Onite'
States senator.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
MANY EXPOSED TO
SMALL POX AT
STATE CAPITAL
Victim of Disease Present at
Farmers Club
MAY HAVE TO ADJOURN
L. P. lampman Taken to Home In
Londonderry in Guaranteed Car
Has Pronounced Case

Montpelier, Nov. 13.-Followine the
announcement yesterday morning of
small pox epidemic at Brattleboro.
considerable anxiety resulted in this
city when it was discovered that fully
200 persons were exposed to the dis
ease Wednesday night at largely
attended meeting of the Farmers
club. L. T. Landman of South Lon
donderry, the victim, who attended
the meeting, was sent home by spec.
ial train from Brattleboro.
Owing TO the fact that so many per
sons were exposed at Wednesday
nights meeting TO say nothing Of Gus.
toners at the restaurant which Land.
man patronized, and dodgers al Mrs.
Kellihers house on Court street where
the man stayed the legislature is fac.
ed by the possibility Of an epidemic
which might necessitate its immedi.
ate adjournment
Landman came here from South
londonderry last Tuesday He took
his meals at Gordons restaurant. Be
fore he left Londonderry the man had
serious eruptions on his face and his
appearance was remarked upon quite
generally during his stay in this city.
While l.andman was present at the
meeting OF the Farmers club his ap-
pearance attracted attention and com.
ment. The man started for London.
derry yesterday morning When the
was prevented from leaving it and was
locked up in the smoking car. DIT.
Henry ID. Holton Of the state board OF
health was called and examined Land
man. pronouncing the case a typical
one Of smallpox A special train was
made up and Iandman was hurriedly
taken 10 South Londonderry where
measures will be taken TO prevent
other persons from being exposed 10
the disease.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
.PITT5FIELD RELATIVES BE-
UEVE MRS. READ To
Be CRAZED
,oman Who Figured in Alleged Cyna-
mite lot at Denver Native n
Berkshire County

Pitsdeld. Nov. l3.-TempCrary in-
sanity. due 20 grief ever The de- d OF
her father and worry over her health,
is believed by relatives here TO have
been the cause of Mrs Allen r r DIS
alleged attempt 20 eNiort 100000 tom
Mrs. Geneveve PhIpps divorced wife
of Lawrence phip1s OF Pitts urg at
Denver Wednesday by lhr aten ug TO-
destroy both Mrs. phipps and her
daughter by dynamite.
Charles w. Noble. q cousin of Mrs
Read has received this Telegram from
w. $ Campbell of Denver MIS-. Reads
brother.
Trouble due TO temporary Insanity
NoI as serious as rerored Have
written"
Mrs Read and her husband are both
well known here. Both were horn and
brought up TO the time OF their % ar
riage ON June %. 1901 They starte 4
40 once for Colorado because Mrs.
Read had been suffering with lulmon-
AIRY trouble.
Mrs Read is "a daughter Cf Geor e
Campbell. who formerly owned large
amount OF properly ON Fem sleot
aud about % years ago was 100 the
hardware business In this city He
died oct 90 az GAINESVILLE. o.. where
ho had lived number of years.
The charge that Mrs. Read Z mp.
cd cNtortiou iu Denver came as a
great surprise % her girlh1od iri nds
in This city. Her mother di d when
Mrs. Read was very young d she
was BROUGHT up in the family of her
uncle j Wesley Noble. her mo hers
brother She attended The ~ tsield
schools and To 1897 graduated from
the bishop Memorial training hooI
for nurses
After working as nurse 100 PITTS
/ field she became companion and nurse
for Miss Virginia putler wealthy
/ New York woman. VINO has n summer
plnce i'm Stockbridgo Miss Butler
/ took "A great fancy 10 Miss Campbell
/ and took her to Europe three times.
When the Young nurse showed sign'
| of tuberculosis Miss Butler sent hel
To- the Aditondacks. where She stage
more than year. She return d {
/ pitsneld TO marry Allen r. Read,
drug clerk The marriage was pr
formed at the home Of the hridel
uncle by the Rev. Dr. Charles l.. Leon
ard
Her husband is q son Of Charles \
Read OF 27S Elm street and was
registered pharmacist In this state
Both of his parents live here.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
FAMILY WILL NOT
TALK Of ELKINS
WEDDING
Mother of Prospective Bride
Win Not Be interviewed.
MISS ELKlNS is ANNOYED
Looks Well and Happy and Passes
Much of Her Time in the
Saddle

Elkins, w Va, Nov 1o.-Whatever
announcement may be forthcoming
from Rome or Turin concerning the
alliance of the Duke of the A ruzzi
and Miss Katherine Elkins, there is
nothing to be eXpected from the fam
lily of the latter, which positive state
ment is made on the authority of Mrs
Stephen b. Elkins herself.
When seen at her home on the
mountain just beyond town, Mrs FL
kins courteOusly but positively refus-
ed any statement whatever on the sub
jeCt OF her daughters engagement,
either present or prospective. She
said there was no statement to make.
Even on the subject OF her early de-
parture for Washington Mrs Elkins
refused TO be interviewed
There are no guests at the Elkins
home now, the lest house party having
broken up a week ago MIS- EilIins
and her daughter are practically alone
at present as Senator Elkins has gone
10 Washington.
Miss Elkins spends much of her
time in the saddle. having an her five
hunters on the estate az Haliehurst,
She looks well handsome. and rappy
bui IS said TO be extremely annoyed
los Tine persistent Inquiries as TO what
She regards as strictly her Owl pri-
vaJc fairs and iu no way a matter
OF legitimate inquiry by the press on
the public 10 she coutcmplates an
early wedding day no one i'm Randolph
county. West Virginia has heca taken
into her confidence The entire cur
munity depends upon the news lp Is
for any information regarding the in
tensely interesting romance.
The Duke OF the Abruzzi b leyel
been TO West Virginia and by s0nn of
Senator Elkins constituency S. re-
garded almost as a mythical person
age. The 1iority however regard
with apprubr ion any man who has
won the fa, of Miss Elkins Who is
quite as popular here as Is her dis
tinguished father
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
VERMONT elRLIN ToKlosoclETY
Described as First Lady" in Naval
Circles at Japan's Capital

The society column Of the Japan
Gazette. published in Toxic reports a
series of dinners by Mrs Allen Dough
erty. a native of Vermont and a sister
of Mrs. Fred NJ. Wedgwood of Essex
Junction. The Gazette says
Mrs Allen Dougherty has been a
popular figure of Toxic society ever
since she came here in April 1907 with
her husband Commander Dougnerty
when he was appointed naval attache
TO the American embassy But Just
al this time special duties devolye up
ON her and special Importance is hers
I'm connection with the coming OF the
American fleet and the preliminary So
ciaI activity consequent on The pres
ence here of the feminine nav c NJ
tnaont She NAV, the e'ore , con
sidered The FIRST lady In naval circles
I'm Toxic at present and no one could
I'm the position more sa isiac cri'y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
ANOTHER ARREST
MADE IN COOPER
CASE
Ex-Sheriff John D .Sharp Charged
With Completely.
DUE TO WOMAN'S TESTIMONY
Alleged that He Was With Col. Coop
per and Son at Time Of
Shooting.

Nashville, Tenn. Nov 13.-.Iohn D.
Sharp, former sheriff of Davidson Co.
and more recently representative in
the legislature, was arrested yester-
day about noon on a charge that he
was guilty of numbering Edward w.
Carmack and was present advising,
aiding and abetting Robin Cooper and
Duncan b. Cooper in waylaying shoot
ing and numbering the said Edward
Ward Carmack'
The basis of Sharp's arrest so far
as is known was the fact that he VAS
seen with Col Duncan b. Cooper and
Robin Cooper, a Jiock or 50 away
from where the tragedy occurred and
soon after the killing was at the scene
according to a statement by Mrs. FL
len Morgan, who lives near the scene
of the tragedy.
Her statement was as follows
After | saw Senator Carmack fan
! ran over to- whore he was as iast as
l could calling 70 Or. Dake on the
way. When / got mere / turned and
called TO my servants aud told them
to come and help me pick Mr. Car
mack up. wanted TO carry him 10
my house ] turned after ! had ca i
ed to the servants and The first / rec
ognized was John Sharp i'm the crowd
about the body
Mrs. Morgan was among the wit.
nesses before the grand jury. The at-
torney general declined 10 make ANY
statement whatever about he Tat
ter
It has b6eu published since the
tragedy thai Sharp had been with the
Coopers shortly before The fatal meet.
ing of the Coopers and Camach and
his failure to make a statement re-
. garding the matter was attributed by
his friends 10 the fact that be was eN
perienced in the ways OF the crmi
nal trials and for hat reason r"serN
ed what he had 10 say until placed
on the witness stand
During the recCrt roWUaign Ger thc
gubematCrial nomination SIR. Shgrl
was a warm supporter OF Gov Potter
son. being with him during most OF
the joint canvass with CarwdcE. Ht
was also a close friend of Col Cooper
and when his name vas mentioned as
a probable witness of the tragedy u
was naturally thought that his test
mony would be as favorable as posi-
able to the Coopers However his res
idence is not tar from The scen'
where the shooting occurred, and at
Joins the governors mansion, ON al
Avenue North. 10 which the Cooperi
say they were going Ia response TO
telephone call. when the encounter
took place
The Sharps are among the best
known people boz the county John ID
Sharp's brother havin recently beer
elected criminal court clerk
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
POSTOFFICE DEFICIT IS THE
LARGEST IN THE HISTORY
OF THE DEPARTMENT
Postmaster General Meyer Believes
Local Parcels Post Would Wipe
Out sis,sio,ao7 Shortage.

Washington. D. c.. Nov 4-Post
Master General Meyer announced yes
to-day that the postal delight for me
fiscal year which ended June 10,
amounted to si6.9i0.29I which Is the
largest In the history OF the depart
mcnt
Tie said that IN hts annual report he
would cali the attention OF Congress to
the fact that he is convinced that tho
establishment of special local parcels
most confined to rural routes would
tend 10 vine out the postal deficit and
finally make the rural delivery self
sustaining besides aiding the farmer
aud country merchant
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
CAPT. OBERLIN N. CARTER
IN SUIT AGAINST
GOVERNMENT
Army Engineer imprisoned for Alles-
ed crookedness in Role Of Amer
lean Creyfus

Washington. Nov l3.-Captain
0berlm VI. Carter the army engineer
who served a term In prison for al.
legged crookedness In the manipulation
of funds during the construction OF
harbor improvements az Savannah,
Ga is an innocent man more griey.
ously wronged than Dreyfus. accord.
ing TO the assertion of Horace G..
Stone, the attorney employed hy Car.
ter boz the civil proceedings which are
20 determine the disposition OF near
ly half q million dollars worth ot
property This property has been
seized hy the United States authori-
ties and legal proceedings in Chicago
will determine shortly whether Carter
or Uncle sam will become the per.
manCnt owner
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
REV. FRANCISCO CR0CIATA
FOUND GUILTY Of
ASSAULT
Jury Returned Verdict This Morning
Against Italian Priest Involved
in Killing Of Aeesrito
Especial 10 The Evening BannerJ

Rutland, Nov 1S-The jury in the
case Of state against Rev. francesca
Crociata, which has been out since
Thursday morning came In at 1870
today with a verdict OF guilty.
The original charge against Croci-
alta was that of q breach of the peace
for implication in the plot which re-
suited iu the death o. Accarito whose
dead body was found on a lonely road
near this city early i'm the summer
10 was charged that Crociata was
the real head of rne plot and that
the plans we're made by him. The
verdict was guilty of assault.
The respondents attorney b. II o.
Brien of Rutland, announced that the
case would be carried TO the supreme
court on exceptions
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
RESIDENTS LEAVE BRATTLesoRo
Small PoS Situation Becoming seri-
ous-5usiness at Standstil

Brattleboro Nov l3.-The second
day OF the quarantine Of the several
cases of small poX sees little change
In the serious aspect which affairs as.
sumed early Wednesday morning
wnen the schools were closed as a re-
suit of a conference o, the state and
local health officers Although IL was
stated that the total number OF cases
brought TO- the atteauCn OF the ofiic-
ials numbered only about 20 yester-
day saw additions TO the list of pat
tents under quarantine and last night
just 30 cases are under the embargo.
The parochial schools and the Claw
son Hamilton Commercial college
were closed yesterday II is now es-
timated that between 1000 and 1900
school children have been dismissed.
Although The board of health IS
making attempts TO keep an people
who have been exposed of the streets
several have been disposed TO treat
the matter as q huge Joke and IN many
cases are directly violating the eX-
press orders of the officers While
but two days old the panic has assum-
ed such serious proportion that mer-
chants report business almost at a
staudsil and even the slight res
tant which has resulted is but q fore
runner of conditions which 10 will be-
impossible 90 right for a month at
least
Dr. n. D. Holtou of Butucboro. sec
Rotary and executive officer OF the
state board Of health has issued O. pro-
clamaiou warning AN people In and
about Brattleboro of the serious AS
pect of the epidemic and he also eX.
urcssly stated n the proclamation that
there is no occasion for panic or for
people of other towns to- fear 10 come
here to- transact business as usual.
He also states that the authorities
have the matter well In hand.
Vaccination for all the townspoople
has been ordered aud the offices OF the
local physicians were hesioged by peo-
Pile awaiting their turns and between
600 and 500 people were treated. The
people have hardly awakened TO the
fact that the occasion is really seri.
Gus and q small sized panic Is imml.
nenL Every outgoing train Is carry
ing residents away from the town,
many of them being students al the
/ local schools Although most OF the
cases of the disease are In It's milder
form in some they have become so
serious that the recovery of the pat.
tents Is doubtful
As soon as the news OF the Scare
reached Rutland kilograms were sent
To Bmitloboro uotityingg the Bratue
boro members of the bar that the ses'
sion of the supreme court which was
due to $50 November n had been
transferred TO Rutland A petition
was Immediately circulated among
the local lavyery which asks Il the
session cannot be held On BrattlohorC
that 90 Doe ndtnGiJcly postponed.
Not only haN ihc disease been dis
covered tn Bratg,boro but 81 has ais,
made its appcIdncc tn Hinsdale. y
/ 49,. and In soyeg other towns I'm IN,
near vicinity ah M $50 places are c
take the same Drastic measures which
are being enforced ~ prevent iu
spread In Brat0ch0U.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
TAFT SENGiNG REGRETS
To ALL [INNER INVI-
TATI1 us
'esident.Eleet Feels That He Needs
Long Rest aeiore Assuming pu-
ties Of White House

Hot Springs. Noy. l3.-ludgc Taft
has declined the invitation OF the Psi
Jpsilon Fraternity To attend the ban.
cut at the Waldorf Astoria on Nov
81. in celebration OF the 10Th annivcr
sary OF the founding of the fraternity
lie will try TO Cyoid dinner engage.
ments while he rs ON his vacation He
feels that he needs rest before enter
ing upon his duties ut ihc White House
and II he once started with the dim.
ners there would practically Doe NO end
10 the invitations he won d receive.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
MARRIED So YEARS AGO
Dorset Cou9le Had Guests Who Were
Married Even Longer.

Dorset. Nov l3.-alr and Mrs. C..
W. Phelps of this village observed
their seth wedding anniversary Tues
day evening. Among the guests were
Mr.. and Mrs William Root of East
Rupert members OF the original we'd
ding party. who celebrated their 56th
anniversary October 30. Mr.. and
Mrs Phelps have lived in Dorset ever
since their marriage in 1912. He is
80 years old and his wife is Is, both
being in good health.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
MOTHERS PARTY"
informal Gathering at Neighborhood
House Thursday Afternoon

In response to invitations issued
for mothers party a very pleasant
gathering took place Thursday after
noon at the Neighborhood House, Ben
nington Falls. The. occasion was
purely informal and apparently much
enjoyed by those present.
The guests were received by Mrs
II. G. Armstrong. Miss Rugg and Miss
Walbridge. Mrs. Charles A. Haynes
presided at the tea table. The ladies
brought their work or not as they
chose and with conversation and mu-
sic the hour was quickly passed.
Among those present were Mes-
danes Harlan, Rugg, Huntington,
Biddle, Morrissey, Noyes, Livesey,
Edgerton and Fitzgerald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
PORTLAND FATTY" ARRESTED
Indicted for Alleged Robbery Of Yer
mont Postoiiiee

Rutland. Nov. l3.-George Edwards
alias Portland Fatty arrested In
New York CITY by Pukcrton deiec.
tlves. was Indicted at the October
term of United States court here on
the charge OF rohbing postoihces In
Stowe. stanford aud Morgan, tn this
state The federal authorities here
have forwarded warrants against him
to the United States marshal In New
York
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
FOUR DEER IN STAMFORD
ROYAL A. Hewtt's Trophy Weighed
$50 Pounds.

Four deer have been shot in the
town of Stamford three in addition to
the one shot by Leon b ISIS Moaday
ROYAL A. Hewitt got a 250-pound buck
with three prongs Tuesday afte.noo
near his house just beyond the state
line. The same day George Summers
shot a deer In the north part of the
town near Heartwellyille Wednes
day Charles Raedel g one On West
hill
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13

MORE BUCKS KILLED
coIevire Furnishes Another Addition

Colevil'e Furnishes Another Addition
t. &c Venis-n Market
One of IN lest buClg killed by Rem
aington hunters was shot early last
evening in The Coleyiile district by
Roy Hanish
, Irwin Church and George Pratt Of
Pownal have registered among the
lucky hunters aud today Roscoe VIII
cox of Manchester md John d. Hig
gins of Sunderland reported to Coun-
~ Game Warden Harry Chase that
each had killed his buck.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next % Hours

For eastern New York and Western
Vermont fair tonight and Saturday.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12
FIGHTING FLOATING ISLANDS.

There is a clear waterway between
Cairo and Uganda, the Equatorial Lake
country of Africa. At times. however,
the entire stream becomes blocked
with masses of "sudd"-great masses
of papyrus and other floating vegeta-
ton, says DR. Milne, British medical
officer of the Upper Nile district, in
Harpers Weekly. To undo these
blocks the men jump down into the
grass with the ships anchor and fix
it FIRMLY in the roots, the order fun
speed astern" is given, and the steam
er backs out. After a varying number
of jerks the island is forcibly torn
away and goes floating down the
stream. Now the Nile is open from to
sea, and a constant patrol of tseam-
ship prevents the "sudd" from fur
ther impeding navigation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12
WANTED TO
CHANGE PLEA
JAPANESE ILLICIT ,DIsTILLER
FOUND GUILTY BY JURY IN
FEDERAL COURT.

A rather peculiar incident took
place in the Federal Court this morn
ing. A japanese named Otyuka was
on trial on a charge of violating the
Internal Revenue laws by distilling liz
,quor without q license or having Civ
en- bond, as provided by law. The case
went, ON, plea of not guilty being
entered, till finally Assistant u S. Dis
trict Attorney w. T. Rawlins rested
Then the defndant, through his attor-
ney, t. M. Harrison, decided that he
wanted to change and plead guilty.
Not only had the manufacture of the
liquor been proven but the man who
made the still had been produced and
had testified to his connection with
the case
The forcing of the Government to
a trial and then entering a plea of
guilty was too much to stand, how
ever, and the change of plea was re-
fused. The defence put on no testi-
mony and verdict of guilty as charg-
ed was brought in by the jury without
leaving the box.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12
GO TO HAAEIWA.

There's a great deal more pleasure
in ride to Haleiwa in an automobile
than can be found on any other road
in the island and more good things at
the end of the journey. The Haleiwa
Hotel is unuer superior management
and the pleasure and comfort of the
guests have first consideration at the
hands of Manager Bidgood. Just at
this time the road is in good condition
and Fair Moon" lights the way. Au-
to parties are to be the fad during
the cool November nights.