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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPENED
Increased Attendance in High School
and Eighth Grade

The public schools of the village
opened for the fall term Tuesday with
increased enrolment especially in the
high school and eighth grade. The
total attendance in the high school
yesterday was 1877 which is Is larger
than ever enrolled before and an in
crease of % over any previous open
ing day in the history of this depart
ment. The Freshmen class has sc
pupils
The eighth grade in charge of Miss
Elmendorf is much overcrowded The
room is made to accommodate AZ pu-
pills but So were present yesterday
morning and several more are expect
ed later. AS the Seventh ward school
is well filled there seems to be no
opportunity for the transference of
pupils to relieve the congested condit-
ion of this grade and It may be found
necessary to open another room to ac-
commodate the overflow.
This year the kindergarten Is small
err than usual, only q pupils being
present Tuesday while generally
about 40 are registered in this depart.
uenl. Inc lOldl dllchudliNc III lht
grades was 705
In the high school and seventh ward
school the corps Of teachers are the
same as last year. Several changes
however, have been made in the
grades both in the situation of the
rooms and their teachers.
Following is a list OF the rooms and
their teachers; Miss Agnes ,Elmen-
dorf, room Is; Miss Rose Murray,
room Ia Miss Elizabeth WEIGH room
10; Miss Edith Lyons room II; Miss
Frances ODonnell, room 10; Miss
Mary Carney, room 8; Miss Theresa
Daley room s. Miss Lillian Davis,
room Z; Miss Daisy Rudd. room 6;
Miss Hazel Hart, room 5; Miss Ger
trude Carney, room 4; Miss Florence
Hollister, room 3; Miss Lillian Edger-
ton, room 2 Miss Adella Endress as.
sisted by Miss Mary Walbridge will
have charge of room one or the kinder
gaTten
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
THE EQUINOX SIDE
In Baseball Controversy With the
East Arlington Team

Manchester, Sept S.-The state
ment in the newspapers in regard to
the baseball game here on Saturday,
August 20, between the Equinox and
East Arlington teams, which attempt
e6 TO justify the action OF the East
Arlington team i'm leaving the field on
account Of unfair treatment, has come
to the notice OF William Gruenwald,
manager of the Equinox team. Mr..
Gruenwald wishes To make public the
following statement In regard to the
relations between the teams:
THE only trouble the Equinox base
ball team has had in the last ten
years has been with the East Airing
ton nine. Four years ago when Frank
Regain was manager the East Airing.
ton men left the field in the fourth in
ming, after they had received the
guarantee, after decision by their
own umpire.
1.-TWO years ago when something
happened AT the Equinox House which
called the Equinox players from the
field, the East Arlington team disap-
peared, and the home teams chest
protector bats and gloves could not
be found on return to the field.
Saturday August 30, the East Ar
lington team again left the field The
occasion was decision calling ball
foul which the visitors claimed struck
Oh fair territory. The umpire was S.
b. Pettengill a graduate of Middle
bury college last June, and his integ.
rity is above reproach. Regardless
of the justice or injustice of the de
cision, the East Arlington players
were not justified in leaving the field
and it was an unsportsmanlike act on
their part.
when | was elected manager of the
Equinox team | was advised not to
play the East Arlington nine owing to
the previous trouble with them, but
the advice was disregarded as ! wish
ed TO play all the teams in this yicin-
lty Now | wish to state that never
again while ] am manager of the
Equinox team will the East Arlington
team appear on the Equinox field"
William Gruenwald.
Mgr Equinox Baseball Team.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
KINGS COUNTY IS
OPP 0 Sc D TO
GOV. HUGHES
Totals Showed Net Vote of Two
to One Against Him.
STRONG IN OTHER DISTRICTS
Race Track Senator Cassidy Turned
Down but Pat Mccarran Remains
In the Saddle.

New York, Sept. 9.-Results of the
of the Hughes test" in 13
of the assembly districts of New York
and Kings counties in the republican
primary elections yesterday we've de
cidedly interesting and decidedly con-
Trajectory, According to figures OBJ
tainable late last night six of the
New York districts cast majorities for
the denomination of the governor;
three against. All of the three Kings
county districts cast decisive major
tiles against his denomination. The
Kings county totals showed a net vote
of more than two to one against the
governor.
All kinds of differences were drawn
from the figures by advocates and OPP
ponents OF the governors renomind-
ton. Chairman Timothy L. WOOD
ruff of the republican state committee,
declined to make any comment at al!
tonight
Representative Herbert Parsons.
chairman of the republican county
committee, who received reports from
the districts where the test vote on
Hughes was taken at county head
quarters, said:
THE vote shows there is a strong
Hughes sentiment among certain ele-
Iments that vote the republican ticket
and among others a bitter opposition
to him, the opposition being in the
foreign born and tenement house dis
ltrict. In the districts that Gov
Hughes carried, the delegates to the
convention will, of course, be for his
denomination"
Mr. Parsons figured that Gov
Hughes will have 20 delegates out OF
1877 in Manhattan and the Bronx
Chairman Jacob Bremen of the
Kings county committee, said that the
four districts in that county selected
for the tests were all democratic dis
ltricts: there was no attempt TO ascer
tain the sentiment in the heavily re
publican districts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
FAMILY RUNS IN HARD LUCK
Philadelphia People Have Good Reason
to Complain Of Fate.

Here is a real hard-luck story.
Two months ago the six-year-old son
Of Frederick Levy of 624 South Amer
lean street, Philadelphia, fell In front
of street car and had his left arm
severed at the shoulder. Before the
lad was released from the Pennsyl-
vania hospital his mother and three
other children were removed to the
Municipal hospital with fever.
Some days later eightyear-old Fred
erlck Levy, at home with his father
ran from the house on an errand.
Within stones throw of his home he
slipped and fell in front OF a trolley
car The left foot was taken of al the
ankle.
AS he was being hurried to the
Pennsylvania hospital the wagon in
which he had been placed collided
with another wagon at Fifth and
South streets. The driver, Almond
Scherer of 936 North Eighth street
was thrown to the pavement and his
arm was broken. The injured lad was
also thrown out, and the loss of blood
occasioned by the delay came near
costing his life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
LACKED SENSE OF GRATITUDE.
New York Woman's Ridiculous Com.
plant Against Firemen.

Talk about ingratitude." said fire
man." according to the New York
Sun. 1T would be impossible to sharp
en- any tooth belonging to serpent or
anything else so 1t could bite like the
ingratitude Of woman, whose house
caught fire recently. II was an ivy.
covered house and very pretty.
THE fire had got fine start before
the alarm was sent in, and it took
some pretty lively hustling on our
part to keep the whole place from go
ing up In smoke. However, we man
aged to save the house, the people
living there. and most of the furni-
ture, not mentioning a few pet dogs
and a canary, so we flattered ourselves
that we had done about all that could
be expected under the circumstances
But we found that we were mis-.
taken. The day after the fire the
woman who owned the house gave us
call. We supposed she came tc
thank us-people do those things
sometimes, you know-but she hadn't
II you will believe me, she had come
to lambast us for tearing loose all
those ropes OF Ivy that It had taken
so many years TO train over the
walls Of the house"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
Pneumatic Clocks In Paris.

The city OF Paris is being rapidly
supplied with a system of public
clocks worked by compressed air un
der electrical control
The entire area Of the city Is di
vided into sections about mile and
three.quarters in radius, and In. the
center OF each section is substa
ton provided with reservoir of com
pressed air, from which air pipes ex
tend to all the clocks included in the
section
BY means OF electromagnetic, ener
gized every minute with currents from
the commutator controlled by the mas
ter olcek at the central station, tho
alr.plpes are internationally connected
with the reservoirs, and thus the com
pressed air. once every minute, drives
forward the hands OF the clock,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
SEWER CONTRACT.
OES7OW|NSLOW
& CRAVEN
Bid on Extension Lowest Of the
Three Submitted
TRUSTEES REGULAR SESSION
Street Committee Authorized to Dis
pose Of Surface Water on Gage
Steet-5iIls Paid

The regular monthly meeting Of the
village trustees postponed from Mon
day evening was held last evening at
the regular hour and place. Presi-
dent Lyons occupied the chair and
there were present Trustees Moore.
Buss, Schwartz and Barrett Clerk
Hogan and Village Attorney Holden.
II was voted to award the contract
for the extension to the village sewer
system to Winslow & Craven who put
in the lowest bid.
The street committee was given
authority to make the necessary
changes to dispose of the surface
water on Gage street
An invitation was received and ac-
cepted from Superintendent Larrabee
of the Bennington Electric company
to the members of the board to be
mCseni at seizure Given by Henry
j. Dohery at the Bennington club
during the meeting "a the Vermont
Electrical association mere nexf week.
Orders were drawn on the following
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
All Caused by Monsrel.

How u yellow mongrel dog "sicked'
Theodore Roosevelt into reforming the
New York police department was told
TO the Rockefeller Bible class by
Jacob II. Rils. John ID. Rockefeller,
Ir, was there
Mr.. Rils said he was going to jump
into the bay one night when a yellow
dog came up and rubbed against him,
II was so friendly that he gave up the
suicide idea and took the dog to
a police station to spend the night
A police sergeant threw Riis out
and the dog bit the policeman, who
promptly killed 1t.
Later, when Roosevelt was police
commissioner, Rils told him of the
incident. He was so incensed that
then and there he began cleaning
out the police stations.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
FIGHTING FLAMES
ON
IN MINNESOTA
Forest Fires Threaten to Wipe
Out Several Towns.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS BY DAY
Cloud Of Smoke Over Town of tiib
bling obscures Sun.-Aid Sent
from Duluth

Duluth, Mimi, Sept 9.--Forest fires
which have been raging for several
days, are threatening Hibbing, the lar
gest and most prosperous town on the
Mesaba range. Every place Of bust
ness is closed and the men are all out
fighting the flames, A telegram from
Hibbing says
The fire is very near the Great
Northern spur on this side of Brook
Ign, suburb of Hibbing, and the
wind is blowing in our direction.
THE city has all available hose out,
and every man we can find is fighting
fire. They have established pipe
line and installed two pumps"
In response to an appeal the Duluth
| fire department has gone to the scene
while the Mesaba railroad has trains
in readiness at Hibbing to take the
people away. Hibbing has between
10000 and 10000 people.
Smoke from the forest fires which
surrounded the town makes Hibbing
so dark that the electric lights have
been turned on there in the day to en-
able the citizens to see their way
ldDouA. Inc SulOhe Is SlluluB anu l0e
heat very oppressive. Unless the
wind changes, Coleraine and Bovey
will not be safe. In these towns the
schools and business houses are clos
ed and every one is prepared to flee.
Grand Marais, Mimi, on the north
shore, is on the verge of the fire. The
women are weeping with fright and
the worst part OF the situation is that
there is no avenue of escape open. AL.
y. Smith( county attorney of Hennep-
in county, who has been camping be-
yond Grand Marais was burned out
at his camp and with his party escap-
ed to Grand Marais, in a launch Set.
tiers are walking into Grand Marais,
smoke begrimed, burned and exhaust
ed, with packs of their most valuable
belongings on their backs and their
families dragging behind them.
When Mr.. Smith left. the fate OF
Grand Marais was.in doubt. The cit
liens were 10th to leave their homes
and belongings without making a fight
for them so many of them remained
behind. Mr.. Smith says that an east
wind would bring on the destruction
of Grand Marais in an hour and no
power could save the town. II fire
comes before a boat gets there the
fate of the population will be in doubt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
HAD THE ooWRY FIGURED IN.
Youthful suitor with WelLDsveloped
Head for Finance.

There is a young fellow in Pitts
burg who will undoubtedly get
along" although, as yet, he has not
succeeded in amassing vast wealth.
In fact, he receives weekly wage OF
SIS. He is, however, an extremely
good-looking and entertaining young
man, and not long ago succeeded in
making such an impression upon the
daughter of a well.to-do manufacturer
that It was decided between them that
he should ask papa" This he pro.
ceeded to do, and to his surprise was
received not unkindly.
We'll, let's see, my boy" the old
man remarked, pushing up his glasses.
what is your annual income"
well, sir, | should estimate It at
$1,000" the young man replied.
"Well--not so bad, not so bad" this
old man said. That added to her in
terest at four per cent. on the $4,000
I have always said would settle upon
Mary at her marriage would give you
$4,000 You should be able to get
along"
We'll, sir, to tell the truth" the
young man interrupted, 81 took the
liberty of figuring that interest into
my estimate. "-Harper's Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY
Novel Schemes by Which Large Sums
Have Been Gathered.

Times may be hard for all classes
this year, but certainly charitable en-
tertainments have never been more
enthusiastically undertaken nor more
Zealously carried out than has been
the case during the season just past.
Charity balls have ever been popular
way of inducing those not otherwise
generously inclined to part with a
few of their almighty dollars for the
good of the masses, performances Of
some play or opera that is the rage
Of the moment have before this year
been given with all surplus from the
.exorbitant price demanded for en-.
trance and seats handed over to some
worthy institution or organization.
In England, however, the climax
was capped this year by the duchess
of Sunderland, who demanded shill-
ing for each glass Of champagne doled
out at a large dinner, and the
money, of course, was devoted to
charity. So lucrative did the dinner
prove that the sudden inspiration was
at once initiated, quickly became 4
fad, and from that is now almost a
custom among popular hostesses In
London.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
Steel in Place of Leather.

Steel. bands or belts. as substitute
for ordinary leather or rope drives
have been introduced by factory OF
Charlottenburg, Germany Such belts
may be reduced to about one-sixth OF
the size required for leather belts
they do not stretch, pulleys may be
narrower. and in some cases shafts
may be smaller, Either ordinary pull
leys or pulleys with special cover
ing to increase friction may be used
A belt four inches wide and one-fifth
Of an inch thick transmitted 200 ia
$50 horsepower at belt speed OF
$500 feet per minute, and tests have
shown that steel belts may run IL,
900 feet per minute.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
LIBRARY HALL LESSEE
C. G. Barley Takes Possession Thurs
day, Sept. 10

c. G. Barley, proprietor and man
lager OF the Wonderland theatre on
North street, wishes to announce TO
the people OF Bennington that he has
secured from the Y M. A. association
the lease Of the Library theatre on
Main street and VIII in the future con
duct both amusement houses Mr.
Barley will start for New York on
Tuesday with the intention of pur-
chasing one OF the latest and best
moving picture outfits obtainable and
on opening Library theatre, he will
cater to the people OF Bennington and
vicinity all the latest and best moving
pictures and illustrated songs that are
obtainable from the worlds best man
ufactnrers. He also has the latest
novelty for moving picture shows,
some Of which he will put in operation
at each show in Library theatre. This
novelty is one of which very few
managers Of theatres In the smaller
towns are able to secure.
He has secured exclusive right of
the city of Bennington and vicinity
from the manufacturers, the people of
this city can be assured and expect a
treat in the moving picture line. Mr..
Barkley will reopen Library theatre
ION or before the 10th day OF Septem-
her
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
Ornament FOR Princes crown

The apex of the prince of Wales
crown is a tuft of feathers tipped with
gold, said to be worth $4,000. The
feathers took 20 years to collect, and
cost the lives of dozen hunters, The
bird from whose tail the feathers are
pmcked is called the feriwah, a sort
of creature of the bird of paradise spe.
oies. but of the rarest kind. To obtain
the tail feather In its full beauty 1t is
necessary to pluck 1t out Of the living
bird, as instantly after death the
plumage becomes lusterless What
makes hunting the feriwah so danger.
GUS is that the bird always frequents
the haunt OF tigers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
PATRIOTS MUST BE MARksmEN
It's Easy to Boast, But Hard to Fight
Real Enemy.

AS soon as troops come within $500
yards of the enemy to-day they are
broken up into squads of eight, over
~ yards apart At 1900 yards the
line Is composed of individual men
about two yards apart, and so the ap.
proach is made, each man being sup.
posed to take careful aim and pump
accurate lead into individual enemies.
Every man in the modern army is, or
rather Is assumed to be, the captain
OF his own soul.
The unframed citizen, who compla-
Gently waits for the presidents call to
arms before he shows his military
mettle, is like the traditional gentle
man, who, on being asked II he could
play the violin. ans Vered that he didn't
know, as he had never tried.
An expert rifeman to-day, says Ru-
pert Hughes in Broadway Maya
zine, showing the making of Amer
lean soldiers, is able to plant bullet
in man a thousand yards distant
at every shot. He might lie in hand
made trench and destroy hundred
unskilled marksmen before they could
reach him. have seen recruits who
had shot for an hour with both eyes
open and wondered why they never
got on the target A patriot who
doesn't know emo gh to close one eye
and align the two sights and to take
the proper elevation and windage is
only windbag when he spouts his
jingoism. He is like the reformer
who does not know what primary is
or where II happens.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
SUICIDE BY HANGING
Walter T. Cain of Brattleboro Puts
End to His Life

Brattleboro, Sept. 9.-Walter T Cain
an employe of the Brattleboro Street
Railroad company, hanged himself in
a shed in the back of his house in
West Brattleboro yesterday after.
noon. The cause of his act is not
known
Mrs. Cain came to this village at ?
o'clock and at that time her husband
was on the lounge and she supposed
he was asleep. She returned at 5
o'clock and found note from Mr.,
Cain stating that he had decided to
end his life. His knees were resting
upon the floor when he was found.
Mr. Cain was about S5 years old
and was a son of Thompson Cain. He
leaves a wife, who was Ellen Prouty
of West Rrattleboro and a daughter
eight years old.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
Servants rrlbut. to 4oulda.n

On little writing table at the foot
Of the bed on which "Ouida" died, the
British vice-consul at Lakehorn found
reverently arranged by her nnlettered
servant two writing quilts. He had
gone thither to attend "ouidas" fu.
neral, and he remarks: The honor
thus spontaneously rendered by sym.
bols takes us back to the origins of
armorial bearings. and 1t impresses. It
is surely the one which would have
appealed to her most of ALL" What
more tender. more simple expression
Of appreciation could have marked the
ending of "Ouida's' stormy life than
the crossing of these quilts! 1t was
most significant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
Price Of Meat Raised in Australia.

Owing to the abundance and cheap
ness of meat in Australia restaurant
keepers have for years been able to
give astonlshingly liberal meals for
10 cents. But they are not satisfied
with the margin of profit and they
have decided in conference to raise
the price to IA cents One Of the rea.
sons assigned for this step is the "ab-
normal appetites' Of their customers.
1t is the hospitable custom in Austria.
liam popular restaurants not to charge
for second helping of anything, and
you can have as many cups OF tea as
you please after having paid for the
first one. 1t Is the freedom with which
this prlvilege-unknown in America
Is exercised that cuts down the profits,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
CASSIDY DEFEATED
Race Track Senator Fails TO Receive
denomination

Ithaca, Sept. 9.-Owen Cassidy of
Watkins. Schuyler county, was defeat
led for denomination to the state SEN
ate by the Republican senatorial con-
.vention in the 41st district held here
yesterday Senator Cassidy who has
served during the past two consecu-
tive terms of two years each in the
Senate. announced Immediately after
his defeat that he intended to run as
an independent candidate.
The candidacy OF Senator Cassidy
for denomination attracted more than
local interest because of the fact that
his vote was generally regarded as
that which decided temporarily. at
least, the fate of the anti-gambling
bills at the time of their defeat by
the senate last spring, and that he
was the recipient OF the socalled
John and T. telegram from Congress
men Fassett and Dwight, regarding
his vote on the bills which was alleg-
ed to have been tempered with by a
Washington telegraph operator
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
HORSE RAN AWAY
Mrs. Philip Bradley and Guests Pain
fully Injured In Accident

Mrs. Philip Bradley and son, and
sister-in-law OF Hoosick Falls and cou-
sin and child of New York met with
painful and perhaps serious injuries
when their horse became frightened
at the state line crossing and ran
away Tuesday afternoon, throwing
out all of the occupants. The chill
dren were not injured but the three
women were more or less badly cut
and bruised
Mr.. Bradley was telephoned for
and, with doctor from Hoosick Falls,
came TO the scene OF the accident in
an auto where the wounds of the wom-
en- were dressed. Mr.. Bradley is well
known here as he is an electrician in
the employ of f. e. Larrabee at Hoo
sick Falls
The horse was considerably cut.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-09
Not Given 10 Talklna.

Mrs. Gawsip-What kind of people
are these who have just moved in next
door to your
Mrs. Hurdso--0, | never talk about
my neighbors. All know about them
is that their stun came in one load,
that only one of their bedsteads has
any brass on II, most of the furniture
looks old, there's six in the family,
the children are all boys, they have
two dogs, the man is about 20 years
older than the woman, she's dark com.
plexioned, wears silk plush sack,
they had q squabble with the driver
of the van when they settled with him,
AMI their name Is Glmberling