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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-18
MISS lAWLOR IN
A DEFENSE Of
MRS. NJ KEE
CALIFORNIA GIRL WHOSE NAME
WAS MENTIONED IN FRENCH
COURTS. DECLARES HER
FRIEND DIDN'T GAM5LE.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-Miss Lille
Lawlor. the California girl who is one
OF the central figures in the Hart Nc
Kee divorce suit. has given the first
interview since she arrived from
Paris.
Her name was mentioned In the
French courts, two days ago, when
Maitre Labor, McKee's lawyer. de-
clared that letters she had written
contained important evidence.
The young woman emphatically de-
tends her friend and companion, Mrs.
Mckee. She denies that the former
wife OF Hugh Tevis, of San Francisco.
has gambled away fortune In high
play at Monte Carlo. Likewise she
asserts that there is no other man
in whom Mrs. Mckee is sufficiently
interested TO prompt the present pro-
ceedings.
Says M'kee Still Loves.
Hart Mckee Is still desperately In
love with his pretty wife" she said.
"and is using desperate means to- pre-
vent her from getting divorce. There
| IL not one word of truth in the ter
rible stories manufactured by Mo
Kee and Maitre Labori In their eff
| forts TO thwart her suit. Her friends
| in the United States are aware or
this, and every mail she receives Is
| flooded with letters assuring her OF
| loyalty"
After making this direct statement
spiritedly, Miss Lawlor paid her re-
| spects to the husband
1 II do not care 10 make public" she
said. ANY opinion | may have OF a
man who will resort to such tactics
| in controversy with a woman: be-
sides, II is not necessary-Hart Nc
Kee ia too well known in this coun-
| try"
Said Her Letter Was Stolen.
Miss Lawlor. who is wealthy.
spends a large part OF her time In
| Paris. She is now occupying apart
ments In the fashionable studio build
| ing at. East SixtySlxth-st. and Lex.
| ingten-sve. AT the last hearing of the
divorce case, Maitre Labori charged
that a letter Miss Lawlor had written
10 Signor Alliotti. the Italian charge
d'affaires, urging him to send the
| Marquis Gugliemi to her immediate
| ". was stolen from Hart McKee's
suite in the Hotel Castiglione, on
March 2S. The defense hoped TO
prove by this that Guglieml was an
admirer of Mrs. Mckee.
II hardly know either Marquis Gu
gliemi or Signor AlIiotti," said Miss
l.awlor, and | am equally positive
speaking acquaintance with either"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-18

Any advance in the price OF shoes
viii cause some people 70 kick more
than ever
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
The jamestown Report.

The latest bit of gossip Is that the
jamestown commissions report will
not be filed with the state auditor until
there is not enough money to pay the
bills and that is one of the reasons the
report is withheld. No information
about 1t or why it has not been filed,
can be secured in the state auditors
Office. There is no penalty for failure
to file the report. The law says de-
tailed report with vouchers shall be
filed with the auditor within 80 days
after the close of the exposition. 1t is
four months since the exhibition clos
ed.-Montpelier Argus.
The alleged decision of Governor"
Prouty to save the state the needless
anguish of perusjng this illstarred
jamestown report does credit to his
humanity, but is hardly the sort Of
thing one would expect from a high
minded executive who will presently
ask the republicans of the state to
nominate him as their candidate for
governor.
The $4,000 appropriation for a Yer
mont exhibit at jamestown was insult
ficient for the ambitious plans under
taken by Mr.. Prouty's commission,
but was enough TO have enabled YER
mont to produce significant, ade-
quate impression upon the visitor, in
stead of ending home the average Yer
monter ashamed of the showing of his
native state.
A building should never have been
attempted with the small sum at the
disposal of the commission. The mon
ey should have been put into selecting
collecting and placing on exhibition
certain things that would leave def
mite impression OF Vermont's indus
tries and resources. The excellent
book, Vermont" instead of being piled
in dusty bundles on little sought
shelves, should have been issued In
large quantities and paced in the
hands of every visitor.
There are hundred things that
ought to have been done at jamestown
but, with general failure written on
every department, II Is perhaps not
strange that Vermont should have shar
ed the common shiftlessness and made
a general mess Of her affairs. This
however, has nothing to do with the
day Of reckoning.
The Herald hesitates to believe the
insinuatlon of the Argus 1t feels that
Mr.. Prouty cannot afford to go before
the people Of the state as dodger Of
responsibility. This jamestown bus.
mess, lamentable as it is, must come
under the cold appraisal Of the auditor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT
Party Leaders In Congress Will Not
Pass Bills He Favors.

Washington, April 1.-THE leaders
of Congress have notified the Presi'
dent that several laws which he de-
sired to have enacted az this session
will not be put through. A recapitul'
alton shows that when the session
ends Congress will probably have
failed to pass many of the most i'm
portant measures recommended by
the President They are as follows
Restricting the power of the federal
courts in the issuance Of injunctions
in labor disputes.
Amending the Sherman antitrust
law so as to establish system OF
federal licenses for interstate corpor-
atoms.
To enable the railroads to form
traffic associations so as to secure
greater stability of rates and returns,
To remove some OF the restrictions
from combinations of labor
To prohibit railroads from black
listing union employees.
Empowering the interstate COM
merce commission to control future
issues of stocks and bonds OF rail-
road property
To permit the attorney general to
name one of the receivers for insol-
vent railroads.
To remove the duty on wood pulp.
To provide for the construction Of
four battleships instead of two.
To establish postal savings banks.
These are the measures which the
leaders have agreed to put through If
possible:
Making more elastic the currency.
Granting compensation to govern
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
ELEPHANTS TERRoRlzE CITY
Woman Killed and Man Fatally Injur
ed at Riverside, Cal.

Ne a. T'wS'o idSt VAL
Riverside. Cal, April ga fire
which started this afternoon at the
STANDARD Oil company's storage tanks
caused herd of elephants TO STAN
pede, with the result that Miss Ella
Gibbs. a church deaconness, is dead,
and l.. j. Worsley Is fatally injured
A sullen boom marked the explosion
of large oil tank. Worsley was
driver OF the delivery wagon from
which the fire was communicated to
the tanks, and was hurled many yards
from the spot He was picked up with
his clothing ablaZe.
A circus three blocks distant. was
about 10 open for the afternoon per-
Torrance. The explosion and the fire
caused the showmen TO lower the
tents after dispensing the crowd which
had assembled. The herd OF elephants
became uncomfortable and they dash
ed to the east side of the town. knock
ing down fences, out houses and des.
polling orchards that lay in their path
Many persons narrowly escaped the
Infatuated animals In short time,
however all but the largest OF the
elephants were rounded up. The lead
er OF the herd then changed his course
and entered the center of the city, one
mile distant. He entered the court of
the Glenwood hotel one OF the famous
hostelries of the coast. Miss Gibbs
was In the yard In front of the house.
The elephant pinned her against the
house between his tusks, threw her to
the ground and trampled upon her,
crushing her chest. She died later.
The animal then proceeded to the
doorway, the guests running, panic
stricken, In doors. ID. J. Chapman, a
guest Of the house, attempted to
swerve the animal from the court. He
was knocked down and had several
ribs broken and otherwise injured.
The beast crashed through the door,
walked through the barber shop and
out on the main street, crossed the
street and crashed through the heavy
plate glass window I'm q store Before
being rounded up ut down town pub
lie stable, the animal had trampled
another man and seriously gored him
with his tusks.
One of the keepers attempted TO
subdue the animal. but was hurled
over a high fence, sustaining painful
injuries. Not until four other elep-
hants were brought TO the stable was
the huge beast got under control and
taken TO the circus grounds.
BY this time the entire town was In
an uproar. The women of the east
side were afraid TO venture into the
streets, fearing that the herd had not
been captured.
The fire at the oil tanks caused a
loss Of sll 900.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
FRANK Z. HOWE. Editor and Publishst
Hughes Man Gives II Up.

The Randolph Herald and News,
which has been one Of the most ear.
nest and consistent supporters of
Hughes In this state and whose editor,
State Senator Luther Il. Johnson Is
trained observer OF men and affairs,
in his paper this week declares as fol
lows:
"The ante-convention canvass on the
Republican side has now progressed
far enough to make IL clearly appar-
ent that Taft will be the nominee for
president. The developments of the
past week have tended to this conclus-
ion even more than earlier ones,
Taftward almost from the beginning.
Taft will have not only his own state
solidly IN the convention, but is gather
ing up practically all the neutral field,
and even wrestling delegates from the
home states Of other candidates. hav-
ing taken several from Cannon in
Illinois, from LaFollette in Wisconsin
and from Hughes in New York. On a
fair count, Taft has about 60 per cent
of all the delegates elected already in
structed for him, while many Of these
uninstructed can probably be safely
accredited to him.
The attitude OF New York toward
Hughes has greatly discouraged his
supporters in other states. II Is evil
IDENTIFY lukewarm. There is little en-
thusiasm, and no confidence, in New
York for Hughes The state conven-
ton last week instructed for him. but
1t was done perfunctorily. The con-
vention, apparently. was dominated
and directed by Roosevelt. The vote
for Hughes was by no means unani-
nous. In two districts, the delegates
are outspoken for Taft, and one of
them instructed outright for the
Ohioan.
New England, too. seems permeat-
ed with Taftism. II was here that
there appeared early a prospect of
strong enforcement for Hughes, but
as the canvass progresses Taft shows
more strength than all other candi-
dates. 1t was fairly fought out in
Massachusetts, and while. to avoid
strife and III feeling. the two factions
effected compromise, the victory is
plainly with Taft. He will get most,
II not all, of the Bay states votes
In the country at large, outside of
New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana. Iii
nos and Wisconsin. all of which have
''favorite sons" the Taft movement
has pretty nearly full sway. It will re-
quire little short Of miracle to pre-
vent the Ohio mans nomination on the
first ballot. The real strength OF
Taft's boom lies IN his undouhted
capacity for the presidency, his wide
experience and preparation for the
duty and his personal popularity. Con
tributing reasons are the presidential
favor and better organized machine,
reaching all over the country.
1--WE have preference for Hughes
over Taft as the nominee. but IL is not
so strong as to blind us to the course
OF events We are not running up the
white flag, or throwing up the sponge,
or mounting the band wagon. but are
stating facts-not altogether pleasant
to state, to us-for the benefit of our
readers"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
IN OLD KENT UCkY.
Fsvorite Play at ofera House Friday
Evening April 24t,.

In Old Kentucky. the play that
never grows old. will return to the
Bennington opera house Friday even
ing April oath with its thoroughbred
horses, pickaninnies, sumptuous
scenery and splendid cast. 1t is now
In its fifteenth year on the American
stage, a record seldom attained by
modern attractions.
There is something about its vivid
picture Of life In the Daniel Boone
state that makes strong appeal to the
average playgoer. Its pretty love
story Is not overweight or married by
cheap sentiment, its comedy Is nat
ural and sparkling, its situations are
not ridiculous and impossible as In
the case Of so many latter.day offer
ings, and its mountain heroine, Madge
Briefly, does nothing that any little
mountain girl in the same situation
would not do. Her daring imperson-
alton OF jockey to save her sweet.
hearts fortunes is not an improbable
episode, and her ride to victory never
fails to arouse all portions Of the
house.
The characters In the play are all
skillfully sketched, the dialogue poss-
esses more than average merit, and, in
fact, the drama is the ideal play of
American life. A clever band of com.
ical little darkeys contribute largely
to the hilarity of the piece. their scene
being most entertaining and realistic
feature of this stirring play. The real
ism of the race scene cannot be den
led and is cleverly presented. An en-.
tirely new scenic production has been
gotten up for the season of 1908 and
what is said to be the best company
that ever presented the play has been
secured. headed by Miss May Stock.
ton as Madge Briefly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18

ana afterwards OF the people OF yer.
mont II Is quite possible that IL will
not be creditable TO the commission
or TO its chairman. But any failure
OF our lieutenant-governor to face the
facts will be a confession Of weakness
that Is bound to be disastrous to his
standing before the people.
II has been sneeringly said that Mr.
Prouty does not need the people with
him. as he has. the machine all ready
made, but the Herald will resolutely
believe the best of him until compelled
by his action TO another course.
When will the report of the James
town commission be made public, Mr.
Prouty?-Rutland Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
oLYMPlcS ORGANIZE
Strong Team Arranged For Season at
North Bennington.

The Olympics baseball team bas
been organized for the season of 1905
and strong team composed exclus.
lively OF North Bennington players will
be put in the field Practice has al.
ready been begun and 1t is expected
that the first game of the season will
be played May 9th. A number of
games have already been scheduled
and series with Blackington, North Adj.
ans, Arlington and Hoosick Falls will
probably be arranged AS planned at
present the team will be as follows:-
rhiiilps and Allen Pitchers
nusseil Catcher
White LIST base
Love End base
Wortnington ShortStop
ohahanan 3rd base
Percey, Bonner and White as field.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
RECEIvERSHIP AT LUDLOW
Verd Mont Mills Expected to Reopen
When Market Conditions Improve.

Ludlow, April 17.-On account of
poor business the Verd Mont mill has
not run for several weeks, and the cred
TORS petitioned for receivership
Judge Martin OF Brattleboro has grant.
ca the petition, and Frank A. Walker
OF this place has been appointed re.
ceiver
william w. Stickney, counsel for the
receiver, has gone to New York CITY
on business connected with the com.
pany. AS soon as market Conditions
warrant IL Is expected that the mill
will be put in operation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
Boys and Girls Save Your Pennies

The Hyde Park Savings Bank acts
upon the principle that it has public
duty to perform in stimulating and en-
covraging boys and girls to acquire the
habit of saving.
1t will accept any sum however
small as starter; not because there
Is any profit in it for the bank, but be-
cause the boy or girl who saves a
nickel and sends to the bank, gets his
Bank Book and becomes q Banker and
ii they are possessed of the thrifty char
acteristics of the ordinary Vermont
boy or girl, they will add another nick
ell to 1t later on and very likely in the
end he or she will have big account
at the Bank-one of which the Bank
and the Depositor will both be proud.
All questions cheerfully answered by
addressing either the President, Car
roll s. Page, or the treasurer, +. M.
Culver, Hyde Park, Vermont.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
Christian Scientists,

Services Sunday at p. M, and
Wednesday at As p. m, corner Park
and Scott streets. Free reading room
open Wednesday 2-5 p. m. Subject,
April 10, 1908, Doctrine Of Atone
ment"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
ment employees injured while in the

ment employees injured while in the
government service.
Prohibiting child labor in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Authorizing the ways and means
committee of the House and the
finance committee Of the Senate to
give hearings preliminary TO re-
vision of the tariffs.
Appropriating sum sufficient TO
enable the inland waterways commits
sion to continue the work on which it
started last year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18

INOR sALE-That good maple syrup from
Il old Bushnell tarm, East POw.a. si.10
per gallon. Can be delivered. A postal to 5
A. Thatcher Bennington, r. +. d No. 2, will
bringlt 24u
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18

LNOR ALE-The old Catholic school build
L ing on West Main street. Inquire OF John
p. Mullgan. 3Iii
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18

EOR SALE-Five Boston Bull puppies. dark
II brinde. well marked male. female
VIII May hew. No. Bennington. 3lu
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
Ta 9RT

/ street, row occupied by l. +. story.
House Is piped for gas range and wireo for
telephone Small garden, grape vine aud fruit
trees. Inquire Of NJ Z. Armstrong, $40 Gage
street, 36tl2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS

VAMES SILK, contractor ana builder. Also
81 repairing. rebuilding ana snop work shop
OuiCUstreet.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
FOR SALE

EOR SALE-Chsster white pigs weeks
old; price right. Inquire OF ;. Everett
Harw0ed, Tel. s6-l2.. 35t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18

EOR SALE-Eggs for hatching. $. G. white
L and brown Leghurns auu bun Plymouth
Rocks. T5c Il setting, 8 settings 200. Bernie
S.MattisOn, N. Bennington. 26t'1
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18

u'OR SALE Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs
II from choice breeding pens, Bradley
Bros strain, one dollar per setting Also
cockerel and old cock for sale. Prices night.
Frank II. Chase, No. Bennington. VI. iit36
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18

ONO RENT-After May ist, the house now
i occupied by Dr. 4. Is. Hyde on Grand
View street. Inquire OF Henrietta b. Adams,
1888 Grand View street. Ytf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18

nor sALE-Horse and carriage. VIII sell
IL either Sc arate or together CHESTNUT
mare, good reader, kind aud gentle Carriage
is rubber tired. Meyer Nuke j. h. Walsh, i52
Beech st. 32U
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18

sTNO RENT-Iiouse To rent on Elm St all
L modern improvements Inquire OF j. II.
Habberly. 3iu
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-09-10

q. M. Glazener leaves Tor New
York City on Monday. Mr.
Glazener will buy his Fall stock
in the metropolis, and expects to
have news of more than ordinary
interest for the ladies of this
county on his return.
Rev. Walter Hughson, of Way
nesvlls, died in Morganton yes
terday. Rev. j. M. Wilcox, of
st. James Episcopal church con-
Quoted the funeral services.
Rev. Wilcox will return from
Morganton tonight and the u.s.
ual services will be held at st,
James tomorrow.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-09-10
Wednesday

Deacon Drayton Caldwell,
colored, was in Magistrates
court yesterday,to answer to the
charges of assault that he had
threatened to make, which had
caused others to feel unsafe. He
was only assessed the costs of
the court. AS far as the court
is concerned this concluds the
financial trouble of the Baptist
church, colored.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-09-10
Thursday,

Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibbs have
+be sympathy of the people in the
death of their infant child last
Uicht. This is the second child
thew have lost in the last few
weeks.
Miss Carrie Searcy, who re-
siops her position with the Daily
gnstler tonight, will teach school
a+ Old Fort. Miss Searcy takes
Tho best wishes of the Daily
hustler with her and knows
che will be successful there. for
she is capable and efficient.
Miss Annie Aiken has accept
ed a position with Henderson,
Vile Nero. Co. Her many
friends will find her in the
dress good department. Her
knowledge of dress making will
he of great benefit to those wish
ing dresses, trimmings, etc.
This store is now making aspect
atty of Ladies Furnishing dress
goods, etc. .
Miss Marie Collins is visitinS
her father, M. H. Collins, of the
Bee Hive. Miss Marie is one OF
the most efficient scholars OF
Charlotte's fine schools, her home,
and will spend a week here be-
fore returning to her studies
there.
Miss Matte Davis leaves today
for Baltimore, where she viii
buy fall stock for the Henderson
vile Mere. Co, Miss Davis viii
remain in Baltimore for some
time ana the ladleS OF dender'
sonville may rest assured thai
the Ladies' Furnishing, notions
novelties Ia dress goods
that Miss Dax will 0
telatest designs.
Mrs. Lena Schaefnor, Of
Philadelphia, Pa, and Miss
Lena Bamburger,s of Saluda,
were visitors in this city yester
day. Mrs. Schaefnor has beer
spending severl weeks in Saluda,
the guest eff Mrs. julius Bambhr
ger. She will leave for her home
in Philadelphia the last of thil
month. and will be accompanied
by Miss Lena hamburger, whC
will take a course in stenography
MPhiladelphia this winter.