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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-16
Mr.. G. w. Kidder,
Montpelier, VT,

Mr.. G. w. Kidder,
Montpelier, VT,
Dear SIR
Your roach exterminator surpassed
any have ever used.
1t is clean and effective powder,
and always kills.
/ can recommend 1t highly and
found 1t did the business in my hotel
better than any other powder / ever
used.
Yours Truly,
G. A. Millar.
For sale by Windslow Bros.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

chamber, about the walls of which inches and
shelves for the storage of small household ef
fects have been cut into the stone. The stair
ways leading to the upper stories are like wells
or round chimneys. and one ascends to an upper
story by means of ladder holes cut in the rock
The floors between the stories are usually
thick enough to Withstand any weight that
might be put upon them, but occasionally the
excavators miscaculated the thickness of the
floor, and so had to make lofty chamber
instead Of two. AS many nine stories may
occur in cone but most have only two.
three or four stories, which be counted by
the windows
Great numbers of the cone dwellings are used
to-day as dovecotes for hosts of pigeons, the
eggs and flesh of which are used by the cave
dwelIers The windows of such pigeon houses
are always walled in. holes being left for the
passage of the birds. The natives Of this re-
gion are still all intents and purposes. troglo-
dytes, but if leave out of consideration the
fact that their dwellings at least partially
underground they differ in habits and customs
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

in no whit from the ordinary Turkish villagers
with ordinary humdrum surroundings
Sometimes the front of the house is built Oh
blocks of pumice stone. while all the rest of the
abode is subterranean, the cone or cliff beng
used as an annex: but in most cases modern
dwelling is excavated, not in cone but IN the
face of the bluff, and thus becoming a ciln
dwelling properly called
This is true of the business street of the town
of Urgub, where the front or facade opening on
the street is the only room in the dwelling into
which the light comes The other rooms are
in midnight darkness all the year round
The owner of such abode can extend his
dwelling indefinitely into the bowels OF the
earth and no one need know aught of his en-
Iarged residence, a feature which is not without
advantages in land where the wise man con-
ceals the fact that he is wealthy
The interior chambers are used chiefly for
granaries and storage; even chew chaff, Whlch
is made to take the place of our hay, is safely
slowed away in these dark and dry chambers
In passing along the main street of UrguD the
superficial observer will not detect the slightest
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
TROGLODYTE HOUSES.
Abodes RufrO7ved Out Of Volcanic
Cones and Cliffs.

II we draw a line through Tarsus due north
across the Peninsula of Asia Minor, and another
through Smyrna directly east, the two lines Will
intercept in the volcanic region of Mount Ar
eseua where the cone pyramids and pure cliff
dwellings of Cappadocia are found
The whole region is of volcanic formation
which covers a vast area extending west to
Seine and south to Soghanlu Dere, and Is COM
posed of deep layer of pumice stone. tufa or
pepenne, overlaid in The region Oh 1aliai W
rugged lava fields
, The pumice or tufa is of almost incredible
thickness, but the overlaid layer of lava is COM
paratiyely thin not more than three feet at any
point The tufa is so soft that it can be dug
away with the thumbnail, so that only time and
patience were necessary to excavate 1t into
chambers of any required size. 1t is known that
4 chamber 25 feet long 13 feet broad, and 10
feet high was excavated by single workman
IN the space of thirty days.
In this region the trCglodytes of Cappadocia
hxve the wonderful dwellings which were first
described by Paul Lukas. who travelled in Asia
Minor OF the commission of Louis XIV His
story was discredted, but it is correct in every
vital particular. and he perhaps understood the
truth when he estimated the number of cones
1t nfty thousand. The region was visited in
succession by Texier, Hamilton Tschichatscheff,
Ainsworth Barth and Mordtmann, but it is still
virtually unknown.
The height of the cones varies greatly, rang
ing perhaps from fifty to three hundred feet
Tho tanest cones usually stand in the centre of
IN eroded valley, but not always The process
of disintegration by the solvent action of water
still continues. of course, and in many cones
the exterior wall has been worn away to such
an extent that the chambers laid bare.
Such exposed chambers. if they lie fairly to the
sun are used for drying grapes and other fruit,
as they are safe against invasion by animals.
Often the cones are almost perfect in shape,
and originally all of them were crowned by
caps Of lava (as in the picture of the cone
forest near Martchan which were the primal
cause Of the cone formation The caps main
tain their position because they form one in
tegraI conglomerate mass with the cone.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

indication that he is in the presence Of :.
dyte dwellings,, though he may quick
vince himself that such is the fact Il,
land CT plateau level Of this region a5urs
hummOcks. hills and lofty pinnacIes an;
are ali used as the background agains, i
modern dwellings are built It may eva
pen that the house OF the owner 0f a VIA
is actually beneath the vineyard itself
The real centre of these cones and trugli
abodes is the region about Ujj Assam,
mass Of pumice stone rising in the n
many bordering valleys The Turkish i
means the Castle of Udj but it is not 4
whether Udj was the name Of some pr-
or of district 1t is a mere shell, hOnsYut
to the very pinnacle with chambers s1s.
in number TO satisfy even the wealthiest !.
dyte.-(J. R. SithingtGn Sterrett. in the I
trated LCndOn News
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

Very often the doorWays are quite elaborate
and display an attempt at architectural and
decorative effect, more especially in the case OF
cones that have been turned into temples,
churches or chape1s The usual method Of in
gress is described in a note below our double
page illustration
On entering the doorway of any of these cone
dwellings, we find ourselves wItn1n spacious
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

PUZZLE: FIND "JoE" CHAMBERLAIN.
Inside the screen of the chair is the former Brit
sh Colonial Secretary, who is returning from
the bath at AK les Bains to his hotel. Mr..
Chamberlain has been following severe
course of treatment, and his health is greatly
improved. The Sketch
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
SAVE HONEY.

Did your husband have any sort Of Il
the races yesterday"
Splendid! The streetcar system broke
and he didn't get there till they were all d
Judge.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

Fourth son Of the Emperor of Germany. He has
Just received the degree of Doctor OF Political
Science from Strasburs University, after two
this 10 causing much unfavorabIe criticism.
He 10 engaged to marry Princess Alexandra
Prince is twenty ono year, cid.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
F:NpE[;lIC32 POO &EyIIE

Lowest prices: easiest terms: builders bowling
Nlags; Supplies MARX BROS, "a Union square
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
BURGLAR PLEADS GUILTY
AND ASKS PROBATION
Charles Hansen, Arrested for
Attempt to Blow Up Safe,
Wants Mercy of Court

OAKLAND, July 27-Charles Han
sen, arrested by Constable w. c. Allen
in an attempt to blow the safe of the
Taylor lumber company in Fruitvale
after shots had been fired, pleaded
guilty before Judge Melvin today and
asked to be placed on probation.
Hansen was accompanied in the safe
cracking by a pal, who escaped.
Attorney Stiefvater, appointed by the
court to defend Hansen today, said
that he had not investig gated the case,
but considered that Hansen was de-
serving OF probation.
The question was referred to Pro-
baton officer Ruess, who will report on
August II.
Herbert Patton was placed on pro-
bation for six years by Judge Melvin
today. after pleading guilty to steal
ing various articles from a room.
George W. Jessup offered to furnish
Patton a position and to surround him
with good influences and a firm of at
torneys offered to post a reward of 800
for information regarding him If he
left town. Probation officer Ruess had
previously reported Patton an unsafe
risk, but in view of the attitude of his
friends, advised placing him on proba-
tiOn.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
COUNTY RINGSTERS'
BLUFF IS CALLED
Threat of Grand Jury Investi-
CATION Welcomed by League,
but Herrinites Hesitate
Methods of Machine Registrars
Who Refused to List Reform
ers Will Be PrObed

OAKLAND. July 27.-The county
rings blum Of a grand jury investiga-
ton Of the charges of illegal registra-
tion, which the machine has attempted
TO lay al the door of the Lincoln-Roose-
Welt league, was promptly called to-
night by Secretary Earl S. Bingham OF
the league.
Let Us have grand jury investi-
gation.' he promptly agreed, "ano let
II go as far as the county ring wishes
Such an investigation may disclose why
County Clerk Jack Cook repeatedly re-
fused 10 furnish deputy registration
officers for the citizens of the seventh
ward but used his chief deputy 10
register squads Of Chinese
A grand jury investigation OF the
whole subject Of registration would be
welcomed by the acknowledgements
leaguers. Councilman Harold EVerhart I
is extremely anxious 10 have grand
jury secure an explanation Of Registra-
tion Deputy John Melons refusal 10
register republican applicants on the
ground that they were members Of the
Lincoln Roosevelt league.
Everhart said last night:
"A meeting was called at Van der
Nafilen hall several days ago partly TO
bring voters together at a central point
80 that they could be conveniently reg
sstered. Mellon appeared AT the meet
sng. I asked him 10 register the voters
and he said:
- can't; haven't any registration
blanks
.' I viii get some at once" said.
Never mind, replied Mellon, /
won't register those leaguers.'
Several persons heard the conver-
sation and they viii be produced TO
substantiate my charges"
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
PARENTS OF YOUTH
PREVENT WEDDING
License for Marriage of Frank
A. MasOw Jr. and Miss Han
nah Swanson Is SheIved
Family of Groom Persuade Him
to Wait Another Year
for NuptiaIs

BERKELEY, July 27.-Parental OBJ
lection eXerted at the eleventh hour
after the license had been secured and
all arrangements for the wedding made
prevented Frank A Masow Jr., member
of a prominent Berkeley family, be-
coming benedict yesterday His mar
riage to Miss Hannah Swanson. pretty
Oakland belle, has been postponed in
definitely by the family.
The issuance of the marriage license
from the county clerks office last Sat
urday was the first inkling that the
family of the prospective groom had of
the proposed wedding. Young Masow.
who is only 81 years of age, returned
TO the home of his parents, Frank A.
Masow and Mrs. Masow, with the
license Saturday afternoon and was met
by stern protest. He was told firmly
that the wedding would not take place
on account of his age. He replied that
he would marry the girl of his choice
with or without the consent OF the
family.
Persuasion finally won over the
youth and the marriage license was re-
tired to the shelf for future use when
he is older. The wedding will be an
event of a year.
Masow is the son of Frank A Masow,
a prominent contractor of San fran-
cisco, living at 2S01 College avenue.
His sister, Miss Helen Masow, is the
we'll known blind vocalist now studying
under the masters in the French capi-
tai. Miss Swanson is an East Oakland
girl, who will be debutante next faIl.
The couple have known each other for
the last six months.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
REACH SAN LEANDRO
Western Pacific Track Laying
Goes Through Town in Day

SAN LEANDRO, July 27.-The West
ern Pacific track laying gangs reached
here at IL o'clock this morning, and by
o'clock this evening the tracks had
been laid through the town and across
the bridge on the western outskirts.
The large force of men who are en-
gagged in the work will Immediately
push on toward Oakland, and 1t is ex-
pected that the track work of the new
transcontinental road into Oakland's
eastern suburbs will be complete with
in a few weeks. The work is pro-
crossing much more. rapidly than had
been anticipated, and in all probability
Oakland Will be reached considerably
earlier than was at first announced.
The Western Pacific right of way
through San Leandro lies along Mar
tinez street between the Southern Pa
cific line and the town plaza. Great
enthusiasm was aroused by the arrival
of the tracks here, and the citizens of
this place are preparing to hold big
celebration to welcome the railroad.
Prominent speakers from Oakland, San
Francisco and other parts of the state
will make addresses and giant bar
becue will be held, followed by races,
athletic games and dancing.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
LEAVE FOR GOLD
FIELDS IN MEXICO
Harry c. Klaus and Harry L.
WOlIenberg Head Engineering
Corps Into Wild Country

BERKELEY, July 27.-To locate min
Ing claims in the rich but wild state
of Sonora, Mexico, is the quest of
Harry c. Klaus and Harry L. Wollen-
berg, two of the most brilliant stu
dents Of the class of 1908 of the uni
versity. The two students left their
home here yesterday for the Mexican
state at the head of a party of expert
engineers. They will be absent from
Berkeley Indefinitely.
Both men have had wide experience
IN mining and on account of their fear
lessness they were chosen for the haz-
ardous journey to the interior of the
Mexican state long known as the
stamping ground of the dreaded va
Qui Indians.
Wollenberg has the distinction of be-
ing one of the most brilliant students
of the class of 1908. He is a member
OF the Phi Beta Kappa scholarship or
ganizatiOn, the Sigma Xi scientific So
ciety and the Tau Beta Pi engineering
fraternity. He ranked in scholarship
second to the university medalist.
Klaus was equally brilliant He was
known on the campus as a thorough
student and was affiliated with the va
rious societies and organizations of the
engineering students. Both Wollenberg
and Klaus are well known here social
", where they have lived since they
entered the university.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
WESTERN PACIFIC
ACTIVE IN SONOMA
High Officials of Gould Road
Study Proposed Hotaling
Line Near Petaluma
Right of Way to Napa Said to
Have Been Bought for
Eastern Company

SAN RAFAEL, July 27.-Several high
officers of the Western Pacific railroad
have been quietly working in the vi
cinity of San Rafael and Petaluma for
the last week. They have been looking
over the proposed route of the Hotaling
railroad. Among the number were Vir-
gil Bogue, vice president of the Western
Pacific.
1t is reported also that Bogue has
been inspecting the Spreckels electric
line between Petaluma, Sebastopol and
Santa Rosa.
In railroad circles it is said that
Hotaling represented the Gould inter-
ests and that the right of way between
Richardson bay and Napa, for which
he paid 100000 outright, was bought
for Gould. The original right of way
as planned by Hotaling and William
Rank for the Western Pacific was be-
tween Richardson bay and Lake
county. After the Western Pacific Sc
cured franchise from Sacramento the
Lakeport route was temporarily aban-
doned and new route from Napa to
Sacramento surveyed.
1t is contended that the railroad COM
pany intends to use the Richardson bay
route from Sacramento to San Fran
cisco for passenger service only and
that electric feeders will be constructed
throughout the contiguous territory.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
HENEY WILL SPEAK AT
MEETING OF LEAGUE
Scheme to Capture West Berke-
ley for Herrin Will Be
Frustrated

BERKELEY, July 27.-Francis J.
Heney VIII be the principal speaker
Thursday evening at Fraternity hall,
West Berkeley. at a mass meeting of
the Lincoln Roosevelt league, at which
the important issue before the people
OF that section and Of Alameda county
viii be presented. Political circles are
agitated by the disclosure Of a scheme
by which County Clerk Cook, repre-
senting the Herrin machine, expects to
form a combination Of machine and
other interests 10 capture West Berke-
ley for the Herrin ticket. Members OF
the Lincoln Roosevelt league have been
informed of the progress Of the job.
With the help Of Heney and prominent
local leaders in the seventh ward the
scheme viii be checkmated. South
Berkeley and Central Berkeley have
been won by the league. The fight
viii center in the west end for the
control Of the delegation allotted 10
that section under the gerrymander Of
the machine county committee.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
THEFT OF FUSE
CHARGED TO BOYS
Mystery Surrounding Finding
of Large Quantity of Stuff
Solved by Police
Officers Declare Young Offend.
ers, Suspected OF Robbery,
Also Looted BOxcar

OAKLAND. July 27.-The police be-
ieve they have solved the mystery sur
rounding the discovery last Saturday
OF 5000 feet Of fuse cached at the roor
OF Sixth avenue in East Oakland. Ir
was stolen from a bOxcar on the
Southern Pacific local line in which
consignment OF fuse was being shipped
to Anaconda from the Coast supply
company in Melrose-
Harry Deasy and Harry stokes, age
10. who were arrested IN company with
William Hood on suspicion OF lootinS
the Henshaw wine cellar at Sixth ave-
nue. and East Fifteenth street. are SAID
TO be responsible for the boxcar rod
berry. Hood. who IS alleged 70 nave
been one OF the notorious jim Crow
gang. is implicated. according 20 the
police. in both thefts.
Ii is supposed that the boys entered
the bOxcar az Melr0se and rolled OUT
the box OF fuse while the car was IN
motion: then. after burning part OF ths
fuse. as they told the police, hid tns
case. Today IL was identified oy an
empIoye OF the Coast supply company.
Deasy was arrested some time ago
by Detective Kyle for the alleged burg
larry OF Bells grocery store al tiItn
avenue and East Eighteenth street ne
and his supposed confederate, FRANK
Mcclellan. were later released on pro-
batton. The police are working on tne
theory that the boys in East OAKLAND
committed other petty thefrS-
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
FRANCHISE GIVEN FOR
ROAD THROUGH TUNNEL
Supervisors Grant Permit to
Operate Electric Railway in
Opening i'm Berkeley Hills

OAKLAND, July 27.-The board of su-
pervisors decided Professionally this
morning to grant permission to A. W.
Maltby and Joseph Naphtaly to aper-
ate an electric street railway through
the Alameda county part of the Ala
meda-Contra Costa tunnel, back of
Claremont.
The conditions imposed were that the
franchise be limited to five years, that
the railway company provide gates at
the entrances to the tunnel to exclude
vehicles when trains are passing
through the bore; to keep a watch
man night and day at each end of the
driveway; to maintain and operate
semaphores; to keep the tunnel fllumi-
mated all the time, and to keep the
roadway and side and arch walls in good
condition at all times. A cash rental
for the use of the tunnel will also be
exacted. Final action on the applica-
ton will be taken at the next meeting
of the board. when resolution. em-
bodying the conditions enumerated, will
be presented to the applicants by Dis
trict Attorney Brown.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
WESTERN PACIFIC SHOPS
IN OAKLAND is PLAN
City Council PaVes Way for
Bond Election for Harbor
Development

OAKLAND, July 27.-President Ellis
worth of the city council said tonight
at a council meeting that he was in
formed by Western Pacific officials that
viii be established in Oakland The rest
Of the machine shops OF the railway
viii be in Sacramento.
Acting on the advice of City Attorney
McElroy. the council adopted a resolu-
tion preliminary to steps for bond
election for harbor improvements. This
resolution In no way pledges the coun-
cflmen or the administration. being
merely a legal requirement It formal
~ declares that water front improve
ment is necessary and that the cost of
building WharVes, piers and docks is
too great 70 pc carried IN the regular
tax levy. This paves the way for the
council TO call bond election at any
time.
An attempt was made tonight TO pass
over the heads OF the auditing and
finance committee a resolution appor-
tioning in the budget Of this fiscal year
$4,000 for the use Of the board of
health IN continuing the sanitary cam
paign.
Councilman Jackson withdrew the
resolution after Chairman Pendleton of
the committee declared that further in
vestigatiOn was necessary
The council received and fled from
the Oakland, Fitchburg, Elmhurst and
San Leandro joint caTfare committee
copies OF a petition to the Oakland
traction company for a cent fare be-
tween this city and San Leandro. and of
replies from the officers of the COM
e A Heron. the president Of the
corporation, stated in his reply that
since the fares were established the
operating costs had increased and
wages been raised from 90 to 100 per
cent
The council corrected a clerical error
IN the city assessment rolls by which
the Peoples water company was over
assessed $500. GOO.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
TWO DEAD, TWO INJURED,
WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO
MiIIionaires' Express Demol-
ishes Machine, Killing and
Manning Occupants

GLENHEAD, /. l., July 27.-Two
persons are dead and two seriously
injured as the result of a collision here
tonight between an automobile and
the millionaires' express of the Long
Island railroad, a train that carries
many New Workers to their summer
homes on Long island.
Miss Leigh Townsend, a New York
girl of social prominence, a passenger
in the automobile, died a few minutes
after the accident, and Charles Smith,
the chauffeur. was killed outright.
The other occupants of the automo-
bile were Miss Beatrice Eddy, % years
old, of Brooklyn, and Lloyd Robinson,
aged 20, son of Charles Robinson, a
New York banker, and owner of the
automobile.
Miss Eddy narrowly escaped rolling
under the wheels of the train. She
was cut about the hands and face and
received probably fatal injuries. Lloyd
Robinson fell on soft soil, but was
seriously hurt.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
SHIFT BOUNDARIES
OF THREE DISTRICTS
Supervisors of Contra Costa
County Listen to Petition and
Make Important Changes
Town of Richmond Adds Terri
tory on East to Its Super
yis0rial Lines

MARTINEZ. July 27.-In response to
a petition signed by 500 voters of the
western end of the county the super
visors of Contra Costa county have
changed the boundaries of the first,
second and third supervisorial districts.
The signeFs of the petition were prin-
cipally citizens of Richmond, who de-
sired to have the district just east of
the town part of their supervisoriaI
district. Heretofore the first super
visorial district has included practically
all of the water front of the county, be-
ing a narrow ribbon including the
towns Of Richmond, Giant, PinoIe. Her.
cules, Rodeo, Selby, Crockett, Valona,
Port Costa, Martinez and Vine HILL
This district contained fully one-half
of the assessable property OF the
county.
Directly east of this district lay
supervisorial district No. 2, which en-
braced much territory adjacent to Rich
mond and with common interests with
that city. The people of this district
favored the change because they de-
sired a frontage on the bay.
As result of the change ordered by
the supervisors the following scheme
is made:
Valona, Crockett and Port Costa are
taken from supervisorial district No.
and added to district No. 2.
Martinez and Vine Hill are taken
from supervisorial district No. l and
added to district No. 8.
San Pablo and Siege are taken from
supervisorial district No. 2 and added
to district No. 1.
The changes legislate no supervisor
out of Office and are expected 10 re-
dound to the benefit of all three dis
trictS involved.