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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
JEFFR|ES SAYS HE
WILL MEET JACK
JOHNSON
Insists That Latter Must First
Fight Ketchell
INSISTS ON FINISH FIGHT
Jeffries Says That Within a re"
Months He Can Be In Good Con
dition as Ever.

N-ew York April 2O.-"I will fight
lack Johnson. | will defend my tilie
as indicated heavyweight chanlpion
of the world" Before a great auul-
ence which packed the American Mu-
sic hall and in which there were as
many women as men. James }. Jeher-
los tonight made this formal an
nouncement. H..
II was a signal for great JOY. Ex-
cited men leaped from their seats
shouted and cheered, and the many
women in the audience applauded'
Their shrill and excited cries Oh ap,
proyal. as they stood up and waved
their hankerchiefs and even thelr
peach- basket hats, to the ponuerous,
bowing and blushing "undeiealeu
champion" added picturesqueness 10
a,remarkable secene.
In the streets were hundreds OF per
sons who could not get into the inca
ter. although high premiums were OF
fared for seats. Early in the day JET
fries had promised to give his decls-
Ion tonight These waited for Jel-
ferries. and the police had to clear a
way for him to his automobile or ne
might have been captured and borne
off by his admirers.
After his sparring exhibition with
Sam Berger the audience shouted TOT
Iefferies to come out and make the
statement he had promised Inc
big fellow" soon appeared, his bath
robe or dressing gown only revealing
his shaggy head and great red hsts'
The housewent wild, literally, and Jel-
fries stood near the footlights, smil-
ing and bowling and raising his hands
for order. After several minutes the
audience became reasonably quiet
and Jeffries started off Ladies and
gentlemen" Cut that out, Jeff :
come to the point" cried a voice in
the gallery.
Il thank you from the bottom of my
heart. L" Never mind that-are
you going to fight?" came another
voice.
81 suppose you want to hear some
thing else" continued Jeffries, only
smiling at the interruption. You
we do" yelled dozens of men.
"Well, | am satisfied after about
seven weeks work" Quick your
Kidding" came another interruption.
- that | can get in Just as
good condition as | ever was, and !
will fight Jack Johnson
If Jeffries had had anything more
to say he could not have been heard.
He ran off the stage. while the audi
ence went wild.
There are several conditions at
tached to Jeffries re-entry in the
prize ring. First, Johnson must de
feat Ketchel Then Jeffries cannot
sign articles for possibly ten months,
and he insists that the fight shall
take place in this country, and that
it shall be unlimited as to rounds. He
made these conditions known orally
! to the newspaper men.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
LAKE CHAMPLA|N
BQATMANASS|STS
IN DRAGGING
Search For Oscar Turner's
Body Continues
NEW METHODS ARE ADOPTED
Bottom of Mill Pond Inspected With
Barrel Used as Shade-No Re-
suits as Yet.

The. search for the body of Oscar
Turner, who is believed to have either
fallen into the mill pond at South
Pownal Saturday night or was thrown
into the water by some person or per
sons with whom Turner had a quar-
rel is being continued today
During the night Charles Chiott of
Burlington. one of the members of a
family of famous Lake Champlain
boatmen, arrived here and this morn
ing he accompanied the States At
torney to Pownal to direct the search
of the bottom of the pond.
Chiott brought with him graphing
outiit but this forenoon he inspected
the bottom of the pond by means of
barrel fastened to the bow OF boat
The barrel with head and bottom
knocked out, was chained to the bow
Of one of the flat-bottomed scows on
the pond. The chain was passed
around one end of the barrel and by
which 1t was so weighted that 1t sank
so that the top was about level with
the gunwale of the boat The barrel
broke the reflection of light upon the
water and by its means Chiott said
that he was able to see the bottom
OF the pond in 90 feet OF water pro
yided the sun were shining
During the forenoon the pond was
examined over its entire length. The
boat was not only taken over that sec
ton between the spot where 1t is rea
soned that Turner must have gone in
TO the water but over the entire
stretch of deep water. The search
netted nothing of Importance A stiff
wind blew toward the dam all the
forenoon and the water was not much
lower than yesterday.
Some time ago a section OF wire
fence with the posts attached was
carried into the pond and sunk dur
ing fregnet. Thinking that the
body of Turner may have caught on
,le barbs OF the wire, portion OF
the fence was pulled out of the pond
this morning.
This afternoon Chiott is dragging
the pond with grapple made of a
section of water pipe to which he had
attached a number of large fish hooks
Unless some results are secured
from the work this afternoon. another
boatman, Henry Beattis of Burlington
will be summoned to assist Chiott on
the pond.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21

the proposed Improvements there ana
to expend the $4,000 which is per
mitted by a measure which has re-
ceived the approval of Governor Hugh
es, the executive having signed it more
than a week ago,
When the campaign for village of
ficers was being waged one OF the
pledges of the rival candidates for
president was that should either be
elected he would favor the plan TO
improve the streets and to have a
commission selected to have super
vision over the work. The bills re-
lating to the issuance of bonds and
appointment met with no objection
while they were being advanced in
the lower House, but for some rea-
son when the bill, the last one, for the
choosing of a commission, came up
i'm the Senate a protest was received
from the trustees, who declared that
they were not in favor of such
movement. This naturally held 1t up
temporarily and a hearing was held
before the Senate committee on vii
lagos yesterday afternoon. There
were no objections filed with the com
mittee verbally and every man there
was present to Urge favorable re-
port.
Mr. Geer spoke briefly and told the
story of the measures from beginning
to end; how the candidates for office
had made their pledges and he APP
pointed Francis Riley, one of them,
saying that MIR. Riley, while he had
been defeated, was nevertheless in
hopes that the bill would be reported
out Mr. Geer said that in his opinion
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
SUICIDE IN TROY.
Edward c. Barnes Was Disabled by
Illness and Despondent.

h''SSo anu 1SSPSiNSHN'
Troy. April 21.-"1 do it myself.
Too much pain, 5:15 O'Clock take
the floor" Leaving the foregoing
note on a table, Edgar c. Barnes,
aged about AZ years, committed sui
eide last evening at his home on
Spring avenue. above Linden avenue,
by shooting himself through the
head with a ball from a thirty-eight
caliber repeating rifle. The bullet en-
tered the left ear. The body was
found lying in a pool of blood about
$3.50 O'Clock by Charles Ickes, mana
ger of the Hoyt Spring Water com
pany, who was boarder at the
Barnes home.
Barnes was married about year
and half, his wife being a Mrs. Cole.
He had been foreman at the plant of
the Fat Melting association until Au-
gust II last, when he suffered a
stroke of paralysis. Since that time
he had done no work and although
there were times when he was in the
best of spirits, he was subject to fits
of melancholy Shortly after Mr..
Barnes lost his employment at the
fat melting plant, his wife went to
work in Ferguson's collar shop. She
was at work when her husband COM
mitted the deed and was not aware of
it until she reached her home, shortly
before 1880 o'clock last night. Mrs.
Barnes said that when she left in
the morning her husband was in the
best of spirits. He told her he would
| grn "a In % oh a
which he would go to the rooms of
| the Y. Nj. c. A. where he would spend
the remainder of the day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21

obey their superiors and not to mix
in politics; second. that the garrison
undertake not TO interfere with the
measures for the punishment of the
guilty persons, and that the spies and
others who provoked the disorders be
denounced. Finally, If both demands
are accepted by the land and sea for
ces. and they show real obedience.
nothing will befall the garrison
The proclamation to the populace
explains that the object Of the invest
ing army is the establishment Of
the constitution, which is in accor-
dance with the Sheri law and the
punishment of the traitors to the coun-
try. 1t assures complete safety to
the innocent and oppressed popula-
tion and to foreigners, and adds that
those who, disguised as Ulemas to
serve their personal ends. committed
a reprehensibe act, will be punish
ed
The Constantinople garrison is de-
sorting to the head of the Constitu-
tionalists. The capital troops have
been leaving the city in small bat
ches since early on Sunday. It is es-
timated that about 1000 men have
gone over to the invading army with
out opposition from their officers or
comrades. One party took along a
battery of machine guns, with horses
and full ammunition wagons. None
of these attempting to join the con
stitutionalists without arms were halt
ed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
HASN'T RoosEvELT's MEANNEss
Senator TiIlman Gives His Opinion
of President Taft.

Senator Tillman Gives His Opinion
of President Taft.
Washington, April Ex-senator Till
man of South Carolina, made a visit
to the White House today for the
first time in about seven years.
IT'S not necessary to make nine
days wonder of my visit to President
Taft" said Mr.. Tillman after his re-
turn to the capitol. I'VE have always
been good friends and | have fire.
quently gone to see him as secretary
of war Whether he has inherited
his Office from Roosevelt. or been
elected by the people, there is no
reason for any one to suppose that he
has inherited Roosevelts meanness. -
Mr.. Tillman said that he merely
went to the White House to say good
morning to the President, and to eX-
press his qualification upon having
a gentleman there. | have no fav-
ors to ask the President, and no ad-
vice to offer" said Mr. Tillman Il
would have gone to see him sooner
had it not been for the fact that
have been out of the city. | have
taken the first opportunity to call up
on him"
While at the White House Senator
Tillman saw Booker T. Washington
for the first time. 81 was very curl
Gus to see him." said Mr. Tillman,
because II enables me to draw my
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
GETTING AROUND
OBJECTIONS TO
GET MARRIED
Bride Is a Protestant and
Groom a Catholic
DAUGHTER OF AMBASSADOR
Ceremony Will Be Twice Performed
But Bishop Prevents Third In
staIment

Paris, April 20.-The arrangements
for the wedding of Count Hermann
Scherr-Thoss and Miss Muriel White,
daughter of the American ambassa-
dor, which were delayed by certain
difficulties arising through differences
in the faith of the contracting parties
are now completed. The civil cere-
mony, which alone constitutes legal
marriage in France, will be perform
ed by the mayor of the English ar
rondissement, in which the ambassa-
dor resides, April 2S.
The Religious Marriage.
The following day the religious
marriage will be celebrated at st.
Joseph's church, on Avenue Hoche,
one of the most exclusive Catholic
churches in Paris The service will
be simple and will be attended only
by the members of the immediate
families, with the exception of Am
bassador White. AS Miss White re-
tains her Protestant faith, her fam
lily greatly desired that both Protest
ant and Catholic religious services
should follow the civil marriage, and
the groom-elect and family were in
full sympathy with this.
Roman Cardinal Had His Way.
Cardinal Kopp. bishop of Bresiau,
the diocese in which the couple will
live, declined, however, to grant
dispensation for the marriage except
on condition that the groom refrain
from attending any other religious
ceremony and with the usual restric-
tons concerning the faith of any is
sue of the marriage.
Influences were brought to bear to
| induce Cardinal Kopp to concede the
i service of the Episcopal church, but
| these failed in their object. Prece-
dents were cited where two services
both in France and in other coun-
| tries, performed, notably in the
case of the marriage of the Dutch
minister at Washington, j. j. London,
and the niece of the late James B.
Eustis, one of Ambassador Whites
predecessors.
Ambassador Whites Protest.
AS the cardinal remained obdurate
Ambassador White finally acquiesced,
but as protest against the attitude
of the ecclesiastical authorities. he
decided to abstain from attending the
Catholic ceremony With regard to
this decision he says Both my pub
lie and my private life demonstrate
my freedom from religious bias, but
under the circumstances and as the
representative of country eminent
for its religious federation, although
DredOminantlV PrOtastant 7 have do
cided not to attend the service at ST.
Joseph's, the more so as there are
several recent precedents for Cath
Ollie ceremony and one for another
denomination.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
GOVERNMENT LOST MILLIONS
Smuggling Syndicate Has Been oper
ating for Ten Years.

New York, April 21.-Further inves-
tigation of the systematic smuggling
of Paris gowns into this port led the
custom house officials yesterday to
declare that the syndicate has prob
ably smuggled in S1,000,0O0 worth OF
goods each year for the last ten
years, thus defrauding the govern
ment out of 100000 annually in Gus
toms house receipts. The federal
grand jury is investigating the case,
and it is intimated that the identity
of the smugglers will be revealed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21

own conclusion as to the percentage
of whi& blood there is in him. 1t is
over onehalf" Asked what impress
sion he formed of Washington, Mr.
Tillman replied: Booker Washing
ton is considered great negro, and
he has great intellectual powers.H He
has a Jesuitical face. If he had not
been engaged with lot of people
about him, | should have gone up to
him and chartered with him. | would
like to discuss the race question with
Booker Washington | would like to
ask him lot of questions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
Notice.

All farmers, breeders and all inter
ested in draft horse raising are eordi-
ally invited to come and see the Per
cheron stallion, Valentine, of Green
Mountain Stock Farm. He is record
ed by the Percheron society of Amer
lea No. 46,704. Weight 1850 height,
1874 hands, and is the finest draft stall
lion in southern Vermont. He will be
at the Putnam House stable, Benning-
ton, for inspection from 10 a m, to
p. m, Saturday, May 1, 1909
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
5000 MASSACRED
DURING RIOTS IN
ASIA MINOR
MOsiem Fanaticism Causes
Horrible Slaughter
1000 DEAD IN CITY OF ADANA
saIoniki Troops Surround City of Con-
stantinople and Reign Of Sultan
is Doomed.

Constantinople, April 21.-No less
than 5000, persons lost their lives in
the massacres that have been going on
i'm the vilayet of Adana during the
past eight days as a result of the out
break of Moslem fanaticism. or this
total 1000 were killed in the city OF
Adana and of this number more than
200 were Moslems.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
TRUSTEES WANTED
TO SPEND THAT
$4,000
Objected to Appointment IOf
Commission
HEARING HELD AT ALBANY
Hoosick Falls People Appear Before
Committee on Villages to Favor
improvements Measure.

Albany, April 21.-That was funny
thing that happened in Hoosick Falls
Judging from the remarke of Danforth
Geer, president of the Walter A.
Wood company, the largest tax-pay-
ing interest in that village, when the
trustees voted against the progress
of the bill which is now in the legis-
lature providing that commission
shall be appointed to take charge of
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
LYNcHINe TO BE INVESTIGATED
Special Session Of Grand Jury to Be
Held at Ada, Okla.

Ada, Okla, April 21.-Sensational
developments are expected to follow
the lynching of four prominent cattle
men here Monday, Attorney General
West today summoned County Attor-
ney Wimbush to appear at Atoka,
where the grand jury will investigate
the affair and attempt to prosecute
the leaders of the mob A special
grand jury will be empanelled. 1t is
reported that the indictments will
cause amazement when the names are
known
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
NINE CASTRO ON WAY TO FRANCE
Wife of Dictator Will Join Husband
In Europe

Colon, April 21.-The steamer Quad
eloupe came into port yesterday morn
ing from Port Limon, Costa RIGA, and
sail in the afternoon for France via
Venezuela. Among her passengers is
Sonora Castro. wife of the former
president of Venezuela, who is return
ing TO Europe to join her husband.
She could have landed mere or in
Costa Rica but elected to return to
France.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
LABOR ACKNOWLEDGES GUILT
Proprietor of Hotel BardwelI Was
Maintaining Gambling Resort

Rueland, April 20.-Thomas J. La
lor, one of the proprietors of the Hotel
Bardwell pleaded guilty in county
court late today to a charge of main
tanning a gambling resort. Sentence
has not yet been pronounced. A room
at the hotel was raided when two
other raids were made by the police
and sheriff departments some weeks
ago and lot of gambling parapherna-
liza secured.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.
For eastern New York and western
Vermont rain tonight and Thursday.
Warmer tonight in interior of south
portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
Notice.

Fishing is hereby prohibited in Cold
Spring Brook and its tributaries In
the town of Shaftsbnry, and in that
portion of Paran Creek and its tribu-
taries lying between Furnace Pond
at South SALISBURY and Lake Paran
in the town of Bennington for per-
iod of three CD years from the 18th
day of May, 1909, under penalty of
$4,000 for each offense.
Henry G. Thomas,
State Fish and Game Commissioer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
STATE PENSION FOR VETERANS

Bill Goes to Find Passage on New
York Senate.
Albany, April 2l.-The bill of Sen
ator Allen providing for state pen
sion of So month for New York state
veterans of the Civil War and provid-
ing for bond issue of. $4,000, 600 to
be voted upon at the next election,
was advanced yesterday in the Senate
to final passage.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21

l.atdkla, syria, SIdte tndl HidSSeiSiS1
began in the markets at Adana on
Wednesday morning. The Christian
bazars were looted and burned.
Women and children were horribly
mutilated. and the missionaries being
shot dead while fighting the fire. The
massacres then spread to Tarsus and
other places. Thousands are home
less and famine is imminent. The
1000 refugees in the yard of the Amer
lean college are in pitiable condit'
ion. Provisions, clothing and physic
ians are urgently needed.
Constantinople, April 2l.-Sultan
Abdul Hamid is waiting in his palace
for whatever may befall. He has not
taken to flight and his grand vizier
Tewiik Pasha, has announced that
without fear. the sultan will remain
with his family and accept resignedly
the fate which has been prepared fol-
him and his country.
Tewfik Pasha and the minister OF
war, Edhem Pasha, who sent in Their
designations to the sultan have decid
ed to withdraw them and the grand
| vizier is spending most of the time
with his majesty Nazim Pasha still
is in command of the garrison, but nc
preparations have been made TO offei
any resistance to the advance of the
| Saloniki troops. The constitutional
list lines now envelope the city but
the commander in chief, General Hus
ME Pasha, is still at Hademkoi anC
| G t,,t a
ing army will enter the city before
tonight or tomorrow.
It is understood that the Salonikins
have submitted to the government a
list of persons whose punishment is
demanded for completely in the recent
mutiny. This list includes deputies
| Journalists and others. But apparent
ly there is the utmost good feeling be
tween the invading side and the resi-
dents of the city, many of whom have
visited the camps of the Saloniki
troops and were received Hospitality
by the soldiers.
Two proclamations, signed by the
commanding general of the army OF
investment and addressed respective.
ly to the citizens of Constantinople
and the garrison, have been issued
they have a re assuring effect. That
sent to the war office for distribution
to the garrison denounces as erin.
maj and monstrous the acts commit.
ted under cover OF demanding that
the Sheri law supersede the constitu.
ton. by bands of executioners. vile
constituencies agitators and partners
OF absolutism, who deluged the sold.
lers and 'populace so that the Parlia.
ment was stained with blood. the ma.
ton plunged in mourning and a blot
made on the Ottoman army. whose
honor had remained intact for the
last 600 years"
After explaining that the army of
Salonikins had come to remove the
stain, the proclamation formuIates
two demands; First. full reinstatement
OF the officers of the army and navy.
ana that the soldiers take an oath in
the presence of the Sheik ul Islanm to
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-21
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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-02
BLACKS TURNING WHITE.
Interesting Lecture Delivered in Lon
sss eon4 on Changing az &C oIors.

Interesting Lecture Delivered in Lon
s aon4on Changing of~CoIors
London, England. -Professo Kari
Pearson, in a lecture at the Royal
Institution, made the startling sug-
sible that existing white races are
descended from dark-skinned peo-
pie of the negro type.
He was lecturing on "Albinism in
Man." and in one of his demonstra-
uons he showed en- a screen number
of "piebald cases." In one instance
he showed the painted cast Of a pied
baby, the head and upper part of
which was black, and the rest OF the
body white.
Certain negroes, continued the lee
turer, had gradually turned white in
places. This was what was known as
leucoderma. In such cases there was
no pain whatever. The ordinary view
Of the medical profession was that
it was disease acquired during life;
but he doubted that view.
Not only, he argued, was the pie
bald condition inherited, but cases
of going white" were also inherited.
In many instances, the father; chill
dren and grandchildren turned white.
Among the curious representations
thrown on the screen was that of a
mother, son and daughter, all with a
white patch on their heads. A few
years ago, continued Professor Pear
son, there were three sister on the
music hall stage. They were known
as 'The Three Striped Graces," and
each Of them had white patch on
her head. They used to perform &C
robatic feats.
Often, added the professor, as the
white came as a variation on the
dark skin, he could find no case OF
a copper or black child being born
to white parents. He showed on the
screen one white after another born
to the negro race. One case was
negress, with perfectly white child;
another was case of q black mother
with white baby. A third case was
that Of a white Zulu