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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
HOME RULE FOR IRELAND
Pledged by Asquith If Liberals Are
Elected.

London, Dec, 11.-At a monster
meeting last night in Albert Hall,
Herbert Henry Asquith, the British
Prime Minister, laid down the policy
on which the liberal government is
appealing to the country. He repeat
ed what had been said by other Min
isters-that if it were returned to
Power the Government would demand
the limitation of the power of the
House of Lords, and then went a
step further and pledged the Liberal
Party to grant self-government to
Ireland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
zELAYA TO SUBMIT
Declares He Has Been Condemned by
Powerful Nation

Managua, Dec. 10.-"The United
States unjustly condemns my admin
istration," says President Zelaya in
an interview yesterday Il proposed
to Secretary of State Knox that he
submit the case to the investigation
of a committee of his own choosing,
agreeing to surrender my rights to-
the presidency if the charges in his
letter to Isodoro Hezera, former Mic
araguan minister to the United
States, were sustained.
"Defenseless against the hostility
of a powerful nation, | must submit,
although | have been condemned I'M
heard"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
BATTLEsHIP CRASH IN DRILL
Georgia and Nebraska Come Together
of Norfolk

Norfolk Va, Dec. l1.-While man
oeuvres were being conducted by the
Atlantic fleet yesterday the battle
ships Georgia and Nebraska came in
to collision
The Georgia got away from the
crash with a portion of her forward
bridge torn off. two seven-inch guns
damaged, part of her forward super
structure bent, and several plates
damaged The Nebraska had only a
few of her plates slightly damaged
Two signal men who were on the
Georgia's bridge at the time of the
accident were thrown to the deck 20
feet below and severely hurt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
eoMpeRs TO AID swlTcHMgN
Says Labor Federation viii Help
Strikers-Trouble May Spread

Cincinnati, Dec. 1.-THE American
Federation of Labor will support the
railroad switchmen who are on strike
in the Northwest to the extent of its
powers according to an announce
ment made by Samuel Gompers, pres
ident of the federation, after confer
ence with Frank Hawley president of
the Switchmen's Union of North Am
erica This is said to mean that IL
the railroads do not concede the de-
mands of the strikers the trouble may
spread until it involves other railroad
unions connected with the American
Federation of Labor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
RuTT AND CLARK GAIN A LAP
Now Lead in Six Day Bicycle
Race

New York, Dec 1.-THE Rutt-
Clark team has gained lap in the
six day bicycle race being run at Mad
ison Square garden in New York and
apparently has lead that cannot be
overcome The figures, 2i20 miles is
far below the record of 24S9 miles
and six laps.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
MANY SOLDIERS GO INSANE
Melancholia and Strong Native Drink
in the Philippines Responsible

Pittsburg. Dec IA carload of in
sane soldiers from the Philippines
passed through Pittsburg yesterday in
charge of Major J. NJ Kennedy who
was taking them to Washington from
the Pacific coast Speaking OF the
prevalence of insanity in the army,
Major Kennedy said:
There is greater increase in the
number of cases of insanity among
the other branch of the service. This
increase is thought to be due princip-
ally to inconsistencies and overindul-
gence in bino, native Philippine
drink Melancholia also adds it's
quota to the number of insane cases.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
WOMAN OUT ON BAIL
Was Charged With Shooting Dan
Baker in Eden Last Summer.

Hyde Park, Dec lion recon-
mendation of the state attorney, Mrs.
Emma Shatney who was charged with
shooting Dan Baker of Eden, last
summer, was admonished in Lamoille
county as TO her duty to her children
and released on bond. Mrs. Shatney
has been in the asylum at Waterbury
and the authorities there, after OBJ
serving her, declared that she is
sane.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
LOSES $4,000 CASE
One of Or. Thomas Passengers Sued
City for Damages

New York, Dec. 1.-THE jury in
the suit of Miss Alvina Weissman
against the City of New York and the
Union Railway Company for $4,000
damages for personal injuries sustain
ed in an automobile accident while
riding in DR.. Julian Pc Thomas car
on July g. 1907, returned a verdict
yesterday afternoon after ten minutes
elaboration. The jury did not award
damages to Miss Weissman
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
DEMOCRATS ELECT MONEY
He is Chairman and Shively Vice
Chairman of Senate Minority Caucus

Washington, Dec. l0-At caucus
of the Democratic senators yesterday
afternoon Senator fernando De Soto
Money OF Mississippi was elected
chairman and Senator Benjamin f.
Shively of Indiana vice chairman. Mr.
Money will succeed Senator Culber-
son of Texas as minority leader while
Mr.. Shively takes the place left va
cant by Mr. Moneys advancement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES GUAM
Wrecks Hospital Upon Our Mid-Pao.
lfic lsland-Nobody Killed

Washington, Dec. ia severe
earthquake occurred in Guam yester-
day, causing considerable damage, &C
cording to cablegram received at
the Navy department. There were
no casualties but the Women's and
Childrens hospital was wrecked.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
MORE CASES AGAINST BURT
Middlebury Professor Defendant In
Three Actions for Assault

Middlebury, Dec. 10.-The whole
time of county court yesterday was
taken up with the putting in of evil
dence for' the plaintiff in the case of
Edward Goss VS.. Edward A Burt Two
similar actions in trespass for dam
ages for assault and growing out of
the same occurrence stand on the
docket against Professor Burt and
one Of them is set for trial on the
court calendar at this term.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
DEMAND FOOTBALL REFORM
Presidents of Jesuit Colleges Agree
That Game is Too Rouqh

Washington, Dec. 11.-Football
must be made less rough and also it
must be purged of the faint of profess
sionalism if the twelve big Eastern
Jesuit colleges continue to permit the
game to be played by their students,
is the decision arrived at by the pres
idents of these institutions at a meet
ing here yesterday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
RED CLOUD, SIOUX CHIEF DEAD
Old Indian Warrior Passed Away at
Pine Ridge Agency

Washington, Dec. 1l.-Red Cloud
the famous old Sioux Indian chief is
dead This information has been e.
ceived by Supt Brennan of the Pine
Ridge Indian Agency who is in Wash
ington attending the meeting of those
interested in the education Of the
Indian
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
WARDEN CHASE RE-APPoINTED
viii Begin Serving His Sixth Term
January I.

County Game Warden Harry Chase
has received from Fish and Game
Commissioner II G. Thomas of
Stowe disappointment for the year
1910 This is Mr.. Chase's fifth APP
pointment to the office.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
c. 3. LAWRENCE STRICKEN
Well Known Resident Taken Sudden
ly III Friday

George b. Lawrence was suddenly
stricken with shock at his home on
Beech street road Friday afternoon.
He became unconscious and had not
recovered from that state today
Grave fears for his welfare are felt
as his condition does not seem to q
prove Until yesterday he was in h-s
usual gocd health.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
The late Mr. Park was well know

The late Mr.. Park was well known
in this town. He married a grand
daughter of the late Seth b. Hunt and
had large property interests in this
town and North Bennington. He was
also a brother-in-law of F. B. Jen-
nings and former Governor j. G. Nc
cullough. Among the property own
ed by the estate in this town is the
block occupied by A. Drysdale & Son.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
TRENOR L. PARK ESTATE
:. 3. Jennings Appointed Guardian
of Frances Hall Park.

New York, Dec. 10.-Supreme Court
Justice Seabury has appointed Fred
erick B. Jennings as guardian ad lit
EN- of f1fteenyear-old Frances Hall
Park, who is being sued by her
mother, Mrs. Julia H. Park. widow OF
Trenor l.. Park to ascertain her dow
er right in certain parcels of the es-
tate left by her husband The action
is said to be a friendly one. Mr..
Park who died in October, 1907, left
an estate valued at more than $1,000
900, divided between his widow and
daughter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
WEATHER FORECAST.
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.

For eastern New York and Western
Vermont snow tonight or Sunday ex-
cept fair in extreme south portion
tonight.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
OFF FOR STATES PRISON
Michele Phileppo Taken This Morn
ing to Windsor by Sheriff Godfrey.

ing to Windsor by Sheriff Godfrey.
Sheriff Fred Godfrey left on the
7.45 train this morning for the state
prison at Windsor with Michele
Phileppo; the Italian who was on
Wednesday sentenced to life impris-
onment by Judge F. NJ. Butler for the
killing last May of Luigi Cinelo, a
young Italian with whom the murder
er had quarreled over a loan or
the lawn in front of the residence of
no coed Hool Supooqs eqL '6euom
Charles H. Dewey on Union street
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-11
CAR FERRY is OVERDUE
Railroad Thief Hopes for a Less
With All on Board.

Conneaut, Ohio, Dec, 1.-THE car
ferry Conneaut, carrying a crew of 20
men and possibly few passengers,
is two days overdue from Port Stan
ley, Ont, and is believed to have
been lost
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

All sorts OF popular tallacies spring
up, and grow. and spread until they
become matters OF common belief:
Here is that one about so-called "heat
lightning for example, the broad
CLEANS that often appear just above
the western horizon on a warm even
Ing. We see fash after flash, but
there is no accompanying thunder,
and the absence OF the latter has Civ.
en- rise tc the notion that 1t is heat
lightning" for II it were ordinary
lightning there would be thunder, Of
course!
AS matter of fact, there is no heat
lightning as that term is generally
used. The display referred to always
takes place wher the weather is
warm, but that is only because warm
weather produces thunder storms. The
so-called heat lightning is merely the
lightning OF distant storm. We do
not hear the thunder because the
storm is toe far away for the sound
to reach us. This term Of heat light
ming is merely corruption of the
legitimate term sheet lightning.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
Keeplna Ahead Of NIpner.

Eyes, Nipper's a good one," said
Mason. trying to speak coolly OF the
bull-terrier al his heel, my wife and
are awfully fond OF him, but we don't
make fools OF ourselves over him as
some folks do over dogs that are not
patch on Nipper."
He looks all right" said Rand,
with as much warmth as could be ex.
pected from a man whose interest is
In tumblers and pointers.
"He Is all right" corrected Mason,
with dignity. why, that fellow knows
everything you say to him. in German
and French as well as English. We've
proved It again and again. and only
last night my wife said that II we
wanted to keep anything from him
we'd have to learn a new language.
II think" concluded Mason, grave.
ly, "that We shall take up Esperanto
when ths evenings get LONGER
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
Nansen's Carrler.pigeon.

One day o carrier.pigeoh tapped al
the window OF Mrs Nansen's home in
Christiana, Instantly the window
was opened. and the wife OF the IA
NOUS Arctic explorer an another mo
ment covered little messenger with
kisses and caresses.
The carrier-pigeon had been away
from the cottage thirty long months,
but had not forgotten the way home.
1t brought a note from Nansen, stat.
ing that all was going well with his
expedition in the polar regions.
Nansen had fastened a message I'd
the bird, and turned it loose.
The frail carrier darted out into the
blizzardly air. few like an arrow over
perhaps thousand miles OF frozen
waste, and then oveI another thou
sand miles OF ocean and plains and
forests to enter the window OF it's
waiting mistress and deliver the mes.
sage which she had been awaiting 80
anxiously.
We boast OF human pluck sagacity,
ana endurance; but this loving car.
rier-pigeon after an absence OF thirty
months. accomplished a feat so Won
dertul that we can only give ourselves
up to amazement and admiration
Nansen's Arctic Explorations.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
Undevelopcd Brazil,

1t is very sac to note that at the
time when Spruce visited the Amazon
with the exception OF a very few
spots at long distances apart-the
mighty river. with it's vast network Of
tributaries. was practically deserted.
The traveller speaks OF the Rio Negro
as the dead river The immense
area contained only scattered groups
OF Indians. with here and there a few
halt-breeds Some progress, with the
introduction OF steam navigation, has
been made since the period with which
these volumes deal, but still the far
larger part of the Amazonian regions
is. to all intents and purposes, unin-
habited, To any one who has studied
the history OF exploration and settle
ment in the basin of the Amazon from
the. days OF Oreliana, Teixeira and
Samuel Fritz to those OF La Condam.
inc Humboldt and Schomburgh, the
salient fact that stands out is the
failure alike OF Portuguese and Spani-
ard tC utilize the splendid waterways
and rich territory which they had had
the good fortune to acquire. All the
e0I lest records show the banks thick
ly populated by native tribes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
KILLS BLACKSNAKE
THAT ATE MONEY
Sonstrom Not Only Gets Back
His Two Quarters, but $4.42
for Short Time Loan
The YEARS CHAMPION YARN
Man Found Inside Snake His Own
Quarters and One Half Dollar, Nine
Other Quarters, Nine Dimes, Fifteen
Nckels and Two Cents.

Montclair, N. J.-Edward Sonstrom,
q truthful, sober and industrial per-
son, killed a blacksnake five feet long,
near the bridge over Toney's Brook at
Bay street The location is fixed with
particularly because it is still there,
an enduring proof of the remarkable
facts that follow.
The Sonstroms live near the bridge.
Mrs. Sonstrom sent her two little
girls to a delicatessen store to buy
things for the Sunday dinner. The
children had just returned from Sun
day school. Mary is seven years old,
Alice, five. Her mamma gave Mary
two silver quarters.
The children we're crossing the
brook when they came upon the black
snake, coiled as IL to spring at them.
To their terrified eyes it looked as big
as an anaconda. Mary, in her fright,
dropped the quarters and with Alice
fed, screaming.
Mary dared to look over her shoul-
der to see il the snake was chasing
them. To her amazement, she saw
the snake swallow the coins, then
coil up in the sun as If to digest them
at leisure.
The girls went home and told their
papa and mamma. Sonstrom, selling
a club, ran to the bridge. The snake
was still there and showed fight, but
Sonstrom killed 1t. He took the rep
tile home with the hope Of recover
ing the two quarters. He did so with
interest. In fact, before he got
through with the snake he felt like
a usurer, mine discovered or bank
robber.
In the provident and thrifty snakes
midst were one half dollar, eleven
quarters. nine dimes, fifteen nickels
and two cents.
More remarkable still, the coins
were stacked so as to be accommo-
dated to the diminishing calibre of
the snakes purse. That is, the has
dollar was nearest to the mouth Of
the purse, then the quarters and so
on, the dimes last, although a dime
is nearly as large in circumference as
a cent.
Mr.. Sonstrom has the snake, S4.92
in change and the bridge remains in
its place.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
REvlvALISTs HYNoTIsTs.
People Are Converted by Suggestions
Says Chicago Professor.

People Are Converted by Suggestions
Says Chicago Professor.
Chicago.-Religious "revivals" were
classed with hypnotic seances and
scored for their unnatural and
weird" results by Prof. Edward Sc:ib-
ner Ames, of the University of Chica.
go, in lecture on "The Development
of the Personal Religious Experience"
at the university. Prof. Ames declar-
ed that revival converts were likely
to be undesirable additions to the
church.
'In no respect is there grec .er
agreement among the psychologists
of religion than that the methods OF
revivals are essentially methods OF
hypnotism," said the speaker. "The
fixing of attention, the manipulation
of the subjects through a series Of
suggestions, the final mandatory e.
hortation to surrender and to indicate
1t by simple motor response-all
these are the we'll known methods of
hypnotism.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
LITTLE WATER VAPoR ON MARS.
Professor Campbell Unable to Detect
lt-Atmosphere of Planet.

Professor Campbell Unable to Detect
lt-Atmosphere of Planet.
San Jose, Cal.-People on the
planet Mars, if any live there, breathe
an atmosphere which is almost desti-
tute of moisture. This is the con-
clusion of w w. Campbell, director
of the Lick Observatory, who return
cd recently from making observations
from the summit of Mount Whitney,
the highest point in the United States
Water vapor on Mars does not ex-
list in sufficient quantities to be de-
tected by the spectorscopic method"
says Professor Campbell. "This does
not prove that life does not or cannot
exist on Mars. The question of life
under these conditions is biologists
problem rather than an astronomers.
Professor Campbell added that his
observations disproved the theories
that the canals of Mars were made by
man.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
MANY ALBINO WILD ANIMALS.
Game Warden Fears This Means
Game is Disappearing.


South Norwalk, Conn.-Wild birds
and animals are being hunted so
closely in this State that they are
turning white from the constant fear
under which they labor. White deer,
white foxes. white squirrels, white
shot this season. Most of them also
had pink eyes and were weak Wilbur
F. Smith, a game warden, who is an
authority on animals and birds, says
he never received so many authenti-
Gated reports of the killing of albino
animals as he has received this sea-
son.
II think it is sign of the decad-
ence of wild animals and birds in
Connecticut" Smith said. "The in
roads of civilization on their haunts
and the continual harassing by the
hunters shortly will bring about ex-
termination unless the game laws be
made more stringent. Of course, It is
not unusual to hear of Albino birds
and animals. They have been report
ed from all the States. l never have
known, however, so many such freaks
of nature as we have here now"
Albino squirrels have been shot by
John Shaughnessy Of Weston and
Frederick Jones of Reading. Other
hunters report that they not only have
killed albinos, but that they also have
seen many more than they succeeded
in killing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
PLUTocRATIc PIONEERS.
Men Who Go West Now to Make
Money Must lake Some Alona.

WGI WIN w VCSt tNOw 10 WAKE
Money Must Take Some Along.
OF the 924,695 aliens admitted to
the United States in 1908, II per cent.
went to New York, Pennsylvania, Illi-
nois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey,
and more than 95 per cent of these
sought the larger cities OF the States
named, Fifteen per cent OF the re.
mainder went to other suburban cen.
tres as laborers and the bare IA per
cent. were distributed in the West
and South
The West to-day and the South
want specialists. says the Van Norden
Magazine. With opportunities as
boundless almost as they were when
the first schooners crossed the prai
ries or the first pioneer went south
along the Atlantic coast, still there is
no room for the class described as
Ignorant OF trade, lacking in re-
sources, of criminal tendencies and
with an aversion to country lite."
The modern pioneer goes west with
money and he makes money. There
is to-day county after county in the
middle West In which there is not a
single mortgage on farm property re.
corded. In these districts the average
bank deposit Is greater than that in
rural France. held up for long as the
model of the world II is not the
country to which an immigrant bring.
ing an average of eighteen dollars
could 60 and succeed. The competi.
ton is a little too strong and he
knows It,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
ATHLETICS THE LOVE CURE.
Makes Girls LeVeI-Headed About
Men, Miss May sutton Observes.

Men, MISS May sutton observes.
Los Angeles, Cal.-"Athletics are
the best antidote for love-" was May
Sutton's reply to an inquiry on her
views of matrimony. Miss Sutton.
who is the woman tennis champion,
has just returned from long Eastern
trip.
II still think that no girl should
marry before she is twenty-five
said twenty-five because l Judge en-.
tirely by the nearly universal happi-
ness of the English wives, and they
don't marry young. Do you hear much
of divorce in England? No; and here
1t is growing to be distinct feature
of this country. ! have often thought
that perhaps the English girls tend.
ency to sports has something to do
with her levelheadedness concerning
men. Athletics aren't especially con-
ducive to sentiment.
"Any athletic girl American or
English, is not as apt to marry as
young as the typical society girl The
society girl lives in the atmosphere
OF dancing, OF music, Of soft lights,
and of fiattery. | don't say that socie-
ty Isn't necessary to a girls develop.
ment. but do mean-that athletics are
the best antidote for the poison OF
premature love AFFAIRS"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
poa SWAIN AII paY In WeII.

GAINESVILLE, Minn-Nearly famished
and in state of exhaustion, Grover, a
little water spaniel belonging to Bar
ney Howletts of this city, was taken
from an inclosed well, containing sew
en- feet of water. after swimming for
eighteen hours without rest. How
lett was crossing the field In which
the we'll is located. and the dog was
not missed until late that night Next
day, while looking for him, he heard
his muffied barks and whining and
freed him from his predicament
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
DOCTOR MADE A NEW THUMB.
Whitfield It from Patients Leg Bono
and Covered II with Skin.


DR.. X. Koesske has described in a
German medical publication some re-
markable results in plastic surgery.
"In one Of his cases, which, as far
as he is aware, is unique in surgical
literature" says the International
Journal Of Surgery, "he replaced a
thumb which had been entirely lost
in an accident by section Of the
tibia (leg bone) with it's attached
periosteum and by skin taken from
the chest The transplanted parts
united without undergoing subsequent
contraction and degeneration.
The case is of special interest be-
cause hitherto transplanted bone has
always been interposed between
healthy sections of bone, while in this
instance the piece Of tibia was direct
ly implanted into a funnel-shaped ex-
cavation in the head of the first me-
tacarpal.
IAN excellent substitute for a nor
NAL thumb. In spite of the absence of
the terminal and proximal phalanges,
was obtained In this way, the patient,
a boy of 13 years. being able to bring
1t in contact with the other fingers, as
in writing. There has also been a
gradual establishment of the sense of
touch. Later, the author intends to
transplant the nail, with matrix and
surrounding soft parts. from one of
the toes to the new member.