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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08
olFFERENTIALs STILL STAND
Charles M. Hays of the Grand Trunk
Maintains His Ground.

New York. April 6.-Another pro
longed meeting of the presidents OF
eastern trunk lines and steamship
companies, who are interested in the
freight traffic disputes between the
trunk lines and the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad over diff
ferential agreement between that road
and the Canadian Pacific was held
here today The meeting adjourned
late in the day without having reach
ed a decision. Another meeting will
be held April 10.
Evidently the question is a very
lmotty one for 1t was said after the
meeting that no progress in solving
II had been made today. A PROPOSE
tion to submit the entire subject to
disnterested arbitrarian committee
was considered, but nothing definite
along this line was decided upon.
At the last meeting a committee
consisting of the presidents of the
! New York, New Haven and Hartford
the New York Central, the Lacka-
wanna, the Erie and the Boston and
Maine was appointed to obtain the
concurrence of the Grand Trunk and
the action of the trunk line president
on the differential rate situation The
committee accomplished nothing 1t
was stated, as Charles NJ. Hays, vice
| president and general manager OF the
! Grand Trunk line who has the matter
| in charge was out of town and could
not. therefore, be conferred with. Mr.
Hays was also absent from the meet
| ing today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08
UPHOLD 2Iz GENT RATE
Court Of Appeals DissoIves Injunction
Obtained by Railroads in South.

Court Of Appeals DissoIves Injunction
Obtained by Railroads in South.
New Orleans, April 6.-The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals today
dissolved the injunction ordered by
Judge Thomas G. Jones, in the United
States District court, at Montgomery,
Ala, restraining the state railroad
commission from putting a 2ia cent
passenger rate and reduced freight
rates into effect. The opinion of the
Circuit Court of Appeals was con-
Cured in by Justices Shelby and Nc
Cormick Justice Pardee dissenting.
The litigation grew out of the en-
actment OF certain laws in 1907,
which provided for a maximum pas
senger rate of az cents a mile and a
material reduction of freight rates on
railways within the state of Alabama.
The railroads attacking these statutes
were the Western. of Alabama; Cen
trail of Georgia, South and North
Alabama, Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis, railway, and the Louisville
and Nashville.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

ence towns this year. probably in the
neighborhood of $4,000 Can any
reasonable citizen of the state object
to the towns and cities collecting a
moderate fee to pay extra policing
bills, etc? Should even the prohibit
tionists object to this after carrying
their point and getting away from the
towns so large share of the license
money that no town will vote license
for the small amount it can realize
through a local license fee?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08
BOY BLAMEs DIME NOVELS
johnson Gives Excuse for Attempting
to Blackmail Asa G. Gambler

Atlanta, Ga. April Tt was just
a fool notion | got from reading dime
novels" said Daniel w. Johnson, Jr.,
the is year old boy who was jailed
here last night for having attempted
to extort $500 from Asa G.. Gambler
a prominent banker through Black
Hand methods.
The young man at first told the pol
ice that he had been forced by three
strangers to write letters to Mr..
Gambler demanding the money. He
now admits that the scheme was OF
his own concoction.
Johnson wrote the second letter on
Sunday repeating his threats of death
to Mr.. Gambler in case of his non-com-
pliance and then went to church and
took his regular place in Mr.. Gamblers
Sunday school class.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

The Bennington Banner says the
State might do worse than TO choose
still another native of Jamaica for a
position on the bench in the person
of Hon. o. NJ Barber of Bennington
Doesn't the Banner know that the
old saying but few die and none re-
sign" is especially applicable to Yer
mont judges? And besides, the
bench, both Supreme and Superior, is
as large as it will be for many, many
years to come ?-Morrisville News
and Citizen.
Admitted as to the latter statement
and privately and not to have it go
any farther we may as well own up
that we have grave fears that you
are also right in your Interpretation
of the old proverb.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

In Barre the city council has fixed
the price of druggists licenses at $40.
This about the proper figure. If a
druggist sells only according to law,
there is almost no profit in the busi-
ness and it is not good common sense
or good business to make the license
fee so high that druggist will be
tempted to break the law to get his
money back.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08
PRICES FOR POTATOES GO UP
Advance of 7 to 10 Cents on Bushel
During the Last Week.

Chicago, April 7.-During the last
week wholesale prices for potatoes
have advanced Z cents a bushel and
for extra quality stock about 10 cents.
the better grades being established
above the dollar mark The top price
now is Sl.02 on the street, which
means from 40 to so cents a peck at
retail
The cause for the increase is the
light stock at distributing points and
the holding tendency on the part OF
the farmer. Importations from Eur
ope checked the advance for a time,
but foreign supplies are about ex-
hausted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08
STOCK QUOTATIONS

Noon Quotations from J. r. WilIlston
& Co. to Bennington Security Co.
The following noon quotations we<s
received today by the Bennington Sc
curity company from J. r. Williston &
company Of New York by special
wire:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08
Notice..

Now is the time you want your lace
curtains done ready for your spring
house cleaning There is no one that
can do them better or cheaper than
the Bennington Sanitary Laundry.
Remember we guarantee satisfaction.
Call in or telephone for prices.
Bennington Sanitary Laundry.
J. H. Powers Proprietor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

Breathing dust in various occupa-
lions is said to cost over 10000 lives
year in this country alone. Dust
is a dangerous nuisance everywhere,
whether breathed or thrown in your
owes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

Happy Bennington It's had a
trolley car named after it.'-Brattle-
boro Reformer.
Flat-wheeled probably.-St. Adams
Messenger.
Not yet, dear.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

Mayor Burke of Burlington starts
OFF his new administration with char
acteristic lack of tact by peremptory
demands for designations, Barre
Times,
Yes, and lack of tact on the part of
one of his opponents landed Burke in
the mayors chair.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

Much better impose a tax on tea
than on millinery, silk, gloves and
imported hosiery People can get
along without tea.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

People who plowed their gardens
yesterday gave up the idea of plant
ing them today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

A correspondent to the Ludlow Trl-
bune is original in expression anyhow
when he says;
Il think a room full of old women
could get together of an evening and
take snuff and knit and do more good
and less harm than the 275 or 276
members of the Vermont Legislature
did in go days
The above is respectfully referred
to Representative Howe of the Ben
nington Banner, who attends to all
such cases.-Northfield News.
This same correspondent of the
Tribune also favors going back to
the district system of managing
schools and the highway surveyor
style of building roads. He objects
to the state supporting a laboratory
of hygiene, thinks the laws against
child labor are foolish and needless,
objects to pure food law, all the laws
for the protection of fish and game,
Is not interested in his theories and
respectfully refers him to the Rut-
land Herald, the Burlington Clipper,
the Randolph Herald and News and
other reactionaries who are in SYM
pathy. with him in wholesale condem-
nation. All the more progressive
papers in the state have gotten their
eyes open. We might say more, but
this is Holy week and we desire to be
ae charitable as nOssibIe
The city of st. Adams has adopted
an ordinance fixing the license fees
for inns, lunch rooms, bowling alleys,
pool rooms, etc, which includes city
license fee of 5000 for a liquor saloon
holding a first class license, $500 for
one holding a second class license,
! $3.50 for third class, and $50 for fifth
class. The recent Legislature took
away from towns voting license the
half of the fees they had previously
received from granting licenses and
converted them into the state treas
ury. This move on the part of St.
Adams appears to be local effort
to impose a local license fee to make
up for the loss sustained and it will
! be interesting to note how it works
out If it stands the test, other COM
munities will be sure to adopt 1t and
the liquor business in Vermont will
be fairly taxed out of eXistence.-Bar-
re Times.
Why taxed out of existence if the
liquor dealer pays no more than for
merly? Licensees in st. Adams here
tofore have paid $1,000 for a first class
license and $1,000 for a second class
license. 1t will be no more of a tax
on them if they each pay the state
$500 and each first class dealer pays
the city 5000 and each second class
dealer pays $500 Why isn't it per
fectly fair and honorable for the city
of st Adams or any other town to
take this action? The state is going
to get a large revenue from the lie
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08
Consumption
WANrer

w ANTED-A housekeeper In small family.
w Middle aged lady preferred. Enquire ut
1874 Adams street, or write Z. o. Box l5i Ben
nineton, Vt. 33tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

w AhTED-A boy between 10 and 20 years
w al the Putnam House. Inquire of T. e.
Cornell. Proprietor. S3t2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

U,O RENT Small tenement. Inqui.e At sll
i Maple st. ~o'o
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

TINO RENT-A good desirable tenement for
i small family; all modern improvements; at
6N Main st. Inquire Elmer lockwood TEL
1861. ~'u
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

mo RENT-Desirabe tenements, Offices
stores, mill property with water power
individual storage lockers. VIM. Z. Hawks. 40
North st.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08
LOST

7 OST-A card case, somewhere between the
Baptist parsonage and post Office. Finder
please return to Banner Office. l5tt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

yyo RFNT-Tbe Chandler Homestead on
North street II room house with hot ana
cold water bath and all modern Improvements.
Apply to Clarence Chandler. Tel. SPILL o%ll
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

\ OST-Two 10 inch tall Teddy bears, brown
| and white. on April eth, on South street
or post office corner Finder please leave a
Banner Office. S5tl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

ITO RENT-Two desirable tenements ON
MUM 27tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

WtN" Tenement on Depot street:
modern improvements w h Sibley. 5lti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

rl,o RENT-C. E. Dewey has house to rent:
lOOtf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

MT ANIED-W Waitress apply TO Mrs. G. N:
w Graves, Hillside street. oSiI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

ITO Rent House on Elm st. with all mod
beriv .10G2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

xxTANTED-Selling agent for Herreshof
w automobile for Bennington and Vicnlty
p o. Box $50 Troy, n. y. ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08
70 RENT

ITO KENT-H House ON Putnam street Price
4 $500 per month. Apply at Bennington
County Savings Bank. ''l
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

NOR SALE or To RentT-Small farm in
4 SALISBURY % acres good buildings ana
good land WIN exchanges for village property:
Apply Mrs. Addie Elwell, Soldiers Home 0ito
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

JHOR SALE-Restaurant IA years under
II same management. in town of 35,OVO pop
ulation. Address Box 233 Fitchburg, Mass
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

NyANTED- Men wanted to learn the auto
w mobile business in my garage. Price
SO Send stamp for particulars. j. u h vasa,
300 fremont ST., Boston. lZt]i
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

u,OR SALE-Single comb buff and white
Y Orpingtons. prize-winning stock; 10 eggs
for 81 so; infertiles replaced free; incubator
eggs 81 DER 100. X. II. Rice. Pownal VI. 5Sto
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

I7OK sALE-C e. and E. Dewey have
j. building lots. olt%
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

ITO RENTAL 800 Silver St.. Groom tene-
ment with bath room, pantry and gas Tor
cooking, also small garden. Inquire OF NJ
Armstrong $40 Gage st. @dta
yNO RENT-House at the corner of Grand
View and Silver streets. Very desirable
house in fine location. Apply to l. f. Gibson;
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

NTANTED-YO men to train for posi-
w tons ms high class travelling ana local
statesmen You can greatly, increase your pres.
ent salary and prospects by addressing The
Sellers Institute Rochester, n. Y. 30t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-08

VXyASTED-Job as carpenter or in any
w line of work by u competent handy
man, Inquire at Banner ofiice. 5iiS
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-03
THEATER IS PACKED TO
HEAR NOTED LECTURER

The Salt Lake theater was packed from
top 10 bottom Sunday evening 10 hear
William G. Ewing. c. s. B.. lecture on
Christian Science under the auspices
of the Second Church OF Christ. Scientist.
OF this city. The lecturer was for SIX
years judge OF the superior court In lli-
nois. and Is now a member of the board
OF lecturcship of the First Church oil
Christ, Scientist, OF Boston. Mass.
G. r. Stephens OF Salt Lake introduced
DR.. Ewing, who said In part: II know
nothing higher. | know nothing holicr;
nothing better for You and for ne and
for the world. than the teaching OF the
Church OF Christ Scientist. and yet there
IS perhaps no other religious teaching
that stirs up so much antagonism as does
ours. II Christian science in any way
inirinees upon the marvellous teachings
of Jesus Christ, il 1t In any way antag-
onizes the beautiful and bountifu re-
demptlon which Jesus brought TO the
world. this criticism is deserved and you
should never rest until the world Is rid
OF the teachings of the science. II on the
other hand thorough and conscientious
examination of the beliefs of the creed,
reveals the fact that the opposite is true,
your objections and your criticism should
cease
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-03
Efforts to Decrease Fire Losses
Not Meeting With Great Success

fires five times as many lives as are
lost in the other countries. In l90o,
according TO the United States census,
5000 persons died Of burns, and perhaps
10000 were seriously injured.
.'No other country suffers so cnor-
nous conflagration losses as does the
United States. and il is this class OF
loss, due to the rapidity with which
fires spread, involving whole blocks and
cities. that require attention. In spite
of the most efficient FIRE departments
in the world, for which American cities
are celebrated, and in spite of an abun.
dant water supply all human efforts
are powerless when once hre gets
under considerable headway where in
flammablc and flimsy building construc-
tion prevails, with the result that in
every city and village in the United
States there is ever present the post
bility Of large loss of life and prop
erty.
'The federal government is directly
interested in this question, because 1T
is the owner of buildings valued at
more than half billion dollars which
are not insured, and is spending more
than S2O,oo0:o0o each year, for new
structures This building and construc-
tion work is all intended to be of
permanent nature. 1t involves inter
ests of such magnitude that the gov
ernment can afford To take no risks
concerning either the methods Of con-
struction or the materials TO be used
II is, therefore, necessary that Its ar
chitccts and engineers have definite in
formation concerning the hreresisting
qualities Of the different materials of
construction to the end that the gov.
ernment's buildings may be properly
safeguarded from FIRE within and with
out.
Carrying out this idea. the geolog-
ical survey, through its technologlc
branch. some time ago completed
series of preliminary fire tests Of build
ing materials, which will soon he
printd by the government in the form
of bulletin. The building materials
were placed in furnace where gas
flames were forced by n blast OF air
against one side of the material. After
two hours, in which the material was
heated to the point expected in a con.
flagration, the material was taken from
tho furnace and the water turned on
from hose to get the conditions which
obtain after the tremen begin their
work. The conditions under which
these tests were made were unusually
severe, and, as none of the materials
passed perfectly, it proved a good test
for comparative purposes The tests
are not In any way conclusive, being
the first of an extended series of in
vcStigations; but they point out the
weaknesses of the different materials -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-03
Results Of Solitary Confinement.

AS a deterrent" the advocates OF the
abolition of capital punishment Insist on
Imprisonment for life between four walls,
Whether it is efticaclous Is strcnuously
denied nowhere more authoritatively than
In Italy. where, however, it remains In
lect OF lethal crime and its penalty was
discussed by the house OF commons just
forty years ago. and In the Hansard OF
that day will be found the Impressive
speech OF John Stuart Mil. who threw the
weight Of his authority Into the nonabo-
litionst scale, first, because the gallowS
or the guillotinc was superior as a de-
interests OF the assassin himself. they
were much more humane. The life in
death of such rcgicides as Passanante
or Bresci or. indeed, OF the inmates Of
such establishments as that of Monte
pulo In Tuscany, bears all TOO eloquent
attestation to the British philosophers
contenton--the said inmates. as described
by humanitarian visitors like Signor
Dominione. being reduced to straits, mem
tai and physical, such as to inspire the
profoundest pity, even when they do not
cut short their sufTerings by suicide. The
"Secolo.' OF Milan, under the heading,
II Drammi del Cellularc ('"rhe Trage-
dies Of the Prison Cell'D. gives harrow
ing details OF these sufterings: "altrl ten
tativi di suicide" (other attempts ut sui
cide.) being reported as among the incl
dents OF the most terrible OF punishments.
The impression remaining on the reader
OF Signor Dominoine's revelations is all
in favor OF the British practice so re-
Gently indorscd by the French parliament
revelations all the more cogent as ap-
pcaring in a democrative organ tradition
ally welded TO the abolitionist LenetS of
Bcccnira.-Italian Correspondent of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-03
OPINION IS GIVEN ON
ALASKA SALMON LAW
No Monopoly Can Be Secured
in Use of the Word
"SOckeye."

WASHINGTON. May 2.-There can ba
no monopoly in the use Of the word
''Sockcye" in denominatlng the species
OF salmon canned by any of the great
salmon packing interests OF the Pacihc
coast or OF Alaska, nor is packer re-
quircd 10 state on the label OF his cans
the locality in which the salmon is taken.
according TO decision by Solicitor earle
FOR the department OF commerce and la,
hor, In an Informal opinion to the United
States fish commission. The latter In
qulred whet<>r the Alaska salmon law
enacted by congress on June 8. 1906, re-
qulres that the label used by the packers
shall state the locality in which the sal
mon was taken.
1t was pointed out by the commission 8
fish which is packed by the Alaskan sal
mon industries and labeled as the Sock
eye" Is also caught In Puget sound and
the waters OF British Columbia and
canned under a label Identical with that
used for the product OF the Alaskan fish
eries-that is. ''Sockeye." But 1t was
two localities are OF the same species:
there Is difference In the quality. OF
their food value, the difference In market
price being 80 cents In favor OF Puget
sound and the waters of British Column
bia.
The commission took the position.
therefore. In View of the alleged inferiori-
ty Of the Alaska pack. and the failure
OF the Alaskan packers 10 indicate the
locality of their produce on the labels
produced by them constitutes violation
of the act of congress. The solicitor did
not concur In this View.
The Puget sound packers have no more
exclusive right TO use the term 'Sockeye
salmon exclusively than the Alaskan pack
crs," declared the solicitor 'Thc word
'Sockeye' being descriptive of specie OF
fish, Is not subject to exclusive use OF
the packers of either locality, II the Pu-
get sound packers can produce a superior
quality of fish. they can easily label their
product
lie held that the act does not require
that Alaskan packers shall indicate the
locality Of their product upon either la
bel. Some Idea OF the Importance OF the
"Sockcye" salmon industry may he
cleaned from the fact that the total catch
OF this fish In Alaska in 1908 was 2i.9i2,-
1926 pounds, representing a commercial
value OF SI.3lS. .04S.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-03
SUBJECTS OF h|KADO
GIVEN BIG RECEPTION
Sailors, officers and Cadets of
Japanese Squadron Are En-
tertained.

SAN FRANCISCO, May Six hun
dred sailors and about 100 officers and
cadets OF the Japanese training squadron,
which arrived here yesterday morning
were entertained in Golden Gate park to-
day Lieutenant Potect of Admiral swim
burnes stan acted as master OF ccre-
monies and guide and - visitors We're
enthusiastic In their praise of the beau
tiful playground.
The officers were taken In the auto
mobiles and the men made the seven
mile trip to the beach In street cars:
From the latter point the sailors marched
II mile or so TO the music pavilion, where
they attended a band concert provided
by the city.
Thousands of citizens thronged the
pack In get near view OF the lltlle
brown men whose mates had fought so
effectively against the Russians. The or
dinary enlisted men were uniformed mucn
as American sailors. but the cadets and
officers were smartly garbcd with much
gold braid and wore short swords s'ni-
lar TO the poinin carried by German OH
GERS.
After the concert the guests were es-
corted to the Japanese tea garden. pic
turoSkuc spot whose scenic effects arc
copied by the landscape gardener after
n Japanese scene. Day fireworks, aero
batic exhibitions and basket luncheon
were the features OF the programme at
the garden, \ committee OF members OF
the local Japanese colony had charge OF
the arrangements.
Afterward the guests strollcd about
the park, visiting the museum. av,ary
zoo and other attractions.