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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
PERATOR BROWNS
WITH HAND ON
WIRELESS KEY
Summoned Aid and Went Down
With Sinking Steamer
PASSENGERS ARE RESCUED
Final Message Was Never, Finished
-Four Others Lost Their
Lives.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. ga tragedy
of the wireless is a part of the news
received here of the sinking of the
steamer Ohio off Steep Point, Alaska
at / o'clock Yesterday morning with
loss of five lives, though no passen'
gers were lost One of the five was
George c. Eccles, the wireless opera
tor. Eccles, who had been in wire
less conversation vita an operator OF
the United Wireless Company at Ket-
chikan, Alaska, just before the Ohio
struck a rock, called Booth, the Ket-
chilean operator, 10 tell him that the
Ohio had struck. He got into COM
munication with two other steamers,
flashed them tne Ohio's bearings, and
described the state OF affairs aboard
the Ohio down to the time when he
said that they were waiting for him
in a boat
This. his last message, was not
finished. II ended:
my God. I'm"
The telegraphic account of the dis
aster from Operator Booth, who had
il by wireless from E,ccles. is this:
About l a. IN. | was sitting with
my receivers clapped to my ears, hav-
ing inst finished working with Opera
tori Eccles on board the Ohio, when
was startled by hearing him call &C.
Q. d., c. Q. d.
Il Immediately answered. and he
sent the following message:
Ohio struck rock-steamer
sinking-send aid Immediately. or
everybody will be lost
The steamships Humboldt and
Rupert of the Mckenzie Brothers
Steamship Company happened to be
near at the time and they both called
the Ohio, asking for her latitude.
Eccles gave it Immediately, and the
rupert flashed back that tney would
change their course and stand by the
Ohio as soon as possible.
in the meantime Eccles sent an
other message:
Ohio sinking fast-cannot hold
out. Passengers being taken off
in small oatstCaptain and crew
will stick to the last.
THE Humboldt and Rupert both re-
piled that they were headed for the
Ohio and would pick the passengers
up. Then came the final message
from the stricken vessel 1t was
never finished:
Passengers all OFF and adrift in
small boats. Captain and crew
going off in the last boat, wait
ing for me now. Goodbye. My
God, I'm
Il was unable to get him again"
concludes Booth, and | knew he had
gone down with his Snip"
The steamer Ohio left Seattle for
Valdez, Alaska, Aug. "a. with 1875 pas
sengers. The Ohio belonged to the
ALASKA Steamship Company, was
valued at 100000 and is total loss"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
FOUND DEAD IN A BARN
Body of n. Parent of Donby Discover
ed Under Peculiar Circumstances.

Body Of n. Parent of Donby Discover
ed Under Peculiar Circumstances.
Dandy, Aug. 2S.-The dead body OF
Harrison Parent of this town, 2S
years old, was found yesterday morn
ing by Charles Mulligan in the lat
ter's barn. From the position OF the
body, the fact that che skin was
purple and that there were no bruises
discernable has led the citizens of
the town to believe that the man
smothered to death as he lay on the
old mattress in a drunken sleep.
Parent was employed in one of the
marble quarries here. He seldom
drank to excess and bore good repu-
tation. Ii was learned last night now
ever, that he was found on the street
last night by two or three young men
in a helpless condition. Thinking
that they were doing him a favor
these young men carried Parent into
Mulligan's barn and placed him on
the mattress, leaving him there to
sleep of mis- jag. but whether they
left him in the position in which he
was found is not known.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
RUMoR is DENIED
.Trolly Line Has Not Been Purchased
BY New York Central

Trolly Line Has Not Been Purchased
by New York Central
Albany, Aug. 2S-Denial is made
by those interested that 1.-The New
York State promoters of the Troy,
Rensselaer, & Pittsfield Railroad had
sold out their interests to the New
York Central as reported from Pitts
field. "Taere is ABSOLUTELY no truth to
the statement" said Randall j. lie
Bouef, who has been closely allied
with the plan to build trolley be
tween this city and Pittsfield. Mel
ther the New York Central nor any
one else has purchased the property,
and the prospects for the line are as
bright as ever
1t is known that the entire PROPOSE
ton depends largely upon tne reor.
ganization plans of the Albany & Hud
son Railroad which is now up to the
Public Service Commission. If the
commission gives approval the third
rail system will at once begin to dou
ble-tract its line between here and
Electric Park and then the Pittsfield
branch will be built so as to connect
the Albany & Hudson at or near East
Schodack.
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DIED OF NEGLECT
Brattleboro Health officer InVestigat
ing Death of Infant.

Brattleboro, Aug. ,2S DIR. Henry
Tucker, health officer for Brattleboro
is making an investigation into the
circumstances surrounding the death
of Alice Amy Hamilton, one of the
twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Hamilton, who live in West Brattle-
boro on the Dummerston road.
The baby died Thursday. DR.. G. b.
Hunter who was the attending physi-
clan. was called in during the last
hours of the child's Illness, and he is
sued death certificate giving the
chief cause of death as neglect. The
baby was born August II. Mr.. and
Mrs Hamilton were married by Town
Clerk William s. Newton on March
26. The bride, VINO was Miss Edith
Haley T-Marlboro, gave her age as
II. while the bridegroom, who claim
ed to come from Pittsfeld, Mass.
said he was 20 years old.
The father of the children is alleg-
ed to be of mixed negro blood, al
though he gave his color as white
when ne procured his marriage IL
cense The other girl, one OF the
twins. also is said to be in a danger
Gus condition because of the neglect
of her parents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
MAXIMUM ON PULP
This Country Will Meet the Export
Tax from Canada

Tax from Canada
The treasury department has com.
pleted regulations governing the inn
portation of wood pulp under the
Payne law, which will be issued in a
few days. 1t is understood that the
maximum rates will apply on practic-
ally all importations into the United
States.
The new law provides a duty of 1-12
of l cent a pound on mechanically
ground wood pulp with the exception
that free pulp may be admitted from
any country which does not restrict
the expectation of pulp.
1t was charged in Congress during
the tariff debate that no Canadian
wood pulp would be admitted free and
apparently the charges were corr ect.
Treasury investigation has disclosed
that the Province of Quebec imposes
an export tax of 25 cents a cord on
pulp wood and that Ontario prohibits
the expectation. Wood pulp from On,
tario therefore will have TO pay the
tax of one-twelfth of a cent pound,
while wood pulp from Quebec will
pay this tax and in addition 20 cents
a cord, the amount of the export duty
on pulp wood
Acting Secretary of the Treasury
Reynolds returned to Washington to-
day from New York where he confer
red with Collector Loeb and looked
into the workings of the new tarff
law. He announced today a general
increase in customs receipts in all
of the larger cities, indicating that
the Payne law will prove large rev
enue producer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
STRIKE BREAKERS QUIT
Imported Men Leave Works of Press
Steel Car Company.

steel Car company.
Pittszurg, Aug. 2S.-lmported men,
numbering 200, quit work yesterday
at The Pressed Steel Car Company,
McKees Rocks. and in a body
marched TO the bank of the Ohio
River, where they say they will camp
until the company has paid them for
their work. After getting the money
due them it is their intention, it is
said, to return to their homes in yari-
Gus Eastern and Western cities.
These new men claim there are on
ly 300 workmen left in the plant and
that all of them will leave the mill
by today.
The men allege they were given
poor food, subjected to cruel treat
ment, and that they were forced to
work when they wanted to quit.
Three men, i'll and weak, tainted
when they reached the river bank.
James Given OF Philadelphia, who is
said to have lost thirty pounds in the
fourteen days he worked in the mill,
was taken to the Emergency Hospital
of the company.
A large number of the men. it is
said, will come to the Federal Build
ing during the day and make affidavit
before SpeciS Agent Hoagland of
Washington, ID. c., sent here by the
Department of Justice for the purpose
of investigating alleged charges of
peonage.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
U. S. DISPENSATORY
Describes the Principal ingredients
OF Pe-ru-nd.

VI TCt0-uos
Are we claiming too much for Pc
runa when we claim 1t to be an effec-
tive remedy for chronic catarrhl Have
we abundant proof that Peruna Il In
reality such a catarrh remedyi Let
us see what the United States Dispen-
satory says of the principal ingred-
tents of Peruna.
Take, for instance, the ingredient
hydrastis canadensis, or golden seal
The United States Dispensatory says
of this herbal remedy, that it is large
ly employed in the treatment Of de-
PRAYED mucous membranes, chronic
rhinitis nasal catarrh) }, atomic dyspep-
STA (catarrh of the stomach), chronic
intestinal catarrh, catarrhal jaundics
(catarrh of the liver, and in diseased
mucous membranes of the pelvic
organs. 1t is also recommended for
the treatment of various forms of dis
eases peculiar to women.
Another ingredient of Peruna, cory
dalis formosa, is classed in the United
States Dispensatory as tonic. Isused
as a treatment for chronic constitu.
tional diseases and scrofula.
Cedron seeds is another ingredient
of Peruna, an excellent drug that has
been very largely overlooked by the
medical profession for the past fifty
years. The seeds are to be found In
very few drug stores. The United
States Dispensatory says of the action
of cedron that it is used as bitter
tonic and in the treatment of dysen-
terry, and in intermittent diseases az q
for quinine.
These are not all of the medicinal
Peruna contains. Suffice
it to say that it is a compound Of
herbal remedies, each one of which
has, from time to time, been recon-
mended by physicians of all schoolA
for different catarrhal conditions.
If you want to know what the peo-
pie say send to US for a free book Of
testimonials of what the people think
of Peruna as catarrh remedy. LITER
all has been said, the best evidence for
or against any remedy is the testi.'
mony of those who have tried il.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
SENDER YACHT RACES
Eyes Of Two Nations Will Be OF
Little Boats

BOSTON, Aug. 2S.-The official circu
lar for the guidance of contestants in
the international sender class match
off Marblehead next week has been is
sued.
To yachtsmen it indicated that
decks were clear for the trial and
skill and speed between six little
yachts of Germany and America; that
the boats and crews were ready with
every last thing in tne way of prepar-
alton done.
Several circumstances tend to make
next weeks match an important ev-
ent in the years yachting. One is the
fact that it is a rubber, both sides
having won, an American team hav-
ing taken the Roosevelt cup at Mar
blehead in 1906 and a German team
the kaser's cup at Kiel in 1907. There
was no match In 1908.
Another fact that enlists public in
terest in tne match is that it is the
only international Yachting event of
the year. In short, these races have
served TO keep alive interest in inter
national sailing matches, since the
New York Yacht club but the Amer
lea cup in the locker and padlocked
it in.
There are many yachtsmen who
hope they will pave the way to racing
between America and Germany vita
larger boats, possibly for the America
cup, could a way be found to draw
that famous prize from its retirement
Outside the immediate circle of
racing yachtsmen few Americans
know the meaning of the term sender
boat. Like the boat the term is Ger
man. 1t means special. The sender
class is Germany's special class of
small yachts; that is they are built
to a special rule or formula, and are
not affected by the ordinary rules
governing yacht measurement and
construction in Europe.
The class is the most successful in
Europe. Tnis is due to its perman-
ency. traceable in a large measure to
the influence of the German emperor,
who has protected it against changes
in rules He has referred to II as
my sender class"
American yachtsmen took up the
sender class in 1906 when the first
Gern,an-American match was arrang-
ed. The boats were entirely new to
American yachtsmen, yet IL were
built in that year, and the three sell
ected after trial races easily defeated
the three boats sent from Germany.
This year 13 boats were built in
America and with six old boats there
were 10 in ten trials which resulted
in the choice of the present American
team.
The boats this year are built to the
same rules as those of former years,
except for minor changes. The CON
is according to a scale that
guarantees 4 sound and seawortny
hull.
Tho dimensions may be varied as
the designer pleases, so long as ne
does not exceed a total of 80 feet for
the combined waterline length, draft
and width of the boat This simple
restriction results in a considerable
variety in the shape of the boats as
no two designers work out Identical
results.
No boat in the class shall weigh
less than 4035 pounds and none may
carry more than $50 square feet OF
sail. in mainsail and jib. Hollow
spars are not allowed
Compact, sound delicately Dalanc-
ed and fast, the little yachts must be
manned by natives of their respective
countries who must be genuine CORN
THAN sailors.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED
Aged Woman Fell Into MlIlpond al
Chester.

Chester, Aug. 2S.-Miss Maria L.
Reed, aged II years, who had been
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. f: d. Mar
tin in this village was accidentally
drowned here yesterday afternoon.
A pond which supplies Mr.. Martins
shop with power comes very near the
back door of the house, and it is sup
posed that Mrs. Reed, on going out
TO reach for some clothes that were
hanging on a line, lost her balance
and fell in. The body was found
about five rods from where the acct
dent occurred, and Miss Reeds watch
had stopped at $50 o'clock.
She was native of Chelmsford,
Mass, but for the last 25 years had
resided at 1876 Harrison avenue Bos-
ton. The body will be taken to
Chelmsford for burial.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
IN AN IRON CAGE
Pretender to Moorish Throne Parades
Streets of Fee.

Fee, Morocco, Aug. 2S-Confined in
an iron cage strapped to the back of
swaying camel. FL Roghi, the pre-
tender to the throne of Morocco, who
was captured recently by imperial
troops, was marched through the
streets of Fee yesterday morning, es-
corted by a strong guard The pre-
tender sat erect in his moving prison
and calmly and disdainfully ignored
the jeers of the populace at ais heels,
After an interview with the Sultan
who questioned him closely FL Rogbi
still in his cage, was taken within the
palace walls.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
BURGESS HORSE BROKE RECORD
Broke Track Record Unpaced at
Goshen, NJ. Y, Yesterday.

Goshen, n. Y, Friday.-One of the
most successful trotting meetings
ever held on the historic half-mile
track closed this afternoon. Condi-
tons during the afternoon were ideal,
and more than seven thousand per
sons were present, making the total
attendance for the four days some
thing like 10000.
An event which created no end OF
interest was the performance OF
MAMMA, fast trotting mare, by
Peter the Great, owned by b. A. Bulk
lev. of Southport, Conn, and driven
by Frank fl. Burgess, in an attempt
to beat the track record of 2;1lA,
made by Bush in 1897. This Nahma
did easily trotting in 2.O91a, in gale
of wind. amid unbounded enthusiasm.
This is said to be the fastest mile
ever trotted over a half-mile track
without pacemaker. Nahma has a
record of 2.07H. D.,
The driving park association had
offered her driver 500 in money or
plate to beat 2:11A; 5000 to beat
.2:1O. 5000 to beat 2:09 and $500 10
beat her own record of 2:O7A'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28

be their superiors.
The team has beaten Pittsfeld four
out of five games, lost three out of
four to North Adams, lost two to the
General Electrics of Schenectady,
won two and lost two with Hoosick
falls and won the other 20 including
one with the Jeffersonians of Sche-
nectady.
Outside of the wrangle In Hooslck
Falls, which resulted in the breaking
off of baseball relations with the
town, the career of the team both in
its conduct toward visiting players
and among the members themselves
has been harmonious in every re-
spect. There has been on rowdyism
at any of the games, no ungentleman-
ly conduct and because of these
things Remington takes off its hat TO
Manager Higgins and the Huckle-
berry boys.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Commission to Publish Digest Pleased
to Receive Suggestions.

meeting of the committee ap-
pointed by the Governor to arrange
for the publication of a digest Of the
decisions of the Supreme Court of
Vermont was held at the State House
Friday, August 20. The entire com
mittee consisting of o. NJ. Barber of
Bennington, NJ. c. Weber of Rutland
and o. S. Annis of North Troy we're
present. In view of the importance
of the subject, and its interest, parti-
cularly to the bar of Vermont and of
the desire of the committee to adopt
some method which shall prKe most
thorough and efficient. it was thought
best to say in some such manner as
will meet the public eye that the
committee will gladly receive and
consider any suggestions to the most
desirable method of digesting to
adopt The committee therefore in
vites lawyers, or for that matter
anyone, to advance ideas on the sub
ject.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28

has been at third base since early in
July. Brennan has been replaced at
center field by Hickey within the past
two weeks. burlington joined the
team soon after the close of the col
lege year at Vermont university and
Haynes little later.
Every change that has been made
in the team from the start mas been
an improvement, something that dem
onstrates the ability of Manager Hig-
gins as a director. The team has
been given excellent support by the
people of Bennington who have APP
peared to realize that the village is
being represented by an organization
lof gentlemanly young fellows who
can play base ball with the best of
teams from communities no larger in
population and hold its own vita
players who because of more extern
siye experience and training should
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
NEW SHOE STORE
F. ]. Kennedy, Formerly with A. X
Richie G. Co., to Be Proprietor.

F. j. Kennedy having severed his
connection as manager of the shoe
department of A. x. Richie & CO.,
will open for himself about the middle
of September a complete line of lad
les, misses and childrens shoes.
Having leased the new annex of H.
C. Roster & Co.. he will equip this
department as well as any in southern
Vermont and carry an exclusive line
of shoes, not for exclusive trade. but
for ALL While not carrying a line of
mems shoes he will gladly serve his
former patrons. AS what we are,
speak louder than what we say we
are, he sollcits for the future, the
generous patronage of the past.
Fred j. Kennedy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
ANTHRAX NEAR UTICA
Three Herds Found Affected With
Disease,

Utica, Aug. 2S.-Three large diaries
in Chenango county one at Guildford,
another at Oxford and the tnird at
Norwich are affected with anthrax.
Six of the cattle have died.
Chenango is in the heart of the
district which ships many thousands
of pounds of milk to New York and
other eastern points every day
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
TELEPHONE RATE HEARING
Utilities Commission Meets at Mont
pelier and Adjourn TO October

Montpelier, Aug. 27.-The hearing
before the public service commission
on the board of trade petition for bet
ter rates by the Vermont telephone
company yesterday was continued I'M
Ill October 8. but NJ. B. Jones and w.
B. Stickney, attorneys for the. tele-
phone company, filed their answer to
the petition, in which they denied that
the patrons were to pay higher rates
for two years while Improvements are
being made. that the increase in rates
between here and Barre is unneces-
sary, that the New England telephone
company absorbs the earnings of the
Vermont company.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28

Tae Bennington baseball team just
now is rounding out the most pros
porous season in the history of the
sport in this village. This afternoon
the team is in North Adams playing
its fifth game with the professional
nine in that city and tle fans who are
not with the team are anXiously
awaiting the result
The team has won 90 out of %
games. From the first the playing
strength of the nine developed so
rapidly that it has been difficult to Sc
cure visiting organizations fast.
enough to make the games interest
ing.
Several of the players including
Prindle, Waters, King and Corey
nave been with the team for the en-
tire season. Carroll has played in
nearly all of the games and Cherry
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
TO PLAY FOR DAVIS CUP
Mclaughlin and Long Selected az
Team to Go to Australia

Newport, Aug. 2S.-Maurice, e. Nc
Loughlin and Melville II. Long both
of California have been chosen as the
American lawn tennis team to go to
Australia to play in the international
contest for the Davis cup this fall in
case the American players defeat the
British team in the coming prelimi-
nary matches Mt Philadelphia.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
IOWA MAYOR REMOVED
Judge Holds That Head of City Coun
Gil is Always on Duty.

Desmoines, Ia. Aug. 2S.-Judge BY.
ron Preston of Oskaloosa has ousted
A. NJ Henderson as mayor of Maren-
go under the new Cossin law passed
by the last Legislature. which pro
vides that officials in Iowa may be re-
moved from Office for certain causes,
one of which is intoxication. Hen
derson attacked the statute as uncon-
stitutional. and asserted he had never
been drunk on duty. Judge Preston
sustains the law and rules that a may
OF is always on duty.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
RECORD FOR SUBMARINE
Narwhal Makes 300 Miles in Trial al
12L2 Knots an Mour.

Provincetown, Mass, Aug ga
worlds record for speed on the sur
face by submarines was made off
here yesterday by the submarine Mar
whal in her contract trials. The Mar
whal made an even~300 miles in %
hours, averaging 1919 knots an hour,
without a stop.
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NO SIGNS OF PEoNAeE
The Government Will Continue the
Investigation at Schoenville

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 2S.--Tne gov
eminent investigation into the charg
es of peonage sworn to by a man who
had been employed in the Pressed
Steel Car company works at Schoen
vile according to unofficial informa
tion has resulted in clearing the sit
uation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
OVER AN INCH OF RAIN
Section Around Burlington Receives
Thorough Drenchlnq

Burlington, Aug. 27.--The heaviest
rainstorm of the season swept over
this section of Vermont today. Over
an inch of rain fell in few hours and
pastre lands and late crops and or
chards were greatly benefited.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-28
WEATHER FORECAST

for This Section for the
Next "a Hours
For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont partly cloudy. Showers in
interior tonight or Sunday. Warmer
in interior tonight.