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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
cHAMPLAIN LECTURE
Interesting Historical Talk BY Rev.
John Jay Lewis.

People who attende dthe illustrat-
ed lecture by Rev. John Jay Lewis of
Burlington at the rooms of the Ben
nington club Tuesday evening OBJ
tanned more information in relation
to the discovery of the historic lake
that bears his name than they had
ever before heard put together at one
time while the majority of the audi
ence knew some of the incidents in
the life of the great Frenchman.
The lecturer introduced little side
lights upon the career of the first
white man to look upon what is now
Vermont that could be obtained only
by deep research with history.
The illustrations not only portrayed
the scenic and historic spots of the
largest body of fresh water in the
United States other than the five
great lakes but also depicted other
points of interest in the state.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis made a stirring
plea for the people of Bennington TO
interest themselves in the tercenten-
cry celebration now only IL weeks
away.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
BUNKER HILL CANNON
British Field Piece May Be at Bottom
of Lake ChampIain

St Adams, May PA letter has
been received by w. II. Crockett of
this city from c. ]. II. Woodbury. of
sociation of Cotton Manufacturers,
calling attention to the loss of Brit
ish cannon in Lake Champlain during
the Revolutionary war.
Mr.. Woodbury. writes that one OF
his ancestors, Col. Jeptha Porter, an
officer in both the French and Indian
and Revolutionary wars, was in com
mand of the American artillery at the
battle of Bunker Hill, where he had
six field pieces, of which number four
were drawn off in the retreat and one
now in the hall of the Massachusetts
state house at Boston. The two re
naming pieces were captured by the
British and later found their way to
Ticonderoga. AS Ethan Allen captur-
ed the fortress May 10, 1875 and the
battle of Bunker Hill was not fought
until June II of that year, the guns
must have been taken there between
the abandonment of the post by the
American commander Gen. Arthur ST
Clair, July 5, lG7 and its evacuation
by the British which followed the sur.
render OF Burgoyne at Saratoga DC
tober II, l717.
Mr.. Woodbury's letter declares that
when Ticonderoga was evacuated by
the British each of the two Bunker
Hill field pieces was placed in a
launch and taken down the lake. One
of the cannons was taken to Montreal
where ii remained until the War of
1912, when, fearing that the American
troops would make an attempt to take
that part of Canada, the gun was re-
moved to the parade ground in the
Quebec citadel where ii has since
remained
The letter says that the other can
non was lost, the other launch having
capsized of Plattsburg. A British
officer told Mr. Woodbury. that the
lake had been dragged again and
again in an attempt to secure the
missing field piece.
In this connection il is interesting
to know that l.. b. Truax of st. Adams
hill, George Il. Edison of this city and
others, remember that many years
ago there was a cannon in the lake
about half mile south of the Phelps
ferry near the site of the present
bridge between North Hero and Al
burg. Attempts were made at vari-
Gus times to raise the cannon. The
Oliver Bascom and other boats have
hitched to the gun without being able
to stir it streak of brass being left
on the chain attached to the field
piece.
While this cannon may have been
part of the artillery used by the Brit
ish TO defend their post at Dutchmans
point in the northern part of North
Hero, held by them several years af-
ter the Revolutionary war closed. IL
Is possible that the gun referred to by
Mr.. Woodbury. may have been lost
farther north than Plattsburg and
that the one known to be in the lake
near North Hero is the missing Bun
ker Hill cannon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
MANSLAUGHTtR IN
FIRST DEGREE
FOR HAMS
Verdict Against Man Charged
With Murder of AnniS
WILL BE SENTENCED MONDAY
Disagreement Because of Insanity De
fence Expected-counsel Will
Appeal for New Trial

Flushing, l.. l., May 12.-Captain
Peter C. Hams, Jr., U. S. A. faces a
prison term of from one to twenty
years. Despite all the testimony sub
mitted by the defense ascending to
show insanity, he was convicted late
yesterday of manslaughter in the first
degree for killing William f. Annis at
the Bayside Yacht club last August.
Quickly following the young army
officers conviction his counsel an
nounced that they would produce aft
davits to show that the jury had not
been properly guarded during the tri-
al, and upon this allegation will urge
that a new trial be granted. These
affidavits will be submitted on Mon
day, the time set for passing sentence
and for any motions that the defen-
dant's counsel desires to make. There
will, of course, be the usual motions
to set aside the verdict as against the
weight of evidence and contrary TO
law, but the unguarded jury feature is
the only departure from the stereo-
typed procedure looking to new tri-
al.
Daniel O'Reilly of counsel for the
defense said There was no evidence
in this case TO warrant a verdict of
manslaughter. 1t should either have
been murder in the first degree or ac-
quittal on the ground of insanity. The
jurors were permitted to roam about
the county in an automobile and go
right to the verge of the scene of the
homicide which is clearly against the
law We will have affidavits to prove
that such is the case, and also that
the jurors were permitted to leave the
jurisdiction of the county and have
been on government property at Fort
Totten, all of which, will be urged as
a ground for setting aside the YER
dict"
The conviction of the young army
officer after the jury had been ont
less than three hours, came as a gen
eral surprise. 1t had been expected
that the jurors would deliberate much
longer and that a verdict of acquittal
on the ground of insanity, or a dis
agreement would result No one was
more surprised than District Attorne
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
SINGLE STICKS FOR CADETS
Maxwell Evarts Makes Gift to Nor
wich University.

Mortified, VT, May 12.-Maxwell
Evarts of Windsor has presented
Norwich University with masks and
single sticks to be used for instruc-
ton in mounted fencing and broad
sword exercise, training in which
will begin this week
Mr.. Evarts is also giving the uni
versity three silver cups to be COM
pleted for by the cadets who are TAX
ing the instruction in horsemanship.
1t is planned to have this competit-
ion at the state fair at White River
junction this fall and the three CON
tests for which the cups will be given
will be as follows:
Low reach, picking up a hand
kerchief from the ground at a gallop.
amounted fencing. with single
stick or broadsword
3--Mounted wrestling, bareback
contest.
Mr. Evarts has written the COM
mandant that eventually he hopes to
mount the entire cadet corps at his
own expense.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
Relieve Apprehension of Shudderng Humanity Stated that

Dewitt, who said all he could hope
for YVES a disagreement.
Unlike the scenes attending the tri-
al of Thornton Hams the defendants
brother, who was acquitted of COM
plicity in the same crime, there was
no demonstration in court when the
verdict was. rendered at o'clock this
afternoon.
Cant. Hams stood up and faced the
jury squaring his shoulders, thrown
back in military fashion. while Fore
man Sundling reeited the verdict. AS
he heard the decision of the jurors
Hams face was as white as chalk.
He stood for a few moments motion
less, staring at the jury after he heard
the verdict. then one of his lawyers
touched him and he quietly sat down.
few moments later. apparently lit
tie affected by the verdict, he walked
from the court room with steady
stride between his two lawyers and
was taken back to the Queens county
Jail.
In striking contrast to the demean-
or the prisoner was the grief OF his
aged father, General Peter c. Hams.
and his brother, Major John Powers
Hams. For a moment they sat as If
dazed then broke down and wept.
The captains aged mother, who was
such a pitiful figure in court during
the trial was not in court, having re-
turned TO New York early in the af-
ternoon. This precaution was taken
both because of the uncertainty of the
duation of the jury's deliberations and
to shield her from the shock. General
Hams, however. quickly communica-
ted the verdict by telephone.
After the jury was discharged Juror
No 6 William Craft of Jamaica. l.. l.,
said four ballots were taken On the
first three ballots six voted for MUIR
der in the first degree and six for ac-
quittal on the ground of insanity. On
the fourth ballot the compromise of
manslaughter in the first degree was
reached. Little consideration was
given to the expert testimony, Juror
Craft said They believed he con-
tinued, that Mrs. Claudia Hams, the
defendants wife had made a confess
sion to her husband of her improper
relations with Annis, and that Annis
deserved his fate, but none of them
would consider the unwritten law and
therefore the manslaughter verdict
resulted. Mrs. Annis was not in
court
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
x OF c STATE OFFICERS
Dr.. j.. T. Ridden of Bellows Falls
Elected State Deputy

Rutland, May 12.-Past Grand
Knight w. Z. Grace of this city re-
turned last night after having attend
ed the state convention OF the knights
of Columbus, which was held yester-
day in Bellows Falls. There were
about 30 delegates present ard the
following officers were elected
State deputy, DR. J. T. Redden of
Bellows Falls; state secretary. j. e.
Flanagan of Montpelier; state treas
urer, James Malley of Montpelier;
state warden, w. l.. Thompson OF
Burlington; state chaplain, Rev. p. j.
Barrett of Burlington The report
of the treasurer showed an increase
of over 200 members over last year.
1t was voted to appropriate 800 for
a memorial tablet for Samuel de
Champlain, also to exemplify the Attn
degree in Burlington July 5.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Brief,
for Busy Readers.

Frank E. Battles, States Attorney
w. ]. Meagher, and Attorneys o. M.
Barber and r. e. Healey has re-
turned from Rutland where they
have been attending the session of
the Federal court.
Bennington Aerie, Fraternal Order
of Eagles will hold regular meeting
in Woodman's hall Thursday evening,
May 18th at o'clock. Initiation of
candidates will take place. All mem
bers are requested to be in atten-
dance.
Mrs. Joseph A. Evans has returned
from New York where she has been
visiting her daughter, Dorothy, at st.
Mary's hospital. Miss Evans is con-
valescing nicely and expects to spend
couple of weeks here the last of
this month.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
MANY PEOPLE ATTEND
Forty Hours Devotion in st. Francis
de Sales Church

The Forty Hours devotion will come
to an end in st. Francis de Sales
church Thursday~morning with a sol
emn high mass at O'clock. The
church was crowded at the $3.50 o.
clock mass this morning and it is es-
timated that over 1000 received Holy
Communion. Rev. A. l.. Desaulniers
of North Pownal officiated assisted by
Rev. A. ]. Barron.
The attendance at the 9 o'clock
mass which was celebrated by Rev. T.
G. Schaeffer, was also large. Con-
LESSONS will be heard this afternoon
and evening and mass said at $3.50 o.
clock Thursday morning. The rosary
will be recited at 1880 this evening.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
Alcohol in Medicines.

Alcohol is the best known preserva-
tive of medical compounds, and the
average proprietary medicine contains
from 10 per cent to % per cent which
is the smallest possible amount to
preserve the ingredients while the av-
erage doctors prescription contains
from 20 per cent to so per cent.
Such standard PREPARATIONS as Ly-
dia p. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
contains but IS per cent and they
even put the Compound up in tablet
form, which the over scrupulous WON
an, who objects to alcohol in any de-
gree, may use.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
HER HAT CAUGHT A ROBIN
Bird Alighted to Pick Cherries-Feet
Tangled in Trimming

New York, May IA deluded rob
in came to grief in Flushing, l.. l., be-
cause pretty girl wore a peach bas-
ket hat trimmed with artificial cher
ries.
The girl was walking along Broad
way, near the old court house when
the robin on a lower limb of a tree
spied the hat and its trimmings. 1t
hoped from its perch on to the hat
and started to pick at the cherries.
The girl screamed and clutched at
her hat. The robins feet caught in
the trimmings and it was held pris'
oner. A man went to the assistance
of the girl and robin.
The robin escaped.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
Reds TO HONOR AUSTRALIANS
Big Reception in Return for Welcome
Given American Fleet.

London, May 12.-At the request of
the Atlantic Union, Whitelaw Reid the
American Ambassador, and Mrs. Reid
will give big reception for Aus
tralians shortly at Dorchester House.
This function will be the nature of
a return for the welcome accorded the
American feet in Australian waters
last year. The coming summer has
been selected as large number of
Australians are expected in London.
The object of the Atlantic Union is
to draw together English speaking
peoples by the formation of ties of
personal friendship.
The Reds will also give a reception
to the 100 American delegates to the
international Congress of Applied
Chemistry which conyenes in Lon
don on May q.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
LAUNCH SANK AND
TWENTY PEOPLE
PER|SHED
Was Crossing Ohio River
Loaded With Workmen
ONLY TEN WERE RESCUED
Overlooking of Craft Believed to Have
Been the Cause of the
Disaster
ONLY TEN WERE RESCUED

Pittsburg,. MaE-12.-Twenty per-
sons are missing and all of them are
believed to have been drowned when
gasoline launch sank in the middle
of the Ohio river near Schoenville,
four miles below Pittsburg last night.
OF the thirty occupants of the boat
only ten are known to have escaped.
All of the men were. employees OF
the Pressed Steel Car company at the
McKess Rock plant. The men had
been working overtime until 8 o'clock
and left the works to cross, the river
in the launch about fifteen minutes
later. The boat is said to have been
intended for not over twenty persons.
Albert Graham, the pilot, and one of
Continued on last page)
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12


Paris, May 12.-Though no vote on
the question of confidence in the gov
eminent was reached in the Chamber
of Deputies yesterday, the attitude
of the Ministry and the impossibillty
of hiping for intervention by Parlia-
ment were so evident that the com
mittee of the dissatisfied postal EN-
ployes, at g.: 45 launched their strike
order.
Within half an hour the cry "Vive
la Greve," reached most OF the postal
bureaus in Paris and everywhere that
part of the force present ceased work.
At the Care de Lyon the abandonment
of their posts by the travelling mail
clerks caused an immediate stoppage
of all mail southwark. Elsewhere
great difficulty was experienced in
getting off outgoing mail.
The telephone and telegraph are
working apparently as usual at this
hour.
The strike leaders expect startling
results today from the effects of the
enthusiasm engendered at a great
meeting in the Hippodrome last night
which was attended by 10000 govern
ment employees. many in uniform. The
meeting was kept at white heat by
momentary telephone news of the
spread of the strike and the spectacle
of strikers marching in with empty
mail pouches Meanwhile the govern
ment is putting into effect the elab-
crate arrangements 1t has been per
| fecting for a month
The gravity of the present move
ment arises from the fact that since
the strike of six weeks ago the pos.
tai employees have affiliated with the
| General Labor Federation, pronoun-
ced revolutionary organization which
hopes to precipitate a general aban-
donment of labor for the purpose OF
capturing the government of the re-
public. The raiload employees are
now voting on the question Of strike
the electricians of Paris are ready at
any moment to turn out every light
in the city, and the bakers and the
employees of the Metropolitan Rail
way are dissatisfied.
While the situation is full of posi-
bilities, it is believed that the strong
stand the government is now begin
ming to take will save it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
A Man Without a Liver

This startling but Interesting head
line, describes accurately the condit-
ion of a man whose liver is not acting
He Ia without a liver temporarily at
least. Rydale's Liver Tablets are d
true liver stimuIanS and tonic and
never fail to start an inactive or slug
gish liver to work. They soon Tegu-
late its action and restore normal con
ditions. These tablets are a positive
cure for chronic constipation and for
chronic sick headache, which are
caused by a disordered liver. Ry-
dales Liver Tablets are put up in IS
cent size only; so tablets to each
package. Sold and guaranteed by the
Shurtleff Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
NORTH BENNINGTON

Miss Ella Hanrahan is painting her
residence on Bank street.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Methodist church will meet Thursday
afternoon in the church for a bust
ness meeting. After the meeting
supper will be served in the church
parlors. In the afternoon the chill
dren of the Sunday school will plant
a flower garden
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
UNEMPLOYMENT IN PERU
City Of Lima to Provide Work Through
Public UNDERTAKINGS

Lima, Peru, May flowing to the
serious economic conditions in Peru
the government has called a meeting
of representatives of the companies
engaged in public undertakings and
will ask them to provide work for the
unemployed
The municipality of Lima will in
augurate several public undertakings
to the same end.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
HOTEL IN TRUSTEES HANDS
Hotel Burlington Transferred by Geo
M. Delaney to Max Powell

Burlington, May 12-The Hotel
Burlington property has been trans
ferred by George M. Delaney to Max
l.. Powell as trustee for the benefit
of the creditors. A hotel manager
will shortly be placed in charge of af-
fairs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
SIEGE CONDITIONS
PREVAIL IN
PARIS
Troops in Possession Of Post
office and Telegraph
SITUATION is ALARMING
Strike May Spread to Other Lines OF
Occupation and Tie Up the
City.

Paris, May 1.-THE strike situation
grows more alarming every hour. II
has been found necessary to put
troops in possessin of the postohice
and telegraph stations and Paris
looks today as though the city were
in state of siege.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
CAUSES MUCH LOSS
Water Undermined Part of Shelburn
Street in Burlington

Burlington, May l2.-There were
three big washouts on Shelburn street
Monday night which undermined sew
enty feet of highway and caused sew
eral hundred dollars damage.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.
For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair tonight. Thursday fair
in south and increasing cloudiness in
north portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-12
APPOINTED DEPUTY COLLECTOR
Homer 3. Corliss of Highgate Now at
Work in West Berkshire

st. Adams, May 12.-Homer B. Cor
liss of Highgate has been appointed
deputy collector of customs at West
Berkshire. He assumed his duties on
May 8.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-18
No DOCTOR FOR EIGHT YEARS
ENDORSED BY A TRAINED NURSE

For about three years | was trou-
bled with kidney, bladder, and liver
almerts My hopes Of being cured
were given up. Then | heard Of Kick
apoo SagWa, which | thought | WoulC!
| try. After using but one bottle, | felt
like a new person II did me a World
Of coed. | think it is the finest rene
dy | have ever heard of. Since / used
the FIRST bottle, up to today there
| hasn't been q doctor in my house. This
| is over eight Years. In that time |
| have recommended it to all my friends
ana relativcs-Who also find it the
same good remedy"
| Mr.. Il. l.. McNeevcr Fruit Vale, Ala
media Co. Cal. wrote to us March 18Th.
1906. SAYING:
II have recommended Kickapoo Sag
VA 10 many OF my patients. as | am
an experienced nurse. l took Sagwa
| myself nineteen years ago, when I was
| back iii Vermont state. Your agent
| came through there advertising it, and
J being in delicate health, bought it.
1t inrcfitcd my health very much. /
recommended it about a year ago to
Mrs G. Cahill of 615 4th Street. She
took twelve bottles for stomach trou-
lie anG permanently cured herself
She has not had any trouble since
Through her and myself a good many
hcttlcs Of SagWa have been sold III
this, locality"
Ii Aru Wish to test SagWa before
purchasing. we win send YOU a trial
bottle free. The kickapoo Indian Med
icinc Co., Clintonville, Conn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-18
Paw Paw, Mich.

Another operation Avoided.
Chicago, III. -"I want women to
know what that wonderful medicine,
Lydia D. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has done for me. Two of the
best doctors in Chicago said 1 would
die if | did not have an operation, and
l never thought of seeing we'll day
again. hada small tumor and female
troubles so that 1 suffered day and
night. A friend recommended Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
and it made me well woman. Mrs.
ALvENA SPERLING, II Langdon St.,
Chicago, Ill.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs.
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms of
female ills, including displacements,
Inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ing-down feeling, tiatulency, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration. 1t costs
but a tritle to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-18
STOMACH AGONY
Abolish the Cause, and Misery and
Distress Of Indigestion will Vanish

Car Indigestion be cured? HundreuS
Of thousands of people who suffer
from bclching of gas; biliousness, sour
stomach, fullness, nausea, shortneSS OF
breath, bad taste in mouth, 1oui
breath. nervousness and other distress
sing symptoms, are asking themselves
mat question daily.
And if these same doubling dyspcp-
lies Gould only read the thousands OF
sincere letters from people who once
suffered as badly as they do now, but
who lave been quickly and perma-
hentiy cured by the use of Mi-o-na, the
mighty dyspepsia remedy that cures
ny removing the cause, they would go
10 BoWdtch. Webster & Co. this very
Gay ana get a large box of Mi-o-na
tablets, and start themselves on the
right road to health at once.
The price of Mi-o-na tablets is only
oo cents, and Bowditch & Webster *
70 guarantee them to cure fndiges-
uon. or money back.
1hrn or lean or Scrawney people VIII
md in Mi-o-na a maker of flesh and
nood, because it causes the stomach
TO extract more nutritious matter from
me food. which quickly enriches the
blood.
Sold and guaranteed in Watervilie
oy Geo. w. Dorr and in Gardiner by
Jackson Bros. ala
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-18

# there had not been doctor in
your house for eight years, ana be
fore that you Had been ~ sick that
you had given up hope of ever being
cured, ana the change had been pro
duc"d by Nirkapoo Saswa wouldn't you
think that it. was a sood medicine ,
Wouldn't YOU recommend it, Wouldn't
you allow your name to Be used In ad-
EertisinG kickapoo SagWa to other
people? Put yourself in such 4 position
and then YOU will understand exactly
the following letter written january
3lst. 1907, by Mrs. Mary S. Moscr 81
Madison St, Hoboken, New Jersey.