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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18
RANK Z. HOWE, Editor and Publisher
NEWSPAPERS ANo TRUTH

The Enosburgh Standard. replying
TO an intimation by The Rutland Her.
aid that the executive shirked the |
honest responsibility of "A state tax
says:
Now the editor of The Herald |
must know that the responsibility of |
preparing and bringing in a bill for
the support OF the state government
for the biennial period rests wholly
with the house committee on ways
and means, and with no one else.
Our esteemed contemporary is in
error. Under the new rules the ways
and means committee has nothing
whatever to do with the preparation
of such a bill. That duty rests with
the committee on appropriations
Exchange.
VIII the father of the above last
paragraph kindly locate the rule it
refers to which places such duty on
the committee on appropriations?
Newspaper writer's are too careless
of facts especially if a trihe pre-
JUDGED. Several weeks ago some
paper printed a paragraph declaring
that it was against the law to license
a liquor dealers place within two
miles of town line and the para
graph was gravely reprinted by a
score of Vermont newspapers though
they had at hand the means of learn
ing the truth. Newspapers as a
class are the most truthful vehicles
of public information in existence,
Any single issue of any newspaper
contains many things that are not alb
solutely and exactly true. Daily
newspapers printing all sorts OF
things on all sorts of subjects every
day, often get an incomplete and i'm
perfect view of subject Next day
an entirely different view of the
same subject may be presented and
later on still others
In the long run the readers of an
honest and unprejudiced newspaper
get nearer the truth than in any
other possible way. If the days work
of any other shop in any line of
business were held up to as close
public scrutiny every day by every
body as is the newspapsp we doubt if
there is one of them that would rank
up with the average newspaper. But
this does not lesson the obligation Of
the newspaper editor to make every
representation and error. Shiftless-
ness in this line is what gives to
newspapers everywhere a reputation
for mtruthfulness that they do not
generally deserve.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18
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FOR
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Send postal for free sample to
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City.
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18
AN INTERESTING RECORD
Orderly Book Of 18th U. S. Infantry
of 1915.


Gen T S. Peck OF Burlington, is
the possessor of a record book of in
terest to antiQuarians and particular
ly to those interested in local history
The volume is the Orderly Book of the
Thirteenth United States Infantry,
stationed in Burlington in 1915. The
book is yellowed with age but the pre-
else handwriting, carefully turned with
quill. is still perfectly eligible.
The record covers the official life Of
the regiment from March to August
of 1915 and contains reports of Sylves-
ter Churchill, assistant adjutant-gen-
eral Elias Fassett, commanding the
Thirtieth infantry, Capt Van Dalsem,
commanding in the absence of Colonel
Fassett, d. Parker, adjutant and in
spector-general, erasmus c. Merrill,
lieutenant colonel Twenty-sixth reg
iment, George p. Peters, assistant adj
iutant general, A. B. Dane, lieutenant
and acting adiutant, David Sanford,
captain, commanding the Thitieth,
and others. Many of the orders are
signed by Jno II. Burton, adjutant OF
the Thirtieth and member of a fam
| lily then and long afterward prominent
in Burlington
The commands then centered in
Burlington were the 18th, 18th, 26th,
and goth regiments.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18
Estate Of Katherine A. Smith.

CTATE OF VERMONT, The Honor
- District of Bennington, ~. able Probate
Court for the District aforesaid:
To the heirs and all persons interested In the
estate of Katherine A. Smith late of Benning.
ton in said District, deceased, GREETING /:
WHEREAS, application hath been made to
this Court In writing, by Jessie Il. Fay, Execu-
trix, praying for license and authority 20 sell
all of real estate Of said deceased, TO wit situ-
ate on the north side Of Union Street In the
Village of Bennington, and bounded on the
north by lands of Andrew j. Hall, ON the west
by lands of George Phillips, and on the east by
lands belonging TO William and Harry will
TO said Court that L would be beneficial TO the
heirs ana all persons interested In the estate of
said deceased 10 sell said real estate and con.
vert the same into money.
Aud bringing into Court the consent and ap
probation In writing, OF all the heirs TO said es-
tate residing IN this state and setting forth the
situation of the real estate.
WHEREU pom, the said Court appointed and
assigned the 18th day of March. 1909, NJ the Pro
bate Office In bennington In said District TO
hear and decide upon said application and petit
ton. and ordered public notice thereof Go be
given to all persons Interested therein, 10y pub
fishing said order together with the time and
the Bennington Evening Banner, newspaper
which cirCulatcs In the ncighbOrhOOd of those
persons interested In said estate, all of which
publications shall be previous 10 the day as
signed for hearing.
TiIEREFORE you are hereby notified 20 ap-
pear before said Court, at the time and puce
assigned then aud there In said Court To make
your objections TO the granting OF such license,
GIvrS UNDER NY HAND Mt bennington IN
snid District, this ~ day Of March 1900
GRACE b. HOLT, Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18
j. LEVY
FIFTH AVENUE TAILOR

Has opened a gentlemen's tailor
shop at 1913 North St, just south
of N. Levin's, the ladies' tailor.
Mr.. Levy has had II years ex.
perience with a big Fifth Avenue
tailoring place and guarantees to
do all kinds of mems tailoring salts
actorily.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18
HEALTH OFFICER OBJECTS
Says State Moard May not Order the
Testing of Cattle.

Testing of Cattle.
Barre. March lS-There is a hitch
in the proceedings brought By the To-
cal board of health to force dealers in
milk to produce licenses showing that
their product is satisfactory and their
cows free- from tuberculosis and the
local board will refer the matter back
to the state board of health from
which the order came to secure the
testing of cattle.
Dr. NJ. d. Lamb, the city health of
flcer, halted the proceedings after
comforting with States Attorney Ben
iamin Gates of Montpelier, who told
him that he considered the state
board had no authority to order the
testing of COWS, but that it was for
the state cattle commissioner to
do that work. Acting on the order
of the state board of health Doctor
Lamb has issued notices to all milk
dealers selling their product in this
city informing them that they must
have their cows tested and pronounc-
ed clean before they could secure a
license to do business.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18

this year, that took from the town
whatever revenue it had been getting,
that the voters would vote no-license
but they did not see fit to do so. AS
apologies are asked for, it now seems
up TO them to apologize for conditions
that no self-respecting people in the
state would tolerate for a single day.
And now that the Herald has had
light thrown upon what the editor of
the Era considers a particularly dirty
matter, one that If handled at all had
better be handled with gloves. per
haps it will apologize to the editor of
the Brandon Union for stirring up the
mud that must OF necessity bespatter
somebody,-Fair Haven Era.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18

BNIKTl
Gold Medal Flour for me-
LiBpIn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18

According to statistics compiled by
DR.. Henry D. Holton of Brattleboro
of the state board of health
deaths from tuberculosis in Rutland
are on the decline. In 1904, 66 deaths
were caused from this disease while
during 1908 only 46 deaths were re-
ported. each intervening year, snow
ing a decrease.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18

A North Adams Normal school grad
uate wrote to a chap in Otis and ad
dressed the letter to "Oatls." She
must have been concerned in his crop
of wild oats. '-Pittsfield Journal.
Massachusetts educational institu-
tions apparently turn out almost as
good spoilers as are found in the high
schools OF Vermont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27

with Japan. A larger navy. with the Pa
cifc as much in view as the Atlantic. Is
a necessity, becoming more widely recos-
nized every day. The matter rests upon
its own merits. There is no need to dis
turb tho question. We are not seeking
war with any power. but merely prepar-
ing for eventualities. All the powers are
increasing their naval ornaments to
meet their obligations. and why should
not we? War may come, and should 1t
come we must be ready In case we are
drawn in. That proposition should Sc
cure all the ships embraced within the
calculations of the advocates of increased
sea power.
Within few years we shall be able 10
transfer our ships from one ocean TO the
other In the shortest time. Then the At
lantic fleet will be available for the IA
cific, and the Pacific for the Atlantic.
The dispositions will depend on the quar-
ter whence comes the danger We can
show ourselves in full force in either
ocean as the occasion requires.
Meanwhile, less buster and more bust
ness. When it is recognized both at
home and abroad that activity in our
shin yards docs not mean Il declaration
of war; and that we have not picked our
antagonist for the next trial of strength
by arms, all conditions will be greatly
improved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
Heroism at Sea.
rom the Philadelphia Ledger

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Two English writer's. Thackeray and
Robert Louis Stevenson. who usually
preserved the reserve and restraint pro-
verbally characteristic Of the educated
and cultivated Briton. seem to rise to
something of epic passion, seriousness
and emotion when they speak of the
heroisms of the sea. They both contend
that among the unclouded titles to fame
that belong to the British race it's
manifestations of a deadly courage in the
face of imminent peril at sea-one of the
most horrifying terrors to which the hui
man soul may be subjected because of
the very immensely of old ocean and the
hopelessness when the good ship fails.
The chilling horrors of shipwreck are al
ways in danger of being accentuated into
panic by the presence of masses of
helpless men, women and children I'M
used to any stress beyond the orderly
and expected duties and experiences of
routine everyday life. safe and snug on
land. The collision of the Florida and
the Republic, the horde of passengers on
board, the fog laden sea. presented CON
ditions such that. if there had been a
failure of nerve on the part of the cap
tain. or of discipline and fidelity on the
part of the crew. or display of hysteria
among the passengers. a great catastro-
phe would have been the result
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
he several proiects and furnished with

the several projects and furnished with
practical start toward its execution.
1t will not he enough for Congress
merely to declare that there should be a
memorial here, and then refer the matter
to a commission ito report later" Every
body with the least acquaintance with
legislative history knows that this means
postponement and delay. The archives of
Congress are filled with the recommended
tons of commissions of reference, which
have been created sometimes as means
of avoiding the embarrassment of posi-
tive decision. If Congress does not now
feel inclined to choose definitely between
the plaza plan. the riverside plan and the
boulevard plan in selecting a way 10
create a permanent Lincoln memorial, 1t
can relegate the matter to smaller num-
Der. with power to act.
But why should not Congress act itself?
The subject is being we'll threshed out
in debate and in the press. Yesterday
in the House the testimony of a member
of the Senates park commission, whose
general plan is now cited in opposition to
the proposal to place the memorial on
Capitol Hill. was quoted to the erect
that the plaza is a suitable site for the
creation and furthermore that Congress
is the best judge of the matter. This
implied rebuke to those who are seeking
to force their own ideas into law should
have a wholesome effect. 1t is notorious
that Congress is not disposed at this
time to ratify the park commissions
plan as a whole. and that it is unwilling
to adopt any one feature, such as the
riverside memorial. which necessarily
involves heavy expenditure. The Sen
ate, supposedly most favorable to the
park commissions plan, has not endorsed
the Lincoln memorial site involved in the
general project of the commission, APP
parently preferring the highway plan
The House, it is believed, inclines to the
plaza site. In these circumstances, why
should not Congress provide distinctly Tor
a. memorial on the hill. of a design to be
chosen by a commission, and at the same
time undertake an inquiry into the prac-
ticabilty and cost of IL Lincoln highway,
to become possibly an additional national
tribute to the great President? The two
projects are not antagonistic. But one
of them should surely be adopted at this
session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
Lincoln Day.

The Senate has passed q joint resolu-
ton making February II legal holiday
in honor of Abraham Lincoln and coup
led with it an appropriation for a survey
of the contemplated Lincoln Way" from
Washington to Gettysburg. The House
has passed its own legal holiday resolu-
ton. for the present ignoring the ques-
lion of memorial. The Senate will
now have to consider whether 1t will IN
sist upon its proposal of boulevard In
this connection, and risk delay and pos
Sibly conflict with the House, or will
agree to the passage of the simple House
resolution and relegate the question of a
memorial TO another day.
Ii is TO be hoped, for the sake OF
American patriotism, that there will be
no clash over the subject of creating here
at the capital a suitable. adequate me-
mortal to Lincoln. Congress should by
all means act between now and the cen
tenary of the war Presidents birth, not
merely to declare the governments pur-
pose to this effect. but to ensure the exc
cution of some plan. The Star has on sew
eral occasions urged that the two houses
PASS bill or a resolution creating a
commission, with power to select one Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
A Fleet for the Pacific.
This is a paragraph from a Sacramen
diSpatch:

This is a paragraph from a Sacramento
dispatc h:
Nathan c. Coghlan of San Francisco
today introduced joint resolution in the
assembly calling on the California dele
cation In Congress to urge the establish
ment in Pacific waters of q fleet whose
war strength shall be as great as that of
any other nation on the Pacific Coghlan' s
resolution is similar to one introduced by
Senator Anthony, except that it does not
mention the Japanese as one of the peo-
pies against whom protection is sought -
Mr.. Coghlan probably considered 1t
superfiuous TO mention the Japanese. The
whole commotion being about them, his
resolution was to be expected to explain
itself.
Regret cannot be too often or too en-
phatically expressed that friendly people
should be used in this way in our law
making assemblies. If anything. only
harm can come of it. AS worthy as the
proposition is to materially increase our
sea power in the Pacific. 1t should not be
coupled with an implied threat against
Japan or any other nation. That ell
courages war.
Is not the object, indeed. to commit us
| to war? Let us suppose ships voted, with
the explanation. open or covert, that
Japan is our enemy and we are getting
ready for her. AS soon as ready, should
we not be urged to strike? Would not the
men who had engineered the program then
insist on its complete fulfillment? Japan,
with such a notice running. would of
course be ready. and what would prevent
hostiJites?
The California delegation in Congress.
now or later, could not injure the cause
Of an American fleet for the Pacific more
than by coupling their support OF the
proposition with wild talk about a war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
Child Culture,

President Roosevelt's interest in the
solution of the problem of dependent chill
dren insures national attention to a SUBJ
ject which has enlisted the intelligent
iabors of some of the foremost men and
women of this country. A special mes
sage is TO so to Congress urging the es-
tablishment of federal bureau for the
study of the welfare of the child and also
the enactment of a law governing the
treatment of dependents in this District
and in the territories along the lines of the
conclusions reached by the conference
There are two phases in this effort-to
prevent the development of moral de-
fectives and to insure the development of
capable men and women from among the
orphaned children. ut is not enough to
give the child whose parents and near
relatives are dead, or who must be taken
from vicious surroundings, or who has
been abandoned. bare sUstenance, a
shelter and a rudimentary education. 1t
is not enough to find homes for such
children where they may be given SYM
pathetic guidance-or may not. 1t Is not
enough to teach them self-supporting
trades or TO lead them into unskilled &C.
equations insuring them living Each
child should he regarded as a candidate
for preferment in the world, as the pos
sible possessor of talents for doing the
higher grades of work which call for
special abilities. Some remarkable men
and women have struggled upward out of
almshouses and institutions where as
children they have been regarded merely
as units in scheme of preventing actual
physical suffering.
The child without parents or whose par
ents are unfit should be considered as
the ward of the state, and should receive
as far as possible the same considerable
care that is bestowed by the wise, fond
mother and father upon their offspring.
This recent conference has outlined plan
10 insure such treatment. 1t is worthy of
careful thought, and it might profitably be
written into u law for execution here.
where conditions favor the complete sue
cess OF such an experiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
Candles, Candlesticks,
Candle Shades, etc.

- ANDLES for birthday
II parties, receptions. etc.
W Also Candlesticks and
Shades in attractive va
riety. Also a complete line of ac-
cessories-linings, cuirasses, cau-
die holders. shade protectors, etc.
Birthday Candles. all colors. dozen. 49,. ISc
Reception Candles. all col 400 ,,J6o
ors. dozen ......--.. Nv oiiu wv
Arctic Candles, extra hard dozen. cr or
Glass CandIestlcks. each. I5c to SIPS
Brass Candlesticks. each. 80. CSC to $3.50
Benton Japanned CandIesticks each. &c
VITA snf bead S fEn Candle Shades soc and &c
Paper Candle Shades. mission and roc
rose efects. each. Observation-Disclosures.
''SpoOkie'' Electric
s EACH. and Candle Shades soc, 75c and ST. 90
Candle Shade Innings. with Joc aud oo,.
silk fringe. each. IN anu ~
Candle Shade Innings. 6Oc and ST. 20
with bead fringe, each. $3.50.
Cuirasses. OF silver and
brushed and polished brass hor, RI CT M
Birthday Candle Holders, re m .r,-
pink. white and red. dozen. D " ~
o. Patent Candle Holders 4oc and Coo
Mica Shade Protectors, re roc md oOf,
each. Neutrality-suspicious.. -, ioe "iiu CIV
Glow Night Lamps, each. .............. 2SC
Ruby Glow Night Lamps, each. ......... soc
Combination Night Lamps, each. soc
Main floor, G st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
Japanese Common Sense.

FROM tHe new Iofk Worln.
In commenting on the California situa-
ton the Toxic press shows its good sense
in the remark that the Japanese people
must not forget that the unfriendliness
toward Japan in America exists only
among small clique in California. The
Asiatic Exclusion League is not to be
taken too seriously. Almost any small
boy who behaves badly and sets up a
noise in public can make a nuisance of
himself out of all proportion to his size.
Even in California how many of the lead
ing men of the state have'identified them
selves actively with the anti-Japanese
campaign? How many are publicly urg-
ing, for instance. that Japanese be pro-
hibited from holding real estate and form
ing companies. as the California 1egis-
lature at one time meditated doing? Dem
aSogueS OF certain type have been
busy. as well as local politicians, who
weigh every question according to how
many votes they imagine that they can
get out of it for themselves Away
from home they have been encouraged
by Hobson and other jingoes who attract
attention by clamoring shrilly for a navy
big enough to lick the whole world