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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-23
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
Exercises viii Be Held Tomorrow
Evening at Opera House

The following is the program of the
thlrity-third annual commencement
exercises Of the Bennington High
school. in the opera house FRIDAY
evening, June "a. at p. m:
Music Orchestra
Invocation Rev. William +. Meyer
Essay-"ln the Realm Of lmagina-
ton"
Dorothy Agnes Hurley
Essay--"The Story Teller"
Flora Kathryn Burt
Music Orchestra
Essay Pyrrhean Victories
Florence Edna Lyons
Address to class Walter c. Wood
Address Rev. John NJ Thomas
President OF Middlebury College
Presentation OF Diplomas
Superintendent Albert w. Varney
Music Orchestra
Glass OF 19lO-Hilda Marguerite
Folland, Hiram Barney Fassett, Ir.,
Eleanor Harriet Sibley, Anna Jane
Shuielt Wallace Harry Venable,
Mary Edith POLAND. Flora Kathryn
Burt. 'Florence Edna Lyons. 'Janet
Drysdale Shurtef, Louis Forrest
Moore, Josephine Mary Keller, Amy
Bates Stewart. Mary Frances Ryan,
Charlotte Irene Lyons, Frank Henry
Scott. Walter Clare Wood. Bertha
Paisley Lambert, dorothy Agnes
Hurley, Georgiana Pendleton. Frank
Edward Dean,
The star indicates honor appoint
ments.
The music will be furnished by
the High school orchestra.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-23
COUNTY TICKET is NAMED
Republicans Of chlttenden In Con-
vention In Burlington Today

Burlington, June 22.-The Chitten-
den county Republican convention
was held here yesterday with Allen
Martin of Essex Junction, as chair
man and J. T. Stearns OF BURLINGTON.
secretary. One hundred eighty-four
delegates were all present.
Nomination for county officers we're
made as follows: Senator'S, Max l..
Powell Of Burlington. John A. Smith
of Jericho and George Norton OF Hun.
tington; assistant judges, Il. w.
Quinn Of Underhill and Lincoln Mer-
rihew of South Burlington; states at.
torney Henry b. Shaw Of Burllngton.
sheriff, James II. Allen OF Essex juno
ton; high bailiff and probate Judge.
J. II. Macomber OF Burlington and
Romeo Norton OF Huntington respec.
lively.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-23
END OF PLAIN CLOTHES MEN
Mayor esynor Thinks They Act As
Go Between for the Crooks.

New York. June 23.-Mayor Gay.
nor's latest reform became known
last night with the issuance OF an or.
der by the police commissioner wlp-
ing out the plain clothes men. Two
hundred and three policemen many OF
whom have never worn uniform
will begin patrol duty
For years reformers have invelgh-
ed against plain clothes men as the
go-betweens by whom tribute is col.
leoted from lawbreakers. and Mayor
Gaynor, Il is known, takes a like
view.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-23
WANTED BONES ARE NOT FOUND
Body Of First Man Killed in the Civil
War Still Among the Missing.

Baltimore. June 23.-Under the di-
rection OF Edward f. Jones of Bling
hamton. n. Y, who was colonel of
the 9th Massachusetts regiment
when, April 10. 1861, its passage
through the streets of Baltimore
caused riot, search was made in the
old Methodist cemetery here for the
long missing body of Private Charles
A. Taylor, one of the four men who
fell in the fight and who was the first
man killed In the Civil War.
william w. Glenn, of this city
pointed out what he declared to be
the graves location. Members OF
the G. A. II. made thorough search
digging to a depth OF seven feet, but
found no trace of anything indicating
that body had ever been buried
there. An adjoining grave was open
ed with like results.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-23
RYAN GOES TO EUROPE
DisclaIms Any Intention OF Being
Candidate for U. S. Senator

New York. June 23.-Thomas +.
Ryan, traction magnate and multi
Millionaire, departing yesterday for
Europe on the Mauretania. declared
that he had no further interest In
politics, and denied the report that
he was a candidate for United States
Senator from Virginia Mr.. Ryan,
usually reticent to a degree, talked
OF his affairs and the general hnan.
cial outlook. Mr.. Ryan will return
about the middle OF October aud
will spend considerable time at his
Virginia home.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-23
GIVEN IA YEARS IN PRISON
Notorious Sieilian Brigand Probably
Won't start Sentence.

Rome. June 23.-The notorious 81.
Gillian brigand. Mulone. who escaped
the officers of the law four years ago
and fed from Italy, has been tried in
contumacy at Perugia. After being
found guilty OF murder, blackmail,
and other crimes he was sentenced
to ili years In prison.
Mulone sailed for the United
States in 1906, It has been learned.
No trace Of him has ever been found
by the detectives there.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-23
BASEBALL eUNTs

Bennington. with Ray Fisher in the
box, again trimmed the Pittsheld
team last Sunday by a score Of ? to
l. The huckleberry lads also took
the Loudon Field club, OF Albany, in
to camp on Saturday by score of Z
to /. From the looks of things the
Yermonters have the call on the
league champonship.-Hoosick Falls
Democrat.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-23
DIAMOND RING CONTEST
Months Voting by Tickets at Library
Hall Theatre.

The leaders in the one month con.
test az Library hall for the 800 dia-
mond ring on exhibition In A. r. Van
Dette's show window are as follows.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-23
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for tho
Next ~ Hours

For eastern New York aud western
Vermont generally fair tonight and
Friday. Slightly lower temperature
tonight.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-23

Democrat.
Wilbur Corey Of last years local
team, pitched one OF the games of a
doublc-header for Toronto against
Jersey City yesterday Toronto won
to 3. The Canadian team used two
pitchers of whom Corey was the sec
ond to go on the mound for Toronto.
Both teams made 10 hits Corey ex.
poets to visit in Bennington over
Sunday.
Owing TO the fear on the part Of
the management that such dissipation
might put an acrObatic crimp in their
batting averages, the local knights Of
the ball and the bat will not be per
mitted 10 attend the circus perfOr-
nance in North Adams this evening
on their return trip from the game in
Pittsfeld This action is taken in an
iicipation of the game tomorrow with
North Adams when the local nine ex-
poets to start a circus OF its own.
It will still be several weeks be
fore "Ambie' Mcconnell. the former
Pownal boy who was operated upon
for appendicitis. rejolns the Boston
| Americans. Mcconnell was a spec
tator at the game with Washington
Tuesday but he left Wednesday for
Fort Miller on the Hudson where he
will recuperate for the next few
weeks. There are some who believe
that "Ambie" will find Il difficult to
win back his place at second with
the Red Sox, as Gardner Is showing
mp surprisingly well.
Pittsfeld easily defeated North AID.
ans at North Adams yesterday. . Ia
p Harrington. a former university
OF Rochester pitcher. was on the slab
for North Adams. and while he allow.
ed the same number OF hits that his
opponent, Batchelder did. they were
mixed with bases on balls, wild
pitch, and an error or two, which
accounts for the discrepancy In the
number OF runs scored by the teams
Glennon OF North Attleboro was at
short for North Adams and line
drive by him, scored the two North
Adams runs Running catches by
Glennon and DAILY were the only
fielding features
BILLY" King. the North Adams
right fielder who played with Rem
nington last season in the same posi-
ton, is TO leave North Adams at the
end of the week to become a member
of the Newport II. l.. team. Kinl
was In the village last evening and
gave as his reasons for leaving North
Adams, a desire to play ball In SOME
other than his home town. King has
been the game.winner for North Ad
ans Surfing the present season. II,
has hit the ball hard and has done
so when the hits counted for runs
King has frequently expressed regret
that he was not playing ball for Ben
nington this year. His place on tn,
North Adams team will be taken by
Art Brown, the former Williams
college athlete who has been playini
independent ball during the pas
three seasons.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
President Wants Congress at This
Session to Pass Waterway
Legislation.
HOPE TO STIMULATE TRADE
Mr.. Taft and His Advisers Believe
Shipowners Should Know
Rates in Advance.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S.-Immediate
formulation of Panama canal legislation
practically was decided upon at a con-
ference at the White house tonight.
The conference was participated In by
PrcsldeIt Taft. Secretary Knox: Secre-
tary Dickinson. Senator Flint OF CaIlfor-
nie, chairman of the senate committee
on inte roceanc canals. and Senator Bran
degee o: Connecticut, also a member of
that committee, and Representative
Mann of Illinois, chairman OF the house
committee on interstate and foreign com
merce.
The conference lasted until nearly mid
night. II was agreed that immediate ac-
ton on canal questions was necessary
In order that the commercial world might
be able TO plan ahead; II vas suggested
that by having a definite understanding
as TO the tolls and the trade questions
involved. an active trade would he as
sured for tho canal almost from the day
OF its opening.
Finding concurrence in his opinion that
expeditions legislation is necessary. Pres
ident Taft IL said to have concerned him
self tonight principally with the trade
aspect of the canal rather than with
Notifications.
The opinion at the conference, IL was
said. favored legislation empowering the
its It's ''''' " '''' ''''' ''''' " '1''' ''''
The question OF whether the govern
mept should operate coal yards and dry
docks and whether IL should pass its
war vessels through the canal free. and
it's coastwise ships and possibly all OF
It's merchaut vessels at a lower rate than
lhosi OF foreign countries was discussed
al length by tho conferces. and tcnta-
tive plans were launched for the prcpara
tion OF legislation on these points.
II was argued by some that the United
States might not be possessed OF the lc-
gal right TO discriminate in favor of Its
own vessels,
Suggestions for safeguarding compct-
ton between eastern and western sea-
boards through possible amendments OF
the interstate commerce laws making IL
prohlbltory for railroads TO own or con-
troll ships IN the canal trade also were
advanced, but TO conclusions were
reached.
Representative Mann and Senators
Flint and Brandcgee concur with the
president In his idea of immediate ac-
on by congress particularly OH the sub
ject OF tolls so that interests now think
Ing OF building vessels may bc informed
in advance Of the conditions that will
prevail when the canal IL opened, Jan
uary |. 1915.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
Wickersham Shows Big Combine
That Government Has Facts
About Drawback. :"
INFORMER TO GET 100000
Richard Parr Will Receive $4,000
for His New Years Present
From Uncle Sam.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S.-Recent dis
closures in the drawback frauds
against the government have put the
treasury department in n position prac-
tically to dictate the terms OF compro-
mise with the sugar refining companies.
The American Sugar Refining COM
panys recent offer OF 500. 900 may not be
accepted in view of the fact that the
government is said to have evidence TO
compel the return of not less than
81 900, 600.
II has Just become known that in n
recent conference with Attorney General
Wicicrsham. attorneys for the sugar
company offered 100000 i'm settlement
and declared that "was the last cent
The Offer was declined and the S700. 600
one came on soon after. Ono official OF
the customs service is authority for the
statement that the frauds appear 20 grow
with every days investigation.
eRichard Parr. the customs detective.
Who discovered the steel springs In the
scales on the American Sugar Refining
company,s dock at Williamsburg and
furnished most OF the evidence through
which more than three million dollars
have been returned TO the federal gov
ernment. will get his reward as New
Years greeting.
PARIS moiety was $780, 900. He was
paid 100000 some time ago. but the
payment
The urgent deficiency bill passed by
congress carried $40 900, and OF that
$4,000 Will go 10 Parr
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
ROBINSON LEADS FOR PRESIDENT
Of EDUCATORS AS OPPOSITION To
REELECTION Of THOMAS CROWS
One Days GriSt at
Teachers COncIQve

D. H. Robinson Of Manti Is being
strongly doomed for president Of the
State Teachers association. John M.
Mills Of Ogden and M. Z. Nelson Of
Ephraim also have many hackers.
Mathonihah Thomas, who Is seeking
reelection, is confronted by power
full opposition.
Election of president will take
place tomorrow.
DR.. John M. Cook praises voltaire
and Rosseau as models for teachers
and as rleralds of the new day. Much
adverse criticism results.
Two thousand teachers register
with secretary.
Committee on industrial education
reports separate trade schools.
Section meetings we'll attended
and prove extremely interesting.
Big reception is held in honor of
E. E. Brown, United States COM
missioner of education, at Odeon
hall.
Commissioner Brown declares that
the states should unite TO establish
a uniform system Of education. He
states that s7o,oOo,ooo is being ex-
pended each year in the construction
Of public schools in the United
States,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
concluded on Page Nine.
'lal PACkERS 0BJECT'TO
DISMISSAL OF EQUITY SUIT
'.s 0! National Company Deny
"sat Of Government to Take
Summary Action.

Y Ind ;AGo, Dec. 2s.-Attorneys for
hi ~ t meat packers who arc ac-
p,sr; having formed. in the Nation.
.ni.t nss company. trust for re-
.lpo " uad,, today appeared before
'itni, honlsaat In the United States
Hhi', ,Tyurt aud attacked the govern
sluliar pismissal yesterday of tho dis.
'tal, 'u'' IN equity against the Ma.
n ney sorae George T, Buckingham told
b. tbs II was the packers position
sasntsde deIuitv suit really was a sup
s. Dill to the lnjunctional pro-
f1s.cun 'sverai years ago before Judge
'1tennt s sha was in the nature of
1s,v s,s'lIant Iant United States District Az.
l7aysra anes II. Wilkersou denied that
1ainea Tor contempt Judgment was
yor'.and and insisted on the right of
H,e' +. 'hment TO dismiss its bill,
been dse,ciaared, no answer thereto
Fe,nmss, Med or issue Joined, The
<nneSfs said, had paid the costs.
a,aat S.; VIII be heard b. Judge
lH fe g., Carpenter, in the district
iany sSwed the postponement until
ele b;,, oS the plea of the packers
diops lot q bar to criminal pro
Iased u1tll The suit in equity was
hlnnt vi This will enable Judge
ques,;on tee court above 70 settle
tlsniss !; OF the governments g right
avs dissolution suit in equity.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
REVOLUTION BREAKS OUT:
TREASURE QUICKLY MOVED
General Lee Christmas and Force of
Americans Believed to Be Nc
nacing Davilla.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29.-Reports re-
ccived here late tonight declare that u
revolution has broken out In Honduras
and that hghtipg is In progress along the
Honduras and Nicaragua border, twenty
miles below Cape Gracias.
The forces are being led by General
Lee Christmas. who was TO have met
1000 men, many of them Americans. on
the Nicaraguan border with forty days
provisions
1t is known that the Davlla government
has moved 900 In silver from Puerto
Cortez To Ciba. and the latter city is be :
lieyed 10 be the objective point of the ad
vancing revolutionists.
The United States gunboats are OFF the
coast on both the Pacific aud Atlantic
sides watching for blibustercrs. but have
seen nothing Of the Hornet. the former
United States gunboat which sailed from
New Orleans recently after the Honduran
government had complained that sho had
been bought by flibusterers.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
MOTHER SELLS SONS VOTE;
BUY FARMER THREE TIMES
Grand Jury Investigating Elec-
tion Graft,

WEST UNION. o.. Dec. 2S.-Two new
features developed I'm the afternoon ses-
sion of the special grand jury inyestiEat-
ing wholesale buying Of votes In Adams
county One was that OF "A woman sell
ing her sons vote and the other con-
cerncd a voter who WAS bought IN three
different ways,
The woman lives in PEBBLES. She is
accused OF having accepted 50 for her
sons franchise, Both mother and son
were indicted,
a farmer surprised the jury by his
confession that he was bought three
times last election day. For his promise
to vote the straight Republican ticket. ho
said, nc received $3.50. on a contract to
vote the straight Democratic ticket he was
paid $40. and the prico for agreeing To
vote for a certain Democratic candidate
was So. He was dlsfranchised for five
years and fined So and costs and given
six months In the worlshousc with the
prison sentence suspended,
Ono hundred and six indictments were
returned today. which brings the total
UP To 99S About 500 more are expected
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
AER0PLANE FALLS; TWO
PERSONS ARE KILLED
French Aviator and Passenger Meet
Death in Presence OF Big
Crowd
Observation-Disclosures

ISSY- LES s~MOULINEAUX, France.
Dec. 2s.-M, Laffort. the French aviator,
and M. Pola, passenger, We're instantly
killed when the formers machine fell
from a height of fifty feet today. Laf-
fort was preparing to start for Brussels
In competition for The auto clubs prize
for flight with a passenger from Paris
10 Brussels and return.
A big crowd was present 10 witness
the ascension. To entertain the spec
tators and test his machine. Laffort cir
cied above the aviation field several
times. Suddenly the steering gear
jammed and the aeroplano dropped to
tho ground The occupants were caught
in the wrcckage and were dead before
aid could reach them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
GIRL ACCUSED OF $4,000
GEM THEFT HAS MONEY
Servant With $4,000 Bank Account
Charged With Stealing Jewelry
From Her Employer,

ST. LOUIS, Dec 2S.-Lillan Mcdowell.
i'm iaII here on the charge OF stealing
$4,000 worth OF jewelry from n. Choteau
Dwyer. an attorney. while acting as a
servant at his home. has $4,000 on de-
posit In the Plttsburg Bank for Saw
inEs
Dwyer has attached the bank account
Detectives are making countrywide
inquiry TO learn whether the girl Inns
other bank accounts
The value Of the jcwelry she is ac-
cJsed Of stealing from different homes
is stated to be at least $4,000.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
INSANE NEGRO SHOOTS
TEN AND BURNS HOME

ATLANTA, Tex, Dec. 2S-Becoming
suddenly Insane. VIII Johnson. a negro
farmcr. killed his father lin law seriously
wounded his wife and 10-Sear- old daugh-
ter, set fire To his house and bsrricad !
Ing himself in a cotton gin. shot seven
other negroes: two OF whom probably
viii die.
With his last shot Johnson killed him
sef. but before doing so set fire to the
gin, which, with a quantity OF cotton.
was burned.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
LOCAL.

United States Commissioner of
Education Elmer Z, Brown and
teachers Of Utah given recep- j.,
11On - tx l
Jsckling makes letter public. l
Solemn scene In district court. IL
Furrier in receiver . hands 80. IL
Strongly favors meter system. :. IL
Classmates in jolly reunion II
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
Meeting With Beautiful Girl on
New York Dock Causes
Lively Scene.
TRIPLE MEETING A SURPRISE
Girl Is Returned to Ellis Island
and Will Have a Hearing
Today.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-WheD Miss
Jenettc Cooke. beautiful 19-year-old
girl from Strathearn. England, came trip
ping down the gangplank from the deck
of .he steamship Oceanic today there
rushed forward 10 meet her two per-
sons One Of her welcomers. Mrs. Squire
Coop. wife OF the professor OF music In
the University OF Utah, she was not en-
pectlng, and she. rushed past her with q
slight flush OF color to spring into the
arms of her other welcomer. Professor
Squire Coop. whom. she had arranged
with by letter and cable to meet her
at the dock. Mr.. and Mrs, Coop had
arrived at the steamship landing sep-
arately and by different routes. AS II
was learned afterwards; her presence
there resulted from the intcrcepting OF
letters that had passed between the girl
and her husband.
The result of the triple meeting AT
the pier was q scene In which Mrs. Coop
finally convinced the immigration author
tiles that they ought to rescind their ac-
ton already taken. In issuing a pass for
the girl to come ashore. and instead
ought to remove her to Ellis island for
examination.
In support Of her claims Mrs. Coop, who
herself is young and very beautiful.
handed the immigration authorities a
bundle of letters and cablegrams eN-
changed between her husband and the
girl, The inspectors, after reading over
the arms OF the professor OF music and
sent her by the first boat to Ellis Is
land, where she will have a hearing to-
morrow.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
News Summary
DEPARTMENTS.
DOMESTIC.

Plan to perpetuate tariff board 10
international railway commission
proposed =. ....,.., 2
Asylum refuses to keep banker. l
Sugar trust bluff called. :.,:,.,. /
President wants canal tolls fixed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29

Miss Cooke is a niece of Mrs. Coop.
whom Professor Coop has been educat-
ing: She Is French girl her mother
a ward OF the professor and has been In
this country before. Last summer she
returned TO her native country FOR visit
arated for some time, and an action for
divorce is now pending in the courts of
Utah, Mrs; Coop Is an actress. and re
New York.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
FOREIGN.

Japs attack American vice
consul -. ..,,....,,'s,.. !!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29

Concluded on Page Two.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29

SUCCESS can almost al
ways be traced to the ju-
dicious use Of good adver-
tising.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-29

Mrs. Sarah Ann Dlvelblss, bet.
ter known to the folks down IN
Belfast township as Sally Dugan,
is now SO years old, and is living
down near Big Pool, Nd. She
wishes to say through the NEWS
that she often thinks of her old
nelghbors and friends, and is al
ways delighted to hear from
them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-29
Dividend Notice.

The Directors of The First
National Bank of McConnells-
burg, have declared a regular
semi annual dividend of 3 per
cent, payable October 1, 1910.
Checks will be mailed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-29
With a $4,000 Stock

OF Dry Goods, Shoes, Mems ana
Women's Clothing, Hats, Milli-
merry, Carpets, Wall Papers, Etc.
We can please you in any line.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-29

We are showing 5 )lendid assort-
ment OF Suits, Coats and Capes;
also Waterproof Goats and Capes
for women and children.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-29
Ladies' Long Coats

We warrant these to be fresh
and new goods with the late
styles and cut.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-29
Notions

of every description, ask for
them. Flannels, wool and
cotton, all the popular colors,
new ones, too.