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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
STOLEN PLUMBER
IN SUSPECTED
MANS HOUSE
Compton SiIverware Found
Hidden in Chimney
COACHMAN'S STRANGE TALE
Refused to Confess When Confronted
With Evidence in GoVerness
Murder Case

Poughkeepsie, Jan. 1.-THE silver
ware stolen from the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Barnes Compton at Mill
brook, the night Sarah Bryme~, the
pretty governess was strangled to
death, has been found tucked away in
a chimney flue Of the bedroom up
stairs in the home Of Coachman
Frank Schermerhorn, the man who
attempted suicide by cutting his
throat shortly after the officials COM
|menced their Investigation end who
is charged with the murder. There
were 49, pieces CT the sil7cr, also o
gold Cnameled watch and some Jew
elry, all of which was scoccned and
blackened by heat, showing ii had
been subjected to fire In the wood
stove in Schermerhorn' sitting room
down stairs, there were traces Of
fresh fire and GU. of the ashes were
picked fragments of silk stockings,
silk and lace waists, button from
dresses, a clasp from a jewel case,
partly burned, half OF which was
found IN the chimney fus and other
things stolen frcm the Compton
house the night Of the murder
The stolen silver and other articles
were brought to this city and taken
to vassar hospital whare it was all
lpil Il in a heap on table alongside
SchermeThorn's cot, the officials be-
lieving he would at once confess.
| Ar - the last piece Of SILVER had
been Wa on the pile Schermerhorn a.
FIRST said he knew nothing about sil
verware and clothing that were found
in his house. He said he was not
afraid OF the electric chair and added
IF you want to kill me, 90 ahead.
never thought of numbering that girl
and never entered the house
Shortly before midnight Schermcr
horn said, according to the police:
After / got back from my drive tina,
might went down to the Compton
house and there met 0hashi, the but
Ter He gave me bundle containing
the silverware at the kitchen door.
Il took the bundle home and the
dresses / burned in the parlor stove
| also put the silver knives and fork:
and spoons and the jewel case in tbs
Iparlor stove but when | found thai
| could not burn the silverware I'pu
It in the stove pipe hole in the chin
ney and it fell down the hus. Ohash
wanted to give me some money bu
II would not take it. Ohashi gave me
a drink of whisky when got bacl
from the ride and told re that II
heard noise not to ccae around
The night Sarah Brymer was murder
ed | had no control of myself aflel
Ohashi gave me the WHISKY"
Chief of Police McCabe says h,
does not believe Ohashi had I'm!
thing to do with the crime and Mrs
Compton is of the same opinion.
Schermerhorn is much improved
and will be removed to the count,
Jail in a few days
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
|. M. HUTCHINSON DEAD
Aged Veteran introduced Bennington
Soldiers Home Bill

Montpelier, Jan. 17.-Lemuel NJ.
Hutchinson, a Civil War veteran.
died Saturday evening, aged rs. He
served in the Civil war as captain of
Company h, Sth Vermont regiment,
under Col. Stephen Thomas Cap
tain Hutchinson lived most of his life
in Worcester but for the past 20
years had resided in this city
While representing Worcester in
the legislature of 1882 he introduced
the bill which became law providing
for establishing the Vermont Soldiers
Home in Bennington
He is survived by a wife and four
children, Willard and Katherine Hut
Crimson who are prominent in the
theatrical world, Mrs. j. w. Andrews
of Boston and T. T. Hutchinson of
this city. He was prominent in The
affairs of Brooks Post, G. A. R. and
up to two weeks ago had been in
good health.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
oh cT2ll-clE IN PLASTER
F.si,ul 6 'frirss # Martyr Were
r, -.veo fcr Modern
Gerel atoms.

Nc n = ! dwell on the gov
errors Tc.ale which we visited,
Tough it is set in fair garden; nor
on TIE en-, with the exception of
iuSt cne thing, says Albert Bigelow
Pa, in Outing That one item is, l
believe, unique in the worlds list of
curiosities 1t is plaster cast Of the
martyr Geronimo in the agony of
death. The Algerians put Geronimo
alive into soft mass Of concrete,
which presently hardened into a
block and was built into a fort, This
was in 1869, and about forty years
later a Spanish writer described the
event and told exactly how that par
tlcular block could be located.
The fort stood for nearly 300 years.
Then, in 1858, 1t was torn down, the
block was identified and broken open,
and an almost perfect mold Of the
dead martyr was found within. They
filled the mold with plaster, and the
result-a wonderful CASTLES there in
the museum today face down as he
died. hands and feet bound and strain
ing, head twisted to one side in the
supreme torture Of that terrible
martyrdom. 1t is a grewsome. fasci
mating thing and you go back to look
at it more than once, and you slip out
| between times for breath of fresh
air.
Remembering TIE story and looking
at that straining figure, YOU realize 9
little of the need he must have known
and your lungs contract and yor
smother and hurry out to the sky ant
sun and God-given oxygen of life. He
could not have lived long. but every
second of consciousness must have
been an eternity of horror, for there /!
no such thing as time except as t
mode of measurement. and a measure
ment such as that would compass age!
unthnkable. If lived in Algiers anC
at any time should sprout little buC
Of discomfort With the present state o
affairs-a little sympathy with thu
subjugated population would go ant
take a look at Geronimo, and forth
with all the discomfort and the sym
pathy would pass away and | woult
come out gloating in the fact tina
France can crack the whip and tina
we of the west can ride them down
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
NO MISERY IN STOMACH
No indigestion, Heartburn, Gas OF
Headache Five Minutes Later

Every family here ought to keep
some Diapepsin in the house as any
one of you may have an attack Of In
digestion or stomach trouble at any
time, day or night.
This harmless preparation will di-
gest anything you eat and overcome
q distressed, out of order stomach
five minutes afterwards
If your meals don't tempt you or
what little you do eat seems to fill
you. or lays like lump of lead in
your stomach, or if you have heart
burn, that is a sign of Indigestion.
Ask your Phs gmacist for so cent
case of Pape's Diapepsin and take
a little just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings, no belching
of undigested food mixed with acid,
no stomach gas or heartburn, full
ness or heavy feeling in the stomach,
Nausea, Debilitating Headaches, Dir
ziness or intestinal gripping. This
will all go, and besides, there will be
no sour food left over in the stomach
to poison your breath with nauseous
odors.
Papes Diapepsin is certain cure
for cut of order stomachs because it
prevents fermentation and takes hold
OF your food and digests it just the
same as il your stomach wasn't
there.
Relief in five minutes from all sto.
mach misery is at any drug store
waiting for you.
These large so cent cases contain
more than sufficient to cure almost
any chronic case of Dyspepsia, Indi
gestion or any other Stomach trouble
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
ONE MANUFACTURER QUITS
Leland Granite Co. Agrees to De-
mands Of Cutters Union

Barre, Jan. 17-Faced with the ne
cessity of breaking many contracts
or withdrawing from the Granite
Manufacturers association of Wash
ington county, the Leland Granite
company of this place has withdrawn
from the association and resumed
work this morning. The company
has signed the bill as drawn up by
the members of the Granite Cutters
Union Tuesday afternoon which de
handed an increase in pay from %
to 40 cents an hour.
The company employs u men and
the full force will be at work in day
or so. The action of the company
did not cause any great surprise here
but it is not believed that the ranks
of the manufacturers will be greatly
lessened by withdrawal of this kind
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
storrow and Fitzgerald Both Ask II
storrow and FitzgeraI dRoth Ask il
to Settle All Doubt

Boston, Jan. 1.-two petitions
asking recounts of the votes cast in
Tuesdays election, by which John F.
Fitzgerald was apparently elected
mayor by plurality of 1415 over
James J. Storrow were filed with the
election commissioners yesterday.
One petition was filed on behalf of
Mr.. Storrow, who asks a recount of
the vote cast for himself. The other
was filed for Mr. Fitzgerald who asks
a recount of the vote for all candi-
dates, saying that he desires to have
the whole vote thoroughly canvassed.
The recount will probably be held
next week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
DICKINSON HOME AGAIN
Found the Conditions In Porto Rice
Very Gratifying

Washington, Jan. 17.-Secretary
Dickinson has returned to his desk in
the war department after trip TO
Porto Rico, SanCo Domingo and Cuba
on the Mayhower with Gen. Clarence
Edwards, chief of the bureau of insul-
ar affairs and Lieut.. Colonel Kean,
OF the medical corps of the army.
Secretary Dickinson said.
General conditions in Porto Rico
are gratifying. The people are gem
orally prosperous. Governor Cotton
has taken hold vigorously. There
seems to be general satisfaction with
his administration and the promise is
good for the cultiyator Of still clos
er relations between the Porto Rio
ans and the people Of the United
States and for the general advance.
se,Apt OF the prosperity OF the island"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
runlnn a Church Bell.

No matter how great may be the
care taken in making the mold, bell
has to be tuned before ii will ring a
clear, true note, AS matter of fact,
every bell sounds five notes, all Of
which must blend together harmo-
niously. If one is the least bit out
the tune will be spoiled.
The first Of these notes is produced
by the vibrations at the mouth of the
bell, the second by the vibrations a
little higher up, the third still higher
up, and so on to the fifth which is
produced quite near the top. AS the
character of the sound which rings
depends upon the thickness of the
metal It is possible by taking thin
zRgs from various places in the
~ of the bell<>zuczHz1zsrke FIVE notes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Young Girl Claims She Was Attacked
on Way from Dancing School

Springfield, Jan. 17.-George H.
Johnson, employed in a machine shop
is under arrest charged with an at
tempted criminal assault on Stella
Morse, the IA year old daughter of
George Morse.
According to the statement. of the
girl, while on her way home from
dancing school Monday evening she
was joined by a strange man on SUM.
mer street who accompanied her to
a place mile from the village
The girl identified Johnson as the
man. He will be taken to Woodstock
as soon as information is filed by
States Attorney E. r. Buck of Wind
sor
Johnson claims he can prove an al
ibi
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
RILEY is OUT ON $4,000 BAH.
Must Answer to the Charge OF Steal
ing Understands Letter

New York, Jan. 17-Thomas p.
Riley, the government nveseigato
who was recently arrested on a
charge of stealing letter by Attor.
ney General Wickersham to Henry
A. Wise, the United States district
attorney here, has been released from
the Tombs in $4,000 bail.
He must appear for final pleading
in the United States circuit court
January H. Riley has already plead
ed not guilty to taking and publish
ing letters and private papers With.
out authority with the privilege to
demur or withdraw the plea on the
18th.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
The Parthennn-

The destruction Of this famous build
ing took place In 1857, during the siege
Of Athens by the venetians. The
Turks held the city. and the Parthe.
non was used for a powder magazine,
One day during the conflict Vene.
tian bombshell dropped into the build.
ing. and the explosion followed which
badly shattered the structure From
that date the renowned building stood
roohess and exposed to all the In
clemencies of the weather For more
than 1000 yearG the temple stood en-.
tire, and in its ruins IL the architee-
tural wonder of the world.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
TAX TIMBER ONLY
ONCE AND THAT
WHEN CUT
Is Theory Advocated by Hon.
Ernest Hitchcock
ADDRESS TO FORTNIGHTLY
Other Crops are Taxed But Once So
Why Should Timber Crop Be
Taxed Over and Over

The regular meeting of the Fort
nightly was held Saturday afternoon.
the committee in charge being Mrs
Merrill Hitchcock, Mrs. G. Philip En-
dress and Mrs. Henry L. Stillson.
The afternoon was devoted to the
subject OF Forestry Quotations and
poems having bearing on the sub
ject were read by club members, AZ
ter which an address on Forestry
was given by Hon. Ernest Hitchcock
president of the Vt. Forestry assoc
iation and sponsor of the present
state forestry law which is one OF
the best in the country.
Mr.. Hitchcock not only gave very
comprehensive view of the situation
in this country as regards forestry,
but also gave some of his opinions as
to the betterment Of present condit-
ions and the necessity OF forestry
movement.
He spoke in general of the progress
in forestry in Europe and also in this
country in the last few years, stating
the fundamental principles Of -
subject. The effect of the fed 3
climate, SOIL health and fish and
game point out to us the necessity of
the preservation of our forests. Bar
rem and unfertile soil is due to the
cutting away of forests as are also
| floods.
In speaking of the problems and
conditions that confront Vermont vi
Hitchcock spoke of the measures
that had been taken to protect the
forests and pointed out many means
that should be taken to prevent a
scarcity of wood and lumber. Mr..
Hitchcock advocated a strengthenin7
OF the present forest fire law, an
yestigation of forestry conditional
modification of the tax law. III
the present>tax law foreSt 1apd(
ten under appraised,
cock believes 70 70
would be a misfortune to the 81
owners of the property would
only refuse to pay the increased
but would destroy the forests
avoid payment Mr.. Hitchcock is H.
favor of taxing forest land at its ac.
tual worth and taxing the timber ONLY
when cut as is the case with other
crops. This would aid in preserving
the forests and prevent their being
lcut only after number of years.
Under the present law growing tim.
Der is taxed every year making one
lcrop of timber bear from 30 to 75
different tax burdens which is unjust
whe mother crops are taxed but once
Tax the timber crop good round
tax but only once and then when II
lis cut and the tendency will not be
to slash it off to get the money on,
before it is ready to be harvested.
Mr.. Hitchcock's address was inter
esting and instructive and was partic
ularly timely just now when there Is
renewed interest in practical forestry
all over the country.
Hitchcock's address was interesting
and instructive and was particularly
timely just now when there is re
newed interest in practical forestr
all over the country.
Mr.. Hitchcock spoke Saturday eve
ming at the Bennington club alone
similar lines to an appreciatiye audi
ence of men. He was given a cordial
reception and the closest attention.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
sHlRTWAIsT STRIKERS
Miss Helen Taft is Lending Her Aid
to the Cause of the Girls

Philadelphia, Jan. 17-Miss Helen
Taft, daughter of the president, is
lending her aid to the shirtwaist stri-
kers here. Saturday she aid some
of her girl friends at Bryn Mawr col
lege came to town and participated
in conference of prominent soci ETY.
women at the home of Mrs. Henry
La Barre Jayne, at which the strike
was discussed and plans were made
to aid the girls How prominent a
part Miss Taft took in the conferences
could not be learned, but the fact
that she attended the conference has
given renewed hope to the strikers
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
A MUCH MARRIED MAN
Baron Won Mueller Had Over Forty
Wives and Robbed Them All

New York. Jan. 1.-THE Hoboken
police assert that Baron Emil Won
Mueller, just arrested in Los Angeles
on a bigamy charge, has practised
that crime on wholesale scale for
the purpose of robbing his victims.
They say that they have information
that Won Mueller, who is also known
as Won Derhagen, has victimized no
less than 80 women between here and
California, during the last ten years.
Won Mueller was arrested on the
complaint of Regina Verholmann Of
Manhattan. She told the police that
a week after Won Mueller married
her he disappeared with $4,000 of her
money.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
RICHARD oLNEY VERY ILL
ex-secretary Of State Operated Upon
Was Near Death

Boston, Mass, Jan 15.--Richard OIL.
ney,' secretary of state in the late
President Cleveland's cabinet, has
been at deaths door for several days
In the Corey Hill hospital in Brook
line
Mr.. Olney was operated upon for
an abdominal trouble on Tuesday.
The fact that he was Ill has been
guarded with great secrecy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
VOTED 5000 FOR RACES
Next Addison County Fair viii Be
Held August 80 TO September 2

Middlebury. Jan. 17--At a meeting
of the directors of the Addison Coun-
" Agricultural society Saturday af-
ternoon il was voted to hold the next
fair on Tuesday Wednesday Thurs
day and Friday, August 80, 81 and
September l and'2 They also voted
to put $4,000 into the purses for the
races.
Charles A. Chapman was elected a
delegate to the 25th biennial congress
of the National Trotting association
in New York City and William Noon
on delegate to the meeting IF the
Green Mountain circuit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
zeLAYA GOING TO BELGIUM
viii Sail as Soon as Arrangements
Can Be Made

Mexico, City Jan. l7.-After hav.
ing leased and taken possession of a
house with the announced intention Of
making his home here for several
months at least, former President re.
laya of Nicaragua states that he
would sail for Belgium as soon as he
could make arrangements
This decision was said TO be due 20
the receipt of telegram from Mrs.
Zelaya now at Managua. She has
decided TO go direct to Brussels, her
old home, instead OF coming 20 ue,x;ll
loo CITY 10 Iva -~.z.--usz-1--------. -.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
TO BE REAPPoINTED
Charles n. Darling and Curtis S. EN-.
cry Endorsed

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE Yer
mont delegation reports that it has
unanimously agreed to recommend
the disappointment of. Charles H.
Darling to the customs collectorship
of the port of Burlington and Curtis
s. Emery to a similar position at
Newport, port of Memphremagog.
I This assures the retention of each
man in his present position for four
years more and makes it certain that
no change will be made during that
time by appointment
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
RUSHING THE ICE PALACE
Montreal Carnival Committee Sure it
Will Be Done In Time

Montreal, Jan. 17.-Although the
carnival committee has only IL more
days in which to erect the ice palace
the members are confident that the
structure will be finished on time and
that everything will be in readiness
for the opening Of the carnival Thurs
day, January 81.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
PROMOTERS FIGHT
OVER LOCATION
OF BIG BATTLE
Richard and COffr0th Fail to
Argree
FRISCO VS.. SALT LAKE CITY
One Manager Says He is the Money
End and the Other That He Is
the Dictator

San Francisco, Jan. ia bitter
men who are to handle the Jeffries-
Johnson championship fight. Jack
Gleason of San Francisco aud Tex
Richard of Nevada are in a warm dis
pute over the selection Of battle
ground.
Richard has issued a fiat state
ment that the fight would lake place
in Salt Lake City or its immediate
vicinity. In response Gleason just as
positively stated that Jeffries and
Johnson would meet in San Francisco
or nearby
In this situation thu question
stands tonight
Richard charges that Gleason has
not advanced one cent in the transac-
tons so far. OF the $l010Oe guaran-
tee only $4,000 has been posted.
Richard asserts that Gleason did not
put up a cent of this forfeit and
hence cannot assume TO dictate.
Gleason declares that Richard could
not have become a partner in the en-
(Gleason's) influence with Berger
and Jeffries
While the main point in the dis.
pute is the place for the fight, it is
apparent that the squabble has res
olved itself into a tussle for author.
| ity between Gleason and Rickard
The balance of power seems TO be
with the fighters and the San. Fran
cisco fraternity is almost unanimous
ly Of the opinion that the flgh. will
be held wherever Jeffries dictates.
When all is said and Done the
fight will be held here says Gleas
on. II say so and it was agreed in
New York that | should have the
naming of the place. | don't care
what Richard says about It II Rick
ard does not care to live up to hi'
agreement | will take the fight of
his hands. am ready at any time
to take the whole thing
| Many sportsmen are skeptiCa
about the controversy between Gleas
on and Richard. Some think it Il
only scheme to keep up interest il
the match. ! his char@ Is indignant
Iy denied ~ Gleason.
Chicago, an. l7.-"There will b,
no fight in Salt Lake City or ali,
other place in UCah. The authorities
will take whatever drastic steps ar,
necessary to prevent it," said Cover
nor Spry of Utah, who is in Chicag,
on business.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
ROOSEVELT HEADS ALUMNI
Elected President Of Harvard Asso
alton to Succeed Dr.. Eliot 4

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. l5,-
election of Ex-President Roosevelt as,
president of the Harvard Alumni as
ISOLATION, succeeding Charles w. Ell
lot president emeritus of Harvard
University, was announced last night
by the executive board OF the ascot
atibn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
NINE LIVES LOST

Worst Blizzard in New York in
Many Years
New York, Jan. 17.-Nine lives
were lost and six persons injured In
one of the worst storms that ever
visited New York City. The total
snow fall was 141S inches, second
only to the blizzard of 1899 when
15h inches fell and of 1883 in which
Senator Roscoe Conklin lost his life,
when 20.9 inches fell Eighteen
thousand men have been put to work
clearing the streets, 1t is estimated
that the cost of removal will exceed
$S00,000
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17

lNoIcT IN WHITE SLAVE CASE
Two Men Charged With Assault BY
Rockefeller Grand Jury

New York, Jan. l7.-One indict-
ment charging two men with assault
was handed down yesterday by the
grand jury investigating the white
slave traffic. No arrests have been
made.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
STOCK QUOTATIONS

Noon Quotations from J. r. WIlllston
G. Co.. to Bennington Security Co
The following noon quotations were
received today by the Bennington Sc
eurity company from ]. r. Williston
& Co., of New York by special wire;
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.
For eastern New York ard Western
Vermont rain or snow tonight and
Tuesday Warmer tonight and In
south and central portion Tuesday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-17
safest Season.

"And you consider autumn the best
month for calling in your profession? ?"
Intercepted the housewife, as she
handed out th' prupkin pie.
"Ah. yes num-" said Truthful Tim,
as he tipped his h. - is den dat de
lawn mower has AID W. va s I.
de snow shove ~ s.