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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03

Joe Carroll's trusty club figured in
the Trinity victory over Rutgers, TO
at Hartford Saturday. With sac
rifice In the 4th inning, Carroll helped
along the man who scored and tied
up the game. Then In the ninth, Web
ster got his base on balls The next
man sacrificed the runner along and
Carroll came up with single. scor-
ing Webster-and 1t was all over.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03
AFfIRMs STANDARD oILvEaDlcT
United States Supreme Court APP
proves Oustine from Tennessee.

Washington, May S.-The decree of
the Supreme court of Tennessee GUST
ing the Standard Oil company of Ken
lucky from doing business in the
state of Tennessee was yesterday af-
firmed by the Supreme court of the
United States.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03
STOCK QUOTATIONS

The following noon quotations we're
received today by the Bennington Sc
curity company from ]. r. Williston
4 Co. OF New York by special wire;
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03

Gus" Gardella, the former Pitts
field player, made home run In the
Northampton-Springfeld game at
Springfield Saturday. Gus has devel-
oped into a heavy hitter this season.
He was at bat only twice. Gardella
scored two runs. In the same game
Gary was up twice and peppered out a
single.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next ~ Hours.

For eastern New York and western
Vermont showers and cooler tonight.
Wednesday partly cloudy, Cooler in
east portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03
STRIKES IN MANY
TRADES BEGUN IN
MASSACHUSETTS
Already includes 5000 Men and
More Will Follow
TROLLEY ROADS INVOLVED
Men on Lines Controlled by New Ha-
ven Holding Company Demand
Higher Wages

Boston, May 81 To enforce their
demands for more wages or fewer
working hours, 5000 men are on strike
in New England tonight. Other
strikes are threatened and in Central
and Western Massachusetts 1900 men
employed on the trolley lines CON
trolled by the holding company OF the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad are only awaiting the sane
ton of the Amalgamated association
of Street Railway Employees TO go out.
The trolleymen ask for higher wages.
Most OF the men on strike are en-
gagged in the building trades.
There are two textile strikes, in
volving 1926 employees, at Greenville
and Westerly. r. l., respectively.
Hundreds of farmers within radi-
us OF 100 miles from Boston are also
on strike for higher summer prices
for milk and are trying to emphasize
their demands by holding back their
product from the Boston market.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03

Announcement was made Saturday
of the sale OF Meldon Wolfgang,
Boston National league club pitcher.
who played with Hoosick Falls last
season, to the Lowell team OF the
New England league. Boston holds
an option on him, having the privilege
OF buying the player back before the
drafting season opens.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03
BASE BALL 6uNTs

"Cy" Ferry's Colts opened the base
ball season Saturday by defeating the
Seton Hall team to 3. The game
was played at Dalton as the Ferry
park at Coltville is not yet completed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03
BRYAN ASKED TO AID KERN
Expected TO Speak In Every Congress.
sional District In Indiana


Indianapolis. May 2-wnliam j..
Bryan will be asked to give one
month OF his time to the Indiana cam.
paign especially to help John w.
Kern In his canvass for United
states Senator. end Stale Chairman
Jackson and other leading Democrats
are certain he will respond.
II is proposed to have Bryan speak
I'm some central part Of every Con.
gressional district and to have spec.
lal trains run TO all OF these meet.
fact that Roosevelt is expected
ak for Beyerldge viii bring
prominent Democrats from all
he country into Indiana. but
Is the biggest card The party
cts to play.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03

Portland, Me-, May 2.--In a demand
for daily wage of 1928, 400 carpen-
tiers struck work here today. The
men have been receiving 1915.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03

Dunlap. the former Pittsheld sec
ond baseman, was spiked In the fifth
inning Of the game between Holyoke
and Hartford In the latter city Satur-
day afternoon. He was attempting to
get a runner at the midway station.
He was replaced by Foot Ruell, who
played with North Adams for n time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03
REVIEW BY TAFT AND DEWEY

President and Admiral at New York
Memorial Day
Washington, May 3.-It was an
nounced today that President Taft
would review the Grand Army parade
at New York on Memorial day and
that Admiral Dewey would act as
grand marshal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03

Fall River. Mass, May 2.--Six hun
dred carpenters. fathers and electric
ians who struck today for higher wag-
es and shorter hours have stopped
construction work in FAN River. An
early settlement is expected.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03

New Haven, Conn, May 3.-Dennis
s. Fitzgerald, member OF the Trolley
men International Executive Commit
tee, says he will reiterate the demand
for maximum wage rate of 27R
cents an hour on a FIVE year basis and
failing to obtain this demand will then
call for arbitration on the 30 cents an
hour basis originally demanded.
Strikes are in progress today in
Waterbury, Hartford. Meriden and
Middletown in the building and allied
trades for increases in wages.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03

Worcester. Mass, May 2.-Practic-
ally all the union plumbers in Worees-
ter struck today because OF the re-
fusal OF the master plumbers to grant
the men every Saturday afternoon of
during the year without loss of pay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-03

Vermont 100000 1-S5
Dartmouth 0 l 90 DOL 0 o. $
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
The Need of Road speciaIists.

After years of investigation the Of
flee of public roads has come to the
conclusion that the chief cause of bad
roads in this country, first, extreme
localization of road administration:
secondly. the payment of road taxes in
labor, and. thirdly, lack Of skilled SUI
pervsiOn.
These are days Of specialists. We
do not have our houses built by the
doctor or call carpenter to treat US
for pneumonia. We think schoolteach-
ers should be required to take exam
nations, and we approve Of military
and naval schools to teach military
discipline. We believe in the civil serv-
ice and competency for civil employ
ees. We require skill and experience
in almost every line of human en-
deavor. Why not, then, insist that our
road taxes be expended under com
petent supervision? - Maurice o. FL
bridge.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

at the base of the fill is a hundred
feet long. with throat five feet across
both ways. In making the fill, which
is about 800 feet in length, 1000
yards of earth were moved.
This is said by state road men to be
the largest job Of filing that has ever
been attempted on II state road in New
York, says the Dryden On. " Her
aid. When the road was first surveyed
the engineers planned different route,
not seriously considering the POSSIBLE
ty of filing the valley, but after
later survey the highway commission
directed that this plan be used.
Those who have used the road in
the past will appreciate the change
of grade, as this was the only bad hill
between Dryden and Cortland. and
the automobilist will make ii on the
"high" without a bit OF worry. When
this and the two sections of the Dry
den-IthaCa road are done there will be
a macadam road all the way from
Cortland to Ithaca, an important link
in the system connecting central New
York with the southern tier.
The curves on this road are being
banked, which is Il new scheme in
macadam construction. The outer side
OF the curve is raised a little higher
than the inner edge like race track.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
THE CRIPPEN VERDICT.

There is marked difference in the
speed with which justice is meted
out in England and in America. DR..
Crippen, who was arrested only a
couple of months ago for numbering
his wife in London, was put on trial
last Tuesday, was found guilty after
thirty minutes delberation by the
jury and was Immediately sentenced
to hang on November Is. There is
little chance that he will gain time.
The verdict was based on the evi.
dence. There was no "brainstorm'
plea.
Americans can not help contrast.
ing the speed of the English court
action with that in America, where
technicalities play too important a
role and where delays are all too mum.
erous.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Secretary of the Navy Meyer is an
alert and efficient official, who merits
the confidence of the two administra-
tons which he has served He is in
sympathy with President Taft in his
desire to economic Wherever it is
possible, without impairing the ser
vice and in line with this thought
will propose the abandonment of
some of the Atlantic coast navy yards,
which he believes to be superfuous.
Under the secretary's direction the
Kisha island, which commands the
northerly short route between Asia
and America, was made into a second
Gibraltar. In future years the 18TH
mus is bound to be the rendezvous
of our naval power, therefore, it must
be fortified to a limit and also have
dry docks and arsenals.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
THE LOVE OF CONTEST.

It's human nature to love a contest.
That's why those world series base
ball games attract so many thousands
and are given so much space in the
papers-because they are contest be-
tween stars in the game. That's why
900 or 700 men gathered in Norfolk
hall Thursday night-because of the
human delight in a human contest.
It's born in us and we can't help it.
incidentally, that's why thousands of
people all over this territory are be-
coming more and more interested in
the race of votes being run for the
81, 400 automobile and twenty-seven
other prizes being given away by The
News-it's because of the uncertainty
of the outcome and the human love of
fair contest between human beings.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
Good Road Truths.

Good roads bear about the same re
lation TO the commercial welfare of a
country that good circulation does
to the physical welfare of the indi-
viduaI AS long as there are bad roads.
billy, muddy and impossible, there
will be a certain and inevitable de-
preston from normal and healthy
commercial tone. The circulation OF
crops will be retarded, the cost of pro.
duction will be increased and the full
yigor and potential power of the com.
munity will not be realized. The truth
more generally accepted throughout
the country at large and millions Of
dollars are being spent in the move
ment for good roads. SELECTED.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
Oil Imprisons Birds,

Because the birds OF River forest get
their feet entangIed in the oiled sur
face OF Gale avenue and fall victims
to automobiles citizens Of the suburb
are going to try another plan for
fighting the dust evil. says the Chicago
Tribune River forest is proud of its
feathcry songsters. and the slaughter
this summer is said to have been enor-
nous. A dry compound which. 1t is
said, will draw moisture from the air
and keep the dust down will be useG.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Louisiana to save the frog from the
ruthless laughter to which he is now
"A victim. Their plea has been heard,
with the result that remedial laws will
soon undoubtedly be passed A frog.
less state would be a strange and desc.
late region. The commission is to be
commended, not only because 1t stands
true In the simplest details to a great
national principle, but also for its
timely work in protecting these must.
clans of the pond.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

HOnfort's Wine and Spirit Circular
in a recent editorial, questions at con
siderable length the causes which are
bringing so many states to pass pro
hibitory laws, and forecasts the disas-
ter imminent to the liquor business If
the temperance wave is not checked
In closing the writer asks Can it be
possible that the liquor trade is so
disrenutable that it cannot be sue
cess'ully defended at the bar of pub.
lie sentiment" That is just where
the shoe pinches, Mr.. Liquor Dealer.
The opposition is neatly summed up
in your question affirmatively stated.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Even Mr.. Clifford Pinchots enthusi.
asm has been overdistanced by that
of Louisiana. This far-sighted common
wealth, after having taken the for
ests and the birds, oysters, fish and
shrimp under the wing of it's shelter
ing law, is now preparing to conserve
it's bullfrogs, Thousands of these
creatures whose anterior portions are
so priced by epicures, are caught in
Louisiana each year and marketed all
throughout the country. Indeed, Lou
isiana is as famous for it's bullfrogs
as Georgia was for possum, following
Mr. Taft's Atlanta banquet. Not the
5ullfrog, though not a handsome per-
son, has his defenders as well as his
cooks and devourers. Some kindly
people who would never dream of eat
ing his legs are great lovers of his
song. A number of such have appeal
ed to the conservation commission Of
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

President Louis Hill is to be con-
graduated for prohibiting the sale of
the penny dreadful" literature on
his company's trains aud newstands.
He was brought to this decision in
recognition Of the company's respcp-
sibility for the character of literature
sold under its protection. The appe-
tite of weak-minded boys for such
blood and thunder tales as these is
abnormal and they are often perma-
nently injured and led into lives of
crime. If other agencies could be
made to feel their responsibility for
the sale of vicious and demoralizing
literature, it would soon be driven out
of existence.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

In many parts of the country this
has been very dry season, but no
where has it been quite so dry as in
Missouri, If an editor in that state is
to be believed. He said: 1T was so
dry here that the wagons were going
around with their tongues out, ice
had to be soaked all night in water
before it was wet enough to make lem
onade, the catfish kicked up such a
dust in the bed of the Carconade riv-
er that the river had to be sprinkled
before you could go fishing. \ spark
from an engine set fire to a big pond
and burned up a wagon load of bull
frogs"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
FILL ELIMINATES GRADE.


Ithaca Nears Completion.
The above cut gives one an Idea OF
he vast amount Of work that has
been accomplished at the Gulf hill,
Hanging steep. crooked rond to
straight macadumlzed highway with
grade Of about I per cent.
This Is ON the road known ms No.
5S3 Dryden Cortland extending from
the Dryden village line, in Tompkins
county. y. y. to the Cortland county
line. A distance of 1850 miles The
contract was let to j. Mccormick OF
East Providence. X. l. The engineer
Ing was In charge OF A. l.. Northrop
Of Dryden. the division engineers as
sistant for Tompkins county. The en-
ginccrs ON the work were l.. II. Snyder
VI Syracuse and Harold Fox of Cana
jOharic.
The change of grade has been effect
I'd 10y cutting away the tops OF the
hills ON either side and filling In the
valley between. The fill at the culvert
is twenty-five feet high. eighteen feet
above the old road bed. The Culvert
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
A deal of unusual magnitude eve

A deal of unusual magnitude even
in this age of mammoth business
transactions was closed recently which
transferred to the Standard Oil COM
pany $4,000 acres of coal land owned
by Josiah " Thompson of Uniontown,
Pa, The amount paid was about $780,
100000 and the average price per acre
not far from $500 Mr.. Thompson pur.
chased thousands of acres of this land
for $40 an acre years ago. Some of it
he paid as high as 500 an acre for.
That's a very safe and sane way to
make a fortune.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Twenty years ago the beet sugar
output of the United States was about
100000 pounds annually; it has
grown to 1,O24OOO,OOO pounds annual
ly. 1t is still true that the beet Sill
gar raising is an infant industry when
compared with what could and some
time will be done. There is no real
reason why, with our sugar cane and
our sugar beet, the United States
should import an ounce of sugar.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Few people realize the enormous
change in railroad control in the past
six years. Rebates to powerful cor.
porations have been cut off, the poor
man pays the same freight as the
rich, an army of dead heads have been
made to help keep trains running, and
a body representing the people has
been given power to say whether rates
are fair. All done under republican
administrations.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Earl Gray, governor-general of Can
ada, has just returned from an explor
ing trip through the Hudson bay coun
try. He reports the trip delightful
and likens the bay to the Mediterran
can. 1t undoubtedly is a most pic
turesque country, but it takes quite a
stretch of the imagination to see a
likeness to the Mediterranean in the
ice-locked bay, surrounded by i'm
measurable dark, pine forests.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

William b. Dana, who was recently
called by death from his earthly
career, was the brother of James B.
Dana, the geologist, and came from
a family noted for it's strong mental
ity. Through his life time of editor
ial work he was a great conservative
and was always on the side of sanity.
His work was that of scholarly and
patriotic man, deeply concerned for
the best interests of his country.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

If more people says an exchange
would follow the suggestion of John
Newton there would be much more
happiness in this great big world
He said: 81 see in the world two
heaps, one of misery and the other
of happiness. 1t is but little | can dc
to take from the one heap and add
to the other, but let me do what
can"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

In many cities throughout the coun-
try, at the hour when the body of
Julia Ward Howe was being laid in
it's last resting place, the children in
the public schools stood and sang
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic, -
fitting tribute to a life of activity for
the right in which the writing of this
hymn was but an Incident.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

There is a constant effort by those
who desire to preserve and purify the
mother tongue to eliminate slang, 1t
is true that the present age is degen-
crate in this respect and much of
the slang of the street has no force
whatever. but there are expressions
so terse and unmistakable in mean
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

When a college president some
years ago suggested social ostracism
as an effective punishment for dishon-
esty in public life, he was laughed at.
But recent events show that it is quite
as effectual as a legal indictment and
cannot be made null and void by some
technically of the law, as legal in
dictments so often are.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Considerable leniency is always eX-
tended to sick people for their eccen-
tricities and i'll temper, but the in
valid in Georgia who killed his doc
tor because he was not being bene-
fitted by his treatment, was hardly
excusable except on the ground of
self defense.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

The sight of William r. Hearst
working for the Roosevelt republican
ticket in New York is one of the
strangest political anomalies of the
present time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Mrs. Flemming, astronomer at Har-
ward, finds new star, but II Is not
bright enough so that we can yet zee
ommend conservative citizens to stay
out after dark.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

One reads much about the necktie
workers sufferings. How about the
oufferings of the public at wearing
ties built to suit the complexion Of a
lobster?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
Must Educate PeopIe.

During the next few years the most
engaging topic and the most acute sit
uationS in the body polite are to re-
suit from good roads and the attendant
transportation over them. Unless the
people are educated to an appreciation
OF them they cannot solve the ques-
lions OF the future. = Selected.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Mr.. Rockefeller has given $780,.
900 to the Rockefeller institute for
medical research. Some Of the peo-
pie who felt so badly about tainted
money recently ought in consistency
to refuse to be cured by this INSANE
titled means.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

scratches his head. but when China
man is in an embarrassing predca.
ment he scratches his foot The orr.
entail customs are usually the exact
opposite Of those of western countries,
but in this instance the scratching of
either head or foot is not likely to
enlighten the mind much.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

In New York the officers are right
after those who are trying to cheat
the public by false weights and meas
ures or by misrepresentation of goods,
including fake" bankrupt and fire
sales. A rigid enforcement of such a
law in all the states would be well
coined by many people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

In view of the jobbery and graft
so prevalent in city and state govern.
ments. the biggest triumph in govern
ment work ever recorded in the
worlds history is the conduct of the
Panama canal operations so far with
out breath of scandal.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Owing to the spotty nature of the
market for explorers lectures, Mr.
Wellman should hoe his platform corn
before the Indian summer suns turn
into the chill winds of November.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Anyone thinking of taking up muir.
Ter as a permanent occupation will
find an excellent field for their line in
Chicago, where the records show two
executions to 693 murders.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

Ten balloons started from st. Louis
low has to fly over open ocean to
get his name among the personal
items now.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

A government surveyor says he LAS
found a peak 1000 feet above Mount
Mckinley, but until he brings the Gus
tomary brass tube to this office we
suspend judgment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

The commission form of government
Is gaining many friends, but 1t cart
be generally adopted because it would
compel the politicians to go to work
with their hands.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

The census bureau reports that tu
berculosis still leads all other dis
eases in the number of deaths it has
caused in the United States, but the
margin over pneumonia is now very
small.