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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
PAID $4,000 FOR SILENCE
Defautine Big Four Treasurer Tells
How He Was BIackmailed

Cincinnati Feb. o. Charles L.
Warmer, defaulting treasurer of the
Big Four railroad, who is a witness
in the trial Of Mrs. Jeanette Stewart
Ford says that he had paid Mrs Ford
$1,000 month for seven years from
October 1902 Mrs. Ford is charged
with having blackmailed Warmer.
Warmer took the stand wearing
an overcoatt which partly concealed
his convict garb. At the demand of
the defense he was ordered to re-
move the coat. He related his rise
to the local treasurership of the Big
Four Railway and said he met Mrs.
Ford in October, 1902. He said she
had introduced herself by telephone
and had asked him to aid her in re.
gaining the attentions of an employee
of the office The witness said he de.
clined to aid her and that she then
informed him she knew he was short
in his accounts. He said she de
manded $4,000 as the price of her
silence and finally he gave her $3.50.
Then the witness said that the pay
ments to the woman had become reg
ular. He swore he had given her
$4,000 in all, usually paying 81 900 a
month and that these payments had
lasted from October, 1902 until last
autumn.
Finally | grew tired of it," War
riner testified. Il told her to go to
New York and forget aobut the short
age and that would see that she liv-
ed in comfort. She went but came
back again
She wanted to send her boy to
school and she got $1,000 for surgeons
fees for an operation which she had
performed. also paid bills for her
daughter and nurse during their stay
at a hotel in Chicago paid so
many bills could not keep track OF
them"
Letters written by Mrs. Ford to Ed
gar S. Cooke OF Chicago, formerly an
employee in WARMERS Office were
introduced in evidence. In nearly all
of them wv" was mentioned and
Warmer testified that this reference
was TO him. One missive said
Il met w. at the Grand Hotel and
he said he didn't care II all is ex-
posed | know he is bluffing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
WERE BURIED TOGETHER
West Burke, VI, Recluse and Faith.
full Dog

ST. Johnsbury, Feb. Word has
just reached here of the suicide in
Burke Thursday of Charles Aldrich,
a lonely recluse of Y years. Mr..
Aldrich's only companion was his
faithful dog and the poor creatures
grief on finding the dead body of his
master was so pathetic that he was
chloroformed and buried in the same
grave as his master.
Mr. Aldrich was veterinary sur
geon and was passionately fond of
animals. He was becoming feeble
and had grown so weary of his lone
ly life that he decided to end 1t by
taking poison. Before committing
the act, he left a note saying that his
only regret was in leaving his faith
full dog and requesting that whoever
found the note should see that the
dog was kindly cared for When
neighbors arrived the dog was lying
across the body of his master, his
cries rending the air The funeral
was held Saturday afternoon at West
Burke.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
REV. f. R. MORRIS
IS At ISSUE WITH
LIBERAL SUNDAY
Is Wrong Interpolation of Pas.
tOraI Letter
NOSANCTION ABUSE
Writer of Letter Sees No Merit in
Sunday Ball Games and Fish
ing Trips.

Binghamton. n. Y, Feb. l, 1910
Editor of the Banner was much
interested in Bishop Halls Pastoral
Letter as printed in the Banner.
fear more careful reading of the
letter itself will scarcely allow the
implications of the scare head, Lib
eral Sunday" nor the Introductory
paragraph. There is certainly moth
ing in the Bishops letter to provoke
criticism for its sanction of abuse Of
the Lords Day.
The New England clergymen and
laymen who are most insistent fol
keeping the Lords Day insist on
keeping it as the Lord did. 1t is
not the Old Testament Law but the
example and teaching of Jesus that
is the Christians authority. We
read that at Nazareth he went into
the synagogue, as his custom was on
the sabbath day and he then and
there read his sabbath program
namely 10 preach the good tiding,
to the poor, TO bind up the broken
hearted, to open blind eyes, to set at
liberty them that are bruised and to
proclaim the acceptable year of he
Lord"
The Bishop might well have en-
phasized what the Master taught and
did instead of what the Church has
dcne; but the Bishops letter, if fol
lowed, wOuld~seem to most of those
who cry for a liberal Sunday" to
outline a very Puritanical Sunday in
deed
First, Assemble for worship" ~
was out late Saturday night and !
was too tired to get to church, says
the liberal Sunday" advocate. In
summer he announces, IT'S my only
day to fish"
Second, the Bishop says. do only
necessary business Hon about the
farmer who saves the cleaning of the
wagon-houso floor for Sunday, or the
editor who conducts his political
Amen Corner while his wife and
children are at worship, or the pro
fessional men who save the hard task
for Sunday because their offices will
then be free from interruption, or the
railroad which makes all sort of bids
for Sunday passenger traffic, lest an
engineer or fireman should have &
rest day?
Third, the Bishop says, "Innocenr
recreation. but not Inconsistent witt
the leading purpose of the day anC
its primary duties He speaks O
private devotion in addition to pub
lie worship, of acts of charity, O
Cody behavior and conduct. Where
in this catalogue comes in the crowd
ing of a trolley car for a ball gam,
where the betting is an evident fea
ture, or the Sunday party wher,
weekday amusements are the draw
prizes and all, or the Sunday fshinl
trip where two share the same "medi
cine bottle" or even where thos,
who are housed all the week are t,
take all Of Sunday in the op n? Mos
of the liberal Sunday" men woulC
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
VISITORS PLEASED
WITH SUCCESS
Of MEETING
Farmers Institute Well Attend
ed Wednesday
WAS HeLDAT POwNAL CENTRE
Able Speakers Held Attention OF
Audence-Speeial Addresses at
Grange "Wednesday Night

About fifty farmers, including
few from this town and Stamford, at
tended the farmers institute meet
ing held in Summit hall in Pownal
Center Wednesday afternoon and
evening. The meetings were under
the direction of State Commissioner
OF Agriculture o. l.. Martin Of Plain
field who presided.
The first speaker of the afternoon
session was Prof r. NJ. Washburne
of Burlington. His topic was Max
ing the most out of your cow In
the course of his speech Prof. Wash
burne stated that the best milking
producing foods were corn meal.
bran, linseed meal and cotton seed
meal. Bran he declared to be the
best of all He-advocated the use OF
mixed foods but urged the farmers to
do their own mixing and not pur-
chase any prepared mixed foods the
ingredients of which, when tested.
are usually found wanting in milk
producing properties. Often these
prepared foods contain a large per
centage Of weed seeds which aFe--itias>
digestable and do much injury to the
land by the spread of obnoxious
weeds. Prof. Washburne stated that
alfalfa could be grown in Vermont as
we'll as New York state and urged
the farmers to raise a crop OF this
excellent food for cattle.
E. H. Stodlmueller, successful far
mer living near Hartford, Conn, was
the second speaker. In supplying
fancy milk at fancy price, he de-
clared. that he found the use Of corn
meal the most profitable for feeding
cows as it produces milk which APP
pears richer than that made from
lother foods. BY demonstrations
with a prepared chart he showed
that the average cost of keeping a
COW was $11S.73 He then demon
strated at what price the milk must
be sold in order to bring return, the
amount of milk given by the cow~he;
ing considered as basis for
compilation.
I Potatoes" was the subject of thu
address of E. p Mayo Of Watervliet,
address of e. P. Mayo of Waterville,
Me. He advocated the growing of
potatoes on large scale because it
would benefit the land and second be-
cause local farmers are so near the
greater New York market. If the
.land is properly prepared a price of
ground used for potatoes would be
ready for any crop the following
year.
The meeting came to a close with
few remarks by Commissioner Mar
tin. In the evening the principal
speaker was Mr.. Stodlmueller whose
subject was sheep Raising" The
speakers were much pleased with
the meeting both for the large atten-
dance and the attention given the
addresses.
Commissioner Martin and Prof.
Washburne were present at a largely
attended meeting of Bennington
Grange Wednesday evening. Mr..
Martin spoke on general agricultural
work. The need of enforcing Pure
Food Laws" was the subject of Prof.
Washburnes address.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
sPITzER roo ILL TO APPEAR
Convicted for Sugar Frauds, He Can
not Attend Court.

New York, Feb. Solver Splitter,
former dock superintendent for the
American Sugar Refining company,
was not well enough to appear in
court and be sentenced for the sugar
weighing frauds of which he and four
company checkers were found guilty
several weeks ago.
The checkers recently were sen
fenced to years penitentiary term
each but Spitzers sentence was de-
ferred to yesterday because he was
about to undergo an operation. Spit
ger is still in a hospital and Judge
Martin again extended his bail bond
until Saturday when it is expected
he will appear for sentence
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
CIGARETTE CAUSE
/. OF MANY DEATHS
IN MINE
Sixty Dead and Eight Wounded
BY Explosion
BELIEVED MORE KILLED
Gas Ignited by Cigarette Of Miner
Who Was Smoking Contrary
to Rules.

Laredo. Texas. Feb. 2,-Word has
reached here of terrific explosion
in mine at Las Esperanzas, Mexico
Many are reported killed Las Esp
eranzas is exclusively a coal mining
district and employs Mexican and
Japanese.
A dispatch to the Express from
Eagle Pass, Texas, says:
At nightfall sixty-eight bodies had
been recovered from the Paulau mine
Of the S. Coahuila Coal company in
the state Of Coahuila, Mexico. where
an explosion occurred today. Besides
the dead, eight wounded have been
brought to the surface.
While an accurate estimate of the
number at work when the explosion
occurred is not yet possible, it is be-
lieved that few. if any, are still in
the mine.
The Paulau is considered one of the
modern provisions for the safety of
the workers. Exploration into the
wrecked workings continued tonight.
Cigarette Cause Of Explosion
Laredo, Feb. 2.-The explosion oc-
CURED in No. 3 shaft of the coal mine
OF the Esperanzas Mining company,
and is attributed to the ignition of
gas from the cigarette OF miner,
who was smoking contrary to the
rules.
The miners. principally Mexicans
and Japanese, had assumed their
places in the workings shortly after
Z o'clock. About $3.50 o'clock those at
work above ground heard a loud ex.
plosion and almost instantly a cloud
Of dust and smoke shot from the
mouth Of the shaft.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
HARWOOD-ElWElL
Popular Couple Married in Shafts
bury Wednesday Evening.

A quiet wedding was solemnized a.
the home of Rev. William Cashmere
of South SALISBURY Wednesday eve
ming when Halle Iona Elwell was
united in marriage to Burton Everett
Harwood of this village.
The bride wore a suit of dark
green and was attended by her sister
Miss Alma Elwell, who wore brown.
The best man was George Harwood
a cousin of the groom Immediately
after the ceremony the wedding par.
ty drove to the home of the tride !
parents, Mr., and Mrs, David Elwell
where reception was held for the
immediate relatives.
Mr. and Mrs, Harwood are popular
in both Bennington and ShaftsburJ
and their many friends join in wish
ing them happy married life
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
TAMMANY FAvORS
BILL FOR DIRECT
NOMINATIONS
Grady Says His Backing Of Mea.
sure is Sincere
NOT APPLY IN MANHATTAN
This Deficiency Made Subject Of
Sarcastic Reference BY sena-
tor Davis.

Albany, Feb "a direct nomi-
nations furry resulted in the Senate
today over a resolution offered by
Senator Grady providing for the
printing of 1000 copies of the pri-
mary bill introduced by him at the
request of the Democratic League
1T is certainly delightful to see the
rapidity with which Senator Grady
responds to the new order of things
commented Senator Davis. the acting
majority leader
Senator Human called attention
to the exemption of New York city
from the operations of the direct pri-
mary provisions Of the bill, "a city,
he declared, where the senator's or
ganization (Tammany) fourishes."
Senator Grady declared that while
he preferred the old order of things,
he was in earnest in backing the
Democratic League bill, which, he
said, was drawn by eX-Judge DCady
Herrick.
ne olSuluCduCe Ol tniS ueClSlOu,
Senator Davenport pointed out, lis
open revelation Of the change in at
titude of the public mind in this state
toward direct nominations within the
year What Senator Grady says is
absolutely true. He had breadth of
vision enough to change because he
konws full well the public mind in
both parties has changed"
The resolution was referred to the
finance committee.
The special legislative committee
appointed to investigate the question
of primaries met today to go over its
forthcoming report.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
1852 KILLED BY TRAINS
July August and September Record,
1909, Shows Increase.

Washington, Feb. 3.-American
railroads markedly increased their
toll of life and limb during the three
months covered in Accident Bulletin
No. 80, just issued by the interstate
commerce commission
The number killed is $50; injured
1924. The figures are for the
month of July, August and Septem
Der 1909. They show an increase IN
fatalities of lis over the preceding
three months and IN Injuries of 2696
The figures as given include only
accidents to passengers and EN-
ployees while actually on duty at the
time of the accident -rrTTHE
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
Household Remedies

which have stood the test of time de.
serve a place in the medicine chest
Of every family. Mothers are today
administering to their children the
remedies their grandmothers used.
For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been cui.
ing the women of this country from
the worst form Of female Ills ant
merit alone could have stood such ,
test of time and won such an envl
able record.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
CAN SHOOT coLLARLess DOGS
Decision Leaves Undecorated Canin
esWithout Legal Protection.

Montpelier, Feb. 1.-The Franklin
county case of State ex rel A. j.
Lamb VS.. D. S. Gilman, to determine
the legality of a license issued to
Gilman in the town of Fletcher, was
argued today in Supreme Court. The
State in this case ask for writ of
certiorari. The next case for argu-
ment was from Washington county,
David Fraser VS.. A. C. Blanchard.
The decision in the Orange county
case of McDermit vs. Tafe which
went up on an agreed statement of
facts, noted yesterday, is of interest
to owners of dogs throughout the
State as the opinion is to the effect
that If person shoots dog with
out a collar he is not liable even al
though the dog be licensed. The
decision is in fact that licensed dogs
to have the protection of law must
wear collars.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
SALARIES OF $1,000
Judges OF New Customs Court VIII
Be Paid That Amount.

Washington, Feb. 3.-Judges of the
new customs court of appeals will re-
ceive only $1,000 annually, instead OF
$4,000, as fixed by the tariff bill.
which created the court. The urgent
deficiency bill, as 1t passed the House
appropriated $1,000 for each Judge,
but did not change the law, as has
been done in the bill reported from
the Senate committee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03

STOCK QUOTATIONS

Noon Quotations from J. r. WIllIston
q 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, 1910-02-03
THE DOMINATING VIRTUE

of our work is the desire for and the
practice of a square and fair deal
Discrimination Is easy, but we strive
to effect for everybody equitable re
suits on all forms of insurance. Tn,
old and new members are treated
I.Alike~~6lst year National Life In
/. e 4, company. Montpelier, VI
s. |''.|- 4 Earle s. Kinsley, Agent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-03
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours

For eastern New York and western
Vermont rain or snow in South and
snow in north portion tonight. Cold,
er in west portion. Friday fair and
colder.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-15
Spiritual Life.

Some people take their pleasures
as if God begrudged them. But look
at the apple trees, with a hundred
blossoms to n possible apple! How
extravagantly fond is God of all sweet
and beautiful ~things!-William E.
Barton.
We are learning that no one can see
all of truth, that our doubling neigh
Dor may be as honest as we are, that
as many causes tend to make men
think differently as alike; and we are
also learning that the main thing is
to cast out Satan.-T. T. Munger.
Beauty of achievement, whether in
overcoming a hasty temper, a habit
of exaggeration, in exploring a CONT
nent with Stanley or guiding we'll the
Ship of State with Gladstone, is al
ways fascinating, and, whether
known in a circle large as the equator
or only in the family circle at home.
those who are in this fashion beauti-
full are never desolate, and some n
always loves membranes B.
Willard.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-15
Cleveland's Grave Marked.

With no mention in the inscription
Of the fact he was at one time Presi-
dent of the United States, but read
ing merely: "Grover Cleveland, born
Caldwell, N. j., March IS, 1887; died
Princeton, N. j., June "a, 1908" the
first monument to the memory of for
mer President Grover Cleveland was
completed on his grave in the Prince
ton cemetery. Beside 1t was placed
a marble slab, three feet high, on the
grave of Ruth Cleveland, which has
remained unmarked since her death,
January 7, 1904. 1t, too, bears a
simple inscription. The monument
Oh Cleveland's grave is of Tennessee
marble and is ten feet high. 1t con-
sists of a cubical die, five feet high
and three feet thick, and a cap, which
tapers gradually from the die into a
finial-like head. Both stones were
placed at the direction of Mrs. Cleve-
land, who is at present in Europe
with her children.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-15
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS.
Kaiser Held For Murder.

Frank Kaiser, nineteen years old.
of Palisade avenue, Garfield, was
placed in the Bergen County Jail, at
Hackensack, charged with murder.
Kaiser and Albert Treliaus, a Passaic
High School boy, fought a seven
round bout in a field near Garfield, as
the result of which Trehaus died
three days later in the Passaic Gen.
eral Hospital. Kaiser disappeared
after the fight, and was arrested in
Wilmington, Del. The Garfield police
rearrested the alleged officials of the
fight, who were previously held as
witnesses and released under $500
bail. They were Henry Knackstedt,
James Dwyer, Oswald Kornhoff, Eziel
LOOMS, William McAlpine, John
Dwyer, Gustav Scheuermann, Ru-
dolph Labeur and Henry Gerritsan.
All were held without bail by Recor-
der Daniel Cook on a charge of aiding
and abetting a murder.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-15
Dog Attacks Policeman.

William F. Mertz, a bicycle patrol.
man of Bloomfield, fought a savage
dog in Edison street. The brute tore
the mans left arm, besides inf1icting
several slighter wounds. Merits uni
form almost was torn from his back.
Mertz had been detailed to destroy all
unmuzzled dogs running at large. He
had entered Edison street from
Bloomfield avenue on his wheel when
the dog ran out and attacked him.
The policeman dismounted, and as
he did so the dog caught his left fore
arm at the f1eshy part, tearing away
a large piece of flesh and a part of his
clothing. The brute renewed the at
tack several times, keeping Mertz busy
warding it off. He finally succeeded
in pulling out his revolver and fired
two shots into it's body, killing it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-15
PENIS GROVE. N. j.. FRIDAY. APRIL IS. 1910
to the entire community as the pro-

to the entire community as the pro-
duction and marketing of coal; and
the Department of Justice has recent
ly argued and submitted to the Cir
cult Court of the United States, in
Philadelphia, a proceeding brought to
break up a combination under which
the great anthracite coal production
of Pennsylvania is controlled by an
intercorporate organization of rail-
road and coal mining companies, and
the department has now under prep
aration a proceeding against a similar
combination affecting bituminous
coal, believed to be equally reprehen-
sible in its character and obnoxious
In its effect.
The Standard Oil and Tobacco
cases in the Supreme Court of the
United States he referred to particu-
larly, saying they constituted the
most comprehensive attempt ever
made by the Government to deal with
the question of monopoly.
SIN effect" he declared with en-
phasis, they involve the question
whether or not the entire industries
of this country may be legally con-
trolled by one group of men. 1t is
not essential to American prosperity
that one group of men shall control
the entire business of the United
States in oil, in sugar, or iron, or
any other commodity, and no sound
principle Of economic law is offended
by striking down all such artificial
combinations"
When he had finished reciting the
administratiOn'S camDafgn against
corruption the Acknowledgement said:
Cali these represent the deter
mined policy of the Government to
attack all special privileges and I'M
due preferences whether obtained by
illegal combinations, by bribing pub
lie officials, by rebates, or special adj
vantages in transportation, or by any
other method"
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-15
ASSASSIN KILLS MISSIONARY.
Frank Skala Shot After Sermon On
Early Christian Martyrs.

Pittsburg, Pa.-As he was leaving
the little Congregational Church in
Woods Run, a suburb of Pittsburg,
after an eloquent sermon on the early
Christian martyrs, in which he had
expressed his willingness to lay down
his own life for the Christian cause.
Frank Skala, a prominent mission
worker, was shot down and killed
instantly by Jan Radovitch, one OF
the men to whom he had been preach
ing. Two bullets pierced his brain
and fully a hundred members of his
congregation stood around, appalled,
and motionless, as he fell dead.
Then the murderer turned his re-
volver on John Gay, another mission
worker, who had been walking arm
in arm with Skala. Before any of
the bystanders could raise a hand
two more shots had been fired and
Gay fell across the body of his friend
and fellow worker with a bullet in
his head. Gays wound was danger
Gus, but hope of his recovery was
held out in the st. Johns Hospital,
where he was removed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-15
Working the Corners.

At a mission meeting n preacher
said to another: Where have you
been lately? l haven't seen you or
heard of you, nor have l. once seen
you name in the papers," NO" was
the reply, 1--WE been working the r
ners the past year"
What do you mean?" We'll, l
found there were plenty of preachers
in the city and towns, but the out
lying districts where they we're most
needed were almost without them
So l left the city work and have been
going from house to house, gathering
people in little groups in farmhouses
and schoolhouses, preaching to them
and teaching them there. There
seemed to be nobody to do that work,
so l took it up. / call that working
the corners, and l guess my name
hasn't been in the papers for a year"
Christian Advocate.