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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
REVIVAL VS. PRIZE FIGHT
Evangelistio Crusade as Counter At
traction to Big Bout

New York. Bay l6.-The proposed
eyangelistic crusade to offset what
some members of the clergy style the
burtalizing influence Of the Jeffries-
Johnson fight, is taking form. Two
New York preachers nave accepted
invitations to 20 to San Francisco
and hold revival meetings as counter
attractions to the big fight. They
are Rev. John Wesley Hili one of the
origlnators of the crusade, and Rev.
John Callahan, a mission worker. Rev
William A. Sunday Of Chicago, best
known as BILLY" Sunday, the base
ball evangelist. will also 20 to San
Francisco to aid in the work, II was
said here The evangellsts will begin
their work several days before the
fight.
New York business men who are
opposed to the contest, have subscrib-
ed funds to pay the New York preach
ers' expenses
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
RETAIN FORWARD PASS
Spectacular Foot Ball Play Stays In
the Game

New York, May i6.--The lntercolle-
giate football rules committee has de.
clded to retain the forward pass un.
restricted. The committee has franz
cd a number of rules designed to
throw safeguards around the opera
ton OF this and other plays, and ad-
iourned sine die, having completed
the task of reforming football which
had kept Il busy much OF the time
since the first OF last February.
Members OF the committee hope.
however. that they have devised n
plan whereby the game will not be
robbed OF It's spectacular features, yet
will be safer.
Il was felt, that. having weakened
the offense by the new rules previous.
ly adopted, some method had TO be
invented TO strengthen the offense.
For this reason great effort was Cx--
pended TO formulate a plan for re-
tanning the forward pass. without II
under the now restrictions. scoring
would be so difficult that the game
would be almost destroyed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
RoosEvELT's POSITION
Will Be Next Following Royal cous-
ms of Late King Edward.

London, May 15.-Ex-President
Roosevelt, who is due to arrive in
London tomorrow morning at 1880 o.
clock, will be welcomed at the sta
ton on behalf of the King by the Earl
Of Dundonald. The Earl is one of the
two aids de camp designated by the
King to attend upon Mr. Roosevelt
during his stay in England In his ca
pacity as Special Ambassador of the
United States at King Edwards fun
eral. The other is Commander Chas
b. f.. Cunnincaame.
Several newspapers say that in hap
pier circumstances the ex-President's
arrival would have been marked by a
generous tribute of public enthusiasm
and that coming as the chief mourn
O. of the United States the welcome,
II less elaborate. is none the less sin
cere.
Though several problems of prece-
dence among the mourners at Fri
days funeral remain to be settled by
King George, in all probability accord
ing to one authority, Mr.. Roosevelt's
place In the procession will be inn
mediately after those royalties who
are related by blood to the late King
and before the other royal Princes
like Archduke Francis Ferdinand OF
Austria and the Duke of AOsta NJ.
Pichon, the Special Envoy of the
French Republic, will probably be as
signed an equal place in the process
sion with Mr.. Roosevelt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
BENNINGTON BEAT
LANSIN GBUR GIL
IN 81 GAME
Finest Ball Game of Season
Saturday Afternoon
STICK WORK DID IT
Bennington Earned Two out Of Three
Runs and Three Base Hits
Figured in the other

Bennington high school defeated
the high school team of Lansingburgh
N. Y, on the athletic field by score
of to 2.
The Bennington high school base
ball team went to Lansingburgh, N.
Y, recently and was overwhelmingly
defeated by the school team there.
Upon the return of the team to Ben
nington, Prof. Dickinson, who has
charge OF athletics at the high school
said: IL know 1t looks babyish to
come home from a trip out Of town
and say that YOU lost the game be-
cause the grounds were bad but that
was the case at i4ansingburgh. | am
confident that the Bennington team
can beat I.ansingburgh on the Ben
nington grounds. At any rate when
we play the team here in two weeks
you will see a much better game"
Prof. Dickinson's confidence in the
school team was justned Saturday ar
ternoon, for in one of the best games
ever seen between school teams here
b. II. s. defeated l.. H. s.. The game
was close one from START to finish
and there was no period when either
team had lead enough TO 81, all
mortgage on the scc.e.
Bennington had two more orors
than Lansingburgh but the local team
exceled at the bat and made its hits
at the proper time.
Lansingburgh scored a run In the
first inning on a base on balls, stol-
en- base and a hit to right field.
Bennington got hit in the opening
inning but in the second failed TO put
man on first base. Dean opened
the third for three bases. In at
tempting to catch him at third the
ball was thrown over the dizzy cor
ner and Dean scored.
A hit by Fassett. a sacrifice by
Wood and a long single by Scott aid
ed by fast base running on the part
Of the big catcher in the fourth made
the score to in favor of Benning-
I ton
/ It must be admitted that lansing
burghs other run, made in the sew
/ enth. was largely due TO careless
handling OF the ball by the Benning-
ton infeld Bird. who made the score
reached first on a safe hit, but had
the local boys been playing the game
instead Of arguing with the umpire
the runner would have failed to reach
third base as the next man up struck
out The score:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
HISTORY OF THE COMET
Facts and Fanoies That Have Arisen
Concerning II
Facts


Identified by Edmund HALEY. 1855
1922 who predicted It's return in 1858
fixing the period Of It's revolution In
its orb. at 70 TO ~ years. This was
the first recorded prediction OF COM
cts return.
Previous appearances identified as
far back as 2lO b. c. Sir Robert Ball
Identifies II as the comet that appear.
ed in 26i6 b. C., the year OF Methus-
elh's death.
Conjecmral diameter OF the head.
5000 miles; length OF tail, varying
present estimates ranging from 90
100000 to 100000 miles. Present
speed about 25 miles a second
Its orbit inclined TO that OF the
earth at an angle OF rs degrees. ex.
tends beyond that OF Neptune the out.
ermost planet Of our system. to n dis.
lance OF about 100000. 900 miles
from the sun. It's speed is greatest
near the sun aud diminlshes so rapid.
ly as the distance increases that half
OF It's period Is spent In that part of
It's orbit lying beyond Neptune's.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
MAD CAT ATTACKS INFANT
Pulled Babe From lts Carriage
Mother OF Child Also Attacked

New York, May i6.--A big black
cat which for years had curlod itself
comfortably In front OF the hearth
In Mrs. Henry Saucr's homo In Ninth
avenue went suddenly mad Saturday
aud with an angry cry attacked
three months old infant OF Mrs. Sauor
that lay in It's carriage. The infant
WAS pulled out OF the carriage and fell
to the floor suffering a probable frac.
iurc of the skull The baby will like.
~ die.
The cat Is believed to have become
mad from the loss OF her kitten which
had been drowned. Mrs. Saucr heard
the cats cry and hurried to the nur.
sery. The baby lay unconscious on
the floor with blood streaming from
It's ears and nose. The cat was
crouohed IN the corner snarling. Il
then leaped az Mrs. Sauer.
The animal nearly gouged out her
right eye and tore her face frlghtfully
until Mrs. Sauer seized Il by the necl,
and threw Il down stairs The
screams OF Mrs. Sauer caused a pan,
ic In the tenement. The police were
called and the cat renewed It's attack
on an oiicer who finally cornered the
feline and shot Il.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
PRE- S|DtNT TAFT
CALLS SENATORS
IN COUNCIL
Trying to Reach Agreement to
Pass Bills
PLAN SAID TO BE MADE
Western Senators viii Help If East
ern Senators viii Return Ger
tain Favors

Washington, May 15.-After the
theatre last night President Taft had
an extended conference at the White
House with number of Senators as
to the general legislative situation,
with special reference to the Railroad
bill. Both regulars and insurgents
were present, and practically all the
Republican States were represented.
Those whom the President sum-
moned to the talk were Messrs. Flint
OF California, Guggenheim of Colora-
do, Heybur and Borah OF Idaho Cur
tbs of Kansas, Nelson Of Minnesota,
Carter and Dixon Of Montana, Bur-
kett and Brown of Nebraska, Nixon.
Gamble, and Crawford of South Dako-
Ia, Smoot and Sutherland of Utah,
and Piles and Jones Of Washington,
representing States west of the Miss
issippi; aud Aldrich of Rhode Island,
Elkins of West Virginia, Crane OF
Massachusetts, Root Of New York,
and Brandegee of Connecticut, repre-
senting the east.
In the main the conference was an
effort on the part of Mr.. Taft to push
his entire legislative programme
along He declared himself strongly
in favor of the retention in the Rail-
road bill of Sections 10, Ia, and Is,
which deal with the issue of securit-
les. There has been much talk
among the Senate regulars about
dropping out these sections. Most OF
the insurgents are heartily in favor OF
keeping in the principle involved, al
though they want some amendments
OF the sections as they stand. The
president was frankly informed that IL
he desired to retain that part of his
bill he would have to deal with the
regulars to bring IL about.
One thing the President did accom-
plish by means of the conference was
to make practically certain that the
sections providing for the proposed
commerce court will be retained.
There win be a good deal OF fighting
against this provision. especially by
insurger s. Recently the insurgents
have thought thai they did not have
the votes TO defeat the plan. but they
were siill in fighting mood. Last
night the President got sufficient
plrlges OF support to insure the re-
tClticn OF the provision.
Cher items OF the plogi imme that
we're discussed we're the Statehood
biil, the S3O,OOO,OOO reclamation bond
issue. the Injunction ~, and the con-
sorvation bill The Statehood bill
vas p-ssed the house but is in a bad
ay in the Senate. It is In the hands
the regullrs there although Sena-
I tor Beveridgc, as Chairman of the
/ Committee On Territories, is nomi-
nn'lv In charge OF r. The President
VIC told plainly last night that he
would have to look to the regulars.
with whom he has been acting on 9TH
er matters. u he expected to get the
Statehood bill out It is charged by
some Of the friends OF the bill that
the whole delay has been framed up
by deal on the part of some OF the
regulars which Is aimed at compel
ling the Democrats to defeat the
measure. The plan Of the advocates
OF Statehood Is to amend The House
bill and put II through letting the OBJ
jectionable Senate bill die.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
The Deacon Hi Back.

"Thc best Of things are open to
abuse" said clergyman. "eyen pray.
err meetings. William spargus rose In
prayer meeting one night and said he
desired to tell the dear friends present
Of the great change Of heart that had
come over him. so that he now for
gave. fully and freely. Deacon Jones
for the horse he had sold him.
Deacon Jones was too shocked at
nrst TO reply He soon recovered him
self. however ana he rose in his pew
and said:
az am indeed glad, dear Christian
friends, TO have gained Brother VIII
liam Spargus' forgiveness; but. all the
same. he Amt paid for the boss yet "
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
Y. M. c. A. SOCIAL
To Be Given to Senior Members on
Tuesday Evening

A social and entertainment has
been arranged for the senior mem
bers OF the Y. NJ. c. A. Tuesday eve
ming at the association rooms. The
following program win be given. Sell
ection by the orchestra, Introductory
remarks by General Secretary Goebel.
story by Dir. L. II. Ross, piano selec-
ton. Herbert Davenport. song. Frank
Phillips; reading. Harrington Sears;
selection, orchestra; song and dance,
Physical Director Monroe and Chas.
Frazier; orchestra selection. Refresh
ments win be served at the close OF
the entertainment. All senior mem
bers are asked to come and bring
their friends Price OF admission, n
pleasant smile.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16

London, May l5.-Halloy's comet.
which has seemed the harblnger OF
so many misfortunes since 26i6 II. C.,
the traditional year OF Methusaleh's
death. when, according 10 Sir Robert
Ball, IL visited terrestrial regions,
reaches Its climax OF interest for this
generation this week. In the course OF
which II crosses the suns disk, makes
It's nearest approach to the earth. and
rises first In the night sky.
II Is now calculated that It's nearest
approach to the earth will be on Sat.
urday, when II win be only li,gO0. 0O0
miles away, but before that. an Wed.
nesday night the comet will cross the
suns disk and the tail will stretch
out In straight line behind Il. 80
that, n rs length l. sufficient. We
shall pass through H.
What will happen then. or whether
anything will happen that will be per,
ceptible 20 the ordinary man, are
questions OF daily debate. Among as
tronomers the general opinion Is that
even II the tail be sufficiently long Il
reach us, the world generally will be
unaware that Il is passing through
the comets tail.
( Herr Hclrtschek has pointed ou
that during the last four centuries IN,
tail has shown a fairly consistent ten
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
Bennington

Three base hit, Dean; double play
w Moore to Murphy: struck out by
Ramsley. ,, by Wood. 8; bases on
balls. on Ramsley. /. of Wood, 1;
stolen bases. Ewing. .oudon, Pellet.
ier. Ramsley, l.. Moore; passed ball,
McEllwee; umpire. Hodge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
ASKS $4,000 FOR LOSS OF A LEG

Manchester Man Enters SUIT Against
Massachusetts, Construction Co.
Rutland, May lee. ]. Sowles OF
Manchester has brought suit In the
United States court today to recover
$4,000 Of the NOrcross Bros. Co. Of
Worcester. Mass. for the loss Of n leg
alleged to have been due to the negli-
gencc OF the defendant company.
The firm has the contract to build
church at Manchester The aoci-
dent was due to the falling Of a der
rick which Sowles was working OH In
the building Of the structure.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
MINUTE PARTICLES OF GAS
Harvard Observer Rejects the Lens
Theory as TO Comets Tail

Cambridge, Mass, May 15.-I fear
that no effect Of the earth's passage
through the comets tail will be per
ceptible. | have no theory OF the
comets tail. It probably consists Of
minute PARTICLES or diluted gas, and
is not due to the nucleus acting like
a lens. ! shall watch for any unusual
phenomenon.
+. c. Pickering,
Director Harvard Irnfvareftv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16

lItu DuL HllblulOTlneu people WHO eA-
pected to see something wonderful
happen next week, when the earth
passes through the tail of Halley's
comet, are doomed to disappointment.
It will be just dropping a tiny bead
through an immense and almost
transparent cloud.
THE earth passed through the tail
of Halley's comet during the seven
teenth century when it was 7,000,0 900
miles closer to the fiery neucleus than
1t will be on May 49," said Prof. VIM.
ID. Macmillan, Chicago University, as
tronomer, last night.
There will be no change in tenn
perature. We may see the comets
tail in the sky as an Aurora Borealis
but ! doubt IL. The tail is made up
OF minute particles, gaseous molecu-
les, far apart, and so rarifed to be al
most nothing. The tail OF Halley's
comet is travelling in a near vacuum
EARLY morning observers OF the
comet will not have an opportunity
TO see the visitor now until after Il
crosses the earth's orbit next Tues
day. II will first become visible in
the western sky about O'Clock Fri
cay night. May 20.
"On May Is the comet will pass its
nearest point TO the earth but will not
be visible then. 1t will appear over
the western horizon, tail first, and
that may be all that will be seen on
May 90"
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deucy to decrease it's length, but, on
the other hand, it must be remembers
ed that when the comet last appeared
in 1895 the length of the tail was such
that il would easily have swept the
earth II the comet approached as near
as it will on this occasion.
Last week the concensus of astrom-
ical authorities in England was that
the tail would not be long enough to
reach the earth, but later observa-
tons have shown most extraordinary
Quotations.
Senior Miquez of the Madrid Obser-
yatory is stated to have made obser-
vations showing that from May 10 to
May IA the tail increased in length
from 23,612,000 to 1881, 900 miles.
Even the lower of these estimates
would mean that the earth would pass
through the comets tail at about g.
100000 miles from the end. On the
higher estimate two-thirds of the com
cts tail would stretch out beyond the
earth as II passed through and it
seems probable that in that case we
should be some considerable time inn
mersed in the cometary gases.
1t is somewhat consoling in view of
the reports which have been current
about the deadly effects of the cyano-
gen gas supposed to be a constituent
of the tail that Senior Mique's obser-
vations confirm those of other astron-
omers made recently, that no trace of
the cyanogen is to be found.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16

r. =. IltheIluks
Director Harvard University.
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1910-08-01
Training is then be-

c
Line upon line, precept upon
precept, and a pretty print is on
the wall, and an uplifting inch of
Illuminated text, and the jewellers
of the humble lodgings are put to
thinking and the good work, with
the aid of a parish nurse and visi-
tor likely, goes hopefully, if slow
ly, on.
(The brotherhood of man..
1t would seem a great pity to
lose Mr.. Mott-Smith from our
need and community, for he
knows how to steer in troubles,
such as we have met of late.
There are many that would
serve ably at Washington, if the
present Delegate cannot return.
We are sure the Governor would
not like to part with the Secre-
tary.
Miss Johnson has a neat curio
place and all know about Beak-
bane's copper plate for cards,
with teacher Herzer opposite, and
then Miss Woodward's, all friend
ly neighbors, we are sure; Levin
sen, the merchant, is there, too,
upstairs.
They all seem to keep busy in
that part of Fort-st. The rents
are not too high, as below Hotel
ST., where they take jump, so to
speak.
If rent eats up too much, the
business will be dismal failure.
So, when young man marries,
he should get a lot of some sort,
if he can only build a shanty of
one room at first, and not be pay
ing rent. Why, see how the
teachers have to live, in the small
school cottages, each one room
perhaps, and eat on the lanai, for
space. How much is lost in rent !
Think of it. Even good strong
tent, a pavilion, is a fine PROPOSE
ton, II properly put up and smell
tered. Why not? No married
couple wishing to get on should
pay rental Better pay interest,
on few hundred, until cleared off
and then be HORSEPOWER. Rent
is moth.
Some one informs us that many
are getting heavily in debt from
extravaganza and everything,
dress, etc. That is bad and brings
grief and pilikia, in the end.
We are sorry.
- - -
We cannot say too much in
praise of the management of the
Y. w. c. A.; it is so very neat
and comfortable up there. The
views, too, of the hill country,
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food and neatly and daintily
served.
We can see why ladies like to
gather there for a MONDAY re-
freshment.
The terms are most reasonable,
and there are easy chairs and
lounges, with an abundance of
reading matter. We came away
having seen enough to convince
us that the whole place is beauti-
fully and skilfully conducted.
1t is all that it claims to be and
more. We would advise anyone
wishing to find quiet place to
lunch to look in there and verify
Our opinion on the work.
Such a good work, so well be-
gun as it is, never ought to be al
lowed to languish or even grow
disheartened at any time, but in
crease and multiply it's benefits.
We believe that many simply
forget all about the place, as it is
upstairs. we did.
- y y
The French flag as we'll as the
Portuguese is now floating from
the Elite building.
The Orpheum is closed and
quiet shortly after ten at night.
In the Appalachian region, ex-
tending from West Virginia,
through the Gulf States, out to
the door of the West, are three
million mountaineers who, by rea-
son of their remoteness and mac
feasibility, are almost entirely
shut off from the light Of civil
cation and from education OF any
sort. Their ancestors were among
the best soldiers in the French
and Indian wars. They were the
pioneers of liberty in this land;
their children are real sons and
daughters of the American Revo-
luton, yet many of these children
have never heard of the flag. A
celebrated literary woman and
philanthropist, who spent much
time among these people said of
them: "They get up at three in
the morning and sit and wait for
the sun to rise. Then they pre-
pare the stuff they eat, after which
they sit and wait for the SUN to
go down." 1t is seriously assert
ed that there are two hundred
and fifty thousand children in Ar
kansas alone who have never seen
a school or heard the name of
God. A few years ago the writer
met white woman, the mother
of six children, in the mountains
of North Carolina, who had never
heard of Stonewall Jackson, and
who thought Jefferson Davis was
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all like Bishop-st. for it's comfort
and GOODNESS, like to walk up and
down the wide walk, with the
beautiful bit of green opposite,
delight to look in at the curios, at
the flowers, the furniture, the
cable office, all are attractions af-
ter the morning coffee at the
Cafe; and every day some new
thing to notice and comment
upon.
1t is one of the finest blocks in
the whole city. Many of the
streets have their peculiar attrac-
tons for strangers, that seem so
tame to us; the Oriental blocks
always claim more or less atten-
ton, even where not too tidy.
Because, to many, they are en-
tirely uncommon; the Japanese
and Chinese shops often fascinate,
if one has not visited those coun-
tries.
The late Admiral Beckley was
an earnest, loyal promoter of Ha-
wall, his beloved home, and was
very much in the heart of his race
that sorrows for his taking off, in
the prime of life, for Mr.. Beckley
looked to have many years of ac-
tive life yet before him. He was
genial all helpful, and no one I'm
derstood better than he what
would aid in building up the Ter
ritory, if all could be with pa
tience attained. He was, too,
lover of the beautiful in nature,
fine park was his delight.
We have written many times of
the gain it would be to the city
if the vacant lots could but be
utilized and turned into hasty
flower growths, or even vegetable
and melon patches, and cucumber
that would not cumber the
empty spaces and places, as rub
Dish often can do.
But there is, if no flowers, less
disorder and dirt about than Tor
merly; and now, the city is in
quite fair and clean condition. Of
course, the roads we do not need
to use and, even, would shun, are
the parts that need guardians
watchful eyes, not only for any
residents there, but for all, too,
living outside the danger zone"
so to speak.
The grounds about the Prison
are very nice; and so are those of
the Girls Reformatory, kept up
in good form we were glad to see.
All these matters are, indirectly,
an education to the neglectful, the
poor and ignorant.
In London, and other places,
where pot plants are given out, it