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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
SURPRISE FOR coRsETTARNoLp
Bennington Y. M. C. A. Physical In.
structor Given a Party

The following from a recent issue
of the Easton (Pa) Daily Argus will
be of interest to the numerous friends
of Corbett T. Arnold in Bennington.
"A number Of friends Of Corbet, r.
Arnold, physical director of the Y
M. G. A. at Bennington. Vermont,
assembled Thursday at the home of
his parents on Burke street, College
Hill, where Mr. Arnold is spending
his Christmas vacation. Mr.. Arnold
was celebrating his birthday at the
home OF his sister, Mrs. Charles IL.
Unagst, Jr., not far distant and thith.
err the company proceeded in a body
and most elfee'dI'y surprised him.
A very ENJOYABLE time was spent in
music, games aad listening TO one +
John NJ. Odelwelder'3 iniInitabe era
tons Refreshments having been ser
we'd the company dispersed, ~; only
wishing Mr.. Arnold many happy re-
turns OF the dag, hut also al early
return 20 our ci;y and every success
in his future undertakings.
Mr.. Arnoll expects t. return to
Bennington today to resume the du-
lies OF his position at the local ~"
During his vacation a. EastOn his en-
gagement to Miss frances Louise Ma
gle Of that city was announced
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
1.-THE OLD HOMESTEAD"
Rural Drama at the opera House
Monday Evening.

Rural Drama at the Opera House
Monday Evening.
The perennial drawing power Of
The Old Homestead" which comes
to the Bennington opera house Mon
day evening is indlsputahle, and its
long success and continuous populari-
~ are due in no inconsiderable meas
ure to the fact that It is perfect
transcript of nature holding the mir
ror up to nature as do few other plays
of modern times. IL was accounted a
good play twenty years ago; as far
back as 1856, when II had its initial
performance at the Boston Theatre
and made the most telling success
ever scored by a new production In
Boston Year after year since then
Ii has repeated that success. and ii
has even improved with age. Little
melodramatic touches and effects
have been eliminated until now there
Is more natural wit and humor in the
dialogue and more genuine touches
of pathos and sentiment than ever
before.
II Is old. yet ever new. and It is alb
soutely true to the New England
country life which It represents. In
Joshua Whitcomb the central figure
OF that circle OF familiar rustic types
we have to welcome a perfect repre-
sentative Of the best and broadcast
type OF humanity. prosperous, warm
hearted, peace.lovlng, God.iearine
Yankee farmer. And associated with
him we shall find. rs of old. those
other delightful characters, Cy Prime
Seth Perkins, Happy Jack, Aunt
Matilda, Eb Ganzey and Rickety
Ann.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
PROTECT CONSTITUTION
Document Should Be Safe-Guarded
Against Frequent Amendment

Editor Of the Banner:-For the
FIRST time in my memory, the Legis.
lators OF our state are being assail-
ed for voting In accordance with their
oaths and their consciences. While
in other states assaults are made on
legislators for selling their votes or
yielding to party bosses, here the
members OF our Senate are decried
because they will not vote against
their beliefs
They belong to the type OF men
who would yield their seats sooner
than allow any man TO dictate their
vote. | am glad they are Vernon
ters. Vermont always has such men
and she is always proud of them.
The Constitution is the only In.
trenched safeguard TO the rights OF
personal liberty and private property
II they believe IL should not be
made easy for agitators to tamper
with Il, they believe no more than
did our foretathers who wrested the
Magma Charta from King John at
Runnymede and swore him never to
change Il.
The founders OF the Vermont Con.
stitutlon like the founders OF the Uni
ted States Constitution felt that the
liberties which had cost so many
lives and fortunes were the most pre-
clous possessions of the people.
lt Is customary to keep such poss.
ossIons as carefully as jewels are
kept In guarded safes and the word
time-lock as applied to the protection
to our constitution seems, TO me es-
pecially appropriate In days when
some newspapers are openly declar-
/ ing that we need no constitution and
some agtators. that we want no law.
Whence has arisen the sudden need
OF amending our Constitution every
two years. II has served US ade-
quately for long time. Has some
important act been pronounced un.
constitutional by our courts? II so
change Il now The amendment
which Il seems to me would give the
most satisfaction to certain critics,
would be to amend the oath of Office
so that our legislators instead OF
swearing that they will not assent
to any bill. vote or resolution which
shall appear to them injurious to the
people shall swear TO be governed in
their votes by the criticisms of the
newspapers.
I II this legislature In addition IA
the highway and weights and meas
uros laws. already enacted. pass AIDE
uuate primary elections, employers
liabilities and trustee process laws,
think they will make a record OF al
most unequaled usefulness.
Yours very sincerely,
Edward j. Hall,
December q, 1910.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
NEGRO LOCKED IN
VAULT TO KEEP
HIM FROM MOB
Would Otherwise Have Been
Lynched for Assault
MAY DIE Of SUFFOCATION
lrate Citizens Stormed Express Office
in Which Officials Had Taken
Refuge with Prisoner

Weston, w Va, Dec. 2S.-While
awaiting the arrival of militia, which
alone can protect him from a mob,
an air-tight vault in the railway sta
ton here. Whether he will be alive
when the soldiers come is question.
The officers who had him In charge,
however, feel that they did the right
Thing, because the negro's life could
not have been saved had the mob got
him and the vault was their only re-
source.
Furby was tried yesterday for as
sault on Flora Anglin, farmers
daughter. She identified him and he
was convicted. The sheriff and a
squad of deputies started to take him
to the Jail at Clarksburg. A mob
gathered at the station and prevented
the officers from getting on a train.
They took refuge in the express room
and word was sent to the governor,
who ordered militia from Clarksburg
and other places.
The appearance of the father Of
Miss Anglin, an aged man, with long
gray whiskers, upon the platform of
the station, telling the crowd that
the story of his daughter was as true
as steel. set the mob wild. Prosecu-
ting Attorney Swint made continued
attempts to appeal to the people from
a truck on the platform, but It was
drawn from beneath him and the
crowd yelled him down. The officials
were wholly unable to cope with the
situation.
The mob finally burst open the door
of the express room. All the window
lights were broken and the mob de-
manded the negro. Then the man
was pushed into the vault of the ex-
press company for safe keeping
Word comes that Gov. Glasscock had
ordered the mobilization Of the mill
tia at Clarksburg, Grafton, and Par
kersburg and their dispatch here by
special train. 1t was decided that
until the arrival Of the militia the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
GOVERNMENT WILL
TRY CRIMINAL
CASES FIRST
If Court Permits Dismissal of
Civil Suits Against Packers
TO AVOID FURTHER DELAY
Extensions Asked for by Defendants
Have Stood in the Way Of
Prosecutions

Chicago, Dec 2S.--United States
District Attorney Edwin w. Sims APP
peared yesterday before Judge Kohl
saat in the Federal court and asked
that the dissolution suit of the gov
eminent against the National Pack
ing company, which had been accus-
ed OF being trust, be dismissed The
order was entered by the court.
Assistant United States Attorney
James II Wilkerson yesterday issued
a statement regarding the sweeping
aside of civil suits to make way for
criminal prosecution of the men com
posing the National Packing company.
1t declares there is but one reason for
the dismissal of the civil case and
that is the desire of the government
for immediate and vigorous criminal
prosecution of the packers. The state
ment follows:
THE petition against the packers
was filed March 81, 1910. Afterwards
there was a grand jury investigation,
as result of which indictments were
returned, charging some Of the defen-
dants in the bill with criminal viola.
Nioll9 vi lif hAbiAluoA law sOiilNt lllc
return of these indictments the defen-
dants in the equity case have asked
number OF extensions of time with
in which to answer, and those extern
sions have always been granted
1T was thought TO be fully under
stood by both the government and
the attorneys for the packers that
there was to be no further proceed
ings in the equity case until the trial
of the criminal cases.
The purpose of the dismissal OF
the equity case Is to make clear the
position of the government that the
trial of the criminal cases is TO be
vigorously pushed and is to be inter,
fered with in no way whatever by the
pendency Of the equity cases in the
circuit court.
1t may be that a resort 10 a petit
ion in equity to enjoin future viola
tons will be entirely unnecessary u
the governments contentious are es
tabished in the criminal cases. The
Attorney general, therefore, directed
the dismissal of the equity case with
out prejudice. Further proceedings
to enjoin future violations can o
course be instituted If those proceed
ings should be found necessary L
maintain fully the position of tn
government in this litigation"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Young Couple Married This Morning
al ST. Francis de Sales Church

Miss Mary DeLaurier Of this village
and Edward Shannahan OF North
Bennington were united in marriage
this morning by Rev. Father A. J.
Barron at st. Francis de Sales
church.
The bridesmaid was Miss Nellie
Shannahan Of North Bennington and
a sister Of the groom the best man
was Daniel Campbell Of Hooslck
Falls.
The bride was dressed In u blue
travelling suit and white hat. After
a short wedding trip to Philadelphia
the bride and groom will be at home
to their friends In the Wickham
house on Adams street.
The bride Is one OF the popular
and we'll liked young ladies of the vii.
lage and the groom Is well and fav-
orably known and has a large circle
OF friends.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
NE. o. p. ELECTS OFFICERS
walloomsae Lodge N. E. o. p. Held
Annual Meeting Last evening.

At meeting OF Walloomsac lodge,
\. h. o. p. held IN their rooms on
Tuesday evening tho following off,
GERS were chosen for the ensuing
year.
Warden. r J. Mcclure; vice war
den, Robert b Pike; secretary. Miss
Margaret Thomas; financial secre-
tary George y. Phillips; treasurer.
NJ. II. McKeon. chaplain, Miss Ethel
Brown: guide. W. c. Houran; guard.
ian, Mrs. Mary lnson; seminal. Mel
son Rose. trustee for three years, ~
r. Green. Those elected to repre-.
sent the grand lodge were Il. A. Mars.
den, +. n, Vail, II. II. Galusha; alter.
mates, c. y. Phillips, n. NJ. Puifer, A.
W. Hall aud Mrs. May Hayes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont rain on the coast rain or
snow IN interior tonight. warmer In
south portion tonight Thursday IN.
settled aud colder, probably snow
iurries IN north portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
WAS BORN IN PowNAL
Merritt Blanchard, Civil War Veter
an, Dies In York state

Merritt Blanchard a native of Pow.
nal and a veteran Of the Civil war in
which he served as a member of the
Ninth Vermont regiment, reaching
the rank OF sergeant. died Saturday
at his home near Saratoga, N Y. He
was &C years Of age.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
BAPTIST INSTITUTE
Meeting Here in Charge Of Missions
Superintendent.

Meeting Here in Charge Of Missions
Superintendent
The Bennington meeting Of a series
of educational and inspirational III
slitute being held by the state su-
perintendent of missions. w A. Davi-
son, will take place at the Baptist
church on Friday with the following
program
Morning
Devotional Service
Dr. w. A. Dawson
Address DR.. w. e. Witter, Boston
Discussion opened by
Rev. J. S. Stump, West Virginia
Dinner and social hour
Afternoon
Devotional Service
Rev John NJ Moore, Boston
Address
Mrs W. II. Il. Avery. Middletown
Springs, VI.
Address, THE Work and Its Needs
Mrs G. w. Peckham, Boston
Address. In Partnership with God"
Rev. John NJ. Moore, Boston
Address, The Task of American
Christianity"
Rev. j. S. Stump, West Virginia
Discussion, opened by
Or. W. +. Witter
Supper and social hour.
Devotional Service
DR.. w. +. Wltter. Boston
Sermon
Rev James +. Norcross, Boston
Closing Conservation Service.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
Is Charge to Be Brought Against John
e Cooper

Burlington, Dec. 2S.-The charge
against John e. Cooper the colored
trooper who was arrested for stab
bling James Wilson, has been chang
ed to that of murder in the first de-
gree. The hearing in the case will
be held some time this week. Will
liams died Saturday and Cooper was
found Sunday at Fort Ethan Allen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
SONG RECITAL
BY Charles n. Bennett ofthe Boston
Conservatory Of Music

Charles II. Bennett, at present
member Of the faculty OF the Boston
Conservatory OF Music, viii give a
song recital at the residence OF Har-
rlson !. Norton Thursday evening De
cpmber 90, at S.S0 o'clock for the ben
EFT Of SO. Peters church. Tickets
may be had OF Mrs. J NJ Ayres or
Mrs. George r. Graves or az J. NJ
Ayres drug store.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
rwo.pIANo RECITAL
At Foresters' Hall Tonight by Messrs
Daley and Potter


Daley and Potter
The following program will be Civ
en- at the two-piano recital in Fores-
tiers hall this evening by Messrs Da-
ley and Potter assisted by Mrs. Geo.
q. Howes and Mrs. Mary S. Healy, So
pranos
Marche Militaire, 1.-TWO pianos)
Schubert
Messrs Daley and Potter
Aria, my Heart at Thy Sweet Voice
Saint-Saens
Mrs. George e. Howes
Piano Solos
Prelude. Rachmaninoff
Mazurka, Chopin
Andante Nocturne (sextet) from LII
ella" for left hand alone,
Andante (sexteD from Lucia" for
Leschetizky
Mr.. Daley
Grand Polonaise, op. %, Chopin
Mr.. Potter
Orchestral part on second piano, MI
Daley.)
Songs
Calm as the Night BONN
Ave Maria Luzzi
Mrs. Mary Healy
Piano Solos
Shadow Dance, Mcdowell
Improvisation, Mcdowell
Witches Dance, Mcdowell
Mr. Potter
Songs
Prelude, Landon Ronald
Spring, Landon Ronald
Summer, Landon Ronald
Mrs Howes
Two movements from piano concerto
in A minor, op. l6, Grieg
AdagiO
Allegro con brio Andante finale
Mr.. Daley
Orchestral part on second piano. Mr..
poffpr
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
piles Cured In 6 to "a Days

PAzo OINTMENT is guaranteed
10 cure any case OF Itching, Blind,
bleeding or Protruding Piles IN 9
TO Il days or money refunded. zoe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28

Tonight the clerks Will roll the
Needle Shop team.
A mistake was made regarding the
games rolled on Christmas Monday.
There were 1913 instead OF % as stat
ea In the item yesterday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
To curn 4 Cold h One Day

Take LAXATIVE PROMO oulnine
Tablets. Druggists refund money II
n falls 10 cure. p. w GROVES sig
nature 70 on each box. 25c
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
BIG MILL TEAM WON
Defeated Cooper Machine Shop Five
by 20 Pins

With both teams handicapped by
the absence OF regular men the Hold
en.I.eonard five won two out Of three
strings and the match from the Coo
per Machine shop ten pin rollers at
the Y. NJ. c. A. alleys last evening
Tho ecOros
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-28
CRUSHED BY FALL
Youth Falls 60 Feet Onto Rocks Be-
low

Brattleboro, Dec. 2S.--Herbert Il.
Patterson, son OF Mr. and Mrs. Il. u.
Patterson OF Putney, aged about "A
years, fell from the trestle near the
West Dummerston station on the
East River branch OF the Central Yer.
mont railway about 1890 Sunday
morning and was instantly killed. He
struck upon his face which was
crushed by the fall OF go feet
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-07
Attractions This Week
ORPHEUAI THEATRE.

A bill that comes very near TO de-
serving the classification OF all-star
is scheduled for the Orpheum for the
week that begins with this afternoons
matinee. Maud and Gladys Finney are
the headliners. They are billed as
THE Mermaids." and perform a swim
ming and water act in a huge glass
glass tank They dive and do suudry
other feats OF skill and agility. Both
girls are exceptionally pretty and
shapely. and their performance in the
water has been praised everywhere in
the country that it has been seen.
Peter Donald and his wife known
Il OtheatregOers as Meta Carson, viii
be welcome back 10 the Orpheum. They
played the local house two years ago,
on which occasion they made a ire
residents OF the city. but with all who
enjoy the Scottish humor and the Scot
fish singing and dancing. The old
sketch. Alex. McLean's Dream" is be-
ing used by them and, according 10 the
Los Angeles papers, it could not please
better than il does. When the Dom
aids were here before the Thistle club
made them honorary members. and
their honor last night. The club is
also planning 10 turn out in a body
some night early in the week.
Clown Zertho's Gamma Comedians
will make their first local appearance
on this bill also. These celebrated dog
acrobats and cut-ups were imported
from Germany for tour OF the cir
cult. The collection includes fifteen
dogs, all highly trained and eager TO
perform their appointed parts in the
entertainment. The act opens with
Zertho asleep IN bed. A little dog
toddles In. bearing 3 placard inscribed
Get up" The response Il Immediate.
Dogs your out of every corner OF the
bed until IL almost seems that there
had been a canine shower. From that
moment the fun is fast until the final
curtain.
Fred Beaman's sketch, winning on
Wind" Will be presented by Lewis
McCord and company that includes
Margaret Armstrong. Bertha st. Clair.
Richard Hall. The plot deals with an
impecunious youth who Is engaged to
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-07
sHTRERT THEaTRF-

The new show at the Shubert is one
with plot and a real plot. q lot of new
songs. and with the members OF tho
Curtis company in brand new roles, and
Is entitled My Wlfe's Family The
engagement opened Saturday afternoon
and there viii be d matinee today al
o'clock and the regular two perform
ances tonight. the first beginning az
l:45 and the second at s-l5 o'clock
The new show is an innovation for
abe Curtis company, inasmuch as q
combines musical play with NUM-
her OF character parts which requires
unusual ability Ia their interpretatio
This gives a combination that should
provide entertainment for every class
OF theatre-goers about town, and from
indications 10 Will be easily the most
popular show AR. Curtis has yet at
tempted at the Shuhert. New scenery.
new electrical effects. special costumes
and an enlarged east have been pro-
vided for its production, and the song
hits run riot through the action ~
the story. The play is one dealing with
the mOther-iu-law question and 10 solves
the problem according 20 Air. Curtis, in
new and most surprising way. The
mother-in-laW in Jhe story furnishes
most OF the fun OF the play and tbs
role this week will be taken bly, Lillian
Sutherland. whose work in a similar
part in The Girl With q Million,
week or two ago al the shubert,
stamped that clever girl IS a talented
character actress. in addition % her
lCoRtInued on Page Five.l
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-07

is forever, or AT least until she again
meets a handsome man.
The story that loses itself among
the rough comedians and smooth
young women OF another burlesque
company in Never Say Die" betrays
its Partisan origin by making dis
tracted New Yorker try suicide In the
French manner Of asphyXiauon with
charcoal fumes, when OF course ne
would simply turn on the handler gas.
He has a mOther-in-law of an acute
type. To get rid Of her he lays a trap
into which she falls, letter addressed
TO a friend and opened by her. IN II
he says he had been bitten by a mad
dog, and 10 avoid catastrophe ne Is
going away TO be treated. He shows
SYMPTOMS of hydrophobia and makes
frantic attempts 10 bite her She
thinks him insane and calls in ply
stefan, who declares that a mans de-
sire to bite his wife's mother is not
sign Of mental malady. So he pre-
tends TO pack up for Pasteur lnsu-
tuition. but really for a fishing camp
in the AdirOndacks.
Stop there if you are a dOwnTOd-
den son-in-law. Read on If you are
a sIandered mOther-in-l2w. The WOm-
an is a fierce fighter. She won't say
die. But he does. After She has eX-
posed his fake, frustrated his trip.
vitiated his evidence against his faith
less wife and exhausted his bank ac-
count, he uses his final dime to buy
suicidal charcoal. He lights the brazier
in a small bedroom. and while choking
himself he does the same 10 his wife's
paramour, who is hidden under the
bed. The mOther-in-law is triumphant
and the crushed son-in-law promises
obedience.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-07

Mary Mannering. in "A Mans World;
The City Margaret Ellington, I'm IN
I'll Eternity; James *. Hackett. VIII
liam FaVersham, in The World and
his Wife; De Wolf Hopper. in a
Matinee Idol; The Lottery Man, The
kissing Girl" Madame X" Grace Van
StuddifOrd opera company. The
Prince of Pilseu," Fields a Lewis. The
Dollar Mark" THE Garland" The
Wizard" Maxine Elliott, "The ChocO-
late Soldier" Jefferson De Angels. in
THE Beauty Spot; Louise Cunning;
John Mason in The Witching Hour
Seven Days" THE Merry Widow"
James T.. Powers. in I'm Havana;
The Niger. Frank Daniels, i'm The
Belle of Brittany; The Flirting Priu-
cess: Gertrude Elliott. I'M The Dawn
OF a Tomorrow ; Nine. NaZimOva, Marie
Dressler. in 'Tilly's Nightmare; an ALL
star cast in "The MikadO'; The Mid
night Sons; Blanche Ring. in The
Yankee Girl, SOtheTn and MarlOWe IN
repertoire, Arnold DAILY in reperUOlres
new production by Henry W. Savage
that has not yet been named. and
Frederick Ward.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-07
Barnum Bailey Circus which Appears

auspices No more do many OF them
please Americans in houses Of a legiu-
mate grade. But they are being util-
ICED in making shows for burlesquers.
These two samples tell humorous anec-
dOtes for summer reading. The frOlics
of song and dance in which they are
subm merged, after the manner Of eX-
traVaganZa, are not worth mention
ing; but the stories
Well-a husband and a bachelor are
close friends in Faith Fannie" and
the bachelor dOtes too much on the
wife and the husband does some care
less dOting on pretty salesgirl. She
is of a stick-fast sort. A feTVent look.
a tender word, and she gives herself
for life. The husband reckOns upon
a casual hour with her in the rooms of
the bachelor. who has just spent a
casual hour there with the wife. The
salesgirl lands in with trunks and hat
boxes. She has come TO stay. The
husband runs away from the dilemma.
Never mind, she viii wait for him to
come back. She settles down and goes
TO bed.
The bachelor comes in expecting TO
find the rooms free and empty. He
is dead with sleep and tumbles into
his bed. The occupant won't quit. He
tries in vain TO pass her back to the
husband or turn her out. She opposes
to his efforts a tender and stupid in
erEa that nothing moves. Add to
that the rage of the wife, who knows
that her husband is untrue TO her in
intention and the other man in fact
Add also the comic irruptiOn of the
girls cast-off lover. Finally the bach
elor is left alone with the girl And il