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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
NEW Works. GREAT CATHEDRAL
To Be open for Public Worship the
First Wednesday After Easter

New York, April 3.-The magnif-
cent cathedral of St. John the Divine
in New York, the fourth largest in the
world and one of the most beautiful
will be thrown open for public wor-
Isship at 1890 a. m, the 18th the first
Wednesday after Easter. Invitations
have been sent to many notables and
it is expected that a brilliant assem-
blage will attend on that morning, the
solemn conservation of the two men,
orial chapels, which have been com
pleted. Five more ehapels are to be
added
Gov Dix and his staff have accepted
an invitation and it is expected that
President Taft will also attend The
most distinguished preates of the
Episcopal church in America will be
present together with the lay and
clerical officials of the church and
the faculty OF the general theological
seminary. The choir loft and the
organ-the largest in America-will
be dedicated at the time that the two
chapels are consecrated. One of the
finished chapels is that of St. Savior
the gift of August Belmont, in men,
DRY of his first wife. The other is
that of St COLUMBIA, in memory of
Miss Mary King gift from her faith
er. The cathedral has been building
for nearly 10 years and on it between
S3,000,000 and $4,000,O00 have been
spent thus far
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
TUBERCULOSIS is
DURABLE IN
MOST CASES
Convincing Results Shown in
Worcester, Mass.
65 PER CENT ARE CURED
Experiment Was Tried Among Mill
Workers and Has Attracted
World Wide Interest

Worcester, Mass, April 1.-The I'M
dertaking started in Worcester coun-
ty % months ago to bring about a
conquest OF tuberculosis among wage
earners, through an agreement among
merchants and manufacturers to pro-
vide curative treatment, has had such
convincing results, according to DR..
Melvin G. Overlook, state medical in
spector for the Worcester district,
that the movement has now extended
throughout New England, has crossed
the boundary line into New York and
gone as far west as Ohio, and has
given rise to experiments in Japan
and Bulgaria, and inquiries from
Great Britain, France and elsewhere
Records kept by Dr. Overlook show
that since November, 1908, when the
first systematic step to overcome con-
sumption among working men and
women was taken, the wage-earning
abilities of more than 200 working
people, most of them factory girls,
have been restored, and the tubercu-
losis has been overcome.
BY the agreement the subscribing
members bind themselves voluntarily
to pay the charges OF sanitaria for a
probationary period of 10 weeks or
longer for any of their employees who
have fallen victims to tuberculosis.
While the movement now embraces
1900 merchants and manufacturers,
employing 100000 persons in the
New England states and New York,
and is participated in also by EN-
ployers in states as far west as Ohio,
1t has developed its greatest strength
in Worcester county and elsewhere in
Massachusetts.
The first great fact brought out
by the plan, according to DR.. Over
lock, was that consumption was cur
able, something that had been widely
disputed up to the time the first sub
jects of the movement had been de-
clared cured Not that all the per
sons who have enjoyed the benefits
of the plan have been cured, but the
200 cases treated successfully repres-
ent about Go per cent, of all who have
been discharged from treatment up
to the present time. The other 35
per cent, were persons whose cases
had advanced too far to allow sue
cessful treatment, although some of
these patients we're so benefited by
the treatment as to be able to resume
their labors
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
GUN IN HANDS OF
SMALL BOY WAS
NOT FATAL
But Clarence Potter Came
Near Losing His Life
SHOT IN BOTH ARMS
Had Line Of Discharge Varied by a
Trife His Wounds Would
Have Been Mortal

Clarence l. Potter young man
of about 20 years of age, was early
last evening added to the list of vic
tins of that frequent combination OF
small boy and loaded gun and escap-
ed being killed outright by an exceed
ingly narrow margin. AS it is he IL
carrying a half dozen small shot in
his right forearm besides several
punctures from which the little pei
let's were extracted by a physician
and the other forearm is marked By
the course of several shot that plow-
ed through the flesh without taking
up lodgings.
The accident happened at the
rooms of Mrs. Hattie Mears Aldrich
who lives over the stone blacksmith
shop at the corner of South and Elm
streets and the individual who was
directly responsible for turning loose
the charge of shot that barely missed
young Potter's ribs was Mrs. Aid
rich's son, lad of between II and IL
years.
Mrs. Aldrich and Mrs. Potter are
both employed at the Holden, Leon
ard Company's mill and Potter had
arranged to meet his wife at the Aid
rich home early Sunday evening. He
arrived at the meeting place ahead
OF his wife and was sitting in chair
talking with Mrs. Aldrich when the
boy accidentally discharged the shot
gun.
The gun had been left in the house
by boarder who is not living there
at the present time and the boy had
frequently used it in his play. AT the
instant when he came so near killing
young Potter he was sitting ON the
floor with the gun initiating a sold
Ter. It is evident that only the edge
of the charge hit Potter. few pellets
outside of the center. The shell pro-
badly contained something over an
ounce of shot and the larger portion
of the charge must have passed dir
ectly over his lap and within a few
inches of his body. At such a close
range the shot had not begun to scat
ter and the charge tore a big hole
in door a few feet away. Had the
gun been pointed an inch or two clio
ser toward the young man the shot
would have hit him squarely in the
body and the result could have been
nothing else but fatal
Potter was badly frightened and
imagined that he was far more seri-
ously hurt than eventually turned out
to be the case. He at once hurried
to the Office of DR.. c. S. Buchanan,
where the physician found that sew
eral shot had raked one forearm just
beneath the skin and nearly a dozen
had lodged in the other. The ply
stefan extracted three shot that had
passed through the arm and lodged
under the skin on the opposite side
Unless blood poisoning should devel-
op Potter will suited no permanent
injury from the shooting and should
make a quick recovery. The shot are
likely to remain in the arm but they
are so small that he should expert
ence no i'll effects.
Young Aldrich has given the school
authorities considerable annoyance
He is considerably older than the pu-
pills with whom he is classed, and for
this reason makes more trouble than
the others He does not attend
school regularly and his case has been
under consideration for truancy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03

course, cannot be considered as a
leader this early in his Senate SER
vice and there is no one on whom the
party representation unites Mr. Bal
ley always stands out prominently for
the leadership but he has bitter, poll
tical opponents in his own party and
cannot get all factions together Mr.
Bacon Of Georgia is possible choice,
while Mr.. Owen Of Oklahoma and Mr.
Gore-both extreme radicals-are
said to be looking elsewhere.
The important changes in the rules
under which the new congress will
operate are: The selection of com
mittees by the House; a provision to
prevent ilibustering under the rule
giving authority to discharge com
mittees from consideration OF bills;
a provision permitting amendments
to appropriation bills whenever these
amendments will result in retrench-
ment of national expenditures: auth
GRITTY for bills to come up twice for
passage under the unanimous con-
sent privilege.
The rule to prevent flibustering on
motion to discharge a committee
| from the custody of a bill is the re-
suit of the filibuster conducted in the
last session by Representative Manu.
of Illinois He had the postofIice re-
organization bill placed on the calen-
dar under this rule and demanded
that 1t be read completely, an opera
ton that consumed several days
The new rule provides that a bill
shall be read only by its title and
that it's title shall not be more than
| 100 words long. 1t prohibits any
member from having before the
House at any time more than two mo-
tons to discharge committees from
| the custody of bills. Under this pro-
vision the Democrats believe this rule
can be made to work as originally in
tended, to prevent the burying ofbills
in committee.
The new rule affecting appropria-
ton bills is a renewal of the so-called
Holman rule" first used by the Dem
ocrats in 1875. 1t permits amend
ments to appropriation bills of wide
character when these amendments
will effect a reduction of federal ex-
penditures.
Chalrmen of Principal Committees
The chairmen of the principal COM
mittees of the new House are: Ways
and Means, Underwood, Alabama; ap-
preparations, Fitzgerald, New York;
rules, Henry, Texas; Judiciary, Clay
ton, Alabama; banking and currency
Pujo, louisiana; interstate and for
| 4 A. N .
rivers and harbors, Ramsdell, Louisi
ana; merchant marine, Alexander
Missouri; agriculture, Lamb, Virgin
la; foreign affairs, Sulzer, New York
military affairs, Padgett, Tennessee;
public lines, Robinson, Arkansas; inn
migration, Burnett, Alabama; insulal
affairs, Jones, Virginia; railways and
canals, Korbly, Indiana; labor, Wilson
Pennsylvania; pensions, Richardson
Alabama.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
BUYS OUT DRUG STORE
Harold w. Cole Purchases Business
Of ]. N. AYres

Harold w. Cole of South SALISBURY
who recently bought the Shurtleff
Pharmacy, late Saturday evening
completed negotiations for the pur-
chase of the drug store on Main
street which has been conducted dur
ing the past few years by ]. NJ. Ayres.
The sale takes in not only the stock
but also the fixtures which are being
moved today into the Shurtleff Phar-
macy
The sale will cut down the number
of drug stores in Bennington by one
and will reduce the competition in a
locality where it was conceded that
this particular line of business has
been overdone Mr.. Cole, the new
proprietor of the Shurtleff Pharmacy,
is a graduate of the Albany College
of pharmacy and has been engaged
in the business for several years. He
was for a time in the employ of
Charles W. Thompson, the former pro
prietor of the Shurtleff Pharmacy.
With the changes that will be made
in the Shurtleff Pharmacy and the
combination OF the stocks of the two
stores Mr.. Cole should be equipped to
do an excellent business.
Mr.. Ayres is to enter the employ
OF the new proprietor of the Shurt-
left Pharmacy as will also Harvey B.
Davenport who has been at the Ayres
store during the past winter and Grin
b. Bowen who has been employed
during the past two summers in the
w. l.. Gokay drug store. Mr.. Cole ex-
poets to be able to open the store by
the last of the present week
While the negotiations have not
been completed, it is likely that Null
ligan & Roche, clothiers now occupy
ing the Corsiglia building next east
of the Shurtleff Pharmacy, will take
the store vacated by Mr.. Ayres.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
William n. Myers to Marry Miss
Madeleine Rreck Of Springfield

William r. Myers to Marry Miss
Madeleine ereck of Springfield
At an attractive heart party given
by Mrs. Frank H. Chapman of Spring
field, Mass, on Saturday afternoon,
the engagement was announced of
her daughter, Miss Madeleine d. Brock
and William H. Myers OF Bennington.
SO carefully had the secret OF the
young couple been guarded, that not
a suspicion OF the hidden romance
lurked in the minds of the % young
women present, notwithstanding the
fact that hearts were very much in
evidence both in decorations and
score cards. Other evidences, too,
were there of Dan Cupid's presence,
but not until the awarding of prizes,
was the fact revealed, and then, to
the lot of the winner of the consoa.
ton trophy, Miss Frances Bryan, fell
the honor of making the interesting
announcement. Mr.. Myers passed
Sunday in Springfield with his fan
Gee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
= WEALTHY GIRL VANiSHEs
Philadelphia Police Unable to Get
Clue Of Phoebe CalIum

Philadelphia, Pa, April 3.-Circum-
stances surrounding the disappear
ance of 10 year old Phoebe Callum
from the home of her father, veal
thy metal dealer at Glenside, have
left the police of Abingdon and of this
city mystified
She left her home late last week
Monday night stealing out after other
members of the family had gone to
bed. Three hours later the girl was
seen walking northward at Fifty-sec-
ond street near Market. Since then
her relatives had been able to find no
trace OF her. Her home life was
pleasant and her family and friends
are at loss to account for her disap-
pearance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
MANY CHANGESARE
BEING MADE ON
MAIN STREET
J. M. AyreS Sells Drug Store to
Harold W. Cole
EVANS NEWS ROOM MOVES
MuIllsan & Roche, clothlers, May
Take Store Vacated by
J. N. Ayres
EVANS NEWS ROOM MOVES

Not in many years have the open
ing days of April, the customary NOV
ing month of the year, seen so many
changes as are taking place in the
business section of Bennington. Most
of the activity is confined to changes
of location made necessary by the de-
sires of the merchants to secure
more extensive quarters. One out
right sale has been made which les
sens the number of stores in one line
of business.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
DENMAN THOMPSON STRICKEN
Family Called to BEDSIDE of Actor,
Who Is in His 18th Year

West Swanzey, n H., April l.
Heart disease from which it is feared
he may not recover, has attacked
Denman Thompson and his son Chas
Thompson, is at the bedside of the
aged actor, and his two daughters,
Mrs. w. I. Fitzpatrick and Mrs. e. A.
Mcfarland, both of Boston, are hurry
ing toward the old home.
Mr. Thompson who is in his 18th
year, has been in failing health for
some time He had spent the greater
part of the winter in Keene but re-
Gently he returned to his farm here.
The family physician believed his con
dition warranted calling the members
of the family to the bedside
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
SUED FOR AUTO COLLISION
Fair Haven Man Aarded Damages OF
500

Rutland, April fisherman F. Har-
low of Fair Haven was today award
ed damages of 500 from Augusta
Durialso of Fair Haven, in Rutland
county court, because Duri ran his
automobile into Harlow's machine at
Hampton, N. Y, on August 3, last. A
motion was made to set aside the YER
dict because a juror talked with an
outsider.
Mr.. Harlow testified that the Duri
automobile came up from behind and
attempted to get ahead Of him, he
sulting in the Harlow machine being
tipped over and In Mr.. Harlow being
injured. The suit was for $1,000 dam
ages.
James Halpin, Jr., of Pittsford q
juror, was discharged for the term
yesterday because he appeared In the
court rooms while intoxicated.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
Newspaper Store Moving
Joseph A. Evans to Occupy One of the
Stores Vacated by N. Noveck

Joseph A. Evans, proprietor of the
Bennington newspaper and stationery
store, is moving today from the Walk
er block on Main street to one of the
stores in the Hawks block formerly
occupied by n Noyeck. Mr. Evans
has found that his previous quarters
have long been too small for his grow
ing business and that a change was
necessary in order to keep up with
the trade
The store into which he is going
will give him even more room than
is required for his newspaper and
stationery business and it is his in
tention to put in line of pianos. He
has carried pianos at his old quarters
but found it was impossible to do
much in that line with the limited
floor space at his disposal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
ONE PROPOSED REMOVAL FAILED

SlegaI Brothers VIII be Unable to Sc
cure Main ST. Location at Present
1t was announced some time ago
that Siegal Brothers, dealers in mems
and women's clothing on North street
would move the first of this month to
the upper OF the two stores in the
Hawks block on Main street, until
recently occupied by N. Noveck but
the plan has evidently fallen through
for the reason that Mr.. Noveck still
holds lease of the store and refuses
TO cancel the same. Sooner than per-
init a competitor to take up the quar-
ters vacated, Mr. Noveck will keep
his lease in force and sublet the prop
erty, as he has that privilege under
his arrangement with the owner
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03

CANNON WON'T LEAD
Former Speaker Not a Candidate to
Head Minority

Washington, April 3.--Representat-
i've Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois has
made formal announcement that he
would not be a candidate for minority
leader in the next Congress. This
leaves only Representative Weeks of
Massachusetts, and Mann of Illinois
as contenders Mr. Mann will win
or receive in the Republican caucus
next Monday night the complimentary
nomination for speaker, which carries
with it the minority leadership
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
CIRCUS MAN DEAD
Otto Ringing, Part Owner of the big
Show" Died In New York

New York, April 3.-Otto Ringing
Of circus fame died here Friday night
at the home of his brother, John, as
the big show in which he was Joint
owner with his four brothers was CIV
ing its evening performance at Madi-
son Square Garden. He was 81 years
old. Death was due to uraemic pois-
oning. He will be buried Sunday af-
ternoon at Barraboo. Wis, his birth
place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
20 MlDsHIPMEN TO RESIGN

Have Been Found Physically pefieI-
ent After TWO Examinations
Washington, April 3.--Nineteen
members of the graduating class at
the United States Naval Academy will
resign from the service Immediately
after receiving their diplomas at the
end of the present scholastic year.
Four members of the second class
will also resign at the same time. The
designations are due to physical dis
ability. The 20 midshipmen who will
resign have been found physically de-
flcient after two examinations.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
KILLING DEER ALLEGED
Four Men Have Been Arrested In
Town of Victory

Lyndonville, April 3.-It was report
ed to Fish and Game Commissioner
Titcomb Friday night that Warden e.
c. Lund of Victory had arrested four
men on the charge of killing a deer.
States Attorney II. B. Amey will have
charge OF the prosecution of the case
at the hearing to be held in Lunen-
burg.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
"PEAcE PRIZE" FOR COLLEGE
Gift Of $4,000 In Memory Of Man Once
RIdlculed for His Convictions

Middlebury, April S.-Middlebury
college has received a gift Of $500 for
the establishment of the Deacon
Boardman peace prize" in memory OF
Deacon Boardman OF Pittsfeld, who
died In 1870. He was the earliest,
most persistent and most ridiculed
peace advocate in the early history OF
Vermont -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
BREWERY WORKERS GO OUT

Three Hundred at Syracuse N. ", De-
MED an Increase In Wages
Syracuse, ~ Y, April 3.-Three
hundred workers in six local brewer
les struck Saturday morning because
the employers refused to grant an
increase in their wages of So a week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for this Section for the
Next Twenty-four Hours

For eastern New York and western
Vermont generally fair In north. Lo-
cal SHOWS or rains tonight or Tues.
day In south portion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-25
Comet Now in View.

Astronomers now, according to DR..
r. G.. Aitkin of Lick observatory, are
observing two bright comets. one in
the western skies shortly after sun
set, the other in the western sky in
the early morning.
The former was observed by NJ.
Belawsky on Sept. 2S. 1t has just
passed its point of nearest approach
to the sun and is now travelling rap
idly away from it. AT present it is
a conspicuous object for the naked
eye, having very bright head and a
tail about seven degrees long. 1t
should be looked for little north of
the sunset point Immediately after
dark. 1t probably will remain visible
for at least a week longer.
In addition TO these two bright
comets at least four others, visible
only with telescopes are known to
be in the neighborhood of the sun.
One OF these, Encke's comet, returns
to the sun at regular intervals OF
about three and one-half years and
has been observed more than any
other comet.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-25
OPENING OF THE GRAND
Decorah's Beautiful Playhouse Pre-
sents the Seasons First
Attraction.
IT Is..THE cow AND THE MOON
Chas. A. SellOn's Popular Musical
Comedy to be Given by Large
Company of Accomplished
Actors.

A new production, for which un-
limited success is unreservedly pre-
dicted is Mr.. Chas. A. Sellon's latest
effort TO tempt the public shekels
tleatreward, THE Cow and the
Moon" which appears at the Grand
as the seasons opening, Friday night
of this week.
Taking it's title from those dear
old fables of Mother Goose, it Offers
an evening of run equally pleasing
to the entire family and provokes as
many laughs from mamma and papa
as from the younger ones.
BY the usual process of musical
comedy logic, and assisted by an
astonishing wealth Of scenic equip
ment, a story of what happened or a
trip from Notmuchville, Indiana to
the moon is more or less clearly
evolved, and, from the start, the run
continues fast and furious until the
final happy ending of the intricat :
situations.
Little Miss Innocense, a girl who
has never seen man and who is
fated for adventures most startling,
furnishes the reason for the most of
the trouble.
About her abduction by Great
Domo and the succeeding efforts to
rescue her pretty person from his
hands and the final happy meeting of
all parties in the moon. is woven an
unusually original and intricate plot
AS might be expected, the scenic
inyestiture is something surprising,
even for this day and age, and, as
the story unfolds, trick succeeds
trick, until one wonders if the Great
Hermann be not the State Manager.
MIR. Gilmore as Happy is excruciat-
inEly funny and .compels laughter by
his Awitticisms and mannerisms as
well as by his original makeup and
pleasing characterization of the art
full tramp.
Assisting are Bess Taft, beloved
as the Good Gennii, Clarence Ster-
ling, Winsomely petite Hazel Rice,
VIM. Gross, a favorite German Come
dian. Maud Amanda Scott, than
whom there is no better formed or
gowned girl in musical comedy and
an adequate chorus whose quick
changes of the many beautiful cos
tunes causes continual wonder.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-25

If you would increase your hap
piness and prolong your life, forget
your neighbor's faults. Forget the
SANDER you have heard. Forget the
temptations. Forget peculiarities OF
your friends and only remember the
good points which make you fond of
them. Forget all personal quarrels
or histories you may have heard by
accident. Blot out as far as possible
all the disagreeables of life; they
will come but they will grow larger
when you remember them, and con-
stant thoughts of the acts of mean
ness will only tend to make you more
familiar with them. Obliterate every
thing disagreeable of yesterday; start
with clean sheet for today, and
write on it only lovely things.-Iowa
Normal Monthly.