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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
DEMOCRATS TOPUT
THROUGH RACE
TRACK BILLS
Senator Gittins Warns Body He
will Push Them
DIx'S ATTITUDE UNKNOWN
Governor Promises to Make Known
His Position on Bills Within
Present Week.

Albany, June Ex-senator Gittins Of
Niagara introducer of the two bills to
define" bookmaking and to hold d.
rectors OF race tracks immune from
punishment for violations of the anti
gambling laws at their respective
race courses, served notice in the
Senate Tuesday that he would move
to have the Senate rules suspended in
order to take these two measures
from the general orders calendar and
rush them for final passage. There
has been a good deal of acceleratlon
In the interest of the two Gittins bills
the passage of which are so eagerly
hoped for by race-track interests
Senator Gittins expresses himself as
hopeful that the two bills will pass,
although kilograms and letters oppos-
ing them are pouring in upon the up
state Legislators of both parties.
Meantime Gov. Dix has not as yet
been willing to commit himself with
reference to the bills The legisla-
tive leaders have asked him TO state
whether he would sign the bills If
they were passed by both houses.
The Governor told the leaders that in
the present week he would let them
know his attitude.
No end OF pressure Is being brought
to bear on Gov, Dix in favor of the
two bills, particularly the bill to re-
peal the provision in the present law
which holds directors or owners of
race tracks responsible for violations
Of the antigambling law at their
tracks
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
A. p. HuNToN DEAD
Noted Vermont Lawyer Passed Away
Tuesday Morning.

Bethel, June PA. r. Hunton,
who was a delegate to the republican
national convention of 1864, which
nominated Abraham Lincoln, died at
his home at 4:30 Tuesday morning
of old age. He was SO years old and
had had a career which will probably
always be unique in the legal annals
of Vermont. He had maintained an
office for the practice of his profess
sion, 70 years in this village. He was
a member of the law firm of Hunton
& Suckney and was the oldest person
in the town, passing his 95th birthday
last February. His life was a very
active one up to the last few years.
He was elected to the House of Rep
resentatives eight times and repre-
scented his county in the Senate three
times. He was speaker of the House
in 1860 and 1861 and presided at the
special session in 1861 that voted the
Civil war appropriation. He was born
in Groton, N. H., coming to Hyde
Park with his parents when two
years old.
In 1897 he went to Stockbridge,
stay lilE llltlG OuN gNttib Winning ~
Bethel in 1888, where he spent the
balance of his life.
For the last month he was confined
to his room. His death was due en-
tirely to old age He is survived by
sister, Mrs. Mary Parker, widow Of
the late Rev. f. A. Parker, and a
daughter, Mrs w B. G. Stickney.
During his early life Mr. Hunton
was associated in a business way
with different partners until 1875
when w. B. c. Stickney entered into
partnership with him, which partner
ship continued until his death.
He was attended during the last
month by his grandson, DIR. William
Stickney of Rutland The funeral
will be held from the house at o.
clock Thusrady afternoon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
Woman'S World.

A thousand dollars is offered for a
new kind of rose" Well, the Amer
lean Beauty, genus femina, suits US
Baltimore Sun.
Women" says an expert "have an
extra layer of fat which protects them
against cold and enables them to wear
fashionable clothes Maybe, but some
Of them don't look it.-Savannah News
A new prize story is called "The
Birth of a Feud" AS n matter Of fact
it is easy to start feud. 1t Is only
necessary to say, Doesn't she look
like a fright in that hatT'-Rochestel
Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21

One Man Dead and Five More Have
Narrow Escapes.

Brandon, June 20.-One man was
buried alive and five others narrowly
escaped q similar fate yesterday af-
ternoon at o'clock when a big cave
in occurred at the mine owned by the
Horn-C Crockett Kaolin company about
two miles east OF this place. Fred
Whitemore of Forestdale is the miss
ing man and 1t is thought that he is
at the bottom of the pit, buried In
more than Is feet of mud and water.
There Is no other exit from the mine
except by the main shaft and this is
completely closed
The shaft is situated a little south
Of the village of Forestdale and about
two miles east of this place. The
shaft is about 100 feet into the
ground, about six feet square and
boarded on all sides. After reaching
the bottom the men are forced to go
under the ground to a drift about $50
feet further and 1t was while the men
were at the end of this drift that the
cave-in occurred
The first intimatlon Of anything
wrong was q sudden whirr and crash
and tremendous inflow of mud and
water, followed as the sides of the
shaft gave way. The workmen rush
ed for the ladder which was the only
means OF exit, but Whitemore, being
the last to get started towards the
surface was caught and buried alive.
The man ahead of Whitemore on
the ladder, William Smith, was res
cued by his fellow workmen. He was
slightly injured about the head. He
barely escaped the fate Of White
more, his comrades being forced to
pull him out of the sticky mud.
After the men had gained the sur
face they missed Whitemore and at
once began an investigation, which
showed fully Is feet of mud and wa
ter in the main shaft. Although the
pumps were put to work Immediately,
little impression was made on the in
rush of the thick muddy substance.
WhitemoTe was about 35 years old
and is survived by wife and two
children, who live in Forestdale.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
1.-THE OLD WIVES TALE"
Fantastic Old Play Presented Tuesday
evening at MIddebury.

/
Middlebury, June 21.-After many
months of hard work the final pre-
sentation of Peele's THE Old Wives
Tale" was given last evening by the
students of Middlebury college under
The auspices of the English depart
ment.
To understand the nature Of the
play it is necessary to transport your
self into a fairyland of legend, folk
tale, song and dance You must peo-
| pie this imaginative kingdom with all
manner of strange peoples, some
wierd, some simple, some charming.
some revolving. There must be much
of the beautiful and of the unexpected
And when you have dwelt in such an
atmosphere for a half an hour you
feel the power OF the dread Sacrapant
with his spells and charms as you
see him transform the beautiful
Vevillia, with her dark flowing hair
and her sweet countenance into a poor
insane maiden, wandering about the
countryside, gathering the wild flow
ers, scattering them over the moss
grown stones, signing for her lost
Erestus, for Sacrapant has changed
Erestus into a queer being half man.
half bear, an old friar by day, q bear
at night We watch him as he gives
his words of kindness, wisdom and re-
proach, undoing his enemies power by
his noble acts. Later Della enters, a
sweet delicate girl whom Sacrapant
has bewitched so that she has for
| gotten her lover. Eurimenides. and
her brothers, Calypha and Thelea.
Nor is this all for we, hear the
feeble careworn man, Lampriscus, be-
moan the fact that he still is tortured
by the possession of his two unmar
ried daughters, Zantippa whom he ad-
mits is beautiful but denounces as
proud, and Celanta whose sweetness
might give him some hope OF obtain
ing a husband for her we're 1t not for
| her plainness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
Ex-coNsUL ARRESTED
Tried to See President During Silver
Wedding Festivities.

Washington, June 20.-During the
Taft silver wedding festivities Mon
day night George b. Schumacher, for
mer CONSUL of the United States to
Mexico City, was arrested at the
east entrance of the White House. He
insisted in having his card sent in to
the President, saying that his bust
ness was urgent. He conducted him
self in such manner as to attract
the attention of the detectives scat
tered throughout the grounds and
was taken into custody. He was lat
err sent to the Washington Asylum
Hospital where he is held for obser-
walton.
Schumacher was recently relieved
from his post at Mexico City owing to
nervous breakdown. He returned
to this country recently and had been
stopping at Staunton, Va, but came
to Washington Monday night Theo-
dore f. Shucy, an uncle of Schmuck-
er and an official stenographer of the
Senate, called at detective headquar-
ters tonight and asked that Schmuck.
er be held for observation. No wea-
pons were found on him.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
FOR A UNITED BAND
Col. Puffer Makes a Plea for Local
Patriotism.

Editor of the Banner: A regiment
near US in the army had band mas
ter by the name OF Pier who had been
the leader Of circus band and he
managed to get all the noise, thrills
and hieroglyphics of the circus in.
He had a German member by the
name of Fette, who was real music
ian and did not like that style of
music, but rather soft, slow and sweet
stuff that he could dream over. One
evening while the band was playing on
the parade ground Pier got out of
patience with him and shouted loud
enough to be heard a mile, "Fette
lyou Blankety Dutchman | haven't
heard a note from you in three weeks.
Now ! want you to blow-blow-blow
you understand" Fette looked up
quietly and said, Yes, Cap. / under
stand. 1t ISIS all very veil for you to
say plow- plow- plow-but l say
we're de Duyful ISIS de Wind to come
from?'
From appearances it would seem
| that things are not working just sat
isfactoryily in musical circles at home.
With the equipment and talent to
make one splendid band they are
struggling along with two and as
usual the public are the sufferers.
If this state of affairs prevails very
long the band will be liable to loose
the good will of the public, then they
will become the ones to suffer. If
there are those who stand in the way
of keeping up this splendid organiza-
ton and If settlement cannot be ar
rived at in any other way, appoint a
disinterested man or men, then all
come together, elect a new board of
officers, If advisable, abide by the de-
cision of the board and go ahead
right.
The village is providing literally to
encourage the band and | am sure it
would be more satisfactory to the
people If the avails were distributed
at home. The public concerts have
been very good this season, but there
is lack of enthusiasm.
| Il reminds nae OF scrap between
the Banner and Hoosick Falls Stand
ard some years ago over the Reyolu-
ton. In come back the Standard
said The people of Bennington are
putting on to many airs over a great
battle fought in the state of New
York by Massachusetts and New
Hampshire soldiers. We are to have
a one hundred and fiftieth battle day
soon and let's show these Tories we
can deliver the goods without going
off the premises.
Norman NJ Puffer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
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Pen, Pencil. and Brush.

Peter Newell, the famous American
caricaturist and illustrator was n eli
garmaker before he discovered his tai
ent with the pencil.
Eugene Zimmerman, "Zim," the carl
caturist, was born in Switzerland. In
his youth he was fish peddler and
later a baker and a sign painter.
Herman Dudley Murphy, the Bos-
ton artist, stands six feet and some
inches high His shoulders are broad
and his muscles hard from continued
exercise in his canoe and yacht
Johan Olafson Turf, poet, artist and
hunter, said to be the first Laplander
to write book, spends the long dreary
winter trailing wild game in the snowy
wilderness of his native land. He
lives and travels alone.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
BANQUET AND BALL
IN CORONATION
FESTIVITIES
Buckingham Palace Scene Of
Coronation Dinner
MANY AT SHAKESPEARE BALL
$15oo0,o0o Worth Of Gold Plate on
Tables Weighed More Than
Eight Tons.

London June 21--One of the most
remarkable banquets that palace Of
King or Emperor ever witnessed and
the gorgeous Shakespeare ball under
the auspices OF noted society leaders
stand forth as the principal features
of the second day of cornation week.
The banquet in Buckingham Palace
tonight was a scene of imperial gran
deur The King and Queen entertain
ed the visiting English royalties, all
the special foreign delegations, the
foreign Ambassadors and Ministers,
The officers OF state, and the royal
households, members of the Cabinet
and ex-Cabnet Ministers, and the
heads of the Church, judiciary, army,
and navy.
The two largest apartments in the
palace, the ballroom, and the picture
gallery, which adjoin it, were utilized
as a banquetting hall. On the tables
was displayed the royal gold plate,
used only Oh historic occasion, the
value OF which is estimated at $751;
100000 while its weight is eight tons.
This plate for the most part was col
lected in the reigns of the four
Georges.
On the walls Of the gallery are
more than 500 pictures. The decora-
tons of both rooms are largely gilt,
and this background was embellished
with banks of palms and giant lilies,
while orchids, roses and ferns were
on the tables Yeomen of the Guard
we're ranged about the walls, and all
the diners wore their richest uni
| forms, decorations, gowns and jewels.
The Shakespeare ball was held in
the Albert Hall, which was elaborate
| ly decorated The dancers numbered
thousands, while 400 boxes were oc-
cupied by the representatives OF
foreign nations and the most promi-
nent British officials. AS many as
twenty-nine quadrilles were danced
simultaneously, the participants rep
resenting groups of characters from
Shakespeare plays. Leading actors
and actresses took part in these quad
rifles, together with the leaders OF
the smart set. The Duke and Duchess
of Connaught, Prince Louis and Prin-
cess Victoria of Battenberg, Prince
Alexander of Teck, Prince and Prin'
cess Henry of Prussia, the German
Crown Prince, Frederick William, and
the Crown Princess and the Turkish
Russian, Austrian, japanese, Greek
Danish and American representatives
we're present.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
MEXICAN SITUATION DELICATE
Powerful Influence Opposed to Pres
ent Chief Of Arms.

Mexico City, June 21.-With Emill
ano Zapata, the newly appointed Jefe
de Armas of the State Of Morelos.
actively preparing to fight if the new
ly appointed Chief of Arms named by
Madero cannot be removed by peace
able means, the leader of the revolu-
ton is today facing a crisis far more
delicate than the one he met at
JuareZ.
AS decided at a mass meeting yes
terday when 400 men, representative
of the best blood in Morelos, met to
protest against Zapata, committee
of five called on Madero Monday
morning and laid the entire matter be
fore the leader, who said he would
not give reply for two weeks In
the meanwhile Madero has summoned
Zapata here to answer the charges
against him.
This statement had hardly been de
livered to the waiting men OF More
los when news reached this city that
Zapata had seized all the arms which
had accumulated from the disbanded
Maderist troopers, and in addition
had his men busy preparing hundreds
of dynamite bombs-missiles that
proved throughout the late campaign
far more dangerous than any other,
and with which Zapata traced his
broad way of ruin across the most
| fertile fields of the southland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
Random Fancies.

The Washington baseball team
thinks congress should sit until Octo-
Der at least Birmingham Age Her
aid.
Detroit has discovered that it lost
the championship last year by losing
games, and it does not want to repeat
that mistake Chicago News.
New York is to have new baseball
grand stand which win have seats. for
10000 people. If j. P. Morgan could
be induced to become a baseball fan"
he might get the Coliseum at Rome
and have IT brought over.-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
Humping Think 1t Love Heart Disease An
NORTH ADAMS IS PLuckY
Comes from Behind and Beats Pitts
field In 14-lnnine Game.

North Adams came from behind
yesterday at North Adams and defeat
ed Pittsfeld, to 4, in 14inning
game. Sensational fielding by Cav
ley, who was playing his first game
for Pittsfeld, prevented North Ad-
ans from winning the game in earlier
stages. With the score to 0 against
II, North Adams dropped on Jackson
in the sixth and tied the score on
Jacobs being hit after McHugh had
been passed, and single by Miller
and triple by Barry. In the eighth a
single by Barry again scored McHugh
who had been passed and sacrificed
along by Jacobs. Pittsfeld tied in
the ninth. when Cookingham, who
had gone in as a pinch hitter for Jack
son, forced Kenney, reached second
on Murphy's fourth error, and scored
on hit by Garry. Peloquin, who
went in to pitch in the ninth, was hit
freely by North Adams, but managed
to keep out of trouble until the 14th
After Jacobs had flied out to f. Daley
Noyak hit for two bases and Miller
singled, Cookingham letting the ball
30 through him and Novak scoring.
A catch by McHugh inthe eighth in
ming when he caught Cawley's short
hit to left field and doubled F. Daley
at first, was the star performance.
The score by innings:
RHE
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

DR.. Clara Ferguson has been ap
pointed member Of the consulting
STAFF of the Cook County hospital, Chi
cago, the first woman to be appointed
to such position.
Miss Emily Randolph of PbiIadeL
phia is champion polo player. When
she goes on the field she wears regu
lation masculine trousers and long tail
I'd coat. She rides astride and plays
he mans game with Il mans skill.
Annette Kellerman says her family
intended her to be a musician. They
were family with artistic instincts.
but she kissed music goodby very
soon after she learned swimming fol
her health and then made hobby Of
It,
Mrs. Brlstow, mother Of the Rev
Canon Rhodes Bristow NJ. A., OF
Southwark cathedral, London, has at
tanned the age of 1914 The old lady
except for the past year or two, lived
in Greenwich all her life and is won
derfully active. both mentally and
physically, considering her great age.
Mrs. Maria Kraus-Boelte, who re
Gently celebrated her fiftieth anniver
sary as a kindergarten teacher, has re
sided in New York since 1872. Fol
over thIrty-fve years she has been {
leading figure in the educational worlt
OF this country, devoting her life e
kindergarten work She was born IL
Germany In 1896
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
Pert Personals.

Yes, Dix got to be governor. but see
where Stimson landed-Boston Tran
script.
DR.. Owen of Detroit fishing in the
river wye for Shakespeare's head is
evidently finding the fishing poor
Chicago Record Herald.
With two queens in hand king
George finds himself embarrassed, but
then that may be explained by the
fact that they are evidently not two
Of IA kind. Baltimore American.
Certain newspapers now are agitat-
ing themselves over the question OF
"Who is the handsomest GOVERNOR
No New Jersey paper has had the
nerve yet TO enter Woodrow Wilson,
Syracuse Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
HARRY GORE MADE
ATTEMPT ON HIS
OWN LIFE
Tried to Commit Suicide With
Razor Last Night
MADE BAD GAsHEs IN THROAT
Was Able to Walk Around After
His Aet--condItIon Now Not
Serious.

In response to a hurried telephone
call from Mrs. Harry Gore from the
Gore meat shop on Depot street, DR..
ID. V. O'Donnell, shortly before seven
last evening, fastened by automobile
TO the Gore residence on the Burgess
road above the Guideboard. He
there found that Harry Gore had at
tempted suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor. The man had lost a
large amount of blood from two
slashes, one on each side of the
throat, each more than an inch in
length, but being possessed of great
vitality, was still able to walk around
when the physician arrived. 1t took
five stitches 70 close the wound parti-
ally, a portion remaining open through
fear of infection.
Gore left the meat market on Depot
street Tuesday afternoon before five
and proceeded to his home. When
found by relative Gore was wander
ing around the house with his throat
streaming blood. Thinking that
Cores wounds were fatal a messenger
was at once sent to Mrs. Gore who,
after telephoning for physician,
went at once to the Gore home.
Gore while still possessed of his
strength was by no means rational.
His mind kept wandering and while
he could talk, his speech was not
wholly coherent. He refused to go to
bed and no persuasion could make
him do it. Force could not be used for
fear of again opening the wound.
Finally, however, the loss Of blood
brought on slight fainting spells and
he was finally put to bed.
Cores friends are at loss to ex-
plain his action. He has the reputa-
ton for being big good-hearted fell
low, the last one one would expect to
attempt his own life. When the
news of Cores attempted suicide
spread, teams from all the outskirts
we're rapidly driven to his home,
where his relatives and friends were
assured that the attempt had not been
successful.
This morning Cores condition was
not serious save for the soreness OF
the wound and weakness from loss OF
blood. He shows no disposition to re.
peat the attempt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-21
Disease Expert Says Only Extra Work Caused By Overea
EXCUSED FROM EXAMINATIONS
High School Students Who Have
Secured Necessary Marks.

This week at the graded school is
being devoted to the final examina-
lions, both Of the three lower classes
Of the high school and OF the classes
OF the graded department. The SEN
Tor examinations were completed last
week The school work for the year
In the grades closes today.
Because OF high standing in their
studies throughout the year, a numb
er OF pupils inthe high school are ex-
cused from taking the examinations
now being held.
Those excused for that reason are:
LatinI--C. Clark, M. Cronin, IL.
Cutting, e. Hall, M. Mathers, X. Long,
J. Welch.
Latin ILL.,. Royce. G. Hutton, c.
Hitchcock, f. Keller.
Roman History-C. Clark, III. Cut
ting, h. Hall, M. Mathers, b. Cronin,
Il. Long.
German I'D. Carpenter. Farnum,
p. Greenslet, b. Lyons, w. Lyons, f.
Moore, Paulson.
German ll-G. Hutton, c. Hitch
cock, f. Keller, z. Royce.
French IA. Myers, Il. Sumner.
Common Geometry-D. Carpenter,
X. Harris, III. Beecher.
English l-Carolyn Clark, Barbara
Cronin, May Cronin, Helen Cutting,
Elsie Hall, Robert, Long, Margaret
Mathers, Marian Perham.
English ll-Doris Carpenter, Hilda
Farnum, Walter Lyons, Florence
Moore, Henry Walbridge.
English IlI-Frank Keller, Avis
Myers, Zenobia Royce, Edith Sumner.
Mathematics Reyiew-Wilhelmina
Hicks, Avis Myers, Addie Sumner,
Edith Sumner.
Geometry-Hilda Farnum, Ball
Lyons, Walter Lyons, Florence Moore,
Karl Paulson.
Commercial Arithmetic-Francis
Leahy, Marian Perham, Maurice Muir
ply, Frank Towslee,
Algebra Jennie Bandistel, Caro-
Ign Clark, Barbara Cronin, May Cron-
in, Elsie Hall, Robert Long, Margaret
FILLING, Joseph Welch.
General History-Helen Beecher,
Ruth Harris, Francis Leahy, Marion
Perham.
Bookkeeping doris Carpenter,
Maurice Murphy, John Scott, Frank
.Towslee, Randall Waite.
Letter Writing Marjorie Durham,
Edith Russell, Esther Merrill, Maui
rice Murphy
Stenography Lulu Gokay, Myrtle
Gardner.
Typewriting-Lulu Gokay, Jessie
Burgess.
Commercial LAVE. Shea.
Agriculture-R. White.
Ciyics-Doris Carpenter, Ball Lyons
Walter Lyons, Florence Moore, Hilda
Farnum.
Chemistry-G Hutton c. Hitch
cock, Frank Keller Zenobia Royce,
Edith Sumner, A. Myers.
Bookkeeping ll-Ruth Burt, Eliza
beth Shea, Jane Burgess.
Letter writing-Mildred Peelor,
Polly Harbour, Elizabeth Stuart.
Stenography Maud Edison.
Stenography II-Jane Burgess Ruth
Burt, Elizabeth Stuart, Joseph Brann.
Typewriting Maud Edison, Eliza
beth Shea.
Typewriting ll-Jane Burgess, Ruth
Burt, Polly Harbour, Elizabeth Stuart
Abe Noveck, Duane Bassett.