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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
F|REMEN TURNED
H0SEON BIG MOB
OF STRIKERS
Bloody Riot Last Night at
Grand Rapids
SOME OF WOUNDED WILL DIE
Police Used Revolvers and Fire Was
Returned by Armed Men In
Crowd

Grand Rapids, Mich, May l6.-At
least score OF policemen were in
jured and man members Of mob of
two thousand striking furniture work
ers and sympathizers were hurt in a
riot at the plant of the Widdicomb
Furniture company last night Sever
al of the injured may die.
After a fierce battle with revolvers,
clubs. stones and missiles of almost
every description, in which the police
were badly beaten, fire engine COM
pany attacked the mob with streams
of water and succeeded in quelling
the disturbance to considerable ex-
tent Many women were active
among the rioters.
The trouble started when a mob of
about 300 men, women and boys at
tackled a closed automobile driven by
Ralph Widdicomb of the furniture
company, who was taking several
strikebreakers from the factory. One
of the policemen on guard at the plant
attempted to make an arrest and the
mob closed in on him. Other police
men with drawn reyolvers quickly ar
rived but we're overwhelmed. A
squad of reserves was rushed to the
scene and soon began firing and the
fire was returned by a number of ri
oters. Several policemen were knock
ed senseless by missiles hurled by
women.
Mayor Ellis made fruitless at
tempt to quell the riot before the FIRE
department was summoned A terri
fc battle ensued as the firemen began
to lay their lines, in which the mob
was finally overcome and broken up.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
DECLARES TAFT is WRONG
Gompers Says Government Employees
Still Have the Right Of Petition.

Washington, May 16.-"No officer
of the Government is warranted in
the issuance of an order in conflict
with the inherent, Constitutional
rights of the citizen" said President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor yesterday, commenting on
President Taft's speech at Harrisburg
Penn, last night.
Mr.. Gompers declared that Presi-
dent Taft's order forbids association
among Government employees and the
right of petition to Congress and that
the Post Office Department has dis
charged and victimized men because
they dared unite in a lawful associa-
ton and petition for redress of griev-
ances."
Insisting that President Taft is
wholly mistaken in his idea of meth
DDS for the betterment of the condi.
ton of employees of the Government,
Mr.. Gompers said that since men in
the pay of the Government cannot re-
sort to the strike, as workmen in pri-
yate establishments can when neces
sary, their only means of presenting
their needs of grievances is through
petition for administrative or legis
\ latiVe action.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
JOSEPH FRANK IS
HELD FOR THE
GRAND JURY
Charged With Assault With
Intent to Kill
BAIL IS FIXED AT $1,000
Was Arrested April q Following
Fight at Eagle Square shops In
South Salisbury

Joseph Frank, the big German who
has been in the county jail since
April 20 when he was arrested charg-
ed with assault with intent to kill up
on Robert Mallory, appeared before
Judge e. H. Holden this morning for
an adjourned hearing. Frank was re-
presented by Attorney Daniel A. Guilt
imam while States Attorney w, J.
Meagher appeared for the state. The
respondent was held for the grand
jury and was remanded to jail In de-
fault of $4,000 bail.
Frank was arrested late on the ar
ternoon of April 20 following. Q fight
in the grinding room of the Eagle
Square company's shop at South
SALISBURY where he is alleged to
have fired two bullets from q 80 cal
ibre revolver into the body Of Robert
Mallory, a fellow workman and for
mer resident of this village. In the
fight not only the revolver but two
steel squares and long fat piece of
steel figured and when Frank was ar
rested he had severe wound on one
of his arms.
At the hearing this morning the re-
volver, the two bullets which DR.. 4.
f. Dean extracted from Mallorys arm
and back, the squares and the piece
of steel were exhibited. DR.. Dean.
Deputy Sheriff George E. Corey of
SALISBURY and a number OF the en-
ployes in the Eagle Square company
shop were examined as witnesses.
1t is not probable that Frank will
be able to secure bail but his stay In
jail preceding his trial will be short
as the grand jury is to meet the first
week in June.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
HER FIRST TROLLEY RIDE
Mrs. Emily Higgins at Age Of SO Years
Enjoys Trip

Enjoys Trip
Mrs. Emily Higgins accompanied by
her grandson, Percy A. Yarnold, took
her first trolley ride on Saturday, May
g. Mrs. Higgins Is in her Seth year.
but withstood the ride from North Nd
ans to Bennington remarkably well.
considering her physical condition and
advanced age.
For the last thirty years she has
lived in Woodford, Lowell and Wal
than, Mass, but most of that time in
Woodford, which place she now calls
her adopted home At this place
about 20 years ago she met with a
painful accident by which she was
compelled to have her left leg ampu-
tated.
Mrs. Higgins has had II children
born to her, all under the Canadian
flag, although she is q descendant
from the Holland Dutch, of which she
is justly proud.
This remarkable octogenarian, plus
six years, is now living at the home
of her son, James Higgins of Wood
ford City where she expects to pass
the remainder of her days Mrs. Hig-
gins is a good bible student and de-
lights herself in the story of Gods
word
She is highly esteemed by her many
relatives and friends and her sunny
disposition and advice are greatly adj
mired and appreciated.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
DIX GIVES FIRE WARNING
Governor Asks All Who Visit Forests
to Beware Of Carelessness.

Governor ASKS All VINO VISIT FORESTS
to Beware Of Carelessness.
Albany, May 16.-In proclamation
issued last night Gov. Dix gives a
warning against the careless use OF
matches and fire in the Adirondack
and Catskill camps.
By requiring the use of oil-burning
locomotives and the establishment OF
a lookout system Of fire fighting in
the mountains. the State Is said TO be
reasonably protected from forest fires
in spite of the drouth. The State
Forestry Department states that the
only danger now is from carelessness
in camps or from the malicious use
of the torch.
II ask every visitor" says the Gov
ernor in his proclamation, ito treat
parks and forest preserves as he
would his own woodland. | ask par
ents of children who take their out
lngs in these public domains to incul-
cate them with a sense of RESPONSE
bility. Our State forests, If destroyed
by fire, can never be replaced because
fire destroys both trees and soil"
The Governor is the owner of a val
liable camp near the State preserve
at McKeever, Herkimer County.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
ALL HIS NINE LIVES BURIED
But This Cat Survives Even Chloro-
form and a Garden Grave.

Bloomfield, N. j., May 16.-Jef
freys, black cat, belonging to How
ard W. Stoltz of Linden Avenue, was
50 disabled in a fight that it was de-
cided to make way with it, Jeffrey
was put in an old tin boiler, sufficient
chloroform to end nine lives poured
in, and the lid put on.
A few minutes later jeffrey was re-
moved from the boiler and buried
eighteen inches deep in the garden.
Mr.. Stotz, who vouches for these
happenings, says further that he re-
ported to his children that Jeffreys
was out of his misery and that they
went to bed in tears, but that when
Mrs. Stoltz came downstairs this
morning she found Jeffreys at the
back door meowing for admittance.
Stoltz decided that since Jeffreys
was so insistent on living he should
have every chance, and sent for a vet
Urinary, who treated Jeffery's wounds
with every prospect for his injuries
soon being healed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
WRONG TOOTH GONE, HE SAYS
Hamilton, Therefore, Demands $500
Damages from the Dentist.

New York, May 16-Henry Hamil-
ton of 1873 Eighth Avenue is asking
for $500 as reparation on his allega-
ton that an assistant in the dental
Office of Morris P. Hart, 262 West
Twenty-third Street, to whom he went
as a patient, not molly pulled the
wrong tooth but broke a portion Of
his jaw bone
Hamilton says he indicated second
molar, and that the assistant pulled a
Sound, useful and valuable" third
molar. He asks PREPARATION In the
Supreme Court, where the case is now
on trial.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
WHEELER TO LEAVE YALE
Divorced Professor, Mucted In $780,
900 AIlmony, Expected to Retire

New Haven, Conn, May 16.-Yale
University officials decline to make
any statement relative to the standing
as a member Of the Faculty, of Prof.
Henry Lord Wheeler, who holds the
Chair of Organic Chemistry in the
Sheffield Scientific School, but his
friends admit that he is not expected
to return to the university.
Prof Wheeler left this city sudden
lily Saturday after learning OF the
Superior Court decision mulcting him
in 100000 allmony in connection
with his divorce case. 1t is supposed
that he has gone to Chicago, where
his property interests and relatives
are.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
SENATE DEADLOCK CONTINUES
Galllneer and Bacon Poll SO Votes
Each--Progresslves for CIapp.

Washington, May determination
OF the deadlock in the attempt to
elect President pro tempore Of the
Senate became apparent yesterday
when the first ballot resulted in no
choice.
Senator Gallinger, the Republican
caucus candidate, polled S3 votes, his
Democratic opponent, Senator Bacon,
the same number, while six progress
slve Republicans voted for Senator
Clapp.
A second ballot was similar to the
first, and, despairing OF breaking the
deadlock, the Senate took up for con
sideration the joint resolution provid-
ing for the election Of Senator'S by di.
rect vote.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
WRECK BLAMED ON DISPATCHER
Official Statement Concerning White
River junction Collision.

White River Junction, May 16.-An
error in orders issued by Dispatcher
Richard Sweeney of st. Adams was
the cause of the head-on collision of
the two freight trains at Devils curve
near here Sunday according to an
official report given out at the head
Offices of the Central Vermont railroad
yesterday. Four trainmen were killed
and four others seriously injured. 1t
is understood that the conductors OF
both trains had orders to proceed on
the single track.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
FOSTER is HoNoREp
Elected Vice President of information
al Institute Of Agriculture.

Rome, May 16,-The general as
sembly of the International Institute
of Agriculture met Sunday with an
excellent attendance of delegates
from the various countries affiliated
with the organization. Signor Rain
eri, Italian minister of agriculture
was elected president, and David j.
Foster Of Vermont, former chairman
of the committee OF foreign affairs of
the American House of Representa-
tives, vice president. Four commits
sioners were appointed, Victor H
Olmstead, chief of the bureau of sta.
tistics of the department of agricul
ture, was named as vice president OF
the commission on statistics King
Victor Emmanuel visited the institute
in the afternoon and received the dele
gates.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
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DISEASE KILLED 5AYARD
coroner's Jury Attributed Death to
That, and Not to Fall.

Washington, May 16.-That pericar-
ditis caused the death of Philip Bay
ard, son of former Secretary of
State, who died on Sunday at Garfield
Hospital after a fall from third
story window, was the Coroner's YER
dict yesterday
1t is believed that Bayard mentally
unbalanced by illness, fell while try
ing to climb from the window of his
room to the veranda
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
DEATH DEFEATS BRITT

PugiIIst Too Late to See Sister Who
Dies Before His Arrival Home.
San Francisco, May 16.--Jimmy
Britt the prize fighter, who Is speed
ing here from London, has lost race
with death. His sister, aged sixteen.
the gravity of whose condition Britt
learned by cable and caused him to
start on his hasty journey home, died
Sunday of tuberculosis at the Britt
home in Ross Valley.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
TRY LABOR MEN AGAIN
Cases Of oompers, Morrison and Nit
cheII Again, In Court

Washington. May 16.-The Supreme
court Of the District of Columbia on
its own initiative today instituted pro-
ceedings in contempt against Samuel
Gompers, Frank Morrison and John
Mitchell In the sentences Of imprison-
ment imposed upon the men by this
court and set aside yesterday and re-
manded to the district by the supreme
court.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
Notice

Hereafter there will be no Sunday
collections from street letter boxes,
and all important letters which the
sender is DESTROYS of having dispatch
ed on Sunday, should be mailed in the
postoffice before 8 p. m, and the post
office lobby will be open until that
hour.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
MURDERER HANGED HIMSELF
coIored Trooper Committed Suicide
in Guard House..

Burlington, May 16.-While under
guard after his arrest for shooting
and instantly killing John l.. Adair,
colored, a private of E troop, Tenth
cavalry, U. s. A. stationed at Fort
Ethan Allen, Winooski, Martin C..
Ellis, an enlisted man of the same
outfit, put an end to his own life yes
terday by hanging. After the shoot
ing last night, Ellis was placed In the
guard house at the post and accord
ing to regulations was visited every
half hour by the man who was walk
ing guard Ellis managed to tear a
strip of canvas from the mattress in
the cell and between visits of the SEN
try hanged himself by attaching the
canvas to the bars overhead. When
found at $3.50 o'clock the man was
still alive but death came soon after
His body will be disposed Of by the
post authorities.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16

STANDARD WILL OBEY
Octopus Lawyers Say Company Win
Be Re-organlZed

New York, May 16.-The Standard
Oil company's lawyer issued state
ment today saying that the company
intended obeying the supreme courts
demand for reorganization but that
considerable time would elapse be-
fore any reorganization plans could be
announced.
Throughout the litigation the trust
has insisted that no plans had been
formulated in advance OF the decree.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
BASE BALL 5uNTS

McHale, the former Pittsfield pit
cher who went to California with the
Boston Red Sox during the spring
training trip but who has since the re-
turn OF the team not been used, has
been summoned to join his team at
Detroit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
INSURANCE TAX LAW UPHELD
Nonresident Companies Must Pay on
Premiums Due In Louisiana.

Washington, May 16-Non-resident
insurance companies operating in
Louisiana must pay taxes upon prem
iums due them under open accounts
with residents of that State, accord
ing to a Supreme Court decision yes
terday. It is said the decision opens
the way for other States to levy SINH
lar taxes.
The insurance companies stubborn
ly contested the case and contended
that there was a difference between a
premium due on open insurance ac-
count and an open merchandise ac-
count belonging to nonresident.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16

Cookingham has been released by
the Hartford team of the Connecticut
league. "Coolly" was for a period on
the pitching staff of the Pittsfeld
team last year and showed that he
had speed to throw away. He lacked
control, however, and has been both
cred in the same respect since he APP
peared in the Nutmeg state league.
Cooldngham pitched two games
against Bennington last season, one
at Pittsfeld and one at Tudor park.
At Tudor park he went wild in the
sixth inning and Bennington won to
6. At Pittsheld he won to 2. Cook
ingham is an unusually good batter
for a pitcher and if he should ever
acquire the knack Of locating the
plate he should make good in fast
company.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16

Hickey, the former Bennington cen
ter fielder, made a hit out of three
times at bat for the Hartford team of
the Connecticut league in the game
with Northampton yesterday, Robarge
the former Pittsfeld rightfielder,
made his first hit in eight games he
has played with Northampton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
WHAT ABOUT TRUsTs2
Government Policy Subject Of Cabinet
Meeting Today

Washington. May 16.-President
Taft and his cabinet today discussed
the governments future policy tow
ards the trusts,
There was a great rush of clerks
at the Office of the supreme court to-
day for copies of the famous opinion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
MRS. TAFT IMPROVING
Had Recurrence of Nervous Trouble
from Which She Suffered Last Year

from Which She Suffered Last Year
New York, May 16.-Mrs. Taft
whose sudden illness brought the pres
ident hurriedly to her bedside from
Harrisburg, Pa, is improving and
President Taft returned to Washing
ton yesterday. DR.. Evan M. Evans
said that his patient is doing well and
showing an encouraging improvement.
Mrs. Tafts illness is said to be re-
currence of nervous trouble from
which she suffered two years ago but
in a less severe form.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for this Section for the
Next "a Hours
For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair south; probably showers
north portion late tonight or Wednes-
day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
AZ NEW POSTAL BANKS

Postmaster General Hitchcock Has
Established 176 Since Jan. 8.
Washington, May 16-Postmaster
General Hitchcock has announced the
designation of rorty-seven additional
postal savings repositories, making a
total of 176 postal banks since Jan.
g. The offices designated will be
ready to receive deposits on June IL.
The new offices are nearly all in
small towns in the south and west.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
STOCK QUOTATIONS

received by the Bennington Se-
curity company from j. r. Williston
& Co., OF New York by special wire:
Yeaterday Today
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
DIDN'T AFFECT THE PRICE
Standard OIL Stock Hits Highest Fig
ure in Two Years

New York, May 16-Standard Oil
stock reached six eighty-two this
morning, the highest price in two
years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-09-25
SCIENTIFIC POINT CLEARED UP
Size of Water Particles Now Known
to Change With the Age
of Clouds.

1t seems rather singular to speak
of the age of clouds"-of "old clouds
and young Clouds yet 1t really ap-,
pears that such distinction can be,
made, and that the discovery, as so
frequently happens in matters scien-
tific, was based upon a preceding mis-
take.
The conclusion was reached years
ago In scientific quarters that the
density of cloud was proportional to
the number Of water particles it con-
tanned, the water particles, in turn,
depending upon the particles Of dust.
present. Later, however, these same
authorities ascertained that their first
conclusion was wrong, and that in.
many clouds the density falls far short.
of proportionality with the number of,
water particles. Further investiga
ton points to the fact that the size
of the water particles changes with
the "age" of the cloud. The clouds.
upon which the first observations we're
made must, it is thought, have been
old clouds, and in them the water
particles, being comparatively large,
appeared to be proportional to the
density. But the later observations,
were made upon newly-formed or
young clouds, in which the particles
were small in size.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-09-25
LIME WATER MADE AT HOME
Summer Luxury That Costs Little and
ConserVes Health of the
Family.

A more general use of lime water
during hot weather is much to be de-
sired 1t can be made at home and
costs but little Lay lump of quick
lime as big as the two fists in gran
iteware pitcher or bowl, pour over ID
two quarts of cold water, stir with
a wooden spoon and let II stand six
hours Strain the liquid without dis
turbing the sediment OF lime. Put in
bottles and cork tight; before using
pour off half an inch of the top If it
has stood any length of time.
Lime water ia good to rinse bottles,
pitchers, and pans that have held
milk
10 sweeten drains and bleach out
murl left when stronger alkalies have
failed.
From teaspoon to tablespoonful
in a glass of milk will make ii ac-
reptable to delicate stomachs, espe.
cially whore there is acidity
Lime water is good for mouth
wash Equal parts Of lime water and
sweet oil make the very best remedy
for burns and sealds and will not be
forgotten when once Chicago
Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-09-25
sroiled steak.

While porterhouse or sirloin steaks
are the approved cuts for broiling,
even a tougher steak can be broiled
If treated first in this way: Put 3
tablespoonfuls olive oil and one table
spoonful vinegar in a large fiat dish.
Lay the steak ON the mixture and let
It rest for half an hour, Then turn
and let it rest another half hour in
tie same quantity oil and vinegar.
Two inches is the approved thickness
for a broIled steak. II broiled over
coal the fire should be clear and
bright If under gas fame leave the
oven door open that the air may cir
culate freely while the steak is broil.
ing. a steak two inches thick win
take about Is minutes to broil. To
tell when meat has cooked sufficient
ly, press with the back of knife. If
It offers a slight resistance it is rare.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-09-25
EASY ONE FOR prophet"
Congressman Coined Eplgram and
Stated Absolute Fact in One
Brief Word.

CONGRESSMAN Homer Bulb Of Ne
vada was famed in his day at Wash
ington as a raconteur and epigram-
matist. Whenever he sat down in the
lobby of the Dngle house, his head
quarters at the capital, he was sure
TO gather about him in no time group
of friends and acquaintances and to
convuIse them over and over again
with his sallies.
One of these, the butt Of which was
Senator Montgomery Twell, is par
ticularly we'll remembered by the
Dingle's Old Guard
The senator entered the hotel one
evening, looked long and solemnly at
the skies, which were cloudy, and then
remarked to Congressman Bulb In a
tone of railery:
well, Bulb, know you pride your.
self on being prophet. What sort
OF q day do you think wen have to.
morrow"
Wednesday" replied Congressman
Bulb.
Among those who heard him was
Col Anthony Batherswyck, the civil
war veteran, who lost no time in tell
ing the quip all over Washington.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-09-25

The president has made it we'll I'M
derstood that the less said about
these conferences the better; but
there is always a group of newspaper
men at the door OF the White House
Offices waiting for members of tho
cabinet to appear after their session.
1t has come to be something Of a
Joke with the men who help the pres.
ident decide great questions of public
policy that when the usual question is
asked at the close Of the cabinet
meetings the chief executive turns to
the secretary Of agriculture and says:
Suppose you see the newspaper
men, Wilson, we didn't discuss any
thing in your department"
1t is point of honor, sort of I'M
written law, that no member Of the
cabinet shall give out information
regarding affairs in other depart.
ments of the government than his
own. While, therefore. the venerable
secretary Of agriculture presents him.
self as a target for the newspaper
mems questions. the other members
Of the cabinet quietly and unostenta-
tiously slip away, and the world
learns that nothing of Importance
was discussed that day by the presi.
dent and his cabinet.-The Sunday
Magazine