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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-31
PULLED THE PYTHoN's TEETH
Big Snake With a Gumboll Squirmed
Bit when Dentist Operated

New York, March 31.--The thirteen
foot African python in the snake cage
of the Central Park menagerie recent
ly developed a swelling on one side
OF its head. BY Director Smiths
order an examination of the serpent's
mouth was made Wednesday.
There are a dozen pythons in the
cage and Keeper Herman with a pole
cut out the thirteen footer from the
bunch and got it into a corner of the
cage where the examination could
be made. Herman used a forked
stick in holding down the reptiles
head until he could grasp it by the
neck. Head Keeper Snyder seized
the tail to prevent It from coiling
about the men and Keeper Bob Hur-
ton grasped the snake by the middle
to prevent wriggling.
Herman opened the Jaws with a
stick and Keeper Burns looked into
the mouth to get line on the swell
ing. He reported a gumboil on the
right side of the jaw. The boil in
his opinion was caused by decayed
teeth and 1t was decided that to cure
the trouble it was necessary to do
some tooth pulling.
A pair OF pincers was obtained and
Burns got grip on one of the needle
like teeth and yanked it out. The
python didn't like the experience and
wriggled his tail loose and dashed
about. There was brief struggle un
til Snyder secured fresh hold of the
tail and kept the patient quiet
Three more teeth were extracted
and then the keeper.dentist lanced
the boil and washed the wounded
parts with antiseptic fluid.
The sick python was transferred
to big box outside the cage where
he coiled upon bed Of gunnysack-
ing and where he will be kept until
well again.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-31
FuRs STRUGGLED FROM CANADA
innocent Purchasers in United States
Are Ultimate Losers.

Washington, March pa system
of wholesale smuggling of furs from
Canada in which innocent purchasers
in the United States have been the Ill
innate losers, has been discovered by
Chief Wilkes customs agents.
Houlton, Maine, is said to have
been the base of operation and the
trade came to the attention of the
customs officers because Of the unus-
ually great amount OF express matter
shipped from Houlton, which is com
paratively small station.
Chief Wilkie says the plan has been
for dealers in Montreal and other
Canadian cities to sell furs to Amer
leans, collecting their pay in advance
and promising to deliver the goods
duty free.
One valuable fur coat has been
seized in Buffalo and about $1,000
worth of furs have been seized in
Chicago by special agents. Nearly
100 other cases of fur smuggling have
been discovered in the past week. An
extensive investigation will be made
and all struggled furs will be seized
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-31
CONDEMNED MAN
PUT ROPE ON HIS
OWN NECK
Remarkable Nerve Displayed at
Public Hanging,
CRISTOCK KILLED WOMAN
Previous to Execution He Confessed
and Said That He Deserved
His Fate.

Pottsville, Pa, March 31-A re-
markable display of nerve was made
in the county Jail yard here yester-
day by Joseph Christock who was
hanged for the murder last fall of
Mrs Ann Richards. Declining the
proffered assistance of a priest and
deputy sheriff the man walked smil-
ingly from his cell to the foot of the
gallows and ran lightly up the steps.
1t was a public hanging and before
his stood 1900 persons to whom he
waved his hand. Then he reached up,
grasped the moose and placed it
around his neck, put his arms by his
side to be strapped and smilingly
said; Good bye, all" The nervy
man then held his head in position
for the adjustment of the black cap
and in another moment the trap was
sprung He was dead in twelve
minutes.
Before going to the gallows Chri-
stock made a complete confession, de-
claring he had shot the woman when
he was detected by her attempting to
mistreat her daughter. He told of
numerous highway robberies and
burglaries he had committed In the
| neighborhood. He wound up his con-
fession by saying that he deserved TO
be hanged for HIS crimes. He joked
OF death to the very end.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-31
NEW HARVARD EXCHANGE PLAN
viii Send Professors to Four Small
American Colleges

Cambridge, Mass. March 31.-Har-
ward University, not content with ar
rangements for regular exchange OF
professors with some Of the leading
universities OF Europe. including Der.
lin and the Sorbonne, has arranged
for an annual exchange OF teachers
with four of the best known smaller
colleges In this country-Colorado
College, Colorado Springs, Col, Grin
nell College. Grinnell, Ia. Knox Col
lege. Galesburg, H., and Beloit Col
lege Beloit, Wis
Every year Harvard is to send a
professor, who will spend an equal
part of half an academic year with
each Of the four colleges mentioned,
and during that time will give TO the
students OF these institutions such
regular instruction in their courses
as may be arranged by the faculties
OF the different colleges
The salary of this professor will be
paid by Harvard, but the other col
leges viii provide his travelling ex-
penses and maintenance while he Is
away from Cambridge The profes.
sor will be selected every year by
Harvard with the approval OF the
other colleges The arrangement viii
go into effect In the next college year.
In return, each OF the four colleges
viii be expected to send every year
one OF It's younger instructors to Cam
bridge and during half of the acad.
emic year he will be appointed an
assistant in one OF Harvard's cour-
ses; he will teach and will be paid as
though he were a regular member Of
the Harvard faculty He win not be
required to give more than one-third
Of his time to teaching, and may de.
vote the rest OF IL to graduate and
research work in any department Of
Harvard University.
Although no official announcement
has boeh made, Il Is understood that
the frst Harvard professor to take
part In this exchange will be Prof. Al
bert Bushnell Hart OF the department
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-31
ANOTHER BLAZE AT GRANVILLE
Fire Yesterday Destroys Three
Buildings with Loss Of $4,000

Granville. March 31-This village
sustained another serious fire yester-
day morning, the loss being estimated
at $4,000, and but for entire absence
of wind and splendid work by the
firemen, the whole of Main street
might have been destroyed AS II
was, three buildings on the south side
of the street were Quilted, seven
places put out of business temporari-
ly, and four families burned out.
The fire was discovered about 1885
o'clock by William McQuillan and
Robert Porter, the latter living OPP
posite, in Leaverns' barber shop in
the old Brodie block, owned by Ma
than Goldberg. The other two build
ings were owned by M. w. Freydberg
and Ellis Williams.
The business places destroyed were
the Granville Mercantile companys
general store, NJ. w. Freybergs
clothing and dry goods store, Samuel
Leaverns' barber shop, John d.
Foley's grocery, Robert Lloyd's res
taurant, office of the town clerk,
Murphy Brothers cafe, Henry 5.
Bastedenbacks cigar factory and
newsroom. Those on the ground floor
were not reached by the fire, but
were badly damaged by water, the
Murphys and Bastedenback getting
off the lightest The other stocks
were about ruined.
The towns records were saved, as
they were in the town safe. The fire
was under control at o'clock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-31
100000 SEEDLINGS
Estimated Output for This Year from
State Nursery

Burlington, March 30.-As the sea
son for planting approaches, the state
nursery, run under the direction OF
State Forester A. +. Halves in this
city, is receiving an enormous influx
of orders and the indications at pres
ent tend to show that the plant will
have an opportunity TO do record
breaking business in the matter Of
distributing seedlings for forestry
work Last year the seedlings dis
tributed numbered about $4,000 but
this year the number will undoubted-
ly exceed 100000. This Is encouraging
to the men engaged in the forestry
work, as it means that something is
being done along the most effective
lines.
The seedlings are sold at cost and
are very inexpensive. White pine is
the most profitable timber for most
of the land in the state and conse-
quently the larger number of seed
lings are of that variety. The tim
Der will grow in sandy or loan soil,
reaching a good market value in %
years, although of course from the
day is is planted IL is saleable COM
modify and many farmers who wish
to dispose of their farms have set
out seedlings in order to the more
easily make a sale.
The next favorite is the Scotch pine
In portions of the Passumpsic valley
and in the vicinity of Castleton there
are areas of shifting sands and the
easiest way to stop the encroachings
is to plant with forest. For this pur-
pose, the Scotch pine is even better
than the white pine and in some dry
localities will often grow three feet
per year. For abandoned pastures. es
pecially at high elevations, such as
hill tops and mountain slopes, the
Norway spruce is being used with
good results. In every instance the
seedlings have been found to be far
more successful than seed planting
This year the nursery here was able
to produce its own seed while a year
ago II was Obliged to purchase II
| from Europe.
There are now about 5000. 600 seed.
lings at the nursery, but only por.
ton of them will be seld. The de
mand has been so great that there
have been very few three year seed
lings, most OF those sold being two
years OIL The demand for the
! goods shows in a gratifying degree
the mannor,in which the farmers are
taking hold Of the venture The nur.
sery. in an EFFORT TO be fair In the
/ distribution. viii not sell over 10000
Of any one kind OK tree to the same
party.
Mr. Halves stated yesterday that
there were at present thousands OF
acres Of land going to waste In the
state, which might be saved and yield
a considerable profit by planting
This is true OF the rocky country
where the soil Is washed away by
rain storms and in the sandy country
where the sand covers over more and
more surface each year unless stop
ped by such q process.
Among the large concerns interest
ed who have purchased large quanut
les Of seedlings are several lumber
concerns and the Vermont Marble
company. AS soon as the frost gets
out Of the ground, Mr.. Halves will
look over conditions in the preserves
given the state at Cancels Hump
Plainneld. and tho 800 acre tract At
Sharon, a part OF which will be given
up to an apple orchard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-31

OF history. He is one OF the leading
historians in the country. He comes
from the edge OF the middle West.
He was born in 1854 in Clarkville,
Penn, a little town close to the Ohio
line. He graduated from Harvard
college in 1880 in the class with ex-
President Theodore Roosevelt.
He has received the honorary de-
gree of ILL., D., from Richmond, Va.
in 1902 from Tufts, Mass, in 1905, and
from Western Reserve, Ohio in 1907.
In 1909 Geneva bestowed upon him
the honorary degree OF Lift. d.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-31
SLOT MACHINE MAKER IN JAIL
Ohio Court Sentences Gambling De-
vice Manufacturer to Serve 40 Days

Cincinnati, O., March S1.-Barnard
Sticking, a wealthy manufacturer of
nickel in the slot machines of this
city. recently indicted for manufactur-
ing and exhibiting for sale such ma
chimes was Wednesday sentenced TO
forty days in prison and to pay a
heavy fine by Judge Frank M. Cor
man.
A number of saloon keepers have
been fined for having these alleged
gambling contrivances in their plac-
es but this is the first instance in this
state OF a manufacturer being senten-
ced to Imprisonment.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
FORMALLY BREAKS WITH
NATIONAL CYCLING BODY
F. A. M. Ends AffilatIon aa Result OF
Pace Making Differences That
Originated Here.

NEW YORK, March ao.-Formal
breaking or cancellation OF the af1liatlon
existing between the Federation OF Amer
lean Motorcyclists and the National Cy
cling association has been announced by
the F, y. M. The latter has ended the
afhliation because the National Cycling
association VIII not let the federation as
sumo control of the pacemakcrs In mo-
ior-paced bicycle races
The cycling body claims that although
by special agreement with the federation
the n c. A. Yielded control OF motor
cycle racing TO the F. a. NJ In 1906, there
Is no reason why 1t should also give the
r; a M. control over the pacemakers for
b!cvcle racers
The difficulty between the two assoc-
otions started last summer In Salt Lake
CITY, when there was squabble over
riders who We're riding motorcycle races
on some occasions and at other times
were acting as pacemakers for the cy
c!ists. The chairman Of the +. A. NJ
competition committee conceived the
idea that the f. A. M. should have the
control Of the pacing men in the cycle
races. The f, A. M pushed that point.
and the y. c. A. refused to yield. Then
came the break that has led up TO the
present announcement.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
COLORADO SO[ONS
ENGAGE IN .BRAWL
One Senator Calls Another a
Liar, and the Latter Wants
to Fight.

DENVER March 30.-The state senate
today by vote OF IS to II adopted The
resolution providing for sine die adjourn
ment April 22. Senator McCue OF the
Speer forces moved 10 reconsider, and
the motion will come up tomorrow Nc
Cues motion to make the state bank
guaranty law a special order for tomor-
row was lost by n vote OF IL TO %, only
the Speer supporters voting in Its favor,
Napier's motion TO make the recall bill .
special order for tomorrow also failed OF
adoption. the vote being II Ia % against.
Both bills are platform pledges"
The "short and ugly word" was passed
and coats were jerked off during the de-
bate over the resolution TO adjourn sine
die April %
Senator Blakey applied the lighting
word to Senator Hecker. who forthwith
told his colleague he could Hex him
either here or outside.
Senator Blakey Immediately cleared his
decks for action by taking off his glasses
and coat and moving to the neutral zone
outside the chamber doors. Senator
Hecker, however. did not follow and
Senator'S Adams Napier and Tobin finally
succeeded in bringing the lrate states
man back into the senate chamber.
Senator Uccker stated that he would
apologize for his language, but Senator
Blakey refused to retract.
Today's senatorial ballot:
CONGRATULATIONS, IS; .Speer., 2s;
Ammons. /; Maupin. /: Martin. 2: Ward.
Republicans-vaile. 10; Dawson. .:
Goudy. o.; McCreary. g.. Northcutt. 2;
Roof /; Waterman. 2. Necessary for
choice, 81.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
SALT LAKE STATE LEAGUE
CLUB WILL INCORPORATE

Salt Lakes club in the Utah state
Baseball league will be Incorporated.
This was the formal decision reached
at meeting OF the club directors held
at the Commercial club building Thurs
day evening,
The capitalization will be $4,000 divided
into as many shares OF 81 each. and
most of this stock will be sold TO out
siders to raise money to help the club
start the season.
The club will be known officially as
the Salt Lake State League Baseball
club The old directors. who are as fol-
lows, will be retained: w. r. Sibley
chairman: ]. II. Davis, D. ]; Murphy
w. c. Howe and Jacob r. Raleigh,
Manager Bert Margetts set a force of
men TO work Thursday netting the
grandstand. grading the grounds and re-
pairing the fences. !srandstand and
bleachers. 1t is likely that an exhibition
game will he played with Murray on
Walkers field Sunday afternoon.
Margetts received word Thursday from
Phil Harris who is' at Los Angeles. that
he is ready to report here at any time
Rabbit" Brasino. the marvellous North
western fielder, and Glare Head. both
OF whom arc at Los Angeles, have also
sent word TO Margetts that they desire
to Join the Salt Lake team and they may
be brought hither.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
TRAVIS LOSES TO EVANS
IN INTERESTING MATCH

PINEHURST. n. C. March 30
Charles ] Evans. Jr.: of Edgewater de-
feated Walter j. Travis of Garden City
at the sixteenth green in their golf
match today. Interest in the contest
was unprecedented. a gallery OF fully
500 following the players throughout.
Travis made the turn in II TO II for
tenth and eleventh were halvcd Travis
won the twelfth lost the thirteenth, won
the fourteenth and fifteenth. and lost
the match on the sixteenth: four-hve.
The bye holes were played and halved
in threes and fours.
National Champion Fownes won a close
match from ]. S. Robeson Of Rochester.
the last four holes being halved and
the eighteenth deciding In Fownes's ia
Vor one uD,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
PLAN TO RUN IN FACE OF
THREATS TO INVOKE LAW

PENSACOLA Fla March 30.-Every
thing Is in readiness for the fifteen DAYS
racing meet to open here tomorrow after
noon at Kupfrian park. About $50 horses
are now In the park stables
According TO the promoters. The an
nouncement today by the Southern Jockey
club that II had not sanctioned the meet
here Is not causing any worry.
II is intended also, they assert, to run
the meeting entirely within the law their
attorneys holding that racing with the
betting adjunct is legal in this state until
Nav !.
The eleventh hour crusade against the
meeting started by the Pensacola Com
plcrcial association. it is said, Is not re-
ceiyng the support hoped for and Is eX-
pcCted TO fall through.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
CHICAGO MAN MAY
BUY ST. LOUIS CLUB
Charles Weegham Is on Way
TO Cleveland to Negotiate
With RObisOn's Niece.

CHICAGO, March 30-Charles
Weeghman, owner of several restau-
rants in this city, left Cleveland to-
night, where he has an appointment
with Mrs. Helen Hathaway Robson
Britton and Mrs. Sarah Carver Hatha.
way Robson, her mother, in regard
to the transfer of the stock in the st.
Louis National league club, left to them
by the will of the late M. Stanley
Robson.
1t is understood that there has been
price Of $350,000 set for the entire
control of the ST. Louis team, includ-
ing grounds and stands. If Mr..
Weeghman can secure control of the
club and it's chattels without purchas-
ing the grounds and stands he will
endeavor to do 80. If there is any
hitch in a proposition of this kind, he
says, he stands ready to purchase out
right the franchise, the club, the
stands and the grounds.
eyes, ] am after the st. Louis Ma
tional league team declared Mr,
Weeghman last night. 81 am willing
TO go ahead and purchase the club and
everything appertaining thereto or am
willing merely to purchase the fran
chise and the members of the team and
lease the grounds.
HThat is matter that will come up
for consideration tomorrow when | ex
pect to meet the heirs of the late St.
Louis magnate in Cleveland and enter
into negotiations to relieve them Of
their holdings.'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
PRINCETON ADOPTS NEW
FOOTBALL COACHING PLAN

PRINCETON. y. j.. March 20.-Prince-
ton is TO institute new system OF foot
ball coaching next September. The plan
is to have graduate board of I'VE NOM
bers. who shall have fun authority in all
football matters. except finances. w. w
Roper. director of all athletics at
Princeton. will he chairman Of this board
but he will no longer be head field coach
the position he had last fall, A leld
staff VIII be selected later and will get
It's orders as TO policy from this board.
In the disastrous season OF 1909, a sys-
tenn similar to this was tried out but It
Is hoped that better results Will follow
the present plan. The tendency will be
10 distribute the authority The impress
sion during 1909 was that there were too
many cooks" but the new board Will this
time settle the question of policy and
leave the rest 10 the staff on the field.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
RACING
ORDINARY CARD RUNS;
PUBLIC BREAKS EVEN

JUAREZ. Mexico, March 30.-An ordi-
nary card was run off at Terrazas pnrk
today. The public broke even with the
books, Luke Gates. backed down. won
the mile race by head In the last jump
from Loween
Summary:
Twenty-one. 1os (Rooney). s to l, won,
Royal Dolly. los (Garner). g to 1, sec
Time. 46 2-6 seconds. Royal Tea, Dam
son; Thistle Rose, kickapoo Louise, The
Visitor, Lawn and Massalo ran.
tie Dixon, 11o (Molesworth), to 5, won;
Periwinke. ITO (Glass), z to l. second;
Rebo, liz (Wallacc). 8 to 1. third. Time,
114 Plume, Cheswardine and Billy Tay-
lor ran.
Third race, selling, six furlongs-New
Royal Stone. liz tGlass), Z to 2, second
81. Joe. 112 (Mountainl. 3 to /, third.
Time. 1:14. James Blackstock. Kiamesha
H., Virge Cass. Teller and Georgia
Shand ran.
Fourth race; selling, one mlle-Luke
Loween. 81 Hewitp. 6 to !. second
Kinda, 90 (Digginsl. to l, third. Time.
Al. Mauretania, Ben Wilson, The Bail
Ifs Daughter. Misprision. Guy Spencer
and Brighton ran.
Fifth race, six furlongs-Lady Panchi-
i15 tMcculIough), to /. second Hearts
Relief, 11o Ct. Burns). to l. third. Time
LIP 2-5 Biskra. High Culture. El Mo-
line and Dixie Dixon ran.
Sixth race, selling. one mile-Beauman
1o2 (Brucel. 5 TO l, won; Acumen. 1o9
ITO !Ganz), 9 to 2. third. Time. 1877 As.
Agility ran.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
EIGHT TRUE BILLS
RETURNED At BOISE
Night Riders of Camas Prairie
Country Indicted; Also Long
Valley Claim Jumpers.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
BOISE. Idaho. March 30.-The federal
grand jury which for two weeks has
been probing charges here. tonight re-
turned eight secret indictments directed
1t Is reliably stated. against the night
riders who terrorized settlers In the
Camas Prairie country. threatening them
with death and tar and feathers, and
claim jumpers In Long valley.
United States Marshal Hodgins was IN
structed to serve warrants on the IN
dicted men Immediately. He has sent
n number Of deputies into central ldaho
to locate the riders and into the western
part OF the state to arrest the claim
Jumpers, II Is reported.
IT Is now said TO be practically GER
tain that the officers Of the Medbury In
vestment company were not indicted Tor
promoting a lottery for the sale OF town
lots at Medbury, Authentic rumors are
TO the effect that the district attorney
has notified the company officials that
they cannot make use OF the mails IN
the future to promote their scheme.
Behind the Medhury case politics were
played. it is rumorcd.
Gaylord Thompson, president OF the
Medbury company. opposed c. H. Ling.
enfelter as district attorney and In lact
filed charges against him In order TO
block the appointment. Linecnfelter was
successful He denies the accusation of
personal cnmty. Postal inspectors gath
cred the lottery evidence.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
At Deseret Gym

In the group contests held al the pcs ,g
cret gymnasium Thursday evening va va
aairn heat the Nationals and the N
sa,,n,,nnfs the Athletics in the
supdiiih stnpnding hop-step jump. In the running
high lump ,hs pioneers won from Irqm 2TIp,ah aie
a. thn .nrina hoard Jump Wasatch LOST
to to the the Pioneers and utntah to the IN
dependents. n.o, tnc r,o-
- oa to IL the independents defeated
neefs the Athletics Ii AZ to L. and the Nationals
bestcd Uintah SO TO 5. A. ,,,ore
IT, The intercIass contest the seniors s
-. ~ ,ha e,i6 class TO at baseball
nnd ond' thn 5:SG class beat the l2.i5 class
81 IN 3 AT voley ball. This Is the hrsl
game the latter team mas los' XII"
The attendance was large.