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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05
ADMIRAL TOGO SAW
METROPolI IS AND
WAS PLEASED
Iaps nese Sea Fighter Had Busy
Time In Gotham.
RODE IN ELECTRIC ENGINE
Visited Mayor Gsynor at City Hall
and Mayor Returned Call at
Hotel

New York, Aug 5--Admiral Togo
left this city late yesterday for Wash
ington. His departure was quite as
unusual as his midnight arrival and
welcome in New York bay Thursday
night, for he left the city in the cab
of big electric engine driving a
heavy Pennsylvania train. Although
the luxurious private car Olivette.
which the government has provided
for the guest while in this country,
was attached to the train, the naval
hero elected to sit by the engineer S
side and witch him operate the 1000
horse power motor Il am intense.
ly interested in your world pre-emi-
hence in electric engineering and rail
reading" the little admiral said
through his interpreter, "and | wish
to avail myself of this opportunity to
closely observe both. Therefore, |
viii ride with the engineer"
The admiral rode in the cab to the
limit of the electric zone, at Harri-
son, n J., and there entered his car
Admiral Togo left his hotel in an
automobile yesterday morning and es
corted by a cayalcade of 100 police
men went to city hall to visit Mayor
Gaynor.
An immense crowd which thronget
the City Hall park gave Admiral To
go and his party a hearty cheer. as
they alighted from their automobile
He nodded an acknowledgment of the
reception. The party was escorted
to the reception room in the city hal
building. where after a delay OF sew
eral minutes, they were taken TO May
or Gaynor's private Office. Mayor
Gaynor at IL o'clock left city hall t
return the call of Admiral Togo
Arriving at the admiral's suite the
mayor was taken at once 10 Admira
Togo and the two shook hands. The
mayor remained with the admira
only few minutes, returning direct
ly TO the city hall
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05
FIN. IA. B. SOCIETY
TO c I'VE THIRTY
THIRD PICNIC
Have Completed Program For
134th Battle Anniversary.
GREAT BALLOON ASCENSION
Boxing Bouts and Aerial Acts to
Make Up Attractive Features of
Annual Picnic and Field Day

The Father Matthew T. A. B. SOC
iety has arranged one of the most at
tractlve programs in its history for
their thirty-third annual picnic and
field day in Hunts upper grove Aug
ust 16 in commemoration of the bath
anniversary of the battle of Benning-
ton The music will be furnished by
the Bennington Citizens band and
that for the dances by Goldsmith's
orchestra.
The crowd will be entertained at
times through the day by John War
rion. an old fashioned bagpiper
Among the athletic features will be
exhibitions in aerial acts by the La
fayes and numerous acts by Milo the
contortionist and equilibrist. Three
sparring matches are scheduled
which are expected to be very inter-
esting contests The opening match
OF six rounds will be between Swiftly
Roberts. the pride of Brockton, Mass.
and Young Corbett, champion light
Wright VI NtSltIH massachusetts.
The second match consisting of five
rounds will be pulled OFF, between
the Western brothers, Ralph and
Paul, the smallest boxers in New
England. The third event which will
go six rounds, will be contested be-
tween Young Mandelsy of Boston.
champion of the New England states,
and Kid Casey. champion of Western
Massachusetts.
The exercises at the grove will
close with balloon ascension and
parachute drop by Prof Benette Of
Boston. In the evening the society
will hold dance in academy hall.
In case of rain the program will be-
carried out as near as possible in
Academy hall The committee in
charge of the days observance has
used every possible means to have
this years event one which will long
be remembered by all who attend.
In last years celebration the main
feature was the balloon ascensions
and this year the event should prove
of double interest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05
RHoDA HuRD LOCKWOOD
Bennington Woman Who Died Re-
Gently in Minnesota


Rhoda Hurd was born in Benning.
ton February r. 1926 on the farm
which her grandfather. Moses Hurd,
took in the wilderness before the rev.
dictionary war. That farm was her
home almost exactly half her life She
was married there In 1851 TO Joseph
lockwood, and there her six chill
dren were born of whom five survive
her. Eli II OF Madelia, Mimi. Chelsea
j. Of Minneapolis Mimi; Horace F.
who died in infancy; Mrs. Julia Nc.
Cormlck of Roswell. Idaho, Mrs. Hat
tie Chapman OF Garden City. MINI,
and A. Judson of Roswell. Idaho.
In 1869 she moved with her hus.
band and family from the ancestral
Green Mountain farm to the Mime
sofa farm home. where she died July
2S, 1911 at SO years Of age Her hus-
band entered the ministry OF the Bap-
list church at Garden City soon after
coming to Minnesota. He was prev
ented by III health from taking this
course In early life He served
churches not only at home but In
many neighboring towns from Lake
Crystal to Blue Earth City and from
IeSueye to St James. He also ser.
we'd at Norwood In Carver county and
at Candy in the western part OF the
state These more distant services
required change OF residence, but
otherwise the second half of Mrs.
Rockwood's life was spent in Garden
City and nearly all OF II on the farm
to which she came AZ years ago.
Mrs lockwood came OF the best
New England stock. Before her mar.
riage she was for some years teach
er In Bennington and neighboring vii
lagos AS long as she lived she was
an eager reader, and her intellect
never tagged.
rut that which especially distlng-
J uished her and made her conspicuous
was strength Of character. universal
sympathy and helpfuness, aud most
1 OF all. her devotion to Christian life
! Not only 10 her own family but "a
hundreds OF others she was mother
and nurse and friend In need She
was q mainstay in her church She
constantly performed for others the
wlnlsrations. which her friends anl
nelshbors have during her helpless
ness 40 willingly returned, Her M,
has been blessing to the world ant
most Of all to her own family whs
honor and cherish her memory.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05
BENNINGTON WILL
HAVE SOME GAY
WHITE WAY
Effective Decorations On Main
Street During Pageant.
MORE THAN 1000 LIGHTS
Active Committee With Town and
Village Aid Raised More Than
$500 to Pay Bill

Main street is expected to rival the
most brilliant of the worlds famous
thoroughfares when during pageant
week, 1t blossoms forth as an electric
garden. During the past week,
group Of public-spirited citizens feel
ing that the main thoroughfare of the
town ought to be arrayed in little
better than its common dress during
the celebration of Benningtons hun
bred and fiftleth birthday, began an
active campaign.
II was found that electrical decora-
tions along Main street worthy of the
occasion would cost in the neighbor-
hood of $500 A small amount was
raised by private subscription. The
method proved rather slow Il. l..
Bates at the last regular meeting of
the board of village trustees urged
that the village contribute 5000 tow
ard the extra lighting of Main street
during Pageant week. The board yo-
ted to contribute $3.50. On August 4,
the board of selectmen followed their
example by contributing similar
amount With this three hundred
dollars as a nucleus, the subscription
paper was circulated among private
citizens. All contributed literally
and an amount OF $3.50 In excess of
the sum originally contemplated was
raised. Many of Bennington's sum
mer residents contributed heavily.
The Illuminated district will extend
along Main street from Valentine
street to Depot street. There will be
twenty streamers using from forty to
fifty lights each stretched from pairs
of telegraph poles and crowned at
the apex over the middle of the street
with a large doubIe-faced star out
lined In red lights At Depot street
in two foot letters will be outlined
the numerals 176l-19il. At the Put
nam House corner there will be spec
ial decorations, the nature of which
is not yet determined The present
plan. subject to change, is 10 outline
the square in an arrangement OF cleo
trio flags. The electrical decorations
will extend OH South. street from
Main TO Union street and on North
street from Main to River street II
the present plans materialize.
The current is to be furnished gra'
/ It's by the Twin State Gas and Elec
trio company at a cost OF some seven
! ty-iive dollars The work which will
be begun Tuesday, August Sth is "a
be done by the Electric Carriage Call
and Electric Specially company OF
New York who had charge OF the
electrical decoration at Pitsheld dur
ing the recent celebration in that city
and the Elblight Cable company OF
America. II is possible that the
plans for the electrical display viii
be changed and widened as contribu
lions are still coming In.
The illumination will begin Friday
August II and will continue eacl
night up to and including August II
Representatives OF the companies
which will do the work have already
been in town and feel that they hay,
particularly effective field to worl
in and promise the most beautiful
electrical display ever seen here.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05

ey was the owner, and part of which
affair and in those early days must
have been considered a building Of
considerable proportions II is of
blush color, with a red brown roof
closely resembling the modern brick.
At each end OF the roof are two chin
neys large veranda runs around
two sides of the house.
The sky in the background is of
grey blue tone and as the inn is Of
somewhat the same color, 1t is thus
prevented from standing out too con-
spicuously. 1t does not detract from
the rest of the picture, nor yet does
il divert the eye from centering on
the face at first glance. IL is no
mean problem to insert another scene
in a portrait and yet maintain unity.
The whole picture is in dull tones
and Is very we'll executed and its
composition is excellent The pic
ture is confined in a beautiful gold
frame
In the same case as the picture is
the slender hladed sword OF genuine
"Adrea Farara,' which was carried
by Captain Dewey in the Battle of
Bennington. The blade is slightly
curved and bears many inches and
spots. The hilt is of bone bound with
strips of silver and on the end Is a
dogs head wrought in silver The
scabbard of the sword is made Of lea
Their and at the sword end Is metal
band bearing the writing ELI Dew
eyS
A neat card In the lower left hand
corner OF the picture announces that
the picture and sword were received
in part through the courtesy Of Mrs.
Nellie Brayton Wilson, and In part
by private subscription, and present
ed to the Remington Battle Monu-
ment and Historical association Aug.
ust 1, 1911 In memory Of the late
Gertrude Cuyster HubhelL rrcat
granddaughter Of Capt Dewey.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05
REHEARSAL AT GROUNDS
Colonial and Revolutionary Scenes Of
Pageant This Evening

Rehearsal for Colonial and Revou-
tionary scenes will be held this eve
ming on the Pageant grounds instead
OF at the Y. NJ. c. A. People are re-
quested to take the seven o'clock car
in order to have as much daylight re-
hearsal as possible The stage will
be lighted by electric lights
The first rehearsal for the Pageant
on the pageant grounds was held last
evening. Special ears took the men
who are to be in the hattie TO the
grounds and n merry time they had
OF Il. Indians, British soldiers and
patriots hob nobbed together In
friendly feeling and chased each
other through the woods TO the scene
OF action. The manoeuyreing OF the
Indians and patriots on the acid OF
battle was especially line and though
the Indians did rua away IN coward
ly manner when they found ihemsel-
YES surrounded they ran we'll.
II is requested that people who are
not taking part tn the pageant viii
not attend the reheacsais on the
grounds unless acting IA escorts and
chaporoncs. The reheatsals next
week with the exception OF Friday
will be private. Tickets for the pub
I lie rehearsal are now on sale to the
/ townspeople at j. p. lplligaus for
% cents and Il win be we'll for poo
ple to secure them IN advance If they
wish them as they viii not be- on sale
at the grounds.
Orders for seats for an .criorman
ces are coming in from outside towns
and cities and if from, seats are desir
cd Il will be well to secure them early
The cast for the paAednt viii be pre-
scented ON Monday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours
For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont overcast weather tonight
and Sunday. Not much change In
the temperature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05
DAY AND NIGHT POSTAL BANK
Postmaster General VIII Be Asked to
Approve Late Closing Hours

Chicago, Aug POSTAL officials
will ask Postmaster General Hitch
cock for his approval of a plan to
make the new postal savings bank a
night and day bank.
With three days of running it has
established a record in deposits and
the number of patrons. Few foreign
ers have been among the depositors
Foreigners were expected 10 be the
chief users of the bank. Investiga-
ION has shown that the closing Of
she b4nk at O'clock, has kept many
c thcr' iron making deposits
l'mes T. Stuart, the inspector in
char e. declares thce changing the
G.. a hour ron % s o'clock would
double the number OF depositors.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05
FRITZ JENNINGS
IN FINALS FOR
STATE TITLE
Golf Tournament Closes At
Manchester Today.
HOLDEN IN DIVISION TWO
Jennings In Fine Form Yesterday
Beat Fred A. Martin Who Was
Picked to Win

Manchester, Aug. 5.-Fritz Jen-
nings of Bennington and DR.. c. H.
Gardner are today contesting &c.
pole match in the finals of the state
golf tournament for the state title
At the 14th green at 1890 o'clock
Jennings was 8 up.
Gardner started in putting poorly
and Jennings won the first four holes
and was 5 up at the 9TH hole. Dr.
Gardner then touched his game and
won the Sth, 9th and 10TH Three OF
the next four were halved.
In the second division C. l. Holden
and c. S. Clark were even up at the
18th hole.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05
SEWER CAVES IN ON ITALIANS
Supports Were Said to Have Been
Lacking at the Side

Midland. Pa. Aug. 1.-Two Italians
we're killed and four others fatally
injured today when so men were bur.
led In sewer caye.in at the plant OF
the Pittshurg crucihle steel company
seven miles from East Liverpool o.
Quick and effective rescue work pre-
vented larger loss Of life. The
sewer Is being built from the plant
to the river. 200 feet distant. II Is
said there were no supports built az
the sides OF the excavation to hold
back the earth. The men at work
constructing the sewer are OF foreign
nationality.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05
Whltehan


Remington Oi1OOOOO2 Is
whitehall 10000 3 90 "a
Total bases, Bennington IL, White
hall 3; twobase hit, Eagen; three.
base hit Connors; home run, Carolan
stolen bases, Delaney. Burlington,
CD. Flynn Eagan. double plays. Fin.
nogan to Carolan, Ryan to Camel;
bases on balls. by Burns, Flynn, by
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05

Ryan. Prlndle. Wheeler: struck out
by Burns. Elcook, by Wheeler. Elcock.
King. Eagen, Ryan. by Ryan, prlndle
Delaney. Brill. Wheeler; sacrifice hits
Davis. Finnegan; wild pitch, Burns,
time. On. ION; umpire, Flaherty
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-05

Manchester, Aug. 5-F B. Jennings
Jr. maintained his place in the Yer
mont state golf championship tourna-
ment which is being played at Man
chester on the Ekwanok course by
defeating two Ekwanok players In
the morning Jennings played a close
match with c. NJ Clark and won by
2 up. In the afternoon he displayed
wonderful form going out in 81 and
playing even tours to the sixteenth
hole coming in, where the match
ended in his favor up and to play.
Some of the features of the after
noon round were three on the
eighth which measures 300 yards and
a pair of twos on the short eleventh
hole. On the last hole played Jen-
nings apparently drove out OF bounds
, but by good stroke OF luck the ball
bounced from a tree and fell within
the limits
In the second division last years
champion, c. L. Holden of Mt. An
thony met a clubmate, d. w. Gran
berry, In the semi-final round, and
won by up and to play. The other
Bennington representatives have met
defeat but will have a chance at the
handicap this morning.
Jennings met today C.. II. Gardner
who halls from Providence and is a
member of Ekwanok, in the final 3d.
hole match for the championship with
the odds rather in his favor. Holden
will play c. S. Clark OF Ekwanok in
an eighteen hole final match for the
second division.
At the annual meeting OF the Yer
mont Golf association Thursday after
noon A. w. Harrington of Dorset was
elected president and W. r. Roberts
of the same place was elected secre-
tary and treasurer and 1t was decided
to hold the next championship on the
Dorset field course. The summary
for Friday follows:
Championship division, second
round, match play. b. Jennings
Jr., Mt Anthony, beat c. n. Clark,
Ekwaaok, 2 up; F. A. Martin, Ekwan-
ok, beat Hamilton Kerr. Ekwanok,
up; w. w. Taylor Ekwanok, beat w
c. Houston. Ekwanok, up and 4;
c. Fl. Gardner, Ekwanok, beat f. w
TAYLOR, Ekwanok, up and s.
Seminal round; B. Jennings
Jr., beat F. A. Martin up and 2, c
II. Gardner, beat w. W. Taylor, VI
and l.
Second sixteen, second round:-F
c. Clark, Ekwanok. beat G. b. John
son, Mt Anthony up and 8; c. 5
Clark, Ekwanok, beat ]. A. Merrill
Rutland c. c., 2 up; c. L. Holden, Mt
Anthony. beat II. A. Matthews, Elk
wanok. up and l; d. Webb Gran
berry, Mt Anthony, beat +. c. Robert
son, Ekwanok, up 10 holes.
Seminal round:-C. S. Clark bea
f. T. Clark / up 10 holes; Holder
beat Cranberry up and a.
Losing eight OF championship div
ision:-H. w. Brown, Ekwanok, bea
T.. NJ. Johnson, Ekwanok, up ant
G; Clark Burnham Ekwanok, beat 7
S. mclaughlin, Ekwanok 6 up AM
&: A. NJ. Reed. Ekwanok. beat I
Waterman, Ekwanok 3 up and ?; Gee
Worthington. Mt. Anthony, beat {. /
Cleghorn. Ekwanok, up and g
Semihnal round Brown bea
Burnham 2 up; Reed beat Worthinl
ton 3 up and /: losing eight secon
division, seml-hnal round. II. Burr
ham won by default; ]. b, DeCourse
Eltwanok, beat J. L. Tappin Ekwano
up and ..
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-10-19
ADRIAN II a. ALMA ;
Bitter Defeat Meets Maroon SOx In
First NJ. A. A. Game

The Maroon Sox, before one of the
largest crowds that ever gathered to
witness football game in Adrian, went
down to bitter defeat last Saturday be-
fore the fast Adrian College team. the
downstaters piling up a count Of Is to
Alma's 5. Both were out to win as this
was the first game in the race for rhe
M. 1. A. A. championship and also the
first football game which had ever been
scheduled between the two colleges.
While the Presbyterians were game"
and will never be satisfied until they
have turned the tables on the Adrianites,
yet the team that went up against Adri-
an was without question in poor condi-
ton. Both of the mainstays of the line,
Captain Edgerton and Johnson. entered
The game with injuries which we're re-
ceived a week ago. Several of the posi-
tions were filled by new men, who did
their best.
The game was fast throughout and
was full of the open style of football.
Alma excelled in this line and manifest
ed greater ability than the Adrian peo-
pie who went through the entire game
using the old style play with which
they were successful owing to their
great weight. In the matter of ground
gaining Alma was in the lead, getting
away for several we'll planned passes
but was unable to shove the "pigskin"
across the last chalk line more than once.
Time after time the Maroon Sox carried
the ball to within scoring distance, only
to be held and compelled to begin the
march all over again. Adrian had the
punting all to herself, gaining much
ground by this method. Her punts av.
eraged so yards.
While all the men played well, sever
al played exceptional ball and received
hearty applause from the crowd The
work of Rogers was fine, Ephie Johnson
played great defensive game, and
Wood and Hyde both showed up fine on
both the defense and offense. All the
utility men were used and filled their
positions in good form.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-10-19
M. l. A. A. MEETING.

The annual meeting of the directors
OF the Michigan intercollegiate Ath-
letic Association was held in Robin
son Hall at Albion College, Friday
afternoon, October g. Robert II.
Cook, ~, represented Alma and was
elected vice president of the Asso-
citation. All of the colleges but Kala-
mazoo were represented. After the
reports of last years officers. the
following were elected to serve for
the year 1011-12:
esident-Osborne Olivet.
-president-Cook. Alma.
ecretary-Hudnutt Albion
Treasurer-Prof Heron, Hillsdale.
Two amendments were acted upon,
the first providing that the constitu-
ton should be changed to say that
man should be declared ineligible
for year when he went from one
NJ. I. A. A. college to another, after
having participated in athletics in the
first school. The constitution for
merly read "any other college," not
combining the ruling to NJ I. A. A.
colleges. This amendment was
passed The other, requiring all men
to enter school by November / in
order to be eligible for spring ath-
letics, was voted down. This leaves
the twelve weeks ruling as formerly.
Osborne of Olivet, Prof. Green of
Albion and Prof. Heron of Hillsdale
were appointed committee to take
charge of the field meet which will
be held at Albion in June, and the
meeting was adjourned until June ?.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-10-19
COBB POLLARD.

The following is clipped from the
Highmore, South Dakota, Herald, anc
refers to the wedding OF Francis w
Cobb and Inez Pollard. who gradu-
ated in 1908 Mr.. Cobb edited the
Almanian four years ago:
"A quiet home wedding took place
at the Congregational parsonage
Tuesday, July Is, at 2:3O p. m, when
Miss Inez Pollard and Mr.. Francis
Cobb were married by Rev. s. w
Pollard, pastor of the Congregational
,hurch and father of the bride Only
4 few friends were present as wit
lcsscs of the ceremony.
The bride was gowned in white
mcssaline with lace and pearl trim
mings, while the groom wore the con-
vcntional black
The house decorations were jan
green and white.
The newly married couple were
students at Alma college, Alma
Mich. where they FIRST mot and from
which they graduated, each winning
hc high honors of their class
Although resident ot IIighmore
only year Mrs. cobb has made
many friends among che Young peo-
pie both i'm jIiebmore and vicinity.
and also i'm The township where she
taught school, and in ,hc church.
Mr. Cobb has been for some time
an instructor i'm the Broadway High
School Of Seattle and returns TO the
same position for another year
Mr.. and Mrs Cobb will be at home
at 4722 Second street Y T.. after a
months sojourn in the Olympic
mountains.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-10-19
IN REPAIRING A DIRT ROAD
Few Little Hints That Will Tend to
Make Work of Fixing Up
Highway Easier.
In repairing a dirt road:

In repairing a dirt road:
Don't fill up the holes and ruts in
the dirt road with brush with rocks
on top, and little dirt to cover the
rocks; but fill up the hole with dirt
of the same character as the balance
of the road
Don't throw all the refuse from the
bitches into the middle of the road,
thus softening the surface and de-
stroying the solid, firm bed that you
have obtained by previous work; but
throw this material out on the OPP
posite side of the ditch
Don't leave the center of the road
the lowest point; but make it the
highest and give the surface of the
road a slope of about 1 in 20 to the
side ditch.
Don't carry the water across the
surface of the road from one side to
the other; but carry it by mans of
culverts underneath the road.