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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-30

in Paris. She has travelled In many
lands and is interested in folk lore.
bird lore. and botany. while many
magazines publish articles from her
versatile pen. Miss Taylor 10
friend OF Mrs. w. B. Sheldon and
has visited in Bennington several
times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-30
THE FARCE ISLANDS
Delightful Talk by Miss Taylor a
fortnlghtly Saturday

OSNbUNtl GIN W Wlos ioJfV ~
Fortnlghtly Saturday
The Faroes and the life on those
bleak and desolate islands, situated
In the Atlantic ocean southeast OF
Iceland. took on a new interest for
those who were fortunate enough to
hear Miss Elizabeth Taylor at the
Fortnighty Saturday afternoon
Miss Taylor. who has Travelled ex.
tenslvely, went TO the islands for her
health, intending to stay six months,
but her stay heightened into six
years and during this time she had
an opportunity to observe the life of
the peasants, TO learn the language
and to know a great deal about the
conditions there IN her charming
manner she told graphically OF her
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-30
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.

For eastern New York and Western
Vermont rain late tonight or on Tues
day Probably snow in extreme
north portion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
MAY CONVERT GUAM
 INTO A GIBRALTAR
Extensive Plans for FOrtifi-
 cation Advanced by !. Admiral Mahan r

Washington, July IA Gibraltar of the
 Pacific to maintain Americas supremacy of that ocean is what the lonely island of Guam will be if plans now under con sderation by the United States are car ried out These plans were advanced by
 Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan, U. S. N,
 retired, who is considered one of the greatest naval strategists and Is on spe-
 cial duty at the naval war college. They
 are being considered by military and naval experts of the government and the
 army war college at present is discussing it. Located as it is 1500 miles east of Manila, 26O0 miles from Sydney, Aus tralia, 1900 miles from Hong Kong and 1900 miles from Yokohama, Guam is con sidered by Admiral Mahan as an ideal
 location for an impregnable base in the
 Pacific for the American fleet. Properly
 guarded by heavy Notifications the ad-
 miral believes this could be made as strong as Gibraltar and defy the fleets of
 the world.
 Guam is 33O0 miles west of Honolulu.
 5000 from San Francisco and about 5000 from Panama At present there are no Notifications there. The United States maintains at Guam naval station with the U. S. s. Supply as station ship and a marine barracks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
AERIAL GRAFT OF NAVY |SLAUNCHED Hydro Aer0plane Qualities in Its Official
 Trial

Hammondsport. N. T., July 1.-The newest craft of the United States navy was launched on Lake Keuka today and the first aerial, pilot of the navy qualified in his official trial. The new craft is a "hydro aeroplane," built for and delv- cred to the government and the pilot who operated it on the official trial was Lieut.. Theodore G. Ellison
 The official launching and the demon- stration was witnessed by Capt. Wash ington l. Chambers, head of the aero nautical bureau of the navy, and com mittee of the Aero club of America. The new hydro aeroplane, which was con- structed on the lines demonstrated by the government is much larger than the standard Curtss machine and Is equipped with 7O-horsepower motor The rules of the Aero club required the pilot to cover a course accurately marked out at leasu three times at height of 15O feet.
 Two boats were anchored in the lake 1900 feet apart and around these Lieuten- ant Ellison flew four times, rising above 200 feet and describing figure eight on each circular. He handled the powerful flyer with perfect ease and made two landings on the water to demonstrate his control, -tt saf E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
TAFT SANGU|NE
 0F RECIPROCITY l" HhVHuU Ov hAVH hVVI Thinks He Will Be Back in Beverly, Mass, by
 August

Beverly, Mass, July 1.-President Taft swung easily back into the rou tine of a summer on the north shore today He reached Beverly early motored up to the new summer White House with Mrs. Taft, Charlie Taft Aunt" Della Torrey and Major Butt donned his golfing togs in a hurry played IS holes at Myopia and spent most of the afternoon reading in his new office in the cottage.
 The President will leave tomorrow afternoon for. Indianapolis, where, on the Fourth, he is to be the guest of former Vice President Fairbanks.
 There was note of hopefulness in the Presidents voice when he talked of the reports from Washington that the chances for, reciprocity are grow ing brighter. He told some of his vis- itors that he would not be greatly. sur prised if Congress were to, adjourn by August and that he would like to be back in Beverly by that time with the prospect of staying here several weeks
 The President has about decided to devote his attention to reciprocity alone in his speech in Indianapolis. He had thought of saying something about tariff revision, but probably will wait until later to outline his position or such legislation.
 President Taft reached the summer White House today and within hali an hour after he had inspected the Henry w. Peabody cottage, where he will spend all. the vacation days thai Congress and his engagements in the west will allow, he was out on his fla vorite golf links at Myopia with Maj A. W. Butt The Presidents train pulled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
ADJUSTMENTS
Vaudeville at East Lake

Extensive arrangements have been made to entertain the large throng of people who will flock to East Lake this after noon to while away the dull afternoon, the feature of the programme being the grand free hand concert rendered by Con- ductor Heblein's musicians. Appropriate selections have been made and the con- cert promises to be in keeping with the occasion.
 On tomorrow the Casino opens with four big vaudeville acts of the highest class. The amusement to be derived from the Casino will be both wholesome and refined One of the features of this at traction will be the selections rendered by Ben Duncan, the wel-known Birming- ham baritone soloist.
 One of the free acts beginning tomor- row will be the great Lavelle troupe of aerial artists, who undertake perform ances almost superhuman in their dar- ing. The feats of these artists have long been the marvel of men whose feet ordi. narily never leave terra f1rma, and al present they have in their repertoire some new thrillers, which will petrify the gaze They will perform daily.
 Too much cannot be said of the cele- bration at East Lake on July the Fourth The day will be full of events and al night the supreme exhibition will take place when a most gorgeous display ot fireworks will be touched off, the best that could be turned out by pyrotechnical hands One of tne most interesting fea- lures of the Fourth at East Lake will be the splendid concert by the military band. An exceedingly fine programme has bUn selected
 Contrary to reports Professor McCon- nell will not hold his dance at the Fair Grounds, owing to the fact that the floors were rot in condition and could not be made available in time for the celebra- tion. Two dances will be given simul- taneously at East Lake on the Fourth, in order to avoid the discomhturej of over-crowding, and everything has been arranged for this feature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
TUPELO LIBEL CASE 1. ENDS IN M|STR|AL

Tupelo, Miss, July 1.-The trial of N. P Bonney, editor of the Daily Cor inthian of Corinth, Miss, charged with having criminally libeled former Con gressman John Allen of Tupelo, ended in a mistrial late today when the jury in the court of Justice of the Peace Ball announced their inability to agree. B. s. Barnard, editor of the Meridian Dispatch; T. T. Davenport of the Aber- deen Weekly. and A, C.. Anderson of the Ripley! Sentinel, will be called to trial Monday on similar charges. Bonney was charged with having published an affidavit alleging that AL len participated in the theft of jug of whisky 30 years ago. The Meridian liDispatch, Aberdeen Weekly and Ripley |iSentinel reproduced the Corinthiah |.story. =
 |. MT. Allen personally participated in the prosecution of Bonney. In his ar gument he vigorously assisted the Cor inth newspaper man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
EXPRESS RATES ID BE INVESTIGATED Interstate Commerce Con- mission Passes Motion NEW TARIFFS FILED Reductions ,Signified Important Only Insofar as They Affect the
 So-Called "COmbina-
 ti0n Rates
NEW TARIFFS FILED

Washington, July 1.-The interstate commerce commission has decided to subject the express companies to an in- vestigation of the most searching char
 acter and the express companies evi-
 dently to meet the investigation re-
 duceds their rates to take effect Au- gust 1.
 There will be a probe into rates | classifications, regula tions and prac- | tices of all the express companies. The commission will go thoroughly | into the question of alleged division | of territory among the several com l panies, pooling arrangements or gen tlemen's agreement, if any such exist I The character of freights carried by | the express companies, the amount of
 matter that would be mailable If pre- sented to the postal service and the prices charged for such matter with revenues derived therefrom will form also an important and interesting fea- ture of the commissions probe. On tho eve of the promulgation oi this order of inquiry the express com panies rushed to the commission re- vision of their tariff rates. While but a cursory examina ton of the new rates has been made by the tariff experts of the commission it is evident the express companies have made sweep ing reductions In their rates to be- come effective August 1, the law re- quiring 30 days notice of changes in rates.
 In the case of long hauls of express packages to non-competitive points the reductions amount in some instances | to 100 per cent. These are substantial | reductions on 90 per cent of the traffic | handled by the express companies | There has been an abandonment of the | double graduate system of charging for express packages under 100 pounds
 weight Every express company for | merly charged its own rate for tile dis
 tant hauls while under the new sched-
 ules the charge will be based on a 1 through haul. q The only express company that failed
 to get in with new tariffs was the Long
 Island company.
 Plans Not Altered I | The filing of the new tariff, however, | will not change the plans of the com mission. No regulation of any railroad | or set of Railroads, no rates or classifi- | cations by such railroads have been
 subjected to more exhaustive investi- l gation than Is to be made by the com | mission into the rates and affairs of the | express companies. The work will in clude public hearings in Washington
 and elsewhere by the commission to shippers with the right of the express companies to make defense. Examin- l CTS and investigators of the commission will be sent throughout the country and the books of the various departments 1 will be searched.
 The probe of the express companiessis is undertaken by the commission on its own initiative, under a recent amend | ment of the railroad rate law giving
 the commission that right, but the com
 mission has before 1t specific charges against all the express companies filed by B. E. Sundbsrg. who contends that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Sunday Night Park Service

The united church service at Capi- tol park will be at 8 o'clock tonight. Rev. I. D. Steele, D. D., will preach and familiar hymns will be sung, with ef- fective leadership. services are held regularly except only when heavy rain makes meeting impracticable. In spite of the showers of last Sunday night the clear weather at 8 o'clock enabled a good audience to gather, to whom Rev. W. H. Bell preached. These services are brief and are proving well worth the attention of the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
lSCOTLAND YARD\S ! AFTER DYNAM|TERS Warrants Issued at United States Request WILL BE EXTRADITED David H. Kaplan and Milton A. Schmidt, Missing Suspects,
 Are Thought to Be in
 England
WILL BE EXTRADITED

London, July 1.-At the request of the American state department the magis- .trates of Bow street court today issued provisional warrants for the arrest of David H. Kaplan and Milton A. Schmidt. The warrants were placed immediately in the hands of Scotland Yard.
 The Scotland Yard men insist there Is no evidence that the parties wanted in connection with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building are here, be- yond the belief of the California author ities that they came this way. The Brit fish police received the usual printed cir .s cular giving descriptions of the men and saving they were supposed to be in Eng land .
 Detective William J. Burns, who was Instrumental in arresting the McNamaras E. and developing details of the alleged plot. rcame to England several weeks ago and was supposed to be here in connection with the presence of large numbers of questionable characters taking advantage of the presence of coronation crowds. He did not communicate with the Amer fcan embassy and according to Scotland Yard did not ask their assistance in con- j nection with the. dynamite case
 The issuance % the warrants today fol- 0lowed negotiations carried on by cable within the last day or two. As the Brit fish government officers cannot deal in- dividuaIly with the states of the United States and as the action desired by Cali . fornia appeared to be most important, the British authorities made inquiry of the American state department as to whether the men wanted by the federal government, through whom all negotia- tions must proceed. The reply was re- ceived this morning stating'the men were wanted and warrants were thereupon ap- piled for.
 The two men, David H. Kaplan and Milton A. Schmidt, for whom warrants were today issued in London, were the two names which figure prominently in connection with the dynamite affairs at the time of the arrest of the McNamara brothers and Ortie McManigal. They are two of the three originally indicted by sthe grand jury at Los Angeles and for twhom a reward of $25,000 was offered fby District Attorney Fredericks of Los sAngeles. According to the charges in the Indictments Kaplan and Schmidt figured in the purchase of dynamite at Giant, sCal, which was to have been used later fln the explosion. The third man indicted htvas J. B. Bryce, who is claimed by the Los Angeles authorities to be James B. McNamara, one of the brothers under Arrest
 ! Los Angeles. Cal. July 1.-That Milton A. Schmidt and David H. Kaplan, for whose arrest provisional warrants were 8ssued in London today worAd positively 5he extradited was a statement made to- Inv by A. J. Hill, district attorney. Hill said he had received telegrams to- Aay on the subject from official sources, but declared they were more of an in- 1errogAtory than confirmatory nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Party: Goes to Coden

< The Golden party, which consists of MT and Mrs Henry H. Ament and Mrs. F. l.. Kendricks of Birmingham and MT. and Mrs. o. E. Ament and MT. and Mrs. Ed Boykin of Montgomery left Friday afternoon to spend a few weeks out ing on the coast. They have secured a gasoline launch which they will put to good use while there. F. -F Kendrick will join the party Tuesday or Wednes-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Bessemer Defeats Hueytown

Bessemer. July 1.-(Speciai.) )-The Louisville and Nashville team of Bes- semer defeated the Hueytown team by the score of 8 to [. The batteries were Louisville and Nashville, Johnson and Marsh; Hueytown, Huey and Huey. The feature. of the game was the heavy hit ting of Smith of the Louisville and Nashville team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Altrurian Church Services

The Altrurian church 'tthe Church of Occultism) will hold the regular morn ing and evening services today at the Cable hall. 'The Many Sleep" will be the subject for the morning service at 10 o'clock, and the subject of the lec- ture for the evening service at o'clock will be The Spiritual Plane" A cor dial invitation is extended to all to at tend. tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
STRIKERS CAUSING
 TROUBLE IN MEXICO
Street Railway Men De- mand Increase of
 Wages

Chihuahua, Mex, July 1.-Three strikes of workingmen have been called in the city within the last 24 hours. As a result the street car system is tied up, business in general is demoralized and the city is full of idle men.
 Higher wages are demanded in every in stance. Conductors, motormen and in spectors of the street railway company ask advances of 50 cents to s1 1.5O day over their present wages, which range from $1.75 to g 50, and abandoned their cars upon refusal of the company to &C., cede.
 All employees, with the exception of office men of the American Smelling and Refining company and those of the Mex ican Industrial company, went out today. The latter company is owned by the families of Greet and Terrazas. No vio- lence has been reported.
 Mexico City, July 1.-More than 100c employees of the Mexican Tramways com pany made demands today for increases in wages, declaring they will call strike at the end of three days unless their de- mands are granted. The advances de- manded vary from 15 per cent in the case of motormen to 20 per cent for inspectors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

into the Montserrat station at 9:10 a.
 m little more than an hour late. ! yMpntserrat Is mile, away from the center of Beverly and a couple of hund red persons greeted the party. The President waited only long enough to
 see Mrs. Taft and Aunt Della comfort ably ensconsed in the wide piazza of
 the cottage. Then he went to the golf links. .sr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Ex-Mayor Ely Dies

z New York, July (Special)- Smith
 E1y, mayor of New York in 1s77-1sIs, died Today at the Ely farm in Livingstcn, N. }. general decline incident to old age Was the cause of death. He had lived in retirement for several years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

the rates, classifications and regula- tions of the express companies filed with the commission are unjust, un- reasonable, unjustly discriminatory, un- duly preferential and sprejudicial and otherwise in violation of the acts to regulate commerce.
 Companies Included
 The express companies to be investi- gated by the commission are the Adams Express company. American Express company, Borough Express company, Boston and Worcester Despatch, Cana
 dian Express company, Canadian North ern Express company, Dart & Co., Ex- press. Davenport & Mason's Express, Dodd's & Childs' Express company, Globe Express company, Great North ern Express company, Knickerbocker Express company, Manhattan Delivery company, Morris European and Amer ican Express company, National Express company, New England Dispatch com pany. New England Express company, New York and Boston Despatch Ex- press company, Northern Express com
 pany. Pacific Express company. South
 ern Express company. United States Ex-
 press company, Well Fargo Express
 company, Western Express company,
 Wells Express company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
ARTIFICIAL SILK MAKING.

The use OF artificial silk is becoming mors
and more popular in Bradford Light cot
ton wolfe goods figured in artificial silk are
now being produced in fair quantities
Cloths composed entirely OF artificial silk
are rarely IL ever seen. most of'the fabric
being composed OF cotton warp and a > eft
OF artificial silk
One artificial silk manufacturing firm ot
North Wales, using the cuprammonium
process and making an artificial thread
consisting Of pure ceiluiose ana mad" IN
warns are sold freely IN the Bradford mar
lieyed that a large portion OF the fabrics 50
made are destined for the United States.
Ii is claimed that these artificial silk
yarns are now able 10 resist the severe
treatment which fabrics have TO undergo
in the processes of bleaching, dycing and
finishing At a recent lecture a the Tech
meal College in this city a sample fabric
was shown which had undergone tho
Lancashire bleach" the severest test
known Some state that these artificial
warns prove entirely satisfactory FOR wefi,
but not so much 50 when used ~ warp,
great care having TO be exercised In dress
ing and finishing.
At Great Yarmouth AN artificial silk
nlant has been erected. and Il IL intended
later TO have plant there capable Of pro-
ducing 49, 20) pounds Of artificial silk week.
An experimental plapt has also been re-
Gently started in Bradford for the manu-
facture Of artificial silk. The system en-,
ployed is covered by British patent ana
AZ Drescnt no details can be learned.-' on
slllar Report from Bradford
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14

programme. consisting OF selections from
PonchiellI. Wienawski. Johann Strauss.
GODDARD, Elgar and Rossini. was rendered
Ella Backus-Behr. pianist and local
teacher gave a musical last week 2, ne
home OF Mrs. Robert Macley in honor Of
Sidney Homer and his wife. Nine. Louise
Homer OF the Metropolitan Opera CON.
pany. Mrs. Backus- Behr. with Miss Wade.
violinie, and Mr.. Llstemsnn. ccllist.
opened the programme with Beethoven
serenade. Mr.. Romcrs songs were feat.
urc Of the musical and were sung by Flora
pronan. Mrs. Merle Tillotson- Alcock, Bech.
tai AIcocH and Frederick Martin. Ms
Backus-Behr will open her summer school
at Hyannis. on cape Cod. on July I.
Louis Arthur Russell. conductor of m.
Newark Oratorio Society (SchuberU. gave
an interesting programme OF scenes from
Wagner's operas at the Spring Festival
Concert OF the society on Thursday even
ing. May 4. In the auditorium. By way ~
novelty. the programme also included Ho-
ratio Parker's romantic legend, KIM
Trojan for solo voices. chorus and or
chestra, and the prelude from Victor Her.
bert's "Natoma." third act. This concert
closed the thirty-second consecutive year
Of the societys public concerts and Of Mr.
Russelrs conductorship.