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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
EIGHT DEAD FROM
HEAT IN CITY OF
PHILAOELPH |A
Unprecedented Mortality For
Month OF May
SNOW IN YELLOWSTONE PARK
Weather Bureau Predicts Break in
Heat Wave With the Close OF
the Week

Philadelphia, May 2O.-Under the
rays of torrid sun, and with the city
enveloped in a blanket OF humidity,
eight persons died from heat yester-
day and scores were Frustrated. Such
a mortality list for the month of May
is unprecedented. During the after
noon the temperature reached a max
imum of 81 degrees The humidity
shows an increase, which, if continued
will seriously add to the infant NOR
tally.
1t is likely that a new May heat re-
cord will be established for Philadel-
phia before the force of the present
wave is spent. The highest tempera-
ture previously recorded was SO de-
grees on May 26, 1880 Since then the
mercury has reached as high as "a de
grees.
Suffering was reported from every
section of the city, particularly in the
tenement sections, and hundreds are
flocking toward the seashore. Gener-
al discomfort is occasioned by the
smoky mists which hang over the city
1t is said that the mists are due to
the city's smoke and TO forest fires
in the central section of the state.
Washington, May 20.-Snow was re
ported falling yesterday in Yellow
stone Park and frost in Wyoming and
Nevada, while the Middle West and
Eastern states were sweltering in the
hottest weather of the season.
A general break in the hot wave was
predicted by the weather experts with
in the next thirty-siX or forty-eighi
hours, bringing relief to the populous
sections of the country, where, in the
large cities, the heat has caused many
prostrations. Warm weather for to
day in the Eastern states.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
VACANT CHURCHES INCREASE
Report by Committee Made to General
Assembly Of Presbyterians

Atlantic City, May 20.-The presby.
terrain general assembly having organ
lied Thursday by the election of Rev.
Dr John f. Carson of Brooklyn as
moderator the 500 commissioners
were ready for business following the
devotional exercises which opened the
second days session.
Among the reports from special com
missions is that OF the committee on
Christian life and work. The report
states that the presbyteries have gen
orally given attention TO the recon-
mendation OF the last assembly that
they appoint committees on inter-
church federation, or empower exist
ing committees to attend TO the mat
ter of the relationship of the eyangel-
ical churches one to another. About
two'thirds of the presbyteries and sy-
mods have acted in this matter the
report says. The report called atten.
ton to an investigation made by the
secretary OF committee which shows
that throughout the country as a
whole, the total number of non-church
members is 6O9 per cent 1t was set
forth in the report that the number of
vacant Presbyterian churches has in.
creased as between 1909 and 1910
from 1886 to 2167.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
FAIR HAVEN MAN CHOSEN
Mr. Adams Goes to Europe to Study
Industrial Conditions

Mr. ADAMS Goes TO Europe to Study
Industrial Conditions
The board of directors of the Nat
ional association of Manufacturers at
the 10th annual convention of the as
ISOLATION in New York on May Is ap-
pointed j. Pinckney II. Adams vice
president of the association from Yer
mont and president of the Vermont
Unfading Green Slate company of
Fair Haven as the official representa-
tive OF the association in the Europe.
an tour undertaken by the Boston
Chamber of Commerce which is to
sail from Boston on June II next. The
members of this tour will visit most
OF the leading cities in Europe and
will hold a number of special confer
ences particularly in London, Hemp
stead Heath, Berlin and Paris. At
Berlin two conferences will be held.
One in reference to industrial legisla-
ton, workmen's compensation, etc,
where leading German manufacturers
will be present, and the other on mu-
nicipal matter, showing the members
of the party how the plans of govern
ment adopted by various German cit
les are working.
Senator Henri LaFontaine of the
Belgium senate, who was in Boston
recently and who was entertained by
the members of the Boston Chamber
| of Commerce, is assisting in the ar
rangements of the program to be fol-
lowed in Belgium and is arranging for
other conferences to be held in Brus-
sells on other important industrial
questions.
Many people fail to realize the vital
Importance of this tour and the inter
est and significance which is attached
to it abroad. 1t is truly an Internal
ional event. Already a number of
letters have been received from Amer
lean consular officers abroad making
suggestions and the state department
of the federal government has notified
all consuls along the route to give
the party all the assistance in their
power. The future results of this
tour are bound to be very great, mas
much as it is an official visit of the
representative business men of one
great country to other great countries
with certain very specific objects In
view AT least 10 of the leading com
mercial cities of the east and middle
west are arranging to have delega
tons accompany the members of the
tour.-Rutland Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
REBEKAH ANNUAL
MEETING CLOSED
CONVENTION
Last Day Of Odd Fellows Gath
ering at St. Adams
TOTAL ENROLMENT OF 6443
Mrs. Angie Endress Of Bennington APP
pointed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Elected for Coming Year

st. Adams, May 20.-The four days
sessionsof the state grand bodies of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
closed yesterday afternoon when the
26th annual meeting of the Rebekahs
adjourned. Every train bore dele
gates returning to their homes and
at night none of the visitors remained.
The morning was devoted princip-
ally to the presentation of the reports
of the president, vice president, war;
den, secretary and treasurer, and the
comforting of the Rebekah degree on
IS candidates. All the officers of the
assembly were present at the meet
ins
The report of the secretary, Mrs.
Louise l.. Boyce of Barre, showed a
total Of 81 lodges IN the state Dur
ing the year three new lodges were
Instituted and one charter was sur
rendered, making a net increase of
two lodges. The total membership on
January l, 1911 was 2447 brothers and
1866 sisters, a total enrolment OF
6443.
The donations to the Gill Odd Eel
lows home during the year were ex-
ceedingly generous. The per capita
tax for the assembly amounted to
S12S0.40 and the per capita of the as
sembly for the Gill home amounted to
1885 As
Officers were elected at the after
noon session and were installed imme-
diately The following officers were
elected:
President, Mrs. Frances E. Stone of
Springfield
Vice president, Mrs, Grace E. Rich.
mond of Rutland
Warden, Mrs. Stella E. Bailey OF
East Hardwick
Secretary, Mrs. Louise L. Boyce OF
Barre.
Treasurer, Mrs. Ella c. Finney of
Lyndonville.
Marshal Mrs. Nora NJ. Jackson.
The following officers were appoint
ed:
Conductor, Mrs. Angie Endress of
Bennington.
Inside guardian, Mrs. Emma L. Rand
of Saxtons River.
Chaplain. Mrs. Clara Peterson of
St Johnsbury.
The retiring president, Miss Emma
II. Gates of Ludlow, was presented
with a jewel by the new president in
behalf of the assembly and in turn the
new president was presented a beau
tiful boquet.
Past grand president, Miss Gates,
installed the officers. being assisted
by Miss Alice A. Landry, as conductor,
The president appointed the following
district deputies.
District No. 1, Mrs. Mary Walker OF
Manchester Depot.
No. ., Mrs. Alice Steadman of Poult-
ney.
No. 3, Mrs. Alice P. Wright of Yer
gennes.
No. 4, Mrs. Aura Murlburt of St
Adams.
No. 5, Mrs. Annie E. Bagley of Is
land Pond.
No. 6, Mrs Efie Haviland of Con.
cord.
No 7, Mrs. Mile Bates of Water
bury
No 8, Mrs. Nellie Hanks of Roches
/ ter.
No 9, Mrs. Matte E. Pike of Reads
boro
No. 10, Mrs. Lizzie Gray of New
| fame,
No. II, Mrs. Ida Wilmerson of Bas'
| Hardwick
No. u, Mrs. Gertrude Jewell o.
! Proctorsville.
No. IS, Miss Nellie Blanchard o.
Barre.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
gx-coNvIvcTs IN WALL STREET
Hundreds With Sing Sing Records
Deal in Securities

Oedi III
There was a time in New York
when no man with the brand of a con-
vict was permitted to go below Fulton
street-what was for years known as
'the dead line" The police had in
structions to arrest any known Grim
inal the instant he crossed the line.
In the last few years, however, at
least one hundred ex-convicts have
been occupying Offices in the financial
district, many of them in Wall street
and many others in Broad street and
lower Broadway, having bank &C
counts and magnihcently furnished
Office suites and surrounded by hosts
of clever clerks and outside assls-
tants, every one OF them being engag-
ed in crooked work, dealing in in
vestments" and securities unmoles-
ted. But, happily, the United States
Department of Justice and the Post
Office Department have begun cru
SADIE against these preys OF the
Street" and some at least have been,
or are about to be, sent to Sing Sing
for a post graduate course that will
entail many years of close contine-
ment to penal studies"
These jail-birds have given them
selves all the airs and graces OF great
and good sound business men. With
scores of Office boys and secretaries
they guard themselves-especially do
those not yet in the drag net of the
law at this writing-against intrusion
as carefully as any busy financier OF
the Street"
There is an eX-convict back OF
practically every big swindle in the
financial district supplying the brains
or the money, or both" says Warren
w. Dickson, chief postofiice inspector
in charge of the New York division,
"By big swindles | mean those
whose operations extend not only to
all parts of the United States but fire.
duently to every part of the civilized
globe. Most of these are fake min
ing schemes. These are 1ourishing
today in the Wall street region to a
greater extent than they ever have III
the past. New York City has become
the worlds headquarters for these
fraudulent mining promoters"
These swinders of 'the Street
dupe an enormous number OF people
with their alluring advertisements b!
means of which they dispose of worth
less mining stocks through the mails
But it is not by worthless mining
shares alone that the swindlers anC
ex-convicts of Wall street work" thu
public. They manage somehow to &c
in close relationship with big ant
powerful men and sometimes the,
s'rig" the market for legitimate Sc
curities.
The ex-convicts in Wall street ar
engaged in all sorts of enterprises
Those who have not the originality an
ingenuity to do anything else resor
to the simpler and most dangerou
form of swindling-passing pa
cheques.-From "Wall Street; Its His
tory and Romance" in the Jun
Strand.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
HOME MISSIONARY UNION
State Organization of Congregations
Churches to Meet at Middlebury

Churches to Meet at Middebury
The twenty-third annual meeting Of
the Congregational Womans Home
heldat Middlebury May 24-25 with the
held at Middlebury May AIS with the
following program;
Wednesday afternoon. $3.50 Dele
gates meeting, conducted by Mrs. Ed
win d. Burditt
Evening. 1880, Vermont Branch, Mrs
Edward Kirkland presiding
Organ Recital Mrs. G. d. Miner
Assisted by Miss Vittum, Violinist
Devotional Service,
Rev. Samuel Rose, Cornwall
Solo, DR.. Cunningham
Personal Experiences in Relief Work
after the Adana Massacres,
DR.. f. D. Shepard, Aintab, Central
Turkey
Hymn
Benediction
Thursday morning, o'clock
Devotional Service,
Miss Florence NJ. Price
Welcome Mrs II. B. Hagar
Response, Mrs w j. VanPatten
Mrs. Edward Kirkland
reimbursement Domestic Mis-
sionary Society
Miss Helen NJ. Jones
C. H. NJ. s.,
Rev. Barbara Slayinskie
A. NJ A.,
Mrs Ida vose Woodbury.
Annual Reports:
Secretary, Mrs. Evan Thomas
Treasurer, Mrs. c. II. Thompson
Business
/ Solo, Mrs. w. E Howard
Address: Our State,
Miss Helen M. Jones
Glimpses Of "The World in Boston
Miss Katherine F. Worcester
Hymn, Miss e. p Van Patten
Afternoon Session, 1:30:-
/ Opening Service,
Mrs. Rebecca p. Fairbanks
Report of Nominating Committee,
Mrs. f. s. Pease
Election of officers
Prayer
Plan of Work for 1911-1912,
Mrs. J. E. Swift
Report of Program Committee,
MISS I1itdlAOA L. AldulNJ
Report of Committees
Hymn
Address, Rev. Barbara Slavinskie
Young Peoples and Junior Hour al
800
A Half Hour with the Children
Report: Secretary of Junior Work,
Mrs. e. f. Palmer, Jr
A Visit to the Rio Grande Industrial
School. Mrs. Chas. Hamilton
Report: Secretary of Young People;
Work. Mrs. Il. L. WymaI
The Boys and Girls of Our Southern
Schools,
Mrs. Ida Vose Woodbur!
Hymn
Evening Session, 1885,
Organ Voluntary, Mrs G. d. Mine
Anthem Choi
Scripture Reading and Prayer,
Rev. George H. Bale.
Address: The Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Union in the Work of tn
Sunday School Society,
Rev. VIM. Ewing, D. [
Address: Christian Patriotism,
Mrs Ida VOse Woodbur
Hymn, America Can adaptation b
Mrs. Woodbury.
Benediction
The meeting of the Executive Con
: mittee of the w. II. M. U. will be hel
in the parlor Of the Addison House
. 1880 Wednesday afternoon.
The Executive Committee OF th
Vermont Branch will meet at 80 G
, clock on Wednesday, in the parlor
the Y. NJ. c. A. building opposite tn
church.
Each auxiliary is entitled to two de
: egates and each contributing societ
to one delegate.
3 Application for entertainer
!. should be made to Mrs, e. d. Twi
! chell.
t Delegates meeting is arranged
S 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
d All sessions in Congregation
+ church auditorium.
e Dinner and supper will be serve
Thursday at the church.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
OFFICERS ELECTED
Stockholders Of Ridsewood Hotel Co.
Meet at Burlington

Burlington, May 2O.-The stockhol.
ders OF the newly organized Ridge
wood hotel company met here Thurs.
day and elected the following direc-
tors II. w. Knapp, Moers. N. Y; DR..
J. N. Clark, j. w. May, c. l.. Wood.
bury E, p. Woodbury., DR.. d. c. Haw-
ley and c. ~ Holden.
The directors elected the following
officers President H. w. Knapp; vice
president, DR. Clark; treasurer, DR..
Hawley; clerk, c. l.. Woodbury.. The
company has bought a hotel at Day.
tona Fla, and will take up the man.
agement at once.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
NOT BADLY AFFECTED
Few Diseased Cattle Found in chtten-
den County

Burlington, May 20.-State Commits
sioner f. l.. Davis of White River
Junction was in the city Thursday
while experimenting the work of the
inspection OF cattle in Chittenden
county Three men are working with
him and as yet have found no badly
infected herds In herd of 100 test
ed at Shelburne only one was found
to be infected.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
NOVEL SOCIALIST MEETING
At Apollo Hall Monday Evening
May %

The Socialists of Bennington will
hold a rather novel sort of meeting
on Monday evening next, May % in
Apollo hall 1t is called a Question
Box meeting" and will be conducted
by John Spargo, the socialist author
and lecturer of Old Bennington Tick
cts are ten cents and all persons de-
string to ask any questions about So
cialism are urged to hand them in
at the door
Instead of lecture, Mr. Spargo will
give only few brief definitions of So
cialism and then proceed to answer
the questions submitted. In this way
it is hoped that every person attend
ing will have an opportunity to have
his or her special difficulty in connec-
ton with Socialism discussed.
Miss Mary r. Sanford of Old Ben
nington will also be present and pro-
badly take part. Tickets can be had
at the door.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
GENERAL PRYcE is ARRESTED
Foreign Minister De la Barra Behind
San Diego, Cal. Move

San Diego, Cal, May 2O.-A tele-
graphic request from Foreign minister
De la Barra to DR. j. d. Priete, Mexi-
can counsel here. was responsible
for the arrest Of General Pryce at Tia
Juana last night,
1t was learned yesterday that prev
ious to the arrest, Doctor Priete noti-
ned General Bliss. commanding the
United States troops here, OF the for
elgn minister's request. Further in
formation as TO the contents of the
foreign minister's request is not made
public
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20

blank" Shea of Concord N. H.,
veteran diamond digger, has been cho-
sen to manage the Bellows Falls team
Shea is an old New England Lacquer
who figured in the doings of the Nor
thern league some years ago and was
afterward connected with the Hins-
dale, N. H., Bluebirds. 1t is possible
that he will cover the initial sack for
the Paper-makers. Among the new
candidates for a place on the Bellows
Falls nine are w. j. Murphy of South
Boston, hard hitting outfielder, ana
Bud Riley, a third baseman who was
for two seasons with the Lowell New
England league team and last year
played with Woonsocket, r. BRAT
tleboro Reformer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20

PRESS CLUB MEETING
It viii Take Place In Hotel Vermont
at Burlington Early In June

Burlington May 2O.-R. w McCuen
Of Vergennes, president of the Yer
mont Press club was in town Thurs.
day and said the annual summer meet
ing of Tie club will be at the Hotel
Vermont early in June, the exact date
not having been set.
There will be banquet and sight
seeing trips. The speakers will be Cy
Warman, press agent of the Grand
Trunk Railway and Robert Lincoln o.
Brlen, editor Of the Boston Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
BENNINGTON CLUB OFFICERS
Board of Managers and Organization
for the Coming Year

The Bennington club at its annual
meeting Thursday evening elected
four members of the governing board
for three years A. w Braisted, Am
vel Baker, F. b. Packard and A. E.
HOLSTER. Following the election of
managers the board met and organic
ed as follows.
President-A. j. Cooper.
Vice President-W. H. Berry
Treasurer-W A. Boot.
Secretary-A E. Hollister
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
THIEVES HAD LUNCH
After Robbing AIdrich House In Wal
llngford

Wallingford, May 2O.-Mr. and Mrs
b. w. Aldrich of this village awoke
Thursday morning to find that their
house had been burglarized during the
night, the thieves having entered by
window. The occupants heard moth
ing during the night. The midnight
visitors left no clue. They stole
about 81 in money but left a valuable
gold watch which was in plain sight
on a stand. They also helped them
selves to a lunch of bread and meat
from the pantry.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-20
BASE BALL 6UNTs

Danny" Mahoney the former Holy
Cross captain who reported with Gin
cinnati a couple of weeks ago, has
been sold to Indianapolis. Mahoney,
who closed the season with Benning-
ton last year has been fielding well
but he is weak with the stick.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-11-25

TuE nan or bow with a few
L dollars to put into a real
52atI wants 20 learn about the
I,ycrr.efon-tow it is fine
WI. i PooaIar price. EXCELSIOR
ze rv''a in IS the only practical
no".i - rnything like the price.
.t. Sf..
4.4r@ A., ii. k.., [. 1,CELsIOR WATCH
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-02-10

No man who has real the testimony
or who knows the facts can question
for an instant that the election Of Nr.
Lorimer - tainted. A great majority
Of the people are folly rstisf Ell that his
election IL q result Of fraud. II has been
shown ;hst bribery was resOrted to as a
means OF rendering his success posi-
bic. Not only is the presumption az
ainst him. but the known facts are
against him. His il the very sort Of
election the people of tqis country are
eager TO condemn-all the more eager
and determined because they know full
well that The money Of the interests
has been permitted to talk all too long
in the election of number of members
o. the senate.
| trust none took exceptions at
my suggesting dropping ihr word
"old" when applied to Jefferson
| read H. meauing-aged. worn
ont. and s1forth. Therefore the
word il not suitable and does not
apply to Jefferson, nor any other
live and progressive city II may
be that's what's the matter; you
who have continued using the word
as applicable to Jefferson, not think
ing the world would take it literal
ly and act accordingly
w L
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-02-10
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS.

County of Marion;
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
Marion County, Greeting:
. You are Hereby Commanded to sum-
mon Isaac Knighton by making publ
cation of tits Citation once each week
for four successive weeks previous to
the return day hereof, in some news
paper published in your County if
there be newspaper published there
in, but if not, then in any newspaper
published in the 9th Judicial District;
but if there be no newspaper published
in said district, then in newspaper
published in the nearest District to
said 5th Judicial District, to appear at
tho next regular term of the District
Court of Marion County. to be holden
at the Court House thereof, in Jefferson
on the Bird Monday in April A. d. 1911
the same being the nth day Of April
A. d. 1911. then and there to answer a
petition Fl led in said Court on the Sth
day of February A d. 1911 in a suit,
numbered on the docket of said Court
No. 1899, wherein G. +. Moseley is
Plaintiff and Isaac knigton is Defend
ant, said petition alleging That one G.
f. Moseley who resides in Marion
County, Texas, and is the Plaintiff in
this suit com planning of Isaac Knight
on, whose residence is unknown. re-
specially shows to the Court that
Isaac knighton did on or about Febru-
airy 9TH, 1907, made. execute and dehv-
er his prommisory vendors lien note
to w. S. Ford for value received where
| he promised to pay two years after
date to W. S. Ford or order the sum of
| fifty dollars with 10 per cent interest
| per annum until paid and 10 per cent
attorneys fee, if collected by an attor-
ney or the Probate Court; said note is
hereunto attached marked exhibit A,
and made part hereof Plaintiff shows
| to the Court that said note was given
| as part payment of the purchase mon
ey for the following described land,
situated in Marion County, Texas;
Being a part of he A. De Los Santos
Coy II. r. survey, beginning at Bots
d Arc stake at the S. +. corner Of the
A Haggerty tract in the A De Los
Santos Coy league survey, thence $40
yrs to bois dare stake; thence +
III 4-lO yrs; thence N 800 yrs; thence
w TT yrs to place Of beginning, con-
tanning 80 is acres of land more or less
A vendors lien was retained upon said
land to secure the payment of said note
int erest and attorney fees. The origi-
n al deed from w S Ford to Defendant
is now in the possession of Defendant
and he is notified to produce it or sec
ondary evidence will be resorted to. to
establish the same, which is recorded
in Book HI, page $40, Plaintiff shows
to the Court that the said w ; Ford
for value received transferred said note