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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
DEATH OF BARTON
DUE TO NATURAL
CAUSES
George B. Niles Cannot Be
Charged With Homocide
VETERAN IN FEEBLE HEALTH
Excitement Of Quarrel With Son.ln-
Law Too Much for Weakened
Heart

No serious charge is likely to be
brought against George B. Niles WHO
was arrested late Friday afternoon In
SALISBURY charged with being res
ponsible for the death OF his father
in.law Charles Barton. Immediately
following the arrest of Niles who was
still thoroughly intoxicated after be
ing placed in Jail, States Attorney W.
j. Meagher at once communicated
with the state laboratory at Burling-
ton and an autopsy was performed
Saturday morning by the pathologist.
Dr. H. B. Stone.
Dr. Stone has as yet made no re.
port TO the states attorney but infor-
nation has been given out from a
semi-official source to the effect that
Mr.. Barton died from natural causes.
The injuries received in the scufilc
with his son-in-law who was pouring
hot water from tea kettle upon Mrs
Niles when the older man interfered,
were of little consequence. Mr.. Bar
ton had long been sufferer from
Bright's disease and his heart was In
such a condition that excitement OF
any kind was likely to bring on death
Immediately. t0
In his feeble condition only slight
! blow was required TO knock the aged
man down and there were no MUIR
les to the head that could in the least
{ degree be held responsible for his
death.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
CITIZENS REF USE
TO ALLOW TEAM
TO D|SBAND
Movement Started to Keep Ball
Players in Town
OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING
Generous Response to Statement and
Appeal Made Saturday by D. A.
Guiltinan

The Bennington baseball team will
not disband The sport has encoun-
tered some of the obstacles that have
put quite a few of the minor leagues
out OF business during the present
season but the citizens recognize that
baseball in Bennington, as il Is con
Quoted in Bennington, is a public In
stitution that is for the good OF the
entire community.
When the management received
word on Saturday that the Keene, n.
H.. team had cancelled its date it re-
allied that conditions had reached a
point where the team could not be
maintained in the face of the poor
weather conditions that had depleted
the treasury.
Saturday afternoon the board Of
directors arrived at the conclusion
that the game with Philadelphia Roy
al Giants would be the last. No soon
er, however, had word to this effect
gone forth than objections began to
be heard on every hand. II didn't
take long for few of the solid citi-
zens of the town to take hold of the
situation and start movement for the
continuation OF baseball in Benning-
ton
The movement not only started but
il went Just before the ninth inning
Daniel A Guiltinan arose in the grand
stand and stated the situation He
realized at once that his audience
was with him as was evidenced by
the generous applause with which his
remarks were frequently interrupt
ed. The speaker stated that the
team had encountered hard luck and
that the management could no longer
see its way clear 10 carry on base
ball unless the public came to lis
support. The team. he said. was the
best that had ever played In Benning
ton, and IL was composed OF gentle
manly young men who played the
game as IL should be played and
they had a large number OF friends
who desired to see them finish the
season. This he said, could be done
in only one way and that was through
financial support. If the public evi
denced desire to keep the team in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
FUNERAL OF CHARLES BARTON
Deceased Was Soldier Of the First
Vermont Cavalry

The funeral of Charles Barton of
South SALISBURY took place from his
residence Monday morning at eleven
o'clock. Mr. Barton was a veteran
of the civil war having served in the
First Vermont Cavalry. Company G.
He was a member of the G. A. r..
He was in his fist year He is sur
vived by a widow and six children
Mrs. Belle Niles, Mrs. o. c. Hacker
OF Baltimore, Md, Mrs, Earl Cobb of
Wardsboro, VT, Willard D. Barton of
Arlington; Bert Barton OF Rutland;
and Myron Barton of Arlington. Rev
Dr. Gaven of Center SALISBURY con
Quoted the funeral services. Inter
ment was in Bennington Hill Gene
terry Mr. Barton's brother W. G.
Barton and son-in-law. Oscar c. Hack
er, both OF Baltimore, Md, attended
the funeral.
The pail bearers We're: Messrs
George Robinson, William Reed, Burr
Niles, James Peters. John Balch and
John Coulter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
COL. ALBERT CLARKE DEAD
Secretary of Home Market Club Vic
tim of Shock

st. Adams, July 17.-Col. Albert
Clarke, for 20 years secretary of the
Home Market club of Boston, Mass,
died yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o.
clock at the home of Henry G.. Car
man of Highgate Center, where he
was taken Immediately after suffering
an apoplectic shock last Tuesday
morning. He was unconscious for
about rs hours previous to the end
With him were his daughter, Mrs.
Samuel Williams of Fitchburg, Mass.
and his sisterin-law, Mrs Il. l.. Pierce
of Rochester.
Col. Clarkes body, with the funeral
party lief { here today and
the funeral will probably
be held at Rochester We'd
nesday afternoon, where burial will
take place There is however a
possibility of the funeral being held
in Boston Col IT, w. Allen of Bur
lington comrade of Col. Clarke's in
the 18th Vermont regiment, arrived
Sunday night to arrange for services.
Besides his Wife and daughter, Col.
Clarke is survived by brother, Dean
Clarke of Fitchburg, Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
AFTER DAMP KILLS
21PENNSYLvANIA
COAL MINERS
Gas Explosion Responsible For
a Score Of Deaths
NINE BUT SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
Disaster Believed to Have Been Caus-
ed by Drill Penetrating a
Gas Pocket
NINE BUT SLIGHTLY DAMAGED

Dubois, Pa, July 17.-Twenty-one
miners were killed in an explosion in
the shaft of the Cascade coal and
coke company's mine at Sykesyille,
nine miles from here Saturday night.
The explosion occurred at $3.50 p m,
but is was after midnight before the
extent of the disaster was known. All
but three of the victims are foreign
ers. The explosion was slight, as ev-
idenced by the small damage done
in the mine. The deadly afterdamp
was responsible for most of the loss
OF life Three sets of brothers and
father and son are numbered among
the dead
George and John Heck, and Nick
Pavelick and his 10 year old son were
found by the rescuers locked in each
others arms as though they embrac-
ed each other in their dying NOM
ents. None of the bodies were multi
ated and but few showed any burns.
Eleven of the men in one portion Of
the mine had apparently made ready
TO escape, for they grasped their din
ner pals in their lifeless hands and
they fell apparently while running for
the opening.
The first intimation of an accident
at the surface was when the safety
door on the fan blew open and the
machinery began TO run wild. 1t
was surmised there was trouble be-
low, but il was almost midnight when
rescuers could enter the mine. 1t
took them some time TO get to the
scene of the accident, one and on
half nils from the opening, because
the rescuers were obliged to carry
oxygen with them All but four of
the bodies were brought TO the foot
of the shaft early yesterday; the
others were buried beneath a cave
in in a heading and were not recover
ed until late yesterday afternoon. The
state constabulary from PunXtawney
were called to police the vicinity of
the shaft and when the bodies were
brought out there was little distress
or excitement.
Neither mine officials nor mine in
spectors are able to assign cause
for the explosion. and as there are no
survivors, the cause may never be
known. IL is a general belief that
some of the men drilled into a pocket
of gas, although the shaft is known
as nongaseous one and Fire Boss
John Brown reports he was through
the heading where the explosion oc-
Cured but an hour before and found
no trace OF gas.
Six men working in another head
ing OF the mine at the time of the
accident, knew nothing of the explos-
ion until the compressed air stopped
their drills and one man was knock
ed from his rock drill. They realized
something had happened, but did not
know the nature OF II until they met
a party OF rescuers coming for them
Wher the rescue car of the bureau
of mines arrived at Dubois its seryic
es We're not needed, as all the men
were dead and the air in the mine
had been cleared.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
of Rain Whch Very Fashioned Anopahc

town assurances to this effect must
be received before Monday evening.
T. p Gregg, the speaker, stated had
been selected to call upon the people
and he would begin the work immed-
lately.
Even before the game was ended
some generous subscriptions had
been placed upon the list and there
has been an encouraging response
ever since. w. II. Bradford headed
the list with 800 The fund has not yet
reached the size desired but II is large
enough TO show that the people of
Bennington as a class are behind the
Woodworking board of directors that
has heretofore given the community
high grade and at the same time hon
est baseball An opportunity to sign
the subscription paper will be given
to every possible person in the village
during the next "a hours and the res.
ponse should be such as to preclude
any doubt that there will be baseball
in Bennington for the remainder of
the season as originally mapped out
by the board of directors.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
BENNINGTON WON
FROM COLORED
MEN 10 TO 4
Beat Philadelphia Giants in
Hard-Hitting Game
MADE TWO HOME RUNS
HuckIeberry Boys Got Away In Open
ing Inning and Finished With
Good Lead
MADE TWO HOME RUNS

The Huckleberry boys came back"
from their defeat at the hands of the
Philadelphia Royal Giants on Friday
and Saturday afternoon they trimmed
up the colored players TO the tune
of 10 to 4. With Wheeler pitching
steady, effective ball the Bennington
outfit got the jump" on the players
from Dixie land in the opening in
ming. They hit Mistah Gorham for
three singles and home run and
after FIVE of the home players had
crossed the plate he retired into left
field and Henry took his place on the
slab. Henry passed the first two bat
ters and for a minute or two 1t look
ed as though the procession would be
continued, but Prindle, who was up
for the second time during the inning,
closed the merry go-round with ny
to center field.
During the next five innings, Ben
nington collected at least one hit In
each period off Henry just enough to
send an occasional runner across the
plate and to keep one or more run
ners on the bases most OF the time.
Carolan drove one liner under the
canvass in the second for home run
and in the eighth Prindle hit for
three bases into center The VIII
Jamestown boy tried to stretch the
drive for another base and was
thrown out at the plate.
Bennington not only batted strong
ly but the team played a fast clean
game in the field. The only error was
charged up against Carolan, failure
to make a one-handed stop of not
over-good throw.
The colored players opened the
game by scoring two runs. Miller,
the little shortstop hit safely between
second and short The next batter
ATTEMPTED a sacrifice but he landed
the pill on safe ground and two bases
were filled. A sacrifice moved the
runners along and one of them scor-
ed on a grounder. the other coming
across the pan on a wild pitch. For
Bennington, Prindle, the first batter,
was given a free ticket, Connor's hit
to left put two on bases. Carolan
took one of Pitcher Gorhams shoots
on the hip and the sacks were all oc-
cupied. Finnegan hit to left field and
two tailed. McCrehan filed out TO
first base. Delaney hit long one in
to right field and on the return which
went by the catcher Finnegan scored.
Brill drove the ball under the can
vass for a home run. burlington and
Wheeler were passed but Prindle re-
tired the side with fly to center
field
Carolan's home run scored for
Bennington In the second
In the third two hits and some
good base running gave the Giants a
tally Singles by Brill and Wheeler
and a two.sacker by burlington boost
ed the home teams total up to Z.
A base on balls and a twobagger
Tailed one for the colored men In the
fourth.
A hit by Delaney a sacrifice and
an error scored one for Bennington
in the fifth.
In the ninth Wheeler who had been
given free ticket to first base scor'
ed on Prindle's three Dagger.
The score.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF 'he Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

A. b Gardner OF Pownal is passing
the day here.
Miss Clara A. Burya of Middlebury
visited here Sunday.
Miss Katherine McDermott of AL
bany spent Sunday here.
Miss Lucretia Edgerton has return
ed from a visit in Albany.
Miss Elizabeth Keller has returned
from visit in Glens Falls.
Miss Alice Valkenburgh of Troy
was guest in town Sunday.
d. b. Keller and family enjoyed an
auto trip to North Adams Sunday.
Charles Sellers of Troy a former
resident, passed the week end here.
Mrs. Morrissey and daughter of
Albany are visiting Miss Helen Nor
rissey.
Mrs Annette McCandliss and Miss
Ada Mclean are spending a few days
in Peru.
Miss Helen Curley of North Adams
passed Sunday as the guest OF friends
in the village
Mr.. and Mrs. George Norton of
Great harrington were guests Sunday
OF y. A. Quinlan.
The members OF the United Work
mems society of Great harrington
held an outing here Sunday.
A. j. Cooper took !. +. Gibson, Ed
ward l.. Bates and f. f. Larrabee to
New York Sunday by auto. They
left at daylight Sunday morning and
expected to reach New York in the
afternoon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
NORTH BENhlNU10A

Hiram l.. Hall spent portion of
Saturday in Manchester
Mrs. Patrick Dalton is spending
short time with trends in Rutland.
Mrs. Jennie Mears and son Clyde
have been visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Henry A. Madison Of Benning
ton called on friends in town Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mathers of
Bennington were in town on Sunday
Mrs. Frank Ripley and daughter
Adelne spent Friday in North Ad-
ans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Lassor of Main
street spent the day Saturday in Troy
n. Y.
Mrs. George Madison of Riverside
Is spending week with her sister in
Arlington.
Miss Helen Darling has returned
from spending a week with her broth
err Earl in Bennington.
Mrs. George Fleming of Bennington
visited Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Fleming
of Main street recently.
George Ashe OF Greenfield, Mass,
has been spending a few days with
his family on West street.
Charles Percy of Bennington spent
Henry Darling OF Main street.
Allen Henry of New York is spend.
ing his vacation with his father at
the Henry homestead at Riverside.
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Worthington,
Mrs. Martha Hall and children are
spending some time at Hedges Lake
Miss Sally Graves of Bennington
was the guest of Miss Henrietta Wal
bridge OF Prospect street on Sunday
MIR. and Mrs. William Shanahar
and children of Bennington spent sur
day with Mrs. ,Henry Shanahan Of
Main street.
Mrs. Louis Sommers of Shelburn,
Falls, Mass. is spending some tim,
with her sister Mrs Frank Ripley o.
Church street.
The Evening Star club held theil
annual picnic at Sand Springs Satur
day afternoon. A very pleasant um'
was enjoyed.
Mrs Hiram L. Hall aud children o
Bank street have returned from
two weeks visit with relatives In Yves
ton. Vermont.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Hurley OF Ben
nlng,on visited Mrs. Hurley's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Moon of Mai
street recently
Misses Mildred and Louise Edd
who have been visiting at the HON
OF Leland Loomis In SALISBURY hay
returned to their home ON Prospec
street
Miss Gladys Whitman of School at
and Miss Leone Beagle of Greenwic
street. have returned from a week
visit with Miss Gladys Cooney
West Rutland.
Rev. r. r. Turner held an open al
meeting for the fresh air childre
who are at the Beehive Sunday afte
noon and the public were inviieI
quite a few attended
Wayne Roberts who is working fC
IN. c. simmons in holkoke. Mass
spent sunday with his parents
lllnsdillyille aud returned today
w duties at Holyoke.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
BOY TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN
Section Man Tells Of Seeing Him Put
Rocks on c. V. Tracks

Barre, July l7.-Charged with hay-
ing three times in the past few days
placed distractions consisting Of
stones and ties on the Central Yer
mont railroad track just north OF this
city Joseph Meyette, a Is year Old
farm boy. is in the Washington coun-
ty Jail unable to furnish bail in the
sum OF $4,000. He will be given a
hearing July a.
The boy was SEEN II is alleged, last
evening by Peter Armstrong, a sec
ton man, as he was putting some
rocks on the track Where the boy
is accused of placing the Instructions
is on 80 foot embankment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17

Wilbur Corey, who played his first
professional ball with Bennington
two years ago, is making an enviable
record in the New York State league.
Corey has been with Wilkesbarre this
year and has lost but a few games
during the season. From four to six
hits in a game is about all the other
aggregations in the Empire state
bunch manage to gather while the for
mer Huckleberry boy is on the
mound Saturday he let down AL
bany with four hits and one free tick
et to first base.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
WHY THEY FAIL
MOST PILE REMEDIES MISS THE
CAUSE OF PILES

Disagreeable treatment with olpt.
ments or supposltorles. usually fails
to cure piles aud cutting them OF
won't remove the cause. Such treat.
ment only moderates the outside ef.
fects of the disease and fails to rene.
dy the inside cause The upto date
doctors now use internal medicine TO
free the circulation In the lower bow.
81. and so remove the disease.
Dr. IRonhardts Hem Rold the
first and only guaranteed internal
plla cure-in the form Of tablets
cures any kind ~ piles. Sold by w
1. Cokay and druggists everywhere 81
for large box. Dr. leonhardt Co,
Station 3, Buffalo, N Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
FIGHT TO THE DEATH
Policeman Dies from His Wounds
After Killing Desperate Convict '

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 17.--In
desperate encounter early yesterday,
Jerry Mccarthy convict, who scaled
the walls of the Minnesota Penitenti-
airy last March, was shot four times
and killed by Policeman 0llinger who
died later of four bullets which Me-
Carthy fired at him.
Ollinger saw Mccarthy go to the
rear entrance OF a drug store He
went in the front door himself and
told the proprietor burglar was try
ing to enter the rear door 0llinger
then went out the rear door and the
shots rang out in quick succession
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17

Cleveland beat the New York Amer
leans II to Saturday, Ray Fisher
was in the box for the New Workers
for four innings and was hit for four
safe ones. The game had already
been lost by WARRIOR who had been
hit safely nine times in four innings,
giving Cleveland a lead of one run.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
BUD MARS WILL RECOVER
Aviator Who Fell at Erie Pa, viii
Soon Leave Hospital.

Erie, Penn, July III. C. (Bud)
Mars who was hurt when he fell
with his aeroplane here last Friday
is rapidly recovering at the Hanoi
Hospital here. Yesterday he sat up
for several hours, was able to eat
well, and, as he is now out of danger,
it is expected he will be able to
leave the hospital in another week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
FOUND Observation-Disclosures
Remarkable Escape Of A. j. Roberts
Navigator of Diriehle

NdNtgafoT ~ O'riSlplc
Asbury Park. jul. l7--"Jimmy' de
Forest. a sporting man and athlete.
who lakes n ,un a,ong he beach here
every morning, surprised Policeman
John Carroll at o'clocS yesterday
morning by ieilinG him he had found.
lyinc unconscious and only part Y
clothed ON tho beach 800 Notds east
OF tic Deal Casino. A. J. Roberts. The
acronlut. who was reported to have
So u; v M zen O'Clock -, rday morn
ina In his dhigible com the roof OF
Keith n psnulr's tn Avenue thea.
tire In New York. 20 lly 10 Keith's the.
aire N Philadelphia lie Forest SAID
Roberts reeded restOratlycs aud Car
roll rot some ampluia and whisky
aud followed DE Foros % The beach.
There was Roberts. partly consci-
Gus. mt seemingly ia~a'. lie reNiy.
ed under the policemdn's treatment
ali declared that h. didn't know how
he nal Tot on the beach. nor how
long he had been lher, when DE For
est round him lie said lac had drop.
upd iniC the sea. wim ME diririble
about a mile on shero. between . and
N oclock Saiurday night and had
sNum until he WIS eXlia1sici. Flu
ally he found log and had rested
or this Then. appl emily. he saak
mt = stupor he sat. for he didn't
recall reaching the beach. and sup
posed he must have been washed up
by the waves while practically uncon
s.iOus
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
HELEN GOULD GIVES A LAKE
Presents Rosbury With Reservoir
Covering Ten Acres

Binghamton. ~ Y. July IA res.
eryoir Is the latest gift TO Roxbury
made by Miss Helen Gould who has
her home at that place.
II Is the Dales Lake. which Miss
Gould bought early In the spring.
The lake covers ten acres. Is sup
piled with springs. and contains thou
sands of trout II will be connected
with the Roxbury water system, fur.
nishing excellent fire protection and
an unfalling water supply.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
NORTH ADAME GETS ONE MATCH
Mount Anthony Wins Three In Four
on Courts at Country Club

The Mount Anthony Country club
won three out of four games of a
match with the North Adams country
club tennis team on the Mt. Anthony
courts Saturday afternoon. The
summaries:
John Cushman and Fred Cushman
beat Jay Ensign and William Farley,
3-6,6-l, 6-3; Collins NJ. Graves
and Stanley Moffat beat William Far
ley and A. G. Parker Go, "a; L.
H. Ross lost to Jay Ensign GO, G-3
Charles Waller beat A. G. Parker, II
10, "a.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
BASEBALL sUNTs

Pittsheld defeated the Lincoln Gil
ants IL TO 10 at Pittsfield ON Satur
day Hoar pitched for Pittsfield and
was hit safely thirteen times Most
of the hits made by the colored men
came in the early innings of the
game.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
LOST HIS MIND IN THE HEAT
Ithaca Man Wandered Away for :
Week and Remembers Nothing

Ithaca. ~ Y, July 17.-Charles
Seabring who mysteriously disappear
ed from home week ago, has been
located at Klowa, Kan. He went
away from home during the hot spell
and he wired home that his mind has
been blank since he left. His wife
and aunt left here yesterday to bring
him back.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont showers this afternoon and
tonight Cooler tonight Tuesday
probably fair
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
STOCK QUOTATIONS

The following noon quotations were
received today by the Bennington Sc.
curity company from j. X. Williston
e. Co, New York:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-17
Philadelphia Giants


stolen bases. T. Addison, Thomas
X. Addison. two base hits. Carolan
Burlington: three base hits. Prindle;
home runs, Carolan, Brill; double
plays, Brill to Connors to Carolan; Il
Addison to Wade to Wylle; bases ON
balls by Burns /. by Corham |, by
Henry 3: hit by pitched ball, Caro-
Ian: struck out by Burns Z, by Hen
~ 2; wild pitch, Burns. sacrifice hits
Thomas, Brill; passed ball, Wylie;
umpire, Murray.