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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-24
HENRY BEATT|E, JR.
ELEC IROCUTED
THIS MORNING
Reported to Have Confessed to
Spiritual Advisor
WENT TO CHAIR WITH A SMILE
Body Turned over to Father Who
Took it to Home in South
Richmond

Richmond, Va, Nov 24.-Henry
Clay Beattie Jr., was electrocuted in
the state prison at 1922 this morning
for the murder of his wife, Louise
Owen Beattie. last July
1t is understood from the best au-
thority that Beattie confessed his
guilt to one of his spiritual advisors
before going to the death chamber.
The condemned man smiled when
he entered the gruesome room and
saw the preparations for his execu-
ton. He was pronounced dead at
1928. The body was at once turned
over to his father who took the re-
mains to his home in South Rich
mond
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-24

GEORGE NILES IN JAIL
SALISBURY Man Surrendered by His
Bondsmen.

George Niles of SALISBURY was
brought to this village Thursday eve
ming by Deputy Sheriff George E.
Corey of that town and surrendered
into the custody of Sheriff Frederick
Godfrey by his bondsmen. In default
of new bail arrangements he was
lodged in the county Jail.
Niles was arrested on the afternoon
OF July IA following a quarrel at his
home with his wife and his father-in-
law George Barton, veteran of the
civil war and ~ years of age. Ac-
cording to reports of the quarrel at
the time 1t occurred Niles, who was
intoxicated, either knocked or threw
the older man to the floor and when
neighbors arrived Barton was found
dead.
Dr. B. II. Stone, pathologet at the
state laboratory, performed an 'autop-
sy and on July 20 Niles was arraigned
before Municipal Judge r. II. Holden.
He waived examination and was held
under bonds of $500 for the Deem
Der term of county court. At the
hearing States Attorney w. J..
Meagher submitted details Of the re-
port received from DR.. Stone that the
autopsy revealed no evidence of vio-
lence In the opinion of the physi-
clan Barton's death was due to over
exertion and excitement.
After remaining in jail for about
five weeks Niles was released on a
bail bond signed by George Robinson,
Clayton Reed and Andrew c. Niles,
of SALISBURY. Mr.. Robinson is not
in the best of health and his reason
for surrendering Niles to the custody
of the sheriff was that he did not
wish, under the circumstances, to
carry the responsibility
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-24
FISH AND GAME LEAGUE
Annual Meeting at Burllngton--off-
GERS are Elected.

Burlington. Nov. 2S.-The annual
meeting OF the Vermont Fish and
Game League was held tonight at the
Hotel Vermont and the following Oil.
GERS elected
President, Max L. Evarts, OF Wind
sor.
Secretary. John w. Tltcomb. O;
Lyndonyille.
Treasurer. Charles F. Lowe. Mont.
pelier.
Assistant, Edward Connell, Lydon-
Vile.
Independents, c. II. Brooks, st.
Johnsbury, Fred II. Babbitt Bellows
Falls, w. G.. Reynolds, Barre; r. l..
Greene. 81. Adams; +. l.. Fish, Yer
gennes; ID. ID. Burdett, Pittsford; d.
j. Derby, Burlington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-24
eArHrUs LIKE A pRYpock
Philadelphia Is Very Big Man and
Needs Room.

Philadelphia, Nov. 24.--Ellison N.
Cooper, secretary OF the Penn Reduc-
tion company, has just received the
champion bathtub OF the world. II is
large enough to float a rowboat in.
Heretofore Mr.. Cooper has had to
take his bath in sections. He stands
G feet inches and weighs about 400
pounds. The new bathtub. the pride
Of his residence. is feet. 4 inches
long, 3 feet, inches wide, 4 feet
deep and weighs 1910 pounds. II will
hold 500 gallons of water and is made
OF solid porcelain four inches thick.
After two steel Orders are put in Mr..
Cooper's house to support the bath.
tub he will be able TO take bath In
comfort
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-24
NAIL IN ITS FOOT
Lamed Horse Taken In Charge BY
Humane Society

The horse belonging to Aaron Hill
which was taken by officers of the
Humane society Wednesday evening
for treatment. has been turned over
to Mr.. Hill with the understanding
that the animal is not to be worked
for three weeks. A horse shoe nail
was found lodged In one OF the hor.
SEES feet. The nail was removed by
veterinary surgeon. II. is believed
that the animal will be able to work
again within the time allowed by the
Humane society.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-24
PACKERS REFUSED A STAY
Justice White Says Matter Must Go
Before Entire Bench.

Washington, Nov 24.-Chief JUS
tice White today refused to grant a
stay n the trial of the Chicago beef
packers, but referred the attorneys
making the application to the entire
bench with the statement that the
matter was OF TOO much Importance
for him to pass on individually. At
torney Miller announced that such an
application to the entire court would
be made at the first sitting December
4. Attorneys for the packers indi.
Gated that efforts would be made to
have Judge Carpenter Of the United
States District court at Chicago be-
fore whom the indicted packers have
been summoned for trial on Monday,
grant further postponement until
the Supreme court passes on the ap.
plication for a stay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-24
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.
For eastern New York and Western
Vermont rain probably changing to
snow and colder tonight. Saturday
fair. Colder east and south portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-24
Y. N. c. A. TOURNAMENT

Postal 6owlers Too Much for elks'
Team.
Uncle Sans men took the Elks in
to camp last night, winning by mar
gin OF 1873 pins. The line up aud
score as follows:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-24

bbb bII J53
Total. 1880; average. ssS Is.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-24
PostoHce

ga 715 Sl4
Total, 2lss; average, 721
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
LUCKY FRIDAYS IN OUR
HISTORY.

Friday cannot be such a very
unlucky day. after all, for Co
lumbus started on his journey,
which ended in the discovery of
America, on that day. August
3, 1892, and he first saw Amer
can land on October IL, of the
same year, also a Friday. He
to Spain on Friday, January 4,
1893, and once more on a Fri
day, March Is OF that year, he
reached the port of Palos in
safety. On Friday, November %.
1893. he arrived at Hispaniola
on his second voyage to America,
and on Friday, June 13. he dis
covered the mainland of the con-
tinent of America.
On Friday, March 5, 1895, Henry
VII of England gave to John Ca
bot his commission, which led to
the discovery of North America.
Incidentally it was the first
On a Friday in September. 1865.
American state paper issued in
England.
On Friday, September Is, 1865,
Melendez founded st. Augustine,
the Oldest town in the United
States.
On Friday, November 10. 1920,
the Mayfiower, with the pilgrim
fathers, reached the harbor of
Provincetown. and on the same
day they signed that compact
which, in a manner, was destined
to become the forerunner for our
present Constitution.
On Friday, December %, 1920.
the Pilgrims made their final
landing at Plymouth Rock.
On Friday, February %, 1872,
George Washington was born.
j., On Friday. July 4, 177s, the mo-
ton was made in Congress by
John Adams and seconded by
Richard Henry Lee, that the
United States colonies were and
of right ought to be" free and in
dependent.
On Friday. October IL, 1777, the
surrender of Saratoga took place
which had the powerful result OF
inducing France to declare for
the American cause.
on Friday. September %, 1850.
the treason of Arnold was laid
bare.
On Friday. October 10, 1871.
CORVALLIS surrendered at York,
town. the crowning glory OF
American arms.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
Food Sold by the City.

The high cost of living, which is as
much of a problem in Europe as it is
in this country, is being solved by Ber-
lin in an interesting fashion. The mu-
nicipal authorities have gone into the
business OF buying food at wholesale,
The first experiment is being made with
fish, the purchases being disposed of to
retail dealers, who must, in turn, sell to
the consumer at a stipulated narrow
margin of profit.
The fish stalls are daily surrounded
with crowds of eager purchasers, mostly
women, who are enabled to buy fresh
and wholesome food at a reasonable
price. The experiment has proven so
successful, in fact, that no less than
seventy branch markets are to be
opened, and wholesale supplies of po-
tatoes and other vegetables are to be
disposed of in a similar way. Other
cities near Berlin are proceeding in the
same fashion to alleviate the distress of
the middle classes. The retailers are
satisfied with the arrangement, as the
government, buying in large quantities,
is enabled to make better bargain than
the individual, while the fact that the
government does not sell direct to the
consumer enables the retailer to make
slight profit.
In Budapest the authorities are meet
ing the problem by enlarging the sphere
of municipal ownership. A municipal
bakery has been established, and it is
also proposed to create a central milk
market, where milk can be purchased
at the lowest possible price. In addi-
ton to this, the city proposes to con-
vert large areas of suburban ground
into market gardens, and thus afford
the people an opportunity to purchase
vegetables cheaply.
These schemes are interesting, OF
course, because they show the tendency
of the European government toward So
cialism, a condition which President
Taft says threatens the United States
unless the problem of monopolistic con-
troll of food necessities is in some way
solved
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17

in tenements. Only a fragment OF the
once splendid pile now remains. The
gateway bears the royal arms of the
Tudors though now scarcely decipherable,
and besides this. Henry Wis turret stair
case and a small portion OF the out
buildings OF the palace OF that time stand
as relics of a great and eventful history.
Even these, or at any rate some of
them, would have disappeared before now
but for the thoughtful munifcence of a
patriotic Englishman who several years
ago obtained lease from the Crown of
the remains of the old palace. Since then
he has devoted much time and money to
the restoration, or rather the conserva-
ton, of the ancient structure. When the
work is completed the building, especially
the interior will be a precious monument
Of memorable past. 1t is that gen.
tleman's ambition to present II to the
nation as a public memorial, but before
that can be done certain formalities must
be carried out, because the freehold is
Crown property. FLANEUR
Copyright 1911, by Court Gossip Syndicate)
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
ATTACK DONNBLLY
BEFORE THE G. L. U.
Bricklayers' Union Calls Him
"LabOr's Foe"

Characterizing Public Printer Samuel
B. Donnelly as foe OF organized labor,
and pledging support to an effort for
his removal from the high public Of
fice'' which he now holds, was the gist
of a resolution offered last night at a
largely attended meeting of the Central
Labor Union at Typographical Temple,
in G street, by James F. Murtagh, a
delegate from the Bricklayers' Union.
The resolution was laid on the table,
pending action by the union at its next
regular meeting night, October g. The
Public Printer will be invited to appear
at that time and explain his alleged dis
elimination against certain union brick
layers.
Emmet L. Adams. chairman of the
committee on resolutions, asked to be
excused from service in the considera-
tion Of the measure, as he wishes to be
heard when the resolution comes to a
vote OF the organization.
In a long preamble, Mr.. Donnelly,
''erstwhile president Of the International
typographical Union, an association
Of first magnitude among labor organ
izations," is asserted to have refused to
employ members OF the BrickIayers,
Union who declined to work with a man
mot a bona fide bricklayer, and who
was Illegally employed in the classified
service"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
Spend Your Money Here.

In appealing to the citizens of Wash
ington to spend their money in this city,
the Washington Board of Trade is en-
phasizing the position taken by The
Washington Herald in insisting that
the patronage of the people here should
go to local merchants.
Every dollar spent in Washington
adds to the value of property here, and
makes it easier for the merchant to give
employment to clerks at good salaries.
This proposition is so plain that no
argument is required. The well-flled
stores of the Washington merchants Of
fer abundant opportunity to make sat
isfactory purchases, at the least pos
sible cost.
There is no reason why Washington
money should be sent outside of the
city for goods which can be obtained
here.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17

Commissioner Davenport, to purge the
rolls of fraud. 1t is stated, for instance,
that of 47,ISI pensioners seen and ques-
toned, only twenty-six cases of i'm
proper pensioning were revealed. This is
certainly very small proportion, and if
the same ratio obtains throughout the
entire list, it cannot truthfully be said
that the pension list is honeycombed
with fraud.
No one who remembers the great
service rendered to the Union by the
men who fought from 1861 to 1866, or
who gave their lives for their country
during that period, begrudges them or
their families the provision which the
government has made for them. All
that is asked is that pension legislation
shall not be passed for political pur-
poses, and that those who receive gov
ernment aid shall be honestly entitled
to consideration.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
WOMEN VICTIMS
OF BAG THIEVES
Four RObberies Reported in
Stores Yesterday.

Four women were robbed OF their
handbags in Washington stores yester-
day, despite the vigilance Of Central of
fee and department store detectives
to apprehend the thieves that have
been successfully operating within the
past two weeks. The thief or thieves
for 1t is the belief of the police that the
thefts have all been committed by the
same person or persons-reaped a har-
vest through yesterdays operations. No
clew as to the identity of the robbers
has been obtained by the detectives.
Mrs. Julia Coxen, of 928 Eighth street
southeast, was relieved of nearly
$50 while in the shopping district
early in the morning. Her handbag,
which she carried on her arm, was
opened and the money taken therefrom
Miss Ida Brown, of l1O3 New Jersey
avenue southeast, was robbed of
her handbag containing $25 and a
solitaire diamond ring valued at $50.
The handbag was stolen from the coun-
ter of a candy store where Miss Brown
is employed.
Miss Annie HargrOve, of 912 Fifteenth
street northwest. complained to the pO-
lice that she had been robbed of her
handbag while shopping in a Pennsylva-
MIA avenue store. The handbag con-
tanned several 81 bills and papers.
Miss c. \. Gibbons, of 3l35 NJ street
northwest, reported to the police that
her handbag had been stolen from a
Georgetown notion store. The handbag
contained IS in bills and three small
purses and some trinkets
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
The Pension Roll,

Although there are still $4,000 names
upon the pension roll, the announce
ment is made that this is the smallest
number since 1892. The net decrease
in the number of pensioners last year
was 10000. This indicates that the
time is at last approaching when the re-
cession in the high tide of pension dis
bursements is at hand-unless, indeed.
Congress finds some way in which to
appropriate more money to present
benehciaries or enacts laws which will
add many who do not now receive any
support from the government
When it is known that the United
States has paid out considerably over
A,ooo,oooooo in pensions, it cannot be
said that this republic, at least is un-
grateful There are still nearly 100000
soldiers and sailors upon the rolls, to
say nothing of widows. dependents, army
nurses, and others. Every effort is being
made, according to the assurance oi
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
BAN ON DIVORCES.
Rhode Island Ministers Will Not
Marry Guilty Party.

Providence, r. /. Oct. 16.-At a confer
ence of Congressional ministers through
out Rhode Island, held in Benefcent
Congregational Church here to-day,
resolution was passed condemning Rev
DR.. Lambert for officiating at the mar
riage of Col. John Jacob Astor and Miss
Force. The resolution declares that any
clergyman who performed such a cere-
mOny for the guilty part in divorces
shall forfeit his standing in the church
The text of the resolution which the
committee reported, and which was pass
ed is as follows:
BE it resolved, That We deplore the
action of Rev. Joseph Lambert, and in
order to remedy the great abuses which
as COngregationalist ministers profess
against. we declare that no minister of
the Congregational Church ought to
marry the guilty party to divorce for
adultery, and any minister who does
marry such a person shall forfeit his
standing in the church"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
Doing a Good Work.

We speak a good word this morning
for the Central Union Mission, which
desires to raise $4,000 to pay the debt
upon its property.
The record shows that this mission
has done a good work, Like the Cos
pei Mission, it reaches a class of per-
sons who do not, ordinarily, enter the
doors of a church, and who, under its
benehcent influence, become good citl-
zens.
The churches of the city have en-
tered heartily into the work of aiding
the mission in its effort to raise the
necessary funds, and this cooperation
is naturally encouraging. Both the Cen
tral Union and the Gospel missions are
working along fields of practical en-
deavor, and the men and women who
are laboring in these organizations with
unselfsh devotion deserve generous as
sistance.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
WILL FIX TOLL
RATES ON CANAL
Goethals Says Matter Should
Be Speedily Settled.

Col George w. Goethals. Engineer
Corps, U. S. A, chairman of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, will recommend legis-
lation fixing the toll rates of the Panama
Canal and for creating administrative
machinery for its operation and manage
ment in his forthcoming annual report
for the fiscal year ended on June 30 last,
extracts Of which were made public at
the War Department yesterday.
The toll question should be speedily set
tied. Col. GOethals says, in order that
shipping interests may have about two
years notice in which to adjust their
routes and rates to the changed CONNER
cial conditions which will result from the
opening of the great waterway.
The work on the canal has proceeded
SO satisfactorily, he adds, that vessels
will be able to pass through the canal
certainly by January !. 1914, and pos
sibly even six months earlier, If no uR-
expected delays are experienced. Hs
recommends that the force which Is now
engaged in constructing the canal be
gradually merged into an operating force,
so that there will be no confusion OI
delay when the waterway is ready foI
commercial vessels.
The canal commission, he continues
should be authorized to sell coal. oil
and other supplies to vessels using the
canal, and urges that a large drydock
be built and machine shops erected fol
making repairs to injured vessels. Ths
revenue from these sources, Col
Goethals believes, should be used not
only to pay the operating expenses, but
also to repay the capital invested in the
enterprise.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
Woodrow Wilson's Biography.

1t does not seem possible that Wood
row Wilson is either the author of or
the sponsor for the biography which ap-
pears in the manual of the New Jersey
legislature for the present year We
are told, for instance, that his intel
lectuality and high scholarship are an
inheritance from the families of both
his father and mother" that intense
human sympathy is the gift of his man.
hood, and one of his strongest charac-
teristics," and that early he gave evil
dence of the oratorical gift which is
his, and which he has trained on to the
present perfection of his style and
charm"
Surely this is the apotheosis of self
praise, but it does not exhaust the
eulogy. 1t is said that as an author his
works are characterized by strong, sound
scholarship, but that despite his literary
mind he is an intensely practical man
of affairs and an excellent judge of
human nature. More than this, per-
haps, could not be said, were it not
that his biographer is a fluent writer
and has a wealth of adjectives at his
command. One paragraph will suffice ::
He can always be trusted to take the
common sense view of any proposition,
and once he has made up his mind he
will fight to the end for the cause he
has espoused. He is absolutely un-
afraid. In forming his judgments he is
calm, deliberate, and thoughtful, and
has infinite patience. 1t has been his
duty to study and teach not only the
system of this government and people,
but of all the governments of all the
peoples of the world This has been
his life work, and intellectually such a
career should fit him admirably for the
discharge of his duties as governor of
New Jersey. On the platform sim
plicity of language, clearness of thought
and expression, ease of manner, calm
ness of pose, and a ring of sincerity
characterize his utterances. Gov. Viii
sons home life is ideal, and his habits
are domestic and his tastes simple"
1t has been only a short time since
the country indulged in much merri-
ment at the expense of some Repre-
sentatives who glorifed themselves in
contributions to the Congressional Di-
rectory. Surely Gov. Wilson, who is
said to be a good judge of human ma
ture, cannot expect that his laudation
in the New Jersey manual will escape
attention, or that it will fail to be re-
garded by sensible persons as inappro-
pirate, extravagant, and not in accord
ance with good taste.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
HERO, FOX TERRIER,
JUSTIFIES HIS NAME
Saves His Master, Who Is
Attacked by Bulldog.

Hero a small fox terrier belonging
to Ernest L. Dowell, OF 1863 Morse
street southeast, lived up to his name
yesterday morning when his master was
attacked by a vicious bulldog while
walking near the Hebrew Cemetery, in
Anacostia. Though badly. bitten by the
bulldog, the fox terrier managed to dis
tract the attention Of the infuriated ami
NAL from his master. and thereby saved
the latter from serious injury. Dowell
armed himself with stick and beat the
bulldog away from his heroic pet and
carried the latter to a veterinarian.
Dowell was also severely bitten in the
left hand by the bulldog. He had his
wound cauterized at the Office of a near
by physician and went to his home.
The man and fox terrier were walking
IN Francis street, near the cemetery,
when the bulldog ran out in the road
way and made straight for the man.
He made several leaps for his throat,
but Dowen thwarted these attacks by
holding up his hand. In the meantime
the fox terrier was biting at the bull
dogs legs. In the final attempt to bury
its teeth in the mans throat or face the
bulldog bit Dowell in the hand Then
the animal turned its attack upon the
fox terrier. The latter will probably
lose its life should it develop that the
bulldog was a victim of rabies.