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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-09-19
GRAND TRUNKS BOSTON PLAN
Buys Electric Lines and viii Have
Better Facilities Than New Haven

Buys Electric Lines and viii Have
Better Facilities Than New Haven
Boston, Sept. 17.--Trains of the
Grand Trunk Railroad will be rolling
into Boston within two years through
a harbor tunnel, and unloading pas
sengers at Post Office square, a better
terminal location than the New Haven
possesses In Boston.
The Grand Trunk Railroad will be
sending Its freight cars out upon the
piers to be built at East Boston Flats
by the new Boston Dock Commission
within the same period. These facili-
ties are made possible by the Boston
and Eastern railroad.
President Mellen of the New Ha-
ven system said In an interview:
II do not know that the Grand
Trunk is back of the Boston and Eas-
tern, but would not be surprised II
such were the fact"
Charles s. Baxter, attorney and
spokesman OF the Boston and Eastern
said today:
There is nothing In our charter to
prevent our roadbed being used by
the heavy trains of the Grand Trunk,
II they are moved by electric power.
"The Grand Trunk railroad, II 1t
wishes to connect with us, can build
across from Palmer Mass, and SO
connect us with the Central Vermont,
or construct twenty-nine miles and
connect with its main line, which
runs direct from Portland to Montre-
al"
The Grand Trunk Railroad is silent
but 1t is working swiftly. Two trolley
roads stretching south from Portland
passing through Old Orchard and en-
tering New Hampshire were acquired
by the Canadians right under the nose
of President Mellen, who was spend
ing his vacation in Maine.
From the southernmost point Of the
Grand Trunk trolley lines to the ter
minal of the Boston and Eastern In
Beverly Is only twenty-nine miles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-09-19

uses about million miles OF public
highways-largely dirt roads, little
improved. AT the extra session of
Congress Senator Swanson introduo,
cd bill to expend twenty million
dollars annually for FIVE years In per
manently improving roads used In the
postal service, the states or other To-
cal authorities to defray one-half the
cost OF every improvement. Repre-
sentative Linthicum introduced a bill
appropriating twenty-five million dol
lars to be expended in three years on
the same general plan. A third bill
proposed an expenditure OF only one
million dollars.
This shows wide difference OF
opinion as to how much Uncle Sam
ought to contribute; but there should
be no difference OF opinion regarding
the Federal Governments duty ito
lend powerful hand In good.road
making. All experience here and
abroad shows that local authority
cannot cope successfully with the
road problem. II is hardly too much
to say that every really important
and permanent improvement OF the
highways has come about through
state aid, and In this respect the
Federal Government bears good
deal the same relation to the states
that the latter bear to the counties
and townships. II not only uses a
million miles Of highway for postal
Service. but main.trayeled roads are
more and more used for interstate
travel 1t is rare automobile, fol
example. that does not pass state
boundary. Experience shows also
that good roads are catching. One
mile OF fine highway breeds two OIL
three other miles. The Federal Gov
ernment should lead instead OF lagg
Ing Enthusiastically Evening Post
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-09-19
The Band Concert

Sweet as echo or as love.
Ringing In the leafy grove
Was the melody that wooed
As the spirits OF the wood;
Sunday twas you know the place
Where saw your beauty face.
How the rosy bushes there
Made your beauty doubly fair.
Flames that III your starry eyes.
Made the grove seem paradise,
Till lost both time and place,
Worshipplng your beauty face.
Beats my heart with ecstacyl
What vision comes TO met
How my soul with longing fills,
Melancholy In me thrills;
Throbblng pulses In me race.
AZ ! see your beauty face.
Edward ]. Hall.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-09-19
Every Day Of Your Life

has money value aside from any
sentiment. Insurance does not set up
a value on sentlmenet but perpetuates
the earning capacity OF life which
has ceased National Life Insurance
Company OF Vermont (MutualD
Earle s. Klnsley. General Agent. Mead
Rutland, VI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-09-19

To the Tax Payers Of the Town Of
Bennington:

A Rate Bill of the Town Taxes OF
1911 has been placed In my hands for
collection, as follows: 70 cents on
the dollar for the Town Tax, 20 cents
On the dollar for the Town Highway
Tax, 40 cents on the dollar for the
Town District School Tax.
l hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that ! will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw.
lngs Bank from o'clock a. m. until
o'clock p. m.
There will be a discount Of 4 per
cent on Town Tax IL paid within 30
days.
G. H. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington, VT. July 1, 1911.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-09-19
NOTICE
To the Tax Payers Of the Village ,,
BennInqton:

TO the Tax Payers Of the Village u
Bennington:
A Rate Bill has been placed In my
hands for collection as follows:
20 cents on the dollar for the VII
Iage Tax. 20 cents on the dollar for
the Highway Tax on the Grand List
OF 1911.
! hereby demand payment Of said
taxes, and notify you that l will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw.
ings Bank from 8 o'clock a. m. until
1 o'clock p. m.
There will be a discount OF per
cent on Village Tax II paid within 90
days.
c. H. DEWEY. Treasurer.
Bennington. Vt, July /, 1911.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
WANT AD COLUMN

RATES. cent per word for
first insertion; x cent per word
for each additional insertion. No
ad taken for less than 10 cents.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
OHIO

Violet Curran visited Saturday
and Sunday with Ethel Peck.
Mrs. Christ Mueller and two
children were guests of Mrs. c.
j. Peek Monday.
Mrs. +. NJ. kimmel was a
guest of Mrs. A. Elshire Monday
tf last week.
Mrs. J. Stump of Falls City
visited with herdaughter, Mrs. p.
Randolph Sunday.
John Yocam spent Tuesday in
this vicinity with his daughter,
Mrs. G. j. Peck.
Lola Heineman of Falls City is
visiting at the home of F. M.
Shaffer and family.
L.. S. Nedrow and family went
to Stella Sunday to visit Joe
Nedrow and wife.
John Reischick and family were
guests of friends in this neigh
borhood Sunday.
Mrs. George Sinclair and sister
and Mrs. p. Gum spent Tues
day with Mrs. Ray Meyers.
Mrs. R. Fitzgerald and daugh-
ter Ruth, spent one day last week
n Falls City with her parents.
Louise Rule closed a success
full term of school in the Frank
Brecht district Friday.
M. Meinhart and wife enter
tanned II. Walton, Henry Fritz
and Herman Fritz and their fam
lilies at their home Sunday.
Perry Shaffer went to Hamlin
evening to assist Francis
Stump in remodeling his house.
Dorothy Miller closed a sue
cessful term of school at the
Center school with a picnic Fri
day.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28

Ben Jonson, For Manslaughter, Ma
Sentenced to Be Branded.

The present sessions house has
been used for the work of the coun-
try for a hundred years and con
tains records and other historical
documents which 60 back to the
year 1919, when Edward VI. was
king, and a representative of the
London Globe was privileged to ex-
anime some of them. Perhaps the
most interesting is the original in
dictment of Ben Jonson for man
slaughter. The name, by the way,
is spelled Johnson. Ben Jonson was
arraigned at the Old Bailey in Dc
tober, 1898, for the manslaughter
of Gabriel Spencer in Il duel at
'Shordiehe with a certain sword of
iron and steel called a rapiour of the
price of IS, which he then and there
had in his right hand and held
drawn, feloniously and willtllly
struck the same Gabriel then and
there with the aforesaid sword, Civ
ing to the same Gabriel Spencer in
and upon the same Gabriel's right
side a mortal wound Of the depth Of
six inches and Of the breadth of one
inch, of which mortal wound the
same Gabriel Spencer then and
there died instantly"
The document is headed with a
statement that the prisoner con
fesses the Indictment, asks for the
book, reads like a clerk, is marked
with the letter II and is delivered
according to the form of the stat
ute" etc. This in modern language
means that the author of every
Man In His Humor" claimed the
privilege of the clergy, which was
extended to laymen who could read,
of escaping the hangman for a first
offense on being branded on the left
thumb with a II, which was com
monty known as the Tyburn II. Ben
Jonson, apparently by bribing the
%iailer, had the operation of brand
ing performed with cold steel, as no
marks of branding were found on
his body at his death.
This remarkable document, which
escaped the poets biographers, was
found among a number of frag-
m%entary rolls. 1t had lost its dated
wrapper, was wet and decayed and
was far ON the road to rottenness
when it was rescued from its OBJ
livion and submitted by the experts
of the Middlesex county council to
a process Of cleaning and restoring.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
Goinq Him One Better.

ooh, yes, we have a wonderful eli
mate" said the man from southern
Texas. "Why, only last season we
raised a pumpkin SO large that aft
er saving it in two my wife used
the halves as cradles in which to
rock the babies"
eyes," replied the man from New
York, "but in my state it's a COM
mon thing to find three full grown
policemen asleep on me beat."-
Lippincott's.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
STELLA

Mrs. G. F.. Ailor has been quite
sick since Sunday.
A. J. Baldwin transacted bust
ness in Falls City Friday.
Mrs. f. Wheeler spent last
week visiting Mrs. A. L. Adams
in Omaha.
Mrs. Ida Morris and children
visited her mother, Mrs. Shelf
ferd, last week.
Mrs. a. J. Baldwin and Byral
visited last Friday at Salem with
Mrs. Jess Shrimpton.
Mrs. S. II. Bailey of Falls
City visited home folks from
Wednesday until Saturday.
Mrs. McIninch spent several
days in the country last week
with Mrs. Frank johnson.
F. w. Monette and family are
seeing the bright side Of life in
n fine new touring ar.
Miss Lissa Colglazier and Luel-
la are visiting in Nebraska City
at the home of Rev. Zimmerman
and wife.
Mrs. Angelina Raper's new
house is nearing completion and
will be quite an addition to South
Main Street.
Mrs. Robb and son of Salem is
in Stella helping her folks with
house cleaning for a couple of
weeks.
Eugene Allemond and wife
left Wednesday for an extended
visit with their daughter and fam
;ly at North Platte.
Mrs. G. L. Slocum has been
quite sick since Thursday. Her
sister, Mrs. Tilden, came up
from Salem last Sunday to help
care for her.
Mark Goolsby and wife Of Fall
City returned home Saturday, al
ter a ten days visit with their
daughter, Mrs. Grant Smith, just
south Of town.
Austen Freed and niece, Mrs.
Brauman, who were here to at
tend the funeral Of S. h. Freed,
returned to their home at Ames,
Iowa, Monday.
Dan Sarvis and wife came
down from Auburn Wednesday
to attend the funeral of S. IL,
Freed, they stayed over and Wis
ted old friends a couple of days.
Mr.. Corey and wife and two
sons who came from Hutchinson.
Kansas, to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Corcy's grandfather, re
turned home Thursday.
VIM. Pritts and wife, Mrs. G,
Randall, Mrs. Chas. and Frank
Johnson were shopping i'll the
ounty seat Friday, all going in
| the Pritts auto.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
Too Early For Him.

One raw March morning as a pro-
fessor at one Of the colleges was
calling the roll of an 8 o'clock class
in English he came to "Mr. Rob-
bins" and, receiving no answer,
call again, "Mr. Robbins!"
Still no reply. "Ah," said the
professor, looking around upon the
class with a smile, 81 suppose it is
rather early for robins. Ladies'
Home Journal.
In case of Rheumatism, relief
from pain makes sleep and rest
possible. This may be obtained
by applying Chamberlain's Lini-
ment. For sale by all dealers.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
The Misses Wetzel and Prich-


The Misses Wetzel and Prich-
ard and w. Hutchinson and n.
Iape and T. Hillyard were guests
at the home of F. M. Shaffer on
Sunday.
A great many from this vie
Unity attended the funeral of
Mrs. Ruegge in Falls City Sun
day.
Rev. Blough closed a very
successful term of School at the
Maple Grove school house last
Friday.
II. j. Prichard, wife and son
and +. M. Shaffer and family
were entertained at the home of
F. S. Lichty and family Sunday.
Miss May DeMurs spent one
day last week in this vicinity.
Mrs. f. W. Wittrock spent one
day recently with her parents in
Falls City.
G. Mueller and family visited
with II. Wolf and family Sunday.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
LindIay MURRAY In Spirit Land.

Some spiritualists were at one
time very anxious to persuade the
famous novelist, Charles Dickens, to
become a spiritualist. He was on
one occasion induced to attend a
seance so that he might be convert
ed to their cult. He was asked
whose spirit he would most like to
appear, and he said at once, Lind
ley Murray"
In due course they Informed him
hat the famous master of gram
mar was in the room. Dickens
asked, care you Lindloy Murray?''
and the spirit" answered, q are"
All hope of making Charles Dick
ems a spiritualist was gone from
that moment.-Liverpool Post.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
First Judicial Honors For a Woman.

To Henry VII. belongs the honor
of having conferred judicial rights
upon a woman. Lady Anne Berke-
ley of York was allowed by the
sovereign, who had the widest ex-
p%erience of the virtues of women,
to sit as judge, appoint a commits
sion and actually to pass sentence
on some men who had been killing
her deer and d~espoiling her park.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
H GEATER CALL

A story of the stage. In the
depletion of the story the most
minute detail of the life behind
the curtain is portrayed. 1t will
be found a highly entertaining,
beart stirring dramatic subject.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28

THEATRE
TONIGHT
THE LESSON

Inspired by the great com
mandment, "Honor thy Father
and thy Mother by the Biograp.
Company.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
THE QUEE9 OF HEARTS

A drama of the present day
presented by the Selig Co.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-04-28
HANK AND LANK
Blind Men

Blind Men
There is surety of many hear
laughs in this photo play. By
the Essanary Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
MINISTER ATTORNEY
Gets Client Divorced and
Then Marries Him.

But for the hasty action of his at
torney, James Thomas, colored. might
have been technically guilty of biga-
my. He was granted a divorce in the
Wayne circuit court about six weeks
ago, but according to rule of the
court the decree is not operative un-
til the court costs have been paid and
these were paid as he was securing a
license to marry Maggie Mayes, a
sixteen year old colored girl, Wednes-
day afternoon. His attorney, o. S.
Harrison, who is an ordained minis.
ter, former pastor of the Third NJ. E.
church. later married the two. Thorn
as is laborer. aged 40. The Mayes
girl was sixteen years old on Septem-
ber 81.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
COMPLAINTS AIRED
BY H. NJ. HAMMOND
Tells Traction Company that
1t Must Give This City
Some Attention.

Grievances of the city administra-
ton against the street railway COM
pany were aired in a conference at
Indianapolis Wednesday between Ho-
mer Hammond, president of the
board OF works, and General Manager
Todd and superintendent Jeffries. and
though the parties We're not able to
agree on several eipsa the traction
officials promised to visit here and II
possibly amicably settle all troubling
issues.
The company was informed that in
asmuch as it has been given fran
chise to operate over the city streets,
for which it pays nothing, that 1t
should pay its pro rata of the expen.
ses incident to the macadamizing of all
streets on which it's lines We're located
Where streets are bricked the com
pany pays practically one third of the
expense and so the city administra.
IAoA 1CC1o IAC SOiipdAy ASAp
pay for macadamizing of streets.
While objection was made to this
the traction officials in interpreting
the law differently, the city representa-.
tive informed the company that when
the assessment roll for West Fifth
street, now being macadamized, was
prepared the company would be as
sessed to pay practically on-third OF
the cost of the work in the squares
in which it has traction line. If the
company does not pay, the city legal
department will test the power of the
municipality to assess the corpora
ton.
Are to Remove Tracks.
| In order to remove the tracks from
the park the city will present another
proposition to the traction company
Mr. Hammond said. The administra
| tion is determined to arrange some
method by which the tracks will be
removed from the Glen.
| The Main street bridge and the dam
age which it is alleged the Traction
cars and the high voltage wires have
done to it was another matter or
which no agreement could be reached
| instanter, but President Hammond i:
satisfied that eventually it will b.
agreed that the feed wires shall be re
moved from the bridge and that stee
troughs will be placed by the tracks tt
carry off the seepage water. Nationa
avenue vii! be repaired at once, a.
| the traction company officials sait
they would issue orders for gang t.
start work Immediately in laying tn,
| tracks in the center of the street
| Prcmiscuous digging up of streets
withous adequately replacing then
was complained against and adjuste.
| satisfactorily. The dead switch OF
North E street, between Eighth an.
Ninth, will be removed at once
Some agreement will be reached TO
maintenance of an even grade on Mail
street under the C.. & o. bridge an,
for the drainage Of the water whicl
collects and stands under the bridg
during the winter. Many other mino
details, which the administration re
garded as abuses by the company O
its franchise and privileges, were cor
sidered and satisfactorily adjusted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
TWO MEN SEEK TO
REPRESENT COUNTY
palladium Specially

EATON, O., Sept. 2S.-Desirous of
representing Preble county in the COM
ing State constitutional convention,
Frank E. Eby. of Camden, and ex-
County Representative ". w. Aker,
Of New Paris, have announced them
selves and are now endeavoring to Sc
cure the favor of votes. Aker is Re
publican. while Eby is of the Demo.
cratic faith. With the announcement
of these two aspirants the number in
the race is boosted to seven. Granville
NJ. Mumler. of Lewisburg, who was
being doomed for the Office. has made
a denial of his candidacy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
PUSHMOBILE NOW
ON EXHIBITION

The Speed King. recognized as
one of the best pushmobiles made,
is now on exhibition at the Palais
Royal, the new Main street store,
and the Palladium Special push
mobile is being show at Peter
Johnson's Stove Store. All school
children are invited to inspect the
machines, and don't fail to do so
morning. These machines are given
to boys and girls of the city who
secure lew subscribers to the
Palladium"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
WAR IS EXPECTED.

BERLIN. Sept. 2S.-The German
government today abandoned it's last
hope OF peaceful solution of the Turko
Italian crisis. Nevertheless the Ger
man ambassador at Constantinople,
Baron Morschall Won Bieberstein. has
been instructed to continue to use his
Offices in the endeavor to effect a
peaceful settlement. Two German war
ships today were ordered to proceed
to Tripoli Immediately to protect Ger.
man interests in the event of war.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
RY 5 YEAR OLD SON
(National News Association

DANVILI.E, Ills. Sept. sS.-John
Hinton and wife. Bertha were found
tured. in bed early today by their five
year old son who reports seeing two
men run from the house. Both are
believed to be fatally injured. Hinton
Is well known horseman. Mystery
surrounds the case.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
If Italy and Turkey Open
Hostilities There Will Be
a "Holy War;" Reports
From Tripoli State.
TURKS NOW PLAYING
TO GET MORE TIME
Said to Have Returned a
Conciliatory Reply to the
Italian Ultimatum-Berlin
Is PesSimistic.
(National News Association

(National News AsSociatlon)
PARIS, Sept. 2S.-An armed force
of 100000 men stands ready in Tripoli
to sweep back an invading Italian ar
my, according to dispatches received
from the City of Tripoli by the way
OF Malta today. These advices stated
that, In addition to the 10000 Turkish
soldiers in the garrisons through the
vilayet OF Tripoli, 10000 natives, inclu-
ding all the Arab tribesmen, have arm
ed themselves and have sworn to die If
necessary to keep Italy from landing
her troops on tripolian soil. An Italian
fleet OF four dreadnoughts, three cruis-
ers and several torpedo boats were
standing by off the threshold of the
disputed province early today and
Rear Admiral Aubrey in command,
only awaited word from Rome, to shell
the city of Tripoli and under cover
OF the artillery fire, land the first Of
the Italian expeditionary forces
Fears for the lives of Europeans in
Tripoli has caused hesitation on the
part Of the war authorities at Rome to
act.
N earricades Town.
Il The Turkish transport Darna, which
landed soldiers, arms and provisions
In Tripoli, under the guns of the hos
tile Italian fleet, was still In the har-
Dor there today.
The native forces in Tripoli, under
the direction of Turkish garrison OFF,
GERS have erected barricades to repel a
landing force. Cannon have been plac-
ed on top of mosques and public bull
dings to sweep the streets leading
from the harbor front
The foreign consular corps in Tri-
poll have addressed joint communi-
cation to Bissim Bey. acting governor
general of Tripoli. holding him respon-
sible for his protection of foreigners
up to the time an outbreak of actual
hostilities.
Italy's ultimatum to Turkey expired
today Coincidentr with this word came
from Rome that note had been re-
ceived from Constantinople couched in
terms 30 conciliatory that 1t was de-
cided temporarily to halt aggressive
action.
Although the European powers re-
fused to be dragged into the Turke-
italian dispute. trepidation has been
felt throughout the continental chan
cellories for fear that war between the
two countries would open up the en-
tire African question and involve 9TH
er European nations against their will
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
FIVE PERISH IN FIRE
AT MITCHELL, ILL
tNationai News Association,

MITCHELL. Ills. Sept. 2S.-Five
perirhed in fire following the explo-
sion OF kitchen stove stimulated
with kerosene this morning. The dead
are: Mrs. Virgil vanderer. her three
minor daughters. and six year old
son. Virgil Vanderer and two others
were badly burned.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
LAWRENCE COMMONS
is SERIOUSLY ILL

Lawrence Commons. the well known
horseman living south of Centerville,
is in critical condition. suffering
with Bright's disease. He has lost
the sight OF one of his eyes and the
other eye is badly affected. He has
been confined to his bed but COM
paratively short tine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
MUST OBSERVE RULES.

VIENNA, Sept 2S.--The Austrian
government today served notice on the
Turkish government that Italian resi-
dents OF Constantinople and all Tur-
kish dominions must be afforded all
the means of protection accorded in
modern warfare in the event of hos
tilities between Turkey and Italy
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
FIREMAN WAS KILLED.

WICHITA, Kas.. Sept. 28.-Fireman
McFall was killed and a $500. 900 dam
age resulted from an all night fire
which started in Smiths Broom Corn
storage house and destroyed several
other buildings. Thrre spectators
were SO badly hurt they may die.