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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
METHODISTS WILL
REMOVE BAN ON
DANCING
Church Bishops at Minneapolis
Approve Change
AND CARO- PLAYING ALSO
From the Days Of Wesley the Church
Has Heretofore Bean Against
These Things

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 3."The
American people are too far adyan-
ced to longer be restricted by church
rules as to what their amusements
shall be- The rule prohibiting dane
ing, card playing, gambling and go
ing to theatres, circuses and horse
races therefore should be abolished.
This is the gist of report pres
ented today to the general confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal
church BY the board of bishops.
In recommending this radical
change, the twenty-four active bish.
ops stipulated that the church, how
ever, should not be Indifferent on
these subjects, but that the people
should be left to judge for them
selves what is right or wrong in
amusements, having before them only
the injunction of John Wesley, when
forbids the taking of such diver
sions as cannot be taken in the name
Of the Lord Jesus"
The bishops declared the church
reiterated its opposition to theater.
SUMS anu tdlibllAhf bul lHt RUE III
force since 1872 could not fix a point
between the turf and the stock mar
ket "
A resolution which declared hat
the amusement clause in the church
rules was "a source of constant All
tation and unrest" asked for an in.
vestigation by the committee on ju.
dietary and was lost This was
taken to mean that the full confer
ence itself desired to act on the
proposed change.
An attack on Secretary OF Agricul.
ture Wilson for attending the inter
national brewers congress in CHI
cago in October, 1911. resulted in the
adoption of resolution condemning
his action. After naming President
Taft as having been asked to prevent
Secretary Wilson's presence at the
congress, the resolution declares that
those in authority have forfeited
all claim in the future franchise of
the Christian and sober manhood of
the nation" Secretary Wilson's ex.
PLANTATION of his action was describ-
ed as most frivolous, fallacious
and stereotyped excuse"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
AN INTERESTING CASE
Whether Instructors in State UniVer-
slty are Exempt from Poll Tax

Burlington, May 3.--One of the
most interesting cases ever heard in
city court is that of Prof ~ F..
Merrill VS.. the City of Burlington, it
being suit to recover the value of
a poll tax paid under protest AL
though the amount is small, the
question involved is large because it
will determine whether the instruc-
tors of the University of Vermont
are exempt from paying poll and GER
tain other taxes.
Prof. Merrill claimed exemption
last year to the assessors, who held
that the poll tax should be paid and
they were sustained by the board of
civil authority. Prof. Merrill APP
pealed the case to State Tax Com
missioner ]. e. Cushman, claiming
his name should not be on the grand
list. The question was undecided
until this spring, when Prof. Merrill.
desiring to vote, paid the tax under
protest. This ended the case before
the tax commissioner. Now Prof.
Merrill sues the city to recover his
money
1t seems that the original charter
of the university provided for the
exemption from taxes of faculty, stu
dents and others of the university,
this provision of immunity being
amended in 1902 to include poll and
exemption on other property to the
extent of $1,000. In 1865 the univer-
sity was organized under a new char
ter and known as the university of
Vermont and State Agricultural col
lege. Prof. Merrill claims that this
reorganization carried with it not
only the privileges of the old insti-
tuition, but immunties as well The
city attorney Ezra NJ Horton, takes
the opposite view, claiming that i'm
munities could not continue by only
inference, but should have been spec
flied.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
WISCONSIN SKELETONS
Believed to Be Bones Of Heretofore
Unknown Race

Madison, Wis, May 4.-The dis
coyery of several peculiar skeletons
of human beings while excavating a
mound at Lake Delvan, Wis, this
week is of great Scientific interest
and may prove that a heretofore un-
known race once inhabited southern
Wisconsin. Information of the finds
was brought to Madison yesterday by
Attorney Maurice Morrissey of Del
van. Curator Charles L. Brown OF
the state historical museum will
make an investigation.
Upon opening one large mound last
fall Is skeletons were discovered.
Little attention was given the bones,
which soon crumbled When another
mound was opened a few days ago,
however, the excavators were struck
by the peculiar cranial charc cris-
tics The heads. presumably those
of men, are very much larger than
those of present day men. From dir
ectly over the eye sockets the head
slopes straight back, and the nasal
bones protrude far above the cheek
bones.
The jawbones are so long and
pointed that one is struck with their
resemblance to those of the monkey.
The teeth in the front of the jaw
resemble the molars in the mouths
OF persons today The skeletons
were embedded in charcoal and COW
cred with layers of banked clay to
shed water from the sepulcher. They
were found from to 10 feet below
the surface.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
CHICAGO PAPERS
ARE STOPPED
BY STRIKE
Freshmen and StereOtypers Left
Their Work
CITY is WITHOUT PAPERS.
A Few Were Printed But Were Most
ly Destroyed by Strike Sympa-
thzers at Newstands

Chicago, May 1.-The stereotypers
on the four morning newspapers of
Chicago-The Tribune, Record-Her
aid, Inter Ocean and Examiner
struck tonight half an hour before
press time, turning the second day
of the mechanical strike in the news
paper offices into one of the most ser
ious labor situations which has de
veloped since the transfers strike
in 1905. The stereotypers employed
on the four evening papers will not
report for work in the morning, max
ing the tie-up of the papers almost
complete.
With the pressmen, delivery men
and wagon drivers already out and
the newsbOys and street corner news.
dealers refusing to handle papers
from presses manned by non-union
men, IL is predicted that a fight TO
the finish will be waged between the
Chicago Publishers Association and
the labor unions. Indications are
that when the pressmen struck on
the Chicago Examiner Wednesday
night, they brought to a head a fight
which has been threatened for a
year. Labor union men admit to.
night that the fight from now on is
for their very existence in Chicago.
At midnight the stereotypers were
still in conference with the represen-
tatives OF the Publishers Association.
The stereotypers' union has no griev.
ance. Their strike is entirely a
sympathetic one
The Publishers association tonight
would issue no statement On the
strike situation. Each paper is
handling a news story on the labor
situation and the riots which follow
ed attempts today to circulate papers
on the streets.
The first indication of the walk-out
OF the stereotypers came with their
failure to report for work late to-
night. Efforts were made to find
non-union men, but the indications at
midnight were that no morning pa
pers will be published today.
The day was one Of rioting and
fighting among the old newsboys
who refused to handle the papers
and the non-union wagon men and
substitute newsboys who sought to
deliver and sell papers. The Even.
ing American was the paper most
seriously crippled. The presses were
started for an carly edition. but they
broke down. Union electricians in
the Hearst building were found to
be suddenly missing, and the fiat bed
non-union pressmen who had taken
the places of the strikers were not
equal to the situation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
TAT T.MEN' CLAIMS
DECLARE FIGHT
IS ALL OVER
Are Not Enough Left for ROOse-
welt Success
AC.COR DING TO BUREAU
Claim That If Roosevelt Should Get
All the Rest of Delegates He
Would not Have Enough

Washington, May 3.-This state
ment was given out tonight from the
Taft headquarters
The nomination OF Theodore
Roosevelt by the Republican Nation
al convention at Chicago became an
impossibility yesterday with the sell
ection of two more uncontested and
pledged Taft delegates in the Thir@
teenth Missouri District AS a re-
suit of this convention, there remain
to be chosen only $40 more delegates,
while Mr.. Roosevelt needs 81 more
to control the Chicago convention.
President Taft has today 469 del
egates instructed for or pledged to
his denomination. Including Arkan-
sas and Nevada, both of which have
chosen delegates to the state and
district conventions favorable to
the president, he has in sight 493
delegates, leaving him only AZ more
to get to assure his own renomina-
ton. Those and more will readily
be secured among the $40 delegates
yet to be elected, while Mr.. Roose-
welt not only needs every delegate
yet to be chosen, but one more.
THE figures to date are as fol-
lows
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
DON'T USE FOR SEED
Potatoes Brought to This Country
From Abroad

49, SaA
Large quantities of foreign grown
potatoes are being received in this
country Their fine appearance and
reasonable cheapness, in comparison
TO home grown, is a strong tempta-
ton for many of our farmers to use
them for seed. Don't do IL. In test
ing more than one hundred varieties
our National Department has PROV
en- that they do not equal home
grown seed as producers The great
danger however is in introducing sew
eral new diseases as yet unknown
here.
The most dreaded is the "wart Dis.
ease Bulletin No. 50 of the Bur.
eau OF Plant Industry and Farmers
Bulletin 4S9 OF the Department of
Agriculture, Washington. fully des-
cribe the same. Spongosposa Scab.
Black Leg and Leaf Curl are Others.
The danger from these diseases is
not limited TO single season as soils
once infected remain unfit for potato
culture for many years.
l. Foreign grown potatoes should
under no circumstances be used for
seed potatoes
:. Such potatoes are not adapted
to our soils and climate and will not
return profitable yields.
3. Several serious diseases not
now prevalent in this country are
almost certain to be introduced n
such stock is used for seed.
o. l.. Martin.
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Plainheld, VT, May l. 1912
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
100000 EGGS STORED
We Eat About 1,35o,ooo,o0o a Year
and 100000 Pounds Of Butter.

New York, May 4.-Some startling
figures as to the appetite of this city
came out yesterday at the hearing of
the Marketing Committee of the
state Food Investigation Committee
II appeared that each year New York
consumed between l,296,0OO.OOO and
l,44O,OOO,00O eggs, and that before
now there have been put away in the
cold storage warehouses OF the city
no fewer than S19S0O,0OO eggs.
Each week the inhabitants of this
city eat over 1,350,O0O pounds of hut.
ter and in the course of the year
manage to make away with 10000
900 pounds. Last year the market
Tor cheese was considered to be I'm.
usually poor, but in spite OF that
TACT the amount consumed in the CITY
was S0O00,O00 pounds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
LOCAL OVERFLOW

William H. Shields of Troy is in
the village today.
George Mathers of Troy is visiting
at his home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G.. Flnlan Of
North Adams are spending the day
here.
Mrs. f. l.. Bates went today TO
Pittsfield to visit a sister who is
seriously III.
Miss Mildred Bushee of Pawlet
who has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs
5. f. Wood has returned home.
John T. Kelly of Troy who has
been guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. f. II.
Davenport has returned home.
The little daughter of George w.
Williams, who is III of typhoid fever
is reported to be making good pro.
gress toward recovery
Miss Kate J. Hubbell of Old Ben.
nington has returned from Science.
tady where she attended the funeral
OF the late Hinsdlll Parsons.
]. w Green Jr.. OF Rutland. state
agent of the Continental Casualty in.
suranco company, who has been
spending a few days In town, has re.
turned.
Miss Maude Holt, who is employed
In the Office OF the Vermont Farm
Machine company at Bellows Falls
Is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William NJ Holt.
Frank Eddy. sexton OF the Old
First church at Old Bennington. who
recently returned from the Marshall
inhrmary in Troy. is reported TO be
rapidly improving in health.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
NORTH BENNINGTON

You are cordially invited to wor.
ship with the Congregational church
on Sunday May 9Th. The pastor
takes as the subject OF the morning
discourse, Coming Down From the
Cross" The sacrament OF the Lords
supper will be celebrated following
the sermon. Sunday school will meet
at 1910 o'clock. The Endeavor so
oiety will hold its regular meeting
at 6;45 with the topic for discussion
OF "Unselishness.' Nelson Payne Is
the leader The evening worship "a
convened at 1880 o'clock. the pastor
speaking on the subject Spiritual
Assumptions"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
BASE BALL 6UNTs

The board Of public works at Pitts
field has asked Alfred j. Ferry to
furnish specific dates whereon he
desires the use of the common for
baseball. AS the board is in poss.
ession Of information which leads II
to believe that there is a possibility
OF organized baseball on Waconah
park 1t is 10th to grant Mr.. Ferry the
use OF the only public playground
where schoolboys can play baseball, a
and which will interfere with organ.
ICED sport.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
MYSTERY SHIP IN PORT
Cargo Boat kura, Without Wireless,
Knew Nothing of Disaster

Algiers. May 3.-The mysterious
steamer which was in the vicinity of
the Titanic when she foundered, is
believed here to have been the cargo
boat Kura, from New York for AL.
giers, which has arrived here. The
Kura left New York April 49, She
has no wireless apparatus The cap
tain reports that he encountered ice
bergs and a fog on the night the Ii
tanic was wrecked, but he only learn.
ed of the disaster upon his arrival.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
ITALIANS CAPTURE LEepA
Gen Relsol Reports That Turks Lost
300 Men Killed

Gen. Reisoli, commanding the
Italian forces to the east OF the oltv
OF Tripoli, has according to informa.
tlon received at Paris through an
Italian source. attacked and captur.
ed the Turkish positions at Lebda AZ.
ter lively combat. The Turks re-.
sisted hercely and lost 800 men kin.
ed Eight Italians were killed and
% wounded. Lebda is the name of
the locality bearing the ruins OF the
ancient town OF Lepts Magma. II ia
situated Ga miles east by south OF
~, rtlpoH on the Mediterranean coast
me ruins OF the town are now half
buried In sand The walls enclose
remains oil magnificent structures in
marble porphyry and granite.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
KILLED BY THE TRAIN
Brakeman Edward Major Was sn.
gagged In Shifting Cars at Hiahqate

Highgate Springs, May Edward
Major brakeman on the Central
Vernon. railway, was instantly kill
ed at Feltons lime kiln this morn.
ing at S:l0 o'clock while engaged in
shifting cars. His font caught in
q frog and he was almost instantly
struck by an approaching train.
Mr. Majors home was in ST. AL.
bans where his wife and infant child
reside He was ~ years old. Mr..
Major was one of a family OF five
sons an four daughters.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
MEAT TOO COSTLY TO SELL
Rather Than Raise Prices, Plainfield
Butcher Closes Shop.

Plainfeld, n j.. May 3.-The high
prices of meat are responsible for
putting one local butcher out OF
business Augustus Moore of West
Front street, closed his shop today
and declared that he would not re-
open until lower prices prevail
VI think the public is paying
enough for meat" said Mr. Moore,
and / have not the heart to increase
the prices to my customers. I could
80 on and lose all the money | have
invested, but rather than do that /
prefer to close up and save what lit
tie ! have been able to make
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
HONOR WHERE HONOR is DUE
E. J; strattou Says He Is no, En,l,

e. ); stratton Says He lie not Ehtlt.
led TO the Degree Of X. o.
Editor OF The Banner:-Your artl.
Gle OF last nights issue relative 10
inc operation performed on the hen
oy me was true in every respect, OK.
cent that did not do the surgical
work. this being done by DR. Miller.
employed at the Bennington Paper
this line. "''"e
4 J. straifon
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
SOUTH SALISBURY

Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Lawrence of
Hotel Lawrence, are entertaining his
father and brother, Augustus of Yer.
gennes, and his sister, Mrs. Frank j.
Monette and Mrs. Marguerite Law.
renee of Concord, N. II.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
Good Roads are Like Good Breeding Much Depends on What

missioner, the government has found
the system at fault and not the com
missioner, and it is proposed to see
that Bennington county has a system
second to none in the United States.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
What Is Underneath the Surface Where It Doesn't Sl3w
TRUTHFUL ADVERTISING
The BASIS OF SUCCESS,
Since the Ingredients Entering Peruna
Are Known, It's Power as a Catarrh
Remedy and Tonic is
Understood

COLUMBUS, OHlO.-The ac-
tive ingredients entering the most
popular household remedy in the
world have been made known TO
the public. This means a new era
in the advertising of popular fam
Ivy medicines-Peruna leads.
Peruna contains among other
things, golden seal, powerful in its
effect upon the mucous MEM
branes. Cedron seed, a rare
medicine and unsurpassed tonic.
Cubebs, valuable in nasal catarrh
and affections of the kidneys and
bladder. Stone root, valuable for
the nerves, mucous membranes
as we'll as in dropsy and indi9
gestion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
COAL STRIKE TO END
Probability Of Complete Agreement
in a Few Days.

Ut TUW Ddys'
New York, May 3.-Omcials OF the
United Mine Workers of America,
who have been in conference here for
two days, tonight express confidence
that a strike of the mine workers of
the three anthracite districts, who
have been idle since April /, has
been averted, and that satisfactory
agreement will be entered into with
the operators before the end of the
present month
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04

arsapariIIa

Leads all other medicines in
the cure of all spring ailments,
humors, loss Of appetite, that
tired feeling, paleness and
nervousness. Take it.
Get II today In usual LIQUID form or
tablets sailed Sarsatabs. 100 Doses 81.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for Oh.
Next % Hours.
For eastern New York and western
Vermont generally fair tonight and
Sunday. l"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04
OLYMPIC TO TRY AGAIN
Liner Held up by Strike, viii Sail
for New York May is

London, May S-The White Star
liner Olympic, whose trip last week
was abandoned because of trouble
with the firemen over the collapsible
lifeboats, will sail for New York Nav
Is.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-04

ANnos
Number of delegates to the National
convention 1913
Necessary to nominate $40
Delegates elected 744
Delegates to be elected 1874
OF the delegates elected:
Mr.. Taft has 469
Mr.. Roosevelt has 22g
Mr.. La Toilette has SO
Mr.. Cummins has 10
Total 744
OF the delegates to be elected:
Mr. Taft needs II
MT Roosevelt needs 81
Mr.. La Toilette needs 5O4
Mr.. Cummins needs $50
The states of Arkansas. eighteen
votes, and Nevada, six votes, are now
ready to act finally, both being for
President Taft This means twenty.
four additional votes for Taft and
makes the real Taft figures as fol.
lows:
For Taft 49S; Mr.. Taft needs for.
ty-seyen.
Adding Arkansas and Nevada TO
the Taft total would increase the 10.
tai of delegates elected to 76s and
reduce the number to be elected 10
80. It affects the Roosevelt table
as follows:
Number OF delegates yet to be
elected, 80.
Mr. Roosevelt needs 81.
Hence Mr. ROosavelt hoe ot,o. L.
lost control of the convention.
The states yet to elect delegates
not including Arkansas and Nevada
are as follows:
Alabama. 2; Arizona. G: Califor.
MA 26; Idaho, s; Kansas, IA; Mary.
land. 49, Michigan, 4; Minnesota. "a:
missouri, ?; Montana. S; New Jersey
~; North Carolina, %: Ohio. as:
oklahoma, 2; South Dakota. 10. Ten.
nessee' 6; Texas, 40: Utah. s; Wash.
ington. Il; West Virginia. 16: Wvo.
ming 6; total $40"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-05-15
BACK TO THE RIGHT CHANNEL
Privilege Of the Democratic Party 10
to Restore Safe and Sane
f55 Government. ri.

The beginning OF the Roosevelt L.
gend is interesting. Back In the
eighties an American magazine pub.
lished series Of articles on ranch life
and the hunting trail, illustrated bys
the pencil of the late Fred Remington
and signed by name famous In the
history both Of New York politics
and western steamboating -Roos yelt.
Later 1t was reported that a new Dan
lei had come to judgment in the pc.
lice department OF New York. Then
came the Spantsh-American war and
the famous regiment recruited from
Fifth avenue and Dead Mans Gulch.
The assassination OF Mckinley oc-
Cured at "a strategic moment, when
American politics was about to take
new turn and crystalline about either
an idea or a person. Roosevelt's' dra-
matte entrance into the White House
turned the scale. An era of personal
government began. There Is some.
thing wrong with the succession, how.
ever. Taft is to Roosevelt what Ma.
zarin was to. Richelieu. The founder
Of the dynasty has decided to govern
once more. The viceroy business is
played out. Meanwhile the Democratic
party, through men like Clark, Under.
wood. Baldwin, Wilson, Harmon and
others, has redirected the attention Of
the country to the power; Of ideas In
politics. 1t is our guess that personal
government Is doomed and that soon,
the Roosevelts and Cannons will be
numbered among the popular idols
which have lost their sanctity.-St
Louis Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-05-15
RISING Moral Standards.

In the stimulating little volume,
1.-THE Moral and Religious Challenge
Of Our Times" President H. G. King
OF Oberlinp college discusses as one
OF the significant national changes,
"the rapidly rising moral standards
Of the United States in business, In.
dustrial and political life"
There can be no doubt, he says, that
the business world now repudiates
methods that would have been accept.
ed as a matter Of course Twenty-Five
years ago, and that in politics there
Is "a growing responsibility to the
whole people" He continues: ai
'The significant element in the re-
volt against 'Cannonism' lies just here.
1t is the reputation Of the old theory
that legislation is to be the outcome
OF compromise OF various corporate
or local interests, instead OF being de-
&ermined by clear view Of the inter:
ests OF the people as whole.
That is why the people revolted
against the manner in which the
.Aldrich tariff act was framed,
and it explains the uprising which has
SO bewildered the old school Of poll
ticians who could see nothing out of
the way in legislating for the special
interests. II