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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
A KIM Who Would Be Loved.

An eccentric monarch was Frederick
the Great. whom his subjects called
"Old Fritz" One day in passing along
the streets of Berlin he noticed that a
man left the sidewalk as he approach
ed and crossed over to the other side
of the street The king called him
back and asked why he had done so.
The poor fellow began to trembie
and stammered. "Because-you are
the king. and lam afraid of you"
Afraid of mev' shouted the mon
arch. II don't want my subjects To be
afraid of me. but to love me. will
teach you n lesson" And he began ia
beat the man with his cane. crying out;
Next time when you meet me don't
cross the street. but greet me with
eyes that betoken love. Do you I'M
derstandy"
And the unlucky culprit. cringing be
meath the vigorous blows Of the royal
walking stick, promised that he would
not fear but love the king.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
Needless Use of opiates.

1t is perhaps conservative estimate
that only 10 per cent of the entire drug
consumption in this country is applied
to the purpose of bunting incurable
pain. Thus 80 per cent of the opiates
used are, strictly speaking, unneces-
sary. In the innumerabe cases that
have come under my observation 70 per
cent of the hsbitual users became such
without reasonable excuse. Beginning
with small occasional doses. they real
lied within a few weeks that they had
lost self control and could not discon
tinue the use of the drug.-Charles B
Towns in Century.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
Three Words of strenath.

There are three lessons l would write.
Three words as with a burning pen.
In tracings OF eternal light
Upon the hearts of men:
Have hope. Though clouds environ round
And Gladness hides her face In scorn,
Put OFF the shadow from thy brow
No night but hath its morn
Have faith Where'er thy bark is driven,
The calm's disport. the tempests mirth,
Know this: God rules the host of heaven,
The inhabitants of earth.
Have love-not love alone for one.
But man as man thv brother call
And scatter. like the crcling sun,
Thy charities on all
Thus grave these lessons on thy soul
Hope, faith and love. and thou shalt
find
Strength when life's surges rudest roll.
Light when thou eise vert blind
johann c. F. Schiller.
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Teaching Him His Place.

A man who was travelling in the
mountains stopped at a cabin and ask
ed for a drink of water An old WON
an brought il out to him, and after
drinking he had quite talk with her
telling her great stories about some OF
the wonders he had seen In the out
side world
Finally when he stopped TO take
breath the old woman took the pipe
out Of her mouth and said:
stranger, II ] knowed rs much as
you do Id go som'ers and start little
grocery. Everybody's.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
A Chance He Missed.

Joseph Chamberlain and the late Sir
William Harcourt were fierce political
rivals. but warm personal friends. On
one occasion in 1856 Mr.. Chamberlain
was staying at Malwood, Sir Williams
home. The guests were inscribing
their names in the visitors book. one
page Of which was already full, when
Il came to Mr.. Chamberlain's turn.
"Now is the great chance OF your
life. Chamberlain" said Sir william
"You viii he able to turn over a new
leaf"
81 will he hanged IL dor' retorted
Mr.. Chamberlain. and he turned the
book around and wrote his name on
the margin Of tAe full page.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
NOTICE!

To the Taxpayers of the rown oil
Bennington:
A Rate Bill of the Town Taxes OF
1912 has been placed in my hands foI
collection as follows 70 cents on the
dollar for the Town Tax, 20 cents on
the dollar for the Town Highway Tax
so cents on the dollar for the Town
District School Tax.
hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that ] will at
tend the Bennington County Savings
Bank from 9 o'clock a. m. until
o'clock p. m.
There will be a discount OF 4 per
cent on Town tax II paid within 90
days.
c. H. DEWEY,
Treasurer.
Bennington, Vt. July is. 1912.
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Two Enouqh For Her.

He was small boy with dark. en-
ger face, and he was waiting at the end
of the line of eight or ten persons for
a chance TO make his wants known 10
the librarian When his turn came ne
inquired briefly, Have you got 'Twen,
ty Thousand Legs Under the Sea p"
NO" responded the librarian a little
snappishly. for she was tired; Pm
thankful TO say I've only got two. and
they're not under the seaw-New York
Press
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
NOTICE!

To the Tax Payers of the Village Of
Bennington:
At Rate Bill has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows:
70 cents on the dollar for the VII
lage Tax, 20 cents on the dollar toi
the Highway Tax on the Grand Lis'
of 1912.
hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that | Will at
tend at the Bennington County say
ings Bank from o'clock a. m. unit
o'clock p. m.
There will be a discount OF pei
cent ON Village tax if paid within ~
days.
c. H. DEWEY,
Treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July Is. 1912.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24

W nv hON ptiiA- dbit
to get his account
settled, called one
evening for the
m o ey. He was
told that Whistler
was not in. But
there was a cab
waiting at the door,
and he could hear
his debtors voice.
So he pushed past
the maid. and, as
he afterward relat-
ed. Upstairs | find
him before a little
pic t ure painting
and behind him re
bruZZers Greaves
h gliding candles.
And Vistlaire, he
say. You re very
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24

ON'AH man l want; hold a
candle" And | hold candle. And
Yistlaire he paint and he paint, and
zen he take re picture and he rush
downstairs, and he get in re cab and
he drive off, and we hold re candle,
and | see him no more. Famous
Houses and Literary Shrines of Lon
DON" by A. st. John Adock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
Not Attractive.

Mrs. De Good-Why aren't you going
to church, Mr.. De Good-Last Sunday
the roof leaked. and three or four drops
went down my back. Mrs. De Good
The roof has been repaired since then
Mr. De Good-Huh! Then they'll be
wanting money to pay for the repairs
New York Weekly
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
All He Was Eft For.

A tramp was passing marine store.
and seeing the man at the door. he
asked in joking way. do you buy
rags and bonesY
you've guessed 1t first time. old
chap" answered the man. Get on
the scalesw-London Telegraph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
NOTICE !!

To the Tax Payers of the Bennington
Graded School District:
A Rate Bill has been placed In my
hands for collection as follows:
70 Cents on the dollar on the
Grand List of 1912.
| hereby demand payment or SAID
taxes, and notify you that | VIII at
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from o'clock a. m, un
til 4 o'clock p. m.
There will be a discount OF 4 pei
cent on above tax if paid within ~
days.
C. H. DEWEY,
Treasurer
Bennington, VT, July Is. 1912.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
His Anxiety.

She-You must see papa. dear, about
our marriage But don't be anxious
about the outcome He-What I'm anx-
lous about is the income.-Boston Tran.
script.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24

dressed. red fac
ed. sporty look .
ing citizen sitting
in one of the
boxes.
This man was
the no account
cousin of the at
torney, but the
railroad man did
not know it.
"Who is the
tough person sit
ting I'm the box :"
the railroad man
asked pleasantly.
HE looks like a
drunken burglar
..TtNn -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24

drunken burglar WHO is THE TOUGH
That" said the FhhsoN
attorney. lis my cousin
The railroad man gasped couple OF
times, but soon got a grip on himself
and remarked genially. well. | went
straight to headquarters for informa-
ton. didn't IT-Saturday Evening
Post
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
Down the Rhine.

Look at this beautiful castle"
Don't bother me. How can | read
the guidebook If you keep Fostering
me to look at rocks and castles ?"-
Washington Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
A Quick Recovery.

A Cleveland lawyer and Cleveland
city The railroad man saw a hashily
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
Do Your Duty

to your eyes; don't treat them as II
they were slaves, for II you do some
day they wfll refutN to work, and you
will be at their mercy. II you have
the least trouble with your eyes, you
should not delay in having them
looked at. Come to US and We viii
make an examination and II you
need glasses will tell you 20.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24
- The
Scrap Book
Made uee of His Creditor

Whistler once bought some tapes
tries of Frenchman named Barthe,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-24

send 30 cents for copy by mail prepaid
IL you cannot buy of local dealer for 20 cts.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
ACHIEVED MANY TRlUMPHS
WAS UNUSUALLY SUCCESSFUL
IN SETTLING LATlN-AMERI-
CAN PROBLEMS.
HE HAD A VARIED CAREER
THE DEAD MAN WAS LAWYER,
JOURNALIST AND FOREIGN
AMBASSADOR.

Washington, d. c., May Thomas
Cleveland Dawson, resident diplomat
ic officer of the state department,
died here early today after an illness
Of several weeks with complication
of diseases. He was As years OF age
and native of Hudson, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Dawson, who rlarried the dip
lomat in Brazil in 1897, and several
children survive.
Mr.. Dawson was famous for his
skin in handling difficult Latin-Amer-
ican problems. He was regarded in
Latin-America as the great pacifac-
tor" and time and again the services
of Tom Dawson. as he was famil-
larly known, were in demand to
smooth things out when two of the
smaller republics to the south were
ready to fly at each others throats
or relations between one Of them and
the United States had been strained
to the breaking point.
Beginning his college career at
Harvard, Mr.. Dawson graduated at
E\nover College. Indiana. arf later
tobk a law course in Cincinnati and
was admitted to the bar. Then he es-
tablished newspaper at Enterprise,
Florida. From 1885 to 1889 he prac-
ticed law in Iowa, and, after another
try at journalism, was elected assist
ant attorney general of Iowa, which
position he held from 1891 until 1894.
He began his diplomatic career in
1897, when he was appointed secre-
tary of the legation in Brazil. After
serving with marked distinction as
minister to several of the Latin
American countries he came to Wash
ington as resident diplomatic officer
in 1907. Since then he had been sent
to Central America on various import
ant missions.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
GOVERNMENT CUTTING
down ITS EXPENSES
HOUSE TAKES WHAck OUT OF
APPROPRIATIONS, ABOLISH
ING MANY BUREAUS

Washington. May by failing to
report an appropriation for the recent
ly created commerce court, the house
committee on appropriations today
sought to abolish that tribunal. The
general supply bill for the legislative,
judicial and executive branches of the
government is a Wholesale attempt
at reduction Of government expenses.
The bill proposes a reduction Of the
salary OF the secretary to the presi-
dent from $500 to $4,000. the old
figure, and the abolition by the de-
partment of commerce and labor OF
the bureaus of manufactures and sta
tistics.
It is further proposed to abolish
the mints at San Francisco, New
Orleans and Carson City. Nevada, and
the assay offices at Boise. Idaho;
Charlotte, N. c.; Deadwood, S. D.;
Helena, Montana; Seattle, Washing
ton; Salt LAX Getty. Utah. San Fran
cisco would get an assay office in lieu
of its mint.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
COTTON PRICES BREAK

New Orleans, May 1.-The price OF
cotton broke nearly 81 bale in the
local future market today on heavy
selling in air three Of the large future
markets of the world. The selling
began in Liverpool before the Amer
ican markets opened and extended 20
this market on the first call. At noon
the most active options were S6 to 80
points under yesterdays close.
The cotton market was sensation
ally active and weak today and under
heavy general liquidation, with prices
breaking more than $1.75 bale
from the closing figure of yesterday
and approximately 1915 a bale from
the high records of last week There
seemed to be no particular feature
in the days news to account for the
decline, for some OF the biggest cot
ton houses were reported heavy sell
lers both here and in Liverpool and
the general liquidating movement was
said to reflect a conviction that the
recent advance had discounted all
bullish old crop features and also
late start with planting.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
LuMnERMEN TO FIGHT

St. Louis, May Officers of the
st. Louis lumbermen's organization
today announced they had completed
arrangements for an immediate fight
against the ruling of the interstate
commerce commission declaring lum-
Der tap lines not common carriers
and cutting them off from a large in
COTE through rate divisions
The lumbermen plan to file petit
ton for an injunction against all of
the big roads Of the southwest to pre-
vent them putting the new tariffffs in
to effect. These tariffs have been
suspended almost a year but were re-
leased by the ruling.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
TODAY IN CONGRESS.


Washington. May l. Senate: Met
at noon.
President Taft submitted special
message saying there was no evi-
dence that Japan had acquired or
had tried to acquire land at Magda-
lena Bay.
Senator Works characterized Titanic
investigation as of unreasonable and
unwarranted length.
Senator Lea introduced resolution
providing for return to the attorney
general of his response in harvester
trust case on ground that it was not
a proper reply ia
Debate followed presidents Magda
lena message, which was referred to
foreign relations committee
House: Met at noon.
Considered miscellaneous legisla
tion on regular calendar.
Appropriations committee failed tc
report an appropriation for the com
merce court.
Foreign affairs committee report
ed favorably Sulzer bill, establishing
merit system in consular service.
Merchant marine committee agreed
to bill to compel foreign owned steam
ships to comply with same life pre-
serving regulations as required O
American-owned ships.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
NEW BISHOP OF oepENseuRe.

ogdensburg, N. Y, May 1r--In the
presence of many high dignitaries OF
the Roman Catholic church and prac-
ticalIy all the clergy in the diocese,
Rt. Rev. Mgr. Conroy was today con
secrated auxiliary bishop of Ogdens-
burg in St. Mary's Cathedral. Car
dinal Farley of New York officiated
assisted by Bishop Cotton Of Buffalo
and Bishop Gabriels Of ogdensburg
The sermon was preached by Bishop
Hickey of Rochester.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
MINERS CONTINUE WORKING

Kansas City, May 1.-Conferees
representing the coal miners and
operators of the southwest today re-
newed their agreement that there
shall be no suspension at the mines
while negotiations for a ne wcontract
are pending. This keeps in force the
continuing clause of the old con-
tract which expired today. The con-
ferees said the subcommittee which
is considering the arbitEa,lon clause
of the new contract, was making
good progress toward an agreement.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
River Rising at Cairo,

Cairo. ILL.,, May 1.-The Mississippi
river here registered At feet today. a
rise of nine-tenths of a foot. It was
still rising. The drainage district was
under five feet of water at sunrise
and the, entire country south of here
was being rapidly inundated.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
INCOMPLETE RETURNS GIVE
EACH EIGHTEEN Votes in
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION
Colonel Gets All the Delesates-at-larse By
a Large Majority
MANY BALLOTS WERE NVALlDATED|
BALLOTS WERE
INvALIDATED
Presence Of an Extra Name in List Of Supporters Of President
Caused Many Tickets to Be Discarded-Champ Clark Ran
Away and Left Woodrow Wilson Far in the Rear
LaFoIette Got Mserably Small Vote


show:
La Follett. (preference) 1,756.
Roosevelt (preference) 7l,20S.
Taft (preference) 74,SOS.
For delegate-at-large:
Baxter (heading Roosevelt group
74,121.
Crane (heading Taft group) 65,S76.
Practically cQmIlete returns from
Ia congressional districts show the
complete Massachusetts delegation to
Chicago will stand, IS for Roosevelt
and Is for Taft. In both the repub-
lican and the democratic campaigns
the candidate who won the presiden-
tial preference contest failed to gam
the delegates-at-large, owing to an un-
foreseen turn in the primary law.
With the returns from all but for
ty of the voting precincts at hand Mr..
Taft had a margin of nearly 5,4OO
votes, but the eight delegates at-large
supporting the Roosevelt candidacy
were victorious by plurality of T.
S52.
Returns from l,677 out of 1880 cleo
ton precincts give:
Republican: Presidential prefer
ence: La Toilette 1,756. Roosevelt
II ,2OS. Taft 74,S0S.
Delegates-at-large: Baxter (heading
Roosevelt group 74,121; Crane,
(heading Taft group 65.S76.
Democratic presidential preference:
Clark 19,9O3; Wilson 9,2O6.
Delegates-atlarge: Coughlin, pledg-
ed to Foss, 17,O5O. Williams for pref
erence primary, S.256.
The democratic preference fav-
orite, Speaker Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,, failed to get single delegate
at-large, this most important depart
ment of the primary being captured
by the friends of Governor Foss, a
! ''favorite son" whose name did not
appear on. the preference ballot.
From the reports of the very first
town, shortly after noon yesterday
until an early hour today. the prefer
entail race between Taft and Roose
welt was a neck-and-neck affair, Roose
velt had the better of the contest
during the early evening. Toward
midnight the president forged ahead
and gradually increased his lead un
til he had a comfortable majority a
daylight.
On the other hand. the contest be
tween Baxter and Crane. the respec
tive leaders of the Roosevelt ant
Taft delegates-at-large states, wal
close only for few hours. Thei
Baxter drew away until at a. m. to
day, with 40 precincts missing. HI
had lead of more than 1900 votes
A tabulation of the returns from
rs out of SO cities for all the reput
lican candidates for delegates-ai
large shows very little variation from
the Baxter and Crane votes.
I The political writers paid consider
able attention today to the candidac,
Of Frank seibertich of Boston, a fol
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01


chusetts emerged today from her
first presidential preferential pri-
mary election to find that the re-
publican voters had expressed a pref
erence for the denomination of Presi-
dent Taft but notwithstanding had
given Colonel Roosevelt Is Of the 90
delegates to the national convention.
Roosevelt leaders said the Taft pref
krenae would have no effect on the
tS delegates chosen for Roosevelt
and that the expression Of the voters
for Taft would be diseragrded.
The democratic voters of the state
expressed a preference for Speaker
Champ Clark, although majority of
the delegates to Baltimore will go
pledged to Governor Foss. Just how
Massachusetts could send an evenly
divided delegation to Chicago while
on the preference vote Taft has a
plurality of $500 over Roosevelt is
partly explained by the wording OF
the state presidential primary law
enacted two months ago. By that
law every voter, to have his vote re-
corded, was compelled to mark each
delegate-at-large of his party, there
being no circles for voting by groups.
The law enabled hundreds of voters
to mark the eight names in the dele
cation headed by G. s. Baxter and
styled "for Theodore Roosevelt" and
then express a preference for Taft on
another part of the ballot.
On the democratic ticket, although
ten of the Is candidates for delegate
at-large to Baltimore were either
pledged to or indicated to be ''for''
Governor Foss, there was no Foss
name in the presidential preference
column. Speaker Clark, whose name
did not appear in the preference col
umn and who defeated Governor Will
son by a vote of to /, did not have
a single pledged delegate on the list
Mahy of the democratic delegates
Nyene also elected pledged to Foss
mother incident which some OBJ
% ers say may have had a bearing
y the selection of Roosevelt dele
an-at-large with Taft preferen
1'A as the sandwiching in of the
st n former State Senator Franz
the |ch, pledged to Taft" between
Sel tosevelt and Taft groups. Mr.
fhsk#ch says he was i'll treated J
ind,alt managers and therefore raT
r ReaentIy.
that - from many precincts show
ont Hreds Of ballots were thrown
their Sc voters had invalidatet
of 81 % by voting for nine instead
bertid names beginning with Sci
regul Id going through the entir'
The |ft column Of eight names
bertid between the name OF Sel
EverV the Taft group was slight
"pled af the 1S Taft delegates
1S Ro - Taft" while all of tn
veltp delegates are for Roose
Add
ra,,rr and practically complet
nr,,na yesterdays presidentia
ing the vote from LOT
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT BREAK
Even IN THE MASSACHUSETTS
PREFERENTIAL PRIMARIES

mer state senator. who had pledged
to Taft and who appeared between
the Roosevelt and Taft delegates-at.
large. Reports from many voting
places were that many ballots were
invalidated because nine names were
marked instead of eight, and the
Taft managers claimed today that
hundreds Of their supporters were
disfranchised by voting for Seibertlch
and eight Taft delegates-at-large
whose names appeared beneath.
While the contest for the dele
gatesat-large was settled compare
lively early last night, the struggle
for the Twenty-eighth district dele
gates continued for more than 12
hours and at a. m. today the
Eighth district was still in doubt,
with ward in Somerville unreport-
ed
Las Vegas optic., 1912-05-01
BATTLE IN DENVER TONIGHT

Denver, May Jimmy Gardner of
Lowell, Mass, and Howard Baker of
Boulder, Colo. will meet here tonight
in a ten round bout, the winner to
meet Frank Klaus, claimant of the
middIeweight championship. at Salt
Lake within a few weeks.