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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
NOTICE {!

To the Tax Payers of the Bennington
Graded School District;
A Rate Bill has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows:
20 Cents on the dollar on the
Grand List OF 1912.
l hereby demand payment Of said
taxes, and notify you that / will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from o'clock a. m, I'M
til o'clock p. m.
There will be a discount OF 4 per
cent on above tax If paid within 80
days.
c. II. DEWEY,
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
WASHINGTON.

Declaring himself in favor OF a sin
gle six-year term for the President and
the amendment of the constitution so
as to give Cabinet officers seats in the
Senate. President Taft made his first
important speech since his defeat for
reelection, before the Lotus Club in
New York. in an address which he
himself called swan song. Gently
railing at William Jennings Bryan's
suggestion that ex-presidents be given
debating power without vote in Con-
gress,. Taft closed with a toast to:
"The health and success of the able,
patriotic and distinguished gentleman
who is to be the next President of the
United States"
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Minor Mention.

The twelfth annual convention OF the
Rocky Mountain Hotel Mems Associa-
tion was held in Denver.
Bertwell Tregureha, known in both
Greeley and Denver. was killed at
ong Beach. Calf. when struck by
street car. while riding a bicycle.
Miss Margaret Baylor of Cincinnati,
arti-"rag" dancing crusader. is in Den
yer prepared to launch a movement
against grotesque ballroom dances.
Mrs Riddle was elected as a mem
ber of the Legislature by a majority
of nearly 1000, instead of ]. y. Coun-
ter, as was announced in the early re-
ports.
The 300 employees of. the City OF
Denver highway department have or
sanized a mutual benefit insurance
company for protection against sick
re SIS or injury.
Seized with an attack of heart fail
IRE, d. c. Hermes. proprietor of the
cigar stand in the Railway Exchange
building. dropped dead on Welton
street in Denver.
Albert Hennessy, a tenant on a
farm a mile and half west of Gree
ley, shot himself in the right temple
with .3S caliber revolver ard died
almost instantly.
John Hanway, thirty, laborer. report
ed to the Denver police that he was
held up at Tenth and Market streets
by two highwaymen and robbed of So
and gold watch.
Miss Octavia Mcnamara, former
st. Louis girl. died at st. Joseph's hos
pital in Denver after an illness lasting
six days. Valvular heart trouble was
the cause of her death.
The United States government has
filed suit in the Federal District Court
asking $3,575.75 damages for loss of
timber on government land in Idaho.
Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford. state su-
perintendent of public instruction
elect, has appointed as her deputy
Mrs. Alice B. Clark of Garfield county.
Mrs. Clark has had eighteen years ex-
perience in the schoolroom.
In addition to its projects to reduce
grades on Soldier Summit and Mar
shall Pass at cost of s5,50O,0OO. the
Denver & Rio Grande will proceed at
orce to electrify the Salt Lake division
at cost of about s3.00O,O00.
The official returns given out by the
elections commission on United
States senator for the long term show
that John F. Shafroth. candidate on
the Democratic ticket, leads all can
cidates in Denver by large plurality.
Woodrow Wilson is given plurality
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22

Lord Douglas Banfield of Manches-
ter. Eng. and Mrs. Alice n. Penney
of Chicago. divorcee of only three
days. eloped to Crown Point. Ind. and
were married by the Rev. Mr.. Billman
of the Presbyterian church.
Women's card parties. conducted un-
der the names of clubs. not requiring
a membership nor special invitation,
were branded violation of the gam
bling law by Judge Burney in the Mu-
nicipal Court at Kansas City.
Two young girls and five men were
lifted one by one from the cage at the
mouth of the Horn Silver mine at
Frisco, Utah, while sixty miners from
near and far and the men. women and
children of the little town of Frisco
cheered and sobbed with joy. For four
teen hours the seven had been held
prisoners 800 feet below the surface
of the ground, while the rescuing min
ers toiled in fifteen-minute shifts to
clear away the mass of earth and tim.
bers that barred the way to light and
air and life.
acy."
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
SPORT.

At New York Willie Hoppe. holder
of the 1872 balkline billiard title. had
little trouble in defeating Demarest,
500 to 341. and the veteran Slosson
out-played Sutton, 500 to 24S. in the
games of the championship tourna-
ment
At Salt Lake City the University
of Utah football team decisively de-
feated the fast Colorado college team
by the score of 4S to 0.
AT Laramie, Wyo.. on a field made
slow by the storm of last week, the
University of Wyoming defeated the
Nebraska State Normal at Chadron 25
to 0.
At Seattle, Wash. the University of
Washington football team continued
in its succession of victories k-
in defeating the University of Oregon,
80 to 4.
AT Cambridge. Mass. Harvard, us
ing only part of its reputed offense
tactics, defeated Dartmouth, 3 to 0.
At Berkeley, Cal. the All-Star Au.
stralian Ruby team defeated the All.
California fifteen on California field,
~ TO s. in the most thrilling Rugby
game seen in California since the Eng
lish sport was adopted.
At Lincoln, Neb.. after battling for
three periods in their nineteenth an
nual football contest. Nebraska scored
two touchdowns in the fourth quarter
after Kansas had kicked field goal,
and won by the score of IL to 3.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
News Summary of the Past Week

The form that tariff revision is to
take before the special session of Con-
gress next spring has become a mat
ter of strong individual opinion among
Democratic senators and congressman
now here.
81 believe there should be an extra
session of Congress at the earliest
possible date after March to fulfill
the pledges made by the Democratic
party" said Speaker Champ Clark, up
On his return to Washington from
West Virginia.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

Of 42.29S votes over Theodore Roose-
welt, by complete returns from fifty
six counties in the state and incom-
rlete returns from the other six
Roosevelt led Taft by 1920 by the
same returns.
Judge X /. Perky of Boise, Idaho,
appointed United States senator TO fill
the unexpired term of the late Senator
Ieyburn, is former Denver boy. He
attended school in Denver and became
fireman on the old Circle railroad in
the latter part of the sos.
Determined to prevent a tainting of
the atmosphere of his office with any
form of "cussin'" in the future, Ad-
jutant General Chase of Denver post
ed an announcement that a fine Of 5
cents for each cussword uttered would
be assessed against its user.
One of the most elaborate banquets
given in Denver in many months was
held in the Brown hotel 1t termi-
rated the convention of the Rocky
Mountain Hotel Managers Association
which had been in session in Denver
four days. More than 100 hotel men,
delegates and wives of the members,
attended.
The probable passage of the good
roads bill submitted at the election
November 9Th has resulted in arrange
n ents by the State Highway Commits
SION to proceed with the repairing of
roads and improvements of others
throughout the state as soon as money
Lecomes available after the convening
of the General Assembly in January.
Through the work of a vandal, or
vandals, inspired, the authorities be.
lieve by a spirit of revenge, or a
drunken idea of sport, hundreds OF val
liable pheasants from the famous Kend
rick pheasantries, between Littleton
and Fort Logan, were given freedom
and perhaps hundred were killed
their necks wrung, and carried away
OF widespread interest in the social.
the literary and the dramatic world, is
the announcement of the approaching
marriage of Miss Blanche Bates, the
Belasco star, and George Greer, ponce
commissioner of Denver, which will
take place Thanksgiving Day at the
country place of the bride-eleot neaI
Ossining. thirty miles from New York
City.
On petition of the minority stock
holders of the Telluride Power Com.
psny, one of the largest concerns OF
the kind operating in the state, Judge
Whitford of the District Court in Den
yer, issued a temporary injunction re
straining the sale of the company's $40.
100000 plant, which was scheduled tc
be offered at public vendue in Tel
| luride.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
WESTERN.

Ed Gantz of Sturgis, S. D., shot and
seriously injured his divorced wife
and then shot and killed himself. They
had quarreled.
The woman who was struck down
with a hammer in the Saratoga hotel.
in Chicago, died without regaining
consciousness.
Miss Christine Reyes. nurse in a
Flint, Mich, hospital, gave several
ounces of her blood to save the life of
Orville Browning OF Lyon. Kan.
The Commercial barn at McCook,
Neb., was destroyed by fire. 1t was
valued at $4,000 and insured for ST.
800. Twelve horses were burned to
death.
Woodrow Wilson, President-elect,
Mrs. Wilson and the Misses Eleanor
and Jessie Wilson. left New York for
Bermuda, on the steamship Bermuda
an. They will be gone till December
10th.
Gen. Homer Lea of Los Angeles,
whose services as adviser to DR.. Sun
Vat Sen, leader of the Chinese revolu-
tion, made him an international fig.
ure, left an estate valued at only
$4,000.
The three bandits who impressed a
motor car a chauffeur and a mechani-
clan at lola, Kan, and went on raid
of farm houses and villages in the vi
clnity were captured by posse and
taken to jail
A diet of hominy and honey has re-
juvenated Joaquin Miller, poet of the
Sierras," of San Francisco, who at the
age of seventy-flve has undertaken
what he considers the greatest poem
he has ever worked upon.
An elopement that began in East
Providence, r. l., week ago. ended in
Jail when John A, Simmons,
twenty-three. and Mary Enos. fifteen,
were arrested as they stepped from a
train at Sacramento, Cal.
The jury in the case of Ernest
welch. charged with participating in
the tarring of Minnie La Valley at
West Clarksfield August 80, at Nor
walk, Ohio, returned verdict of gull
ty of assault and battery. Welch was
the first 10 be tried of six men in
dicted on charge of "riotous conspir-
The last member of the jury to try
John Beall Sneed for the murder Of
Captain A. G. Boyce. was accepted at
Amarillo, Tex. The twelve men were
obtained after a hearing lasting all
week, and three hundred veniremen
were examined. All of the jurymen
are farmers. married and have child
rem.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
FOREIGN.

The Nobel prize for literature was
awarded at Stockholm. Sweden to
Gerhart Hauptmann. the German au
thor and dramatist.
Balkan casualty list thus far esti-
mated at $4,000 dead and 100000
wounded. not counting massacre, star
vation and cholera victims.
The suffragette army which started
from Edinburgh October IL. completed
its four hundred-mile tramp to Lon
don, having taken exactly five weeks
to do the journey.
The principal representatives at
Pekin have informed the Canton Off
cials of the attitude of Russia in Mon
golia. They urge that the provinces
make immediate preparations to fight
for China's rights.
Augustin Max, known throughout
France as "The Blind Banker of
Paris" has created mild sensation
in financial circles here by surrender
ing himself to the police and confess
ing that he has misappropriated $2,-
100000 of his clients money.
Another rich strike of placer gold
has been made in the Bay State group,
opposite claims Four and Five, below
Anvil creek, adjoining the ground on
which pay" was struck a few days
ago at Nome. Alaska. The "pay"
runs through eighty acres.
According to Russian correspond
ent who is at Constantinople, Zekie,
cid daughter of Abdul-Hamid, Turkish
sultan. and who was very patriotic,
was overcome with despair on account
of her couutry's disasters and dra-
lnatically committed suicide in the gar
den of her magnificent palace at Abu-
sheir.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
ST, 600, 900 PAY DAY
BEET GROWERS IN WELD couN-
TY GET LARGE SUM.
Nine Factories in Northern Colorado
Mail Big Checks to Farmers In
the Greeley District.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Greeley.-For the first time in its
history Weld county has had $1,000
900 payday in its beet industry. as
checks for that much and half mil
lion more were mailed to growers from
rine factories in northern Colorado.
The exact amount paid to growers
for the three Weld county factories
was s976,246.72. divided as follows:
Greeley, 1857 7,460.1S; Eaton, S33O,0S5.-
20; Windsor, s2ss.So1.34.
1t is estimated that there are 10000
acres OF beets in the county, but only
10000 supply the three factories in
the towns named above. The rest are
divided among the plants at Long
mont, Loveland, Fort Collins, Sterling,
Brush and Fort Morgan, and the total
which the growers of Weld will re-
ceive is estimated at s1,610,5S9. con
servative figure which in all proba-
hilty will go much higher, as yields
in the districts which supply these
factories were unusually heavy. Some
yields were twenty-eight tons to the
acre with large percentages of sugar.
This is the second pay day of the sea
son and there will be another in
month, when several thousands of dol
lars will be distributed in time for
Christmas shopping.
Among those who received checks
of unusual size we're l.. L. Snidow,
tenant on a David Snyder farm, 81.
$50; j. W. Birkle of Platteyille, 49,
C44; Robert Eckhardt of Pockham. 49,
SIG; w. Jacobson of Fort Lupton, 49,
0s3; Moses Davis OF lone, s2.679. and
the lone Investment Co, $4,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
GENERAL.

Good health marriage certificates"
were indorsed by the Illinois Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs just before the
adjournment of its annual convention
at Aurora.
Governor Woodrow Wilson an
nounced that Immediately after his in
aGguration he would call an extraor-
dinary session of Congress to convene
not later than April Is. for the purpose
OF revising the tariff.
The body of Mrs. ]. Rappo Myers,
wife of the wealthy hotel proprietor of
Greensburg, Pa, who was shot by her
daughter. Miss Gladys Elizabeth My
ers, in a Pennsylvania railroad sleep.
er, was taken to Roanoke, Va, and
buried at Salem. Va.
Incidents of James B. McNamaras
preparations to blow up the Los An
geles Times building. in the wreck of
which twenty-one persons were killed.
were blended into dramatic story by
ten witnesses from California at the
dynamite conspiracy" trial at Indian
apolis.
vincent AStOr, VINO is tWenty-One
takes possession of one of the largest
estates in America. left him by his
father, the late Colonel John Jacob
Astor The total of the Astor estate
is about sSO.000.O00, young Astor's
share being $4,000 Already an in.
heritance tax of s3.150,OO0 has been
paid to the state of New York.
The report that Miss Helen Taft, the
presidents daughter, had been dane.
ing the turkey trot at the Hampstead
hotel caused stir in Philadelphia and
Washington that got back to Hot
Springs. Many wanted to know if ii
were really so. Society people at Hot
Springs, Ark, all dance the trot and
Miss Taft has been dancing it off and
en- ever since last winter.
Unrequited love is believed by the
police to have caused Samuel Alecchi
and two unidentified companions to
kidnap Christiana Alessi. age fifteen,
in Chicago.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Antelope Race with an Auto.

Greeley.-A race in their high pow
cred automobile with a band Of twen-
ty-one antelope was the unusual expe-
rience OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Peterson
while coming here from their ranch
near Chalk Bluff The antelope be-
came interested in the movement OF
the automobile and after gallopipg be-
side it for while. kept pace when its
speed was increased. Their curiosity
kept them in the race until they were
winded and dropped out.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Shot hx Own Rifle

Delta. Colo.-Standing in a natural
pose against barbed wire fence, the
body of Frank Mitchell, aged forty
two, a well-to-do ranchman. was found
with the upper portion of his head
blown away. His rifle was entangled
in the fence and the barrel pointed di-
rectly toward his head.
Mitchell and a brother occupied
lonely cabin on the Mitchell ranch. He
saw coyote prowling about his barn,
took his rifle. and gave chase, follow
ing the animal three miles. He shot
1t just before he climbed through the
fence. The dead coyote was lying
within few feet of Mitchells body.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Omaha Live Stock,

a.-Cattle-Native steers, s5.s5
99.S5; cows and heifers. $3.7597OO;
western steers. s5.25@S.25; Texas
steers, s4.75@6.30: cows and heifers,
s3.50@6.50; Gamers, $3.30@4.40; stock.
ers and feeders. s4.7507.5o; calves.
s5.0049.00; bulls. stays, ETC.. $4.259
500.
Hogs-Heavy, s775@7so; mixed.
T75@TS5; light. $7.6O@7.S5; pigs.
Sc 25Q7.50; bulk Of sales, $77597.S5.
Sheep-Yearlings S4.5045.10; weth.
ers. s3.5094.25; ewes, S3.25@4.00;
lambs, s6.2597.25.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
veteran African Minister Dies.

Colorado Springs.-The Rev. George
Eardle, an inmate of the National
Preachers Home here, died of old age
and a general breakdown. He was ss.
Dardis was born at Knoxville, Tenn,
and came here last June. He was born
slave. but year prior to the Civil
War purchased his freedom for $1,000
and that of his wife and three children
for $3.50. He had preached in eigh-
teen different states and in Canada.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
THREE NOTED PAsHAs AMONG
CAPTURED WHEN sERviANs
TAKE TURKISH CITY.
MACEDONIA IS FREE
sULoARiANs CONTINUE sTRuG-
GLE TO CRUSH cHATALJA
FORCES AND ENTER CITY.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Belgrade.-The Turkish fortress OF
Monastir surrendered to the Servian
troops. Fifty thousand soldiers and
three generals laid down their arms.
The possession of the heights COM
manding Monastir by Servian troops
Under Crown Prince Alexander rem
dered the fortress untcnable.
Fethi Pasha, former Turkish minis
ter TO Belgrade. was one of the first to
hand over his sword. At the beginning
OF the war he made the remark
"We will soon invite our friends %
dinner in Belgrade
Monastir has been surrounded by
Servian troops for several days, while
Greek troops coming from the south
had cut off the Turkish line of retreat
to Ochrida. Saturday the Servian
troops throughout the day and night
succeeded in capturing two important
heights commanding the city. Then
they advanced through the morasses
upon the inner fortification, which sur
rendered.
Monastir was the headquarters of
the Sixth Turkish army corps, COM
other Turkish troops fleeing from sur
founding towns which had been cap
tured by the Servians concentrated
there. Djavid Pasha, commander OF
the Seventh Turkish army corps, went
there with many of his soldiers after
the fall of Uskup to the Servians.
1t was thought that the Turkish
troops would be able to stand lengthy
siege In Monastir, but it is evident that
the army was totally disorganized and
lacked provisions. Many of the SOL
diers were reservists only recently
eallod to the colors.
Monastir occupied a capital position
Tor defense. 1t is the center Of the
tntirc district and has population of
$4,000, composed of Servians, Bulgar-
lans, Albanians, Armenians and Turks.
The Christians number about half of
the inhabitants.
London. = Constantinople reported
that the great battle at the left center
of the Chatalja lines continues and
that Mahmoud Moukhtar Pasha's di-
vision attacked a Bulgarian column
and routed 1t, capturing a number OF
guns.
There is not a word from the Turk
ish capital about the capture by the
Servians Of Monastir. with Zekki Pa
sha. ommander-in-chief: Fethi Pasha.
a one time minister to Belgrade;
Djavid Pasha. and other important Of
ficers, prisoners of the Seryians, who
have taken forty-seven guns and large
stores of ammunition.
This surrender wipes out the last
Turkish fighting force in Macedonia
The Servians and Greeks are now free
to join the battle line of the Bulgar-
ians before Chatalja. The fighting at
Monastir lasted two days.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
AIIsns to Die; Appeal penIed.

Richmond, Wa new trial was re-
fused Floyd Allen and his son. Claude
Swanson Allen, by the Supreme Court
of Virginia. The mon are condemned
to die In the electric chair Friday, No
vember 22. for the murder of officials
of the Carroll County Court at Hills
Vile. March IA.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Yields II Bushels to Acre.

Boulder.-Jos. Andrew. wealthy
farmer living near Boulder. has re-
ceived threshing reports showing that
his nineteen-acre farm had given a
yield of 1.46S bushels of oats, an aver
age of seventy-seyen bushels to the
acre.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Mccue out for Marshal.

Denver-Thomas ]. McCue has
formally announced his candidacy for
the appointment to the office of Unit
cd States marshal. Dewey c. Bailey.
Rep, now holds that office, having re-
ceived his appointment under former
President William B. Mckinley.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Bryan to Become secretary Of State,

Washington.-Tha William ]. Bryan
will certainly be offered the post OF
secretary of state and will accept, was
stated here by a close personal and
political friend of Mr.. Bryan. who is
a member of Congress and has boon
IN consultation with the Nebraskan
during his visit in this city.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Killed at undertaker's.

Raleigh. N. C.-Caught in the clasp
of casket display case. George New
ton, agod 70 years. was killed in a
local undertaking establishment.
whence he had gone to buy coffin
for the burial of his life. who had
died a few hours before.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
aouIder schools WIN close.

Boulder.-All the public schools in
this county. including the State Pre-
paratory School. will close during
Thanksgiving week to allow the sew
eral hundred teachers to attend the
state Teachers Association meetings
IN Denver.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
DR.. CASTOR Drops pead.

Cripple Creek-Dr. James B. Gas
ton, aged sixty-one, one of the best
known physicians of the Cripple Creek
district, died suddenly of apoplexy. He
was seated in his office chair talking
with friends when the end came.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
shafroth Appoints E. L. Reeennetter

Denver.-Attorney f. l.. Regennet-
ter of Idaho Springs has been ap-
pointed by Governor Shafroth to fill
the vacancy on the State Civil Service
Board caused by the recent death of
Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Three Killed, Two Fatally Hurt.

Los Angeles. Cal.-Threc persons
are known to havo been killed. two
Others were fatally hurt, and about
twenty injured in a fire at the ST.
Georgt hotel.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
MAR K EFT
western Newspaper Union s.w. Service.
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.
Gu oTATI0 N s

Cattle.
Beef Steers, cornfed. good to
Beef steers. cornfed. fair to
good ........ ........-- .7O0Us.oo
Beef steers. grassers. good to
choice .-.-.... -..-.-.- Gov
Beef steers. grassers, fair to
BOOu o-foWo-oV
Heifers, prime grassers. .5.509 500
Cows and beifers. grassers,
good to choice .......... .4.75Q5.50
Cows and heifers. grassers,
fair to good. .......... .4.0094.75
Cows and heifers, corn fed,
good to choice .,....... $50 Q6.00
Cows and heifers, corn fed,
fair to good ............ .5.00@5.50
feeding COWS ...-.-....... -3-oVp4 4.ov
Gamers and cutters. .2.5044.OO
veal calves ............-.. .o.VuUo o.oV
Bulls ...........- 30 f-oV
-StagS 4.UV1 o'oV
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice ................o o.7547.OO
Feeders and stockers. fair to
good ...-.....-.. -o-VVVo.do
Feeders and stockers. COM
mon to fair ............ .4.00q5.00
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Wool In st. Louis.

st. s.-Wool-Steady; medium
grades. combing and clothing. 23h@
zee; fine, 1sG21c: heavy fine. 100
1sc; tub washed. 27Q36c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
Two Miners Die In cave.In.

Wooster. O.-Adam Utzler and VIII
liam Craybill We're smothered by a
cave-in OF quicksand at the bottom of
a sixty-foot shaft in the Wertz coal
Mine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-22
oIovanIttI on Stand in own Defense.

Salem. Mass. = Arturo Giovanitti,
last of the accused in the Ettor-Giovan-
ttti-Ca' so murder trial to testify, took
the wimess stand here.