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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
WE EAT SOME PEANUTS
1e,416,00o Bushels Were Produced In
the United States In 1909

Washington, May PA prelimi-
nary statement of the general results
of the 18th census relative to the
number of farms reporting the produc-
ton of peanuts, the number of bush
els of nuts produced, and the value
thereof, in 1909, for the United States
was issued today by Director e. Da'
ma Durand of the bureau of the cen
sus.
In 1899, there were 516,654 acres
of land devoted to the growing OF
peanuts, as against $685. 1897 acres in
1903. an increase of 353,233 acres,
or 684 per cent In 1909 there were
21S,99S farms reporting the growing
of peanuts or "a per cent of the to
tai number of farms in the United
States, while in 1899 only 1894
farms reported, forming 2.3 per cent
of the total.
The present census shows that In
1909 there were produced in the Uni.
ted States 19,416,000 bushels of pea.
nuts, against 1l,964,000 bushels in
1899. the increase amounting to T.
452, 900 bushels, or 623 per cent. The
value of the peanuts produced in 1899
was s727l,O 900, while in 1909 1t was
$1S,272,000 a gain OF $1l,0Ol, 900 or
1913 per cent.
Five states produced over SO per
cent Of the entire crop in 1909. These
are North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia,
Florida and Alabama. North Carolina
leads all states and had production
in 1909 of 1891 900 bushels.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
MULLICAN : ROCHE
MAKES CATTLE IMMUNE
German Scientist Discovers Serum
for Foot and Mouth Disease

Berlin, May ga discovery of
the first importance to the American
cattle raising industry is reported by
Prof. Wilhelm Grugel, Dean of the
Hygienic Institute of the University
of Rostock.
Prof. Grugel announces that he has
not only found the bacillus which
causes foot and mouth disease, but
has also found a serum for immuniz-
ing cattle against the malady. The
serum is not curative. but preventive,
and can therefore be administered
only to healthy animals.
Experiments with a large number
of cattle have, it is stated, proved
unqualifedly successful.
Prof. Grugel says that the only
feature requiring further lnvestiga-
ton is the determination OF the
strength of che serum and the length
of time the immunization remains eff
fective. He is continuing his exper-
iments along these lines.
1t is stated that Prof Grugel would
have been able to announce his dis
covery several months ago, but for
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS he en-
countered on the part OF the Prussan
Department of Agriculture.
The serum is not yet available for
general purposes, but IL will soon be
obtainable. Prof Grugel says it can
be produced so cheaply as to enable
It's sale at the rate of IS cents pei
animal treated.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
Wilbur WRIGHT

II was sixteen years ago this month
that Prof Samuel =. Langley shot
into the air, without rider, but
equipped with a propelling steam en-
CINE, his heavier-than-air "Aerodrome
No. S. and watched It's strange cir
clings above the Potomac river near
Quantico. In that year Wilbur
Wright and his brother Oryille read
OF the fatal fall of Otto Lilienthan
from one OF his motorless "gliders,"
and wondered what the difficulties
were that could not be overcome"
An august problem that had defed
the cunning of mankind since Daeda-
lus could not deter these Yankee
souls. Lillenthan's glides warned
them that they must first practice to
fly like birds, while Langley's motor
taught them that the ultimate solu-
ton should result In an automatically
balanced machine. Wilbur Wright
lived long enough, II persistent rumor
be not untrue, 10 perfect an automat-
ic device assuring stability, so that
men need no longer practice flight
like the fowls of the air but may
trust to the machine.
However, this may be- the world is
ready to believe Il. II disbelieyed
Langley, whose experiments In aero.
dynamics, embodied In an epoch.
making report In 1891, became the
study of the brothers Wright. These
experiments established eight funda.
mental principles, not the least amaz-
ing of which was the discovery that
II takes less power to support a
plane at high speed than at n low
speed--a fact that still, according TO
Alexander Graham Bell. "opens up
enormous possibilities for the aero
drome OF the future" But men scot.
fed and when the man.carrying sue.
cessor to "Aerodrome No 8" toppled
into the water at It's launching, DR..
Langley died broken hearted at their
ridicule But the wrights had al.
ready forgotten their humble mocha.
MICS, and were applying the princi.
Piles OF the masters. They practiced
In view OF the life savers at Kitty
Hawk. projected their horizontal
steering rudder In front, and invented
the flexible wing.tips that enabled
them TO hold the planes In balance.
They had outdone the masters. Yet
men smiled when they saw pictured
the first flight OF the power machine
on Dec ~. 1903. and heard the cor
roboration of the life savers at the
Kill Devil station. The two brothers
did not care. They put up shed
near Dayton. their home town. invit
ed the reporters to witness an at
tempt at flight and were stoical wher
the papers said, knowingly that "wind
conditions prevented a start ONLY
now and again an excited farmer
who had observed the miracle would
come to town to "see the editor
about t. But four years later. wher
the government asked bids for
flying machine. the world reused Il
self to attention. Then every on,
exclaimed.
Can such things be
And overcome us like summer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
THE PRICE OF COAL
Cost viii Increase But There is No
Good Reason Why

The anthracite settlement carries
for the public as its best factor and
most encouraging feature the four
year term for which ii is to be in
force
This is a year longer than the three
year term provided by the anthracite
commission in 1903 and three years
longer than the agreement for one
year, proposed by miners at the first
conference. The bituminous agree
ment runs for two years and the an
thracite commission when it selected
a three year term probably wished
to avoid having the two agreements
run out together. But this was GER
tain to happen every six years and
the four-year term gives stability for
a longer period and falls in with the
bituminous term but little oftener
than under the three.year agreement.
The practical result is that both
these great industries are now on
the basis of mutual conference and
adjustment. In the anthracite fields
a mine committee represents the min
ers In bituminous fields different
conditions exist in different states.
The whole coal industry should in
future be free from casual contests
and conflicts These have been far
less numerous In the anthracite in
the past nine years than ever before.
They will diminish as the years go on
and the resort to mutual concession
becomes habitual.
The advance In wages OF ten per
cent Is about the advance made In
other fields Of labor under the press
ure OF high food. The rise in wages
last winter was higher in textiles In
New England. but not over all the
country Much OF the advance in
railroad wages ran at ten per cent
A rise of this amount In wages has
been very general IL will be accept
cd without protest from the public as
proper increase in wages in the
anthracite industry unless II is made
pretext for advancing the price OF
hard coal to the consumer.
Any such step will be followed by
indignant opposition from the public
and prompt action by state and FEEDER
al authorities. The law. state and
federal, In regard to combinations
and common action to raise prices
has been put on different basis by
many indictments and prosecutions
since 1908, when an advance in the
wages ON miners was followed by
an advance in anthracite to the con
sumer. Powers, state and federal
to deal with such situation have
been created In the last eight year.
which did not before exist A dras
tic inquiry into freight rates, thu
cost OF mining and the return on cap
ital with prosecutions. would COM
now which would not and could no
be set on foot In 1908.
But nothing OF this sort SHOULD
come. The cause for Il should no
occur. Good management should an,
can pay ten per cent more wages i
the anthracite industry without nd
vancing prices to the consumer or r,
ducing dividends to the shareholder
philadelphia Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
CONVENTION HALL TAKEN OVER
Republican National Committee Be-
uins Final ARRANGEMENTS


Chicago. May 31-Actual work was
started today to clear the scene for
the final test of strength between
President Taft and Theodore Roose-
welt. The Coliseum was taken over
formally by the national committee
and the first move was made toward
putting the big hall into shape.
The general plan for the interior
will be much like that of former
years A new arrangement of seats
has been made which gives the Coils
cum a capacity of 11,1SS. There will
be 1882 seats on the platform, 400
seats for working newspaper men.
1913 for delegates, 1913 for alternates.
$500 for visitors on the main floor and
5000 for visitors in the gallery.
Ormsby McHarg will come tomor-
row TO do battle for Roosevelt before
the national committee. Charles
Dick. former United States Senator
from Ohio, who is to look after the
Taft contests, is in Washington pre-
pairing evidence and is expected to
arrive tomorrow or Wednesday.
Contests must be in the hands of
the national committee by Wednesday
when the time limit expires for filing
them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31

Hampton's Magazine, in which peo-
pie all over the country, including sew
eral in Vermont and possibly some in
invested over two mil
lions of dollars, has finally suspended
after being in bankruptcy
for nearly a year Publishing bust
ness whether of books, magazines or
is perhaps the most
precarious of the standard enterprises
in the world and the percentage OF
failures is about the largest Above
all no person should invest in the
business, unless he can give it person
al supervision and attention.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31

nominations and the placing of the
name OF the candidates on the ballot
at the state election in order that the
voters might have an opportunity to
directly express their preference. By
the terms of that bill the probable
Republican legislature of next year
might have been morally bound to
elect a Democratic successor TO Sen
ator Crane.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
PEOPLE TO CHOOSE SENATORS
Massachusetts, Senate Advances Bill
20 Third Reading

Boston. May 31.-By a roll call vote
OF 20 to II the Senate today advanced
to its third reading a bill providing
for the direct nomination OF United
States Senators In this state. which
will insure Republican Senators as
long as that party Is dominant In the
legislature.
The bill provides for party nomina.
tons at direct primaries and pledges
each candidate for the legislature to
vote for the Senator candidate OF his
party who receives the highest mum.
Der OF votes for the nomination.
The bin was substituted for the bill
reported by The committee on cleo
ton laws which provided for party
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
BENNINGTON, VT, MAY 81, 1912

People, who looked for little rest
from politics between the election of
delegates and the meeting of the con
vention, are plainly going to be dis
appointed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31

Col. Roosevelt was the Decoration
day orator at Gettysburg and Presi-
dent Taft at the Arlington national
cemetery. For one day at least they
didn't say anything unkind about
each other
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31

One thing, generally agreed in
Bennington this week, is that dirt
mixed with water makes nicer quail
ty of mud than when mixed with
crude coal oil.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
DIVORCED IN NIGHT COURT
Nevada Judge Holds Session To
Obllee New York Woman

Reno, New, May 27.-Holding a
night session of the divorce court as
a convenience for Mrs. Beatrice "
O'Brien, Judge John R. Orr. has is
sued to her an absolute divorce for
desertlon, and so rapidly did the
wheels of justice move that Mrs
O'Brien, accompanied by her young
son, departed the same evening for
San Francisco.
John O'Brien, the defendant, is a
member of the firm of a moving pic
ture company at 2l6 Broadway, New
York Mrs O'Brien is a daughter OF
the late George Marin, wholesale
liquor dealer of New York and Brook
Ign.
1t is reported here that Mrs. o.
Brien will shortly be married to a
wealthy New Yorker, who got his de
cree in Reno about seven months ago
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
cloud
onder?

Without our special wonder?
Wilbur Wright was not a martyr.
His life, if it means anything. shows
that a man can carry a great work
to success, not only without credit
from his fellows, but with supreme
Indifference to their opinion.-New
York Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
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sra London Eye Hospital, also assistant sur
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-31
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nd overcome us like summers
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-09
BERING STRAIT IS
LIKELY TO Be CLOSED
Other Startling Physical Changes in
Alaska As Result of Recent Vol
canic Activity.

Seattle, Wash, July 9.-Permanent
alteration in the climate of the Alaskan
coast, through shifting OF warm ocean
currents by lifting of the sea bottom,
the opening Of new fishing banks, Of
unestimated value and the eyentful clos
ing of Boring Straits, owing also 70
rise in the floor OF the sea, are among
the scientific probabilities now suggest
ed by. investigation of the eruption of
Mount Katmai a month ago. Various
geological parties and men from several
revenue cutters are exploring the bot
tom of the sea to determine how far
submarine geography-has been changed.
So far as the earth's surface is con-
cerned the eruption was beneficial, the
volcanic ash having already stimulat-
ed plant growth. biologists assert that
the tops of submerged mountains which
form the Aleutian isles are rising stead
lily through pressure on the sea bottom
from enormous amounts OF sediment
and, after eventually cutting off Boring
sea, will continue to rise until what
is now the sea will be replaced by a
great sweep of land. A large number
of scientists will sail from Seattle to-
day for Seward, there to take passage
for Kodiak.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-09
R. H. DAVIS WEBS BESSIE mccoy.
Noted Author Married Yesterday at
Greenwich, Conn.

Greenwich, Conn, July o. Richard
Harding Davis, the writer, and Miss
Elizabeth Genevive McAvoy, daughter OF
Lawrence McAvoy, and known on the
stage as Bessie Mccoy, the Yama Yama
girl, were married her at 1870 o'clock
yesterday morning in the law office of
William c. Rungee, who is justice of
the peace and who oflciated Mrs. Colt,
nee Ethel Barrymore, was matron of
honor, and Gouyerneur Morris, the writ
er, who was fellow Yale classmate
with Justice Rungee was best man.
The wedding party reached Greenwich
in three automobiles in the hottest part
OF the hottest day Of the summer. Mr..
Davis secured his marriage license of
Town Clerk Robert Wellstood giving his
age as 4S, his occupation as author, his
condition divorced, his native city Phila
delphia and his home as Mount kisco,
New York. He gave his brides name,
her parents names, her occupation as
actress, and her age as "a, just half
of his own.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-09
COMFORT FOR
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-09
NEW LIGHT ON HANFoRD.
Said to Have Set Aside $4,000 Damage
Verdict.

Seattle, Wash. July 9-The House
judiciary subcommittee, after spending
three days in the investigation of Con-
gresham Berger's charges against Unit.
ed States Judge Cornelius H. Hanford,
growing out OF his Acknowledgement of
Leonard OLSEN, Socialist, and after
spending a week in investigating Judge
Hanfords alleged excessive use of intox-
ieating liquors, was prepared to continue
the presenting of evidence on the latter
charge yesterday. The charge of mis-
conduct growing out of the judges issu-
ance of an injunction in the Seattle, Re-
non & Southern street railway suit is
next in order and is expected to consume
several days. Representative Mccoy
has shown lively interest in the Eli
Melovich case in which Judge Hanford
set aside verdict OF $4,000 for loss of
an arm on the ground that he himself
"from WEAKNESS" used the word amy"
improperly in charging the jury.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-09
BAY STATE SENATORS
AGGRIEVED, IT'S SAID
Both Crane and Lodge Are Reported
at Odds With President
Taft.

Washington, July 9.-Friends of Pres
ident Taft were expressing anxiety yes.
terday because OF the relations between
the president and Senators Crane and
! Lodge of Massachusetts,. which were re.
ported dangerously near the breaking
point. The Massachusetts, senators are
aggrieved at the attitude of the presi-
| dent in the trouble in the treasury de-
partment, as result of which DIR. A.
piatt Andrew was forced out as assistant
secretary. because of trouble with Seere-
tary MacYeagh
The appointment of Judge for the
New England circuit was also a matter
of discussion. The president was known
to favor the appointment of Judge Par
sons Of New Hampshire, while both SEN
ators Crane and Lodge were urging that
Judge Frederick Dodge of Massachusetts,
be named for the place.
1t was thought yesterday that the
president might yield to the pressure
brought to bear on him and grant fur
Their consideration of the Andrew case
The Massachusetts, senators had pro-
tested at the presidents siding with Sec
rotary MacVeagh and summariiy dis
missing Andrew from his post. Senator
Lodge was quoted ms saying that the
statement of Secretary MacVeagh that
Andrew was 'inefficienG' was absurd
and that the real cause had not yet come
to light.
As to the other matter at issue. it
was thought here that the senators
would unite to demand the appointment
of Judge Dodge to the circuit court va.
cancy caused by the death of Judge
Schofield
The New England orcuit includes
Massachusetts,, New Hampshire, Maine
and Rhode Island. and the senators from
Massachusetts were expected to feel
particularly aggrieved if the president
should go out of their state to pick a
man for the place.
They recommended Judge Dodge for
appointment even before Judge Schoield
died some time ago, and since the death
of the appointee they had expected clear
sailing for their man. Now that they
found the president leaning to another
candidate, the senators were said to be
ready to put up sitter fight for their
man.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-09

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-09

lists appointed both by the court and the
prisoners, to ascertain whether the in
former, Abbatemaggio was insane. An
entire regiment of infantry was sent
TO Viterbo to surround the court. Dur.
ing the trial, two companies of infantry,
$50 carbineers and 50 detectives have
been constantly on duty The Camorra
trial has cost the state more than $780,
600. This sum includes the expenditure
for preliminary investigation, the main
tenance of the prisoners, the cost of their
removal from Naples to Viterbo and in
Vulnerable other items.
The minutes kept by the clerk of the
court have covered 10000 pages of type
written matter, and the reports of the
investigating judges have filed 60 vol
umes More than $4,000 documents have
been produced and read during the trial.