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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
NORTH BENNINGTON

Guy Farnsworth spent Saturday
and Sunday at his home here.
Worthy Needham of Bennington
visited friends in town Sunday.
Miss Florence Gorton spent the
week end at her home in Rutland.
Miss Henrietta walbridge OF North
Adams school spent Sunday at her
home here.
Miss Alice Young spent Saturday
and Sunday at her home in North
SALISBURY.
Mrs. William Powers and daughter
Miss Stacia Powers spent Sunday in
Mechanicville.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward ID. yelling
have returned from spending a few
days in Brattleboro.
Mrs. Laura Elwell Of Bennington
visited her sister, Mrs. Eugene Green
of Depot street Sunday.
Miss Agnes l.. Green OF Troy was
the guest of her mother. Mrs. Eugene
Green for the week end.
John Fitzgerald, who is attending
theAl bany Commercial school, spent
Sunday with his aunts. Misses Ellen
and Annie Haurahamg. Bank street
Miss Welch of Albany is spending
few days at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Ralph Jones of Bank street.
Frank Bennett of Albany was in
town Saturday on route to his home
in White Greek to spend Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Heaslip and son of
Bennington spent a portion of Sunday
at the home of John Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Frank Ripley and daughter.
Adeline have returned from a few
days visit with relatives in Delmar.
N
Miss Dorothy Houghton, who is
teaching school in Green Mountain
Valley, spent Sunday at her home
here
Miss Mary Gibney Of Bennington
was the guest of her cousin, Miss
Elizabeth Powers of Main street
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips OF
Troy are guests at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles ID. Phillips Of Ne
chanic street
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles PERCY Of
Bennington spent a portion Of Sun
day with their daughter. Mrs. Wells
W. White Of Main street
Miss Katherine Fitzgerald and
Katie Remington Of Greenwich spent
Sunday with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Fitzgerald, upper Main
street.
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s.st, which Make Rsfts.

News comes from England that seats
are being prepared for placing on board
White Star liners which can at a mo-
ment's notice be transformed into RATS.
Each OF these seats measures nine feet
IN length and is provided with four
metal air cases. One person can in
stantly change a seat into a life saving
raft by lifting up the front portion and
opening Il out fat, in which position 1t
Immediately locks itself The seats are
secured 20 the deck by means Of q lash
ing over a hooked hinge pin at each
end. and should the deck become sub
merged the front portion OF the seat
floats upward. turns the hook around
and tips OF the FISHING. and 50 auto
matically turns itself into a raft ready
for use--Shipping Illustrated
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DRASTIC MARRIAGE RULES.
The Kind Of Orders They Issue In Au-
tocratic Russia.

One Of the earliest and most strin-
gent of the service regulations devised
by General Sevastlanoff, director Of the
department Of posts and telegraphs In
Russia for the last fifteen years, or
dams that any male or female clerk In
the combined services desiring to mar
~ must choose his or her consort from
among the postal or Geographic per
sonnet under the penalty of dismissal
and loss Of pension.
The Woman's Rights league is now
endeavoring to procure the abrogation
OF this obnoxious and oppressively CO
ercive regulation. Quite recently q
male telegraphist was, for some slight
delinquency. dismissed from the serv-
ice. This involved the necessity Of his
wife. also telegraph operator, sending
In her resignation, despite her long
service and excellent record. The poor
woman. without means and with three
small children TO support, appealed to
General Sevastianoff for reinstatement
She was briefly informed that before
her appeal could be considered she
must divorce her husband.
The director OF state telephones, NJ.
Semenovich. is still more drastic with
regard TO marriage among his employ
ees. His very numerous STAFF consists
entirely of women, VINO have no de-
partmental confreres with whom to
mate. Once a female telephonist an
nounces her intention to marry she In
stantly receives her congo, with loss of
pension. 1t is scarcely surprising to
learn that. as a rule. the telephone girl
keeps the secret of her intended mar
rage until the eve Of her nuptials. NJ.
Semenovich Is, rightly or wrongly,
credited with the enunciation OF the
amiable opinion that all young women
entering the civil services as a career
should be subjected TO a signed pledge
OF celibacy.-New York Press.
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SMALL CROWD At.
PROGRESSIVE
BANQUET
Local Members Of Party Organ
lied Saturday Evening
W. L. G0KAY, PRESIDENT
Excellent Service and Some Enthus-
iastic Speeches by Bennington
County Bull Moose.

The banquet and meeting of the To-
cal progressives at the Putnam
house Saturday evening was lightly
attended, there being but about 80
present when Chairman William II.
Nichols of the Bennington county
progressive organization announced
that the banquet was ready.
'rhe banquet was a modest but ex
nellent affair both as 20 quality and
service The menu comprised boul-
lion. Droiled chicken, salad, rolls,
pickles, ice cream, cake and coffee.
William H. Nichols presided at the
Iostprandial exercises and number
of trief but pointed speeches were
made Ivy number of the gentlemen
present What the gathering lacked
in numbers it made up in enthusiasm.
Before calling upon the speakers
of he evening an organ cation was
perfected with the following officers:
President, William Il Gokay; sec.e,
.ary, Marden r. Nichols; treasurer,
+. H. Hart; executive committee, My
ron s. Clark, George ". Williams, a.
u Cnner, John ID. DENY, J. Ed. Wal
bridge, Alexander ]. Cooper.
The first speaker Gated upon was
Rev. George S. Mills, pastor of the
spoke feelingly of the necessity that
had cone to him to leave the repuDl-
can parry with which he had been con
nected ever since he cast his first
vote. lie referred to the crime OF
Chicago" in vigorous terms and ex-
pressed the hope that President
Taft's atonement for accepting a
nom.i alton obtained ~ such means
would be made on the 4th of next
March.
Marden r. Nichols, who was one o:
the speakers at the progressive
rallies during the receus campaign,
made comparison Vi the platforms
OF the three leading parties. The
progressive platform. he said, for the
fist time, advocated soG OF the real
principles OF liberty.
Marshall ]. Hapgool Of Peru, who
was recently elected 10 the legisla-
ture on the progressive ticket, express
sed the belief that the tine had come
for a change in political methods. He
condemned the use of money in poll
tics in this state.
Rev. w. l. Colburn, pastor of the
Baptist church at North Bennington,
spoke in a happy vein. He told a
number of funny stories and conclud-
ed with poem forcasting victory for
Roosevelt in November.
Mr.. Nichols took up the subject of
over-capitalization of industry in this
country at the present time, feature
of our national life which he said was
largely responsible for the high cost
of living and which he said the pro
gressive party would endeavor to
remedy.
Myron S. Clark roundly condemned
the methods of the republican party.
methods which he said had compelled
him to leave that organization and
take his place in the ranks of the
progressives. He cited the course
adopted by the machine politicians
of New York state at the time Chas.
+. Hughes was candidate for COVER
nor and gave some personal expert
ences which came TO him in the town
of Ticonderoga where he was living
at the time
All of the speeches were roundly
applauded As the remarks were
brief the affair was over at an early
hour.
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ULSTER MEN WILL
NOT SUBMIT TO
HOME RULE
Will Declare United Opposition
on Saturday Next
THREATEN CIVIL W Ar
Rifle Clubs Have Been Formed and
Young Men and Old Men Are
Drilling.

Home rule in its revived form of To-
of the northern counties of Ireland
propose to register their formal de-
fiance of home rule Saturday Gath
ering in halls and market places,
even in churches, the men OF Ulster
will sign a covenant pledging them
selves never to submit to any govern
ment from Dublin which may be inn
posed upon the country by the AS
quith-Redmond home rule bill passed
in the House of Commons. ulster
day" is the designation chosen for
this remarkable political sacrament.
According to its promoters, 1t will
prove a show of determination so
solemn and impressive that the Brit
ish cabinet will hesitate long before
attempting to enforce its scheme for
partial separation of Ireland from the
United Kingdom. But viewed
through spectacles of another politi-
cal color, the affair is not to be TAX
en- seriously.
Home rule in its revived form of 10
cal self-government instead of com
plete separation for Ireland, has
aroused no deeper political feeling in
England than other questionable
tariff, the lords and Lloyd-Georges
taxation measures. Indeed most Eng
lishmen of all parties appear willing
that Ireland should have about all the
power involved in Mr.. Redmond's
program if only the constant strife
and racial bitterness can be ended
But the stumbling block has develop
ed in the unionists of Ulster. Before
they will submit to separation they
will have civil war, their leaders
threaten Rife clubs have been form
ed and young men and old are drill
ing. No one can tell just how far
the warlike movement has gone.
Home rulers treat it with ridicule.
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NO UNION OF THE OCEANS.
Atlantic and Pacific Waters Will Not
Meet In Panama Canal.

Meet In Panama Canal.
when the waters of the two
oceans are blended Ia the soil Of Pan
anna" exclaimed Secretary Knox In
the speech lnaugurating his notable
mission TO the Central American re-
publics-and proceeded to develop with
much eloQuence the commercial and
political transformations that are
bound TO follow the opening OF the
canal. AT no distant time" ran the
answering phrase of the Panama cab
met minister who spoke on the occa-
sion. 1.-The deep, blue waters Of the At
lantic and Pacific will be united for
all eternityr'
The cold. unimaginative fact is that
the waters Of the Atlantic and the Pa
cific will not meet nor be blended In
the Panama canal
The Panama canal is a water bridge
over the is.hmus-not a channel
through IL A ship steams into Limon
bay. on the Atlantic side, and comes
TO a stop in a lock. the first OF three
locks. by which she is lifted to the
level Of a fresh water lake. eighty-five
feet above the sea. She leaves the
water OF the Atlantic behind her. and
she sails through the lake. Then three
locks more lower her to the level OF
the Pacific and TO the salt water.-Wil-
liam Bayard Hale in Worlds Work.
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END TANGLED LOVE
AFFAIR BY DASH
OFF CLIFF
Young Lawyer and Woman Go
to Death In Auto
REJECTED BY CHORUS GIRL
Letters Show that Niles c. Folsom
and Thelma Bartee Planned to
End Lives.

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 22.-ln a
weird mountainside tragedy death
came last night to Niles c. Folsom, a
young lawyer of this city and Thelma
Bartee of San Diego. Folsom, with
the consent of the woman, deliberate
ly drove an automobile off high prec
ipice at Topango Pass, at the mouth
of Topango Canyon, about seven
miles from Santa Monica killing him
self and Miss Bartee.
Love caused Folsom and his COM
panion to end their lives, and yet it
was not love for each other. Folsom
was infatuated with Ethel Jones, a
Los Angeles chorus girl. Because
she had repulsed his suit he sought
to die.
Miss Bartee, in letter to friend,
shows that her love for the young
lawyer was so great that she tried to
bring him and Ethel Jones together,
and, failing, decided to share his fate
rather than grieve over his great UNI
happiness and his certain end
An automobile party found the
wreck of the automobile and the bod
les at a sharp turn on the road up the
pass. The machine had been run OH
the turn and lay seventy-five feet be-
low Beneath it lay Folsom. A foot
away lay the body of the woman.
Thelma Bartee's letter made public
today by the friend to whom it was
written frankly stated that the writ
or was old enough to be Folsom's
mother, and that she knew he loved
Ethel Jones and was drinking him
self to death because he could not
win the girls affections She spoke
OF Folsom wanting to die, and said
she would be only too glad to give
him and his love into the keeping of
the girl, if by doing so, he could be
broken of the drinking habit
rhe letter from Folsom to Miss Bar
tee, left in the hands of the same
friend throws light upon the actions
of the young lawyer. He was %
years old and Miss Bartee was past
40. He frankly wrote her that he
loved the Jones girl, and that with
her refusal OF his affections he hated
all women and intended to drink
himself to death. Folsom wrote:
IL don't want an enemy in the
world, but as for marrying you
never, nor any other woman except
one, and I'll never be able to get
her"
Miss Bartee wrote
Nov have failed in everything |
have tried | want you to bring HIM
and Miss Jones together again. You
can show this letter to her or her
folks If you think necessary, or tell
them as much as you think neces-
sary, but show il to no one else"
Mrs. Bartee said but for the in
fiuence of certain gang, the ring
leader of which was once hired by
San Francisco crooks to put Fremont
Older out of the way" Folsom would
have reformed and been a man once
more.
But they piled him with whisky
so they could use him to further their
own ends and this is the result"
said the note.
Fremont Older is the editor of The
San Francisco Bulletin
From the actions of the couple
after these letters were written,
their friends are positive that they
agreed to die together, and chose the
final dash in an automobile as their
means of suicide.
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KILLS ACTRESS, sELF.sLAIN
Harry Hector, Wrestler, Hangs Him
self After Shooting Lucille Nav.


Chicago. III, Sept. 22.-Thomas
Harry Hestor, wrestler, whose real
name is Thomas Davies, shot and
killed Lucille May, a pretty ingenue
with stock company, late last night.
while she and her mother, Helen X.
May, were in a restaurant at Vincen-
mes, Ind.
This morning Davies body was
found in the pen of the Knox County
Jail, swinging from a rope improvised
from a towel. Davies had, planned
the killing for four months, the girls
refusal to marry him being the cause
She had written to him on Sept u.
bidding him goodbye and stating that
he had cruelty deceived her in not
telling her until lately that he had a
wife and daughter living at Bridge
vile, Penn.
Among the letters left by Davies
were three addressed to his wife con.
tanning deeds of 100 acres of land in
Maricopa County, AriZ. A hundred
dollar bill, four checks for 5000 each
issued by the Valley Bank of Phoe-
nix, and deposit note for $3.50 in the
same bank were also left Across
one envelope was written: Enclosed
find 500. Am sending you two en-
velopes, which bequeath to you
with all my worldly goods. Best love
to you and Nora, (the latter his
daughter) Tom"
Another letter addressed to his
brother, James Davies of Vancouver
B. c.. said:
I'm sane and have figured for four
months on this. II can do you any
good in the other life I'll try. And IL
there is anything in spiritualism
you'll hear from me- Goodbye, all
lnclosed find 5000 owe you"
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NEW SUPERINTENDENT
J. o. Whittier Of Brsttleboro Coming
to Bennington County.

]. ID. Whittier has accepted call
to the position of superintendent OF
schools in the towns of SALISBURY.
Arlington and Sandgate. He will as
sumo his new duties Oct. l. and prob
ably will live i'm Arlington. Mr.. Whit
tier was resident of Pennington.
Me. He graduated from the high
school of that town in the class of
1903. He then took a two years
evening course in the Y. NJ. c. A. in
Boston, followed by one year in the
New England college OF Languages
in Boston, after which he entered
Colby college. Waterville, Me. for
two years course. He taught two
years in secondary schools in Maine
and later was principal in the Athens
grammer school in Weymouth, Mass.
before coming here in April. 1910.
Since then he has accomplished eff
ficient work as superintendent Of
schools in Putney. Dummerston,
West Brattleboro and Vernon. and
much regret is expressed at his TAX
ing up a new field OF labor.
Mr. Whittier married Aug. 3, 1910,
Miss Edwina L. Pearson OF Farming
ton. Me. They have one child. Cecil
H. Whittier The good wishes OF
many friends will follow Mr.. and Mrs
Whittier to their new home.
No one has been engaged TO al the
vacancy. but several applications
have been neutrality-suspicious.
Phoenix.
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Treasure Island- sold.

Christmas island. the original Treas
ure Island Of Robert Louis Steven
sons great story and around which
many another less famous tale Of pi-
racy. treasure and blackbirding has
been written. on whose coral shores lie
the skeletons Of many q wreck. has
been sold by the Greig family TO Ger.
nan syndicate for q mid-Psciic depot
for steamships The price is said 20
be $4,000 cash
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The Alaska Canada Survey.

Since the summer OF 1909 the joint
commission appointed by the United
States and Canadian governments to
mark the boundary line separating Brit
ish territory from Alaska has been ac-
lively engaged in this work. pushing
the line northward from the YukoR to
Porcupine river by the end Of the 1910
season. In the summer OF 1911 the field
operations were advanced farther along
that part Of the one hundred and forty
frst meridian which extends from Por-
cupine river to the Arctic ocean. and
it is believed that the present year will
witness the completion Of this part Of
the survey.-New York Sun
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

COUNTRY CLUB ENTERTAINMENT
Young People Gave Amateur Per-
Torrance Saturday Evening.

The young people of the Mt. An
thony country club gave an entertain
ment for members at the club house
Saturday evening, consisting of vau-
deville performance and series of
tableaux. There was also a sketch
in which the Misses Susan and Mar
garet Colgate and George E. Stevens,
Jr., and Edward Stevens took part.
The entertainment committee, in
Guiding Mrs Harrison |. Norton, Mrs.
Guy B. Johnson, Miss Edith Van
Santvoord and Miss Esther McCul-
Tough had charge of the arrange
ments.
Dancing followed the entertainment
and refreshments were served during
the evening at an attractive cafe, at
which Miss Ruth Eddy and Mrs.
Louise Hopkins presided.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

The pOntoon method Of saving life
In the event Of the laundering Of a
ship finds an illustrious advocate in
Cunlberti. the chief naval architect Of
the Italian navy. He believes that the
upper and after portion Of a ship. con-
tanning the cabins. should be con
structed Of wood and form a structure
independent Of the rest Of the ship
This should he bottled to the hull by
fastenings which could be readily un-
locked In the event Of the loss OF the
ship.
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Why Ceoroe Exploded.

Il never knew that George had such
frightful temper"
How did you discover that he has
oneY"
He took me to a baseball game. and
when ! asked him wig they didn't
make the bats square and the diamond
round the language he used was ter
rible. Detroit Free Press.
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STILL LOST ON MOUNTAIN
Searchers Find No Trace Of keenan,,
Who Strayed from Party.

Breton Woods, n H., Sept o.
Searching parties returned here late
tonight after a fruitless search for
John NJ. Keenan,, the Charlestown,
Mass. young man who had been lost
on Mount Washington since he stray
ed from an engineering party last
Wednesday. More than 300 men par
ticipated in the search.
Although the weather has been
severe since keenan,, who is inexper-
fenced in woodcraft, disappeared in a
heavy mountain mist, it is thought
that he may have reached an "appa-
lachian" shelter in the vicinity where
he could find food and protection
from the weather. The boys father
returned home today discouraged at
the prospects
Tomorrow a search will be made of
various shelters on the mountain.
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$4,000 FOR ETToR DEFENSE
Industrial Workers Contribute II to
Aid Leader Accused of Murder.

Salem, Mass, Sept 22.-Prelimi
nary steps in the fight to free Joseph
j. Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti, In
dustrial Workers of the World lead
ers who are awaiting trial on
charge of being accessories to the
murder of Anna LopizZo, during the
Lawrence textile strike last winter,
will be taken here tomorrow. Coun-
sci for the men will appear before
Judge Joseph S. Quinn, in the Sup
erior Court, to argue on motion for
a bill of particulars in the case.
The trial of Ettor and Giovannitti
will start on Sept. S0-Judge Quinn
will preside and the jury will be selec-
ted from panel of $50 talismen.
Members of the industrial Workers
throughout the world have been con-
tributing to a defense fund of $4,000,
according TO leaders, while extra tele-
phone and telegraph wires have been
run into the Court House and other
accommodations provided for a large
number of press representatives.
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A Safe Prediction.

well. what Is your opinion OF the
political outlook novT
MY opinion OF Il IS that there Is
going to be a lot OF useless talk before
anybody is elected and that the man
who Is chosen win not succeed in salts
flying everybody who votes for him
Chicago Record Herald
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BOY SACRIFICES HIS LEG
Skin Of Crippled Limb Will Be Used
TO Save Girl

Gary. Ind. Sept. 22.-wililam Rugh
a newsboy. will allow the amputation
OK his crippled left leg in a few DAYS
so that its skin may be grated on the
body OF Miss Ethel Smith. a girl he
has never seen.
Miss Smith has been confined to
bed for four weeks as a result of
severe burns. and the attending ply
sicians say that the sly hope Of her
recovery is to graft enough skin on
her body to cover the wounds. When
hugh was asked to make the sacri-
fee he promptly consented.
-My-Ieg is no good to me the way il
is, because I have never been able
10 stand on il since ! was a child he
said. II II viii save that poor girls
life she can have Il.
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CHINESE TROOPS KILL 1000.
Family of Prince and Princess un-Ai
Are Among the Murdered.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 22.-Atroci-
ties, committed by Chinese expedition
airy troops in Mongolia, are reported
in Hardin dispatches. After plumber
ing and burning several monasteries
the troops massacra1 1000 Mongoli-
ans and mutilated the bodies of men
and children.
Prince and Princess Un-Ai made
their escape with great difficulty, but
all the members of their family were
murdered
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BIG LEAGUE RESULTS
The American League.

Philadelphia 8, ST. Louis 2 first
game).
Philadelphia 4, st. Louis l (seven
innings, darkness) { second game).
Washington 6, Chicago first
game.)
Washington 4, Chicago l (second
game)
Other games postponed.
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Games today: Pittsburg at New
York. Cincinnati at Boston, Chicago
at Philadelphia, st Louis at Brook
lyn
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WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities For This Section For
The Next - Hours.
For eastern New York and western
Vermont rain tonight and probably
Tuesday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

Pa. what Is literatureT- Literature
Is writing printed IN an expensive man
ner."-St Louis Post Dispatch.
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: games postponed.

No games scheduled today.
The National League.
No games played yesterday.
STANDING GO the Clubs