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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
MCKINLEY DOUBTS DIXON
Says Deserving Delegates Are Not on
Regular List

Washington, April l9.-Representa-
tive William b. Mckinley, director OF
the National Taft Bureau, replied to-
day to Senator Dixons assertion that
certain delegates from South Caro-
lima to the Republican National con
vention already instructed for Presi-
dent Taft were deserving to Roose-
welt.
"At least two of the men named by
Senator Dixon as changing their al
legiance are not listed on any known
table of delegates or accredited to any
known convention yet held" said Mr.
Mckinley. And he then observed
that il instructions be not binding in
South Carolina, why are they more
binding in Oklahoma, Illinois, Penn.
sylvania or Maine2"
The statement closed with this re.
tort:
III Ormsby McHarg, now in the
South for no other purpose than to
persuade men to dishonorable acts,
can find any of that calibre in that
section of the country, the sooner the
country knows it the better"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
AGEO : CHILDREN "
Fathers Were In Revolution.

There are still living in New Eng
land ten or more persons whose ia
Tiers were American soldiers in the
Revolutionary war All OF them are
over 80 and some over 100 years old.
All aged and elderly persons can
add greatly to their comfort by keep
ing their energy and strength up to
the highest point through the use
of Vinol, our delicious cod liver and
iron preparation without oil.
Mrs. a. NJ. Bassford, SO years old,
of Harrisonburg, Va, says: 81 have
been using Ninol for the past three
years and am on my thirty-second
bottle now. think Vinol will do all
n is recommended to do and that it
is all that has kept me alive the past
three years tried almost every
other medicine and found Vinol the
best"
Vinol is fine for old people because
its immediate effect is to sharpen the
appetite and enrich the blood, build
ing up natural strength and energy.
We guarantee Vinol to do all this and
pay back your money II 1t does not
VIM l.. Gokay, Druggist, Bennington,
Vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
TITANIC WAS 60 MILES SOUTH
Government Officials Not Inclined to
Blame Capt Smith for Disaster

other persons than the naval by
drographer at Washington, Capt.
Knapp, are of the opinion that it is
premature to attach blame to Capt
Smith, the commander of the Titanic,
for striking an iceberg against which
he had been warned. One high gov
eminent official, himself a veteran
transatlantic passenger, who has
been Analysing the official reports Of
the disaster, asserts that as a matter
OF fact after being warned OF the pre-
sence of an iceberg in his path, Capt
Smith as an extra precaution took his
vessel southwark and was fully 40
miles in that direction from the point
where the berg was located, when he
struck another, the existence of
which no one knew.
The same official says that the n.y.
geographic charts and reports show
that criticism Of the Titanic's com
mander for not taking the southern
course is entirely misplaced because
the Titanic was actually 60 miles
south of the regular course at this
season and was even in danger of a
head-on collision with steamers east
ward bound, entitled to right of way
by the rules of the sea.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
FIGHT RESULTED FATALLY
Victor Viner, PttsfieId Italian, Died
of His Injuries

Pittsfeld, April 22.-Vietor Viner,
So died yesterday at $3.50 at Hillcrest
hospital of injuries sustained in a
fight in the yard of his home, 800
West street, last Monday evening.
The police are holding Veto Renta, 20
OF 8 Mill street and Joseph Shelsy
81, of 81 Dewey avenue, under $4,000
bail on charges of manslaughter.
These men with another, are alleged
to have inflicted blows which result.
ed primarily in Viner's death. The
third man, whom the police are look
ing for, is believed TO have left the
city, although the police spent all day
yesterday searching in the Italian
quarter of the city for him. Neither
of the men under arrest haG secured
bail upto a late hour last night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
sews of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readere

William Van Sleet of North Ad-
ans was in the village Sunday
William Parker of Pittsneld pass
ed the week end at his home here.
Milk and heavy cream fresh every
day at the Harwood drug store. 46tt
DR.. w. E. Putnam has returned
from few days stay in New York.
Miss Florence Moore, who has been
housed by an attack Of measles is
able TO be out again.
Frank Armstrong of Dalton, Mass,
a former resident, is fishing in the
streams of the vicinity today.
The warm sun of Sunday pretty
much cleared off the snow on the
mountains and the mountain streams
ought to be in condition to fish in
few days now.
George Briggs of Searsburg was
the guest of his brother, Eugene, and
other relatives in town over Sunday.
Mr.. Briggs represented Searsburg in
the legislature of 1910.
Among the attractions that the
Myrkle- Harder company will produce
at the local opera house next week
are: "The Girl in Waiting" Sun
day." "Salomy Jane" His Last Dol
lar" THE Great John Caution" and
"A Gentleman from the South"
Grin b. Bowen has returned from
few days visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. f. L. Bowen in Brook
Ign. He accompanied home Miss
Margaret Battles who has been
spending several weeks in Brooklyn
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bowen
Willard Lighthall, former resi-
dent, who has been spending a few
days with his wife here, returned
Sunday to New York Mr.. Lighthall
who was formerly employed as book
keeper at the Office Of the Vermont
Hosiery and Machinery company, has
accepted a position as commercial
traveller for a New York firm.
Charles B. Wall who left Benning-
ton several years ago to take posi-
tion with the Winsted. Conn, Hosiery
! company, has been elected secretary
of the company. David Strong is
president and +. b. Gaylord is treas
urer and general manager Mr. vi
all's son, Wendell, is taking a course
in the trade school of the General
Electric company at Lynn, Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
Our Tourists in Mexico

A good deal is said about the rude
manners of Americans, on very slen-
der foundation. The charge of rude
ness against Americans is often
heard here in Mexico. NJ de Waleffe,
the French writer, to whose recently
published work on Latin America we
referred the other day, tells us that
while he was in this city he convers-
ed with a foreign diplomatist, who
confided to him his impressions in
the following words: What can you
expect? / came back by Washington
Nobody is more willing and ready
than / to acknowledge the good quail
tiles of the Americans when they
happen to be well educated and re
fined, and cannot shut my eyes to
the faults and failings of Mexican so
ciety. And yet many members OF
that society still revere the traditions
of Spanish courtesy. ! can quite un
derstand why they shrink from that
rabble of rotten financiers and vul
gar, noisy adventures from Texas
who think that they are the superior
IdC6 anu AlldL lltl bOlh6 " nav Z
things all their own wayl"
And NJ Waleffe adds that the Mexi
can senoras complain "of the bad
manners of the Yankees, who swag
ger about all over the place. jostle
against them in the tramcars and res
taurants and deafen everyone Will
their loud, shrill voices"
1t is credible that these things were
told to NJ de Waleffe as, in effect, one
occasionally hears them. But tbs
French author had the candor to add
after noticing the charges in ques
tom
am only repeating what wal
told. | must confess that | mysel
never remarked this rude behavior
The Americans whom / met in Mex
leo were perhaps less polite than tn,
Mexicans, who are extremely polite
but | always found them civil ant
even friendly.
This is the truth and is in lin
with what we have previously main
tained namely, that Americans Il
Mexico compare favorably, in tn
matter of kindness, sociability an,
courtesy, with the members of tn,
other foreign colonies.
That some members Of tourist pal
ties from the United States occasion
ally exemplify the phenomenon o
collective rudeness, penetrate int
the cathedral with their hats on an,
talk to their women folk in a lou
voice, from aisle to aisle of the S;
cred edifice, is possible. And, info
tunately, these isolated instances gal
for American tourists. and for AmeI
leans in general, reputation for ba
manners which they do not deserv,
and thus the innocent suffer with tn
guilty.
But if Europe were as close to Me,
leo as is the United States. probabl
we should see European vulgarity e,
emplifed here just as frequently 8
we now do American vulgarity.
Even among American tourists tn
cultured, or at least the good nature
are after all in the majority, and tn,
they often include persons who al
not only courteous but extremel
obiging, anyone who has met the
in his travels can testify.-From III
Mexican Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
Estate of Michael c. Mulligan

STATE or VERMONT The Honor.
- District of Bennington, 49, able Probate
Court for the District aforesaid
To,nu persons interested In the estate OF
Michael g. Mullipan, late of llennlug
ton in said District deceased, GREETING!
Alta Probate Court. holden at Bennington
within and for said District ON the 9th day OF
April, 1912 an instrument purportlng tobc
the last will and Testament Of Michael G..
Mullignn late OF Bennington IN said Dis
trct, deceased, was presented 60 the Court
aforesaid, Tor Probate.
Audit is ordered by said Court that the s0th.
day OF April. 1919. NJ the Probate Onice IN said
Remington. be ASSUMED iur proving said In.
strumcni. and that notice thereof be given TO
all persons concerned. ny publishing this order
three weeks successfully In the Bennington
Evening banner n newspaper circulating IN
that vicinity, in said District previous to the
time appointed
THEREFORE,. you are hereby notified to mp
pear before said Court. nt the time and place
Aforesaid. aud contest the probate of said Will
" YOU have cause.
Given UNpsn NY HAND az bennington IN
aaid District, this 9Th jaylof April. 1914
GRACE u. HOLT. Register
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
Saving Grace Of Humor.

Just as the big springs on pieces
of artillery take up the shock Of the
recoil after firing, so humor acts as
a bumper and shock reducer in many
a political tilt. The saving grace of
American humor was present and ac.
counted for at the Montpelier conven.
tion and justified itself most hand.
somely. Roosevelt strength, main
forces and reserves; and Taft forces
rank and flle, were there to fight to
the last ditch, and did fight to the
last ditch; but when they were not on
the firing line they laid aside their
weapons and snapped tales. Which is
the North American style. Good
losers and magnanimous winners.
How different might II all have
been had the hot blood of the Latin.
Americans coursed through the veins
of the delegates Picture +. II.
leader shifting his steed on the rump
and indulging in a little shock action
with some valiant leader OF the op-
position who had seen service in a
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
ONE DARK SPOT
Four Chinese Coolies Hid in Lifeboat
of Titanic

One of the few dark spots in the
story of the Titanic was that of the
discovery of four Chinese coolies,
wedged beneath the seats in one of
the boats, where they had hidden
themselves at the first alarm, before
the davits were even manned. They
were not discovered until after the
boat had been hauled on board the
Carpathia, incredible as it may seem
and in that space of time two of them
had died from the exposure and the
crushing they had been subjected 10
by the rescued passengers who sat
upon them without knowing of their
presence-a detail which gives one an
idea of the condition Of mind the sur
vivors must have been in. The Chi
namen were on their way to New
York to join sailing vessel for the
Orient.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
Let Us Have the Primary

Vermont has just passed through
as near a primary election as the
laws of the state allow and the re-
suits can hardly be called satisfac-
tory. 1t Is true that the caucuses
were properly advertised and that
every republican voter who wished
had the opportunity to cast his ballot
for a delegation favoring his candid
ate for the presidency, But the
Roosevelt men say that had there
been a primary Vermont would have
declared for Roosevelt. The Taft
men claim to the contrary. But
neither side can prove their asser-
tons because we have no method Of
ascertaining how many votes were
cast for any of the candidates in the
state as a whole.
This is the weakness of our pre-
sent system and one we feel should
be remedied Under our present
system We use the town as the unit
and allow the man getting the ma
jority of the votes in the town the
victory there. Then in the state and
district conventions the majority of
the towns decide who the delegates
shall be. The majority of the towns
sometimes lack much of represent.
ing the majority of the people and
we believe that the people should be
given the voice rather than the
! towns.
That is all we expect a primary
law would accomplish. We do not
expect II will greatly increase public
interest in political contests after
the new is worn off; nor that It will
make the people more honest or that
in itself It will decrease the use OF
money In politics But II will give
the majority of the people of the
whole state the power to determine
who the candidates shall be and we
believe will be a fairer method Of
choosing our public servants-St
Johnsbury Caledonian.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS MEET
State Convention lnstructs Eight Del
egates at Large for Roosevelt

Chicago, April 2O-Eight delegates
at large to the national republican
convention, instructed for Roosevelt,
were unanimously chosen by the re-
publican state convention at Spring
field yesterday afternoon as follows
Gov. Charles S. Deneen, Roy o. West
b. A. Eckhart, Col. Chauncey Dewey,
l.. Y. Sherman, X. d. Clark, l.. l..
Emerson, Walter A. Desenfelt The
Taft adherents did not oppose.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22

Mrs. Mary Ekey, Rutland, VT,
tells how Foley Kidney Pills relieved
her Of intense pain. Il suffered I'M
told agony with kidney trouble and
pains in my back and my vision was
blurred with black speoks. took
Foley Kidney pills and the results
we're quick and certain. My pains
left, my vision cleared. and am well
again. give credit for my return to
health to Foley Kidney Pills" Coles
Pharmacy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22

former war. But no! The news dis.
patches tell OF the graceful manner in
which defeat was accepted by the col.
onel's followers.
They met as friends, they fought
as friends, and they parted as
friends.-St. Adams Messenger
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22

Mrs. Chas. Jackman, Merrill St
Newburyport. Mass, credits her re.
covory to the use of Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound, She says, 81
used to have hemorrhages of the
lungs and feared was going to have
tuberculosis. ! took several bottles
OF Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
and today l am a well. strong wo.
man and have not a sign Of tubercu.
losls. always keep Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound in the house and
Il keeps the whole family free from
colds" ColeB Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22

Hammond Regan writing from East
Highgate, VI, says Il wish to tell
you how Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound cured me of asthma had a
severe case and tried almost every
thing. One bottle of Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound relieved me and
the second. bottle completely cured
me and have not had an attack
since. Coles Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
Notice to Fishermen.

The attention of fishermen is
called to the statute which prohibits
fishing In all ponds until May 10.
This statute covers Benton pond In
which there has been some fishing,
particularly by boys, during the days
since opening of the season for brook
fishing.
Edward s. Higgins,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
BLACKSMITHING

Horscshoeing ana general jobbing, forging
speciality. Lawn mowers sharpened and put In
arst class condition. All my work Is first class
aud satisfaction guaranteed, Reasonable prices.
Also owner of Noah Harris hub.box attach
ment-worn wagons made 60 run like new.
Call at the Farmers Sheds blacksmith Shop and
will show you what they are.
Frank A. Wahlquist
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22
"Women All at Sea"

There are thousands of women to-
day entirely at sea, so to speak as
far as their ailments are concerned.
Many are suffering in silence rath.
or than consult physician, while
many others have sought advice and
taken medicines without help and are
literally discouraged.
Such women should remember that
Lydia II. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound may be relied upon to act
promptly and thoroughly in such ca
SEES. II strengthens the nerves and
muscles and restores the female sys
TEN to n normal healthy condition,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-22

Edward s. Higgins,
County Warden.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
ROBARTS LIVES, BUT
WIFE, SHOT BY HIM,
SUCCUMBS TOINJURY

COLUMBUS, GA. Aug. 2S.-Today A
NJ. Robarts lies in the city hospital in a
semi conscious condition with a chance
to recover from a self-inficted wound.
The body of his wife, whom he fatally
shot before turning the weap pom on him
self now reposes in a cemetery. She
died from her wound yesterday after
noon.
If Robarts succeeds in his fight
against death at the hospital, he will
have to fight for life in the courts,
where it will be determined whether or
not he was insane at the time he shot
his wife and himself in their home here
yesterday Insane jealousy of his hand
some wife is said to have caused the
shooting. but neighbors declare there
were no tangible grounds for the hus-
bands jealousy. They say the. woman
was true to her husband in every way.
Public sentiment now is against Ro-
barts. He has been a popular travel
ing salesman, commanding a good sal
airy, and with an apparently happy
home. He has represented the Pitts
burgh Plate Glass Company in the Co
lumbus territory
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
THREAT TO FIGHT
MAJOR NJ CREGOR
Nineteenth Senatorial Conven-
ton May Refuse to Ratity
His Nomination.

GREENSBORO, GA, Aug. IS. Major
Charles E. McGregor, of Warren co1n
ty. who was nominated in the primary
last Wednesday for state senator from
the Nineteenth district. comprised OF
Greene, Taliaferro and Warren coun-
ties. is somewhat exercised over a ru-
NOR that an effort VIII be made at the
district convention. to be held at Craw-
fordville on September A. to refuse to
ratify his nomination because he OPP
posed Thomas w. Hardwick. of Wash
ington county, for congress from the
Tenth district
While the move is not gaining any
amount of favor in this county. it is
possible that a, fight will be made in
the convention. In such case, each
county has two votes, and Greene and
Taliaferro could control the nomina =
ton
The delegates from Greene county to
the senatorial convention have not been
named by the county executive com
mittee Editor James c. Williams, OF
Greensboro. is the district executive
committeeman from Greene.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
CUBAN ASSAILANT OF
AMERICAN OFFICIAL IS
FREED WITHOUT BAIL

HAVANA. Aug. 28.-Notwithstandin
the fact that the Cuban law holds an
assault upon a foreign diplomat to be a
felony, Enrique Maza. the Cuban re-
porter who assaulted Hugh S. Gibson,
the charge d'affaires of the American
legation, here last night. was today
released on his own recognizance
Following the assault, which took
place in a hotel, Maza was locked up.
Upon being arraigned today before the
police judge, he demanded his liberty,
and his request was a once granted.
1t Is understood Mr. Gibson will lodge
formal protest against the case being
heard before q police Judge. The Cuban
reporters anger had been aroused be-
cause he had been prescribed from the
United States legation quarters for
falsely quoting Mr. Gibson on matter
relating to the Intercourse between the
United States and Cuban governments.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
BARTLETT-WISE RESULT
TO BE DECLARED FRIDAY

MACON, GA, Aug 28.-The Sixth
district congressional convention will
be held at GAINESVILLE Friday for the
purpose of declaring the nominee of
the recent primary. who, on the face Of
the returns, is Representative C. L.
Bartlett, by a plurality of about 200
Judge Bartlett has appointed his dele
gates from each of the twelve counties,
and thus the convention will be unani-
nous for him. In view Of this fact. it
is not expected that Candidate J. Wal
ter Wise will press his claim for a re-
count in certain counties
Judge Bartlett has appointed a total
of 200 delegates to represent him at the
convention, the plurality rule emitting
him to name the delegates even from
the counties carried by his opponent.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
FIGHT OVER A SLICE OF
HAM ENDS IN SHOOTING

PHOENIXVILLE, PA. Aug. 2S.--In q
fight which followed a controversy over
a slice of ham, Jackson Fryer Al years
old, of Gainesville. was shot while in a
lumber camp near here today, and is in
the local hospital in serious condi-
ton. The contents of both barrels of a
shotgun found Judgment in the body OF
the injured man His assailant, al
legged to be another member Of the lum-
Der colony on the ]. w. Hillman farm
in West Pikeland township. has not yet
been arrested.
1t is openly stated in the neighbor-
hood that the peace officers hesitate to
invade the village of lumber shacks un-
til they are able to go in sufficiently
large numbers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
JUDGE SEES TURKEY TROT.'
JUSTIFIES PROTEST TO IT

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-The turkey
trot' was demonstrated in court for the
benefit of a police magistrate who
wished TO Judge for himself If a pro-
test against the dance which resulted
in an assault upon the manager of a
Bronx social affair was justified
After the demonstration by Frederick
Kreite president of the club the COM
plainant watched with absorbed inter
est a large court room crowd which
cheered his performance. Magistrate
Herbert gave what was considered to
be an indication Of his opinion by hold
ing Harry Mannheimer, the prisoner, to
whose dancing with a woman partner
Kreitel had objected, on a charge of
assault
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
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HE MISSES BATTED BALL
AND GETS A BROKEN JAW

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2s-Struck
by batted ball, John Nolan. 81 years
old, received fracture of the jaw yes
terday
Nolan was playing first base. At an
exciting moment a ball was batted in
the direction of Nolan. 1t moved with
great rapidity. and before the baseman
could place hts hands in position to
catch the sphere, it passed through his
glove and struck him on the side of the
head. He dropped unconscious. He was
taken to St Agnes hospital. where he
was revived and the broken bone set in
a dental splint.