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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-16
YOUNG PEOPLES BANQUET
Successful Gathering at Baptist
Church Parlors.

One OF the most successful ban
quets ever given by the Young Peo-
pies society of the churches of Ben
nington was held last evening in the
parlors OF the Baptist church. At
the hour of seven, exactly one hun
dred sat down at the beautifully ar
ranged tables and were served by
twelve daintily attired girls from the
various churches. The orchestra of
the Baptist church enlivened the &C.
casion by furnishing music
during the progress of the meal
The primary purpose of the occas-
ion was to bring the young people to-
gether for better acquaintance and
information. And the committee that
had charge. so arranged the subjects
that the work of the young people in
our various churches should receive
due emphasis. The toast-master was
II. c. Banks of the Y NJ. c. a. and
the speakers representing the local
organizations were Frederick Myers,
Lawrence Griswold. Leslie Morgan
and Mr.. Pope. These we're followed
by two splendid addresses from out
of town speakers, Rev Albert Par
ker of North Hoosick and Rev j.
Harrison Thompson of Ludlow. Both
the addresses were of a high order
and not only pleased but deeply inn
pressed the young people.
Too much credit cannot be given to
the committee that worked out the
details of the occasion so perfectly,
II ~ noplu Mice naulah nafae Mics
Mildred Farnum, Mrs Harry Moses
and William Boynton.
A card announcing menu and toasts
was placed al each plate and read as
follows:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-16
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont cloudy with light local
SHOWS tonight or Sunday, except fair
extreme south portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-16

rev. AlutIA ihihti
Christian Efficiency
Rev J. Harrison Thompson
let us take ceremonious leave
and loving farwell of our several
friends"
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
SAID FITZGERALD
TRADED IN BONDS
CHARGED WITH SUB
TREASURY THEFT ACCUSED
OF DEALING IN EGGS

Chicago. Nov. 29.-The government
today introduced testimony to show
that George w. Fitzgerald, charged
with embezzling $173,O00 from the
Chicago sub-treasury, had engaged IN
the last few years In writing fire In
surance, buying and selling eggs or
commission on South Water street and
trading in bonds and securities. d,
Frederick Espert, secretary and
treasurer Of the Monarch Refrigerator
Co., testified that in 1907 and 1905
Fitzgerald stored fourteen cars OF eggs
with his company and was loaned SIS,
696 on the eggs.
John Rogers, president Of the Crown
Stove Mfg. Co., said Fitzgerald had
written insurance for him for ten
years. IT,. p '-.E
The prosecution gained a point In
it's fight to convict Fitzgerald, when
United States Judge Carpenter ruled
to admit the testimony of Harry A
Brinkman, :, bond clerk employed by
the Harris Trust and Savings bank
Brinkman had testified, regarding pur
chases of bonds by Fitzgerald. Coun
sef for tire defense had objected to the
admission OF Brinkr1an's testimony on
the ground that his name had not
been submitted to the defense among
the original list OF witnesses.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
MOTION PICTURE
MAGNATE SUED
Head Of "MovIes" Firm Accused Of
Having Wife When Wedding
Another-larae Sum Asked.

New York, Nov 29.-Herbert l..
Miles, president of motion picture
Aim company, was arrested today and
gave bail to insure his appearance at
the trial of breach Of promise suit
brought against him by Miss Edna M.
Moran Of this CITY, Miss Moran is
suing for $4,000. She declares Miles
Is wealthy and of high social stand
ing" and charges that when she mar.
ried him in Philadelphia in August,
1911, he had another wife living, of
whom he told her nothing.
Miss Moran in her bill asserts that
Miles told her on their wedding eve
that his real name was Herbert w.
Bristow and that he lived at some
place In Ohio. Miles Is now living,
Miss Moran charges with his first
wife, formerly Mrs. Katherine Wesler
of Washington, D. c.. whom he married
in 1906.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
TWO INDICTMENTS
CHARGING MURDER
Black Hawk County Grand Jury
Charges First and Second De-
gree Murder In True Bills.

Waterloo, Nov 29.-The grand jury
made an important report, returning
indictments as follows: Gust Bekiares
first degree murder. 1t Is alleged that
the accused man murdered Selem
Mehmet, a Turk, near Dewar, Sep
tember "a, and robbed him Of $500.
which he carried in belt about his
body Bekiares was brought here from
Kansas City after vigorous contest
in the federal courts over an applica-
tion for writ of habeas corpus. He
is Is years old
DR.. Anna Longshore was indicted
on q charge of second degree murder.
She is accused Of having caused the
death of q young woman twenty-five
years of age, by performing an alleged
criminal operation. She is at liberty
on bond.
Martin Bolinski was indicted on a
charge of assault with intent to COM
NIT murder upon VIM. link, who is
recovering from bullet wound in the
stomach The shooting is said to have
resulted from a quarrel over lighted
match.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
RUSSIAN TREATY
LEFT FOR WILSON
Taft Administrator Does Not Intend
to Enter Modus Vivendi with
Russla-To Go over.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 29.--The
Taft administration, 1t was made
known today, does not intend to make
any agreement or enter into modus
vivendi to supplant the treaty with
Russia which expires January l. The
question of new treaty and the sub
ject OF the treatment of American
Jews travelling in Russia which raised
storm all over the United States
last spring will be one Of the heritages
that President Taft will leave to Mr..
Wilson, according to letter from
the president to Simon Wolf, Washing
ton representative OF the United He
brew congregations and the order of
B'Nai Birth. made public today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
iron WORKERS
|DE ENTITLED BY
YOUNG WITNESS
Girl of IA Picks Out Ander-
son and Smith Of Cleve-
land as Men Who Blew up
Ore Conveyor at Randall.

indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 29.-As the
youngest witness yet to testify, Miss
Cleo Beard, II years old, picbed out
from the forty-five defendants at the
dynamite conspiracy" trial today two
men whom she said she saw shortly
before an explosion at North Randall,
Ohio, on March .25, 1911. In that ex-
plosion an ore conveyor was blown up
by nitroglycerine with $4,000 damage.
The little witness garbed in a pink
dress climbed the high witness chair
and looking toward the accused bomb
plotters' told her story. She said with
her sister she was going along lone
ly road toward her home at North
Randall.
One Had Funny Face.
1T was just before dark" she said.
ION the road we met the men who
were carrying box between them.
The men were coming toward Randall
from the direction OF Cleveland. One
of them had a funny face"
"a funny face?" asked District At
torney Miller.
DO you see him in the court
room?'
"Yes,s that's him. replied Miss
Beard, pointing to George Anderson,
Cleveland defendant.
Hes the one that carried the box.
And there's another one,' she added,
pointing to Peter J. Smith, Cleveland.
I'VE hadn't been home more than an
hour when the explosion, mile away
knocked the dishes off the table,"
Laura Beard, 18 years old, also
identified the men,
Anderson and Smith, iron workers,
we're accused by the government with
having blown up the North Randall
Job because it was erected on the
"open shop" basis.
The box, which the sisters testified
they saw in the hands Of Smith and
Anderson, was produced in court and
was identified by other witnesses as
having been found in the wreckage of
the explosion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
CAPPER-HODGES
CASE STILL PENDING

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 29.-The Kansas
board of election canvassers met to-
day but did not issue a certificate to
q governor-elect The supreme court
restraining order is still in effect.
Attorney General Dawson filed mo-
tion today to have the order raised.
It is expected that this will be done
at once and the board issue a certi-
fcate to Hodges. democrat, Saturday
morning. The agreement on supple
mentary returns now gives Hodges,
democrat, 4 matGrtty of twenty-eight
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TO
MURDER OF THE
z YOUNG BOYS
J. Frank Hickey Tells Of the
Fiendish Slaughter of
Youths to Buffalo Off
GERS; Possessed by Mania.

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 29.-J. Frank
Hickey today made a full confession
of the murder October II, 1911, OF
Joseph Josephs, the 7-year-old Lacka-
wanna boy, and of Michael Kruck, the
New York newsboy, December IL,
1902. ..
The confession was made to District
Attorney Dudley. 1t was begun On the
train that rushed Hickey from New
York City to Buffalo last Wednesday
and was completed today. The whole
story was reduced to formal state
ment and signed by Hickey.
Mania for Killing Boys.
Both the Josephs boy, whose dis
membered body was found in cess.
pool back Of a saloon in Lackawanna
November 16, and the Kruck boy were
strangled to death. Hickey attributed
his crimes to the excessive use of
liquor When drunk he said he was
possessed of an issesistible mania for
killing boys. He denied that he had
committed other similar crimes and
said he was repentant for his deeds
and expected to pay the penalty.
Young Josephs disappeared the aft
ernoon of October 12, 1911. His father,
George Josephs, prominent merchant
of Lackawanna, insisted from the start
that the boy had been kidnapped and
q country wide search was instituted.
Hickey was arrested at a colony for
inebriates at Whiting. N. j., Novem-
Der 10. His fondness for writing postal
cards the police say proved his un-
doing. He mailed cards from Boston
and New York and their reproduction
in newspaper led friend Of Hickey's
to inform the police Of his suspicious.
Described Crime In Postal.
The order for arrest followed. In
one postal from Boston the then un-
known writer wrote of the Kruck mur-
der as follows: + fF:~
"Wednesday night, December TO-,
1902. l enticed Michael Ricac Kruck
a newsboy, at Eighty-sixth street and
Central Park West, New York City.
into the park opposite the entrance to
the arsenal police station. strangled
him and just escaped the officer who
found him as came back "a few
words here illegible) three times
have taken life; twelve times have
tried and cannot help It.
Another card from Boston told of
the murder of the Josephs boy and
where the body would be found. The
police followed the minute instruc-
tions on the card and recovered the
body in decomposed fragments.
Hickey will be formally aTaigned
Monday on the charge of murder in
the first degree.
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REGULARS TO
HAVE CONTROL
IN THE HOUSE
Recapitulation Shows That
Insurgents Suffered the
Worst in Recent Election !;
Kennedy Arrives First.
[BY E. H. HANSON ]

Washington, d. c., Nov. ga slight
resume of the situation shows that al
though both the regulars and the in
surgents suffered in the slaughter on
the fifth, the insurgents got really the
worst Of it. The stand-patters will
have full control Of the republican or.
ganization in the house when the next
congress meets and James r. Mann OF
Chicago will undoubtedly be reelected
minority leader. There are not
enough bull moosers coming to the
sixty-third session to receive any real
party recognition and there are so few
insurgents left that they will have to
60 with their old comrades or shift
entirely for themselves. The demo
Gratis, who would have welcomed them
this session or last, have so many new
members Of their own that they would
really appreciate it as favor II the
insurgents and regulars would get to-
gether again, and give them little
trouble.
In Kansas, for instance, only two
republicans We're reelected. Victor
Murdoch, the most widely known OF
all insurgents, was one and Phil Camp.
bell, as widely known as a standpat-
ter, was the other. Murdoch early
espoused the Roosevelt cause and
Campbell even earlier drew the Roose.
velt lighting but his district returned
him just the same. t
Anthony, Jackson, Rees and Young,
all insurgents, were beaten. Not only
that but Stubbs, the Roosevelt candi-
date for the senate and Capper, the
Roosevelt candidate for governor,
were carried down in the melee.
The beating given the insurgents
in Kansas is considered by the regu-
lar republicans balsam enough for all
their. wounds. Added to it the defeat
of the Rooseveltians in California
makes them real comfortable while
conyalescing
The failure Of the third party to
elect many officials will undoubtedly
handicap those who want to perpetu-
ate that party and If it does not live
will have more, probably, than any
thing else to do with It's death. Any
sort Of political organization must
have men in Office in order to live.
No matter what its popular vote may
have been, 1t has always been the
case that II new party didn't sue
ceed in electing enough officials to
perfect strong party organization,
It's existence as a party was very
brief. And it is just this fact which
gives so many Of the regular republi-
cans hope at this time when most
everybody considers their case hope
less. The recent election will leave
the few left more thoroughly united
than ever before.
Representative Charles A. Kennedy,
the conservative congressman from
the first district, was the first of the
Iowa delegation to reach Washington
this week Mr.. Kennedy arrived In the
capital on Wednesday evening and
went Immediately to his Office to look
over the mail which had accumulated
there during the past few days.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
BRIEF MATTERS IN
THE DAYS NEWS

WAxACHACHlE, TEx.-Burrell Oates
negro, convicted of numbering Sol
Aronoff of Dallas was hanged here
today. The execution marked the end
Of a remarkable case in Texas juris-
prudence. ,..
FOR DODGE-B. r. McClosky. who
killed Thomas Brown Of Webster
City, Iowa. in q street brawl Septem-
Der was sentenced to % years in
the penitentiary.
CAIRO, ILL-Tony Janus departed In
his hydroplane this morning for Co
lumbus, Ky. Owing to a high wind
he kept his machine near the water.
inventor of the locomotive cab and
pilot, and builder Of the first wrought
iron bridge in the United States, died
here today. He had been a recluse
for years.
NEW YORK-A. Hackstaff for many
years secretary of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Co. and later it's vice
president, Is dead at his home here
after an illness Of day.
ADOSAI1p n poSpys
assistant cashier Of the City Nation
al bank of Paducah shot and killed
himself in the basement of the bank
today. Examiners are working on
the institutions books.
WICHITA, KANS.-E. D. Patten, a
farm laborer, So years old, died last
night at farm five miles south Of
this city as the result OF a fractured
skull caused by a Thanksgiving day
fight over $12.50.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.-A coroner's
jury today decided Wednesday
nights wreck on the Pennsylvania
road at Glen Loeb in which four
were killed, was due to the sagging
of bridge. The Pennsylvania rail-
road is held responsible. ..
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH-John w.
Sibben, former cashier Of the First
National bank Of Manistee pleaded
guilty in United States court this
afternoon to embezzling $4,000 from
the bank. Mf '..rr
NEW. YORK-Call money was lent at
20 per cent just before the close of
business on the stock exchange. The
furry was created by the increasing
demand from borrowers and further
calling Of loans by clearing house
banks Opening at s per cent it rose
steadily in the closing hour to 20 per
cent .%eat ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
PEACE REACHED IN
SANTO DOMINGO
Political Prisoners Have Been Re-
leased and American Representa-
tive Left For Home

Washington, D. c., Nov. 29.-Word
reached the state department today
that all political prisoners in Santo
Domingo had been released. Peace
having been restored in the republic,
the department also Is advised that
General Frank Mcintyre. chief Of the
insular bureau, and head OF the Amer
lean commission, which went to the
island to investigate conditions, is on
his way home.
William T. s. Doyle, the other com
missioner, will remain while longer
in the rcDuA 'ta,
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SCOTT TO SERVE
UNEXPIRED TERM

Sioux City, Nov. 29.-Geo. C. Scott,
congressman elect Of the eleventh dis
trict left last evening for Washington.
He will serve out the unexpired term
Of the late e. II. Hubbard. With the
ending of this congress and the begin
ming Of the next session he will begin
the two years term to which he was
lust elected.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
URGE WEATHER MAN
FOR CABINET POST

Chicago, Nov. 29.-Chicago friends
Of Professor Willis L. Moore Of the
United States weather bureau today
confirmed the report of a movement
recommending him for cabinet posi-
tion as secretary Of agriculture. A
petition to President-elect Wilson
recommending the appointment was
signed by 500 grain dealers, was for
warded today. Petitions were also
circulated among members of scientific
and commercial organizations In the
city. j
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
WINDOW BREAKERS
MAKE LARGE HAUL
Horseshoe Wrapped in Newspaper Be.
comes Common Implement for
Thieves in Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 29.-For the second
time within a week thieves early today
hurled horse shoe wrapped in news
PEPPER through the window Of q store
on Michigan boulevard. loaded their
plunder in an automobile. and escaped.
F'urs valued at $1,500 was the latest
loot Of the automobile bandits" taken
from an establishment at 604 South
Michigan boulevard. Last week the
same gang Of thieves, the police say,
robbed a jewelry store block away of
$4,000 in gems by breaking the window
with horseshoe.
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DEMOCRATS MAY
ATTACK THE ORDER

washington, Nov. 29.-An effort will
be made to suspend President Taft's
executive order OF October Is, whereby
$4,000 fourth class postmasters were
placed under civil service. according to
Representative Hull of Tennessee.
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NOTED EDUCATOR
DEAD IN VIRGINIA

Lynchburg, Va, Nov. 29.-Dr. viii
liam Waugh Smith, chancellor of the
Randolph-Macon system Of colleges
president of Randolph Macon woman's
college of Lynchburg and founder OF
the woman's college and Randolph
Macon academies at Bedford City, Va,
and Front Royal, Va, died here early
today after lingering illness.
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BOY BREAKS NECK;
CAUGHT IN A BELT

Rhodes, Nov. 29.-Harold, an s-year-
old son Of J. w. Tanerty was caught
in the belt Of a corn shelter yesterday
and his neck broken. He died instant
ly. The boy was standing close to the
machine and stepped backward into
the belt.
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TOOK SAFE IN ICE
BOX; CHISEL BOTTOM

Council Bluffs, Nov. 20 Burglars
who entered the butcher shop OF s..
M. Frohm here early today, tore the
bottom out OF a safe and escaped
with $500. The robbers rolled the
safe into a large ice box and turning
it upside down cut the bottom out with
chisels.
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TEETH;
DIED EATING DINNER

Sheldon, Nov. 29.--Adolphe Scheide,
forty seven years old swallowed a
piece Of his false teeth while eating
Thanksgiving dinner and died Of
strangulation. He was conversing with
members Of the household when he
suddenly began to gasp. He soon fell
to the floor and died few minutes
later
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FAVORS
PRISON FARM

TT. Madison, Nov. 2s.-warden San
ders, who has been severely criticized
in the past for lack Of progressive
ideas concerning treatment Of GRIMM
ais placed himself on record here last
night as favoring prison farms for men
Of lesser crimeA
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BONE SPLINTER
PIERCED HEART

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 2s.-George
w. Hayes. Is, died in the Children's
Homeopathic hospital from splinter
ed bone which worked its way from his
kneecap to his heart
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SIOUX CITY NEWS
GUTTED BY FIRE

Sioux City, Nov. 29.-The plant Of
the Sioux City Daily News was gut
ted BY Are early this morning. The
loss is placed at 100000 with 1000
insurance. The cause OF the fire is
unknown. Other Sioux City newspa-
pers extended assistance. The paper
will be issued from the Journals
plant.
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LOW BIRTH RATE
AFFECTS THE ARMY

Paris. Nov. 29.-The number Of re-
cruits available for the French army
was reduced from 23s,000 in 1906 to
215,0O0 in 1911 through the diminution
of the birthrate In France, was the
startling assertion made by Joseph
Reinach in the debate In the chamber
Of deputies today on the bill relating
to infantry enrolment.
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Kansas City Lab0rerS
Find $4,000 in Bonds;
Will Share $1,000 REWARD
**++*++++** + ~ : *+*+*+*+*+s

Kansas having face value OF
s4oooo together with checks small amount OF a
registered
posoce to the railway station mere
IN three laborers
city Will dVde
While digging sand
their homes
the federal author
other today and
covered yards the first found