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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-23
NOT So MANY BILLS
INTRODUCED IN
LEGISLATURE
About $50 in Hands of Revision
Committee
MANY CALL FOR MONEY
Bill in House to Prevent HoIoer of
Liquor License from Holding
Public Office.

Montpelier Nov. 22-Though there
were at least a hundred absentees
this morning and many desertions al
ter the speaker of the house raped
for order a large volume of business
was transacted The lawmakers of
the House were not sure this morn
ing that they were going to adjourn
as they had sent back the Senate
joint resolution relating to adj
journment with a proposal of amend
ment AS the upper branch had fin
ished its work and was anxious TO
leave no opposition was made to the
amended resolution and the Senate
concurred.
If Mr. Hapgood of Peru had not
been obliged to leave the chamber
early in order TO catch the train for
home he would have heard his salary
bill referred to the general committee
which is considered repository for
measures inclined to CRATE upon the
nerves of the members.
A determined effort to have the
Brattleboro oyerpass bill reconsider
ed failed.
There are about $50 bills still in
the hands of the revision committee
and probably half of that number will
be ready to report upon the recon
vening of the Legislature The total
number of bills introduced TO date is
less than at the beginning of the
Thanksgiving recess two years ago
The total appropriations asked for to
date amount to over $350.000 of which
$50 900 is for state aid to Individual
towns. The highway bill came in to-
day and calls for an annual appropria-
ton of 100000 and an additional APP
preparation OF 100000, for the state
highway department
out of $50 bills introduced in the
House 2S6 are still in committee: %
Senate bills are in the hands of the
House committees; - bills are in the
files of the clerk of the house await
ing third reading
The following statement of the
standing OF the business OF the House
was made by Clerk Harry A. Black
tonight:
In files of Clerk Third readings
ordered, II; reported favorably with
amendments, .; ordered to lie and be
printed, Z; ordered to lie. 4, ready
for signature of the governor, u; re
ported favorably l killed in the
House, 3S; killed in the Senate >,
signed by governor, SO; in the hands
of the Senate 80.
Senate bills. Number OF bills in
the hands of committees. %; bills
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-23
MURDERER coNFEssEs
AIthose FRINGE Says He Killed Frank
Bentley.

Warsaw, Nov. 22.-Althose Prince,
who was arres,o1 Wednesday in con-
nection with the murder of Frank
Bentley, confessed 20 Sheriff Bauer
this morning that he had committed
the crime. He told the officer that he
had known for some time of the at
tention Bentley had shown Mrs.
Prince and that he killed him in a
jealous frenzy.
Bentley's badly mutilated body was
found yesterday in a shallow grave
on the Woodhouse farm. Both legs
had been chopped off near the hips
and an effort had been made to de-
stroy the body by fire.
Prince in his confession stated that
he first shot Bentley with the latter's
gun and threw the weapon into Java
lake, several miles from the scene of
the crime. He refused to tell of the
efforts he made to conceal the evil
dences of his crime.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-23
TAFT WOULD NOT
ACCEPT PENSION
FROM CARNEGIE
No Refusal at Present Time for
Personal Reasons
CABINET HAS LITTLE TO SAY
Opposed to the Idea That Private
Corporation Should Provide for
Ex-Presidents.

Washington, Nov. 22.-While no an
nouncement on the subject is forth
coming from the White House it ap-
pears to be settled in President Taft's
mind that he will decline TO be a
beneficiary of the Carnegie Founda-
tons Pension Fund for ex-Presidents.
His rejection of the proposal is ex-
pected to be announced in advance OF
formal tender of the pension which
presumably will not be made prior
to his retirement from Office on March
4 next.
From the little that can be learned
of the Presidents attitude he does
not wish to place himself in posi-
ton where he might be accused Of a
bit of domagogy on the one hand or
of discourtesy to the Trustees of the
Carnegie Foundation on the other in
declining the pension. For that rea-
son he probably will express his
views in statement that will show
appreciation of the action of the Car
negie Foundation and will point out
why he feels that he cannot take ad-
vantage of it.
Following the Presidents decision
not TO discuss the matter for publ
cation, members of the Cabinet de-
clined today to give interviews. A
few of them, however, dropped hints
that they were opposed to recognition
of the idea that a private corporation
should provide for the future ease and
comfort of persons who had served as
Presidents. The Cabinet view is that
any such provision for ex-Presidents
should come from Congress. The
idea of eXPresidents being dependent
on private bounty is distasteful to
many of Mr.. Taft's associates and
Friends
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-23
NORTH BENNINGTON

Services will be held at the Congre
gational church on Sunday at the
usual hours. At the morning service
the pastor will repeat by request The
sermon of last Sunday evening on
Friendship. Let every one remem-
Der literally the annual Offering for
the Congregational Educational So
ciety. Sunday school meets at II
o'clock and the Endeavor society at
6.15, the topic OF the latter being
Gratitude. At Z o'clock the pastor
in the evening worship viii speak on
The Churches Contributing to the
Country, Home mission week sub
ject.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-23
LOCAL OVERFLOW

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward p. Ball Of
Pittsheld, former residents, visited rel
atives here Friday.
Miss Frances Delaney, who has
been passing the summer with her
cousin. Mrs. Harry Fradenburg Of
Furnace Grove, returned today to her
home in Jersey City.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hogan are re
ceiving congratulations upon the
birth Of a son Friday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-23
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont unsettled. with local rains
or SHOWS interior tonight or Sunday
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
DISCUSS PLANS
TO REDUCE FORCE
Purchasing Officer of District Be.
fore Redfeld Investigating
Committee.

Ways and means for reducing the
force Of the purchasing Office Of the
District without impairing its efficiency
were discussed yesterday afternoon at
a hearing before the Redfeld subcommit-
tee of the House District Committee
which is investigating the methods en-
I!oyed in buying and distributing sup
Plies in the District.
Marion Hargrove. purchasing officer,
informed Mr.. Redfeld that while he
needed the services of his entire stan
ct times. there were periods when he
was able to lend the services of certain
Ct his clerks to other departments. Mr.
IIargrove said his Office did not receive
credit in its appropriation for services
SO detected.
The hearing yesterday afternoon was
devoted largely to completing the record
through the introduction of documentary
evidence. One statement prepared by
Mr.. Hargrove showed that while pur-
chasing officers for the executive de-
partments or other branches of ths Fed
eral government in some instances re-
ceived a higher rate Of compensation
than that allowed the purchasing officer
for the District, in no case was the
amount expended annually nearly so
great as in the case of the District
The statement showed, moreover, that
with less money to distribute and a more
circumscribed variety of supplies to
purchase. the purchasing officer for the
city of Philadelphia receives $4,000 an
nually. three times the amount allowed
for the District officer.
At the morning session. when ques-
toned about the difficulty of procuring
strictly fresh" eggs for the Tuberculo-
sis Hospital. Mr.. Hargrove said the
only way he knew Of to insure this
brand of hen fruit was to have a Dis
trict hennery.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
PINCHOT TELLS OF
UNDER ASSESSMENT
Writes Henry George. Jr., Of I'm
equal Levy on Home in
Washington.

In a letter to Representative Henry
George. Jr., OF New York. member of
the House District Committee. Clifford
Pinchot. millionaire Roosevelt leader,
calls attention to a gross underassess-
ment OF his home, near Sixteenth Street
and Rhode Island Avenue. Mr.. Pinchot's
letter follows:
Your committee, I learn. has de-
veloped the fact that many small own
ers of property in the District OF CO.
ton far greater than the two-thirds of
many of the large owners of property
two-thirds provided by law. In this way
the poorer men are taxed most heavily
and those who are richest pay least in
proportion. l am told that this is gen.
orally true in the District.
When these facts came to my knowl-
edge they led me to investigate the as
sessment of my own property, to which
had hitherto given no attention. Ac-
cordingly. 1 asked Story & Cobb. WE'LL
known real estate men, with whose high
standing you are doubtless familiar, to
estimate the value Of the land and inn
on which / am taxed. Their
estimate leads me to believe that / have
been taxed on a valuation about $4,000
too low. In other words, at the current
rate of taxation, the assessor has not as
sessed against me about se0o of yearly
taxes that / ought to have paid. and has
that amount on others less able
to pay II. This is unjust. Therefore, I
put the facts in your hands for such use
as you see fit to make OF them"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
FAv0RS COMPROMISE BILL.
Plate Printers Discuss Amendment
Concerning Power Presses.

The International Steel and Copper
Plate Printers Union OF North America
at yesterdays session at the New Eb-
bitt approved OF the compromise measure
affecting the use OF power presses in the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing, con-
tanned in the amendment TO the sundry
civil bill. now pending in Congress
The amendment recognizing the needs
of greater volume of production in the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing, au-
thorizes the bureau to apply power
presses to the printing Of the backs Of
Treasury notes to the extent of one-fifth
of the product Of the first year of ina
stalla ton, increasing in like proportion
annually until. at the end OF five years.
all backs of Treasury notes shall be so
produced by power presses.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
SENATE WILL VOTE
ON TARIFF BILLS
Democrats Enforce Consideration
by Threats to 0bstruct Other
Measures.

The Senate leaders have yielded to the
demand of Senator Simmons, who has
charge Of the Democratic tariff bills
coming over from the House, and will
accord the Democrats a vote on the
bill. There are three tariff bills that
have not yet been acted on by the Senate.
the bill revising the duties in the wool
schedule, the sugar bill. and the excise
bill
1t was evident from the attitude as
sumed by the Democratic Senators yes
terday that they would oppose to the
point of obstruction the consideration of
the regular routine business Of the Sem
ate, such as the general appropriation
bills unless there was an agreement for
vote on the pending tariff bills. As
evidence OF this determination. Senator
Simmons objected to the, usual request
TO dispense with the first formal read
ing of the bill when the sundry civil APP
preparation bill was laid before the Sem
ate by vote of 35 to IS. Later In the
day, when a suggestion was made that
the unfinished business" the Panama
Canal bill. be laid aside to permit the
Senate to complete the consideration of
the surdry civil appropriation bill, Sem
ator Simmons again objected. The effect
of the two objections was that the Sem
ate consumed more than an hour in
listening 10 the ureary reading OF the
general appropriation bill and then was
required to consider the Panama Canal
bill against its will.
No time was fixed for the vote on the
three pending tariff bills, but it is certain
that sooner or later there will be a vote
and that the bills will be sent to con-
ference. This agreement IS in the in
terest OF expediting the business Of the
session to bring about an early adjourn
ment of Congress. 1t Is the understand
ing that there will be no unnecessary de-
bate on the three tariff bills, and there
may be no speeches whatever.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
SENATOR BRADLEY TO SPEAK.
kentucky Scion to Address Civic
and Political League.

The executive committee of the Ma
tional Civil and Political League of
America, an organization OF colored
voters, met yesterday evening at CAL
braith A NJ. z. Zion Church in Sixth
Street. between L and NJ Northwest.
Among the speakers were President Cor
rothers. W. Calvin Chase, editor OF the
Washington Bee; DR.. G. L. p. Talia-
ferro. Of Philadelphia, and Attorneys J..
/. Taylor, Joseph H. Stewart and
George F. Collins, Of this city.
This afternoon. at 2:3o o'clock, the
delegates will be received In a body by
President Taft
At the session tomorrow night. Sen
ator William .. Bradley OF Kentucky
Will deliver an address on The Prog
ress Of the Negro Race" and Rev. i. n
Rose, Of this city; DIR. C. D. Hazel, of
New Jersey: Bishop C. L. Blackwell, of
Philadelphia. and others will speak.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
PROHIBITS TAYLOR
SYSTEM IN YARDS
Senate Bill Calls Scientific Man
agement" Harsh and
Oppressive.

Declaring certain features Of scientific
management" Of machine shops to be
hard and oppressive to workmen, the
Senate Committee on Education and
Labor yesterday reported out a bill
aimed to prevent the installation of the
Taylor system Of shop management On
navy yards or other government shops.
The report on the bill aimed a body blow
at the Taylor system, which is threat
ened for the Washington Navy Yard as
well as other government shops.
The bill. as reported by the committee,
provides that at shall be unlawful for
any officer, manager. superintendent.
foreman. or other person having charge
Of the work Of any employee OF the
United States government to make or
cause to be made with a stop watch or
other time measuring device time study
of the movements between the starting
and completion Of any such job of any
such employe.
Bonus for Suggestions.
mo premium or bonus or cash reward
shall be paid to any employee, except for
suggestions In the improvement or econ
omy In the operation of the plant In
which he is employed" A second section
makes a violation of the proposed law a
misdemeanor. punishable by a fine Of
not more than $500 or Imprisonment for
not more than six months.
THE terms of this bill," says the COM
mittee report, 'and the practices which
1t is intended to prohibit are directed
against the excuses of certain systems
of shop management which 1t is the in
tention of the War Department and the
Navy Department to install in their
manufacturing establishments, and which
We believe to be oppressive to-workmen.
as they have a tendency to reduce the
employe to a mere machine, deprive him
Of his self-reliance, and in the long run
would reduce government employees to .
condition OF unresisting vassalage.
MANY of those systems have much in
them that is commendable and proper.
since a large portion OF their details
consists of a compilation OF business
methods and shop practice which have
proven successful and not harmful to
the workman, such as the proper group
ing Of machines. standardizing tools and
equipment. and methods of doing work.
elimination OF waste. modern methods
of issuing materials and cost keeping.
&C. On the other hand. in the effort to
get the utmost amount OF work out Of
the employees excuses are committed
which should be curbed."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
WITHOUT WILSON'S SUPPORT.
Hughes VIII Run for the Senate
Whether or No.

Representative Hughes of New Jersey,
who was gerremandered out of his dis
trict, the old Sixth. by the Republican
Legislature, and who is now candidate
to succeed Senator Briggs. says he has
not gone into the race with the idea of
making 1t dependent upon Gov. Wilson'S
support. Hughes is a close personal and
political friend Of Gov. Wilson. and 1t Is
expected here will have the latter's sup
pois.
II do not know whether Gov. Wilson
will support me or not" said Mr.
Hughes. HE may decide to lend his
support to another candidate. There is
no reason why he should not. The Gov
ernor is under absolutely no obligations
to support me. II I thought my candi-
dacy would be embarrassing to him, 1
would withdraw. but DO not believe It
will be. / have not made any formal
statement Of my candidacy because It
has become generally known in the last
few days"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
JOHN SAYS HE'SOFF
PICKING POCKETS
But New York Police Nab Him for
SYiping Tray Of Diamonds
in Minneapolis,

New York. July f7.-John Piggott.
known to fame and the police as 1.-The
Lawyer Pickpocket," and sometimes as
Myers. or Kingsberry. is disguised with
New York as a field for his chosen pro-
-fession.
John fell into the hands Of the police
last night. He is wanted in Minneapolis
for the little matter of the theft OF a
tray Of diamonds
Believe me- said the embittered
John to-day, IF ! can beat this case
] m through with picking pockets and
through with New York. A pickpocket
can't live here any more. They sgrab
you for even jostling anybody getting
on or of a street car. That has simply
ruined the business"
Pisgott, who is thirty-eight years old.
married several years age. He said he
was on the way to meet his wife when
arrested. and said she had exacted a
promise from him to give UP picking
pockets and live square"
II have been living square since I was
released from the Connecticut State
prison at Wetherfield. little while ago."
said Piggott. Il was in there doing my
bit when they say that Minneapolis job
was done.
II did three months in Chicago in 1895
ana was grabbed n Los Angeles in 1880.
In 1900 1 got five years in San Francisco
and got year in Baltimore in 1906 for
robbery. Ny experience on the inside Of
prisons has made me want to be strictly
honest. take 1t from me.
why, in Baltimore they would hang
you up by your fingers for the slightest
breach of the prison rules and keep you
there until you were ready to faint. A
doctor stood by with a watch in one
hand. the other on your pulse to say
when you had enough. At Wetherfield
they fed you all right. but the silence
rule they enforced in the prison was
horrible. I was sent up for three years
tbere"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18

paign. Then Mr.. Carnegie gave 10000.
Mr.. William Smith Cochrane gave $4,000.
and there were several contributions OF
$4,000 Mr.. Frank Munsey gave $4,000.
60 also did Whftelaw Reid, M. c..
d. Borden, and Gen. Corbin, but Gen.
Corbin's contribution was made up.
think. from several contributions by peo-
pie in Washington who did not give
their Names
Mostiy Small Contributions.
Mr.. Hitchcock added that the contri-
buttons to the 1908 Republican campaign
were in the main very small. They came
in slowly. and It was therefore necessary
for the management to accept some large
contributions at the start.
Mn Hitchcock declared that the To-
bacco Trust had not contributed in 30
far as he knew through large stock
holders Of the Tobacco Trust. He ac-
knowledged that Mr.. Munsey and Mr..
Cochrane were stockholders of the
United States Steel Corporation, but he
pointed out that there are thousands OF
stockholders in that corporation. Mr..
Hitchcock did not think that George w.
Perkins had made any contribution. Mr..
Hitchcock denied emphaticaily that any
officers Of the International Harvester
Company had contributed.
Mr.. Hitchcock said that letters were
sent to 5000 prosperous business men
asking for contributions OF $50 each. IN
response to these letters the committee
received between 100000 and $4,000. .
Mr.. Hitchcock recalled that several
concerns Of New York made
They were usually ys.UoU
each.
The amount of course for firms OF
that kind was exceedingly small SAID
Mr.. Hitchcock.
To-day the committee will examine
William F. Sheehan. of New York, who
was, chairman of the executive committee
of the national committee in the Parker
campaign Of 1904.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
TO DEMAND IMMEDIATE TRIAL.
layton to Insist on Archibald Inn
parchment Hearings at Once.

Predicting that the Impeachment trial
OF Judge Robert W. Archibald of the
United States Commerce Court will not
take longer than two weeks, Chairman
Clayton Of the House Judiciary Committee
emphatically stated yesterday that he
will insist upon immediate trial when
the House impeachment managers ap-
pear Friday before the Senate.
I'VE have the case fresh In our minds
and have weeded out the Witnessed said
Judge Clayton. There is no reason why,
the trial should require more than two
weeks, using only part Of the Senate's
time. We will insist that the trial pro-
coed at once"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
HAS LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME.
Special Attention for Certain Meas
urcs Before Adjournment.

Representative Henry Of Texas. chair
man of the Committee on Rules, will
present to the House to-day a programme
of legislation which will keep the mem
bers busy while the Senate is cleaning
up its legislative slate preparatory to adj
journment. The Rules Committee will
submit a special order to give prece-
dence to several measures which will
probably take up the time of the House
up to adjournment. The measures are
the result of the Titanic disaster and
are designed TO provide more adequate
protection for the lives of passengers
and seamen on ocean vessels
A bill also will be considered requiring
that all vessels be fitted with wireless
apparatus. After these are disposed of.
a measure introduced by Representative
Lever OF South Carolina for the extern
sion Of agricultural university work. and
another of Representative Adamson of
Georgia. for the physical valuation of
railroads, will be taken up.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
PASS LABOR BILLS.
One Measure Seeks to Create De-
partment of Labor.

The House passed two labor measures
yesterday. One was a bill introduced by
Representative Sulzer of New York, cre-
ating a department OF labor. the head
of which shall be a Cabinet officer. The
other measure was introduced by Repre-
sentative Hughes of New Jersey ana pro-
vided an industrial commission consist
ing of nine members to Investigate and
report the causes of labor troubles, ana
the general relations existing between
the labor and capital. Both measures
have been approved by labor organi-
cations.
Representative Roddenbery of Georgia
failed in an attempt to have the COM
mission instructed to investigate the al
legged importation OF pauper labor into
this country from Europe. He then be-
gan a single-handed filibuster against
the measure. but failed to prevent its
passage although he delayed the pro-
ceedings of the House for several hours.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-18
TO ADJUDICATE CLAIMS.
Secretary of War VIII he Author
lied to Press Action.

lied to Press Action.
A joint resolution introduced by Sena-
tor Smith of Arizona, a Democrat, d.
recting the Secretary Of War to inves-
tigate claims Of American citizens grow
ing out of the Madero insurrection in
Mexico. will be recommended for adop-
ton as a result of action by the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee yesterday
The investigation is to cover the claims
of Americans. domiciled in the United
States for damages to their persons or
property. within the boundaries of the
United States. by means Of gunshot
wounds or otherwise inflicted by Mexican
federal or insurgent troops in the In
surrection of 1911
The Secretary of War is authorized to
determine the validity of such claims
and the amount thereof, and to press the
payment of valid claims by the Mexican
government.
Authority is also given the Secretary
of War to appoint a commission of three
officers of his department to conduct
hearings at places convenient to claim
ants and their witnesses, in order to in
vestgate the claims.