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Dry Goods

New York, June 2a.-The cotton market
closed the half year firm, Underwear and
hosiery and many spring lines OF fine and
fancy cottons will be opened for the new
season next week. Jobbers had a quiet
day.
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Metal Market

New York, June 29.-Metals quiet
practically unchanged Lake copper
l7ss @ 17%c; electrolytic, m17%c,
casting, INC. Iron steady, unchanged
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans, June 29.-(Special -
Sales on the spot. IS bales: to arrive
none; low ordinary. 1l-i6c nomlnsl !.
ordinary, 9&c nominal. strict good or
binary, II size. low niddling lIk.o:
strict low middling, lie; middllne.
~ hc; strict middling, 12lac; good mid
ding. 1e%c; strict good middling,
IL 15-16c middling. 1874 nominal,
middiing fair TO fair 1884, nominal
fair, l4c nominal. Receipts. 17fo: stock,
AZ, f3s.
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French Exchange

Paris, June 2a.-7Three per cent rent
and 92 francs sc for the account. Elk
Grange on London rs francs 23c for
checks. Private rate of discount, "a
per cent.
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Montgomery. June o. tSpecial.)--The
local cotton market today Was steady;
strict mIddinx sold for lts.c and middlins
for 11,4c.
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New York, June 2a.-The statement of
clearing house banks for the week shows
that the banks hold s21,O74750 reserve in
excess of legal requirements. This is a
decrease of sS,165.0o0 In the proportionate
cash reserve, as compared with last week
The statement follows:
Daily Average: Loans. 1905, $50 000 in
crease, sS,S3I,o00 Specie, 1874. 215,000 &C.
crease, s5.5ds000. Legal tenders, SIS, GIG, 900:
decrease. $4,000. Net deposits, 81 a5O, ST.. :
600; increase, ST., 2S2, CO., Circulation. SAG.
42S,000; decrease, 81. 600. Banks cash re-
serve in vault. $685.. 655, 600; trust compa-
. MES cash reserve in vault, $74 176, 600: ag-
gregate cash reserve. 1853, s31, 900; excess
lawful reserve, s21,O7475O: decrease. S.
$4,000 Trust companies reserve with
clearing house members carrying about q
per cent cash reserve, $40. 4s1, 600
Actual Condition: Loans. s., 077 O41. 900;
increase. sz2.392, 900. Specie, s36s, $50 COO de-
crease 81. 81, 600. Legal tenders, sS5 1863 600
decrease, $4,000 Net deposits 81, 9e0 52e coo:
increase, sao422,0Oo. Circulation, s46, $40 900
increase. s2Sl, 600 Banks cash reserve in
vaults, $780, $1,000; trust companies cash
reserve in vaults 81, a66, 600: aggregate
cash reserve. $454.543o0o Excess lawful
reserve. s12.5i5.s5o; decrease. y6.722, 600
Trust companies reserve with clearing
! house members carrying about 25 per
cent cash reserve. 81. $4,000
4 Summary of state banks and trust COM
panies In Greater New York not report
Ing TO the New York clearing house.
Loans, s6o9.5a5 600: increase, 1904, 800 Spe-
Gle, s6t,3ss,00o; decrease, 81, 500. Legal ten
ders. S,154. 100; decrease, 5000 800 Total de-
posts S695. l6s,600; decrease, $2,0Sl, 600
New York. June @.-The Finaneier will
say: Cash, si2.2l5,0oo. decreasing. accom-
panied by reserve requirement of over
S9vu,vp. due to an expansion Of $50 AZ :
0D IN deposits. was responsible for de-
crease or Slt.122. 900 in the excess reserve
or the New York clearing house banks
Tor the week ending June 49, the present
surplus above the % per cent minimum
standing at S1a54555O
Loans expanded s22 392, 600 owing largely
TO operations incident to the July interest
and dividend period. The banks gained
cash from the interior but lost on ac-
count OF operations with the subtrea sury.
The 100000 OF gold exports. OF course.
affected the statement by the amount
named. The weekly exhibit based on the
average system OF compilation. did not
show the actual operations of the latter
part OF the week and the surplus cash re-
serve. according to calculation on the av-
erage method stands at s21 .O74. 750 Al the
close of the current half year the New
York banks show. compared with their
hrst January statement. an increase of
SlSs.ou.o0o In loans, an increase of sl9g :
ooo.Voo in deposits and a gain of t3s 900 :
900 In cash, although the cash reserve, to-
day is smaller than six months ago
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Corrected by Franklin. stiles 4 tfank.
lin.
Coffee: Afbuckles. t24 80 per 100 lbs.
Luzanne. &c ID. sugar: Standard gran
mated. 5lsc ID.
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against 80, 900 last year. Jundiahy receipts,
5000, against IS, 200; Spot quiet; Rio No I.
14s.c. Santos No. 4, 1890 Mild quiet Cor
dova, 16a1SAc nominal.
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German Exchange

Berlin, June 29.--Bxchange on Lon
don 20 marks 4eia pigs for checks.
Money for the settlement " per cent.
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New York. June 2s.-Coffee futures
opened quiet at unchanged prices to a
decline of point and ruled easy. but
eased on in the absence of support today.
The close was quiet, 20s points net lower.
Sales. a',2as bags. June. 10 Coo August.
13.12c: September. 10. So. October, u, SEC
November. 1a.9ic: December. 1s.osc: Janu-
airy, IA 0Sc: February. lie: March, Il re :
April, II. he: May and June. iln5c. Havre
unchanged 70 4 franc up Hamburg I'M
changed TO u pfennig higher Rio un-
changed Santos steady and unchanged.
Rio exchange on London. Ltd lower at
IS .-s2d. Brazilian port receipts. 1900.
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st. Louis Produce

ST. Louis, June 20 Poultry firm: chick
ems. l2c; springs 24M30c; turkeys. l4c;
ducks, lllf16c; geese. Jml3c. Butter steady.
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Mortgage Loans

On improved business or resi-
dence property. Loans financed
as building progresses; 8, 3 IL
and 6 per cent.
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Investment Securities

Tax exempt, suitable for individ-
uals, estates and trust funds, to
yield from 5 to Z per cent.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-26
pAueEp A POLICE OFFICER.
Who Tried to Interfere with College
Youths Antics.

Burlington, Sept. 25.-Officer Fra
ser, who attempted to interrupt the
hazing exercises of body of college
students last evening, was doused
with a bucket of paste. The paste
was soft and sticky and it was some
time before the guardian of law could
assume his normal appearances on
Church street.
II happened this way a few So
phomores were putting 20 or 80 fresh
men through their PAGES. A crowd
had collected on Main street, near the
foot of Church street By orders, by
way of wireless, two freshmen were
industriously posting rules on tel
epgraph pole, contrary to city ordi-
nance officer Fraser placed them
under arrest, or divulged as much to
the freshmen. The fellow freshmen
objected strenuously, but without
avail. Then, according to a time-hon-
ored custom in college, the freshmen,
and perhaps seniors helped, threw Pa
trolman Fraser on the sidewalk, and
ceremony ,doused him with
paste, The officer scurried to the sta
ton. washed and put on a new uni
form. When he emerged, with a
smiling front, the student body had
vanished.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-26
GERMAN P0ST0FFICES.
A Sarcastic Writer Frees His Mind
About Their Methods.

The postoffices in Germany are pecu-
liar institutions, says +. Harris Deans
In the Wide World Magazine. They
are farsighted people. the Germans,
and they allow for expansion. If
there are any postoffices in the coun-
try of less than three stories, | must
have overlooked them. Every floor is
divided into about four departments,
and every department has about doz-
en- offices.
In some of the smaller towns where
business is not very brisk the staff
consists OF one official. You have to
make an appointment with him if you
want to be served. Entering on the
ground floor you run round and tap
with your money at every pigeonhole
until he answers. You then ask him
for stamp, whereupon he orders you
to go to No. / pigeonhole and wait
there till he comes. You wait patient
ly for about five minutes and then he
pops his head out of No. and wants
to know If you've gone to sleep. When
you ask for five cent stamp he says,
"Oh, thought it was penny one YOU
wanted" and instructs you to try mt
No. Z. At No. he probably discovers
he has run out of five cent stamps and
you have to go to windows No. 3 and
No IL and get two two cent ones and
n one cent.
By this time you are getting quite
friendly. and when you ask him where
the telegraph Office is he Will probably
get out his guidebook and hunt the
place out for you. He may even offer
to take you there himself. as he's the
telegraph clerk as well and has got TO
get there anyhow In order to attend to
you.
The Germans themselves when they
go to buy a stamp make a day Of 1t
and take their lunch with them. 1t is
quite n pretty sight to see the mother
and a group of children sitting on the
stairs, eating their bread and sausage
and wondering whether father will re-
member them when he comes back
with the stamp.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-26
CALL CONVENTION
FOR COAOJUT0R
IN NOVEMBER
To Elect Assistant to Bishop
A. C. A. Hall
SALARY TO BE $4,000
New Official Will Be Chosen with
Right of Succession-Final SEES
sion of Convention.

The Protestant Episcopal Diocese
of Vermont at its convention which
closed here this morning voted to &C
cept the suggestion of Bishop Hall
and elect a co-adjutor bishop who
will have the right of succession.
The election will be made at a
special convention which will be
called for that purpose by the bishop
and for which four weeks notice must
be given. Owing to the fact that
there is an accumulation of work,
which Bishop Hall has been unable TO
do because of i'll health, this special
convention will be called as early as
possible, probably early in Novem-
Der The salary of the co-adjutor bis
hop is fixed at $1,000 per year.
The convention, which closed at St.
Peters church this morning was the
122nd annual convention of the
church in this state. 1t was to have
ben held last June, but was postponed
until this week owing to the absence
of the bishop. There were 81 clergy
men and Al laymen present at the con
vention.
The work of the convention was
nearly all of a routine nature dealing
with the administration and the finan-
cial interests of the diocese. There
was a large attendance of the men,
bers of St Piers parish at the prin-
cipal sessions. At the close of the
convention resolution was adopted
thanking st. Peters church for the
cordial manner in which the conven-
ton has been entertained.
1t is interesting to note that the
first convention of the Episcopal
church in Vermont nearly a century
and a quarter ago was held at Airing
ton The convention held here this
year was the first to be held in Ben
nington in more than half century.
The closing session of the conven-
ton this morning was preceded by
morning prayer, which was said by
Rev. ID. l.. Sanford of Hardwick, the
diocesan missionary
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-26
BIG BUSINESS AND
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO CAMP A|GN
Captains of Finance Summoned
as Witnesses
ROOSEVELT ALSO TO APPEAR
Distinguished Citizens Called e
Washington by Senate lnvestigat-
Committee.

Washington. Sept. 25.-After a tele
phone conference today with Oscar
K. Davis of the New York progressive
headquarters, Senator Clapp announc.
ed that Friday, October 4, would be
set by the Senate committee investi-
eating campaign expenditures for the
appearance of Col Roosevelt. The
hearings will begin next Monday as
had been planned.
Subpoenaes have been sent to New
York for service upon General Coun.
sci Elliott and the secretary OF the
Standard Oil company, in connection
with the investigation of John d.
Archbold's statements that he contri
buted 100000 to the Roosevelt fund
OF 1904, in behalf of the Standard Oil
company. The two officials are re-
quired to produce any papers they
may have bearing upon the transac-
ton.
Senator Clapp made public today
the names of the majority of the wit
nesses who are to be heard by the
committee.
The list includes J. p. Morgan, II.
c. Frick, L. II. Gary, G. w. Perkins,
William r. Hearst. Thomas f. Ryan,
former Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew,
William Loeb, jr., George b. Cortel.
you. Alton b. Parker, gorge r. Shell.
don, Cornelius n. Bliss, jr., and G. c.
Tegethoff, all Of whom have beenmen-
toned as probable witnesses.
Among the witnesses are William
Whitman and William Wood of Bos.
ton, two leading figures in the wooden
industry; Edward f. Greene. ]. r.
MacColl. Charles H. Harding. John
=. Wood, all of Boston; n. T. F'olwell
of Philadelphia; Joseph r. Grundy,
Bristol, Pa, B. F. Jones, jr., a steel
manufacturer of Pittsburgh; Henry
l.. Towne of New York; John Kirby,
jr., Dayton, Ohio; and Fred Schwedt-
man and d. p. Challenger of st. Louis
All are manufacturers, or are in.
terested in import industries.
, Those who will be asked to explain
the sources of campaign funds this
year, and the method of their expen-
diture include Senator Dixon, Ormsby
McHarg and Treasure f. Ii. Hooker
of the national progressive party, for
Col. Roosevelt; III. L. Nichols. for
Governor Harmon; Representative
Mckinley, for President Taft; former
United States Senator Dubois for
Champ Clark; Senator Bankhead for
Representative Underwood; William
f McCoombs for Gov. Wilson.
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MARCON| INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE
COLLISION
Was Motoring With lis Wife
Near BOrghettO, Italy
ONE EYE BADLY HURT
Specialist Unable to Determine Con-
dtion Of Optic Nerve Until
Swelling Has Been Reduced.

Rome, Sept 26.-William Marconi
of wireless fame was injured yester-
day in an automobile accident near
Borghetto, Italy, in the valley of the
Vara river. The extent of his injuries
have not been entirely disclosed, but
he was taken back to Spezia with ban
dages around his head. He was suf-
fering from wound of the right eye
and his right cheek and temple were
badly bruised.
Mr. Marconi was motoring with his
wife, when soon after their passing
Borghetto, in turning a sharp cuve
his machine came into collision with
an automobile which was proceeding
from Genoa Both cars were over
turned. Mrs. Marconi was not injur-
ed, but Mr.. Marconi's secretary and
the chauffer received slight injuries.
In the other car were five women, all
of whom were found to be suffering
from several bruises and shock when
assisted from the wreckage.
Marconi was removed to the hospi-
tai of the naval department. An eye
specialist who made careful exam
ination, said that he hoped the optic
nerve was not injured, but that it was
impossible to say until the swelling
had been reduced. He ordered cold
congresses to the injured eye. Mar
conf also received severe bruises
about the body. His temperature was
reported to be above 100, and it was
also announced that he was bearing
considerable pain with fortitude.
Among the first inquiries regarding
the noted inventors condition was
one from King Victor Emmanuel.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-26
BOUGHT AND PAID FOR"
George 6roadhurst's Masterpiece at
the Opera House Wednesday Night

Under the direction of William A.
Brady, with a noteworthy cast and a
production representing an invest
ment of thousands of dollars, comes
the most remarkable dramatic event
of the theatrical season in the pres
entation in this city of George Broad
bursts redundant play Bought and
Paid For" which is announced to APP
pear at the Bennington Opera House
on Wednesday, October 2. Mr.. Broad
bursts play is a dramatic treatise on
drink. In this case it is a very hard
drink. indeed, and leads to unhappi-
ness between a successful business
man and his wife. In addition to Its
very human story, which is probably
not very far away from the expert
ence of many people who present an
outward appearance of domestic hap
piness in spite of secret bitterness, 1t
defines the characters sharply, and
blends the serious and the humorous
naturally in their actions, and does
not waste words on matters not di-
rectly contributary to the theme.
Manager Brady is sending to Benning
ton his playhouse company, which
holds the record for maintaining the
longest dramatic run ever accorded a
play in New York City.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-26
GREEK BOY IN NAVY
Survivor of the Massacre of Scio
Became Student at Norwich.

Among the papers of the late
Capt G. NJ. Colvocoresses, U. S. N.
there is an account of the circum-
stances under which he came to the
United States and his later connec-
ton with Norwich University, North
field then located at Norwich.
He was born in the Island of Scio,
Grecian Archipelago, and was seven
years old when the Turkish feet APP
peared off that island in 1882 and in
executing the vengeance of the sui
tan committed what MIR. Gladstone
characterized as that unparalleled
atrocity of modern times" the mass
acre of Scio
BY this barbarity a peaceful and
Industrious population was driven
from home. some $4,000 men and wo-
men and children put to the sword
or carried to the slave market of
Asia Minor TO suffer a worse fate
than death
Many of young Colvocoresses' re-
latives were slain and other scat
tered He, with his mother and two
sisters, were captured in their flight.
His father escaped and subsequently
ransomed the surviving members of
his family through friends at the
Austrian consulate
After his ransom George was plac-
ed with nine Greek boys on board
the American brig Margareta to seek
an asylum in the United States whose
people manifested great sympathy
for the struggling Greeks. The no
tice of the arrival of the boys pub
lished in the Baltimore American
attracted the attention of Capt. Alden
Partridge of the United States Army,
superintendent of the military acade-
my at Norwich.
Capt Partridge who was no less
distinguished for his benevolence
than for his ability as an educator,
wrote the postmaster at Baltimore
stating his interest in the story of
young George and that he would
gladly care for and educate him as a
son
The Greek relief committee that
had the boys in charge accepted the
offer and sent the boy to Norwich
where he remained until he was 16.
Then a warrant was procured for
him as midshipman in the United
States Navy in which he rose to the
rank of captain. His son, George
Partridge Colvocoresses, went to
sea with his father for two years
during the Civil War, subsequently
entered the United States Naval
Academy and after serving actively
45 years was retired as a rear ad-
miral.-Montpelie Journal.
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Expression of Appreciation.

The thanks of the Bennington Bat
tie Monument and Historical Associa-
ton are hereby most respectfully ten
dered TO all who on September 18th
inst, by their presence. by the loan
OF carriages or automobiles, contri-
buted to the success of the meeting
then held at the village of Benning-
ton by the New York State Historical
Association; and especially are the
thanks of the members of this asso-
citation and of the association as a
whole due to and rendered the Sec
ond Congregational Church society
of Bennington and to the ladies COM
posing its Aid Society for the use of
its auditorium as a place wherein
such meeting was held and for the
magnificent dinner so generously fur
nished.
Bennington Battle Monument and
Historical Association
Edward l.. Bates, Sec.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-26
INVESTIGATION OF
RAILROAD WRECK
IN OCTOBER
Will Be Held in Bennington Dur.
ing Week of 21st
ATT0R'Y GENERAL TO ATTEND
Delay Due to Fact That Time of
States Prosecuting Officer is
Engaged.

The hearing by the public service
commission upon the railroad acct
dent near the Vermont soldiers home
crossing in this village on the even
ing of September T. when, as the re-
suit of a collision between the milk
train running between Alburg and
New York and the regular passenger
train between this village and North
Bennington, an engineer and fire
man were instantly killed, and engi-
neer was fatally hurt and over a
dozen trainmen and passengers were
injured, will be held during the week
of October 81.
Daniel A. Guiltinan, chairman of
the committee, which prepared and
forwarded the petition of Bennington
citizens, has received a letter from
the secretary of the public service
commission stating that arrangements
for a public investigation of the ac-
cident have already been begun. but
that the hearing can not be held at
an earlier date for the reason that
Attorney General John G.. Sargent of
Ludlow has expressed a wish to be
present The attorney generals time
between the present and the week of
October 81 is engaged and the hear
ing therefore can not be held until he
is at liberty to be present.
The letter to Attorney Guiltinan
stated that definite date for the in
vestigation would be fixed within
few days and that information to that
effect would be conveyed to him.
The commission request that the
petition of the Bennington citizens be
heard on the same date as the public
investigation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-26
VERMONT BEGINS tt2TH YEAR
Good Loafer is a Social Benefactor"
President Tells Students.

freSiOcnI ' cilS SNuuSUbSs
Burlington. VT, Sept 25.-The Uni
versity of Vermont opened its 18th
college year today. DR.. Guy Potter
Benton, who assumed the presidency
of the university in 1911, addressed
the student body on Some Lessons
in Reconstruction"
Extracts from his address follow:
ITO learn how to study is the first
real problem that confronts the col
lege student"
1T is important that every one
should learn how to be a good loafer.
A man who cannot loaf well, as a
rule cannot work we'll; but the con-
verse is equally true. The man who
does ont work well does not loaf
we'll"
DO not go to one extreme or the
other. A good loafer is a social
benefactor. A bad loafer is a social
excrescence."
Athletics and social life in the last
analysts are only incidental"
The entering class of the acade-
mic department numbers us today
an increase of twenty over that OF
last year. The sophomores number
$50. compared with "a year ago;
the juniors "a. compared to 81. the
seniors 81. compared to AZ. With the
same number Of special students, IL,
the increased enrolment in this de-
partment is around 13O.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-26
GOVERNOR JOHNSON is COMING
Roosevelts Running Mate viii Speak
In Barre and Montpelier.

Montpelier Sept. 25.-Gov. Hiram
w. johnson of California, progressive
candidate for vicepresident, will be
in Vermont next Saturday. He will
arrive in Montpelier from Fall River,
Mass, about noon, and after speaking
at flag raising here will go to Barre
to speak another in the evening Flags
80 by so feet will be raised in both
places, and the progressives have al
ready arranged for eight more flag
raisings in different parts of the state
as a part of their campaign in the
rope of carrying Vermont for Roose-
welt at the November election.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-26

"DAVE" WHIT HURT.
North Adams Pitcher Gets. Broken
collarbone Playing Football

Big Dave" White, who pitched for
the North Adams team this summer,
and who recently returned to George
town university at Washington, D. c.,
broke his collarbone tackling the foot
ball dummy last Saturday. and the
physicians attending him declare that
the injury will keep him out of the
game a month at least, and perhaps
more. He is the captain and star full
back of the Georgetown eleven, and
the injury is the first of serious ma
ture this season in Washington.