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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

Now that the arbitration treaty be-
tween the United States and the Neither
lands has been safely signed and filed
away In the archives of the department of
state, it is violating no confidence to say
that Uncle Sam never had any idea of at
tacking the little nation anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

Keep your hand on your money. warns
the Atlanta police chief. Probably a more
valuable warning would be to keep money
on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Senator Tillman says he drinks a gall
lon of hot water a day. Governor Blease
acts as If he might drink a gallon of hot
toddy a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
ExTRANEOUs DISCUSSIONS

Mobile beat us to it" with an investi-
cation of the police department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

Marshall is one reason why some peoule
were unduly alarmed over the Presidents
recent illness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

Comparatively few will feel the change
as the result of the passage of the cur
rency bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

Strawberries are ripe in Dallas. reads
a news item. Strawberry blondes are ripe
In Birmingham the year round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

The expression, mad as hatter," ac-
quires new significance with the courts
decision In the Danbury case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
ABOUT SHORT SERMONS

must have a bishopric," and gave him
Bath and Wells when it fell vacant
John Wesley was a preacher who evil
IDENTIFY found it difficult to condense his
thoughts in sermon of 20 minutes dura-
ton.
On one occasion he noticed that some
Of his hearers were aslep. He at once
stopped his sermon and in loud voice
called out: Fire, firei" There was instant
commotion, and someone shouted:
Where sir. where?' In hell." replied
Wesley, with deep solemnity. .for those
who sleep under the preaching OF the
word"
A certain rather '1ong winded" clergy
man was officiating at Crawley church.
Sussex, when he found a card printed in
large letters placed in the most promi-
nent part of the pulpit: BE brief" He
understood. If the village knew II was
going to get out with a 1o-minutes talk
as an appetizer for Sunday dinner it
would listen.
A certain judge, when asked by sher-
IFS chaplain what was the proper length
for sermon, replied: well, 20 minutes.
with leaning to the side of mercy" This
judicial opinion having the advantage
of royal approval. seems, therefore. to
suggest the recognized standard for the
duration of sermont.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

The Carabao has come into about as
much prominence as the cabaret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
NORWAY TO ADOPT A NEW TONGUE

From Popular Mechanfcs.
In 1914 Norway will celebrate the CEN
tennial anniversary of her emancipation
from Denmark and the recovery of her in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

Governor Brewer of Mississippi Is a
prohibitionist, Another proof that there
Ia nothing In a name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

ments have recently been conducted at
the University of Strassburg with free
balloons carrying wireless equipment tor
opening valves and permitting a portion
of the gas to escape when the desired
height has been attained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

washington bureau, 2o7 Hibbs build
Ing. =
European bureau, Henrietta street,
Covent Garden, London.
Eastern business office. Rooms 4S 10
so, inclusive. Tribune building, new
York city; western business OFFICE
Tribune building. Chicago. the o. -
Beckwith Special Agency, agents Aof-
Ign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
TELEPHoNE

Bell (prtvate exchange connecting an
aepsrtments), Main 1900.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24
MUMMY TRAINS or BAGDAD.
Bearing tho Dried and Sailed Dead to
Sacred Soil For Burial.

Finding myself not long ago at Bag
dad fold home of Sindbad the Sailor, I
decided to see for myself just what
Eden looks like today, notes a writer
In the Christian Herald, and to get ac-
quainted with the people who now In
habit the old traditional homestead Of
Adam and Eve. wanted to see Baby
lon, too, and the excavated palace
OF King Neutrality-suspicious. the
handwriting appeared on the wall-and
I wanted to get picture Of the tower
of Babel, which still lifts its battered
head above the fat, empty plain OF
Mesopotamia.
So crossed the odd pontoon bridge
that spans the yellow Tigris at Bag
dad, slipped through the massive west
gate, passed the supposed tomb Of 20
bedia and mingled with the pilgrim
horde on the great Shia caravan trail
that stretches down from Turkestan
and Persia, crosses Chaldea and en-.
tiers the golden domed mosques at Ker.
bella and Nedjef. Millions have pass
ed this way in the centuries, bringing
with them the salted and dried bodies
Of their dead for burial in the sacred
soil outside the walls of their holy
Shia cities. Two hundred thousand
mummified human bodies have passed
through Bagdad In single year, borne
by these Shia deyoteess
For miles along this strange highway
our "arabanah." drawn by four gal
Looping mules, passed these weird death
caravans. silent and mysterious. The
bodies Of departed relatives were car
ried In oblong bundles, dashed to the
backs OF pack animals. Yelled women
rode in queer, cagelike boxes, slung
one on each side Of mule or camel
The men. clad in the round, hard caps
and padded clothes peculiar to Per
SLAMS. marched behind. prodding any
tagging donkey or camel
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24
PRISONERS STILL AT LARGE
Supposed They Are Travelling in the
Woods by Night.

Rutland, June 24-The escape eff.
fected at the House of Correction
Saturday, unique in its daring. seems
to have been successful so far. as
the fugitiyes had not been recaptur.
ed at an early hour this morning.
The thoroughness with which the
men vanished from the view of their
erst-while jailers is as unprecedeut-
ed as the hardihood of their escape.
and not only have no reliable re-
ports as TO the whereabouts of the
trio reached the authorities, but ru-
NOR, usually so busy in such cases
is silent, and no suspicious persons
have been reported from Rutland
or other nearby towns.
The first impression OF the authori-
ties that the three would be very
hard to catch is heightened. They
are supposed to be somewhere in the
woods, travelling by night, hayii,.
chances to milk cows and loot hen
roosts for their food, and sleeping in
secluded spots by day. Burke knows
this country well, and probably acts
as guide TO his companions.
All the available members of the
sheriffs department were working
on the case yesterday in the woods
ana about railroads. Burke formerly
lived in Fair Haven, and Cooper in
Middlebury.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24
ADAM S BASE BALL
/. CLUB THROWS
UP SPONGE
Directors Meet and Vote to
Discharge Players
1T HOPES TO RE-ORGANlzE
Meeting to Be Held In This Village
Friday Evening to Make New
Schedule.

The directors of the Adams base
ball club in the Northern Tri-State
league met last evening and decided
to disband the team, for the present
at least. The members of the team
have been paid and discharged. 1t
was the opinion of the directors that
it would be better to suspend now
while the club had small balance
in the treasury and to reorganize lat
err. Some of the directors were posi-
tive last night that the Adams team
would be re-organized and that the
town would not be without a repre-
sentative in the league except for
the remainder of the present week.
Manager Sullivan of the North
Adams club was in the village this
morning TO confer with Manager Nor
risey relative to games for the pres
ent week. Bennington is scheduled
to play Adams at Adams on Thurs
day and Saturday, but as the Adams
team has disbanded, Bennington Will
probably play North Adams on sat
urday at North Adams. The Tunnel
City team is booked here for Friday
afternoon. :,
Manager Sullivan communicated
with Hoosick Falls last evening by
telephone and was informed that the
New Workers were planning 10 go
through the season. The merchants
have agreed to close their stores on
Thursday afternoons after July 4.
The men at the head of the game IN
Hoosick Falls now insist that the can
celled games, one with Bennington
and one with North Adams, at Hoos-
ick Falls, will be played and that the
New York club will carry out It's
schedule.
The disbanding of the Adams club
renews the agitation for the admis-
sion of Rutland into the league. Par
tial arrangements have been made
for a meeting to be held in tnis VII
lage Friday evening when not only
Rutland but Glens Falls will be rep
resented.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24
Annual School Meeting


The legal voters of the Bennington
Graded School District are hereby no
tilted and warned to meet at Graded
School Hall. in said District, on Mon
day, June 80. 1913, at 100 o'clock in
the afternoon, to transact the follow
ing business:
LIST. To choose moderator for
the ensuing year.
End. To hear the report of the
Trustees and other officers of said
District and TO take action thereon.
Bird. To see what tax said District
will vote on the Grand List Of said
District to defray the expenses of its
schools and to decrease the present
debt Of said District, and to deter,
mine the time when such tax shall be
collected and paid to it's Treasurer.
4th. To see IL said District will
vote TO collect its taxes under the
provisions OF chapter 80 of the Yer
mont Statutes and amendments there
OF.
9Th. To elect a Clerk, a Treasurer,
a Collector Of Taxes. one or three
Auditors OF said District and I'll all
vacancies in the Board Of Trustees
Of said District caused by expiration
OF term OF Office. resignation, death.
removal from District or otherwise.
9Th. To see IL the District win au-
thOrize its Trustees TO sell the Ben
ton house. now located on the High
School site. said building to be re-
moved from premises.
7th. To transact any other proper
business found necessary when met.
". 3. Morgan, Clerk.
June q, 1913.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24
HIT BY AUTOMOBILE
Massachusetts, Car Runs Into Boy on
Horseback

Harold Kipp, the 14-year-old son Of
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Kipp, who reside
at the state line house on the road
to North Hoosick, was slightly In
jured about 4 o'clock Monday, when
horse he was riding was struck by
an automobile. The boy was thrown
from the horse and sustained slight
injury to one of his ankles. 1t is not
known whether the horse is seriously
hurt or not. 1t is a young animal and
may be made almost useless because
Of the fright sustained when hit by
the car
The accident happened about half
way between the state line house and
the Walloomsac mill of the Stark
Paper company. The driver of the
car made no attempt to give the
young horseman portion OF the
highway, but kept sounding his horn
as the car approached The car was
coming from some point in New York
state
When the car hit the horse the oc-
cupants of the automobile at once left
their seats and helped the boy to his
feet. While they were ascertaining
the extent of damage the boys faith
er came in sight and the AUTOMOBILE
lists at once got back into the car
and "cut loose" for Bennington. Tel
ephone messages were sent to differ
ent points along the road to ascertain
IL possible the names of the autoists,
but all that could be learned was that
the car was registered in Massachu-
sets under the number 1864.
Late Monday afternoon there were
the usual wild rumors afloat in this
village 10 the effect that a boy had
been killed by an automobile. In Ben
nington the accident was said to have
happened in North Bennington and in
this village rumor laid the scene of
the affair in North Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24
WeoR AT SEVENTY.
Great Works Performed by Men Even
Beyond That Ripe Age.

Who talks of fifty years as the cul-
mlnating point In mans career7 Were
all the great work performed by men
even beyond seventy erased from his
tory the human race would be bereft
OF some very proud achievements.
Jefferson founded university by his
own activity after he had passed three
score years and ten. John Quincy Ad.
ans. although he had been president
OF the United States and five times a
foreign minister, wrought as a con-
gresham by far his greatest deeds
after he was sixty-fve. His ROBUST
father sat I'm constitutional conven
ton when he was almost homage
marian. Franklin did valiant service
In helping to frame the constitution
OF the United States after he had turn
ed a serene and contented eighty.
Seventy saw Gladstone so vigorous
that be was still good for the greatest
battle Of his political life and a pre-
miership.
Germany's first emperor. the vener-
able william. saw Waterloo as a sol
der, but 1fy-fve years later was d.
recting armies at Sedan and welding
an empire after the fall Of Paris.
John Bigelow at fourscore was mental
" as virile as a boy. and his powers
as an author were not dimmed
Frederick Fraley was an active bust
ness man. president Of bank and the
national board Of trade since the span
ish-American war. and yet he was
prominent enough In 1874 to serve on
a committee that welcomed 70 Phils-
delphia Daniel Webster.
Science Is making lives longer than
they were IN the days Of our grand
fathers and also far more comfortable
The same agency that prolongs bodily
vigor win surely lengthen the age Of
mans most virile mental labor.-Phiia
delphis Ledger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24
A FAMILY REUNION
Held at the Home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank M. Thompson

A very pleasant event was the re-
union of the Houran familyN which
was held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Thompson, it being the birth
day of Mrs. Thompson's mother, Mrs.
Charles Houran. There were fourty
present, including her children, nine
grandchildren and seven great grand
children, two sisters, Mrs. George
Smith of Bennington and Mrs. George
B. Tibbetts of Ossipee, N. H., and
other relatives from North Adams,
Mass, and Glens Falls. A bountifui
dinner was served on the lawn under
the trees.
In the afternoon the company was
entertained with music and singing
by a double quartette, all being
grandchildren of Mrs. Houran..
Many pretty and useful presents
were left as tokens of their love and
respect for grandma. When the party
separated for their homes all declar-
ed they had had a very enjoyable
time and left their best wishes that
many more happy birthdays might
come to Mrs. Houran.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24
WILSON SIGNS BILL
sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
Vetoed by Taft.

Washington, June 23.-President
Wilson today signed the sundry civil
appropriation bill with statement
declaring taaat he would have vetoed
If he ccdld, the provision in it ex-
empting labor unions and farmers
organizations from prosecution under
certain 100000 fund designated
tor its operation OF the Sherman an
thrust law.
The President characterized the
exemption as ''unjustifiable in char
acter and principle" but called az
tention to the fact that the depart
ment of justice has other funds with
which to enforce the antitrust law.
The bill carries S116, 100000 in appro-
priations and was vetoed by Mr.. Taft
on March because of the labor ex-
emption clause. When the bill was
re-introduced and passed by both
houses in identical form by the pres
ent Congress, the provision was the
subject OF sharp debate. In hi..
statement the President said:
Il have signed this bill because /
can do so without in fact limiting the
opportunity or the power of the de-
partment of justice to prosecute vio-
lations Of the law by whomsoever
committed.
IF could have separated from the
rest of the bill the item which au-
thorized the expenditure by the de-
partment of justice of special sum
of three hundred thousand dollars
for the nrae aciIfion of valuations of
the antitrust law, / would have
vetoed that item, because it places
upon the expenditure a limitation
which is. in my opinion, unjustifiable
in character and principal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24
YOUTH ATTE MPTS
TO SHOOT JUDGE
". P. STAFFORD
Fires Three Shots in Court at
Washington
BULLETS ALL GO WILD
Justice Had Refused to Release
Eighteen-YearOId Highwayman
on Parole.

Washington, June 23.-Judge, law
yers, policemen and spectators were
sent scurrying to cover in the Grim
inal court here late today when Ray
M. Stewart, aged Is, fired three wild
shots in an attempt to "shoot-up" the
court. At the first shot, Justice Wen
dell P. Stafford disappeared beneath
his desk, and out in the courtroom
there was a wild scramble for places
of safety. Some sought refuge under
tables and others leaped into windows
and dropped to the ground 70 feet be-
low.
Justice Stafford had just refused to
release Stewart on probation after
conviction for attempting highway
robbery. The boy whipped out 81
caliber automatic pistol and fired
three shots, two of which narrowly
missed Assistant United States Attor
neys Samuel McComas Hawken and
Harvey Givene. and Policeman Mofiltt
He was turning toward the judge as
IL to shoot when witness sprang
upon him and choked him into insen-
sibility.
In the confusion that follow I'd,
many thought that Justice stafford
had been struck by bullet, nut the
Judge emerged from his haven with
out scratch.
Stewart had boon convicted recent
ly of holding up negro in a WASH
ington suburb last December. he had
applied for probation as a first Of
fender and Judge Stafford had been
hearing the testimony of Witnesses
for and against the applicant. Haw
ken. Givene and Moffitt, who were
conducting the prosecution, were
seated near the boy who had been at
liberty on bail. The Judge had bare
ly uttered the last word in passing
sentence when the prisoner brought
out his pistol and began to shoot.
The first shot was aimed in the direc
ton of the prosecutors and Just MISS
ed Hawken who ducked under the
table. The next bullet went toward
the jury box and passed near Detec-
tive Sergeant Grants head. II struck
the wall near the window and re-
bounded, falling near Justice star
ford's bench. The third sho. struck
the ceiling.
AS the youth wheeled and faced
the bench, Edwin Blaine, CLERK IN
the department of agriculture. who
had been witness for the stale, SELF
ed the boy by the throat and carried
him to the floor.
BY this time, the curtroom had
been nearly cleared of spectators.
Stewart lay unconscious for several
minutes after being disarmed
Counsel for Stewart said the youth
was unbalanced as the result of
reading cheap literature. Tho hold
up for which the boy was about to be
sentenced had many features Of the
dime novel variety, it was said, and
added to it was an attempt to imi-
tate the Aliens murderous attack on
the Hillsville, Va, court.
Tonight, the boy is in Jail awaiting
trial on the charge of shooting with
intent to kill.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24

nights proceedings. The organiza.
ton was completed and everything
is now ready for planning the COM
ing campaigns
Besides the chairman the other Of
ficers, elected follows:
Vice chairmen, Representative
Cline, Indiana; Senator Chamberlain,
Oregon; Senator Hollis, New Hamp-
shire; Representative Goldfogle,
New York; Representative Raker,
California.
Secretary, Representative Pepper
of Iowa.
Assistant secretary, Representa-
tive Murray of Massachusetts.
Sergeant-at-arms, Joseph ]. Sim
mott, Virginia, for IA years holder OF
that post, and now also sergeant.at-
arms of the House.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24
NEW TRAIN SERVICE
Changes on Rutland Road Going Into
Effect June %

The summer schedule over the Rut
land railroad went into effect June %
Hereafter trains win leave Benning-
ton as follows:
For the north-12.45 "A. m, 8. 20
a. m, 11.05 a. m. Sundays excepted)
230 p. m, Sundays excepted), 2.55
p. M, Sundays only, els p. m, (Sun
days exceptedD.
For the south-200 a. m, 7.45 a. m.
Sundays excepted), 1910 p. m,
Sundays excepted), 2.55 p. m, (Sun.
days only, S.l5 p m, Sundays ex-
cepted), sos p. m, Sundays except
ed, TAO p. m, Sundays excepted)
$50 p. m, Sundays only.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-24

Brooklyn. The letter to Mr.. Plum
ley. of which the original is report
ed TO have been lost, was not signed
by any members OF the jury except
the foreman.
The &c. A. Prouty," whose name
Is attached TO the letter, Is now
member of the United States inter
state commerce commission. In 1890
he was a Vermont lawyer and was
an associate counsel for Mr.. Watson.
The Judge Lacombe," before whom
the case was tried, is at present one
of the United States district court
judges of the southern district OF
New York. Judge Hoyt o. Wheeler
is dead and so is A. p. Hunton, who
was one of the lawyers for Mrs. Wat
son. William b. c. Stickney, on the
other hand is still living at Bethel,
VT.
How the copy came to be made Ii
explained in the following letter, oil
which Judge Curtis has the original.
Mortified. VT, Nov. rs, 1896.
Office of Frank Plumey,
Attorney and Consideration
"Late Us. S. Attorney.
william B. c. Stickney, Esq,
Bethel, VT:
Dear Sir:-Inclosed find copy OF
petition, as per request.
"If IL is for the use or client,
who is to be benefited thereby, II
has taken considerable time to look
up the files, and it is worth 81. But
IL II is for the convenience and &C
- r~attrca1f IL will no
nothing.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Frank Plumley."
Concerning the present where
abouts of Felix McCloskey. Judge
Curtis, who is the father of Assistant
Corporation Counsel George NJ. Cur
tbs, Jr., said he knew very little, Ut
had heard that he was dead. Be
yond the fact that McCloskey had
been a witness for Lawyer Sulzer in
the suit against Mrs. Watson, Judge
Curtis said that he knew very little
about him. though he recollected
having heard that he was connected
with the lottery company" From
other sources 1t was learned that Nc
Closkey was a son of a former ser
Bedul-dl-dIns OF NHe hourct anu
that he was a follower of Boss"
Hugh Mclaughlin of Brooklyn.
Il will not discuss this matter In
any form. and will not go into the
merits OF the case" said Judge Cur
tbs, who at one time served on the
bench of the marine court, which laI
er became the city court Of Manhat-
tan. At present he has a Law Office
at Beekman street.
4 don't want TO harm anyone, and
have no interest in the matter. but
since the case has been alluded to. ]
believe the records ought TO be made
public
Judge Curtis said that about the
time OF the win suit Of his client,
Mrs. Watson whose maiden name
was Mary Maud Carr. daughter Of
Walter S. Carr. William Sulzer had
occupied a room in Judge Curtis
suite OF Offices on Broadway. and
that after the vill suit had been ter
minated. che suit for a fee was
brought In the United States circuit
court Of Vermont against Mrs. Wat
zon