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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-07

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are protected from top to bottom,
but the north side is protected
only part of the way up and by
chains.
Henderson said the first chain
was foot above the floor. Po-
liceman Magnussen said he
thought, the first chain was about
one foot and half above the
floor.
The question of the height of
the chain is of osme importance,
Lusch must either have rolled I'M
der the chains or fallen over them.
Henderson and all the other
witnesses testified that there was
no cage, no top covering on the
elevator.
Jerry Cahill, 2244 Calumet ave-
nue., testified as follows:
"The last I saw of Lusch was
at6:30 o'clock this morning. He
and I were-the only ones at work
there. We came to work at S
o'clock. I had known Lusch for
three months. We were on good
terms. He was in fine health.
When I last saw him he. was in
the elevator, which was standing
at the selling basement"
Deputy Coroner Hermann
was not satisfied with this testi-
mony.
What is, your theory as to
how Lusch met his death?" he
asked.
Il couldn't say" scaid Cahill.
"You must have some theory"
said Hermann, splitting tobacco
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-07

the pit.
We'll, he lost his balance or
something"
Made a mis-step or something
like that?' prompted Hermann.
Eyes, and he might have tried
to grab the chain and slipped.
There are chains on the north side
of the elevator to keep trunks
from falling off"
Cahill looked scared while tes-
tifying, A. J. Cronin, house de-
tective for Carson, Prize, Scott &
Co., sat at his left elbow; Mana
ger Wayland of the claim de-
partment of the United States
Casualty Co. at his right elbow.
Miles Walsh, $50 Miller street,
a Carson, Prize, Scott freight ele-
vator operator, was the next wit
ness.
81 came to work at $780," he
said. 81 saw Lusch's coat and hat
on a trunk upstairs, and after
while I got to worrying. Where's
John?' I asked the other fellows.
A little before 9 o'clock 7 said:
'oSmething's happened to John
Then | went down into the
tunnel basement and found the
body at the bottom of the pit.
The way the body lay it looked
like it had fallen from the north
side of the elevator.
Walsh's further testimony
showed that there might have
been three or four trunks, maybe
more" in the elevator when last
used by Lusch.
Therefore I,usch might have
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
eARAcA PROGRESS DAY
Sunday Will Be Progress Day for
Morris Baraca Class.

Every young man who has ever
been connected with the Baptist Sun
day school in the past is urged to be
present, and will find a cordial well
come. The class is now better or
ganized than ever before, and is
branching out in new and larger
lines of work. Last Sunday eighteen
young men were present in the class,
and We wish to double that number
Come. and you will be sure to come
again
The class is one of the thousands
Of classes in the Worldwide Baraca
Union, which now extends to nearly
every part of the world. and has en-
rolled over half a million Barracks,
who meet an hour each Sunday for
the study OF the Bible.
The Baraca idea was originated by
Marshall A. Hudson, a business man
of Syracuse, who realized that the
weak end of Sunday school had
been the lack of interest and the
dropping out of young men OF sixteen
or older. This has been changed
where the Baraca ideas have been
properly carried out, and that end
has become the pride of the school.
There are now many classes with an
attendance of over 100.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
BORN IN BENNINGTON
Mrs. Helen NJ. Barber Who Died in
Pittsfield

Pittsfeld, Feb. 21.-Mrs. Helen NJ.
Barber died at o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. Milton T. Abbott, SO Venturna
avenue. following a long illness. She
suffered a shock last July which was
primarily the cause of her death. Mrs.
Barber would have observed her saith
birthday had she lived until tomor-
row, as she was born In Bennington,
VT, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ru.
fus Thayer. on Washington's birth
day in 1920. She had lived in Ben.
nington, Beckett, Hinsdale and in
Pittsfeld for the past IL years. While
in Beckett she was married to Orson
c. Barber, who died &c years ago.
She was a member of the Beckett Bap-
fist church. Besides Mrs. Abbott,
she leaves daughter, Mrs. r. ].
Beach, and four sons, Frederick of
Pittsfield, Edward and Edwin of Lee
and Charles of Beckett. Prayer will
be offered at the home on Ventura
avenue tomorrow morning at 1890 by
Rev. II. c. Leach. and the body will
be taken to Beckett, where the funer-
al will be held az ] O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon at the Beckett Baptist
church. Burial will be in that town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
FILE APPEAL TO
PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION
Branch Street Residents Object
to Pole Locations
THEIR PETITION DENIED
Trustees at Special Meeting Decide
That Property Owners Are Not
Damaged

Auditing land owners on South
Branch street have filed with Village
Clerk w. P. Hogan notice OF their ap-
peal to the public service commits
sion from the decision of the trustees
locating the poles for the trunk line
of the New England Telephone and
Telegraph company on the west side
of that thoroughfare. Notice of this
appeal has also been given the repre-
sentatives of the telephone company.
Following the special meeting at
which the AUDITING property owners
were given a hearing last Tuesday
evening and the executive session the
trustees visited the street and looked
over the ground. The board then
held another executive session. Fol-
lowing is an extract of the records of
the last meeting:
Voted That the application for
placing poles of the New England Tel.
and Tel Co., on South Branch street
in said village: it is hereby ordered
that said poles shall be located in the
following places; one pole on the east
side of said street, between Main
street and Bradford place; one pole
in the northeast corner of Bradford
! place, thence southerly on the west
side of said South Branch street to
its intersection with Beech street and
according to the stakes placed by the
committee appointed by this board in
the curb line of said street, and being
twelve in number.
| ''Voted:-And upon hearing had up
on the question of damages TO the
abutting property of the petitioners
Miner Cleveland, Henry Chase. Z. C
Brown and Mary Hodgkins, it is ad
judged by said board of trutees tina
said abutting property has and viii
not sustain any damage by reason o
said location and the placing of salt
poles and wires"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
Husband and Wife Both
Saved From SUFFERING

| wish to tell you the good result.
myself and husband received from
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. About
eleven years ago ! had a severe at
tack of La Grippe and was confined
to my bed about eight weeks under
the doctors care. He pronounced my
case kidney trouble and rheumatism
and not receiving the results from
the doctors treatment | should have
received, I decided to try Swamp
Root. After taking several bottles of
Swamp-Root l was able to get up and
attend to my work. About a year lat
er my husband was affected with
severe attack of kidney trouble and
doctored for some time with the doc
tors and received no benefit. Know
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Yours truly,
MRS. A. Z. BRIGGS.
Eldred, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before me.
this 25th day Of May, 1912.
IRA MCCARTHY. Notary Public.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
CHARLES L. WHlPPLE
Native Of Pownal Who Died in Hoos-
lex Falls Wednesday

Charles l.. Whipple died Wednes-
day afternoon at his home in Hoosick
Falls after an illness OF ten days
from typhoid fever. He was born in
North Pownal in December 1864, and
was the son OF George Whipple. For
sixteen years he was the proprietor
of hotel at Lebanon Springs and re.
moved from that village to Hoosick
Falls three years ago. During the
first part of his residence in Hoosick
Falls he was the manager OF the East
ern New York Telephone company
After spending a few months in the
meat business he entered the employ
of Walter A. Wood Moving and Reap
ing Machine Company. His wife sur
wives him. The funeral will be held
from the residence at $50 o'clock on
Saturday afternoon. Rev. A. W. War
rem officiating. and the interment will
be at Athol, Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
A WHOLESOME STORY
"The Shepherd of the Hills" at the
Opera House Tuesday Evening

Harold Bell Wright, the popular
American novelist, with the assist
ance of Lem. B. Parker and Elsbury
w Reynolds. has dramatized his most
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
.LEG|SL AZURE IS
TO ADJOURN
TOMORROW
Lonq Session Will Come to an
End at 9 O'clock
NIGHT SESSION IN HOUSE
Governors Veto Criminal Identified
ton Bill overriden by Lower
Branch.
NIGHT SESSION IN HOUSE

Montpelier, Feb. 21.-Good pro
gress toward final disposition of
business was made by both houses
yesterday and a large amount of
work was cleared up. The rush In
the Senate was so great that it was
necessary to take recess in the at
ternoon while the secretaries caught
up with the work of journalizing the
proceedings The House was able
to carry on continuous sessions and
the record shows large gains in clear
ing the desk and files.
Although the Senate Thursday
night cheerfully and promptly adopt
ed joint resolution providing for
final adjournment at three o'clock
this afternoon, the members of the
upper house then understood that
such adjournment would be an i'm
possibility The resolution was re-
called from the House yesterday
morning on motion of Mr.. House. and
on motion of Mr.. Babbitt the hour of
adjournment was made eight O'Clock
Saturday morning.
The House held an evening session
ldSlluS an nun anu a ndll.
Montpelier, Feb. 21.--For the first
time this session the House today
OVERRIDE the governors veto and by
vote of 119 yes" to rs mo-" passed
the criminal Identification bureau bill
Notwithstanding the objections of the
governor. The governors disapprov
al of the measure is contained in the
following communication to th'
House,
First, if there is a need for rec
ords of this nature, 1t would seen
that the only material of any valu,
would be obtained at the iIousa o
Correction and State prison. To hav
the work carried on In the count,
jails would simply increase expens
with no beneficial result.
Second. II necessitates the crea
ton of an Office for which there /
no need, inasmuch as the work CO
be done by the heads of our penal 1,
stitutions without any more than II
cidental expense to the state
On the question. of passing the bi
Notwithstanding the governors obje
| llOH, MT. AudHS OF CnelSea eAplalne
its great value in the aid of detectin
criminals. He claimed that it's oper
ton entailed no added expense to h
= state and that it could be carried I'M
effect by any jailor or sheriff. NJ
Hulett of Rutland city concurred.
The lawmakers after an hours di
cussion at the morning session pas
ed the employers liability bill to
third reading and this afternoon pas
ed the measure by a vote of 1913 y,
to SO no.
For the second time in the histol
of the state. Vermont will take an e
ception to the appraisal of railroad
as filed by the state tax commissio
er. On February Is State Tax Cor
missioner Cushman filed his annu
appraisal of the railroads, steamboa
car, and transportation companies al
power plants which totaled 1895
AS. 1t transpires today that Go
Fletcher, after several conferenc,
with State Treasurer Deavitt, as q
rived at the opinion that this apprai
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
PROF. RUSSELL'S LECTURE
Date Has Been Changed to Monday
EVenlnQ

Lecture by Prof. W. S. C. Russell,
at Masonic temple, Bennington, VT,
Monday evening, Feb. oath, 1913
This lecture is illustrated by selec-
ton from 1000 photographs taken on
the spot, by Prof Russell, while on his
trips covering more than 1000 miles
of travel in Iceland.
Prof. Russell speaks from first
hand knowledge of his subject and as
this is an opportunity to learn the
truth about this wonderful Iceland OF
which so little is generally known,
and such vague and often incorrect
ideas held, his audience will be not
only entertained, but instructed.
Date changed to Monday evening
next at p. m. Tickets 35 cents.
Ladies' especially invited.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
PERSONAL

Rev. Fl d. J. Leonard Of Cam
bridge. \. Y, says a young lady Of
his parish was cured Of Consumption
BY Father Johns Medicine.
Col. VIM. c. Miles Of Washington.
d. C., says: Father Johns Medi-
cine saved ny life"
One Of my children had bronchitis
from birth. Father Johns Medicine
cured her and made her strong
Mrs. ". McCsbe. 534 West 18Th
Street. New York City.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21

widely read novel The Shepherd of
the Hills" The first local presenta-
ton of this dramatization will take
place at the Opera House on Tuesday
Feb. %. 1t is a heart-stirring and a
wholesome story and one that
breathes the simple life of the noun
tains and the pasture, but yet sets
forth human passions, ambitions en-
deavors, failures and successes. A
story that should be even greater as
a drama than as novel.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21

More $3.50 books for soc at Even's.
Grain Of Dust by David Graham Phil.
lips: Whispering Smith by Spear
man: The Apaches by Alfred Henry
Lewis; Peter by F. Hopkinson
Smith: The Vow by Paul Trent;
Keith OF the Border by Parrish: Girl
OF the Golden West by David Belas-
co; Damn O'Hara by Edna Ferber:
Blaze Derringer by f. p. Lyle and
Shepherd OF Hills by Wright
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
WEATHER FORECAST.

Probabilities for thls section for the
Next - Hours.
For eastern New York and western
Vermont rain in south, snow or rain
north portion late tonight and Sstur-
day. Slightly colder tonight
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-21
EAST ARLINGTON q ARLINGTON

Mrs. II. A. Marley will have a line
Of Stamped Goods and Embroidery
materials. for sale Wednesday after.
noon. Feb. 26th. from / O'Clock to s
O'Clock. at the home Of Miss Martha
Canfeld 1912
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-29

mills are represented today by a
shipment of 1850 pound steers
from the Scottsbluff district, at
$500. Beet top bulls from La
Junta brought $3.50 last Wednes-
day. Veal calves are half a dol
lar lower than week ago. Some
commission men have advised
customers to postpone shipments
intended for this week till next
week, anticipating a better mar
ket then. Hogs are 5 higher to-
day, which puts them back close
to the best point of last week.
Top price today is 5000, bulk of
sales $8.85 to $8.95. Order buy
ers and shippers are good buyers
of weights from 225 pounds
down, including pigs, and force
packers to stay in line. Condi-
tons are strong and healthy.
Sheep and lambs have displayed
weakness constantly since the
first of last week, with the single
exception of Friday. Declines
have been negligible, however,
and Friday restored all losses.
Run is 1000 today, market
steady to 10 lower, lambs at
$8.75 for tops, wethers, $500,
ewes, $3.50, heavy yearlings,
$3.50. Not much change in
prices is expected.
J. A. RICKART,
Market Correspondent.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-29
Stock Market

Kansas City Stock Yards,
March "a, 1918. The cattle mar
ket sagged a little last week, and
weakness predominates today.
Receipts have been running a
little smaller but a slow dressed
beef trade has caused killers to
fight the market stubbornly.
The run here today is 5000 head,
moderate for Monday, and de-
mand is sufficient to prevent any
decline of consequence, but not
strong enough to hold the market
up steady. Good Nebraska
steers sold at $3.50 today, but no
strictly prime steers are included
in receipts on the native side;
they would reach around $8.8
More of the johnson black steers
from Oklahoma sold in the quar-
antine division at $3.50 today,
same as similar steers brought
last Wednesday. Heifers from
the same shipper sold at $500
today, not quite as good as the
So. 25 heifers from his last We'd
nesday. Stockers and feeders
are off 10 to Is cents today.
Country buyers moved slowly
last week, but paid close to
steady prices for everything, and
in the end their purchases were
up to their normal volume, $500
head for the week. Same week
last year that trade took 1900
cattle. That is about the same
ratio with reference to the move
ment last year that has already
been established this year. Sugar
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-29
Cattlemen of State
Urge Two Dippings

Arizona cattlemen interested
in keeping their state free of
ticks and Sonora cattlemen and
importers of cattle from there
met with DR.. A. D. Melvin, chief
Of the bureau of animal industry
in Ell Paso Tuesday afternoon.
The former desired that present
requirements of two dippings be
maintained and the latter wanted
restrictions removed. No official
action was taken and none prob
ably will be taken until DR.. Mel
win returns to Washington.
At present two dippings OF
Sonora cattle are required, be-
cause it is impossible, say the
officials, to learn if cattle have
come from infested districts.
The importers want the govern
ment to allow the Importation OF
cattle without the required dip.
pings, when affidavits can be
produced to show that they have
been free of ticks and have beer
kept in q tick-free area for sc
days. The Arizona cattlemer
are fighting the change sought,
saying that ahidavits from Son.
ora at this time are of little
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-29
worth and ticks have been spread
all through the state.

worth and ticks have been spread
all through the state.
Where cattle are not shipped
to Arizona ranges only one dip
ping is required. 1t is probable
that the present restrictions will
be maintained.
Those attending the meeting
were: DR.. A. D. Melvin, chief
of the United States bureau of
animal industry; Dir. R. A. Ram
sey, chief of the field inspection
division Of the bureau, DR.. T. A.
Bray, in charge of the local bis
trict of the bureau; DR.. w. E..
Severn, state veterinarian, of
Arizona; H. A. Jastro, president
of the American National Live
stock association; I. W. Tomlin-
son, secretary of this association,
contending against the removal
of restrictions.
Those interested in the re-
moval of restrictions were: W.
B. Coberly, of La Osa Cattle
company of Tuscon; Henry Boyce
and George Pusch, of the same
city; J. Beckford Kibbey of the
Alamos Cattle company, at Ala
mos, Sonora; ]. M. Ronstadt of
Tuscon, and Kenneth Oliver of
El Paso, the latter representing
the j. H. Hall commission COM
pany.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-29
HAS EXTREME LIMIT
In CATTLE ARRIVED?
Old Cowman Makes Direful
Predictions Concerning
Present Prices.

An old-time cattleman, for over
forty years engaged in the cattle
business in the south west, spent
a short time in the office of the
Patagonian one day this week
and has considerable to say con-
cerning the present fancy prices
being paid for cattle. For vari-
Gus reasons the name of the
cattleman cannot be used in this
article.
He looks upon the present stu
alton in the cattle business with
a somewhat gloomy view, and
says the cattle industry is now
upon purely speculative basis.
Three times in his experience
has he seen prices soaring, and
as many times has he seen them
tumble. Unlike most cowmen,
this man does not have any fear
of tariff reduction having any
great or sudden drop in prices of
cattle, but rather lays all the
blame for the crash which he
thinks will come in the cold stor-
age methods of the packers.
While he thinks the limit has
surely been reached in range
cattle prices, he lays especial
emphasis upon the part the pack
ers' trust will play in forcing the
price of cattle downward. 1t is
explained by this cattleman that
when the big packers, Armour,
Swifts, etc. proceed to unload
the beef now in cold storage,
which has taken several years to
accumulate, and begin to under
bid other buyers, the prices for
cattle will begin to tumble, and
stop, goodness only knows where.
Independent buyers cannot bid
the prices up for the very simple
reason they have not the cold
storage facilities of the packers
trust.
He says it is not beyond the
possibilities of doubt that year
lings now selling for as high as
S27 a head, may be seeking buy
ers for as low as $40 per head be-
fore many months.
Rather an unusual argument,
and certainly most unusually
gloomy view of the cattle indus
try. The cowman interviewed
is of the old school, practically
born and raised iii the saddle
with the herd; he holds no So
called advanced ideas about feed
ing, no fads about the weighing
in, weighing-out process; his
ideas are about range CATTLE. In
the forty years he has handled
cattle in Oklahoma, Texas and
Arizona, and a considerable ex-
perience in Santa Cruz county,
he thinks he should know some
thing Of the business. Santa
Cruz Patagonian.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-29
CATTLEMEN OF STATE
TO MEET In TUSCON
Executive Committee of Associ-
alton Decides Convention Will
Be Held in Tuscon January
S and 6, 1914.

The next annual convention of
the Arizona Cattle Growers asso-
citation will be held in Tuson Jan.
5 and 6, 1914. This was decided
upon at a meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the association
in Phoenix Wednesday, the 18th.
Tuscon was awarded the conven-
tlon after a spirited contest for
the honor between Tuscon
Kingman and Globe. The vote
for Tuscon was finally made un-
animous. w. B. Coberly, of the
La Osa Land & Cattle company.
was present from Tuscon. A
virtual Tusconian who was also
present was w. Beckford Kib-
bey, Jr., who divides his time
among Tuscon, Nogales and Ala
mos, Son.
Among other things discussed
by the cattlemen at the meeting
was the federal lease law, which
attracted so much attention at
the meeting of the American
National Live Stock association,
held there in the month of Janu-
ary. At that meeting the stock
men went on record as favoring
the Kever land bill. Since that
time, however, there have been
several statements made against
the measure from several differ
ent parts of the state. The ac-
ton of the executive committee
last night was merely to secure
all information possible about the
measure from the Arizona con-
gresslonal delegation at Wash
ington and proceed with any
definite action at a later date.
Another thing discussed was
the municipal slaughter house
bill which is now pending before
the house, having been passed
by the state senate several days
ago. Some of the committee
favored the measure and some
were against it. It was referred
to the attorneys of the associa-
tion for disposition and to the
committee took no action upon
the matter. w. B. Kibbey Jr..
OF the Alamo Cattle company, of
Sonora, declared that the cattle
of northern Mexico were entirely
free from the tick and from anv
kind Of fever and said that the
quarantine should be raised.
This embargo, however is placed
by the federal officials and the
cattle growers Of the state hav-
ing nothing to do with it.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-29
Notice

Your street tax of $500 for
the town of Winslow is now due
and must be paid in cash or labor
on the streets and alleys. All
persons between Il and SO years
are subject to this tax.
T. H. SHUFLIN,
Street Supervisor.