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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-04
Smart New Suits Moderately Priced, SIS

THE QUESTION NOW is the question Of
Suits, and these new Bulgarian blouse models are at
tracting very favorable attention-they are smart
models that women Of almost any figure could wear
and exceptionally good values at that price.
EXTRA FINE QUALITY Of Serges,, Bedford
cords, Diagonals, Poplins and Epongues, in diver
sity of coors in Guiding Blue, Copper Shades, an
Leather Black and White stripes and checks
Other New and Fascinating Models from
$3.50 to $45.OO Second Floor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
APPOINT BANK EXAMINER
President Wilson Names James n
Kelleher, Progressive Democrat.

Montpelier, March PA telegram
received here tonight from Washing
ton announces the appointment as ma
tional bank examiner of ]. II. Kelle-
her, assistant cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of this city. The appoint
ment is made to fill the vacancy caus
ed by the resignation of Fuller c.
Smith of St Adams, who retired
from the federal service during the
early winter, and in the first recogni-
ton of Vermont democrats. The
salary is about $500 a year and Mr..
Kelleher's district includes Vermont,
Northern Massachusetts and part OF
Maine, in which are about 100 ma
tional banks. He went to Washing
ton several days ago at the request
of the comptroller of the currencS
and his appointment was not sur
prise.
Mr.. Kelleher, who styles himself a
progressive democrat, was born in
Montpelier and educated in the pub
lie schools OF this city, graduating
from the high school. He entered
the First National bank as a clerk
and served as bookkeeper before
his promotion to the position Of as
sistant cashier. He has been employ
ed by the bank about Is years. In
view Of Mr. Kelleher's progressive
views his appointment is taken by
many local democrats to indicate the
attitude Of President Wilson in max
ing other federal appointments in
Vermont
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
THE INTERNATIONAL GAME.
Tennis Is Played Practically All over
the Earth.


II baseball is Uncle Sans national
game and cricket is John Bulls, tennis
Is certainly the international game. II
is played everywhere on the face Of
the globe, almost from pole to pole
and from far east TO near west.
The United States and Canada are
dotted with tennis clubs from ocean to
,cean and honeycombed with courts.
Every country i'm Europe has its host
OF tennis players. from Russia down
to the tip of Italy. Every sport loving
foreigner in India Is n tennis devotee
and many OF the natives. At the last
tournament in Singapore there We're
800 entries. and the standard Of play
was very high. Tennis is played I'm
the Malay states. in the Straits Settle
ments, in Siam. in Indo-China. all
over Australia. New Zealand and Tas-
mania. as we'll as In many OF the tiny
islands OF Polynesia. i'm the principal
cities Of China and Japan and their
suburbs and in Egypt. under the
shadow Of the pyramids.
There are plenty Of places In the
world where an athletic American
couldn't get up a nine TO play base
ball or a patriotic Britisher couldn't
find a cricket crease or bat. but IL
there is another lover OF sport within
hailing distance and the place Is at all
civilized he can be pretty sure Of find
ing a tennis court and an opponent
worthy Of his racket. 90 New York
World
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
GAME AND FIRE
PATROL IN THIS
COUNTY
Plan Proposed BY Local Fish
and Game Club
MEETING FRIDAY EVENING
Free illustrated Lecture by John 3.
Burnham 70 the American Pro-
tective Association.

There will be a special meeting of
The Bennington County Fish and
Game Club on Friday evening, March
20. at eight o'clock, in the court room
of the county court house. An illus
trated lecture will also be delivered
by John B. Burnham, president of
the American Game Protective and
Propagation association. Mr.. Burn
hams subject will cover some eX-
tremely interesting work in raising
game birds and deer on farms run
for that purpose, as we'll as game pro
lection and natural history in gener-
al. The lantern slides are excellent
and illustrate the lecture at every
point.
No admission will be charged to
the lecture, and the public, including
ladies, are cordially invited. Tickets
may be obtained free, both by mem
bers and non-members, upon applica-
ton to the committee.
The business meeting, which will
be short, and to which those interest
ed, whether members of the club or
not, are invited, is for the purpose of
considering plans for putting game
and fire patrol into Bennington coun-
ty the year round. The question of
incorporating the club as a member
ship, non-stock corporation, as a pre-
liminary step in raising money for
this purpose, will be voted upon.
The membership dues will remain
the same, but it is believed that if
the Club is incorporated it will have
a more stable organization and be
better able to finance a patrol sys-
TEN in accordance with plans which
will be outlined at the meeting. Any
other necessary business will also
be in order.
An interesting lecture is promised
and the club hopes that all who are
interested in the preservation of our
forests, fish and game will attend.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
DEATH TOLL HEAVY
Scores Injured and Several Killed
and Much Property Destroyed


Terre Haute, Ind, March 23.-Loss
of life and severe property damage
was caused by tornado which
swept out the southern part of Terre
Haute at 10 o'clock tonight.
At IL O'Clock seven bodies had been
recovered. Scores were injured and
property damage will reach into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
All wires were blown down in the
district affected. This prevented res
cue work, although every available
fireman and policeman was rushed TO
the stricken district.
It is expected the death list will
number more than a dozen.
With no warning the terrific gale
swept down upon the district. Parts
of the Root Glass company's plant
were fiattened. The end of the found
~ room of the Garland factory, a
solid brick wall Is inches thick, was
caved in. Brick and stone structures
suffered.
tightening set fire to many houses.
Men. women and children we're crush
ed to death in bed. Some escaped TO
the cellars Whole structures were
blown away by the force Of the wind.
The manned we're rushed to hospi-
tails as fast as they we're extricated.
Difficulty was experienced in OBJ
tanning doctors and the firemen we're
unable to cope with the flames which
swept the district. The heavy down
pour Of rain Is all that prevented
scores Of injured from being burned
in the debris Of their homes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
FUNERAL OF GOV. BLAKE
Held Tomorrow from Late Residence
in Troy

Troy, March 24.-The funeral of
former Governor Frank S. Black will
be held tomorrow afternoon from the
residence on Pine Woods avenue, and
the services will be simple and pri-
vate This afternoon from noon I'M
til o'clock the public will view the
remains. The services tomorrow will
be held in the afternoon and will be
without ostentation. The religious
services will be conducted by Rev.
James Card rector Of the Church of
the Ascension, and for many years a
friend of Mr.. Black A male quartet,
the members of which are to be Sc
lected by Roy V. Rhodes, a friend of
the family, will be in attendance. Sex
tons of the various churches will be
the carriers. The body will be taken
to lakewood cemetery. where it will
be incinerater in the Earl crematory.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
AM BASSAOORSH|P
APPOINTMENTS
GO BEGGING
President Can't Find Men for
important Posts
SESvICE IS HAMPERED
Says Only Men Who Have Time and
Means Can Serve Government
Abroad.

Washington, March 23.-President
Wilson tonight reluctantly assented
to the expressed determination of
Chairman McCombs of the national
democratic committee, to decline the
preferred French Enthusiastically.
In a statement expressing his high
regard for Mr. McCombs, the presi-
dent declared that the diplomatic ser
vice OF the United States is unneces-
sarily hampered by the fact that only
men who have time and means to
leave their business find themselves
able to serve the government abroad.
at is a great pity" declared the
presidents statement" that the coun-
try has 20 ask such sacrifices of those
who are invited TO serve it abroad
service which every year becomes
more exciting and more important.
The sacrifice of time. of means and
of opportunity at home is very seri-
Gus for any but men of large means
and leisure and the diplomatic ser
vice is unnecessarily ha.npered."
Secretary of State Bryan is due
back in Washington from his western
trip on Wednesday. The president is
expected to be ready to take up with
him the appointment of ambassadors
to England, Mexico, Japan, Russia
and a minister to China.
The London and Mexican embassies
have been looked upon as those which
should be filled first because of the
Panama free tolls question with Great
Al lnI 81
Mexico. The announced policy of
administration toward China has
brought the question of appointment
of an ambassador to Toxic and min
lister to Pekin to the front. The I'M
settled Russian passport question has
made selection of representative to
the czar's court difficult
For none of these posts, except
that to Mexico apparently has the adj
ministration been able to decide upon
a man and have it's invitation accept
ed.
II is known here that George W.
Guthrie, former mayor of Pittsburgh,
meets with President Wilson's approx
al for the Mexican ambassador but in
the general discussion that will fol
low Mr.. Bryans return 10 washington
there may be a shift that would re-
suit in the offer of another post
DR.. Charles w. Elliot, offered the
embassy at London, has decided not
to accept, according to information
here, although his answer probably
will not be made public for the pres
ent.
John r. Mott of Montclair. n. j.,
Y. NJ. c. A., leader thoroughly fami-
liar with China, has signified his I'M
willingness to become minister to
China and apparently the president is
still seeking for a suitable represen-
tative there. For the Japanese and
Russian posts several men are being
considered
John f. Osborne, former governor
of Wyoming. was mentioned today as
the probable successor to Huntington
Wilson as first assistant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
HURT IN A RUNAWAY
Mrs. William Blanchard Thrown
From Wagon on North Street

An exciting runaway. in which
Mrs. William Blanchard of Pownal
was thrown from the carriage, sus-
tanning an injury to her head, occur
red on North street Saturday after.
noon. Mr.. and Mrs. Blanchard were
in town shopping and before return
ing home wished to purchase some
feed. They had driven into the Put
nam grist mill yard and while Mr..
Blanchard was in the office the horse
took fright at the opening of the
large door above the office and from
where the feed is let down by rope
to the wagon. The horse dashed
around the mill, throwing out its on
ly occupant. 1t then ran over North
street and crossed Main street, sew
eral persons barely escaping being
run down. On North street the car
riage struck an iron post, Clearly
breaking it in two parts and demol-
ishing the carriage. The horse was
caught near the Tudor farm on the
Pownal road.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
Native Meeting Places in suma.ra.

Every district of Importance in the
towns OF Sumatra possesses a balei,
or native meeting place, which the
Dutch regent visits periodically in or
der to discuss with his subordinates
the affairs " the district. These Su-
matran equivalents of II county coun-
elf hall are very quaint and are dec
GRATED with beautiful inlaid work at
the ends and tapering roof of fine
palm. ornamented with bright brass
xork. which glitters in the sun. set
ting ii on most picturesqoely against
background of tall cocoanut trees
and forest of rich tropical plants. \
space Is left between the ground and
flooring, the reason of which Is OBJ
vious. for in the tropics during the
rainy season the inhabitants are often
visited with floods. so in order to safe
guard themselves in such an emergen-
,cy most of the buildings are erected
ON stits.-.Wide World Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
TRAINS MARROW ESCAPE
Crowded Coaches Halted on Adult
ment of Collapsine Bridge.


Lyndonville, March 23.-Facing
what appeared to be imminent death
for himself, the engineer OF pas
senger train from Montreal for Bos-
ton brought the crowded coaches to
an abrupt stop on the end of a tot
tering bridge yesterday.
An instance later the structure,
weakened by flood, gave way under
the weight of the locomotive, which
with its crew plunged into the Ice
choked stream.
The 125 passengers who scrambled
out of the cars to learn the cause OF
their sudden shaking up received a
second shock when the trainmen re-
ported that another bridge over the
Passumpsic, mile back, had been
swept away a moment after their
train had cleared it.
The engineer and fireman by a
lucky chance dropped in open water
and swan ashore, not much the
worse for their experience.
The Passumpsic river has risen
rapidly since Friday when warm
sun and occasional showers melted
its ice and the snow along the banks.
Ice jams piled up at many points.
During the night two railroad
bridges over the river on the Connect
lieut. and Passumpsic division OF the
Boston and Maine road were carried
away under pressure of the ice and
water
The train that so narrowly escap-
ed disaster was a local that left
Montreal last night and due in Bos-
ton Saturday afternoon. 1t carried
passengers from all along the route.
Engineer John Eastman had felt
his way cautiously through the food
district, keeping sharp eye on the
river crossings. AS he approached
the bridge near this station he saw
that the abutment had been weaken
ed, and reversing the locomotive, put
on the airbrakes.
The train came TO halt, within
its own length, but not until the To-
comotive had added its weight to the
weakened pier, causing it to collapse.
The coupling between it and the
dead cars snapped and Eastman and
his fireman took the 40 foot drop
clinging TO the sides of the cab.
Trainmen were Immediately sent
back for the double purpose of get
ting assistance and of tagging trains
that might follow. Before they had
gone a mile they discovered that
passengers and crew had had two
narrow escapes.
A mile up the river another rail
road bridge over which the train had
passed only few minutes earlier
had been washed out II is believed
that the strain eXerted on the struc-
ture by the train, combined with the
action of the Mood on the piers had
caused the bridge to collapse.
With bridges in front and behind
them carried away, the passengers
and train crews were marooned for
time. AS soon as arrangements
could be made they were brought
here in carriages over the highway
and plans were made to send them TO
their destinations by another train.
Railroad officials said that traffic
could not be resumed at the point
where the accident happened before
Monday Two wrecking trains were
sent to clear the road.
Another washout was reported at
Barnet, where the Passumpsic and
Connecticut rivers unite.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
OPENING GRANITE DEPOSIT
1t is Located in the Town Of Vernon
and is Said to Be Good.

Brattleboro, March 24.-Sufficient
funds having been subscribed by sew
eral interested Brattleboro men to
permit starting work at granite
ledge near the Howe farm, which is
being exploited by C. Victor Grant
of the Charles Fl. Grant Granite com
pany, seven men are now at work
there clearing away the dirt from the
top of the ledge.
This ledge Mr.. Grant first investi
gated five years ago and since that
time he has been firm believer in
the prospects of making Brattleboro
one of the leading Vermont granite
towns. Since he first made the prop.
osition to the board of trade last win
ter the work of obtaining backing
for the venture has been going along
quietly.
Recently enough money has been
guaranteed to make the start pos.
sible and it is practically certain that
enough more will be subscribed SC
that the work may be carried on con.
tinuously to the point where it will
finally take its position as one of the
leading industries of this locality.
Mr.. Grant expected to have com
petent quarryman, foreman of a
large quarry elsewhere, interested
with him at the outset of this work
but owing to the delay in getting
started and the fact that this particu
lar man received a fattering offer
from the firm by whom he has been
employed for years to continue with
them another year, he felt obliged to
go on without him. Mr.. Grant will
have competent foreman on the
ground within a short time and work
will then be pushed forward rapidly.
He expects to have large derrick in
position by April / and the work of
actually quarrying the stone will be
started soon afterwards.
This proposition was first brought
to public attention at the first smok-
er of the year of the board of trade,
when c. Victor Grant, secretary of
the Charles H. Grant Granite COM
pany, told of his discovery of the
ledge near Vernon some five years
before and of his confidence that its
development would place Brattleboro
and vicinity in the same class with
other towns in the state as a granite
center. At that time he showed
samples of the granite from the ledge
and the board of trade voted to do
what 1t could toward advancing the
interests of this prospective industry
in the event that investigation made
it seem advisable.
The ledge is located near the Howe
farm in Vernon, and plenty of land
south of the plant of the White Riv-
er Chair company is available for the
building of finishing sheds. The
construction of spur track would
be a minor consideration as the ledge
is so located that a spur less than a
half a mile long would be all that
would be necessary to handle all the
material from the ledge
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
INCREASES VALUATIONS
Appeals Board Raises That Of Rut.
land Railroad S1,92e,670

Montpelier, March 21.-The board
OF appeals which is considering the
states and the railroads appeals
from the appraisal made by Former
Tax Commissioner j. Z. Cushman
rendered its decision today in five
cases. With the case of the Central
Vermont railway under consideration
the hearing was adjourned until Mon
day afternoon.
She largest increase in valuation
made by the board was that of the
Rutland railroad. The board fxed
the valuation at s11,010,470. Former
commissioner Cushman's appraisal
was Ss,OSO,SOO ad the appraisal of
1910 placed the value of the road OF
Sl,S45,1OO. This is an increase OF
SS,O64,17O from the figures of 1910
and an increase Of S1,s29.67O from
Mr.. Cushman's appraisal in Febru.
airy.
The Cushman appraisal of the
newport and Richford railroad was
increased from $4,000 TO ss45. 600.
matter Of s1O5,OOO. This road was
appraised at s735,OOO in 1910.
The Fair Ground Railroads valus-
ton OF $4,000 made by Commissioner
Cushman, was allowed to stand
Ihls road was appraised at 1880 in
1917. IL Is only a mile in length and
operates between the state fair
ground and the village OF White Riv-
er Junction.
The board reduced the appraisal OF
s.'S.4V0 OF the Addison railroad, part
OF the Rutland system, to $3.50 500.
IN 1910 this road was appraised at
s206. 400.
The Midland railroads valuation
OF slo.seo, made BY Mr.. Cushman.
vas allowed TO stand. This road is
on the Canadian border.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
"ALL WAS HARMONY
Meeting of Democratic State CO.
mittee Officially Termed Love Fes

Meeting of Democratic State Com
mittee Officially Termed Love Feast
Burlington, March 21.-The demo-
cratic state committee held a three
hour session on the roof garden of
the Van Ness house this evening at
the conclusion of which 1t was an
nounced that nothing of a definite ma
ture had been done except to 90 over
accounts and discuss routine bust
ness generally. A number of office
seekers spent the time in the hotel
lobby waiting for the executive ses-
sion to come to close but they got
scant satisfaction from the members
of the state committee. The full
committee attended the meeting with
the exception of John 7. Thompson
OF ST. Adams, who was represented
by proxy by B. E. O'Sullivan. EN-
DRY S. Harris of Bennington, chair
man of the committee, occupied the
chair and ]. Z. Byrne, of Bellows
Falls, secretary, noted the official
proceedings.
National Committeeman Thomas
II. Browne of Rutland and James E.
Burke, mayor-elect of this city, the
two candidates for the Office Of col
lector of customs, were at the hotel.
Secretary Byrne of the state COM
mittee said that no action was taken
on the matter of handling applica-
tons from office seekers except that
petitions for such Office seekers are
TO be received by the committee and
forwarded to their proper sources at
Washington. "All was harmony at
the meeting" said Mr.. Byrne. 1T
was really just little love feast and
we just talked things over"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24

theatres. Mrs. F. B. Pope was chos-
en- chairman and Mrs. E. B. Huing
secretary. BY cooperating with Nthe
threatre management the board are
planning to have representatives at
tend the theatre each time the vaude
vile is changed. The standard at
first must not be too high but may
be gradually raised. The public are
asked to cooperate and report an OBJ
jectionable feature hereafter to Mrs.
A. S. M. Chisholm or Miss M. Pratt,
committee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
HAWTHORNE OFF FOR ATLANTA
Accompanied to Federal Penitentiary
by Or. Morton

New York, March 24.-Julian Haw-
thorne and DR.. William j. Morton
started on their journey to the fed
eral prison at Atlanta last night, in
the custody of Deputy United States
marshals. Hawthorne carried a suit
case and both men wore the clothes
they last appeared in in court when
convicted of fradulently using the
mails in the sale of Canadian mining
stock, AS their sentence of one year
and a day dated from November %.
and the federal law gives them the
right to apply for parole after one
third of their term has been served.
the opinion has prevailed that they
might seek release on Wednesday or
soon after They recently decided
not to appeal. Albert Freeman, con-
victed with Hawthorne and DR.. Nor.
ton, will stay in the Tombs until the
United States circuit court of appeals
decides whether he shall be admitted
to bail during the argument of his ap-
peal He was sentenced to five years
in the Atlanta prison.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
BENNINGTON FOR euRLEsoue
Newly Organized Circuit May Come
Here

Bennington is mentioned by the
head of the newly organized Philip j.
Fisher burlesque circuit as one of the
places that it is hoped to put on the
attractions of the organization. The
circuit extends westward from Albany
through New York state. then south
to Pennsylvania. then eastward to the
Hudson and up the Hudson to Albany
to Rutland. Bennington and other
Vermont towns, North Adams and
Pittsfield, and then down through
Connecticut, or along the Hudson
again to New York city. The attrac-
lions will be old line burlesaue and
refined burlesque and vaudeville. II
would. be the refined burlesoue or
musical comedy and vaudeville that
would be put on here. and in the pIac
es in this vicinity.
Where the shows OF. the new organ
ization would be put on here is not
known at present
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-24
GETAWAY" AT WINDSOR
Convict Scales Wall at State Prison
and Escapes.

Windsor. March 24.-Patrick Nc
Gowan a convict in the Vermont
State prison, escaped from the insti-
tuition about six o'clock tonight by
scaling the walls. He was left alone
in the shop for a few moments to fix
some machinery and disappeared. be-
fore guards were changed. He was
sentenced from Burlington for bur
glary and had served about two years
Of a six-year sentence. His weight is
l4s pounds, color of eyes brown. hair
iron gray and he had on the regular
gray prison suit.