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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03

of property because bank must and
ought to protect the money in its
keeping, largely small savings and
trust funds Under the Babbitt bill
man could borrow up to Is to 80
per cent on the value OF real estate, for
individuals will take reasonable
chance when a bank must not
rhe Rabbit bill will not affect the
income of the state to any degree. OF
the money in the Vermont savings
banks and trust companies, around rs
per cent is by depositors of less than
$500 each. OF the remainder fully
half is either trust funds or money
owned by widows and old people who
would not care to bother and worry
with personal investments. These
classes of deposits will go on in
creasng and will more than make up
for the few large accounts that will
be withdrawn and will gradually,
but surely, make up for the bank
loans rewritten at five per cent
The Rabbit bill is not perfect,
and 1t ought TO be amended by the
House TO take care of two serious de
fects. 1t should be made explicit on
the matter of bank loans so as to
surely give banks and individuals the
same rights Of exemption and 1t
should contain clause to prevent
fraud through the covering up of per
sonal loans under the guise Of real
estate security mortgages.
With these two corrections, the
Rabbit bill ought to become a law.
1t is in no sense q bar to a fiat rate
bill If fiat rate bill can be hit upon
that is acceptable to a majority of
both houses. The chief principles of
the two measures are not inconsist-
ent. but are actually working along
harmonious lines, but because we
hope and believe that it will do
something for Vermont, the Banner
urges the passage of the Babbitt bill
as first step.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
Marriage and Divorce

Vermont has taken step in the
right direction in making the bill a
law. entitled. an act to Prevent the
Evasion of the Decree Of Divorce. The
bill has been signed by Governor
Fletcher.
II privides that if a divorcee mar
ries within three years in some other
state to avoid the prohibition of mar
rage within that time in Vermont,
the marriage shall he bigamous if the
divorce returns to Vermont. Ii also
provides if a person from another
state is married in Vermont to evade
the divorce laws of another state the
marriage shall be bigamous and the
person who performs the marriage
with the knowledge and intent TO
evade the law shall be subjected to a
fine. The general divorce law pro
vides that no divorcee may be mar
ried within the state until after the
lapse of a period of three years.
Vermont should not however, stop
her good work here. She should go a
step further, and get to the root of
the root of the evil of divorces. The
marriage laws HnOulu bt ItNdinltus
before too much time and energy is
spent upon the results. Divorce is
the aftermath" of unequal or other
wise mis-mated unions. The old Gus
tom OF publishing marriage banns
three weeks before the event, is one
OF the best customs possible. Many
ministers of the gospel are too care
less for whom they perform the sol
emn marriags rites. Almost any man
and woman, and worse yet. almost
any boy and girl may go to minis
ter and by simply displaying a license
be married with little or no question /
ing.
Frequently We see paragraphs in 1
Metropolitan papers of how this per
son or that person was married on a
wager, or within so many hours after |
their first meeting.
II ought not to be possible for this 1
thing to be done. Il is altogether too |
easy a matter to get married in the |
United States and the divorce evil \
will exist just 50 long as the nation
is so lax in her marriage laws
Mortified News.
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HoW's This Z

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
SGgd for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & CO.. TOLEDO, o.
We the undersigned have known f. ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
aim perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
1T any obligations made by his firm.
E-.-IoNAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo o.
fialfs Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
srting directly upon the blood and mn,
tous SUI faces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price IS cents per bottle Sold
ny all Druggists.
-ake Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
a Tiresome Tyae.

Who makes the best of earthly life.
Nor wastes his time complaining
That all the days with woe are rife,
His idle teardrops raining,
May never win TO lofty heights
BY superhuman labors,
But since he smiles at fortunes sights
VIII be loved by his neighbors.
We all detest the pessimist,
Whose frowns drive cheer away,
The sort Of man who can't desist
From growing day by day;
Who never sees the brighter side
OF any mortal's lot
And when the clods his coffin hide
Is speedily forgot.
Birmingham Age Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
Notice OF Annual Meeting

The annual meeting OF the stockholders Of
the First National Bank will be held AZ the
banking rooms In Bennington. Vermont, on
Tuesday, January Ia. 1918. at 10 o'clock I'm the
forenoon, for the election Of directors for the
ensuing year. and for the transaction OF such
other business as may properly come before
the meeting.
L. A. GRAVES, Cashier.
Dated at Bennington, VT, Dec. 10, 1912.
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EOR sALE-The walOridge Homestead on on

EOR SALE-The Walbridge Homestead on
n Imperial Avenue; IL room house, first
floor. parlor, living room with open fireplace,
dining room, kitchen, den or office. Second
floor, large bed rooms, large lew bath room,
Large basement with laundry, vegetable cell
lar, steam heat aud electric lights. Large lot
with frontage of $50 feet. depth of 500 feet
nice lawn and drivr ways, over " choice frult
trees. One of the finest views in Bennington,
House nearly new and in the best of repair
This property can be bought at less than act
ual value and on easy terms If sold at once.
Apply TO Henry L. Field or Nash Hutchins
o8tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
NOTICE

The annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
The First National Bank of North Bennington
Vt. will be held at their bankinS-hOuse on
Tuesday, the seventh day OF January. 1918, at
ten O'Clock a. m. for the purpose OF electing a
Board of Directors for the ensuing year and
for any other proper and necessary business.
RALPH A. JONES,
Cashier.
North Bennington. VT, December 9Th, 1919
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NOTICE

The annual meeting of the Stockholders
of the Bennington County National Bank OF
Bennington, Vermont. will be held In their
banking rooms on Tuesday the seventh day OF
January, 1918 at 10 O'Clock a. IN. for the pur-
pose OF electing Board q Directors for the
ensuing year and to consider such other bust
ness AZ may come before IL.
CLEMENT II. CONE,
Cashier
Bennington. VT, November 80. 1918
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
Three Generations Have Passed

Since the discovery of Downs
Elixir for coughs, colds and lung
troubles, but thousands remain to
tell the story OF its wonderful cures.
Bold everywhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03

Il acres good land, brick house of 8 rooms in
good repair, barn, corn house, hog house and
ben house, good variety fruit, located 1-3 of
mile from North Bennington II. II. station
Price on application. Nash & Hutchins. 6Stf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03

FOR SALE-The farm consisting of 112 acres
and known as the Andrew SlOcum farm, To-
Gated 2 miles from North Bennington; good
house of 10 rooms in good repair, 2 large barns
with basement under each, horse barn, wagon
shed with loft, corn house, hog house and hen
house, water piped to barns, large springs on
farm, wood lot with saving timber ough to
pay for farm, owner will sell stock, crops and
tools, If DESIRED Price on application. Nash
Hutchins bStf
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Thought Piece Dangerous.

IT is stated that the membera OF the
reading committee. who all havo a great
admiration for NJ. Lavedan, considered
that the performance OF servir was
little dangerous. since the play might
cause dlscords and recall deplorable IN
cldents In military life during the lase
few years which are better forgotten.
AS tine Coincide is a statc-aided thcater
the minister OF public instruction and
beaux arts and the premier himself were
consulted.
NJ. Lavedan was annoyed because 9t
the hesitancy displayed in regard TO bis
piece, and decided not only 10 with
draw "servir'' but all his other plays, IN
GLIDING lie Marquis de Prlola" and The
Duel rendered memorable by the fine
acting OF NJ. LIE Bargy, who. It Will be
remembered, left the Comedie to act 'n
another theatcr. and was threatened with
iitlgatIon.
Tho question has been asked whether
NJ Layedan's plays Will follow their bril-
liant interpreter, NJ. lie Bargy; to ths
Porte Saint Martin tkeater. The masi-
ayers OF that house. AZ Hertz and CO.
quelnge. have no knowledge on the sub
ject. They say that their progranme
for the next two seasons Is full.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Recruits Found Unfit.

Twenty per cent of last years recruits.
another Significant test, had 10 be pro-
nouaced absolutely unfit for service under
arms Halt of them wcro released alto
Setlier, and the rest We're admitted as
clerks. hospital attendants and other
auxillarieF. The people uf RussEt arc
walking np 10 discover that one NTH OF
their young men cannot, oven In the viSor
OF their youth. reach anything Like nor
NAL standard OF manhood.
The social cankcr which has produced
this appalling deterioration IL direct
and fatal consequence OF the material
conditions governing the lie OF the
masses In over forty provinces the
official report testiiies, the peasants never
eat meat While in France the average
yearly consumption Of corn per person is
$50 pounds. in Russia which Is above all
things an agricultural country. IL is only
1873 pounds. In France each lnhabitaDt
consumes 81 pounds of sugar every year.
and In Russia u pounds. In France the
consumption Is 81 pounds OF coffee per
capita, and la Russia l ID pounds of
tea. Even in the consumption OF salt
there Is an enormous difference between
Russia and other countries,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Chamberlain Wants Job.

Still 1t cannot be said that the fallen
leader is a victim solely OF his own blum
ders, stupeudous though they have been,
for. ever since he was elected to the
leadership. Austin Chamberlain. who is
now intriguing for the position. has been
working for his downfall not openly but
skllfully encouraging Bouar Law in his
blunders, Those who are able to look
below the surface know that 1t was
Chamberlain who drove Bonar Law to
adopt the BaIfourlan method, which nee
essarily must be fatal in such clumsy
hands The result has so far been en-
ceedngly satisfying to Mr.. Chamberlain,
who Ia now posing as the safe middle
man, and who for that very reason care
fully avoided getting mixed up In the
nr.,y oc ITlster treason
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12

liable than those or amy other civilized
country. but they show that the public
health grows steadily and hopelessly
worse from year To year
The death rate has gone UP only re-
Gently from oS.9 10 sos per thousand, just
trlfle less than double that of Germany,
and over three times that of any OF Rus
sias Scandinavian neighbors
The steady Increase In the deaths from
epidemics IS another proof OF the jDIamy
of Russian misruic. In 1908 deaths from
epidemic3 in Russia amounted TO 3SS Isl !:
In 1909 to ISL, ,025; in 1910. 10 sos, 262; in
1911, to 625, 7@Y: and during only the first
ten months OF 1912, 10 612,2Si.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
LAW bLUNDERS AS
UN|ON|ST LEADER
Arthur j. Balfour, Deposed
Party Head, Has Cause for
Much Qualification.
Partisan Newspapers Do Not
Try to Conceal Fractional
Strife Caused by Errors.
By PHILLIP EVERETT.
BILE TO The Tribune.

Special Gable TO The Tribune.
LONDON, Jan. Ill wonder If there
is man IN England who has greater
reason TO feel satisfied with the political
situation today than Arthur j Balfour,
the deposed leader of the once great
Unionist party. When Bonar Law was
elected TO succeed him as q leader OF the
Tories IT was confidently expected that
the party had an easy path to victory.
The voters, who at times had found It
hard TO appreciate Bafour's clever and
merci,ess logic. which made him tho adj
vsrsary most dreaded and respected by
The government, were expected TO grow
enthusiastic over Ropar Laws business
like hammer tactics. Mr. Asauith
was undoubtedly right when ne said that
the Tories had done the government the
greatest service Imaginable when they
removed their only brilliant man from
the leadership OF the party
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Housing Conditions Squalid.

The prevailing housing conditions in
the large towns are iudcscripapiy squalid.
workmap's family seldom has )od6-
Ing Itself IL rents corner" and often
there are three or four families occupying
the same room. In Moscow the recent
census showed that there were 1894
such apartments, housing 1859 persons
Families OF flve persons frequently have
only- n single small bed between them In
ono OF these corners One may iInag-
Inc how favorable u breeding ground for
epiden!ic3 is provided by these conditions.
And, in tho face OF this frghtfu tale
Of racial degeneration. not one construc-
two move Of social reform. not even the
barert palliative, appears on The lcgtsIa-
flNs progra mfpo OF the present dunn. The
irony OF autocrat!c indifference could not
be more profound,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Dramatist Withdraws Plays.

Tho famous dramatst. ". Henri La
vedan, has caused something like n
Coup de theater'rl lie has withdrawn
all his plays from the Thester Francois.
The drama list has been on The bills there.
for twenty years. and several OF his
plays have been extraordinarily SUCCESS.
full.
The news has come like a thunderbolt
at the theater. IL is said that the man.
ager, NJ Jules Claretie. did not know or
the drama lists intention until he read
an article in newspaper. M. Lavedan
complains that his play In two acts. Ser
vir" received recently by the reading
committee, was nevertheless coldly well
coined
ut has seemed to me-" he explained.
"that my future interpreters Will not
display as much as ] should like the eI-
aIted sentiments of patriotism which my
characters inspire. That is why have
thought of seeking other actors and act
resses--that Is to gay another theater."
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Scandal Sensational.

The Investigation of the Mareonl scan
dal threatens to become exceedingly gem
aa atIonal and dramatic. The Marconi
people arc on the warpath and threaten
10 make it very hot for their American
DO hauled over the Goals. while the ru-
mors OF corruption may become moro
sharply defined, But fortunately for all
Concerned other issues OF tle greatest
Importance may distract the attention
OF the public. but even So the Marconi
episode Will be worth while following and
tho results OF the investigation OF the
commission may be very far-reachlng Gin
their effects.
Even as ear]y as the pre9ent time there
nre plenty OF signs .hnna 70 TmoW @ tSa' Ins new i
bor disturbances which have become part
of English social life during recent years.
At present II IS almost certain that Lon
don Will bo without any bread. except
tho homemade kind. during Easter, FOR
tho week before that festival all the
ba isers OF the metropolis VIII go on a
strike unless the batteries. materially inn
prove the conditions under which the
men are working.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Bonar Law Gets Busy.

Bonar Law has been busy using his
sledge hammer from the very day ho ac-
cepted the leadership: but his blows have
Invariably hit his own fellows, No eng
lish statesman. II statesman VIC may call
him. has even committed such g series
OF amazing blunders, and the latest one
OF these committed In his famous speech
ct Ashton, has succeeded In splitting
tho Unionist party as completely as the
most ardent radical might hope for aud
not even the party's own press makes
any attempt to conceal the split. That
Bonar Law has committed political hari-
kari IS beyond any doubt.
Thert will be no looking about TO find
the scapegoat the Unionist party needs.
for not other scapegoat Is possible than
the hapless Bonar Law. II not immcdi-
ateIy, then in a very short time. the
cry Will be raised "Bonar Law must co.
and the present leader win slide back
into oblivion, from where he came,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Rosenbaurn Is Irish.

The Unlonists have other reasons TO
feel as humble as Uriah Hecp. 1t takes
considerable effort 10 mako yourself look
ridiculous In a country where the sense
OF humor is es poorly developed as in
England, but the Uniousts who got an
Irishman with the peculiarly fatal name
OF Simon Rosenbaum to prepare their
speeches have succeeded In malelng
country, and when an Englishman makes
the painful effort OF laughing. and does
laugh, he laughs long.
Simon Rosenbaum Will not be forgot
ten In connection with the Irish debate,
as the man who held up to Hcorn the
brilliant Unionist politicians who were not
brilliant enough to prepare their own
spcecnes Undoubtedly Simon Rosen-
baum Is the most famous man In Eng
land today. though he probably does not
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
light Of Petition.

~ 10 put an end TO tlIese irri-
elirs. tho question - Iow serl-
sn5sed OF depriviug the Finnish
Sseiner OF the right of petition
elected deputy TO the
4 the EaltiC Germans. gives the
~ psneflt OF his opinion In the
- rress 10 tho effect that the
3nS part of state ia the posi-
'niand can only exist under an
,tnoharchy. that the great ma
e Octobrists are certain to go
r,se asno with the Russian Nation
s,ast the special privileges OF the
~, enat In this respect the posi- :
tnland Is hopeless.
e step forward has Just been
we Gernans in the efforts to
ssiepnone messages without the
1,s,,a, Experiments have been
IA! Tor the paCt few weeks be-
,jst,N ,Naocin central wireless teIeg-
SStloil and Berlin, and, according
rsstghche nh Rundschsu. they are
WITH hucccsE
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Keeper Tells Experience.

One of the keepers of the elephant
house al the geological gardens said that
the young elephants often seemed 10 suf-
fer agonies with their teeth,
"rhey keep putting their trunks In
their mouths ii their teeth hurt he said
"Ohe youngstcr here, who seemed to
have toothache very badly sucked the
finger of his trunk almost white.
Elephants. you know, keep on teeth
ing ali their life. The top part OF their
molars breaks off and the stump grows
again.
.'Whcn an elephants tooth. or rather
2. norton OF the tooth falls out 1T sounds
IKE plate falling. I have picked them
up as big as my hand.
4 well-lsnown zoolos!st said that the
throbbng pain Of toothache which human
beings experience in their teeth would be
just as violent with an elephant with lts
tuSks. "
0Both have a nerve cavity which, wher
decayed or disturbed. causes violent pain
dimensions, pls suffers some 10000 times
more than a human being
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Prophecy Hazardous.

I dare at present not propliesy that
Austin Chamberlain Will DO the next
Unionist leador, for he has great and
powerful enemies within his own party,
but he Will leave no Btone unturned TO
got there and II no cannot have his owr,
way he Will at least put plenty OF barbed
wire entanglements In the way OF 9TH
ers He has all the obstinacy of the un-
imaginative. commonplace Individual and
he viii not be over-conscientious IN the
choice of his scheme,
II Ralfour consents to return. Cham
berlain would have no chance whatever
but 1t would be a miracle If he did. as
he Is undoubtedly sincere when he says
with the late Mr, Gladstone that he pre-
fors "a post Of greater ease and less re-
spopgihlity.b
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
PERFORMED DUTY
DESPITE INJURY
Volunteer Woman Surgeon III
Montenegro Attends Wound
ed Officer; Herself Hurt.
pecIal Cable to The Tribune.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
LONDON. Jan. .11.-Amons the hero
ines of tho Red Cross work In Monte
negro must be numbered DR.. Caroline
Matthews. who is working there as a
volunteer surgeon.
Called out on terrible night in a
keen blizzard 10 attend 10 IL wounded Of
iicer, she had a bad fall in the dark
ness on the ill-madc road. AS she was
laden with dressings she was unable 10
save herself with the result that she
received u fractured Jaw, broken teeth.
and q badly-cut face.
Nevertheless, nothing daunted, she pro-
cccded To her patient and reset and
dressed his wounded limb
Thanks to the Kindness and attention
OF her hostess. she is making "A rapid
recovery. Indeed with a strapped and
Dandagsd face. She was out again
among her patients in a few days.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
Blame Hoarding of Coin.

The Bank OF France now officially de-
MES any Intention OF issuing notes OF
lower value than fifty frances The bank
says that the shortage OF gold is not
at all due to it's owa action but TO the
timidity OF the small French capitalists.
vino the moment the i9ee or European
war was in the air stored his go6 pieces
in his pocket.
Just as I'm Spain. where no ono>eyer
sees any gold, large quantities OF IT are
said TO be hoarded by peasants. II seems
to be true that the small French capt.
taliat Is keeping bis gold out Of circu-
lation. But 1t Is also undeniablc THAI
since the Balkan war broke out the Bank
Of France has been much more cnary OF
Dnrtiu1 wiil IFS gold
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
lear $50 Miles.

.snlnal learns that not only can
dTissnHspap apcr article be telephoned
st,uienlty between tho above mem
os,, os,,ons. which are some fifteen
sn nv Dut wireless telephone meg
n ~ ~ clearly understood at q dis
'i,s -iv miles, when the receiving
frone nermonlzes with that at the
''oih which the message is dis
'eji prisinR success Is attributed to
THInNuc OF tho machines employed
"a .,siunken .,, system. Most recent
5Ed6 that there arc at present
Wor,a wireless telegraphy stations
nj u: unit one-tlIird Of these arc
IL with Marconi apparatus. one
4 NM llu Telefunken, and one third
,pparatus OF various Eystems.
dssusd here that these statistics
Hsr ot the triumphal progress
|oss ossrman 'TelefunEen system. and
st s me latter has ousted the Mar
neld In the world.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12
MEDICAL EXPERTS
DEFEND MURDERESS
Ia, c.,hIe Ia The Tribune.

Special Cable 10 The TrIpune'
LONDON, Jan 11.--That she was 9pi-
faring from nielancholia and irTesisinle
impulse" was the medical evidence AT az
ThaIham police court when margaret
Sninnrd yyife of a laborer, was committed
FOR trial charged with tho murder OF hcr
3-year- old son.
:"The majority OF people have always
ono ms, "snt end doctor, i'and unIegs they have
been specially trained to guard asAn3t n,t
t%eIr weakness they will never crow out
of II. ,-.at..thls desIre
o.. dnc,pov may be brought about BY per-
harbornE the tS0Seht eauso nss Of csL Iii
tam tam 'trom5hIes. and every time they see
thelr elnraturaliy t,t Il reminds them Of their
trouble and they wish 10 destroy the eVi'