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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
vERMoNT's OPEN WINTER
January Exceeds Record For Hlah
Temperature and Thaws

Mortified, Feb. Local Forecas.
ter William A. Shaw reports that the
month of January this year exceeds
the record at this station for high tenn
perature, frequent thaws and rains
and the practical absence of snow
from the ground during the month.
He reports only six clear days during
the month; six partly cloudy and 10
cloudy. The total precipitation was
2.S4 inches, the normal for January
being 2.49 inches. Temperature rang
ed from 81 degrees down to 4 degrees
below zero, with a mean Of % de-
grees.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
BANDIT SHOT IN ACTION
Police Capture His Companion After
Struggle in a Saloon

Chicago. Feb. 9.-James Higgins. a
22-year-old highwayman, was killed
early yesterday in fight with the pc
lice. William Contwell, companion,
was dubbed into submission. Hig-
gins and Cantwell had held up one sa-
loon and were going through the poe
kets of patrons of another when two
city detectiys rushed in. Higgins drop
ped a revolver at the detectives or
der, but was drawing a second when
Detective Herman Often shot him
through the head.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
THIEVES KILL CAPTAIN
Robbers Confront and Shoot Man on
His Return from Church

Cleveland, Feb. 3.-Capt Ralph E.
Byres, "a years old, retired lake
steamer captain, was shot and killed
by two thieves in his home here to-
night. AS Capt. Byrnes and his wife
entered their home on their return
from church, two men confronted
them. One of the thieves ordereu
Capt Byrnes to throw up his hands
and a bullet struck Capt. Byrnes in
the forehead, killing him almost in
stantly. Capt. Byrnes commanded an
ore steamer owend by the Kinney
Steamship company.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
Mime. Scarron.

Nine Scarron. afterward the famous
Nine. de Maintenon. the wife OF Louis
XIV. was in her girlhood remarkably
beautiful. She was dark. with piercing
black eyes and wavy hair. In middle
life her gravity OF countenance and Of
department was considered quite ex-
traordinary in that age OF gayety. One
OF her contemporaries said that she did
not smile once a year. and yet she was
not gloomy. but only Of a sedate habit
Of mind
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03

BRAKEMAN KILLED
Fatal Accident Near South Pownal
Station Saturday Night

W.. N. Cannon. a tramp railroad
man, who has worked on many of the
roads of the country, but whose home
is unknown, was killed late Saturday
afternoon near the South Pownal sta
ton. Cannon had recently entered
the employ Of the Boston and Maine
and was making his second trip. The
accident happened while Gannon's
train, an extra freight, had stopped at
Pownal TO permit three other trains
to pass. Every bone in the mans
body was broken.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
A Joke on His Clerical Brother.

Two brothers named Chalmers. one a
minister and the other a physician.
lived together in western town. One
day n man called at the house and
asked for Mr. Chalmers. The physi-
clan. who answered the door, replied:
81 am he
"You've changed considerably since I
last heard you preach" said the man.
who appeared greatly astonished.
"Oh. it's my brother you want 10 see:
he breaches and practice. kansas
City Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
Calls for hello are heard

less frequently every year The rea-
son Because men have realized the
necessity for life Insurance and their
widows are able 10 feed. clothe and
educate their children. National Life
Ins. Co. Of VI (MutuaD Earl S. Kins-
ley, General Agent Mead. Building.
Rutland, Vt ODD
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
Artistic Ability.

"'By the Sea- is a very pretty title
for your picture" said the Interested
Onlooker. But the sea is too green,
and the waves are too fluffy"
That's So" replied the artist "I'll
paint some branches and twigs into II
and call IL The Woodland way
Washington Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
A Definition.

PA" said Willie. what is a genius7-
"a genius. my SON said Mr.. Know
itaI. is a man who can't collect
enough Of what the world owes him to
pay what be owes to the community IN
which be livea--Harpers Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
PRESIDENT RYAN OUT ON BAIL
Convicted lronworker Furnishes $7o,-
600 Bond and Starts for CHICAGO

Leavenworth, Kan, Feb 3.-Frank
NJ. Ryan, president of the internation-
al ironworkers' union, serving a sen
tence on conviction OF conspiracy to
transport dynamite in interstate COM
merce, was released from the federal
penitentiary on $4,000 bond yester-
day afternoon. He took an evening
train for Chicago. Ryan is the sew
enth Of the S3 men convicted at In
dianapolis to be released on bond.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
csay

Msbel-George gave me such a lovely
diamond engagement ring. Gladys
But bell want you to give Il back %
him. He always does-BaltimOre
American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
Entirely Too Emphatic,

Then you won't marry mey
~No; a Thousand times no.
"You don't need to say no a thousand
times retorted the rejected sutton re
sentfuIly. Il only asked you once
Pittsburgh Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
EXPLOSION KILLS TEN
Combution Of Powder in Hardware
Store Causes Great SUFFERING

Havana, Feb. Am explosion in a
hardware store at Cienfugeos yester-
day resulted in the death of 10 per-
sons, including the proprietor and his
wife and their two children. The 9th
ers killed were persons in the imme-
date vicinity where scores also were
injured.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
TWO BASKETBALL GAMES
Bennington Lost in North Adams and
Won in PittsfieId

The Y. Nj. c. A. teams divided hon
ors in out-of-town games Saturday
The Catamounts. formerly the Senior
Stars" defeated the "Ramblers" of
the Pittsfeld Boys club. on their
home floor. in well-played and close
game. The final score was 1915.
The game was virtually won by the
ability of Captain Buss at shooting
fouls. Friedman started things by
getting two field goals in the first
few minutes of play, and after that
1t was a guards game. The lineup:
Catamounts Rambiers
Buss forward Hunt
Friedman forward Michigan
Noyes centre Eustace
Moses guard Britt
yenney forward Withero
Goals; Buss 2. Friedman 9, Jenney2
Hunts, Eustace1; fouls. Buss 5, Hunt
1; time two twenty-minute periods;
referee. Morgan
The Senior team played team rep
resenting the Amateur A. c. of No.
Adams at the n. A, Y. NJ. c. A. gym.
1t was the fastest and best played
game they have contested this year.
At the end of the first period, Ben.
nington was ahead and ii looked as
though the Vermont boys might win
by hard playing. But the A. A. c.
had the advantage in being well ac-
quainted with the floor and the use OF
outside lines. The lineup:
Amateurs Y. NJ. c. A.
Fountain Denlev
Holeran Hollister
Carron Churchill
Aspinwall Ricket
beatue Hitchcock
Goals-Fountain 5. Aspinwall5, Hol-
listerS, Churchill4, HoleranS. Denley
2, Ricket2, Beattie2; fouls-Denleyl,
Hitchcock, Fountain1; time two per
iods. fifteen and twenty minutes,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03

LudovicO SfOrza. who invented the
iron shroud. was the first to suffer
death by this horrible torture.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
Iust Starting.

Mother-w why. Lola, aren't you asleep
retf Little Lola-Not quite. mamma
but one Of nv feet is.-Chicago News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
A Musical Miss.

ais she muslcaly" Yes. She has a
natural voice. sharp tongue and a
fat nose"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03

Injuries we DO and those We suffer
are seldom weighed in the same hsi-
ance Simmons
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
WEATHER FORECAST.
Probabilities for this section for th,
Next - Hours.

For eastern New York and western
Vermont. snow interior or rain on the
coast this afternoon and tonight.
Tuesday fair and colder.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
Letter to
Or. kilmer & Co,
Binqhamton, N. v.
Prove What swamp-ROO, Will

Prove What swamp-Root Will %
Fer You.
Send to DR.. Kilmer q Co. Bingham
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will convince anyone. You will also
receive a booklet Of valuable infor.
nation. telling all about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing. be sure
and mention the Bennington Even
Ing Banner. Regular ffty-cent and
one-dOllsr sire bottles for sale at all
drug stores.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-22
UTAH SENATORS FARE WELL

Change in the political complexion of the Uni
ted States Senate has deprived many of the most
influential members OF that body Of the high places
which they have enjoyed for many years. The vic
torious Democrats acquire most Of the coveted COM
mttee places, and seize for themselves the power
full chairmanships. The Republican members for
the most part have been forced TO content them
selves with whatever left.
The Utah senators, however have Jared much
better than ordinary. Senator Smoot secured
membership In OF the most important commit
tees Of the Senate. that Of appropriations Senator
Sutherland is assigned to judiciary and to foreign
relations, both Of which committees number in their
membership the most able men in the Senate. Utah
senators to be congratulated that their high
standing enables them to secure such recognition
and the state also is to be congratulated that, de-
spite the change OF administration, her voice will
still be heard on the important matters that come
before Congress.
The personality Of the states representation at
Washington has given her influence greatly in
of her importance in the siserhood Of states
and II is satisfying to learn that the varying for
tunes of national politics not to make any
change in that regard Herald Republican.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-22
FALL OF NEW MEXICO
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Senator Fall OF New Mexico, who talked the
Indian appropriations bill to death during the ex.
pirng hours of the sixtysecond congress- has made
himself the subject Of adverse criticism all along
the line The indian appropriations bill is an i'm.
portant one-if 1t doesn't pass therell be the devil
well as the creditors of the Indians to pay. 1t
should have been passed weeks ago. Senator Fall
objected to one provision OF the bill. In Fort Sill
there number of Apache prisoners
OF old Geronimos band. They have been there for
twenty-five years or longer, and most of those who
imprisoned within the fort at first have died
along with Geronimo himself The young ones
have grown old and there but a few OF them
who raised hand against the government
Their existence as prisoners had almost been for
gotten by the great government that held them un.
til report was made that the buildings occupied
by the Indians were wanted by the soldiers. Then
a plan was made to give them their freedom. lnv.
tations were extended to them by the Mescale,o
Indians in New Mexico TO take up their homes
their reservation and the Indian appropriations dill
of this year carried an item to pay for the removal
OF these prisoners from Fort Sill and locate them
the Mescalero reservation. To this the senator
from New Mexico objected.
Yet the danger Of a repetition OF the Ge-oni
mo raids Is not acute. Time was when an Apache
uprising serious matter. In their prime the
Apaches hit the warpath with a whoop that caused
every paleface within radius OF two hundred miles
to turn paler than Now they Nigh whoop
till the cows came up and the only thing they could
excite would be determination on the part Of the
sheriff TO round them up and throw them into the
county jail.
Senator Fall has succeeded in making It nee.
essary for the extra session to the Indian ap.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-22
TO VISIT THE MOON

French engineer of Paris figures up that 1t
is possible in closed vessel driven by 100000
horsepower to visit the moon. He reasons that
the journey ought to be made more swiftly than
the hours follow each other He figures out that
after about hundred miles when the atmosphere
ceases, Oh course the tiylng machine,
Whatever 4. was, would De helpless SO lar as the
concerned. but then he would convert 1t in
to IA KIND OF rocket, as no propeiling power would
have any influence where there was no air.
He says the nrst OF these phases the jour
ney would be twentyfour minutes and eleven
onds TO ascend above the atmosphere; the second
phase forlyeght hours and fifty minutes; the third
nine minutes and rorty seconds, giving total OF
fortynine hours, seventeen minutes and thirty
five seconds He declares that during the first 400
miles the passengers would nave the sensation of
weighing one-tenth more than usual, but afterward
they would cease to weigh at all and have the
sation Of falling indefinitely into space.
Arriving near the moon the descent to the body
of the moon would be easy. The first stage would
take the machine above the attraction OF the earth;
then long space where the travellers would be
undisturbed until the attraction Of the moon began
work upon them, and the best part Of 1t Is that
he says 1t is Jules Verne vagary, but scenti.
fc problem, easily susceptible of solution. Even.
ing Telegram.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-22
IL II 4.
THE "oATH OF OFFICE"

The ceremonies connected with the Inaugural
ton Of President of the United States are not
called for by the Constitution, except in one part
cular. That Is the oath Of office"
This is what the Constitution says the Pres
dent shall do:
Before ne enter the execution Of his Office
he shall take the following oath of affirmation:
Il do solemnly Tor afirm) that | will
faithfully the Office of President of the Uni
ted States and will, to the best of my ability, pre-
serve, protect and defend the Constitution of
United States"
That is all that necessary to the Inaugural
ton of a President. All the rest-,he professions,
the music, the orations-might be omitted.
Thomas jefferson, the father of "Jefersonian
simplicity of the most polished gentle
men of his time. He had been the United States
minister at the most splendid and ceremonious
court in Europe, that of france under Louis XVI
and Marie Antoinete But this simple American
ism had not been spoiled. When the time came for
him to enter upon his duties President he mere
ly dismounted from his horse (some say he tied the
animal to the fence with his hands) walked
into the capitol took the oath of office and WALKED
out again, all within few minutes.
Even greater simplicity is observed in cases
where the Vice President succeeds the death Of
the President Chester A. Arthur, in 1881, was
called from his bed about midnight; descended
partly dressed to the parlor of his own house. and
there took the oath Of office President.
1t is the custom for the Chief Justice to ad.
minister the oath But that is not at all neces
sary. Any Judge, justice of the peace or notary
public would do just well.
Every President has sworn" none has ever
affirmed" The words about affirming" instead
of swearing were put into the Constitution out of
regard for those good people called Quakers, who
have religious scruples against taking an OATH
Current Events
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-22

preparations bill and he has not greatly hampered
the service for most of the appropriations for
the year beginning with July 1. No doubt he will
hbuster again, but surely he cannot hold the sen
ate up throughout entire summer. If such
thing is possible under The rules, 1t will be well
to so change them that legislation cannot be i'm
peried al the option of one dsgruntled man.-Po-
catello Tribune.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-22
i. i Il
THE DAWN OF PEACE

THE DAWN OF PEACE
Yes; ION our brows We feel the breath
or dawn" though in the night wait;
An arrow is in the heart of death,
god is at the doors of fate!
The spirit that moved upon the deep
Is moving through the minds of men,
The nations feel it in their sleep
A change has touched their dreams again
Voices confused and faint arise,
Troubling their hearts from east and west;
doubtful light is in their skies,
CLEAN that will not let them rest;
The dawn. the dawn is on the wing
The stir of change every side,
Unsignaled as the approach of spring,
lnvincible the hawthorn tide.
Have ye not heard it, far and nigh,
The voice of France across the dark,
And all the Atlantic with one cry
Beating the shores of Europe. Hark!
Then-if we will-uplift your word
OF cynic wisdom! Once again
Tell us He came to bring sword,
Tell us He lived and died in vain.
Say that we dream! Our dreams have
Truths that OUTAGE the burning sun;
The lightnngs that we dreamed have coven
Dreams! But their swift celestial fingers
Have knit the world with threads Of steel,
Till remotest island fingers
Outside the worlds great commonweal.
Tell that CUSTOM soth, and fear
Are strong, then name them common sense!"
Tell us that greed rules everywhere,
Then dub the lie experience"
Year after year, age after age
Has handed down. thro fool and child.
For earths dvinest heritage
The dreams wherein old wisdom smiled.
Dreams, are they? But ye not stay them,
Or thrust the dawn back for one hour!
Truth. love- and Justice, II We Stay them,
Return with more than earthly power;
Strive II ye will to seal the fountains
That send the spring thro leaf and spray;
Drive back the from the eastern mountains
Then bid this mightier movement stay.
The hour of peace is come! The nations
From east to west have heard a cry
Though all earh's blood.red generations
BY hate and slaughter climbed thus high
Heron this height-still to aspire,
One only path remains untrod,
One path of love and peace climbs higher!
Make straight the highway for our God"
Alfred Noyes, the English Poet
I. i j
Old Prob, is evidently getting ready to start
OFF with a clear stock Of weather. he has fol
nearly three months been unloading on us all the
odds and ends OF storms, job lots OF SHOWS shoI
worn thaws and misht billiards which have beer
accommodating in his business for several years.
+ + +
Let down one window in your bed room an
inch or two at the top even when the weather
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-23


The Wisconsin Society of Equity
will ask for the abolition of the bureau
of immigration and the establishment
of bureau of cooperation at this SEES
sion of the legislature. Their request
was placed in the hands of the menu
bers of the legislature in the form Of
an open letter to Governor McGovern.
The document is signed by H. d. Ma
honey, J. H. Carnahan, G. E. Hanson.
A. H. Christmas and w. M. Rowe. The
society indorses the law suggested in.
the governors message authorizing
the formation of cooperative credit
societies designed to improve the tenn
poral well being of groups OF produc-
tive workers.
A number of legislative suggestions
are made to the governor and other
laws asked of the legislature afs:
Passage of stringent anti-discrimina'
tons laws, and abolition OF a tax on
Indebtedness, including farm mort
cages.
I'VE denounce as a crime the main
tenance at public expense or So
called immigration bureau" says the
letter, 'the sole purpose of which
seems to be to advertise and sell the
unhallowed titles of our exploiter's
land. We call upon you, Mr.. Governors
and the legislature to look upon this
land question from the standpoint of
the common people, from the stand
point Of the state as whole, and not
from the standpoint of the man with
land for sale''
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-23
Opposed to Forestry Idea.

Opposed to Forestry ioea.
Wisconsin's big state forestry
scheme will have strong opposition at
the present session of the legislature
from interests in northern Wisconsin,
in the heart of the state forest re-
serve. State Forester Z. NJ. Griffith
will ask the lawmakers for portion
of the mill tax on all the property
in the state sufficient to raise approx
mately. 100000 annually. 1t is pro-
posed to use these funds in extending
and blocking out the state forest re-
serve, which lies mostly in Oneida and
Villas counties.
In signed statement sent to men,
bers of the legislature, B. n. Moran,
Henry Wubker and E. w. Knapp, a
committee of the Oneida county board,
protest that the profit from lands
through reforestation is much less
than those which might be made from
the same lands by agriculture.
The reforestation problem is one
of the large conservation schemes to
be considered by the legislature. Four
wears ago a special committee Of the
legislature investigated the problem
and Endorsed the state forestry
scheme.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-23
Added Game Laws Asked.


The needs of the state fish and
game department and desired legtsla:
ton are set forth in the annual reporQ
of State Game Warden John A. Shots.
submitted to the governor.
The following laws are proposed
To enable the department to gather
accurate statistics about fish and
game actually taken in the state; har1
monious laws for the protection OF
migratory game birds in all states OF
the Mississippi basin; prohibition OF
spring shooting in every state; pro-
hibition of set or snag lines or hooks
in inland waters; prohibition of dyna4
mite in taking fish; authorizing the
warden or deputies to arrest anyone
interfering with officers making ar
rests or in handling prisoners In cust
tody; providing for new boats for
wardens on Lakes Michigan and SUI
perior; establishing state preserves or
game farms for propagation OF WIG
animal life; use of all moneys re-
ceived for hunting licenses for con"
servation and propagation purposes.
The total receipts of the department.
in 1912 were $185, 100.18; expenses,
1925, O5529; receipts from the 59S seiz'
ures, $2.803.28; fines imposed, $15,.
$50; costs imposed, $3,23S.6O; war.
denis fees collected, $907.97; cases o.
violations in court, 907.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-23
Something to Be Thankful For.

Michael Meehan w&s the proud pos
SCISSOR of a brand new silk high hat
At the wake of his dearest enemy he
had guarded it carefully, and as a
consequence was strolling home with
the tile unscathed AS he passed the
site of building operation, lady
acquaintance nodded pleasantly.
With an ostentatious wave of the
hat, which exhibited it to excellent ad-
vantage, Michael bowed. At the same
moment brick sailed down from an
upper floor and bounced from his
barred skull Upon coming to he in
qured anxiously for the hat. A by
stander restored it unframed. Mike
felt the egg-sized lump on his head
occasioned by the impact of the brick,
and then regarded his unchanged
tile "Begorry," he sighed in salts
faction. its lucky it is | saw the
loidy in toime!"