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banks Want More Tacts.

Judge Lehman Is believed 10 represe en-,
n number of banks holding notes. Thoes
banks are said to be in tho West and
Southwest. They have been making FIRE
quont Inquiries recently concerning the
Clailin situation and finally decided. APP
parently. 10 send a representative TO the
meeting.
Prior 10 his arrival. however tho Cred
itors Audit and Adjustment committee had
issued statement telling of the retain.r
of Judge Lehman and saying further:
More than one hundred European and
American banks mercantile houses and in
dividuals, whose claims against the faile1
II. b. Claflln Company total over $500, 600,
are preparing to make a vigorous protes
at tho Claflin creditors meeting to-mor-
row.
"Those creditors have recently learned
that an attempt may he made at the meet
ing TO deny them representation on the
creditors committee which the meeting has
been called to choos.. They are prepared
in other ways to fight any attempt to deny
them voice in the makeup of the com
mlttoe.'
judge Lehman said he represented
note holders and merchandise creditors
He would not say however. that he rep
resented u majority Of tho creditors
There Is no doubt that the motto holdcrs'
committee and the merchandise creditors
committee, headed by Edwin IT, Bake.
will represent "A majority OF the Clan n
creditors at the meeting.
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Published daily. including Sunday, by the
sun Printing and Publishing Association at
ITO Nassau street. In the Borough OF Man
haitian, Now York. President and Treasurer
william c. Reick 100 Nassau street Vice
President Edward f.. Mitchell ITO Nassau
street; Secretary. C. Il. Luxton. 40 Nassau
street
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II is expected mat at least 800 creditors
VIII be AT the meeting, eager TO near me
statement OF the assets and liabilities o'
the II. h. Claim Company IL is unlikely,
however that the statement which Joseph
Il. MArtndale and r. ~ Jullllard, TO-
ceivors, Will make OF the assets will no
very detailed or Illuminating. So vast is
the task and so involved the ramlfcations
Of the failure, extending to twenty-soven
dry goods stores throughout the country,
that Il has been impossible to go thor
oughly into the affair.
Friends Of John Claim. president OF the
total liabilities will be $4,000 900 and the
total assets si6.O00.0O0. Tho receivers
would not comment on that statement
The receivers were busy up to late
hour last night preparing for the meeting
to-day. They had "A rough knowledge -
what the expert accountants report would
show lint they had not seen tho finished
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CLAFLIN CREDITORS
MAY CLASH TO-DAY
Appointment Of +. w. Lehman
as Associations Lawyer
Starts RumOr.
BANKS WANT MORE FACTS
Creditors Hear Effort Will Ec
Made to Deny Them Full
Representation.

Hints of a pending clash nj the NEE, ,,
OF the creditors of the H. -. Clanln Com
pany in tho Park Avenue Hotel to-d.v
were thrown out yesterday with the m,
nouncement Of tho appointment Of FrD
erick w Lehman of st. Louis rs attnr,..,
for tho Creditors Audit and Adustm.,,
Association, representing at least one nm.
dred Clann creditors
Judge Lehman. who served a. ron
resentative of President Wilson at the mo
diation conference in Niagara Falls. a..
rived In this city yesterday afternoon. lie
went into conference with representa-
tives Of tho Creditors Audit and Adjust
ment Association and last night he an.
nounced that he intended to make a fight
at the meeting to-day TO have member.
of the Independent merchandise cred i1rs'
committee appointed on the committee OF
creditors which will be selected
Judge Lehman and Fes.us J. Wade.
the St Louis banker and member OF the
noteholders' committee, left St Louis on
the same train and In the course OF Their
journey they discussed tho Clafin ~tua-
ton. Wade, however, il working in the
interests of the noteholderS committee
Among tho persons with whom judge
Lehman conferred at the Hotel Meal
pin were George Gordon Battle, for
mer partner OF n. Snowden Marshall, now
United States Attorney; Saul s. Myers ~
60 Wall street, attorney for the Creditors
Audit and Adjustment Association. and Il
w Neil
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
ROOSEVELT WILL
REACH OYSTER
BAY TODAY
Colonel Returns from Journey
Into South American JungIs
HAS BEEN ILL OF FEVER
Lost Weight Because Of Being Cum.
PEELED 10 subsist on Short
Rations

New York. May l914-W. Emlen
Roosevelt received a wireless mes
sage from Theodore Roosevelt at s
O'Clock last night informing him that
the Booth Line steamship Aidan was
300 miles south OF Sandy Hook at
noon yesterday and the Captain ex-
pected to reach Quarantine about 4
O'Clock this afternoon. Mr.. Roose-
welt said that his cousin did not men,
ton anything about his health and
Therefore 4 was safe. assume that
he had recovered to a great extent on
the voyage.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt was at W.
Emlen Roosevelts home last night.
She will go down the bay on q tug
his afternoon. with other members
Of the family, TO take her husband
from Quarantine direct TO oyster
Bay.
George w. Perkins, one Of the lead
ers OF the Progressive party. said
that there would be no demons.ra-
tion on the arrival of the ex-Presi-
dent at Quarantine. because ii was un
derstood that Mrs. Roosevelt, and the
family were to take him of in the tug
to Oyster Bay direct.
Capt. Alexander OF the Booth Line
steamer Dunstan, which arrived last
night from Manaos, said that Col.
poocavoit xvaa faknr, ~ tho steam.
shin in an automobile and carried on
board in a stretcher. He was in with
fever, through haying to subsist on
about one-sixth rations fo' the last
few days of the expedition.
Capt. Alexander added that the for
mer President occupied his che Cap
tains) cabin on the voyage down the
Amazon to Para. and had all his
meals served there. but did not eat
very much. On the fourth day Col.
Roosevelt was able to walk out on
deck, and managed to go down the ac-
commodation ladder with slight as.
sistance to get into the boat that was
waiting to take him TO the Aidan.
Kermit Roosevelt with Leo c. Mil
Ter and George X. Cherry. naturalists
members of the expedition, accompa.
MED the Colonel to Para Kermit
Roosevelt left the party there to go
to Spain where he was to be married.
Miller and Cherry a-e with the Colo
mel on board the Aida.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
STATE COMPLETES
CASE IN SECOND
BECKER TRIAL
Former Police Lleutenants
Press Agent a Witness
HIS TESTIMONY A SURPRISE
Accused Mans Wife Will Co on the
Stand to Refute Damaging
Statements

New York, May lS.-Dlstrlct Attor
ney Whitman today completed his
case against Charles Becker by plac-
ing on the witness stand Charles b.
Pitt j.. the former policeman's
press agent, and James Marshall. a
negro youth who said he saw Becker
and Jack Rose talking at the "Har-
lem conference" which was declar
ed by the Court Of Appeals TO have
been the heart OF the conspiracy to
murder Herman Rosenthal." The
gamblers widow and several other
persons also testified before the pro-
secutor declared his case ended.
Pitt swore that Becker had asked
him while on board a train on the
way from New York 10 the death
house az Sing Sing prison following
his conviction. TO kill Jack Rose.
Pitt also said Becker had made him
ca 'ry messages to Jack Rose. both
before Rosenthal's murder and after
Rose was locked up in the Toombs
charged with having taken part in
the crime.
Marshall went fully into the details
of his alleged operations as a stool
pigeon" for Becker. He was placed
on the stand as the 'disinterested
witness" to the Harlem conference"
Becker warned Pitt before the muir
der 20 keep away from Times square
the night it occurred, and also to es-
tablish an alibi for both Pitt and him
self. according to Pitts testimony
which was q complete surprise to the
defense.
The defense will open its case to-
morrow morning. Becker will not
be the first witness. Although his
alto neys asserted that he had de-
manded that he be given an oppor-
tunity to speak for himself
Mrs. Becker will positively go on
the stand. She is expected 70 con-
tradict much of the testimony given
by witnesses for the state who swore
that Rose and her husband were
very friendly.
II Becker, testliles, it is understood
he will admit that he met Rose on
many occasions. but will assert that
the relations between them were
simply those that exist between
every policeman and his stool pigeon
which Rose admitted he was.
The case may be in the hands of
the jury by Saturday night.
Tonight Martin 7. Manton, coun-
sci Tor Becker, said that a defense
will be offered which will prove that
Becker is the victim of q gamblers
plot. Witnesses will be called, he
said, who will refute the testimony
brought out by the prosecution re-
lating to the ALLEGED Harlem confer
ence. The first witness for the de-
tense. he announced, will be Fred
Hawley, formerly a reporter, who
will testify as to Becker's where
abouts Immediately after the murder
of Rosenthal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
FORD PROFIT SHARING
Great Automobile Company Tries To
Make II Effective


Detroit. Mich. May ls.-Condi ions
in the vicinity Of the Ford Motor
Companys plant have once more re-
sumed their normal aspect. No long
er do thousands OF men besiege the
entrances on Manchester Avenue in
the hope OF securing positions under
the new wage regime. They have
finally come to realize that no such
casual and hap-hazard method IS be-
ing followed in adding to the work
ing force.
The painstaking manner in which
the new wage scale was evolved and
the thorough way in which the en-
tire plan is being fortified by elabor-
ate folow-up work is illustrated by
several features. One of the most
significant relates to the handling OF
employees in the shops TO discover by
thorough test their fitness for work
in the various departments and thus
protect them against a seeming fall
ure to make good and a summary dis
missal.
Foremen are not allowed arbitrar-
lily to dismiss man. If the foreman
of any gang finds that one of hia men
is not doing satisfactory work. in
stead OF dismissing the individual
outright. he must send him 70 clear
ing house where his case is inyesti-
gated and he is given another trial in
some other department, unless he is
found to be wholly inefficient There
his ability for another kind OF work
will be tested These shifts may take
place half dozen times before the
man is finally let on. or retained.
The company is determined that
the additional money received under
the new plan shall be devoted TO rea-
sonable purposes In order TO deter
mine this large number of investi-
gators are employed Almost all of
these have been taken from the plant
itself, having been drafted from the
hospital stan and the executives of
the various departments OF the plant
and ranging from full-pledged
doctors TO men who were
formerly. perhaps. merely in charge
of shipping platform. This plan
was followed in order to secure men
wwho had already demonstrated
their ability TO handle men success
fully. The Investigators get on in
innate terms with the men they are
studying and learn to know the condi-
lions under which they live and how
they spend their time and money. If
il is found that man is not profting
by the additional money he is receiv-
ing he must prove that he can or else
he no longer participates in the profit
sharing plan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
HOERTA WILL GET
OUT BUT At HIS
OWN FIGURES
Dictator Indicates His Terms and
They are Expensive
NAMES LOANOF S4OO, OOO,O 900
Also Says We Should Pay Rental Of
100000 for Use Of Masdalena
Bay

Washington. May ls-A diploma
tic mission in Washington has receiv
ed from a corresponding mission ac-
credited 20 Mexico advices that Gen.
Huerta has authorized his delegates
TO the Niagara Falls conference TO
promise his resignation should cir
cumstances make that surrender ne
cessary to a settlement OF difficulties
II is understood. however, taht Gen.
Huerta instructed his representa-
tives to make this tender only as a
last resort and TO insist upon impor-
tant conditions.
These conditions are briefly sum
married. as a reservation to Gen. Hu-
erta Of some voice in naming his sue
cessor, an American loan to Mexico
of S4OO.O00.00O and a ninety-nine-year
lease OF Magdalen Bay for target
practice at an annual rental OF $1,000
600 gold.
This information caused vast
deal Of speculation in Washington
this afternoon. /, follows inio-ma-
ton of a somewhat similar character
known to have been receiyed-prob-
ably from the same source--a week
ago That information was that
Huerta would not resign in obedi-
ence to any demands from tho Unit
ed States, but that II The South Amer
lean ENJOYS told him his reu,ement
was necessary TO settlement Of
Mexican distresscs ard asked him to
retire. he would do So
There is some ground for the be
lief that Huerta's decision. IL cor
rectly reported by The diplomatic cor
respondent in Mexico. was reached
after his delegates started for the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
OYSTER BAY TO FIRE SALUTE
Twenty-one Guns and a Parade viii
Greet MIR. Roosevelt

Oyster Bay. l.. l., May 1s.-Oyster
Bay is eagerly awaiting definite news
of the return Of Theodore Roosevelt
Plans have been made to welcome
him here at any time after tomorrow
morning.
There has been talk of Mr.. Roose-
welt coming around by yacht. but the
plans of the village call for his com
ing by train and celebration as in
the old times at the railroad station.
The village has no sympathy with
any scheme to take him around to
Sycamore Hill by water and let him
land on the Emlen Roosevelt pier.
Many villages have decked Their
homes with flags. and by tomorrow
almost every building in the village
will be covered with flags and hunt
ine.
Twenty-one guns will be fired as a
salute when the train bearing Mr..
Roosevelt pulls into the station. The
custom of having this salute fired
with an anvil will be abandoned, and
a cannon substituted. The citizens
who have agreed to march in a pa
rade will form in line. and when the
carriage or automobile carrying the
former President starts they will act
as escort. There will be a brass
band and the escort will go all the
way to Sycamore Hill. Robert w.
Duvall will act as grand marshal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
TEACHERS AND PARENTS
Annual Meeting Of the Association
Held at School Hall Monday Night

Held at School Hall Monday Night
The annual meeting of the Ben
nington Parent-Teachers' association
was held at graded school hall Mon
day evening with an attendance of
over SO.
The leading feature of the gather
ing was an address by Mrs. e. l..
Wyman of Manchester Center upon
"Home Training of the Child" The
address was divided under three
heads, instruction, decorum and
obedience. and was both helpful ana
interesting.
The annual report of the society
showing the progress of the work
undertaken by the organization dur
ing the past year was read as was
also a report of the state president,
Mrs. Henry A. Harmon of Rutland.
The general enjoyment of the even
ing was enhanced by several vocal
selections by Mrs. Henry w. Tirrell.
Punch and waters were served to
the members by the president.
The following officers were elect
ed; President, Mrs. E. B. Huling;
vice-president, Mrs. L. II. Nichols;
secretary. Mrs. Z. J. Smith; treasur-
er. Mrs. Robert L. Healy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
St. Peters Church Elected Its
Officers

The annual parish meeting of st.
Peters parish was held Monday even
ing al the church. Rev. Thornton f.
Turner presided. The report of Har-
rison |. Norton, treasure, showed the
church out Of debt and in the best of
condition. though a large amount Of
extra work has been carried on the
past year.
The following vestrymen were cleo
ted for the coming year: Chas. c.
Kimball, L. F. Abbot. John H. Norton
George Worthington, Harrison |. Nor
ton. Charles Adams, Olin W. Har-
wood. Or. A. S. NJ. Chisholm, Otto K.
Reime', Collins NJ. Graves and Frank
e. Howe.
The vestry then met and elected
the following: Senior warden, c. c.
Kimball; junior warden, L. F. Alb
bolt: clerk, Frank Z. Howe; treasur-
er. II. |. Norton; auditors, L. F. Alb
bott, c. M. Graves, delegates to do
cesar convention, DR.. a. s. NJ. CHS
holm, Frank Howe, o. f. Reimer, w.
|. Hare, George Worthing;on; alter
mates, l.. f. Abbott, II. /. Norton, C. NJ.
Graves. Charles Barnes, Harry Wills.
The matter of putting new pews in
to the church was discussed and a
committee composed of L. F. Abbott.
II. l. Norton and c. NJ. Graves was
appointed to act with. the commit
tees from the mems club and st.
Mary's guild.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
EoR sALE-fin- mt = farm. miles froa

I1OR sALE-fin- litt = farm. 2 miles from
II North Bennington. mile q trl les f. ~
THIS 4 one ef the beat farms Ia toWn. Largr
nl0e room b. use with TantFys anl snod she'd
wagon house and hen house. large door a ~
ana lawn. With MICS ct Of EIm and Maple sha1c
trecA also large Assortment OF thrulherg e..
- ucrce good land nearly al tiilahle. SON
log sprins wster plped 90 building. apple Dr.
chard OF o. bearing trccs. also chfrry trees.
grape vines. currants etc. For Quick sale will
incluce good hor-cs. ri class COWS and !
calf. ABOUT IS head OF pcu try double harness
l singie harness; neE Hunter wagon. spring
wagon, neg top carrlaec. moving machil q.
plows, cultivator, dairy utensils. harrOes and
all smad tools. Own. + sold over { Oh worth OF
farm produce from this farm last Year. Price
for all syoo $3.50 down. balance on cay tsrnls.
Nah Hutcnins. a.tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
$si,ooo,ooo MAIL SUIT FAILS
Claims Court Denies 72o Roads Plea
of Under Payment

Washington, May 1S.-Mail carry
ing claims aggregating SS1,000.O00
made against the Government by 720
railroads were denied in test case
decided today by the Court of
Claims. In an opinion by Chief JUS
tice Campbell the court reversed a
former ruling and held that the pres
ent method of weighing mail to fix
compensation for transportation was
legal and proper.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
SENIOR RHEToRIcALs
Senior Essays and Destinations 10
be Given Friday Evening


Upon two successive Friday even
ings. al eight o'clock. the members
OF the Senior class. Who are not 10
give their essays at the opera
house. will give them az the High
school hail. The first program VIII
be given next Friday evening. The
following program will be given.
Music High School Orchestra
Rural Life Problems in Our Country
Helen Cutting
Tusitala. the Story Teller
Phil Greenslet
Libraries and Child Life
Alice Collins
Music-Sona.a Pathetique
Trio. Levin. Welch and Kelly
Brief History OF the School
Guy Harmon
The Lure OF the Unknown
Ruth Harris
Tammany Hall Sanford I.yins
Music Chorus
John Henry Pestalozzi Mary Ryan
Popular Opera Reuben Levin
The Child OF Yesterday and OF Today
Margaret Pilllng
John Burroughs Edward Woodman
Music Orchestra
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
TWO KILLED IN AUTO WRECK
Five Hurt When Train Hits Motor
Car Near Camden. N. J.

Camden, n. j., May 1S-Two per
sons were killed and Eve others injur-
ed, one of them probably mortally,
when an automobile in which they
were riding was struck by the Allan
tic City express on the Pennsylvania
Railroad at the Market Street cross.
ing at Gloucester City, three miles be
low here. this evening.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19

United States. Il IS not impossible
that the fall OF Tamnico had some
thing 20 do with H. d also seems
likely that the postponment Of the
Niagara Falls conference for two
DAYS grew on; OF this change Of
front
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19

EOR sALE-lieet equipped cafe in the city
- furnished rooms that more than nay rent
Population OF city 2l0n. Price 20 quick buy
er $40 cash which includes stn0 worth of furni-
tnre and license DaId up amounting 20 slS
COOKING utensils aud oil necessary for nr-t
class pi CO. Address or call. Frank 4. Passoa-
no. Factory and Remsen SITS, Cohoes Y.
gitY
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19

FOR SALE miles out - miles from
south SALISBURY T. r. station - acres
OF land suitably divided ~ room solid well
built house; stock barn. Jrn house: hos hnu u:
wagon shed. never falling water. nice lot Of
rys. plums. currants etc Good team OF young
horses. 10 head OF cattle. also oil farming tools
Price for ali $500 this will maze a good farm
Tor Doultry sni general farming. Nash 8 ant
chins. 9af
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
FOR sALE-LUMBER-To lumber user. an,

FOR sALE-LUMBER-T lumber users and
builders:-Why not buy your lumber u
rect from the man ufacturer end save the mid
dle-men pront2 | have equipped my mill with
the best machinery for the manufacture OF
building material and have hundreds Of thou
sands feet OF spruce, hemlock and bard woods
can get out bills and deliver them in qlick
time. For stock sizes and boards have large
amount IN my yard to ali rush orders from
My boards 2x3 and 2xt are ALWAYS sized through
a planer one side unless the customer orders
them rough, at no extra cost. Large sze or
for sizing sides il extra cost let my prices
before placing an order. Dexter NJ Gle tson
Woodford, VT. Tel. 1921. s0tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19

FOR sALE-A very desirable room house.
living room. al 1ing room, nice bed 90 ms.
large kitchen, pantry. bot aud cold water. bath
and toilet. electric lights. house has slate r OF
plaza front side and rear OF house. Lot dONIci
Nash 4 Hutchins. Sstt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
THAT Worn out FeeIIna

with loss of appetite, constipation,
biliousness, sick-headaehe. is natures
warning that you need good spring
medicine. Get a bottle of Baxter's
Mandrake Bitters today. Sold every
where, liquid or tablets. rs cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19

FOR sALE-Best equipped Cafe in the city
OF Cohoes " \. on Main St. hest corner.
for sale cheap TO quick buyer. License Sj25
Oct. OF each year. u furnished ~ 20 date
rooms. rented 20 men only. 2 nath rooms. steam
heat, electric lights. rooms more than paying
rent. liberal laws. city 2l01l reputation
Price including license for balance of yea.
500 worth OF furniture. go d stock Of all kinds
of goods for bar. 81 ack OF cigars. $500 Reason
tor selling other business requires time Adj
dress r. L Pas ammo, New Cafe. Factory and
Rawsem SITS. Cohoes. Ny. s5tiss
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19

FOR sALE-Fine farm of 20 acres adjoining
= the village of Old Bennington. The land
Is the very best and in first class locaii N.
This place is well located and the land l. well
adapted for vegetables and market garden
ing or would make an ideal gentism home.
barn. corn house. wagon house. hog house, he n
house, buildings all painted and 10 good repair,
n ce large lawn with Maple and Elm shade
ries. currants and grapes, Price $500. Nash
a Hutchins. 75tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19

EOR sALE-k,tchen range, Round oak. six
u hole. reservoir and hot water front. isad
only three years. y. l.. lloitum co .ncr South
and Hillside SITS. 9lti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19

ROR sALE-Small. almost new. cooking
hole. palor stove. Win burn anything
Handsome urn. Apply 25l Park street sst6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-19
ION sALs

FOR sALE-A caropv Top surrey and single
:, aarnsss also : barn a. rcnL Inquire 40
Pleasant street alt1s