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The Dickinson press., 1914-10-10
BANkRUPT'S PETITION FOR DIS
CHARGE.

In the District. Court Of the United
States, District Of North Dakota. .
In the matter Of Fred M. Thompson. in
bankruptcy.
TO the Honorable Charles F. Amidon,
Judge of the District Cou of the United
States for the District of North Dakota:
Fred M. Thompson Of Dickinson. in
the County of Stark and State of North
Dakota, in said District, respectfully
represents that on the 7th day of July,
1914, last past he was duly adjudged
relating to bankruptcy; that he has duly
surrendered all his property
and rights Of property and has
fully complied with ali the requirements
of said acts and Of the orders of the
court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore, he prays that he may be
decreed by the court to have 2 full dis.
charge from all debts provable against
his estate under said bankrupt acts, ex-
cept such debts as are excepted by law
from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day Of September, A.
D. 1914.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-30
THE MEXICAN SITUATION

Juarez, Mex, July 30.-Gen. Fran
cisco Villa remained at Chihuahua
today, but dispatches said he would
depart before Saturday for Torreon.
Gen. ISABEL Robes and Rodolfo
Fierro of Villas staff and Gen. A.
Villareal, his chief surgeon, left here
for Torreon on a special train today.
A carload of ammunition, which had
been smuggled over the border, was
attached to their train.
Kingston, Jamaica, July 30.-Ex-
Dictator Huerta "salted away here
today 100000 of the $6,006,000 he
is reported to have taken with him
when he retired from the presidency
of Mexico. He deposited that sum in
a local bank Huerta and his party
will sail Sunday for Santander, Spain.
MOB ATTEND FUNERAL
Dublin, July 30.-More than 200,-
600 persons stood in the street wit
Messing funeral procession of the
three persons killed last Sunday when
the Kings Own Scottish Borderers
fired into a mob during an attempt
by the police and soldiers to seize
arms which were being brought into
Dublin for use of the Irish National
Volunteers.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-30

nority. Legally they might become Of
age but mentally and officially never!
A father has no rights of any kind
over a boy or girl of 21-no excuse
or justification for interference in the
love affairs of his daughter of Il that
he would not have in dealing with any
other adult woman.
The spirit which prompts man to
kill his daughters young husband,
merely because of his suspicious of
their relations before marriage, is the
spirit which drives childrens into ex-
actly such relationships
1t is a survival of the old Roman
law which gave a man the right Of
life and death over his household.
1t is un-American, for in a-democ-
racy the family, which is its unit,
must be democracy in which every
member has equal rights Seven to
their own sins!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-30


enlightened opinion be any better?
l think not!
The unwritten law is the weapon
and the excuse of the moral illiterate
the man or woman who has not
learned the a b c's of right thinking
and right conduct 1t suspends the
laws of God and man in the interests
of personal vengeance and it should
be particularly obnoxious to the intel
igent woman because it ignores the
greatest privilege which civilization
has conferred upon her the right OF
consent.
In the dark ages women were the
chattels of the strongest. No one
thought any more Of whether wife
wanted to change masters or
daughter to be sold than if they had
been so many goats or sheep. Today
a woman belongs only to herself!
There can be no redress, no ven
geance, for what she has consented
to, once she has attained an age at
which mature consent is possible!
1t is not possible to believe that a
girl of 81 is incapable of such
consent or that she could be led
astray by boy, of IS.
Men invoke ''the unwritten law"
when their wives or daughters have
consented to moral wrong only
through the surviving instinct that
women belong to them-are their
ProPeFty-to be protected from injury
as if they were inanimate, unconsent-
ing victims.
They murder less from love than
from seIf-IoVe!
But whatever their motives, the
time has passed when intelligent
opinion will sustain such crimes. If
there is to be unwritten law, let Wo-
men themselves invoke it!
They must learn new responsible
ties Of crime as well as of law. What
sickening cowardice it is, to demand
L. u Il L
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
Fifty Yards on the Had.

The curious inter shaped headdress
worn by women of quality in Spain
during the middle ages is described in
The Queens of Aragon." by L. l..
Miron. 1t consisted Of an undercoif
with plated edges. covered by sec
ond resembling a Phrygian or Cata-
Ian cap, the fat point falling over like
that of nightcap. These miters. sup
posed to be of oriental origin. were in
troduced into Spain by Beatrice Of
Suabia, queen of Ferdinand, the saint
OF CASTLE. Very hot and heavy they
must have been, considering that
sometimes as much rs fifty yards of
material Were used to make them.
They were fastened under the chin by
ribbon or band The same writer
refers to The silver bed ladders used
for climbing into the high medieval
beds
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
lnterstelIar Space.

That interstellar space is not abso
lutte void, but is partly filled with par
ticles of matter, however small or in
visible, is the theory that an Ameri
can astronomer has evolved through
the study of comets.
His theory is based upon the fact
that all bodies fall at the same rate
in vacuum, but in the open air light
er bodies are retarded by friction and
fall at slower rate. If interstellar
space were 4 vacuum all stars. com
cts and planets would keep the same
relative position and speed. But if il
were not a vacuum the lighter celestial
bodies, such as comets, would tend to
be retarded by friction and fall be-
hind the larger and denser bodies.
This retarding would be most no.
ticeable at the part of the comets
orbit which is farthest from the sun,
and the comet would tend to change
It's movement at this point and as
sumo an individual direction. This
hypothesis seems to be borne out by
his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mechanics.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
The LuekIess Procrastinator.

The procrastinator is always liable
TO be uckless. TO postpone duty
that should be discharged M once is to
invite trouble for all concerned. Many
man who is well disposed toward
life insurance is still deferrlng the
purchase Of a policy which would be
boon TO his family in the event Of
his death. The would be insurant is
in good health today. but tomorrow
he may be stricken with disease
that may bar him from the ranks OF
the insurable. His reason for putting
on securing policy may be that 1t is
inconyenient mt present to pay the pre-
MUM. But he should consider care-
fully the fact that life insurance will
never be cheaper for him than 1t is to-
day. His yearly premium on policy
taken out now would he appreciably
less than would be the premium on n
nolicY of the same amount taken out
when he is year older. Delay, there
fore. will add somewhat to the yearly
burden he would have 10 carry. The
best thing for any uninsured man to
10 Is TO insure at once -Lesie's
Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
The chsrrcal Detective.

Great is the chemist. A glue fac
tory. which was proud of the sticking
qualities Of its glue, received many
complaints that its glue was not stick.
Ing, and the manager believed it was
not his product that was at fault. but
glue made by some other concern and
falsely represented to be his.
The chemist was asked to find Il rem
edy. He made slight change in the
process of manufacture, so that when
= certain chemical was applied to the
glue any time after it had left the
factory the glue would immediately
change to certain cobr Statesmen
were then given bottles of this chem
lcal. Whenever they were told that
their glue had failed they asked to see
the faulty work and then dropped some
OF the chemical on the dry glne. IF
the proper color appeared il was their
glue, otherwise it was competitors.
II the customer dnlihial- fl4a tast tho
salesman could prove the fairness of
it by trying it ON any of LIS firms
glue. This stopped the complaints
Saturday Evening Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
Wall Paners and Iinht

''The good lighting OF room de.
Ponds not only on the disposition of
the lights So as To produce an ade-
quate illumination and on the proper
shielding of the lamps so as TO avoid
needless glare. but on the nature of
the wall surface on which the light
falls saii Professor Silvanus Thomp-
son Of LoTlOD. Even when the ilu-
mination that is received by the wallis
is ample the room may be badly lit il
the walls absorb too much OF that
illumination instead of giving it back
by ditfuse reflection. Few people are
aware how much light is thus wasted
and thrown away.
The deep scarlet and crimson wall
papers now fashionable for dining
rooms waste from 40 TO ~ per cent;
brown paper wastes about 81 to IS
per cent: even an ordinary yellow or
bun wall paper wastes 80 to 90 per
cent. On the other hand. white car
fridge paper absorbs and wastes only
about 20 per cent of the light. while a
wall absorbS from 30 to
10 per cent"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
Thumbs of the APES.

The gorilla and chimpanzee, which
belong TO the higher order of apes,
have many points OF resemblance to
man. but there is one thing they can
not do-that is. twiddle their thumbs.
In the gorilla the thumb is short and
does not reach much beyond the bot
tom Of the first joint OF the forefnger
1t is very much restricted in its move
ments, and the animal can neither
twiddle his thumbs nor turn them
round so that the tips describe a circle.
There are the same number of homes
In the hand Of gorilla as in the hand
Of man, but the thumbs of the mon
key have no separate fexor or bending
muscle. This is why monkey always
keeps the thumb on the same side as
the fingers and never bends it round
any object that may be grasped. In
the gorilla the web between the fingers
extends 10 the second joint. the fingers
taper 10 the tips. and there Is cailos-
ity on the knucklcs om which the ani-
ma rests when walking on ail fOurs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
The Oldest Ep;srs,

An epieram must pass through MANY
hands and get much polishing before It
i a perfect jewel Nou may remem-
Der. SAYS the London Chronicle. how
Oscar Wilde sent con ihe stagei the
man Of the world through The drawing
room door with the eTigram. There is
one thing ! never couid resist. that Is
temptation. but you may trace Il
frcm THE garden IL Flen. where the
masculine ulea Tor mercy was that the
woman tempted me-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
Rough Training at Eton.

Early in the last century many boys
at Elton. England. had to undergo a
rough training. An old Etonian who
left the school in 1894 describes his
experiences there as worse than that
Of many inmates Of workhouse or
jail. To get up at j on freezing win
ter mornings; to sweep their own
floors and make their own beds: TO 20
two by two to the pump for scanty
wash; to eat no mouthful of food until
a. m; to live on an endless round of
mutton. potatoes and beer, none OF
them too plentiful or too good: to sleep
in dismal cell without chair or table
such was the lot Of BOYS whose mar.
ents could not afford to pay for a pri-
Nate room Some Of these underwent
privations that might have broken
down cabin boy and would be thought
'nhuman IL inflicted on galley slave"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07

Genuine overcoat economy is hav.
ing the garment made to YOUR INDi
VlDUAL MEASURES by us-then
you will obtain an overcoat that isn't
a ridiculous extreme in style, but OF
the finest aristocratic fashion prevail
ing. this season. The oversoat WILL
hold its shape-it will not have to be
laid aside next year. We are show
ing some exclusive overcoatings now
splendid fabric designs that cannot
be duplicated hereabouts, Our prices
are reasonable.
c. w. PETERSEN
Hawks Block = Bennington,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
EAST ARLINGTON

James Duplis passed the day Il
Manchester Tuesday.
| ]. II. Bowen was in North Adams
on business Friday.
II. n. Saw of Manchester was II
town on business Tuesday.
The Congregational and NJ. f
CHURCHES are united in observing the
week Of prayers.
George Budro was in Troy Monda,
TO consult a specialist, as he has been
very poorly of late
Miss Sadie and Lena Smith have
returned to North Bennington after
spending the rolidays with their par.
ents. Mr.. and Mrs John Smith.
The Ladies' Aid society OF the NJ.
e. church are requested to meet at
the parsonage Thursday. Jan. s. at
2.SO, to elect officers for the ensuing
year.
Robert Buck. who has been spend.
ing the holidays with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Buck. returned
Monday to resume his studies at Yale
college.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Stafford re.
turned Saturday from Auburn. Me.
where trey attended the wedding of
their son. Ira B. Stafford. which took
place on Jan. l. The following ac.
count of the wedding was taken from
THE Lewiston Daily sun" and will
interest the many friends of the |
groom.
Morton L. Grant. aged IS years.
lied Saturday Jan. 3. It was sad
OF a long. plucky fight
4 tight made for wife and children.
Yhen he would have far preferred
est Five times he was under eth.
= for operations. 1t was nearly
ear and a half from his first opera.
ion until his death. During that
ime he was a great sufferer. ment.
lily and physically. yet he was pat-
lent. He was always a kind neigh
or and friend. loving father and
usband- This whole community
lourns for him and sympathizes with
Is wife and the four little children
hose names are Caroline. Frederic.
florence and William. tie is also
irviVed by one brother. William
rant Of Pittsfeld. Mass and one
sier- Mrs. Martin Peckham OF Ben
ngton- The funeral was held athis
te home az p. IN. Monday The
iermeAt a. the Evergreen cemetery.
iss Winch omciated.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
ExpIorer,s RemarkabIn Eeai,

Sir James Barrie's affection for ex
plorers is no new thing. All who know
his Edinburgh Eleven will remember
the eulogy Of Joseph Thomson. tn,
Dumfriesshire Scot, who did pioneer
work of the Livingstone kind in At
RIGA. 1t is a fine pen picture Of dour,
brave man. but it has flashes of the
early Barrie. This. for example:
Perhaps his most remarkable feat
consisted in taking a bottle Of brandy
into the heart of Africa and bringing
1t back intact. "-Glasgow News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Bsleflu
Tor Baas ReaderA

The Junior and intermediate bea
be held Thursday evening at 6:15.
Miss Nellie w. Hogan has gone t
Boston to attend the wedding of
cousin.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Nichols are pre
| pairing to move into the Mary J. Low
! RE house on Silver street.
Mrs. Albee Buss of Hoosick Fall,
a former resident, passed Tuesday
| with relatives in town.
Leon LaMarre, who has been con
fined to the house for some days by
the grip, is recovering but is not yet
able TO be out of doors much of the
time.
The meeting of the Gradapin club
of the Baptist church, which was to
meet with Miss Edna Walbridge in
Bennington Falls this evening has
been postponed until Wednesday
Jan. A.
The night school in the local Y.
M. c. A. will meet Thursday at 7:45
p. m. for the classes which were form
ed before the vacation. New stud
ents will be very welcome to enroll
for the remaining sessions of the
term.
The Baptist church is observing
the week of prayer. The meeting to-
night will begin at 730 O'Clock. The
pastor will have charge. Tomorrow
night will be observed as REQUEST
Night and written or spoken re-
quests for prayer will be received.
A cordial welcome is extended to all.
Deputy Grand President w. II.
Eiaudley and staff of Rutland Tues
day evening installed the recently
elected officers of Bennington Aerie,
F. 0. e. A social followed the install
lation. Refreshments were served
and there was a short musical pro-
gram and speaking by several of the
District Deputy Grand Master j. T.
Carpenter and suite will make an |
official visit to Stark lodge, ]. O. o. |
:. this evening for the purpose of in
sailing officers. Mr.. Carpenter is
he District Deputy of this district.
All members are requested to be
resent.
Percy Brothers began cutting ice
n their pond on Bennington Flats
his morning and private ice houses
the neighborhood are being filed
rom the same source. The ice is OF
ne quality and ten inches thick. The
ond was enlarged during the past
lmmer to capacity that should pro
ide ice enough not only for the own
rs but for all who have private ice
ouses. The ice house at the soldiers
ONE will be filled from the Percy
md this year. The grade in the
lad to the reservoir on the soldiers
'me property is so steep that in
tst years much of the ice harvested
Is been broken on the way 10 the
{ heGse and Superintendent Han ,
IN Is convinced that it viii be more !
TO fill the house from the s
'rcey pond. :
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
Your Silver Teapot.

When the inside of silver teapot
starts 10 tarnish the following idea is
very good TO make it look like new
Put large piece Of washing soda into
the teapot ;vid Oil with boiling water.
Then boil it for one hour over a spirit
lamp and You will find it will become
as bright inside as out. and the soda
VIII not injure the silver in any way.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
Amblouous.

You remember | missed you several
times last year"
Yes" said the guide
well. I'm a better shot now."-Lou.
iSville Courier-Iourual.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07
Sacred to Hin

You Of course consider the ballot
sacredT'
sure. Why shouldn't /? I've al.
most made my livin' out OF il eyer
since was old enough to vote."-Cm.
eagO Record Herald
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-07

There is q vast difference between
those who have something to say ana
those who want to say something
Johl Tilnofhy Stone.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-11-17
THE QUINAULT WILL
 BE TAKEN OFF RUN

Juneau, Nov. 16-It is lnderstoou here that the Quinault, of the Port land steamship Co.,, plying between Portland and Juneau, will be taken off the run after her return to the home port from her present voyage The freight boat Thomas L. Wand will be held over until Nov. 25' making a twenty day schedule until the new vessels recently purchased in the east are placed on the run.
 Two first class passenger steam CT with a capacity for 15O first class passengers, and 2OOo tons Of freight are to be placed on the run next year and also one freighU- CT, according to present plans.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-11-17
council to get a loose leaf book for that purpose.
 Adjourned. .
ALASKA BUREAU CALLS ON
 CONGRESS FOR PROTECTION

New Seattle Chamber Of Com merce Record: At meeting of the Executive committee Of the Alaska bureau, october 2S, a resolution was unanimously adopted, and the secretary directed to forward copies to each member of the congres- sional delegation from the State of Washington and the Territory Of Alaska, as well as to President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary Franklin K. Lane, and all EenatoEs and congressman who have fought for the betterment of conditions in the north, as follows:
 Whereas, the annual Yaluo of the gold, silver, copper, fish and gem eeral merchandise transported be- tween Alaska and the United states amounts to $7O,O0O,0Oo and s55, vessels with a tonnage Of 64S,17s tons entered at the port of Kstchi- kan during the year 1913, and .S5s vessels with tonnage of 4S6,77S tons cleared from the same port, and
 Whereas, the rates Of freight are unnecessarily high, as is also the rate of insurance on both Tes- sels and cargo, the latter being twice as much on the inland passage as on the open ocean lines; and
 "Whereas, these high rates of freight and insurance are due to uncharted waters and deficient lighting of the water ways and har- Dor approaches, increasing the risSs of navigation with attendant ire quent losses of both ship and hu- man life, and further
 Whereas, these unnecessary bur dens retard the development of the territory, and the annual loSSeS largely exceed the sums necessary to eliminate them very materially;
 Now, therefore. we respecttuiiJ urge upon congress the absolute necessity of granting adequate ap- propriations to remedy these ae- fects. by more complete charttns Of the main lines, dragging for hia- den dangers, and more efficient it. lumination of important Poin.s on the many thousands of miles Of Ar aska coast-line." S
The daily Alaskan., 1914-11-17
WOMAN TELLS
 OF NORTHERN EXPERIENCE

Mir. and Mrs. G. T. soule, of val dez Creek, Alaska, where extensive hydraulic mining work was started during the past summer, are at the Frye, on the way to their home in Brockton, Mass, says the seattle P. I. The two started for the creek with the rest of the party engaged there all summer, and With 265 tons of freight, that was hauled through the snow some 25O miles from Chitina. The jour ney occupied somewhat oyer two months and half. The huge cara van was preceded by a snow plow sometimes hauled by as many as ten. horses. Then came the tents of the party, never folded since the start from Chitina. After them came the many sledges, bearing the sheet iron for the fluming, and the supplies to last the party during the summer.
 When the party arrived at the mine the tents were lined Up in q row in such a way as to form small village of canvas. Here they lived while the work Of building fumes, digging an immense ditch, and all the processes incident to preparation for active mining were going on.
 MT. and Mrs. Soule are camera enthusiasts, and as a resalt of their summer in the north they have an excellent lot of negatives Of all the phases of their experience. one of the pictures showed Mrs. SouLe in her tent, washing dishes. An other showed the tent and the prospect of snow-clad peaks visible from the doorway. Tt was a Privl- lege to wash dishes, when you could see things like that" said she yesterday. q tell you, it would be a good thing if every wo- man could, and would do, the things I did this last spring and summer They would be better physically and mentally"
 MT. Soule has been in the north more or less for the past sixteen years but this was his wife's first time over the trail. He didn't say much about her, but it was pretty evident that he was proud of the way she had taken to her life Tn the Alaskan wilderness.