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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-24

was found in a small envelope, togeth
er with a loving letter written by her
to her brother, Horace l.. Wade, Of
272 West Seventy-third street. Man
haitian. With it was printed slip
signed by herself directing that the
Mount Auburn Cemetery Association
keep her burial plot in perpetual re-
pair Some of the words of the will
were stricken out with black ink.
Most of her property is left by the
textat-ix to her brother and two nice
es, Henrietta and Cornelia Amelung
of Brooklyn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-24

ing the evening she was presented
with beautiful handbag by Mrs.
Martha Ellsworth, in behalf of the
guests.
Superintendent j. n. Barss of the
State Industrial School at Vergennes
is one of the best informed and most
convincing speakers on social and
moral questions in Vermont He has
a great big heart and is a friend or
all boys, especially He is coming TO
Bennington for next Sunday and VIII
speak three times in the interest of
the No-License campaign. Be sure TO
hear him at man-meeting for men
in Library hall at three O'Clock. He
will speak at one of the churches in
the morning. and in North Benning'
ton in the evening.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-24

dependable remedy-Dr True's Elixir
Discovered by my father, this COM
pound has for over 60 years been
growing in reputation as sure rem
edy for worms of all kinds and for
keeping the stomach in the pink of
condition.
Send for list of symptoms.
DO not endanger your child's health
but get bottle of DR.. True's Elixir,
the Family Laxative and Worm Elk
peller, at once. Good for adults also.
At your dealers, 35c, soc and 81.
Advice free. Special treatment for
tapeworms. Send for book.
Auburn, Maine 0p>. CLhAA2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-24
WILL ON HOTEL PAPER
Mary A. Wade Wrote Her Testament
with a Lead Pencil

White Plains, n Y, Feb. 1S-Tha
will of Mary Ashton Wade, which was
filed with Surrogate Sawyer today, is
one of the oldest documents that has
ever come up for probate in the West
chester County Surrogates Court, as
il was written in lead pencil by her
self on both sides of a letter-head of
the Lakeside Inn at Norway, Me. 1t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-24

ed in its progress ! hope to be able
to pay more attention TO this import
ant side of my work as county agent
the coming year.
John L. Sherman.
Agent L. S Dept of Ayr
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Receipts for work from March l, 1914,
to March /. 1915
Crop Improvement Committee s4s2.5S
Town Appropriations s1,009.55
s1,492.0S
Expenditures from March /, 1914, to
March /. 1915 .
Auto maintenance and running
expenses $4S3.3l
Travelling and other expenses sS22,Ql
Salary 100000
Balance on hand s2s6,6
S1,492OS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-24

strength is possible I'M
til they are removed. If
you suspect that your
child is suffering from
worms, do not lose an
other minute, but get a
bottle OF this timetried,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-24
Worms-A Danger 10 Children

Childhood has many ills; but
worms, whether pinworms or stom-
ach worms, must be vigorously guard
ed against. No gain in health and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-24
Mr.. Moderate
Drinker

You are In good company. A lead ing citizen
said to us the other day: Nearly all goo fellows,
the men who leaders and do things. drink
moderately This is true of many but there are
growing host of younger men who are on the
water-wagon to stay.
Any commercial traveller will tell you about
the tendency.
Why is this? Because the man OF today
worships EFFICIENCY. Alcohol and efficiency.
and health Also do not ride in the same boat.
Countless experiments prove it. II per cent of
farmers, 70 per cent of manufacturers 80 per
cent of tradesmen. 90 per cent of managers of
ence to the moderate drinker when employing.
By tests in the Swedish army the moderate
drinker could hit the target only one-eighth as
often the abstainer.
In Germany it was found by experiments
that after taking small amounts of alcohol mem
DRY was greatly impaired And as to health, the
records of the Sickness Benefit Societies of Ger
many show that drinkers" were sick on the
eraGe III times as often insured men in general
If you read The Saturday Evening Post you
know Samuel 9. Blythe. He says after three
years OF total abstinence rs it worth while to
drink or is it not? 1t is my unalterable convic-
ton that alcohol in any form, as a beverage
did anything for any man that he would not have
been better without. The old game makes for
fun, but it takes toIl-and never fails
',.' Mr.. Moderate Drinker, do you want to sup
port an institution whose business it is to create
new moderate drinkers s? We don't criticise your
personal habits but do you want lot of other
poor fellows to have the same?
If not vote no" to license
NO-LicenSe Club, No. Bennington
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15
Barker Asks Rehearins.

Attorney General Barker has filed
a motion for a rehearing in the SUI
preme court en- banc of the Chicago
8 Alton ~overcharge case, in which
the court recently held that the state
cannot prosecute in behalf of indi-
vidual shippers or passengers, but
can sue to only what may
be due to the state.
The attorney general, In his brief
and suggestions, holds that six of the
seven judges held erroneous views on
several points as follows.
Because the court erred in holding
or seeming to hold that the shippers
and passengers who were charged ex-
cessive rates during the tendency Of
the Injunction in the federal court
were not in any way parties to nor
bound by the injunction; and should
either grant the rehearing or modify
the opinion.
In not holding that the petition, as
to its meaning and character, must
be determined solely by the allega-
| lions in the body of the same.
In holding that the suit could not
be maintained under the old equity
court rule permitting anyone to sue
for himself or for many.
In holding that the state, as an ordt-
nary litigant, under the class theory,
could not, as a member of that class,
sue and maintain a suit even where
the rule is applicable.
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and made a most careful search all
around"
And what explanation did he give?"
He only said, If / find what l want,
Ann, / shall make you a present of a
ten-pound note That naturally made
me anxious"
He made no other remark about the
young lady's death?" l inquired anx-
iously.
"No. Only he sighed, and looked
steadily for a long time at the photo
graph. saw his lips moving, but his
words were inaudible."
"You haven't any idea of the reason
why he called upon Mr.. L%eithcourt,
suppose?"
From what he said, I've formed my
own conclusions" was her answer.
And what is your opinion"
"Well, l feel certain that there is, OF
was, something concealed in this
house that he's very anxious to obtain
He came to demand it of Mr.. Leith.
court, but what happened in the Ii
brary we don't know. He, however
believes that Mr.. Leithcourt has moi
taken it away, and that, whatever ii
may be, it is still hidden here"
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convicts Remembered

The $500 convicts confined in Mis-
souri, penitentiary consumed a ton and
a half of ham and 2,700 pies at their
Fourth Of July dinner, which was
served by Warden McClung at 2
Besides ham and raisin and peach
pies, there were string beans, new po-
%tatoes, picked beets, butter, coffee
and lemonade.
The convicts ate fifty bushels of po-
tatoes, and consumed about 300 gal
lows Of coffee and more than 800 gal
Ions of lemonade.
The dinner followed patriotic serv-
ices at the chapel hall at which sew
cral speakers delivered Fourth of July
orations.
On the 9Th the convicts were given
the freedom of the yard and were not
required to work. Enterprising ones
erected stands and sold various kinds
of CONNECTIONS, cigars, lemonade, soda
and other soft drinks, and sandwiches.
They amused themselves by wrest-
ling, running races, jumping and other
athletic sports. Cards and dice were
barred. No betting has been tolerated
since Dockery's administration, it is
said.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15
husband ls Boss.

What do you think, ladies, IL you are
married and go to work at a regular
salary, and save and save and put all
the money you earn in the porcelain
pig bank on the mantelpiece, and then
your husband comes wandering In
armed with a hammer, smashes the
pig into little fragments, and says:
"Tm going to take my money out and
buy myself a suit Of Clothes you
haven't any right to object. If you
do, he's within his right when he re-
plies: what do you mean by saving
my money!" Wouldn't that gall a suf-
fragette. thought II you invest the
money In q house. he car come into
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15

Stockholm. No passport, and decline
to leave even though warned-eh?"
81 have a passport" l said firmly,
producing it.
He looked at it, and pointing with
his finger, said: ut has no date, and
is therefore worthless"
"The fault is not mine, but that of a
Russian official. If you wish it to be
dated, you may send 1t to your con-
sulate general in London"
81 shall not" he cried, glazing at me
angrily. "And for your insult to the
law, I shall commit you to prison for
one month. Perhaps you will then
learn Russian manners"
ooh! so you will commit an English
man to prison for a month, without
trial-eh? That's very interesting!
Perhaps If you attempt such a thing
as that they may have something to
say about it in Petersburg"
"You defy mel"
Perhaps you will kindly tell me
who you are?" | asked in as quiet a
voice as | could command.
with pleasure. ! am Michael Bo.
ranski, chief Of police of the province
Of Abo-Biornebourg."
"Ah! Well, Michael Boranski,"
said, reopening my pocketbook and
taking out an open letter, perhaps
you will kindly glance at that. 1t is il
Russian, so you can read it."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15

the man shook his head and handed
back the document CURLY. saying in
Russian, which / understood fairly
well, although / spoke badly:
"This is not in order. 1t must be
returned to London and dated before
you can proceed"
But 1t is not my fault" ! protested
1T is the fault Of the clerk at the con-
sulate general"
"You should have examined it be-
fore leaving. You must send it to Lou
don. and return to Stockholm by to-
nights boat"
But this is outrageous!" l cried, as
he had already taken the papers of a
passenger behind me and was looking
at them with
Enough" he exclaimed, glaring at
me. you will return tonight, or if
you choose to stay you will be arrested
for landing without a passport"
Il shall not go back" l declared de
family. Your consul general vised my
passport, and l claim, under interna'
tional law, to be allowed to proceed
without ~hindrance."
'The steamer leaves at six O'clock
he remarked without looking up. III
you are in Abo after that remember il
will be at your own risk"
YES" l said menacingly, II shall
recollect it." And / turned and went
out of the little wooden office.
Six o'clock came. heard the steam
siren of the departing boat bound fol
Sweden, but / was determined to re
main there at whatever cost, therefore
l returned to the hotel, and at sever
dined comfortably in company with {
German who had been my fellow-pas
senger across from Stockholm.
At eight o'clock, however, just a!
we were idling vel dessert, two gray
coated police officers entered and ar
rested me on the serious charge O
landing without a passport.
l accompanied them to the police of
flee, where / was ushered into thu
presence of the big, bristly Russian
who held the town Of Abo in terror
the chief of police. The officials which
Russia sends into Finland are selected
for their harsh discipline and hibe
bound bureaucracy, and this human
machine in uniform was no exception
Had he been the minister of the in
terror himself, he could not have beel
more self-opinionated.
"Well?" he snapped, looking up a
me as l was placed before him. you
name is Gordon Gregg, English, from
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15
HAD LINES OF INFORMATION
Revolutionaries Astonished the Secret
Service Of Paris Before Day
Of the Censor.

Some years before the great French
revolution a printed newspaper used
to be distributed in Paris disclosing
the most secret events and doings of
the authorities. Nobody knew who
the editor Of the paper was 0 where
1t was printed. but men highest in
rank or Office we're constantly afraid
they might read in the sheet accounts
of conversations had with members of
their households in the private rooms
OF their own houses the day before.
The police we're incessant in employ
ing all their facilities for the discov-
cry Of the whereabouts OF the plant.
After many efforts they did succeed
in unearthing the fact that the paper
! was being printed by night on board
4 ship IN the Seine, but that it was
not always the same ship. This dis
covery was made about eight o'clock
in the evening. In a secret and highly
guarded conference held at once the
authorities decided 20 raid all vessels
% the river during the night at the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15
SALVAGE WORK IN DEEP SEA-
Most Elaborate Precautions Taken In
the Case Of the Empress Of
ireland.

All the bodies that could possibly
be reached, as we'll as the mail and
silver bullion on board the sunken
Empress Of Ireland have beea recov-
cred as the result of one Of the most
remarkable feats of deep water sal
wage ever attempted" says Popular
Mechanics. When the ship was sunk
near the mouth of the st. Lawrence
1t settled In the soft mud at the bot
tom Of the river, which is 1888 feet
deep at low tide, and heeled over at a
sharp angle. Because Of these condi-
tions the divers were compelled to
work at times at the unusual depth Of
1850 feet. In spite OF the extremely
dangerous character OF the work only
one accident occurred. but this unfor-
tunately resulted In the death OF one
OF the divers.
ITO familiarize the divers with the
arrangement of the ship and the loca-
tion Of the strong box, pasteboard
models were made, and the divers
were thoroughly schooIed with these
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15
When Danger Comes.

In the presence Of danger, our in
telligence, u imagination, our will,
are unusually wide awake. We begin
to perceive the limits of accepted
forms of thought, the inadequacy Of
the standards by which we have been
accustomed to pass judgment on life
and on history, and the partial nature
Of truths we had regarded as final
and complete. "A great disturbance.
like that Of an earthquake, is passing
beneath our life. and the elements Of
that life, including those that are spir.
itual, are r~e-arranging themselves in
new perspectives. w are virtually
living in another world compared with
that in which we we're alive a wear
agos-Prof. L. P. Jacks in the YaIa
Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15
Labor,a Maasa show lnereass.

Laroro wages snow incrcaee.
Organized labor OF Missouri, con-
sisting OF 113. sO2 men and women. be-
longing to 938 unions and associa'
tons formed for mutual benevolent
purposes, divided between 1oS.zls
men and 5,7SS women. during the
year 1914 drew s1O6.475.5sO in saisr-
les and wages for an average OF 2S6
days OF work, announces q tentative
bulletin of the Bureau Of Labor Sta
tistics composed of advance informa-
ton from the 1915 Red Book, by Com
missioner John T. Fitzpatrick.
In 1913 similar unions and associa-
tons, numbering S57, composed OF
91,461 members, divided between 81
535 men and 1926 women drew $685.
O19,S55 in salaries and wages. The
large increase in earnings is due, first
to a natural gain in numbers Of locals
and in membership of the old ones,
and second to locals reporting for 1914
which did not do so for the previous
year.
The year 1914 saw a reduction in
working time for Missouri's organized
labor, the hours decreasing from $3.50
hours a day, the 1913 record, to 1872.
The average Saturday time decreased
from SIT hours in 1918, to ST. hours
in 1914.
Returns from 93S Missouri unions
indicate that in 1914 they disbursed
$19S,762 as out-of-work, strike, sick
and accident, and death benefits to
members as compared to $1Ss, 755 in
1913.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15
CHAPTER x.
Show NV Hand,

0iOW wy IldI'ds
On my return to London next day |
made inquiry at the admiralty and
learned that the battleship Bulwark
was lying at Palermo, therefore tele-
graphed to Jack Durnford, and late
the same afternoon his reply came at
the Cecil:
Due in London twentieth. Dine with me
at club that evening. -Jack.
The twentieth! That meant nearly
a month of inactivity. In that time l
could cross to Abo, make inquiries
there, and ascertain, perhaps, if Elma
Heath were actually dead as Chatter
had declared.
Two facts struck me as remarkable:
Baron Oberg was said to be Polish,
while the dark-bearded proprietor of
the restaurant in Westbourne Grove
was also of the same nationality.
Then l recollected that pretty little
enameled cross that Mackenzie had
found in Rannoch Wood, and it sud-
denly occurred to me that it might
possibly be the miniature of one Of the
European orders of chivalry. In the
club library at midnight / found a copy
of Cappelletti's Storia degli Ordini
Cavallereschi, the standard work on
the subject, and on searching the illus
trations l at length discovered a pic
ture of it. 1t was a Russian order
the coveted Order of Saint Anne, be-
slowed by the czar only upon persons
who have rendered eminent services
to the state and to the sovereign. One
fact was now certain, namely, that the
owner of that tiny cross, the small re-
plica of the fine decoration, must be a
person of high official standing.
The autumn days we're dull and
rainy, and the streets were muddy and
unpleasant, as they always are at the
fall of the year. Compelled to remain
inactive, l idled in the club with the
recollection Of that pictured face ever
before me-the face of the unfortunate
girl who wished her last message tc
be conveyed to Philip Horribly. What
I wondered, was her secret? What
was really her fate?
This latter question troubled me
until l could bear it no longer. l fell
that it was my duty to go to Finland
and endeavor to learn something re
garding this Baron Oberg and hi
niece.
Duty-the duty of a man who hat
learned strange facts and knew that
d~efenseless woman was a victim
called me. Therefore, with my pass
port properly vised and my papers al
in order, l one night left Hull TO
Stockholm, whence on the following
day l took the small steamer whicl
plies across the Gulf of Bothni
to Korpo, and through the intricat
| channels and among those low-lyin
J islands to the gray lethargic town c
Abo.
: 1t was not the first occasion o
? which l had trod Russian soil, and
knew too well the annoyances of tn
bureaucracy. Finland, however,
a perhaps the most severely governed {
t any of the czar's dominions, and I ha
+ my first taste of its stern, ~relentles
S oficialdom at the moment of landin
4 on the ~half-deserted quay.
9 In the wooden Passport Office th
g uniformed official, on examining m
g passport, discovered that at the Ru
sian consulate general they had forge
ten to date the wise which had bee
S impressed with a rubber stamp.
e was signed by the consul genera
but the date was missing, whereupe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15
KEGK UP
RANDOLPH COUNTY
EXPERTS FIND DISCREPANCY
AMOUNTING TO ABOUT
$4,000.
sTATEAND cOUNTYGEIMoNEY
Boone County official Returned
$1,000, Which State officer Says
Was Held Out Illegally, Though
1t Is Customary.
Jefferson City.

J6lIeTSOu City.
A special examination made by ex-
pert accountants attached to the Of
flee of State Auditor John P Gordon
of the books of the county offices of
Randolph County resulted in discrep-
ancies totaling $S,sO6.4S being re
turned to the state and county. The
state gets $1,053.99 and the county
$2,843.29, as a result of this audit.
The total is distributed among sew
eral offices. In each instance where
there was a discrepancy the examin-
ers say it grew out of following long,
established precedent or in miscon-
~struction or Misrepresentation of the
laws.
An audit has also been completed OF
the books of Boone county and form
er County Clerk John L. Henry has
refunded $1,534.98 with $125 interest.
The bulk of this was extending the
assessors books for which County
Clerks all over the state have been
charging.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15
SYNOPSIS.


Gordon Gregg is called upon in Leg
horn by Horribly, the yacht Lola's owner,
and dining aboard with him and his
Friend. Hylton Chatter. accidentally sees
a torn photograph of a young girl. That
might the consul's safe is robbed. The
police find that Horribly is a fraud and
fhe Lola's name a false one. Gregg Wis
aboard his vessel. Durnford knows, but
will not reveal. the mystery of the Lola.
lit concerns a woman" In London
Gregg is trapped nearly to his death by
IA former servant, Olinto. Visiting in
Countries Gregg meets Muriel Leithcourt,
Hornby appears and Muriel introduces
him as Martin Woodroffe, her fathers
to Woodroffe. Gregg sees a copy of the
torn photograph on the Lola and finds
that the young girl is Muriels friend.
Woodroffe disappears. Gregg discovers
the body of a murdered woman in Ran
fnoch wood. The body disappears and in
Gregg talks to the police but conceals his
'own knowledge of the woman. Muriel
calls secretly on Gregg and tells him that
she Is certain that a woman as well as
a man has been murdered. They search
Rannoch wood together, n find the
body of the m Gregg recognizes
her as Armida, Olinto's wife. Gregg tells
the police. but when they go to the wood
the body has disappeared. In London
Gregg meets Olinto, alive and we'll. Fail
fng to get any clue from Olinto. Gregg
traces the young girl of the torn photo
graph. and finds that she is Elma Heath,
niece of Baron Oberg, who has taken her
to Abo, Finland, and that she holds a
secret affecting Woodroffe. On his return
to Rannoch Gregg finds the Lelthcourts
fled after drugging Hylton Chatter, who
H1ad called there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15
Love as an Educator.

Love is good for anyone, | think, It's
the most educating thing in the world.
If / could, | should insist on everyone
falling in love at least three times I'M
der thirty; we should have a lot less
stupidity and mistakes in the world.
Why, you learn diplomacy, tact, sym
pathy, how to be really happy-for the
time, anyway; practical insanity,
which has done half the great things
of the world; poetry, music, human
nature-in fact, love.-"Time o. Day.
by Doris Egerton Jones.
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the house, arrange the pictures to suit
himself or generally assume the role
of an owner and you haven't lawfully
any ground to protest. For, don't you
see, he owns it, no matter whether
you earned the money and bought 1t
yourself. If you have a position you
better think twice before you buy a
new hat out Of the wages you earn.
If you do you are spending his salary
and he has a legitimate right to kick.
What's yours is his'n, and what's
his'n is his own. These are the con-
illusions drawn from a decision hand
ed down by the supreme court here.
New York Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-15

before being permitted to undertake
the work. AS a further precaution the
first work that was done by the divers
after a hole had been cut In the side
Of the ship was that Of bulkhaading
all thanking doorways and passage
ways along the route to be followed
inside the ship, SO that no diver could
go astray or get his hose, life line or
telephone connection tangled"