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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09

Just think OF all the boys and g1rls-I30 of themw
it costing you single of your money 1t easy
get just working during your spare time.
ALL THE PRIZES WERE NICE
Pony Editor
Dear Sir.-I think 'Rufus" Everybody
thinks there like Rufus" think the saddle
and bride awfuly nice, too, and is the
telescope and the gold watch that sent to Ernest
Roy KINDRED, May Okla.
WON FINE CASH PRIZE, CAMERA AND WATCH.
Pony Editor.
Dear Sr-Received my check few days ago and
thank you much. would like to have the
first prize but think repaid for my work in receiving
the camera, watch and check think you again very
much. GLADYS WALTERS, Olathe. Kan.
CUTEST PONY HE EVER SAW.
Pony Editor.
Dear Sir.-I want to thank you for the nice pony I
I is the cutest little pony He
arrived in good shape and is nice and gentle also
wish thank my friends for helping would send
you picture of myself and pony but haven't had any
made yet. Respectfully yours,
benson NIX, Lockney Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09

YOU CAN GET ONE, TOO, without
5 your name. You can go to school and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
ADVISED IEU TONS
|. TO LEAVE ITALY .
PROMPTLY
German and Austrian ConsuIs
Have Issued Warnings
SPIES HAVE LEARNED WAR PLAN
Discovery BY German Agents Said to
Have Changed Italian Plan
of Mobilization.
SPIES HAVE LEARNED WAR PLAN |

London. Monday. March 22.--The
relations between Italy and Austria
are believed to have reached an acute
stage. a dispatch from Rome says
Austrian and German subjects haye
been advised by their Consuls 70
leave Italy as quickly as possible. 1t
continues.
ut is reported here that so many
German military spies have entered
Italy that the General Staff has been
Obliged to change its mobilization
plans, because there Is reason to be-
Iieve that some OF the secrets con
nected with them have been reveal
cd.
Parts OF the Italian police force
have been detailed to keep under sur
veillance Germans who recently have
entered Italy under what are consider
cd suspicious circumstances.
There have been reports for some
DAYS that Germany's efforts to insure
the continued neutrality OF italy by
Inducing Austria TO cede Trent and
other territory TO her We're not meet
ing with success. Italy, II was said,
was demanding that the territory be
handed over to her at once, but the
Teutonic allies desired to make the
transfer after the war.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
BORROWING MONEY,
Be Sure Deferrej Charges Can Be Met
Before lneurring Them.

One reason why corporations have
not been looked upon with friendly
eyes is the fact that they have adopt
ed financing methods Of which we
don't approve.
You and have been taught to be-
lieve that ye'd better do without a
thing unless we have the money to pay
for it. To us that seems to be safe
and sane thrift doctrine.
But when corporations became nu.
merous they adopted another plan
They decided not to wait until they
could pay for what they wanted IL
they could borrow money with which
TO make the purchase. They began
to load upon themselves deferred
charges
Certain charges of this kind, of
course, are justified; when il can be
proved without the shadow OF doubt
that what VIII be earned by borrowed
money is more than the cost OF the
loan. borrowing is justified. But not
otherwise
SO intelligent thrift practice in the
home aud the family can be measured
by the same test. If you're goinr into
debt to buy home YOU should be able
TO demonstrate automatically by bor-
rowing money TO buy home YOU win
in the end save more in rent than the
cost OF the land and house, repairs and
taxes and insurance.
You have no business TO place any
deferred charge upon your individ-
ual resources or those of your family
that those who come after you will not
checrfully pay because they recognize
that II is just charge. The test ought
60 be:
"lf | should die tomorrow would
my heirs prefer 10 60 Oh meeting these
charges rather than allow them To
be defaulted:" II is when the answer
Of either the individual or new board
of corporation directors Is In the he.a
tive that we 500 the unwisdora OF
much borrowing in anticipation of ben
etits or earnings
If you're honent, deferred charges"
have to be met, and IL you have had
much experience you viii know that it
Isn't often that the future develops as
well as you think 1t will.-John NJ. Os-
kison in Chicago News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
LEGISLATURE N MAY
CLOSE SESSION
ON SATURDAY
Will Try To Complete the Business
and Adjourn March II
MANY THINGS YET TO Be DON
Educational Bills To Come Up as a
Special Order Tomorrow-Tax
Bill Nov Before the Senate

Montpelier.-The legislature is 10
make a desperate effort to adjourn
next Saturday, but the resolution for
final adjournment has been held up by
motion to reconsider and will be
held a day or two TO see how the
work progresses.
The two educational bills, II. 462
and II. 463, were taken up yesterday
for considerations and special orders
for Tuesday morning at 1890 were
voted
The House being desiroUs OF get
ting the most information in the short
est possible time on II. 277 and H..
2s2. relating to appraisal and taxation
of bank stocks. resolved itself into a
committee OF the whole, and listened
to a general resume by Commissioner
Williams on the workings OF his Office
and the probable effect OF the two
pending bills.
The two bills were finally made
special orders for this afternoon at
$3.50 O'clock. When III. 404 which appro
PIRATES money for the State fair COM
mission and TO aid agricultural fairs
was reached, there were so many i'm
poItant Senate proposals of amend
ments. that on motion OF Mr.. Stacey
of Hartford. the bin was made spec
ial order for this afternoon at 3.05
O'clock
The bill providing for repairs to
the Bennington county jails was pass
ed by the House Saturday after 4
tilt between Mr. Hapgood and Mr..
Hollister Mr. Hapgood lost his tenn
per and the House sustained Mr.. Hol-
lister.
The rod and gun license bill is
back from the Senate with amend
ments exempting Lake Champlaiu
and Lake Memphremagog on the
ground that they are interstate and
international waters. The bill will
come up in the House tomorrow.
The Bennington county poorfarm
bill was killed by the House Friday,
coming in with an adverse report
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
Tn. Paper rh.y w.r. Written On.

The average author would probably
laugh at the statement that Mt one
time IN the worlds history manu-
scripts. simply as such. Irrespective OF
The nature of the text. Were immense
" valuable. In ancient times manu-
scripts were important articles from
commercial point Of view. They were
excessively scarce and were preserved
with the utmost care. Even the usu-
rers were glad TO lend money on them
when the owners were obliged TO offer
them In pawn. 1t is related in an
ancient tome that n student Of Pavia.
who was reduced by his debaucheries.
raised new fortune by leaving in
pawn manuscript OF n body Of law,
and grammarian who was ruined by
a fire rebuilt his house with two small
volumes Of Cicero through tho ready
aid of the pawnbroker.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
non Named Salem But the Legislature Changed Its Namea Islam
WAS ONE OF BEST
FortnightIy Program as Given Sat
urday Afternoon.

The Fortnightly program OF Satur-
day afternoon was one of the most
interesting of the season and attract
ed a large audience. 1t was in charge
Of Mrs. Warren IL. Putnam, chairman
of the art committee, who gave d
short Introductory account of the
peace propaganda movement which
has developed all over the country,
bringing to mind the lasting good
that should result from its teaching.
She then presented Mrs. Elizabeth
Grinnell Van Patten of Burlington.
who recited the play In the Van
guard" by Katrina Trask, and ex-
tracts from "The Wine Press" by Al
fred Noyes.
Both readings were given with the
dramatic intensity and unconscious
ness of se' that marks the true artis'
Her characters lived and breathed
and the lessons they brought so vivid
ly to the audience in their expert
ences could not but inspire every one
with the feeling that ii was not
enough TO be passively for peace in
these war-ridden times, but that all
should practice and express in no un-
certain terms the great fact OF their
belief in the universal brotherhood of
man.
Mrs. Van Patterns audience was
both sympathetic and appreciatiye,
not only receiving deep impression
of the truth of her lesson, but also
acquiring profound admiration for
herself as an interpreter and spleL.
did artist. The wish that she might
be heard in Bennington again was
expressed by many.
Music was also Il pleasing feature
of the program and was furnished by
Mrs. l.. II Ross and Mrs. Amyel Bak-
er, who sang two duets by Mary
Turner Salter, accompanied at the
piano by Mrs. George w Keeseman
generous amount of peace litera-
ture had been placed on table at
the back of the hall for distribution,
and much of it was taken by club
members at the close of the meet.
ine
In the opening business session, a
nominating committee was elected in
GLIDING Mrs. Robert r. Healey, chair
man. Miss Edith Dewey and Miss
Helena Norton. Attention was called
to the three weeks intermission be
fore the next meeting which will oc-
cur April 10. The program win be
Dickens Reception in the form OF
dramatics. With special guest fee Of
twenty-five cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
HOW TO INVEST MONEY.
Exercise tho same Care You Would In
Buying a House.


One who has money TO invest should
know something of what he is buying.
Otherwise he Is a mere gambler ana
would linve a better chance to win
IL he played game OF cards for money.
All gambling is reprehensiblc. though
It must bc conceded that speculation
in q sense is gambling. But this might
he said of the purchase OF real estate
Or any commodity Of a changeable
value.
Let the Investor make study OF
business conditions. Watch the earn
ings OF the corporations and the rail
ways as reported in the newspapers,
Note the trend of trade. Observe the
transaction in prominent securities on
The stock Exchange and have knowl-
edge of what is going on. Exercise
the same care that you would in buy
ing horse. an automobile. n wagon
Or a house.
Fortunes have been made by those
who hive pursued this method. and
fortunes lost by those who have sim
ply gone into speculation as il they
were throwing dice. | well recall the
IRA OF railroad and industrial disturb
ance over twenty years ago, when no
body wanted to buy stocks and every
body wanted TO sell. Those who pick
I'd ny the 'cripples.' as they were then
called. and held them until prosperity
revived. made handsome profits. in
somo Instances realizing more than ten
times what they paid.Jasper in les
-.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
Why She Hurrahed.

During the last G. \. Il. encampment
there was one woman amid the crowd
Of spectators on the day of the parade
who made herself conspicuous by her
noisy hurrahs and excited waving Of II
flag as the old veterans marched past.
One Of the bystanders told her sharply
TO shut up
Shut up YOURSELF she retorted. "If
you had buried two husbands who had
served in the war YOU would be hur-
rahing TOO. o.''--Everybody's
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
LAUNCHING A VESSEL.
A Matter of Mathematics, With Vast
Amount OF Calculation.

Amount OF Calculation.
The launching of vessel is prima-
nly mntter Of mathematics. In a
ship OF immense size II calls for vast
amount of calculation before the first
step is taken in the actual work.
In the first place, the specific gravity
Of the vessel must be figured out SO as
TO allow for the various strains 10
which the hull is subjected on its slant
lug journey into the water. with its
sudden plunge as the bow drops from
the ways.
An enormous amount of data must
be collected'to fix this center OF gray
ity. The weight of all the material
that has gone into the vessel up TO
the time of the launching, the distri-
button of this weight the weight Of
chains and anchors and other material
placed on board preparatory TO the
launch must all be considered
When the center Of gravity is fixed
the successful shipbuider knows just
how to build his launching ways and
just where to strengthen them. He
knows then by q little calculation how
long each part of the vessel will be
subjected to certain strains and how
best TO prepare for them. He can fig
urc almost to the second how long
the ship Will be in sliding inro the wa
tcr.-Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
WOMEN RARELY STAMMER.
And This Is a Fact That Puzzles tho
Medical Experts.

meQicdl Experts.
Have you ever known a woman who
stammered. j, II is very doubtful.
The fact that those afflicted with
stammering are hundred men TO one
woman is onc of the most curious
things In the science of pathology.
Even the specialists in nervous trou-
bles are utterly at II loss TO account
for this popularity One eminent spe-
ci;xst says that in all his vast expert
ence he has only known one woman
to suffer from stammering Stammer-
ing is n nervous afiliction of the organs
of speech, and the victim is usually
person of highly strung temperament
Where there is not any real reason
for this trouble, the cause usually lies
in the mind--that is, the stammerer
stammers because he fears he VIII
stummer,
Now. women are much more prone
10 nervous disorders, and this makes
their immunity from the trouble all
the more remarkable. For some mys-
terious reason their nervousness af-
fects the orgaus of speech only in very
rare cases. Stammcring Is said by
some medical authorities not 10 be
due at all to any defect in the organs
of speech. but to come under the head
of bad functional disease.
Another popularity Is that a per
son who may .stammer badly in ordi-
nary conversation can sing excellent
ly and without hesitation - London
Answers
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
LONG SIEGE EN6ss
IN SURRENDER
OF PRzEMSYl
City and Exhausted Garrison Cap
tured By Russians
GREATEST SlAV VICTORY or WAR
Army Of $4,000 Austrians Had Ce-
Tended the Fortress Since Sep
tember "a, 1914.

Petrograd, March 22.--Przcmysl
has fallen according to the official an
nouncement issued by the war Office
today The Austrian garrison when
it surrendered was in the last ex-
tremities of exhaustion. The capture
of the city automatically releases q
Russian army of 10000 which viii
now presumably be used In the invas-
ion of Hungary.
Przemysl has been under siege
since September "a, 1914, period OF
seven months and the capture of tho
city is considered the greatest Rus
sian victory of the war.
The Austrian army that surrender
ed to Gen Zmitieress numbered 5o,-
600.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
FROM HENRY w. PUTNAM, JR.
Letter Received by Village Clerk
William p. Hogan.

Village Clerk William p. Hogan has
received the following letter which is
self-eXplanatory .
William p. Hogan, Esq,
Clerk of the Village of Bennington.
Bennington, VT
Dear Sir:
beg to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter Of the 10th
inst. enclosing copy of the resoh
tions of respect for my father, passed
by the trustees OF the Village of Ben
nington.
| can assure you appreciate this
testimonial of esteem beyond mea-
sure. and | am most grateful for the
kind and complimentary act OF COM
mcmoration.
Yours respectfully.
Henry w Putnam, jr
New York, March 13, 1915.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
AID FROM BENNINGTON
Bennington Fire Department Sent
Assistance to Hoosick Falls

In response to the call for assis.
tance Saturday night, the Bennington
fire department sent force of men
and quantity of hose to Hoosick
Falls. The men were able TO relieve
the Hoosick Falls firemen who had
been hard at work since early in the
evening but the hose was useless be-
cause the couplings were made with
different threads than those on the
Hoosick Falls hydrants and hose.
: The call for assistance was receiy-
ed here about $50 but It was nearly
an hour later before the members Of
the department were summoned and
the hose was loaded on to the big
truck of the Bennington Oil company.
The truck had trouble near the Far
mers' Inn and did dfnot arrive at Hoo
sick Falls until about 11.S0. The men
at once reported for duty and worked
until about 4 o'clock In the morning.
They arrived home about daylight.
One OF the Bennington hremen met
with an accident which will lay Kim
up for about six weeks. James Mar
tin. a mason who lives on the Burgess
road, while assisting to lay hose sue
tanned a broken collar bone He was
carrying the hose over. his shoulder
when the line was given a sudden
pull by one of the men assisting ill
the work. The quick strain on the
shoulder snapped the bone squareiy
off in the middle.
The men from the Bennington de-
rartment were in charge OF Chief
Engineer Harry h. Spear and First
Assistant Chief William Z. Sears;
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
BattIeships Now and Then.

A battleship today is not the same as
battleship in Nelson's day. The old
wooden three decker could only be de-
stroyed by long and desperate close
quarter fighting. 1t would stand hours
of battering 1t would take hundreds
OF shot and still be capable Of fighting.
But today one unlucky shot, one blow
from. a torpedo, and the great fighting
machine is heap OF scrap iron. Lon
don Graphic.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
TOUGH OLD IRON.
The Famous Pillar In the Temple ef
kutab Minar al Delhi.

kutab Minar al Delhi.
There seems 10 be no doubt that the
metal produced previous to the intro
luction Of modern methods was supe-
rior in its resistance to corrosion to the
present day product. have seen vari-
)us iron articles, especially nails. which
Vowed far less rust after an exposure
Df hundred years or so than the mod
ern variety does in a few weeks
One article. an old fiinilock pistol
was especially interesting It was
found by friend in patch Of woods
In Vermont and had evidently laid
there for many years. since a piece OF
newspaper with The date TGt; had been
used as wadding in loading II. All the
iron parts were rather rough and pit
ted and covered with rust. but the arm
was in surprisingly good shape consid
ering the conditions 20 which II had
been subjected The spring, hammer
and trigger We're still capable OF per
forming their functions. and very little
effort was required TO put the old
weapon in decidedly presentable condi.
lion.
Perhaps one of the most noted of the
iron articles which have come down to
us from antiquity Is the famous pillar
in the temple of Kutab Minar ~ Delhi.
india. This old shaft. which projects
some thirty feet above the surfnce of
the ground, was erected about 300 Il. c.
Today it shows little trace of rust, al.
though II has had no protective coat
ing other than that which the atmos.
pere itself has formed upon it'll. c.
Wilson in Engineering Margarine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
BUSINESS SECTION OF H00SICK FALLS
SWEPT BY $500, 900 FIRE
Two Blocks and Wooden Building on Church and
John Streets Completely Destroyed-Fire
Started in Cellar-Aid Summoned from
Nearby Towns-Loss Covered BY
About 70 Per Cent Insurance

The most destructive fire in the
history Of Hoosick Falls occurred in
the village Saturday night, wrecking
the Easton-Thorpe and Lurie blocks
beyond repair, and seriously damag-
ing the Garabino building, besides
causing more or less loss to a dozen
others! The flames burned with
great fierceness from $50 o'clock UNI
I'll after midnight and it was not ur-
I'll after $50 O'clock Sunday morn
Ing that any portion of the fire de-
partment could be withdrawn from
the scene. No lives we're lost. but
James Martin. Bennington fireman,
sustained fractured collar bone and
broken rib by falling from an extern
sion ladder. The monetary loss is
conservatively figured at 100000.
with many small losses not included
About 10 per cent. of the loss is COW
cred by insurance. Most of the prop
erty damaged was situated on John
and Church streets, in the very heart
Of the business section. Sparks and
pihbOt o. taiiACu w thC iiSh VIM,
fell on residences and barns
mile away, and while the flames were
at their height, 1t is reported, an in
cendlary was at work, but unsuccess-
full An hour after the fire was dis
covered 1t was quite apparent that the
HOosick Falls department, with its
ordinary equipment. could not cope
with the situation, and Chief Timothy
Hoctor summoned aid from Troy.
Cambridge. Remington and North
Adams. The Troy apparatus, the
Bussey company. did not reach the
village, but the other communities
rendered efficient service. and to their
cooperation Chief Hoctor attributed
his abili!S. to- ronfning. the flames 10
one locality W
A detailed statement of the losses
as nearly as they could be estimated.
following talks by Record reporter
urffb fHa our, arc &c fnlinu,e.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22

At religious service In Scotland, the
,ate Lord Kelvin noticed a youngster
accompanying his grandparents and
sitting wise as Il young owl through
the sermon. te ee
At the close OF the service Bord Kel-
vim congratulated the grandfather upon
the excellence of the young mans be-
havior.
"och, aye returned the veteran,
"Duncan's weel threatened afore he
gangs in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
ws.n,t She Riaht2

The lesson In natural history had
been about the rhhroceros, and the
teacher wanted to know how well the
lesson had been learned.
"Now. name something she said,
that is very dangerous to get near to
and that has horns.
81 know. teacher. | know!' called
fttle Annie Jones"
"Well, Annie. what is itT
"An automobile. - Ladies Home
Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
Salem Beloved Of God There Once Town Vermont
NORTH BENNINGTON

A ocncert consisting of solos. duets
choruses and recitations in costume
of I'VE olden time will be given at
the Autograph social at the Metho-
dist church next Friday evening. Any
one who has not received bag to
be used as ticket. can pay at the door
penny for every letter OF your full
name. This pays for concert and
light refreshments.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
TWO r.EAp IN AUTO UPSET
Winehendon Youths Killed as Car
Overturns.

Joseph l.. Bezio and Charles G, Pea
body, young men of Winchendon.
were instantly killed and two others
were injured at Winchendcn yester-
day when an automobile ins which
they were riding, overturned pinping
them under it. The injured are Wal
Ter Peabody who suffered a. log frac-
ture and Maurice Berry who was cut
about the face and hands. Borry
was arrested OH charge of man
slaughter and was released on $4,000
bail. The police say that he was
driving the car
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
Idlers.

As for those who are not Obliged to
labor. by the condition in which they
arc born, they are more miserable
than the rest of mankind unless they
indulge themselves in that voluntary
labor which goes by the name of ex-
ercise. Joseph Addison.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
An Exception.

"Happiness." decIaimed the philoeo
pher pompously. ris only the pursuit OF
something, not the catching of it.
"Oh, | don't know" answered the
plain citizen. "Haye YOU ever chased
the last car on rainy uight:-LadieS
Home Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
Even.

'Ile luyished pearls upon her.
YES"
Yet be- affection was not genuine. ;"
Neither were the pearls. Washing
ton Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22

Happiness lies in the consciousness
we have OF II. and by no means in the
way the future Keeps its promise
George Sand.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-22
ton Star.

Skinum--I want TO, interest you In
mining proposition It's good thing.
Flubdub-Perhaps It is, but I'm not
Judge.