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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-04-10
IN the heart Of Manhattan Island, on

I'm the heart OF Manhattan Island, on
Fifth avenue itself, and within
ii three blocks OF Forty-second street,
live three women who, with their
one sister who lives on Central Park
West, are absolute mistresses Of for
tune variously estimated at from $780,
100000 to $S0O0O,000. And all are as
remote from and allen to the life OF
the great city around them as they
would be on a desert island in the
south seas.
These four women are the sisters
and the heiresses OF John Gottlieb Wen
del. who died Dec. IL, 1914, mt Santa
Monica, Cal, and whose fortune. con-
sisting almost entirely OF real estate
holdings In New York city, is second,
only 10 the Aston estate among landed
properties In the United States. The
Wendell estate. incidentally, antedates
that OF the Astors. as the first John
Gottlieb Wendell turned from the fur
trade 20 the acquisition OF New York
real estate several years before the
FIRST John Jacob Astor made a similar
transition.
John G.. Wendell died more than, two
months ago. but the personalities OF the
inheritors OF this colossal fortune have
hitherto remained practically unknown.
One Of -Four Is Married.
or the seven members OF tho last
generation In the direct line OF the
Wendell family but four remain. or
the seven only one. the eldest living
daughter. married. She has no chill
dren. She Is Mrs. Luther A. (Rebecca
A. g. Wendell swope Of 24o Central
Park West. where she lives alonerwith
her husband. The exact ages OF the
four sisters are unknown even to their
few intimate friends, but Mrs. Swope
is certainly past seventy.
She Is the only one OF the family
who ever ventures abroad among her
kind. Accompanied by her husband.
who Is past eighty. twice week she
leaves their home 10 make the terribly
ing II" journey to the little old slsh-
toned Office ut 175 Broadway, KheIN,
all the complicated business affairs ~
the Wendell estate are transacted.
To the other three sisters. shrinking
from the responsibilities of the wealth
and position thrust upon them by their
brothers death. Mrs. Swope has al
ways seemed the acme OF daring and
self reliance, and all Affairs OF bust
ness are left by them In her hands.
Mrs. Swope Is a slender but square
shouldered woman, whose features
bear striking resemblance to thosg
OF her brother. She Is OF medium
height and Is always dressed In deep.
black and In the strle 81 thirty odd
Yeas asO. 1tet Civ.i4ea us4any ere
worn almost 20 the point OF shabbI.
ness. Yet. while she would seem TO a
modern New Yorker figure out Of n
pnst generntion, she r. modcrnity r.
self compared with her sisters.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-04-10
Soldier Saved by His Dog.

born In Algeria OF unidentified par
ents. child OF the street, who while
still young learned TO take care OF
himself I'm all circumstances.
Intelligent and affectionate he loved
the master that fate had given to him
and who rewarded his devotion by
good care and by caresses. Then came
the war, and his master was called 10
the colorg Separation was impossi-
bic. Split the Wind managed to SNUG
gle himself on board the transport
taking his master 20 France.
He crossed the sea; he crossed
France; he was I'm Belgium and par
ticipated in the retreat; then he was
In the battle OF the Marine. intrepid
and joyous companion OF the regiment,
participating In the dangers OF life IN
the trenches
One evening during an assault
shell burst. tearing up the earth, Gov
ering the body OF his wounded master.
Split the Wind. rolled over and over by
the shock. picked himself up and ran
to the spot where he had seen dlsap.
pear the one who was oil TO him.
Resolutely he put himself TO the task.
his nose guiding him. Feverishly, In.
defatlgably, he scratched and dug.
Night had fallen; the battle line had
moved onward. Still Split the Wind
kept at his work. At last he reached
his master
Carefully he scratched the earth
away from his masters head. Then
he crawled out Of the hole his tired
paws had dug and. sitting on top. be
gan 20 bark.
Far away the twinkllng lanterns OF
the sanitary troops showed where they
were az work on the wounded Split
the Winds mournful bowls kept up
ceaselessly, At last he was heard. and
the hospital corps men arrived. The
wounded man. rescued by the animals
devotion from horrible death. WIS
dug out and carried 20 the field hos
pital Two days afterward he was
sent 10 the American hospital mt Neuil.
~. Split the Wind accompanying him.
for no one had the heart 10 separate
the little animal from his master To
day, while his master thoroughly
cured. IL getting ready TO go back 70.
the front. Split the Wind Il the pet OF
the entire hospital He Is getting fat
With the daintles that are ahowercd
upWa flr
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-04-10

Monthly "0fIicial Bath
A description Of the soldiers month.
~ official bath" II sent from the front
ty member OF a London Scottish reg
fment
yesterday we had novel expert
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-04-10
Walked Into Foes Camp.

An English eyewitness of the war
operations In France relates an occur
renee illustrating the situation due TO
the nearness OF the combatants and
the frequently changing possession OF
the trenches. He says:
wishing to find out whether certain
trenches were occupied after our troops
had been lighting during the day, two
officers set out at night 10 get In touch
with our men. They came 10 a COM
munication trench which appeared TO
run In the right direction and walked
down IT, The first thing they came
upon was dugout with candles burn
ing and German equipment scattered
about. Thinking It might have been
captured, they continued down the
trench. taking the precaution OF blow
ing out the candles.
Presently they came to another
trench running at right angles TO the
one they were In. No sooner had they
entered than they were challenged
sharply In German. They fed, and a
shower OF bullets battered after them.
A race for the exit followed, the pur-
suers and pursued fioundering I'm the
mud and lodging around the traverses.
Fortunately the night was dark, and
the Englishmen escaped unhurt after
several minutes spent under the fire of
the enemy I'm trenches surrounded on
all sides by Germans"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-27
SWEEPING VICTORY DENIED
Russians Contradict Officially Ger
man Claims in East Prussit.


Petrograd. Feb 25.-The General
Staff of the Russian Army has issued
statement concerning the recent &C
currences in Russian Poland and the
German claims to sweeping victory,
which reads as follows:
Official announcements given out
in Berlin to the effect that the Tenth
Russian Army suffered a severe re-
verse in its retreat to the rivers Me
men and Bobr are absolutely not cor
rect. The German declarations that
the Tenth Army has been completely
annihilated can be categorcally de-
MED.
"As matter of fact, the compon-
ent parts of two or our corps, the
Twentieth and another, finding them
selves in an untenable and dangerous
situation, as we already have an
nounced. withdrew from their posi-
tons at Wirballen, Russian Poland,
with heavy losses.
las to our other corps, these troops
after having foiled an attempt of the
enemy TO surround them, are holding
today the positions allotted to them
and for several days past they have
| been engaging the enemy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-27
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Saturday, February 27, 1915
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Grape fruit $3.50 per box at Estes
market. ADV.
Auction sale this afternoon and
evening at Rosters. ADV.
Miss Anna Levin is assisting at the
Roster store.
Mrs. Mary Healy has finished work
at the Roster store.
Raymond Thompson is spending
the day in Readsboro.
10 oranges and 3 bananas for 25c at
Estes market Adv.
Miss Minnie Levin will return Sun
day from Boston where she has been
passing several weeks.
Miss Louise Wood OF Springfield,
Mass, is visiting her mother. Mrs.
Anna p Wood of Main street for a
week
No license in Bennington drives
the liquor business into the hands OF
law breakers. A no vote here is con.
trary to commonsense. Adv.
Alonzo Bent. Sr.. has returned
from Thomaston. Conn, where he has
been visiting his daughters, Mrs. Ed
gar Brown and Mrs, John Frazer.
Tickets for Twin Beds, which is
to- appear at the opera house Thurs
day evening, will go on sale Monday
evening at the box Office at o'clock.
Whether for or against license it
will pay you to hear one of VermontA
best men discuss a subject in which
all are interested at this time. The
Hon. ]. n. Barss, who speaks tomor-
row in Library hall at $50 p. m, is
the efficient superintendent of our
Industrial school at Vergennes, and
from his vast experience here and
elsewhere tells many stories that
makes his address full of interest.
Adv
Prof Arthur de Pierpont Of Troy,
who is well known in Bennington re-
ceived a letter this week from his
brother, who is a banker at Liege,
Belgium. He writes that business liz
at a standstill, and the people are
practically living on the food provid-
ed by Americans, to whom they are
most grateful His letter was taken
by courier over the border TO Holland
and then forwarded here.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-27

CTATE OF VERNON, The Honor
> District of Bennington, 50. able Probate
Court for the District aforesaid.
To all persons interested in the estate of
Eleanor, Catherlnc willard, Mari IN an" Mar
garet Eddy. GkEETING:
WHhkEAS. application in writing hath been
made 10 this court by ihe guardian OF Eleanor,
Eddy o. ais for Hcenre to Sc i the real estate
of sad wards viz D.: 81, uate IN North B-pning-
ton, In said District. END located on the east
shore of The Mil Pond OF the II. II. Gu 'hmau
Manufacturing Co nD4ny, at the Souths RI ter.
mina OF Pleasant street.. Said rca estate is
bounded on the north by lands OF the stark
Paper Company, on ne east by lands of stark
Paper Company ar landsof + IL Jennings on
the south by lands of r. j. Jennings. and
on the west by the mill pond of the n. I. Cush
man Manufacturing Company Representing
that the sale thereof for the purpose OF put
ting the proceeds of such sale at interest. or
investing the same In stocks or other real estate
or using the avails ther. OF for the benefit OF
said wards rs the law directs would be bene-
hcial for said wards
WHEREUPON. the said Court appointei and
assigned the l1tn day of March, 19lJ at tho
PROBATE once In Bennington In said district,
TO hear and decide upon said application and
ordered that public notice thereof to be
given TO all persons interested therein, by
publishing this order three weeks successfully
in the Bennintou Evening Banner. newspaper
published at Remington in said district
which ciroul ates in the neighbOrboOd of those
persons intere sted therein, all which ,puhca-
tons shall be previous to the time appointed
for the hearing.
THEREFORE,. you are hereby notified 20 ap
pear before said Court, at the time and place
then and there In said Court 20 OBJ
ject to the granting OF such license, ii you see
cause.
Given Under my Band at Bennington in said
District, this nth day of February, 1915.
AMY II. HARBOUR Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-27
Keeping in Good conditlon

Many people suffer from indigest-
ion and constipation and do not know
it. A feeling of dizziness and languid-
ness, bitter taste in the mouth, head
ache, bilious fever-most Of those
conditions when you ARE not sick,
but don't feel right'-can be traced
to sluggish bowels and torpid liver.
foley Cathartic Tablets cleanse the
system, arouse the liver. Danish indi-
gestion and make you feel good all
overnight. energetic and ambitious.
Sold by Harold w. Cole.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-27
PITCHER GIVEN A CUP
Ray Fisher Remembered by Middle
bury College Students.

The studentsof Middlebury college
Thursday night gave a aend-off to
Ray l.. Fisher, who leaves today Tor
Savannah Ca, to 80 into training
with his team, the New York Amerl-
can't.
A few weeks ago Fisher, who on
several occasions pitched for Ben
nington during the years that p o
fessional team was maintained here,
resigned as physical director OF the
college, after signing three years
contract with the New York Ameri-
cans at $4,000 year.
The students presented Fisher with
loving cup in Mccullough gymnas-
ium and members of the faculty
spoke.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-27
COMMISSIONERS, NOTICE

y Estate OF JKNNIE 3 WALWUkTH.
The undersigned having been appointed 10y
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
of Bennington. COMMISSIONERS, to receive
examine, and adjust the claims and
demands OF all persons against the estate of
Jennie s. Walworth, late of Bennington in said
District, deceased, aud all claims exhibited.
in offset thereto. hereby give notice that
we will meet for the purpose aforesaid at
Bennington, in said District, on the "a
day OF August next, from O'Clock 2.
NJ. until o'clock =. NJ. on said day
and that six months from the Sd day of
February, a. ID. 1915. IS the time limited by
said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
dated at bennington, VT, this II h day of
VIC. SHAW,
A. N. SHEPARD.
Commissioners
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-07

lum though he would be as we'll
eff at home as there. They sent
word to his relatives to notify
the asylum should he give any
trouble or become dangerous.
Yesterday morning the sheriff's
Office received word from Jacocs
relatives that he was becoming
troublesome and that they were
afraid of him and asking that he
be removed.
Sheriff Leaf sent word to the
authorities at the asylum and was
directed to arrest Jacot and hold
him until they could arrive and
take him back. Toohy and De-
laney arrested him and brought
him back and he is now confined
in the county jail awaiting the
arrival of a guard from Orofino.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-07
Logging Train
Wrecked On Branch

There was quite a serious
wreck on the branch line ON Mon
day afternoon. A log ON one
of the cars Of a log train became
loosened and the end of ii struck
a switch, throwing it open and
permitting the cars to leave the
track.
Fourteen cars loaded with logs
were dilched, some of them roll
ing all the way down The bank
into the river. The track was
torn up and blocked with the
overturned cars stopping the reg
ular trains. The wreck occurred
about half way between this city
and Santa and a train was sent
up from here to get the passen-
gers from the regular train who
walked around the wreck and were
brought to this city by the extra.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-07

That section. A year ago it was
one of the best roads to be found
i'm this vicinity; now, the doctor
says, it is one of the worst. Ac-
cording to the doctors statement,
the rains this spring have left
holes that a wagon could be bur
led lin. I'm addition to thes, in
some places the road has been
buried by dirt slides and i'm two
places near Benewah creek rock
slides have occurred that make
the road all but impossible.
NO work has been done ON the
road this spring according to the
doctor and he states that a couple
of days work moving the slides
and another two days with the
scraper would put the road in as
good condition as it was last sum
mer when it was rated one of the
best in this section. It is simply
a waste of money to build good
roads if they are not looked after
land kept in repair. Especially
is This true in a case like the one
% question when il would cost so
little io make the needed repairs
if taken i'm lime.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-07
Rebekah Convention
To Meet Here

A meeting of the Eighth dis
lrict convention of the Rebekahs
will be held 1yzais city June 22nd.
Representatives of all of the
lodges of the district, besides
large delegations from the near
by lodges are expected to be pres
ent and the members of the local
lodge have already begun to make
preparations to entertain them.
The meeting is an imporian.
one and will do much to- adver-
tise the city and the business
men and citizens generally will
assist the members of the order
i'm entertaining the guests in a
manner that will be a credit to
The city.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-07
garden and lawn

data. The city treasurer called
The attention of the mayor and
council TO The law requiring de-
posilories of city money TO fur
nish bonds and on motion the
matter was referred TO the city
attorney with directions to have
the banks i'm which the money is
bcing carried give such security
as the law requires. The safe
owned by the city and now in the
lreasurer's Office in the court
house was ordered removed to
the city treasurer's Office to be
used TO keep his records in.
The question of water supply
was taken up and discussed. The
mayor and council are impressed
with the fact that something
should be done at once to avert
water famine i'm the near future
land decided to follow the sug
gestions made i'm the report OF
the committee appointed by the
Commercial Club. AS firsl
step it was decided to employ ar
engineer to give an estimate oI
the cost of the proposed improve
ments preparatory to asking tn,
people to vote bonds to secure TN,
money necessary. The matter
of securing a competent engineer
was left to Mayor HALEY. Tn,
council thereupOn adjourned un.
til next Thursday evening.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-07
Utilities Commission
Here Tomorrow

The members of the State
Utilities Comission will be in the
city tomorrow and will meet with
the citizens at nine o'clock i'm the
morning at the Benewah club
rooms. The commission is max
ing a tour of the state trying to
get in touch with the people to
learn if they have any grievances
against the utilities companies.
The rates for electric lighting
in this city were readjusted by
the commission a short time ago
and there is some dissatisfaction
with the new rates and the COM
mission wishes to know what
this is. 1t is also understood
that the question of telephone
rates and service will be taken
up and discussed. The meeting
is to be a public one and all are
invited to be present and if they
have any grievances against
either of the Utilities companies
operating here to make them
known.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-07
Supreme Court
Is In Session
MANY LOCAL CASES ON CALENDAR
BCatOn Case Against City Was Argued Monday
Graham Case Wednesday

The supreme court is i'm session
at Coeur d'Alene this week Will
Chief Justice Isaac n. Sullivan
presiding and Justices William
NJ. Morgan and Alfred Bulge on
the bench. The first case on the
calendar was that of Beaton VS..
The City of ST. Maries. This is
the case in which Mrs. Beaton
obtained a Judgment in the dis
trict court for $4,000 againsl
the city for personal injuries
from which the city took an ap-
peal.
Othen cases of interest to this
locality are: State VS.. Joe Bouch-
ard, which is an appeal from a
judgment of conviction on the
charge of bootlegging; Fralick
VS.. Mercer; Graham VS.. the Occur
d'Alene & ST. Joe Transportation
company; Nc Alinden VS.. ST..
daries Hospital Association;
lhierault VS.. California msur-
ance company.
other cases are Sanders VS..
City of Coeur d'Alene; Coleman
VS.. Gordon; Smith VS.. Wallace
National Bank; Coleman VS.. Wan
namaker; Ruble VS.. Busby; Black
Well VS.. kercheval; Hall VS.. Wash
ington Water Power company
Carey VS.. Blackwell Lumber
company; Toppan VS.. Nc Cabe
Davenport VS.. Burke; Schultz
VS.. Rose Lake Lumber company.
Several of the local attorneys
are Interested in cases to be ar
gued. Taylor q Hull have two
cases; Attorney La Veine two
Attorney Keeton one and r. b.
Norris one. The Beaton case
was argued on Monday and the
Graham case ON Wednesday. AT
the rate the court is disposing Of
the matters before them the ses-
sion will not last over ten days
lr two weeks.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-07
Settlement Made
Between Counties
USE APPRAISERS REPORT AS BASIS
Benewah County Receives School And Highway
Money in Cash

County Commissioners Moran
and Wells returned Thursday
morning from Occur d'Alene
where they had been to settle with
the commissioners of Kootenai
county. Commissioner Skelton
returned the day before. A
settlement was affected between
the counties ON the basis of the
report made by the appraisers,
the substance of which appeared
in these columns a short time
ago.
Kootenai county turned over to
this county in cash the money
that was due the various road
districts and school districts and
this county assumed its proper
ton of the bonded indebtedness
of the old county.
This county's proportion of the
outstanding warrant Indebtedness
III lilt tOuilA9 was oNANA tcliA''t
after dcducting the amount of
cash i'm the warrant redemption
fund but il has not been decided
as yet just what disposition the
commissioners of this county
will make to take care of this.
AT first they had i'm mind the is
suing of Renewah county war
rants i'm favor of Kootcnai coun-
ty for the amount necessary TO
cover this counly's share of the
warrant indebtedness and leave
il to Kootenai county To assume
and pay The entire warrant in
debledness but now they have
under consideration a plan to is
sue bonds to the amount of this
indebtedness and to call in and
take up the warrants that are
outstanding.
It is believed that something
in the way of interest can be saw
ed the county by issuing bonds
but no decision will be reached
in the matter until after a con-
ference with the banks of the
county and it is learned TO what
an extent they are prepared to
handl6-th paper of the county
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-07
Nc NaughtOn
Pleads Guilty

William Nc Naughton, who was
arrested last week by Sheriff eaf
on The charge of bootlegging, was
rought before Probate Judge
holman Wednesday for a prelim-
mary hearing. He waived a pre-
iminary examination and desired
To- enter a plea of guilty to the
charge.
The probate court has iuris-
diction to hold preliminary ex-
animation and to bind the defend
ant over to trial in the district
court in cases of this nature but
has no jurisdiction to impose a
sentence. Judge holman, there
fore held Nc Naughton to the
district court for sentence, fixing
his bail at two hundred and fifty
dollars. He was unable to fM
nish the bail and was committed
tc the county Jail until the courf
meets on June list.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-07
Banks Are In
Good Condition

E. w. Pearce, deputy state bank
examiner, spent a few days in the
city the first of the week looking
into the condition of the local
banks.
Nice-president Harvey Of the
Lumbermen's bank states that
Mr.. Pearce is one of the best and
most thorough bank examiners
that the state has had since he
has been in the banking business
here. He takes nothing for
granted nor does he rely upon
statements made by the officials
of the bank but goes into every
thing personally, examining Sc
curities, counting cash on hand.
and looking into the amount of
insurance carried on cash and all
other matters relating to the
bank.
Mr.. Pearce gave the banks
here a clean bill of health. com
meniing especially favorably on
the showing made by the Lum-
bermen's bank.