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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04

IS because the indian survey is not
convinced that the, 6nal determination
has been reached. 1t says that tie
height. 20,l4i feet, is more reliable
result than 29OO2 feet. but the more
recent determination is still probably
TOD small. II desires to acquire more
thorough knowledge of the problems
Of refraction and Of the effects OF devil
atoms of gravity upon triSonometrical
work before announcing the final de
termination Of the elevation Of the
worlds highest mountain. Meanwhile
1t will retain on its maps the first de-
termination of 290U2 feet.
This decision certainly commended
Itself 1t would be more vexalious than
useful to change the figures now and
then in order to add or subtract few
feet as the latest determination of the
mountains height. 1t is better to wait
until refinement OF scientific method
Yields the closest approximation pos.
sibc. This Is the suggestion of the In.
dian survey, and al map makers have
apparently adorted it..-New York
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04

This Still Unconquered Peak Is In a
Wild Country That Is Extremely
Difficult to Traverse and Has So Far
Defied the Surveyors of India.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

R. f. Healy IS in Stamford today on
business.
Robert H. Merrill Of the Schenecta.
dy General Electric company spent
Sunday at his home here
A portion of the home of Miss Alice
Robinson in Old Bennington is receiv
ng new roofing of shingles.
The Bennington board of trade ann
lal meeting and banquet will be held
II Tuesday evening, April Is.
Jerome Vault and Kenneth Vault
I Arlington, who have been visiting
elatives on Main street, have return
| ed home.
Miss Ruth Eddy, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs, James Eddy and a well.known
summer resident of Old Bennington
has returned to her home in Troy at
ter spending the winter in Atlantic
City.
Walter II. Berry is making some re
pairs on his Walloomsac Inn property
preparatory to caring for summer
| guests. The heavy weight CT snow
this winter did considerable damage
to walls and roof.
The thermometer registered 80 de.
| grees this morning The village has
had ten days of almost continuous sun.
shine which has carried the snow of
without swelling the streams to any
dangerous extent.
The officers and trustees Of the Ben.
nington County Forest, Fish and Game
association held a meeting Monday
evening at the Office OF the secretary
William II. Wills. The proposal to
secure a number of beaver from the
New York conservation commission
for the purpose of stocking some OF
the mountain ponds in the county was
temporarily laid on the table. Prelim.
mary plans for a trout dinner on some
date after the fish have begun to bite
were discussed at some length with.
out arriving at any definite conclusion.
The district school at Old Benning.
ton gave an interesting entertainment
to parents and friends of the children
last evening under direction of the
teacher Mrs James Hunter. Follow
ing an oral program by the pupils Dr.
| Isaac Jennings gave a short address
and Supt A. w. Varney was present
with the district stereoptican and gave
a trayelogue talk which was interest
ing and educational
The foundations are being laid fol
Q new house which is to be erected in
Old Bennington on the monument Av
enue lot owned by Mrs. Clark.
At their first meeting OF the present
| year held Monday evening at the town
| headquarters in the Richie block the
| board of water commissioners organ
lied with the reelection Of L. =. Alb.
bolt as president. Superintendent
John j. Mahon was re- pointed The
| appropriation Of 81 % made by the
last village meet Ig for extensions
was taken up AID residents in the
| Guideboard district appeared before
the board in the interests of that sec
ton. The proposal was laid on the
table for an Investigation by a com
mittee of the whole. 4 number OF
applications for extensions have been
made to the board and it has been
thought best to give them more con
sideration before making any de
cisions
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04
Would Have Been Inside.

Walter Scott and Merritt were once
In Galgate. Bernard castle. where was
situated the inn the Burns Head.
which had portrait OF the bard as II
sign. Merritt showed this to Scott and
asked If it was ike the poet.
How long has 1t been there:" ask.
cd Scott
Two or three years" was the an.
swer.
Then it's not like Robbie" said
Scott. Robbie would never have
stayed so long outside public house,
Dundee Advertiser.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04
NORTH BENNINGTON

Miss Ruth Eldred was a visitor in
Troy Saturday.
Mrs. H. A. Davis, who has been i'll
for week, is improving.
Mrs. ]. NJ Barber and daughter,
Blanche spent Monday in North Adj
ans with Mrs. Barbers sister.
The regular meeting of the j. G.. Nc
Cullough Engine Co., occurs this Tues
day evening at 8 O'Clock in the engine
roomc.
The Senior pathfnders will hold
their regular meeting with Miss Mil
dred Hathaway, Friday evening of this
weel;
The annual business meeting and
election Of officers Of Tucker Lodge
No. As f. g. A. NJ. will be held in Ma
sonic Hall. Wednesday April at s p.
m.
The union Evangelistic service at
the congregational church on Sunday
evening was well attended. Mr. Turn
or preached strong sermon on the
Gospel OF the Second Chance. The
singing of the hymns led by the large
chorus was very enthusiastic and the
male quartet greatly enjoyed The
prayer meeting on Thursday will be
held in the Baptist vestry at 7.3O. A
cottage prayer meeting will be held
on Friday evening, The place will be
announced.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04
Morris M. Levin Jr.

Pays highest Prices for Rags, Rubbers
Metals, old iron and Hides.
TEL. 274-M. l0l VALENTINE ST
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04

Practical suits Of combined silk
and serge, in styles both durable
and charming, $500 to $500.
Stylish large sizs suits Of best
WOODEN or silk mslerisls that will Fl!
the woman rom Al 10 so bust meas
ure and look smart, 1000 TO 45.O0.
Sport Suits in heavy knit mater
ials, light weight guernsey, velours
or worsteds. Staple colors or vivid
greens, blue, rose, gold, checks,
plaids or all white, $500 to 5000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-10

enough to give me the impression
that they were familiar. without en-
abling me to identify them. At any
rate, the occurrence made me feel de-
cidedly uncomfortable, especially af-
ter the warning letters that we had all
received.
sprang to my feet and ran to the
door. But it was too late. The in.
truder had disappeared Still, the
more thought about it, the more de.
termined l was to try to verify a dis.
tinct suspicion, if possible. put on
my hat and walked hurriedly over to
the office of the registrar.
Sure enough, l found that Alfonso
de Moche had been at the University
that day, must have attended lecture
an hour or so before. Having nothing
else to do, l hunted up some of his
professors and tried to quiz them
about him.
AS l expected, they told me he that
he was an excellent student, though
very quiet and reserved. His mind
seemed to run along the line of en-
cheering, and particularly mining. l
could not help coming to the conclu-
sion that undoubtedly he, too, was in
fected by the furore for treasure hunt
Ing, in spite of his Indian ancestry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-10

Yet there seemed to be surprisingly
little known about him outside OF the
lecture room and laboratory. The
professors knew that he lived with his
mother at a hotel downtown. He
seemed to have little or nothing to
do with the other students outside
of class work. Altogether he was an
enigma, as far as the social life OF the
University went. 1t looked very much
as though he had come to New York
quietly to prepare himself for the
search for the buried treasure. Had
the Gold of the Gods lured him into
its net, too?
Reflecting on the tangie Of events,
the strange actions of Lockwood and
the ambitions Of Whitney, l retrac ed
my steps in the direction OF the Ia
boratory, convinced that de Moche
had employed at least part of his
time lately in spying on us. Perhaps
he had seen IneZ going in and out.
Suddenly it flashed over me that the
interchange of glances between de
Moche and Lockwood indicated that
she was more to him than mere &C
quaintance. Perhaps it had been
jealousy as well as treasure hunting
that had prompted his eavesdropping.
Still rejecting, decided to turn In
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-10
THE GOLD OF THE GODS
BY ARTHUR B. REEVE Mystery Kts s ,a S Solved

"A Peruvian Of an old Indian fam
ily." she replied, in low tone, as If
the words we're forced from her. "She
has come to New York with her son,
Alfonso. You remember-you met
him. He is studying here at the Uni
versity."
Again / noted the different manner
in which she spoke the two names OF
mother and son. Evidently there was
some feud, some barrier between her
and the elder woman, which did not
extend to Alfonso.
Kennedy reached for the University
catalogue and found the name, "Al-
fonso de Moche" He was. as he had
engineering school and. therefore, not
in any of Kennedy's own classes.
"You say your father knew the Sen
ora?" asked Kennedy.
"Yes," she replied, in low voice,
''he had had some dealings with her.
! cannot say just what they were; |
do not know. Socially. of course, it
was different. They did not belong to
the same circle as ours in Lima"
From her tone | gathered that there
existed a race prejudice between those
of old Spanish descent and the de-
scendants of the Indians. That, how
ever, could not account for her atti-
tude. At least with her the prejudice
did not extend to Alfonso.
Sonora de Moche is a friend of Mr..
Whitney," queried Kennedy.
Eyes, ! believe she has placed some
- 90; sx. h;e Ia
Moches live at the Prince Albert Hotel
and Mr.. Whitney lives there, too I
suppose they see more or less of each
other"
Him." unused Kennedy. "You know
Mr.. Whitney. SUPPOSE
mot very WE'LL" she answered. "Of
course, have met him. He has been
to visit my father, and my father has
been down at his office, with Mr.. Lock
wood. But do not know much about
him, except that he ia what you Ameri-
cans call a promoter"
Apparently, IneZ was endeavoring to
be frank in telling her suspicious,
much more so even than Norton had
been. But could not help feeling that
she was trying to shield some one,
though not to the extent of consciously
putting us on a wrong scent.
II shall try to see Mr.. Whitney as
soon as possible" said Kennedy. as
she rose to 60. And Sonora de
Moche, too"
fancied that Senorita Inez, al
though she had not told us much. felt
relieved
Again she murmured her thanks as
she left and again Kennedy repeated
his Injunction to tell everything that
happened that could possibly have any
bearing on the case.
That's rather a peculiar phase" he
considered, when we were alone, this
de Moche affair"
"Yes," I agreed. do you suppose
that woman could be using Whitney
for some purpose?"
"Or Whitney using her." suggested
Kennedy. There's so much to be
done at once that hardly know where
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-10
Says Simple Remedy
Prolonged His Life
Dr.. CsldweI!'s Syrup Pepsin Effective
as Remedy for Constipation.

Among older people the various Or
gans of the body have tendency to
slow up and weaken, and this is usally
first manifest in pronounced mac
tivity of the bowels.
Good health is dependent on regular
ity in this important funtcion; when
ever there is the slightest indication of
constipation a mild laxative should be
taken to relieve the congestion and dis
pose of the accumulated waste. Ca
thartics or purgatives should not be
employed, however: these are too vio-
lent in action and their effect is only
temporary.
A mild laxative such as the combina-
ton of simple laxative herbs with pep
sin, known as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin, is the ideal remedy. It is gen.
tie in its action, bringing relief in an
easy. natural manner, without gripping
or other pain or discomfort is pleasant
to the taste. and can be obtained in
any drug store.
Mr. Robert LeForgee, 91S Kirkwood
Boulevard, Davenport, Iowa, says he
has always had bottle of DR.. Cald-
Wells Syrup Pepsin in the house for
the past eighteen years, and that by
using it occasionally as the need
arises. and in this way keeping his
health good, it has prolonged his life,
and brought ease and comfort.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-10

! to begin. We must see both of them
as soon as possible. Meanwhile, that
message from Dr. Leslie about the poi
son interests me. l must at least start
my tests of the blood samples that
extracted Walter, may | ask you to
leave me here in the laboratory undis-
turbed?"
l had some writing on my news
story to do, and went into the room
next to the laboratory, where l was
soon busily engaged tapping my type
writer. Suddenly | became conscious
of that feeling, which Kennedy had
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-10
ON. AzM .SE@WcE.

limited at, of being watched. Perhaps
had heard footstep outside and was
not consciously aware of it. But, at
any rate, had the feeling
l stopping tapping the keys and
wheeled Unexpectedly about in my
chair. | am sure that l caught just
a fleeting glimpse of the keys and
face lodging back from the window,
which was on the first floor.
Whose face it was l am not pre-
pared to assert exactly. But there
was a face, and the fleeting glimpse
of the eyes and forehead was just
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-10
Feel Fine! Take
''CaSCaretS'' for
Liver, Bowels
Spend 10 Cents! Don't Stay
Bilious, Sick, Headachy,
COnstipated
Can't Harm You! Best Ca
thartic for Men, Women
~ and Children.

Enjoy life! Your system is filled
with an accumulation Of bile and bow
ell poison which keeps you bilious,
headachy, dizzy. tongue coated, breath
bad and stomach sour-Why don't you
get a 1O-cent box OF Cascarets at the
drug store and feel bully. Take Cascar.
cts tonight and enjoy the incest, gem
ltlest liver and bowel cleaning you ev-
ler experienced. You'll wake up with
"a clear head, clear tongue, lively step,
rosy skin and looking and feeling fit.
Mothers can give whole Cascaret to
a sick, cross, bilious, feverish child
Any time-they are harmless-never
a or sicken.-Adv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
Gypsy Player Appears.

But when he came forward into the
circle Of candle light he was thin and
gentle and sad. He would never make
an impression on soft Harlem hearts
His eyes were soft and dark as a girls
He is the cook. Said the captain.
Somehow we all laughed cook. il
appears is an object of disresDectful
sentiment. One either curses or laughs
at him. Yet this gypsy was not a per-
son to be laughed at His uniform hung
in tatters about him and was stained
from camp kitchen vagaries and his
stringy black beard was pure carica-
ture. Yet he had the light in his eyes
as he stood there with his cheek press
ed to his fiddle. By and by he began to
sing some Serb melody. all minors and
undertones. in a tenor voice that would
have held its own in opera. We kept
him singing and playing until midnight
The cooks helper-the big man with
the black eyes the cook should have
been-tootled an accompaniment on his
accordion. In the black background
tired soldiers came in from guard and
laid down to rest or rose patiently to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
CAMPAIGN FOR SUFFRAGE.
Leaders of Women's Movement to
Work for Ballot in Delaware.

Mrs. Florence Payard Hilles. Of Will
mingtoD at meeting at Cameron
House here yesterday discussed plans
for the coming campaign on the part
of the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage to secure the passage of a
woman suffrage amendment through
the Delaware legislature. which meets
January .. Mrs. Hilles is chairman of
the Delaware branch of the organiza-
ton.
This campaign is to open with mass
meeting in the Majestic Theater, Will
mington, Sunday afternoon. January T.
at which one of the speakers will be
Miss Maud Younger. chief lobbyist of
the union at the National Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
MENATVETTERN|K
"AROCK OF BLOOD"
Grim Serbian Veterans Charm
ed by FiddIing Cook Before
BuIgar Attack.
SHELLS RAIN ON MOUNTAIN
BY HERBERT COREY.
Copyright. 1916. by HerAer. Corey

Copyright. 1916. by HerAer. Corey)
WITH THE SERBIAN ARMY IN THE
BALKANS. October .9-While we had
been sitting on the veranda the dark
ness had deepened. Behind us the big
shoulders of Vetternik mountain had
become merely a formless mass A
few stars twinkled frostily overhead
against a blue so dark it was almost
black. pack mule sobbed out his
hopeless love-urgently. with grand
opera throb in the crescendo. There
was the fragrance of wood smoke in
the air. and in the half-seen yard at
our feet dim figures passed and re-
passed. and we heard the clink of
cooking cans. and by and by we knew
that sweating horse had been ridden
In and was standing at the veranda
rail. For hours Vetternik had been
silent. Suddenly a crackle of mus
kerry broke out. 1000 feet above us.
we will go in" said our host. the
military surgeon at Bachovo. THE
night has come"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
ATTEMPT TO BURN HOUSE.
Mrs. James Beverly Complains of In
cendiary at Her Home.

Mrs. James Beverly, us 9Th street,
last night complained to the police of
the eighth precinct that an attempt was
made to destroy her home by fire. She
said she was on the upper floor shortly
after I o'clock. when she heard some
person enter the house. She went to
the lower floor a few minutes later, she
stated, and discovered a fire under the
stairs and another in a cupboard She
extinguished both fires before much
damage had been done
Oil-soaked rags were used by the in
cendiary. according to the complaint
made to the police. Mrs. Beverly said
she did not see the intruder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
Then the Violin.

The guests produced their folding ia
BILE knives and forks and spoons and
drinking cups. and dinner was served
II was most toothsome dinner Of
paprika soup and a paprika stew, and
a paprika salad that had the after eff
fects of burning OIL Dessert was the
Serbian form of doughnut. or. rather
pun paste. well sugared and fried. The
little cups of Turkish coffee and cigar
cites had made their appearance when
somewhere in the darkness near us a
thin sound arose At first IL was so ut
terly unexpected to be incredible
Then we knew the truth. A violinist-
n real violinist was being violently
homesick for his little corner of Serbia
He wasn't playing a tune. precisely. His
instrument was just grooming lament
10 him. One could barely hear the lit
tie trickle of sound. He was playing
for his heart alone.
Tell the Tzigane to play US some
thing" said the captain.
Everywhere in the Serbian army one
finds these Tziganes. Always they have
some sort of musical Instrument. 1t is
usually a violin. They play their fell
lows forward on the march over roads
that are clouded with dust or knee deep
in mud, and il is on record that at least
one played braveiy forward in a charge
over the BulRar trenches. In the dark =
ness one fancied this violinist a dash
ing gypsy soldier. with bold and fash =
ing eyes. and a sweeping muStache and
a uniform of French blue. decked out
with flames of gypsy scarlet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
No Lights Are Allowed.

Inside the midland waffle Macedon-
Ian house the darkness was absolute. 1t
was not relieved by single point of
light. We knew others were there be-
sides ourselves. We could hear them
whispering in the corner and knew the
rattle of equipment as they moved. Only
In one corner of the big room a faint
square was outlined against the black.
where tiny window opened under the
porch roof. BY and by 1t was obscured
and we heard a grating sound as the
surgeon showed the solid wooden blind
into place.
IF the Bulgarians see even a glim-
mer of light" he said. almost apollo
getically. they fire on us"
Only experience can convince one of
the amount of illumination one candle
does not dispense. We sat about it as
though hypnotized by the meager point
of fame. Only the faces of the four
Serbian officers at the table could be
seen clearly. One might not unnatur-
ally have expected them to be fierce
and harsh. for the men of the Serbian
army have gone through a five-year
grueling such as has come to the SOL
diers of no other nation. Yet they were
the faces of good-natured and kindly
men. almost childishly eager to he
amused by something from the outside
world. Small jokes delighted them. One
could see the evening mess would be
the better for weeks because of our
visit. It was in the occasional silences
that one saw the lines of sadness in
their faces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
Only One French Line.

Overhead on the mountain the min
enwerfers were adding their tremen-
dous humping to the rife concert. By
some trick of acoustics the rattle SEEM
ed hardly 200 yards behind the house.
Now and then an extra large bomb
fairly shook us in our seats. A ma
chine gun put-putted. We knew the
excessive thinness Of the Serbian line
by the time this reaches print il will do
no harm to reveal that these men had
only a single line of trenches on Vet
ternik. with hardly a man to the meter
II all hands were oounted-against a
Bulgarian force that outweighed them
in every particular save that Of spirit
and fighting quality. The excessive
nearness of that rattle worried US.
I'VE should have worn our revolt
vers." said my companion. 'If the Bull
garians were to break through they
wouldn't ask IL we are non-comba-
tants."
I'm the dark all cats are black"
But the Bulgars will never break
through" said the captain. Besides.
they are three good hours climb away"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
Silent, Somber Soldiers.

The human eye" said my companion.
Scotch journalist with a passion for
acquiring information. shines in the
dark like cats"
Sure enough. The walls of the big
room were gradually being lined with
private soldiers. who later in the night
would wrap themselves In blanket and
overcoat and sleep on the rough plank
floor. Just now each man was sitting
on his hedroll watching the strangers.
They. too. we're getting their mental
stimulus. II they spoke to each other
except on matters of strict business ]
did not hear them. There was none of
the suppressed chat ard gossip and gig
gle that would have come from the men
Of any other army. But their eyes did
shine something like those of cats. or
perhaps the candle fame was reflected
In the whites. II was rather weird
against the gloom of a Macedonian wall
that in the brightest sunlight would
still be black with the smoke and dirt
OF generations.