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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
EMPLOYEES MEET
MANAGE NENT At
PITTSfELD
Outlook Encouraging for Settle
ment Of G.f. strike
CONFERENCE CONTINUES TODAY
Fewer Men Returning to Work as
Police Are Unable to Protect
Them From Assault.
CONFERENCE CONTINUES TODAY

Pittsfeld, Sept. 9.-That the outlook
is encouraging was the announcement
made yesterday afternoon at the Office
OF the General electric plant follow
ing the conference between General
Manager Cummings c. Chesney and a
committee OF % employees, represent.
ms the departments affected by the
strike. The conference lasted from .
o'oolck until 4.l5. and will be con.
tinued this afternoon at 8 o'clock. No
announcement as to the result OF the
conference is promised until the com.
mittee has reported to the various
unions at sessions today.
Despite the additional police pro.
lection, the number OF men at work
at the plant yesterday was much
cmaller than on previous days. This
decrease in numbers IS not denied by
the plant, and is due largely to the
fear of the men who have quit that
they, will he assaulted. From 20 Ia
% cases OF men who have been beat
on up have been reported to the po
licc.
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endish. He built himself a home
in the Cayendish section and
spent a large part of his time
there, but did not become a
legal resident of Vermont until 1899.
He gradually bought other property in
the vicinity and has become one OF the
largest real estate owners in Wind
sor county.
He represented Cavendish in the
House in 1902. 1906. 1908 and 1910 and
was a member OF the state senate in
1904 lie was member of the com.
mission that revised the state constitl.
tion in 1910 and was elected governor
in 1872.
He is man OF great wealth and a
shrewd and far seeing fnancier He
has extensive holdings of real estate
in three states and is a large holder OF
railroad securities and bank stock
His father left him a moderate for
tune and Mis- has been greatly in
creased through his sound business
judgment and ability.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
ESTATE OF CHARLES E. DEW
SlaIe oI Nermont.
District OF bennington IS.

District OF Bennington IS.
The Honorable Probate Court
the District Aforesaid:
To all persons interested In the
tate of Charles Il. Dewey late OF Il
uington IN said District, decea|
GREETING:
WHEREAS. said Court has
signed the 25th day OF Septcm|
next fer examining and allowing
account of Charles n. Darling. Exi
tor OF the estate OF said dcces|
and for decree OF q partial distr|
tion OF The residue OF said estate|
the lawful claimants OF the same.
ordered that public notice thereof
given 10 all persons Interested lI'
estate by publishing this order N
weeks successlvoly previous 70
day assigned In the bennington ~
ing Banner a newspaper published
Remington IN said District.
THEREFORE,. You are hereby
titled to appear at the Probate O|
IN Bennington In said District. on
day assigned. then and there to
test the allowance OF said account
YOU see cause. aud to establish
rieht as heirs. legatoes and la|
claimants to said residue.
/ Given Under Ny Hand. this
day OF August, 1916. Amy II.
! hour Register.
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way commissioner by Governor Bell
and served the state in that capacity
for ten years with such honor and sue
cess that he was easily nominated for
Governor in 1914 with great enthus-
iasm against four other candidates,
He took the oath as governor in Jsnu.
ary 1915 and is still in Office.
He is one OF the directors OF the
bank at Enosbure Fails He is well
known in every town in Vermont and
probably has a wider circle of person
al friends than any other man in Yer.
mon;.
Governor Gates is a man OF unusual
tact and diplomacy and as state high
way commissioner showed wonderful
ability in adjusting difficulties affect
ing road Improvement and in arousin2
interest in road work all over the
state.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09

Allen NJ Fletcher was born in In
dianapolis, Ind, Sept. %. 1858. He
comes Of one of the oldest and best
known Of Vermont families, his great
grandfather having settled in Ludlow
$50 years ago. His great uncle, Ry-
land Fletcher was governor of Yer
mont, 1S56-5S. and his uncle, Henry
a. Fletcher was lieutenant governor
lS90.92 at the same time that Senator
Page was governor The wife OF the
late Senator Redfeld Proctor was
a member OF the same family.
Allen NJ. Fletcher was educated in
the public schools OF indianapolis and
at Williston seminary AS q boy he
spent his summers at Ludlow and in
1881 he came to Ludlow and bought
the ancestral farm OF the family
where the family had lived for four
generations. This farm was where
his father was born and was partly in
the town Of Ludlow and partly in Cav.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09

Charles Winslow Gates was born in
Franklin, Franklin county, Jan. 12,
1856 and has always lived in that
town. die attended the public schools
of his home town and graduated from
st. Johnsbury academy. After teach
ing school for several years he bought
a farm in Franklin and was for years
one OF the successful farmers Of
Franklin county.
He also conducted a store at the vii
lage of Franklin and held the various
town Offices with honor and ability.
He was also one OF the directors and
managers of the franklin creamery.
He was elected to the legislature in
1898 and to the state senate in 1900.
In 1904 he was appointed state high
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09

Carroll Smalley Page was born in
Westfeld, Orleans county, Jan. 10,
1843. When he was three years old
his parents moved to Hyde Park
which has since been his home. He
went to the public schools and also at
tended Peoples academy at Morris
vile.
He started out to earn his own way
in the world at the age Of II and
in addition to his political career, has
made himself one of the leading bust.
ness men of the state. He ran small
store and then embarked in the tan.
ming and green calfskin busineFs. In
this latter line he has built up the
largest business in America and his
name as dealer in calfskins is
known to the trade all over the world.
Later he became interested in bank
ing and the bank at Hyde Park is said
to be the largest bank in the world in
a country village. He is also stock.
holder in several other banks and as a
side line is manufacturer of poul
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09

AS n public official. the salient char.
acteristics OF Allen NJ. Fletcher are
tries OF Europe
courage diligence, thoroughness, sys-
tenn shrcwdness, independence, homes
" and integrity Although given to
breaking into new helds aud setting
new precedents. no Nermonter has n
higher regard for the ancient land.
marks Of the state. it's constitution. its
honorable and glorious history. It's
splendid traditions, and lts men of
might and power The honor OF Yer
mont liz as dear to him as his own.
In national affairs he stands for the
utmost degree OF preparedness neces'
sary to insure and enforce respect for
our country and our flag Similarly
he stands for our prosperity under re-
publican government. holding unalter
ably to the principle that the public
interest must be served before the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
Allen M. Fletcher-An Appreciation

Allen M. Fletcher-An Appreciation
The first impression of Allen NJ.
Fletcher is one of great mental alert
ness, resolution and tenacity of pur-
pose. One gets a. glimpse, through the
eagle glance of steady and observant
eyes, of a spirit of directness. courage,
sincerity and one feels the force and
possibility of the man, and few min
utes' talk discloses the personal equip
ment of the public servant. No one
can meet him without recognizing
strong and potent personality. and no
one can know him without discovering
the resources of trained and useful
mind.
the crafty and insidious attitude tow.
ard public service and politics. He
has been credited with motives as oh.
scure and as subtle as those of the
Italian diplomat Machiavelli, but he is
really man of very direct mental at.
titude, with an astounding faculty of
instant analysis and appraisal of men,
projects or situations set before him,
that is sometimes almost uncanny.
There is probably not man inVer'
mont so hard to humbug or so diff
cult to interest In shady of question
bale project, and much of the vindica
tive enmity of certain men and certain
interests has been due, not only to his
refusal to trade, compromise or toler
ate their plans, but to his prompt and
effective measures to defeat them.
Set High Political Standard
Mr.. Fletcher set a very high stand
ard In public service. He served nj
master but his constituents. and h,
had no patience whatever with mel
who sought to serve private as well a,
public interests, knowing full wei
that in such cases IL is the public an,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09

try food.
He was a member of the Vermont
House of representatives from 1869
to 1872 and was elected to the state
senate in 1874. He was state inspec-
tor of finance from 1884 to 1888 and
was elected governor in 1890. In 1900
he was an unsuccessful candidate for
congressman from this district and
was chosen to fill out the unexpired
term of the late Redfeld Proctor in
the United States senate in 1908 and
reelected for full term in 1910.
Senator Pages business and polt-
cal successes have been won by care
iul persistent effort rather than by any
spasmodic or spectacular coup. He
has always counseled thrift, industry
and frugality and has practiced these
virtuer
No public man in Vermont has had
harder battles in making his way in
politics than Senator Page, but ex-
cept for his contest against the late
David ]. Foster in 1900 he has been al.
ways successful.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
PRODUCE PRICES GOING UP
Cost Of Living Increasing With No
Prospect Of Relief.


Most OF the essentials that enter in
to the living expenses of the average
family are increasing in price are in
cieasing in price and Judging from
present indications there is little pros
pect Of relief IN the opinion OF The
Bennington retail merchants who deal
in produce and groceries, prices are
likely to advance instead Of decrease.
Creamery butter is retailing at
80 cents pound and eggs are selling
al 40 cents q dozen. Potatoes 10y the
peck cost the consumer 30 cents and
the merchant is lucky ii he can put
them in his store at q dollar bushel.
Late potatoes will cost the consumer
at least SO by the barrel and he will be
fortunate II he can put them IN his
celler at this price.
Wheat continues to be quoted
around Sl.75 which keeps the price OF
floor above 81 q barrel
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
FRENCH REGA|NING
LOST POSITIONS
AROUND VtROUN
Battle Has Been in Progress for
2O1 Days
GERMAN ATTACK LOVING FORCE
Teutons Withdrawing Both Artillery
and Infantry to Reinforce Army
on somme.
GERMAN ATTACK LOVING FORCE

Paris, Sept. 9.-The French drove
the Germans out OF a small trench
south OF the Somme river last night.
The war Office announces that ZOO
German prisoners have been taken in
the Somme sector since the beginning
OF the offensive on September g.
The Germans are on the defensive
at Verdun. The French are now win.
ming back some OF the positions lost in
the great battle which begun 20l days
ago. The Germans are reported to he
moving artillery and men from the
Nerdun region to check the French of
fensivc on the Somme.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
ARLINGTON HEALTH Offer
Makes Statement AS To Cases
Disease There.

Disease There.
Editor of the Banner: For the pj
two days there has been a story cirj
lated in Arlington. that the SquiI
child was not afflicted with infant
paralysis
The story is absolutely false as 1
child has been seen and examined
four reputable physicians including
specialist from Boston and an exp|
in the employ of the state OF Verm|
and all agree that II is infantile pal
ysis and up to date the child's ri|
leg is completely paralyzed.
DIR. Taylor the State Expert, WHO
doing research work in infant
paralysis in this state took a sp'
men OF fluid from the spinal canal
the child and after analyzing IT sen
blank to the attending physician
questing him to give fun particul
as to the possible source of infecti
etc. procedure that is always d,
when the case has been proven b.
microscopic examination.
( Such stories have a tendency to
! credit and injure the attending ph,
/ clans and TO make the public beco
lax in precautions. II is very evid
Z that certain persons who are quar-
tined are rather bitter towards
3 local board Of health and the st
may have started that way.
While the local board of health |
/ the physicians OF the town are do
their best to subduc the threatel
epidemic We ask the hearty coop,
tion OF the entire population OF
town.
John J. Mann, Health Office
I Arlington. VI, Aug. &, 1916.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
BULGAR AND SlA1
CLASH ON LONG,
BATTLE FRONT |
Continuous Fighting Between Dd
ube and Black Sea |
TURKS REINFORCE GERMAN
Ottoman Troops Assisting Cent?
Powers to Check Russian Ad-
vance in Rumania.
TURKS REINFORCE GERMAN

London, Sept. 9.--The beginning
great battle in southeastern Rumd
ia is reported unofIicially from PetI
grad. the Russians are said to hal
taken the offensive over the enti
Dobrudja front, attacking the invd
ing Bulgarians and Germans from t
Danube to the Black sea. near d
Bulgarian frontier
An undated Bulgarian official repd
announces important victories for d
invaders in this region. 1t is said d
German and Bulgarian forces hal
captured the Rumanian fortified toY
of Dobric, or Bazardjik, 80 miles sou
east of Bucharest and three towns
the Rumanian Black sea coast ne
the Bulgarian frontier.
A dispatch from Vienna says tn
Austrian troops have been WITHDRAW
from their positions west of Cd
Sbereda, so miles north of Kronsta
in Pennsylvania, before Rumanian
tasks. according to the official co
munication issued from Austro-H'
garian headquarters yesterday.
Bucharest. Sept. 9.-The Russia
have been pushed back from Hal
after a two days battle with Germ
and Turkish troops. it was oflcia
announced today. The Russians Il
a number of prisoners.
Peuograd, Sept. 9.-Turkish tro'
have arrived in the vicinity of Hal
to assis the Germans in checking
Russian advance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
NORTH BENNINGTON

The morning Worship will be held
at the congregational church at n
o'clock on sunday the pastor preach.
ing on the cuhicct of "Obligauon "
The sunday school viii be omitted Tor
the present Remember the mldwoetl
meeting on Thursday evening. The
subject is Christ and Other Masters.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
BOY MAKES SALOON ASCENT
Fremont Ross, 10, Takes Place Of
Aeronaut Killed.

Rutland, Sept 7.-raking the place
OF Samuel A, Libby. the aeronaut who
was killed here yesterday. Fremont,
.oe lSyearold son of Mrs. NJ. h. Ros,
OF this city. today made an ascent IN
a hot.air balloon at.tho fair and sue.
oessfully descended with single para
chute from height Of i.500 feet II
was his FIRST balloon trip.
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claims of big business. of special inter
ests, of political manipulators.
A Real Governor.

In a very large degree Governor
Fletcher fulfilled the ideal of a chief
executive who administered the Office
solely with reference TO his now con-
science and his own conception OF its
exalted duties He was the servant of
the people of Vermont, He owed
allegiance to no clique or political
faction. He was no mans man and
even his enemies admit that he was a
real governor who took his orders
only from the people
Naturally such man made enemies
and no bitterer enemies ever assailed
a public officer than the representa-
tiyes of certain special interests who
felt their business ENDANGERED and
their plans for legal attenuation and
delay menaced by his proposed purg.
ing OF the courts.
Constituted by the organic law Of
the state. the courts OF common
wealth are protected by an austere
barrier OF tradition and entitled to re-
spect and immunity by virtue OF their
lofty character. II Is only when such
courts become diseased by the fine.
spun legal theories OF technicians in
the law that the interests of the com.
mon people are endangered Such a
condition confronted Allen NJ. Flet-
cher when governor of Vermont, and
lac went directly to the personnel of
the courts, which was the only remedy
that lay to hand.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
PARALYSIS AT WELLS

Vase OF FIague HepoFtcd from Lake
s.. Catherine Resort.
Lake St Catherine. Sept. S-A case
of iniantile paralysis has developed at
the Hicks cottage on the west shore
OF the lake the patient being May
Cook of New Rochelle y. Y. seven
years old The case Is said to be q
mild one
Or. c. s Caverly OF Rutland. presi.
dent of the state board OF health. and
Dr Edward Taylor of Burlington. dir.
ector of research work in Vermont for
the Rockefeller institute In New Yor,
have examined the afflicted child.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
AUTO BANDITS oEr $4,000
Hold Up and XIII Superintendent Of
Ohio Mine.

Martin Ferry, O., Sept. g.--Lce Ran.
kin, superintendent Of the Youghno.
geny Coal company. was sho, and
killed today 10y two auto bandits who
escaped with $4,000 which Rankin
was carrying from The bank to the
minnie. The bandits escaped.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
A Step Toward Reform

The result is history, and. despite
the failure of the end, has already
been OF great benefit to the state The
people of Vermont are beginning to
realize that at least one governor had
the courage and determination to DO
what he could toward the purpose so
eloQuently described by Judge Wen.
dell =. Stafford, when he Is a late ad.
dress said
IN our courts, We want the simpl.
est forms of procedure consistent with
the preservation of legal rights, the
speediest trials that fairness can per.
init. the promptest decisions. pro.
vided only and always that they be
well weighed. We hope to put an end
to frivolous appeals and to the grant
Ing of new trials where the result
was right before. We mean to make
II possible Tor the ncorest suitor -
have his cause tried by competent
counsel. even il 'he slate must pro.
vide In such eases puplic prosecutor
and we mean to make il impossible for
the richest lltlgant ~ ire his adver
sary uit and roh lnm by delay
From the Brattleboro Reformer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09

not the private interest that suffers.
Some of his summary public acts, for
which he was execrated with bitter
ness unparalleled in Vermont political
history, were due to this impatience
with double dealing in official circles.
Mr.. Fletcher is somewhat of a
stickler for old-fashioned moral
standards and old-fashioned family
life. Born himself of an old and hon.
orable Vermont family, he is proud
of its character and its Identification
with the history OF the soil and the
people. He is loyal to his friends and
never forgets service, rendered or
proffered in a spirit of disinterest.
His mental attitude to most ordi-
nary affairs is one OF humor. running
sometimes to cynic philosophy when
the faults and foibles of mankind are
concerned, but truly sympathetic with
honest endeavor, tender of misfortune
and tolerant of our imperfect human
nature
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-09
Admitted His Mistakes

In his public life, Governor Fletcher
made mistakes, but he was always
willing to remedy them. In making a
large number OF public appointments,
IL was inevitable that he should have
been sometimes mistaken. When this
happened, he did not hesitate to re.
move the unfit and inadequate. This
accounts for some very active enmit-
les. because there is no enmity sharp
er than the enmity of politician sud.
denly removed from the public pay.
roll.
Mr. Fletcher Is man OF consider.
able means and property, and after a
career of strenuous effort and accom-.
plishment would be justified in retir.
ing to private life. In fact, the care
and Development Of his farm proper.
ties in Windsor county would consti.
tute sufficiently active life for most
men. but he prefers the field of public
service.
Fletcher Fighter.
FLETCHER is fighter" has become
something of an axiom In political
circles and certainly no man in public
Office In many decades has been read
Ter to fight in n Just cause than Allen
NJ Fletcher. lie has not courtet
fighting. He has not invited enmit
les but. once his convictions wer,
fixed, coercion, cajolery and conspir
acy have all failed to swerve him from
a fixed course. Fears for his politca
future threats of public indignlty
bitter personal attacks and unbridle,
public criticism have all been disre
garded, SO that he has today a set o
political enemies as finely organize,
aud as bitterly resolved to proven
his further public service as any 81
! ciety for reprisal In the Latin cour
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-30
CADILLAC SETS NEW
PRODUCTION RECORD

According to the statement of 4.
G. Howard, sales manager of the
Cadillac Motor Car Company, the Oc-
tober of the current year marked the
largest in point of cars manufactured
of any October in the history of the
company
The production of Type SO cars was
2030. an increase of loo cars over the
same month year ago.
The rapidly increasing prestige Of
closed styles is indicated by the fact
that of the 2O30 cars produced. 667, Or
approximately one-third, were of the
enclosed models.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-30
firm
ENJOYSEXPORT
BUSINESS.NOW
Cars Shipped in Quantities to
Russia, India, South Africa
and South America

Orders now or hand at the Chal-
mers Motor Company indicate rec
ord business IN exports to foreign
countries during the coming year.
Russia is proving one OF the best Gus
toners for American-buiit cars and
over 100 Chalmers Six-30's will be
shipped to Petrograd within the next
two weeks.
Following the recent visit of I. Nj.
Kirker, foreign representatives of the
Chalmers Company 70 South America,
exports to Latin-American countries
have received big impetus, with the
Argentine Republic leading in volume
OF sales. South Africa. Australia and
India have also received big Chalmers
shipments in the past few months,
Although our export business has
doubled in volume. practically none
of the cars shipped abroad are being
used foI war purposes" says f. {.
Morse, vice-president and general
manager. THAT the foreign dealers
are finding eager buyers despite ex-
cessiye war duties and tariffs is eyf
denced by the number of repeat or
ders we receive from Holland, Swe-
den, Greece and other points i'll or
near the war zone.
The Chalmers Company has made
no organized effort to establish a for
eign business We have simply
SKINNED the cream of the orders that
came our way without endeavoring to
enlarge this end of the business. This
was mainly due to the record-breakihg
sales made in this country. With
largely increased production and
manufacturing facilities for 1917. we
see no reason why our exports during
the coming year should not become
one of the most important items on
orr business calendar"