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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
Y. M. C. A. SOCIAL
Large Attendance at Monthly Affair
Last Saturday Evening.

Saturday night saw the third month
ly social of the season at the Y. M. G.
A. with the usual attendance, which
averages $50. Those present agreed
that it was by far the most enjoyable
evening of the series, although nobody
could say just what made the differ
ence. There was an unusual number
of new faces in evidence, with a
slightly larger number of parents
both looking on and participating.
The social committee consisted of
Charles G. Cole, Kenneth Fauley and
Charleton Carpenter. One member
was stationed on each floor and saw
that everybody got chance at the
games, especially that the ladies'
played.
The Auxiliary committee which
served as patronesses and served
punch was made up of Mrs. Arthur j.
Holden, chairman, Ms. l.. H. Royce,
Mrs. George F. Graves, Mrs. Lutte B.
Sutton, Mrs Collins NJ. Graves. Mrs.
George S. Mills and Mrs. Thornton L.
Turner.
Dancing was enjoyed in the gym
nasium from nine until eleven with
music by Hurley's orchestra.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
ATTEMPT TO WASH
NE X|CAN WOMEN
STARTS A R0|T
Hot Time in Jaurez Over Quaran-
tine Regulations
SHOWER BATH IS NOT POPULAR
international Conference Necessary
to QueIl Disturbance Created by
Fl Paso's Dusky Housemaids.

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan pa misunder.
standing over quarantine regulations
led to riot yesterday at the Juarez
end of the Mexican international
bridge which threatened for a time
to assume dangerous proportions.
Energetic measures taken by the Car
rama garrison at Juarez and a con-
ference between American and Mexi-
can immigration officials later brought
about an arrangement satisfactory to
the Mexicans and quiet was restored.
The rioters were mostly Mexican
women employed as servants in Ell
Paso, who resented the Aemerican
quarantine order that all persons of
unclean appearance seeking to cross
the brige be given shower bath
and their clothing be distinfected to
kill typhus germs.
Women stopped by the authorities
returned to Juarez and circulated sto.
ries that all were to receive a bath
in a gasoline mixture similar to that
which resulted in a fire in. the Ell
Paso jail last March in which more
than a score of persons were burned
to death. Stories were also circulat-
ed that American soldiers were pho
tographing the women while bathing
and making the pictures public.
At an international conference held
at noon it was arranged that the
American authorities would recognize
bath and sterilization certificates is
sued by the Mexicans, who have an ef-
fectiye quarantine plant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
A Statue That Never Was Built.

Mount Athos, In Turkey. was the spot
contemplated by sculptor for the most
imposing monument that man had ever
had. The sculptor Dlnocratcs offered
to cut the huge mountain mass into
the form Of a statue of Alexander
which should hold a city In the left
hand and IN the right basin to re-
ceive all the waters that flowed from
the mountain.
Alexander was much taken by the
plan, but rejected 1t for the practical
reason that there was not food enough
in the district to feed the inhabitants
Of the proposed town. So the canal cut
by Xerxes to enable the ships to es-
cape sailing round the mountain re-
mained the greatest enterprise ever
achieved there.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
FAIR HAVEN GIRL
MURDERED IN
CALIFORNIA
Bessie Benson Employed py Nov
ing Pic .ure Co. in LIS Angeles
BODY SHIPPED TO VERMONT
When Casket Was Opened In Fair
Haven Four Bullet Wounds Were
Found In Corpse.

Rutland Jan. 29.-State's Attorney
C. V. Poulin stated last night that
Mrs. Chauncey Benson of Fair Ha-
ven was on her way to Lost Angeles,
Cal, to investigate what she believes
was the murder of her daughter, Miss
Bessie Benson whose body recently ar
rived at Fair Haven in sealed casket
which, when open, disclosed that the
girl had four bullet wounds In the
body, two in the head, one In the
right arm and one in the left leg.
The body was clothed only In a
shirt waist and chemise. State At
torney Poulin states there is no doubt
in his mind that the girl was mur-
dered, but as the murder was probab-
ly committed in California, where the
young woman was employed by a
moving picture concern, he has no
authority to conduct an investigation
unless requested TO do so by the Cali
ornia authorities.
Miss Benson, who was 26 years old,
left Fair Haven four years ago. She
had written to her mother regularly
once week until recently Mrs.
Benson had received no letters from
her daughter for sometime except
two asking for money and in re-
sponse to these she sent her daughter
$50 on one occasion and s65 on anoth.
er.
Recently she was notified by tele-
graph that her daughter was dead
and that the body would be shipped
to Fair Haven.
The body was shipped from Los An
geles to Chicago to the La Sale
street station at Chicago. 1t was ac-
companied to that city by an uniden-
tilted man who, when he learned that
the girls mother was to meet the
body at Chicago, disappeared and has
not been found
The casket was marked 'Contagion.
Do not open" The mother was sus-
picious and when the casket reached
Fair Haven she had it opened and
found the nearly nude body of her
daughter. She had it photographed
to show the wounds and this phhoto-
graph she showed to States Attorney
Poulin who advised her to get in
touch with the Los Angeles authori-
ties.
This she did. but obtained no salts
action, the police of California stat
ing, in substance that they knew
nothing about the case, Determined
to have the matter investigated Mrs.
Benson started for California, stop
ping in Chicago in an effort to obtain
a clew as to the identity Of the man
who accompanied the body to that
city.
The death certificate which accom-
panied the body and which was signed
by a DR.. Stearns gave the cause of
death as yellow atrophy of the liver
Il showed that the girl died at the
Pacific Coast hospital at Los Angeles.
States Attorney Poulin stated last
night that If the Los Angeles authori-
ties start an investigation and wish
to have the body disinterred this will
be done and surgeons summoned
from the state laboratory of hygiene
at Burlington to examine it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
SCH0 oil MEETING
TONIGHT WILL
DECIDE
Adjourned Session Pelative to the
Graded Distri t Charter
THIS IVEAIhG At 8 O'CLOCK
Change Proposed viii Reduce Taxes
In Village 20 Cents on a Dollar
But Some Fear Litigation.

The adjourned school meeting takes
place this evening at the high school
assembly room at o'clock and there
has been enough talk about the ques-
tion of combining with the town dis
trict so that the matter ought to be
fairly well understood.
The change proposed If voted by the
district will reduce taxes in the viii
lage 20 cents on the dollar yearly and
ought to make all the schools better
by joining them under one jurisdic-
tion in place of two. 1t is not unfair
to the rural voters because they will
be receiving property worth $250,000
and asked to help pay debt of only
$So000
At the meeting last Wednesday
night no arguments were produced
against the plan except a suspicion
that if it was voted something might
happen which is rather slim reason
ing on an important public issue.
When the graded district was found
46 years ago each school district in
the state was independent and had
only such schools as the district
would provide. In order to have a
school and graded school the district
had to order them itself but that was
all changed more than 20 years ago
and now the state compels the towns
to provide the schools and prescribes
the course of study.
The state law tells what every town
must do. including building and main
tanning school houses, providing text
books, paying salaries etc. and If a
town doesn't do it itself the pupils
must have their expenses by the town
outside From this it can be seen
that the old reasons for maintaining a
graded school district no longer exist.
The change would not affect the
teachers or the schools in any way
but merely the administration of the
district affairs.
Former S. StoneschoOls-m m S1man
Former State Superintendent Mason
S. Stone wrote several years ago that
the only reasons left for Incorporated
districts were pride and prejudice. To
this might be added the sentiment in
terest that attaches to an institution
that has done good service.
The school meeting tonight ought
to be well attended and the matter
decided in good natured and neigh
borly manner. There isn't the slight
est excuse for any quarrel or hard
feeling over the issue.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
TORTURE IN TRIALS.
This Barbarous System Was Used In
Europe For Centuries.

The use of torture in order to elicit
information from persons accused Of
crime, barbarous as it is, was little
practiced before mediaeval times. Un-
der Greek and Roman law torture was
only allowed upon slaves, though In the
latter days OF the empire IL was EN-.
ployed against free citizens II they had
been accused OF treason TO the emperor.
1t seems TO have become part of the
law in Europe about the thirteenth CEN
tury. From the fourteenth century
downward torture was part of the
legal system of most European coun-
tries. The Italian municipalities used
1t TO very large extent. In Germany
elaborate apparatus existed for its in
Fiction In the dungeons of the feudal
castles and In the town halls of the
cities.
1t was used In the prisons of Ger
many when the philanthropist Howard
visited them in 1910. In France IL was
part of the law until abolished by the
revolution. and in Scotland it was used
until the reign Of Queen Anne. The
use of torture seems never TO have been
wholly sanctioned by the law OF Eng
land, although II was used frequently
by order Of the king in the Tudor pc
riod. The royal council claimed the
power Of directing torture warrants
against state prisoners in the tower,
and under James |. and Charles |. tor
turc was rcsorted to In state trials
Chicago Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
A FAMILY ORCHESTRA.
Has Your Home One, and, if It Has,
Does This Just Fit 1t?


When two people conduct an orches-
ira there is plot material If the two
are knit by marriage ties the plot thick
ems. Endic0tt and ! conduct family
orchestra, he at the piano. / playing
second violin. know more about mu-
sic than does Endicott; he is more mu-
steal than l. keep the time: he has
the temperament. Temperament is
more noble than time, but time, shall
always insist, has its place, perhaps
nowhere more appropriately than In an
orchestra. He at the piano can domi-
nate the situation more neatly than /.
In my position among the strings, how
ever, l can more readily organize a
strike.
The rest of the pieces are presided
over by our children, young people OF
innexible spirit and chromatic moods.
Sometimes We doubt whether we have
our troupe under the rigid control which
as parents we might expect to COM
mand. The conductivity of an orches-
ira, says our son Godfrey, varies with
the distance of the blood relationship
between artists and conductor. When
the children were little we held the
pleasant theory that family orchestra
would draw us all close together, stand
ing always as symbol of our perfect
harmony. That would be all right If
the harmony would only go to suit us
all equally at the same time. AS it is
our little band, in which observers find
so touching a picture of hearthside uni
ty, suggests sometimes all the elements
of guerrilla warfare.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
EeaItY of Partners.

A member of the New York supreme
court, reproving New York firm Of
architects for canceling an agreement,
says, Authorities unanimously agree
that there is scarcely any relation In
life which calls for more absolute good
faith than the relation of partners"
Also, "A purer and more elevated
morality Is demanded of partners than
the common morality of the trade"
The meaning is that an individual who
transacts business for himself may
look out solely for himself, while a
partner must never consider bis own
advantage apart from that of his asso-
ciates.-EXchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
TO AssAssINArE ALFoNzo
Distractions Placed on Track Aheac
of Spain's Royal Train.

Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 29.--Ar
attempt was made yesterday to wreck
train on which King Alfonso was a
passenger, according to a dispatch
from Madrid. The royal train was
preceded by freight train, the en-
gineer OF which saw an obstacle on
the track and removed it. Neither
the royal train nor the freight suf-
fered any damage.
The spot chosen for the derailment
of the royal train. near Granada,
Andalusia, was particularly favor
able one, as the road there begins to
run down grade. The police have ar
rested two men, on one of whom was
found code letters from Barcelona.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
C0lON|A DUBLAN
EVACUATED BY
PERSH|NG
Punitive Expedition Now on Way
to Border
WILL NOT USE RAILROADS
Withdrawal VIII Be Carried Out as
Rapidly az Possible Over
,...t Rough Country.

Washington, Jan. 28--Orders fol-
the withdrawal of American troops
from Mexico were officially announced
today by the war department with the
statement that the northward move
ment of General Pershing's men be-
gan early this morning with the evac.
uation Of Collonia Dublan.
The final act in the entrance into
Mexico of $4,000 American soldiers as
result Of the Villa massacre of sew.
enteen Americans at Columbus. N.
NJ, March 8, 1916, was written today
with official announcement by the war
department that General Pershing had
been ordered and actually had started
to bring his troops back to the United
States.
The Pershing withdrawal will be
carried out with as much speed as
possible over the rough, arid, water
less section and 1t Is hoped that the
men will cover about fifteen miles a
day. Railroads will not be used even
for Carrying supplies, as it is desired
neither to run any chance of raids by
villa nor to incur any obligation to
Carranza.
A combination of reasons are given
unOficially for the withdrawal decis-
ION. First was the impracticability of
actually Capturing Villa" as the OBJ.
Ject OF the expedition was explained
TO be in White House statement is
sued at the time the expedition was
sent in. Then, with the border ap-
parently safe, the demand for the re-
turn OF the state troops has become
more and more pressing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
Versatile,

DO you know" she simpered, you
are the first real actor ever met. 1t
must be extremely interesting to act
the parts created by the master dram
atists like Shakespeare and
Now you're talkin', kid he broke
in. Il just eat that Shakespeare stuff
alive. Why, kplayed in Shakespeare's
East Lynne for two whole seasons,
and part of the time / played a horn
in the orchestra. New York World.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
Firth of Forth Bridoe.

The bridge across the Firth of Forth
in Scotland Is cantilever bridge erect
ed 1SS3-90. The two main spans are
each LILO feet long. The total length
of the bridge is S,295 feet the towers
are 343 feet high; the bridge contains
$1,000 tons Of steel and cost about
S13OOO 900
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
SITTING BULLS WIDOW DEAD
Small Woman Perished In Burning
Shack.

Small Woman, 80, former wife of
Sitting Bull, noted Indian chief, whose
band annihilated Custer and his COM
mand on the Little Big Horn in 1876,
and who was killed 10 years later at
the battle of Wounded Knee, died
Thursday night at the Fort Berthold
Indian reservation, North Dakota, of
burns suffered when fire destroyed
her shack at Lucky Mound. At the
time of her death she was the wife of
United States Indian scout.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
Vain Guests.

A little girl who was trying to tell
friend how absentminded her grandpa
was said, He walks around, thinking
about nothing, and when he remem-
bers it he then forgets that what he
thought of was something entirely diff
ferent from what he wanted to remem-
Ser."-Christian Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29

Trade Mari apoue enS naval, PaiC iaSo
OF leaden tint, eyes heavy and dull
twitching eyelids, itching of the nose,
itching of the rectum, short dry cough
grinding of the teeth, little red points
sticking out on tongue, starting during
sleep, slow fever.
DR.. True's Elixir, the go years time
tried Family Laxative and Worm Ex-
peller, will expel the worms and re-
store the vim and vigor to your child.
No better Laxative made for young
or old. Mr.. Horace Chenery, of Bel
mont, Maine, reports that he buys IL
large bottles at time. CSC. soc and
$1.00 at all dealers. Advice free. Spec
ial treatment for tapeworms Send
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
CAUGHT Both WAYS.

Mrs. Exe-My servant girl has left
me. She said I had so much company
there was too much work to do. Mrs.
Wye-That's singular Mine has left
me too. She said | had so little com
pany 1t showed l had no social posi-
tion.-Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
Johnnv's REASONING,

Sunday School Teacher-Whatis is con-
science, Tommy? Tommy-An inward
monitor. Sunday School Teacher
And what is monitor, Johnny? John
ny-An ironclad boat--Chicago News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29

Lady--I want to sue my husband for
divorce. Lawyer - What are your
charges? Lady-What are yours first?
Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
II. d. Jenney
NJ. r. Nichols
II. II. Warren.
NOTTCE! /!

70 the Ladies' and Gentlemen Of Ben
nlnGton and Vicinity.
Call and see nv new Fan and
winter sampies, and you will surely
leave your oruer. Srlces very rear
sonable. Clean.ns. pressing and n
terations = speciality.
Nathan levIn,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29

Signs If worms are: De-
ranged stomach, swollen
upper lip, sour stomach,
offensive breath, hard
and full belly with occas-
ional grippings and pains
about the naval, pale face
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
Worms Sap ChiIdren's Health

Mothers often wonder why their
cniidren are not rugged and
hardy. In vast number of cases the
trouble is--Worms.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29

Do as well as you can today, and
perhaps tomorrow you may be able to
do better.--Rev. John Newton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont rain or snow tonight and
Tuesday. Tuesday warmer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
REWARD oEEEREp

We will pay reward OF s25 for In
formation that will lead to- the arrest
and conviction of the party or parties
who broke into our camp IN the Dun
Vile -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29
LOCKWOOD & BUSC
Contractors and Builders 10

Estimates on new Buildings. Repairs, etc.,
promptly made. Shop in rear DR.. A. z.
Cutler block, Main St. Telephone H. F.
lockwood or NJ. Z. Buss -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-29

Dartmouth football SCHEDULED Sept.
%, New Hampshire State at Hanover.
September 29, Colby at Hanover.
October 6, Springfield Y. NJ C. A.
at Hanover. Oct. 13, Massachusetts
"Aggies" at Hanover. Oct. 20, West
Virginia at Hanover. Oct. q, Prince
ton at Princeton. Nov. 3, Penn State
at Hanover. Nov.10, Pennsylvania at
Boston. Nov. II, Tufts at Manches-
ter. Nov. "a, Brown at Springfield.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-18

uusries mn n tsovsr6 1feins ths atste
adu,Inistrator .nd oht.insa a conciss
exnJa p.ttov - ,..h.t AZ. S..s .s..,,,I.-
tratIon is doinS What m n i'm. N do ana
how each ara "v.r,s hovs.r,,so cor ha,r
the Observation-Disclosures .nS h.rss,s "a .hs
prevention ~ ...on.,n~s, ~ ,rn,,a.r,nS
y. sue"s
,n, mere Us tne etuation III nutsnen.
average person VINO nas peen
hs vasueH soou. ,oou ,s Iesulauon
ha a" iuea .nae ,ne aoou ,ru, ,s.o,s .
e no, , .me pUwer W IN pr.ces. ms ls
s,,o. , m, 10 no 80. ."sn' ~.
81 % pow .,.. .aN. -, say, Ut m
nr,ca - .h. hss, oanS,.S s,ona n.,
and that ali who are reou,red to nav
mora than that are being yic,,n,scd
They cannot sav that M dea,er ca n seI,
the hest creamery butter for more tbs n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-18
GROCER OVERCHARGES?
REPORT TO FOOD BOSS
Administrator Heinz Explains
That Is the Way to
Stop Profiteering
By M'LISS

A careful housewife paid seventy-hve
cents dozen for fresh eggs and thought
she was "stung."
She had been reading, In cursory
way. reports from the local food ad-
ministration and statements from Its
city and State directors. Jay Cooke and
Howard Heinz respectively. She had
seen printed in the newspapers lists Of
approximate prices and she felt sure
that the maximum price for eggs quoted
had not been as high as seventy-five
, cents.
Necessity had made skilled econo-
mist Of her, but she felt that where
eggs were concerned she could not take
less than the best.
Despite this fact, however, she inter-
rogated the dealer before making her
purchase.
won't you get into trouble with the
food administrator IL you charge such
an exhorbitant price for eggs?' she
asked him.
IT'S not my fault" he replied nom
ohalantly, talk to the farmer or the
hens about IL. You said you wanted
fresh eggs. Storage eggs are cheaper"
The woman talked. not to the hen or
to the farmer, but to the EVENING PUB-
LILO LEDGER
whats the food administration do
fng?" she queried with some asperity.
what good are their price lists, printed
daily, IL the dealers are still permitted
to gouge us? What's the idea?"
The EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER put the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-18

duction and supply and demand Il In
the final analysis exceedingly complex.
as Germany and England found out
when they both endeavored to fix prices.
In Germany the plan was abandoned
because It was found that production
was discouraged. Prices were fixed at
what seemed fair rate to consumer and
seller. but the producers lost money and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-18

consequently threatened not 70 produces.
and II the plan hadn't been given up.
the country would have gone to the
"demnitlon bowwows." Which wouldn't
have been so bad. perhaps. seeing that
It was Germany. But Germany didn't
think 70.
In England. according to Mr.. Heinz,
when prices have been fixed on wheat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-18

and olhsr soodSlaRr de o6vsfilnz
which ultimately means the psoblS =
made up the loses BY providing . SUBJ
sidy. And that isn't the best sort Of
economies. --- y
II would seem, then. that the economi-
cal and patriotic thing for every house,
keeper TO do is:
To study the lists published in the