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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
MAY UNSEAT MEMBER
OF THE LEGISLATURE
House Committee Finds That There
Was Tie Vote In the Town OF
ST. George.

Montpelier, Feb. l2--The House is
slowly dwindling away Three men,
bers are dead, several are sick and
now 1t is proposed to unseat the mem-
Der from st. George on the ground
that he was never elected.
From the committee on suffrage
and elections, report came in this
morning that this committee had
thoroughly investigated the contest
between Earl Aver who at present
holds the seat for the town of st.
George. and Nat Parcher, who con-
tests the seat, and they had found
that there was a tie vote and no elec-
tion in the town of st. George, and
that Mr.. Aver is not, therefore, entitl
ed TO his seat
In pursuance of this report the com.
mlttee offered House resolution to
the effect that Mr.. Aver Is not en-
titled to the seat which he now holds.
On motion of Mr.. Webster Of Swanton
this resolution was offered to lie aud
make special order for next Tues
day at 215 o'clock, in order that
other evidence might be brought in.
Mr. Slayton of Morristown intro
duced in the House a joint resolution
providing for the setting aside OF
$4,000 Of the appropriation for the
board of health, for purposes Of rural
sanitation, in order TO take advan'
tage of the federal appropriation EN-.
bodied In the Lever bill This Joint
resolution went to the appropriation
! committee
Senator Maurice of Lamoille intro
duced an act TO amend section 1,43E
of the general laws, relating to the
number of scholarships at the Uni
versity OF Vermont and state agricul
tural college. (Sixteen thousand
eight hundred dollars appropriated
annually instead of $1,000. To dc
signate 210 students instead of 30
Each senator to appoint seven in
stead of one student)
BY Senator BellSnap of Windsor al
act to amend section 4,252 OF the gen
eral laws, relating to the manage
ment of farms operated in connection
with poorhouscs. ('rown must Civ
overseer exclusive control)
In the House Mr. Hopkins of BuI
llngton tried inenectiyely to save II
1853. forbldding night walkers fror
plying their unlawful trade He el
planned that II was introduced at tn
request of the states attorney Q
Chittendon county, who desired {
suppress such conduct more summal
.ly than the common law permitte,
. The bill was probably given its deaf
blow by Mr. Austin of Highgate, VIII
3 asked the members how they coul
d. impose n penalty on "A woman fo
walking out nights and not impos
A the Same penalty on men, when the
A had just voted women on an cqualit
with men az the polls .is
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
COUNTY JAIL!
!. CONTINUES TO !
LEAK PRISONERS
Efford Stevens. ir., Latest Ad.
dition to Long List
BY vENTILAToR SHAFT
Used Method Of Escape Invented by
Eugene Allen, Horse Thief, About
Two Years Ago.

Bennington connty's makeshift jail
has had another break charged up
against its long record. These
breaks have TO become SO numer0us
that ihey are expected at almost any
time and occasion but little comment
when they occur iss t!}It,s
ItHis safe to say that the county
has lspent in the vicinity OF s30AOa
on the building In recent lyuars.va
large portion of 1t on the jail. and yet
prisoners who have 3 preference for
outdoor air continue to change their
environment at Will.
The latest actor In this continuous
performance is Efford Stevens, jr,
who was arrested q few days ago by
Officer Richard Hurley for q bur
glary at the home of Burt L. Allen
on County street.
Stevens exit was one of the easi.
est of the lot as the way had been
previously prepared for him by. one
Of his predecessors. Eugene Allen
who is now at the state prison at
Windsor serving two year sentence
for horse stealing. Allen was arrest
ed about two years ago for the theft
of horse in Peru. With files that
were admittedly furnished him by
bis wife he cut off the heads OF bolts
in steel ventilator shaft, lifted the
plate and made his way into the
cellar. He was arrested for the
second time, brought back to jail and
sentenced
After Aliens escape the vsntilator
shaft was not repaired and the open
ing was left for the next prisoner
who disHked confinement Tuesday
afternoon, Stevens who was confined
in the corridor, went into the cell
formerly occupied by Allen, bent
back the steel plate and crawled in,,,
10 the shaft II Yas then. en- easy
matter to reach the cellar and thence, I
to make his way out Of the BuAdfhsl
fAt the time of Tbs, escape othey prison sI9!fl,1.
ers were In the, jan kitchen only ia
few feet aYsy but they we're not dis, s
turbed by the escaping pris9nerrs fla,
h stevens Is a. slightly built youth,
not over intelligent and has a prison 4
record On the night Of February T.
1914 he broke into the Office OF H.
W. Myers C Son at the foot of Copn-
ty street and stole aysmall sum- = 81
money. A month previous he broke
into the store of H. Joseph and stole
a miscellaneous lot of plunder. >
Through the efforts Of 0fficer Rich.
ard Hurley the crimes were fixed on
Stevens and Municipal Judge L. H.
Holden sentenced the boy, he was
only II years old at the time, to the
state prison for maximum sentences
OF ten years He was paroled BY
the governor last May. stiiyf
Another young boy, Leroy Pate
node, was implicated In the burglary
at the Office of Myers & Son and he
/ was sentenced to not more thanS6y
or less than three years at9Windsor.
After completing his sentences her en-
tered the army and some months ago.
was, arrested by the federal authorin
ties5on the charge Of irnpersopating
an officer, He is probably now In
some federal prison. 3, sae
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
.TERR0R|zING OF \
RUSSIAN MASSES
BY B0LsREWK|
if-a u HyH L LII /
Executions As Rule Carried
sS Out at Night
SILENCERS USED
Dr. Huntington. ExAttache at Petro.
grad, Shows to Senate Copy ot
Order TOR Slaughter

Washington, Feb. 11.--The Senate
Investigation OF Bolshevism bef9re
the subcommittee on the Judiciary
began this morning. It was held lin
tho Senate Office Building, the ro4n
being crowded with men and women,
some OF them more or less well
known In this country as AmericaHs
OF pro-Bolshevist leanings. What
these people listened to was not Of
q nature calculated to fire their ardot
for the Trotzky-Lenine form of gov
crnmen..
The principal witness was DR.. w.
G. Huntington, who from 1916 until
the early fall of last year was in Rus
sla as the Commercial Attache of the
American Embassy in Petrograd.
His narrative, frightful in parts, was
carefully drawn and the statements
he made we're those of his own per
sonal knowledge. He was careful
not to bring into the record hearsay
evidence which the Bolshevist author
tiles might be able to brand as mac
curats. es Tf
In answer TO question as TO the
extent OF murder by official order in
Russia, DR. Huntington produced o
copy OF an order addressed in Sep
tember to all Soviets in Russia which
called for the slaughter zen masse"
OF all persons who failed to support
the Bolsheyist regime. He said that
executions were as a rule carried out
at night and In darkened places like
cellars, the firing squads using
Maxim silcncers.
Three letters were read into the
record by him, all OF them from a
person OF the highest standing, who
Is stu In Russia and aIiose name for
that reason was not disclosed for
pu6licatioii These letter painted a
terrible picture OF conditions In the
Russian capital.
DR.. Huntington said that at the
present time not more than per
cent. OF the Russian peo, were in
favor OF the Bolsfeviki They were
held in submission. he added, by ter
,roristic means and by inercenary
force OF soldiers made up principally
Of Let's and Chinese.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
losnuNeARIANs AROUSED
Charge czeohosIovaks with Civil
eei' outrancs at Pressbure.

Vienna, Feb. 6, (yia Geneva. Feb
7.)--The Hungarian public is incens.
ed III the report of the Czechoslovaks'
conduct at Pressburg, where they
have arrested 700 Hungarian officials,
replacing them with Czechoslovaks,
10th officials and the laboring class
have struck in the entire Hungarian
territory occupied by the Czechoslo.
valss as demonstration against
them.
n The Vienna police today succeeded
~ recovering o Stradivarius violin re-
Gently stolen from the apartment OF
Hubcrman. the virtuoso, at the Hotel
Imperial. The thief was arrested
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
JAPAN's MINISTER EXPLAINS
Simply Called China's Attention L
Established Procedure.

Toxic, Monday. Feb 1O.-Kijuro
Shidehara, the Japanese vice foreign
minister said regarding the publica.
tion OF the Chinese treaties with
Japan, the latter had simply called
Chinas attention to tho established
procedure according TO which neither
government had the right to publish
confidential correspondence without.
consulting the other Shidehara
spoke for Foreign Minister Uohida
who Is i'll. t.syo
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
VERMONT COMPANY ARRIVES
Transport Princess Matoika Carries
Goth Base Hospital Unit

New York Feb l2,-The transport
Princess Matoika arrived at Newport
News yesterday from France with
more than 2OO0 troops half Of whom
were reported sick or wounded.
Among the casuals a Vermont com.
pany, the seth base hospital unit, was
aboard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
RUSSIAN FACTIONS NAV CONE
Conference at Princes Islands tWiIl
Be Attended by Them.

Paris, Feb 12.-The prospects are
Frightening for the assembling at
least of four of the Russian factions
at Princes Islands, Reports say Tx
raine viii. participate and the inde.
cision OF the government OF General
Denigne has given way TO the desire
to join the conference. The govern.
ments of Crlmea and Bolsheviki
have already accepted
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
BELLS
ANNOUNCE NEW
PEOPLE S RIGHT
German Populace Choose Head
of Their Own State
FIRST TINE IN HISTORY
German Officers Jnterned in Switzer
land Celebrated, Birthday Of For
mer Emperor Wilhelm.

Weimar, Tuesday Feb. l1.-Peal-
ing church bells announced TO people
at o'clock this afternoon that the
German people for the first time in
history had chosen tie head of their
own state.
Friedrich Ebert, former saddler
and moderate Socialist leader, appear
ed before the theater twenty minutes
later and received as president OF
Germany these plaudits' which for
merly marked the appearance of the
monarch who once stigmatized the
party to which Ebert belongs as be-
ing composed of men unworthy to
bear the name Of German
Berne. Feb. l2-German officers
interned in Switzerland celebrated
the birthday OF the former German
Emperor at Luzerne, all of them
drinking to his health, his early re-
turn to Germany and the restoration.
of his former power
They also drafted telegram to
Amerongen which is said to have
uttu So libuitiilF W tit thltuit tItdt
the telegraph Office refused to ac-
cent it.
Weimar, Feb. 10.--The, German
National Assembly unanimously
adopted a provisional Constitution
this evening after a three hour
wrangle between the independent
Socialists. on the one hand, and ali
the rest Of the HouA on the other
over ono single point-the question
Of secret agreements.
Although the Independents lost in
their contention that Germany sho,sle
pave the way for the entire world in
going definitely on record in favor OF
open diplomacy agreements, they
rose belatedly to make the accept
ance of the Constitution as a'whole
unanimous, despite the inclusion OF
the clause they had opposed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
PEAcHAM MEMBER DEAD
Representative Harlan Renfrew Has
Shor: lllnese.

Montpelier, Feb. l1,-Representa.
tive Harlan Renfew OF Peacham died
last night after a short illness, and a
resolution was introduced In the
House this morning on the death. cx.
tending the sympathy OF tie mem
hers to the family The resolution
wal adopted
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
TO STUDY BELGIAN CLAIMS
Special Commission viii &c Appoint
ed for This Purpose.

Paris, Feb. 12--It is believed that
special commission will be appoint
ed to study the Belgian claims az
has been done. In consideration OF
other territorial problems, says a
Hayas report.
Marshal Foch Marshall Petln
Field Marshal Haig. General Perish
ing and General Diaz were expected
at today's session Of the supreme
war council to deal with terms for
the renewal OF the arn,istlce
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
METHODIST CONFERENCES
One at ST. Albans TO Take Place
April 2.

Boston. Feb. l2.--New England
Methodist Episcopal conferences at
which many pastoratoa will bo deter.
mined, include one at 81. Albang.
April 2. with Bishop G. D. Mitchell of
ST. Paul, Mimi. presiding much inter
est is added TO the conferences he.
cause of the return from service Of
many clergymsn as.t..si
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
NO DEPUTY ATTY. GENERAL
Bill 10 Increase Members Pay Re.
ported Adversely.

Montpelier Feb. 10 The Senate
killed S. 81, relating to Deputy Attor.
ney General
The House bill to increase the mem
bers pay was reported this afternoon
adversely,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12

pocahontns ,Star--Bred Jones, our
worthy postman. has purchased an
auto IN which he carries the mails on
weekdays and tie fcuales on Sunday.
Boston Transcript
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
SENDING S. o. s. CALLS
v. S. Vessel, ]. N. cuffer, is Taking
Water

Boston. Feb. ia Halifax Wire.
less intercepted said the United
Stater vessel j. NJ Gutter was tai,
ing water in her forehod and send
ing out s. o. s. calls. The vessels
position is given as in the vicinity OF
Cane Race.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
Daily Thouunt.

lie Who is false TO present duty
breaks n thread IN the loom. anu will
Ind the flaw when he may have tor.
gotten the causc.-Herny Word Beech.
Ar
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
RECORD MAIL SERVICE
Letter from San Francisco to Treves,
Germany, in IS Days.

Washington. Feb, l2--General
.Persh!ng notified the war department
that a letter mailed at San Fran
cisco, January 20, was received In
Treves. Germany, February 4. ut is
regarded as record mail service the
dispatch said Mail from the United
States Is arriving satisfactorily
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
N. E. DIVISION PREPARING
Il Has Received Orders Concerning
It's Return Home.

Washington, FeO. ll.--General
Pershing has notified the war depart
ment that he had ordered the New
England division to prepare for re.
turn home The division has not yet
been assigned to early convoy but
Pershing's action indicates It will
soon he added to the list.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
GREEN TIGERS WIN
They Give Black Cats Another orub-
bing at Bowling.

The Green Tigers defeated the
Black Cats on the Y. NJ. c. A. alleys
last night, to 0.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-12
Standing Of League

Tomorrow night-Odd Fellows VS.
looper Estate
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11
A GREAT LOAN
LOOKS SMALLER
The Five Billions at $50 Apiece
Should Be Compared With
What the Kaiser Wanted.

Preparations are already making for
the Fifth Liberty Loan, which the peo'
ple Of the United States will be asked
to make toward the world war. It Will
come in the spring, probably some
time early In April.
The total amount will probably De
somewhere near the size Of the Fourth
Loan. A five billion dollar total looks
large, but It does not look as large
as it did in 1917 to people 100000, ooo
strong who have learned to save and
lend to the government.
When this Loan looks insignificant
and puny, even II It Is put on top OF
all the loans which preceded 1t, Is
when It is compared side By side With
the billions Germany would have De.
manded of America II the Kaiser had
won the war.
This is the way to compare the two
possible endings of the war. Put one
beside the other. the two chances Oh
paying for the cost Of the world war
which the people Of this country had
before them one year ago.
The United States has come into
victory and peace. One Of the great
est forces 1t employed to win victory
was the great fund which the people
put into its hands to fight for civiliza
ton.
But the Government has not YET
financed the needs of the last chapter
of effort. Three months hence 1t will
ask for a loan with which to accom-
plish this work. It will call in the
Fifth Loan for money to pay the ex
penses Of peace and reconstruction.
The men and women Of the country
who must furnish the funds for the
Fifth Loan are doubly blessed. They
have at the same time the liberty
won by the war and the bonds OF the
Government taken in other loans. They
know now that they can never DC
made to contribute to any Kaiser. And
there are 100 100000 Of them In all.
What the VICTORIOUS FIFTH Loar
proposes Ii that this 100000 people
shall lend the Government about S6t
apiece.
This does not seem a large amount
from each person. 1t Is not large
sum to lend at substantial interes,
on unequalled security, for the ina
settlement In the war.
Each one knows that 1t Is q Loan
that It is not payment to the Kaiser
but Loan for Liberty.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11

for oyster cocktails Fried oyltsrs, oys.
tor patties, and oysters fried In batter
should be garnished with slices Of lemon
sprinkled with finely.minoed parsley.
Tiny, homemade pickles are delicious
with cooked oysters, and lemon halves
with the pulp removed, filled with catch.
up or piccalilli or any Of the piquant red
tomato sauces, make very ornamental
and appetizing addition to raw or fried
oysters or pstties.-Good Housekeeping.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11
Beginning Of Pittsburgh.

November 25 il the anniversary Of
the raising Of the English flag over the
ruins Of Fort Duquesne Ia 1854. The
place was then named Pittsburgh, In
honor Of Britain's famous prime minis
ter. It owes its great growth to its
to coal and Iron fields Of
Yast magnitude.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11
UNCLE. SAM PAYS
final WAR BILL
Seven Great Items That Must Be
Settled for Peace Will Be Met
by The Fifth Liberty Loan.

The Fifth Liberty Loan will b
called the VICTORIOUS FIFTH. be
cause, when 1t has been foated the
people of the country will be celebrat
ing the victorious peace.
The Fifth Loan will come about mid
April, or Just two years after the date
upon which we entered the war. It Will
be more Of q peace loan than q wa,
loan. It will be loan to make the ina
settlement, squaring up the bill FOL
the war while the celebration Of the
victory is still going on and the mer
are streaming back from France by
hundreds Of thousands.
A total Of from i've to six billions
will probably be offered. What the
money is needed for and why 1t IL
needed is worth putting compactly
together. It brings to mind at glance
what is demanded still by the great
tasks imposed by peace.
These are some of the chief items:-
/. Care for the American soldiers
in the Army of Occupation.
z. Providing for the second army
in the area behind the zone Of occu
patton.
3. Bringing home soldiers who have
been released from war duties.
4. Demobilizing millions Of men up
on their arrival here.
S. Keeping up the environments and
hospitals in this country.
6. Re-habilitating and re-educatins
men who have been wounded.
Z. Reconstruction work for the sol
diers and sailors.
Every one Of the millions OF mer
represented on this list have shared II
doing the nations work abroad.
Any American who stands by the
country will not fail to see now tha'
the peace debt is paid for the mer
who have won peace.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11
Discovery Of Rubber.

The rubber tree was discovered by q
Jesuit missionary, Father Mancelde
Esperanca. He found 1t while on one
Of his apostolic journeys among the
Cambebas Indians Of South America
and gave It the singular name OF the
seringuerla, because he remarked that
the savages used the sap Of this tree
which hardens quickly, to make rude
bottles that were shaped like a syringe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11
PROBATE NOTICES.


To oil persons Interested In either OF me asN
hereinafter named:
At Probate Court, held 81 nn
In and for the County Of Oxford, On We -
Tuesday of January, In the year OF ou ~ =.
one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. ~
| following matter having been presenNa w
action thereupon hereinafter ndica"a'
hereby ORDERED:
That notice thereof be given 10 al pefsoliL
terested, by causing q copy OF THIS oIuei ~ 4.
published three weeks successfully 10 Is ~. ~
ford Democrat, 8 newspaper pu0llsnsl 90
Paris, In said County, thst they may spy.aNs
Probate Court to be held 81 $40 TN IN 4
the third Tuesday OF February, A. u; ~ W.,
& of the clock In the forenoon, and oe ''N'
thereon II they see cause.
Cyrus l.. Durgin late OF Porter, dece rs,
petition for the appointment OF james o. .twi,t
man or some other suiEsbl person ss s ...,y,
traitor of the estate OF SAID deGessea P'S
by Philip 8. Durgin, son soi her'
Mary C. Parsons late Of Paris, asc e. =
will and petition for probate 'nereol sna 4
p0intment of Oscar W. Parsy IS IS siI S nj
the same to act without 6oni ProSla.o, ~
will presented by said Oscar " FhsV1'
executor therein named.
Betsey H. Trask late OF Bethel, asV Il. 20
will and petition for pr0bata sheieoI s ~
poiptment of Richard W. Trask as e1eS n
the same to act without bond as e. PW Tr,f
said will presented by said Blchsfu W.
the executor therein named.
Frank w. Goodrich late OF heoIu ....o,l
ceased; petition for an allowance on. ot .sicg
estate presented by Lillian !. Goodre''
Elisabeth C. Wiley late Of Lowell s ss = /.
inal account presented for allowance "
Chapman, executor.
Lawrence n. and Gertrude u. "a, Ts
of Greenwood, minor children OF Ca nasn. ,kl
bets late Of Greenwood, deceSsedi pS enH,s n,r,,
Dana 8. Williams or some o'her su.SV n,,.rx.
be appointed guardian OF said mlnS.,
BY Mary W. Engleman, srsndmo'nef'
Marjorie w. Head Of Lowell, nlDT'' ,ira
ton for license to sell an cSnve!
presented by Ira Heald, guardian
Olive w. Hammond II Back6ei d. I ,.,i
petition for license to sell and convey 'sa,rii,.
presented by Edward Z. hsmhonu' -.
Harriet T.. Blake late Of DiIfeld' &c Ss' sesp
final account presented for .ho"Sn0' v
c. Smith, trustee.
Ceylon Day late OF Lowell, deee easse, y
and hnal account presented tor s"''
Waldo N. Seavey, administrator
ADDISON e. DERRICK, Judge OF 'a'a
A true copy-attest: -
40 .Iprpr u. PARK. Rsfst
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11
A Home Song.

read within poets book
A word that starred the page:
"Stone walls do not prison make,
Nor Iron bars cage"
Yes, that IL true, and something more:
You'll ind, where'er you roam,
That marble floors and gilded walls
Can never make home.
But every house where Love abides,
And Friendship 10 guest,
II surely home, and home-sweethome:
For there the heart can rest.
Henry Van Dyke
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11

In some school not located the teacher
was hearing the history lesson. Turn.
ing to one of the scholars, she asked:
"James, what was Washington's Fare.
we'll Address?'
The new boy arose with a prompti.
tude that promised we'll for his answer
"HeaVen, ma'am," he said.