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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
NE GR0ES SHOT
BY WHITES IN
MONT CONE ERY
Rae Riots Take Place in South
''ont N City
nootno,, 2a%s.oS1rs-y
VICTIMS U4 Dor FUsNG LAW
Taken from Deputy Sheriffs and Told
to Run for Lives and Were
Shot

Montgomery, Ala, Sept. 3O.-John
Temple, negro, who, last night shot
and fatally wounded Policeman John
Barbara, and who was wounded by the
officer, was shot in a hospital at two
o'clock this morning by small band
Of white men. He was the third to die
by lynching here within twelve hours.
Miles Phifer and Robert Crotzky, the
latter a discharged soldier, were shot
to death by mob yesterday.
Still another negro, Bird Astor who
was with Temple when Barbara was
shot, was being sought by posse and
it was believed his capture would re
suit in more violence There was no
connection between the lynching Of
Phifer and Crotzky and the killing of
Temple. The first two were charged
with crimes against white women and
were taken from the Deputy Sheriff,
told to run for their lives and were
shot down Temple shot Barbara aft.
er a row at a dance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
TRAIN sMAsHEs MlLKwAeoN
Merle Ross Had Narrow Escape from
Being Killed.

Merle Ross, who lives at Center
Shaftsbury and drives to the village
of North Bennington daily to supply
customers on a milk route, had a mar
row escape from death Monday noon
when his team was run down at what
is known as the Harris crossing. The
driver escaped without serious in
jury but one of the horses was killed,
the other badly hurt and the wagon
was reduced to kindling wood.
The accident happened shortly be-
fore / o'clock in the afternoon. Mr..
Ross had completed lis delivery and
was on his way to his home in Shafts
bury When he reached the crossing
he said he looked in one direction but
did not take the precaution to look
the other way Because of the over
sight he failed to notice the north
bound local freight approaching until
it was too late to avoid collision or
jump from the wagon.
The highway crosses the Rutland
railroad track at a slight angle and
the locomotive must have plowed its
way between the horses, for one was
thrown to one side and one to another
of the track. Mr.. Harris lost small
patch of skin from one elbow but
other wise was unhurt He is unable
to explain how he escaped.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
OMAHA PEOPLE
UPHOLD LYNCHIMG
OF NEGRO THERE
Although Some of the Business
Men Condemn 1t
70 PROSECUTE RIOTERS
Troops with Machine Guns Patro
streets-BaIloon over Negro
Section

Omaha. Neb., " Sept 29.-With zoe
Federal soldiers on guard in the
streets, this city is calm tonight, and
there has been no renewal of the vi
olent outbreaks of yesterday and early
IEhis morning, which resulted in the
,lynching of a negro and an attempt
to lynch Mayor E. F. Smith, the fatal
shooting of rioter, and injuring OF
several score OF others, and the par
tial destruction Of the County Court
house by bombs thrown by members
of the mob.
The federal troops arrived during
the early morning and daytime from
Forts Omaha and Brooks, Neb., and
Camp Dodge, Iowa, fer riot duty. Five
hundred more are on the way here.
The troops are distributed at strag-
etic points throughout the city, and
have machine guns ready for use if
necessary.
Military headquarters has been es-
tabished at Central Police Station by
Colonel j. f. Morris Of the Goth In
fantry Members of the Police Depart
ment were put under his orders Gen
eral Leonard A. Wood, Commander of
the Central Department of the Army
who was ordered here by Secretary
Baker to take charge of the situation,
is expected late tonight or tomorrow.
Meanwhile the condition of Mayor
Smith, who was in a critical state early
this morning, is reported better to-
night
While many rumors of clashes be-
tween whites and negroes were in
circulation today the police have been
unable to locate a single case.
The calm in the city is due partial
ly, the police think, to the fact that at
dark tonight a heavy electrical storm
and rainstorm broke over the city,
driving everybody to cover For more
than an hour the downpom continued.
flooding the streets and rendering ira
tfic almost impossible Street cars
were impeded and We're forced to stop
half an hour.
During the storm the 700 regulars
continued to patrol their beats around
the riot district, in the business sec
tlon OF the city and out in the negro
districts
At Tweenty-fourth and Lake streets
in the heart of the negro district, 800
soldiers are stationed Eighteen ma
chine guns are trained down the ad
joining streets
Up aloft an observation balloon from
Fort Omaha swings to and fro while
observers in the basket watch for fires
that might be started in the negro
district.
The negroes are well armed Negro
leaders today told the City Commits
sioners that practically every one Of
the 10000 negroes in Omaha was arm.
ed and is ready to fight for his life
and home. Last night the negroes
looted several hardware stores in the
north end of the city and obtained ad-
ditional weapons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
BERKSHIRE CARS TO START
Trolley Service VIII Be Resumed In
Pittsfield and North Adams.

Boston, Sept. 29.-The Berkshire
street railway, which has been idle
for seven weeks because of strike
and financial troubles will resume
service in North Adams and PittsfeId
by Wednesday.
This was decided today at a. hear
ing before the public service com
mission relative to the company's pc
tition for five cents for each two in
stead Of three miles of travel.
Representatives of the towns in the
northern end of the county agreed
that the increase should be approved
with the understanding that efforts
be made later to adjust certain zones
to conditions of travel, and if possible
for workmen's tickets at reduced
rates
A. NJ. Robinson. counsel and Clin-
ton Q. Richmond, general manager,
said that the labor troubles have
been adjusted and that service on the
North Adams line will be resumed i'm
mediately following approval by the
commission of the new fare. Service
will be resumed on the Pittsfield line
with "a hours afterward and other
sections which seem likely TO meet
operating expenses viii be put in op-
Grafton as soon as possible.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30

CASE ON TRIAL
IN LOCAL COURT.
Complainant Woman Worker at
Black Cat Mill
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
To Ensure Fairness in Consideration
of Evidence Jury Was Drawn
from Shaftsbury

The trial in the case of William
Kearns, a spinner who was employed
at the underwear mill of the Black
Cat Textiles company preceding the
strike and who is charged with dis
turbance in that he made alleged in-
suting remarks to Miss Agnes Hor'
ton, at present an employe OF the
Black Cat company,
The trial originated from one OF
number of complaints that have been
made to States Attorney Collins
NJ Graves, both by employees of the
company and by pickets who have
gathered at the mill during the past
three weeks.
The auditorium at the county court
house building has been filed most of
the time since the hearing began SO
many people have been in attendance
at the hearing that according to
Manager Harte he had the smallest
matinee crowd Monday afternoon
since the house was opened
Because of the existing conditions,
Municipal Judge w. ]. Meagher de-
cided that it would be advisable to
select a jury from some other town
than Bennington and the II men who
will return the verdict are all citizens
Of SALISBURY, Henry Harris, Edgar
Green, Charles Becker, Abel Hawkins,
Grant Bronson, NJ n Niles, Martin
Green, Elmer Amadon II. n. Dyer,
Miles Coulter and Charles Center,
States Attorney Collins NJ Graves
is appearing for the prosecution and
Charles A. Maurer for the respondent.
The forenoon and part of the after
noon Monday was consumed in secur-
ing the jury but the state completed
its evidence when court adjourned
shortly before o'clock
The witnesses for the state were
James b. Burke, superintendent at the
Black Cat mill, w A. NilIager, the
master mechanic. Chief of Police
Richard Hurley and the complainant,
Miss Horton. Mr.. Burke testified that
the respondent had been employed at
the mill previous to the strike, MIR.
Millager that he observed Miss Hor-
ton and the respondent on the street
but overheard no conversation and
Chief of Police Hurley said that he
saw the respondent and Miss Horton
walking side by side on the morning
of the alleged disturbance. Miss Hor-
ton testified concerning the alleged Of
fence contained in the complaint
This forenoon the defence put
number of witnesses on the stand all
of whom were present on the morn
ing of the alleged Insurance. These
witnesses were officer Patrick Brazil.
Miss Norah Kearns, Miss Anna Pur-
cell, Thomas Costello. William Hollis
ter and Miss Veronica Mahar. All
testified that they did not hear the re-
spondent make the remarks as charg-
ed by the complaining witnesss
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
EXECUTORS RESPONSIBLE
Surrogate of Saratoga County Hands
Down Unusual Decision

In a decision just handed down in
the matter of the judicial settlement
of the accounts of f. J. Sullivan and
Is. ]. Tessier as executors under the
will of f. j. Heffernan, late of Sara
toga Surrogate Ostrander Of Sara
toga County holds that the executors
are responsible for the losses incurr
ed by the estate since the death of Mr..
Heffernan in 1914.
Mr.. Heffernan conducted a
wholesale liquor business in Saratoga
which has since been continued by the
estate. After his death, Hefernan's
widow, believed the estate to be sol
vent, agreed to take over the assets
and to pay the claims, but when the
Surrogate allowed a claim of about
$4,000, which the executors had re-
jected and which made the estate in
solvent, Mrs Heffernan regulated her
agreement, oomplicating the situation.
The Surrogate. in his opinion, states
that the executors were negligent in
not investigating lien of The Bar
tholomay Brewing company, paying
some claims to the exclusion of others,
and for allowing Mrs. Heffernan to re
pudiate her agreement without return
ing the estate to its original conditi-
on.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
DIVISION OF GRAFT
Total of s15,3so in 90 Gases Is Admit
ed BY Witness


New York, Sept 29.-Division of
graft totalling SIS, $3.50 in 50 cases was
admitted today before Special Com
missioner jeremiah F. Connor at
state insurance fund inquiry by VIII
liam a. Herman "A former emp!oye of
the state industrial commission
Herman who confessed to being a
member of the graft ring" said that
the money was split between himself
and three others, and that in "a other
cases money was collected or at
tempts had been made to collect it
without success. In 27 additional
cases he said, that he had been in
terested but that he could not remem-
Der to what amount
Among several cases read into the
record by Miles NJ. Dawson, counsel
for the investigating commission, was
the claim of Leonidas s. Springstern.
who he said paid 1000 of "a S3,5O0
award to Frank Elwood, claim
agent who together with Herman,
had eXpediated the case.
Herman testified later that his com.
bination' received $500 of S1.5O0
award paid Hugh West, an elevated
railway conductor, whose hand was
broken.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
WORKED HARD BUT STILL
HAD TO SUFFER

Mrs Edward Rayno. of Bennington.
Vt, says: II suffered with complicat- q
ion of diseases for 90 years | had
terrible sick headaches, stomach and
kidney trouble and rheumatism. The
rheumatism was In my joints and
muscles and ! was in agony sometimes
with the pain. | was bloated with gas
from my stomach and I could never
enjoy "A meal | was dizzy and suffer
ed from female trouble friend told
me bout Goldine and ! thought ] would
try It, Now that | have been taking
1t for sometime / will gladly tell any
one about Goldine and what itSis doing
for me-
Remember GOLDINE is sold in Ben
nington by w l.. Gokays Drug Store.
Also In Manchester Depot by w. w
Pratt. Manchester Center by L. II.
Whipple, in Arlington by v l..
Smith, by Parker g. Son In Pownal; by
Thompson & Howard in Arlington, by
NJ. u. Hurd in Sandgate by Peltier &
son in Dorset, by 4. r Bishop IN
Bennington Woodford, Shaftsbury,
by Thorpe's Drug store, Hoosick
White Creek, and Stamford,
If your dealer does not carry GOLD
INE I'm stock, have him secure it from
the Gibson Snow Co.. of Albany, N. Y,
or the John i. Thompson Sons Co.. Of
Troy, N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
WHITE.eRoWN
Well Known Young People United in
Marriage This Morning

The wedding of Miss Mildred Brown
to Rudd Lyman White CT Old Benning-
ton took place this morning at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edmund c. Brown Rev. F. NJ.
Derwacter pastor of the North Ben
nington Baptist church, performed
the ceremony There were no attend
ants
The bride wore a travelling suit Of
brown with black hat and carried a
boquet of f-the-valley. Only
the immediate families were present
The bride is a graduate of Benning-
ton high school and Teachers train
ing class of 1917. After teaching one
year in Arlington she was employed
in the office of Charles Cooper estate
The groom is also graduate of the
Bennington high school in the class
Of 1913 and has always lived in town
except for nine months when he was
in service overseas.
After wedding breakfast at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Brown. Mr. and
Mrs. White left on a wedding trip
which viii be spent in Springfield and
Boston. Upon their return they will
begin housekeeping at 612 Main
street
They were the recipients of many
beautiful gifts and their many friends
wish them the best of happiness
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
MORE FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
Knights of Columbus Extend Offer to
Former Soldiers

A remarkable showing has been
made by the several hundred former
soldiers, sailors and marines in the
entry examinations conducted by the
various colleges and universities Sc.
lected by the Knights of Columbus in
their award of 100 free scholarships:
80, great in fact, that the committee
at meeting in the Hotel Commodore
yesterday decided to give to each man
who came through with a high per
centage a scholarship even If it went
beyond the original number of 100.
According to William J. McGinely
Supreme Secretary, who has been in
charge of the Scholarship Award Com
mittee, the Knights planned at the
outset to place fifty men who qualif-
led at universities where they could
pursue academic courses. The other
fifty were to be sent to colleges to
take up scientific, mining and agricul-
tural courses More than forty.sour
states were represented in the contest
which provides for a four-year course.
board, lodging, books and tuition.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
WILL FIRE UPON
AMERICAN FLYERS
All Flights Into Mexico Will Be Haz-
ardous, If This Report is True
Detection in Villas Ranks

El Paso, Tex, Sept. 29.-American
aviators flying into Mexico will be
fired upon by Mexican troops, accord
ing to a message received today from
Mexico City by El Nacional Mexi-
can newspaper here, which stated that
Ignacio Bonillas, Mexican embassa
dor at Washington had been instruct
ed to convey this information to the
state department.
Gen M. NJ Dieguez, commander Of
the Carranza forces in Chihuahua, has
not yet been ordered to fire on the
American flyers, pending the reply OF
the United States to Bonillass com
munication, it is said. Reports of avia-
tors flying over Mexico have brought
many complaints from the federal of
ticials.
Information was received here today
from Gen. Dieguez that six former
Villa followers had surrendered to his
troops and sought amnesty. Their
pardon was granted. it was said. The
an are said to have given the Chi
huahua commander detailed reports
of the operations of rebels in northern
Mexico and said they surrendered be-
cause they believed their cause was
failing. Two other rebel leaders are
reported to have been captured by Gen
Gonzales near Terzintlan,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
HOOVER RETURNS MONEY
ss5,ooo,ooo Of $1oo,ooo,OOO for Relief
Work in Treasury,

San Francisco, Sept 29.-Herbert
G. Hoover has retired from public
office" and is to devote his future to-
ward making the SO and Sc day sal
aries of Stanford University profes-
sors more commensurate with the SS
and SO wages of home building artis-
ans and to various relief measures in
Europe, according to a letter received
from Hoover by San Francisco
newspaper
He is to return between $S5, 900 600
and $90,000,000 in foreign obligations
to the United States treasury in par.
tial liquidation of the $1O0,00O,OOO vot
ed by Congress for relief purposes.
II hope this will be an agreeable
surprise he wrote. Most OF Con
gress thought that the money was
gone forever but voted for it any.
way"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
SHOT ITALIAN IN HEAD
Barre Police Are Looking for Verino
Victim Got Scalp Wound


Montpelier Sept 2S,-The Barre
police are looking for man named
Eerino, whose first name is not
known although he is generally call
ed Tho and who is wanted for as
sault with the intent to kill one Spent
10 of Barre, an Italian. Thus far, but
little is known about the affair except
ing that Nerino paid his board bill,
where he had been living, Saturday
telling the family that he was going
back to Italy.
He then came down street and
when near the Murlo pool room is
said to have shot at Spenilo. hit him
in the head but the aim was poor so
that all the bullet did was to burrow
hole along the scalp, The result
was that the man was taken to ply
scian and after the wound was dress
ed was able to be about the street
Nerino left his gun on the street
where the shooting occurred.
1t is understood there had been
some disagreement between the two
men Serino is man weighing about
40 pounds. He was dressed in blue
hat and light suit of clothes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
GRASS CLOTHES WORN
Lack Of Cloth in Some Parts of Rus
sia Makes Hardships.

Paris, Sept 29.-People in some of
he villages of southern Russia are
wearing dresses made Of leaves of
grass sewn together with bamboo
1bre, owing to the difficulty in OBJ
aiming cloth. says Mai. G. NJ Towse
who is in charge of the Red Cross
activities along the shores of the
Black sea.
1T is an ideal costume for the sum
mer when southern Russia has a tenn
perature like that of the Garden of
Eden" said Major Towse, but | shiv-
er when ! think Of what will happen
to those little girls when the snow
begins to fly"
The Red Cross is expected to dis
tribute a shipment of clothing in
southern Russia before autumn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
MAJOR GENERAL GRAVES
DEMANDS APOLOGY
Takes Russian Commander to Task
for Arrest and FIogeing of
American Officials

Vladivostck, Sept. 19.-(Associated
Press Major Gen. Graves, com
mander OF the American forces in
Siberia, has demanded an apology
from Gen Rozanoff, commander of the
Russians in the Priamur province, for
the arrest Of Captain Johns and Cor
poral Sterling and the fogging of the
latter by Cossacks. Investigation Of
the conduct Of a Japanese officer has
been begun. The incident which oc-
Cured Sept. 5, is considered one Of
the most serious to occur since the
allies landed in Siberia,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
Do y Spoil a Gond Meal
With a Bad Slf m ch

ach disnases cama 10 vor and ~, 'soii soid
II Will fix up that miserable, worn out
stomach for YOU money back
81 Will make it as good as new so
you viii not suffer from any distress
and can eat what you want without
fear or suffering or money back would
you turn down his offer?
And when you are offered Mi-o-na
stomach tablets, made from a prescrip-
tion better than many of the stomach
specialists know how to write. are you
going to be fair to yourself and try
Mi-o-na on the money back agreement.
Mi-o-na stomach tablets are offered
to you on this basis that If they do
not put your stomach into such good
shape that there is no dizziness. sour
stomach, billousness, sick headache
and stomach distress your money will
be returned For sale by w. l.. Gokay
and all Leading druggists.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
Be Boys BY Acting More Foo
APPROACHING. 100000 MARK
Total Net Income From Water Sys-
tenn Since Acquired by Village.


Through the gift of the late Henry
w. Putnam of San Diego, Cal, the
water system that supplies this COM
munity became the property of the
village in 1918. Since that time the
system has turned over to the Henry
w. Putnam Memorial hospital associ-
alton nearly one hundred thousand
dollars.
William p. Hogan, clerk of the
water board, in accordance with the
provisions of the deed Of gift has
made his semi-annual transfer OF
funds to the treasurer of the hos
pital association. The sum is Y,-
S29.25 which brings the total contri'
buted since January /, 1913, to $685.
74327.
The amount transferred is smaller
than the sum turned over in March
for the reason that the expenses OF
operating the system are taken out
OF the six months preceding October
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
RABBIT" MARANvILLE INJURED
Believed That Braves shortsop Has
Broken Collar Bone

New Haven Conn. Sept. 2S-"Rab-
Bit Maranville, shortstop of the Bos-
ton National league team fell whila
doing stunts before the start of an
exhibition game here this afternoon
and it is thought that his collar bone
is fractured An X-ray will be taken at
the New Haven hospital to determine
the extent of his hurts. The game was
between the Boston Nationals and one
composed of Eastern and big league
players and was won 4 to3 by the lat
.er Walter Johnson pitched for the
local management.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
RuMoR ABOUT j. BARLEYcoRN
New York Liquor Dealers Begin Stock
ina Up

Now York, Sept 29.-Acting, it is
said, on one of Broadway's famous
l"rumors," that within a week, Presi-
dent Wilson would cast wartime pro
bibiticu into the discard by proclaim-
ing disqualification completed New
York liquor dealers began today
stocking up" for brief wet" period
until next January. With huge guam
titles of bonded whiskey arriving here
from Kentucky, restaurants and
saloons began enrolling bartenders
and walters previously laid Off
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
WARTIME PROHIBITION
Cannot Be Lifted Till After Treaty
Ratification,

Washington, Sept. SO,-Although
the war department declared in a
statement that although accidents
of war and progress of demobilization
are at end" wartime prohibition can
not be lifted until after ratification Of
the peace treaty, in the opinion of At
torney General Palmer. Palmer has
held that a state Of war does not end
until the peace treaty has been rati-
fed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
PRESIDENT HAD
NIGHT OF REST
Showed Much interest in Report of
Treaty Situation AS Given
to Him

Washington, Sept. 30, President
Wilson arose early this morning and
appeared refreshed by night of rest,
Secretary Tumulty announced Al
though the Presidents condition pre-.
cludes his taking any active part in
directing the Peace Treaty fight in
the Senate, he has shown much inter
est in the report on the situation
which he received late last night. At
eleven DR.. Grayson issued the follow
ing: "The President had a good nights
rest, and is improving"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-30
MILK BELOW STANDARD
Restaurant Dealer at Burlington Is
Arrested.

Burlington, Sept. 2S.-Gus n.
Toulas, proprietor of the Star restau-
rant, and Herbert l., Pitcher, proprie-
tor of Pitchers restaurant, were ar
rested Saturday afternoon on war
rants charging them with selling
milk below the standard set by the
board of health. The cases we're con
tinued until October 10 and the men
were released on bail
1t is claimed that the milk sold did
not come up to the requirements Of
the butter fat and in the case of Tou
las that there were 100000 more bar-
terra than the maximum number al
lowed