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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
LIQUOR WAS STOLEN
Boys Broke Into "Cooler" Of a Bur
lington Hotel.

Burlington, July 1.-THE first at
tempt to appropriate some OF the for
hidden liquid refreshments that have
fallen into disuse, publicly at least.
under the prohibition act occurred in
Burlington on Tuesday, when two To-
cal young men appeared in the city
court charged with breaking into the
liquor storeroom at the New Sher-
wood hotel The two boys, Norman
Munson of "a 1-2 Church street and
Henry Morgan of 16 Washington
street, both under 20 years of age,
pleaded guilty to the charge, but
when Judge Ladd found that their par
ents did not know of their case he
continued the hearing until Wednes-
day. The theft consisted of between
ten and fifteen quart bottles of Old
Scotch and Irish rye whiskey belong
ing to Thomas Gaul. The boys sold
the booze from 81 to SO a quart. Some
of it was sold to guests of the Sher-
wood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
PRoUTY CASE CONTINUES
Expected That Issue VIII Go to Jury
Tomorrow.

Newport, July 10.-The crowd had
to be turned away today at the $780,
600 suit brought by Mrs. Prouty,
widow of Former Governor Prouty.
George Pilpon of Montreal, acting
civil engineer of the Grand Trunk,
testified that the bell at the crossing
was not installed according to speci-
fications of the public service commits
sion, Fred Aver and Roy Buckland
testified that the bell was ringing all
right at $50 on the morning of the
accident.
Willard r. Prouty's testimony was
given to show the ex-governors finan-
cial interest in the Prouty-Miller com
pany. He claimed that the value of
the company was about 100000, one
third OF which was the ex-governor's
interest.
Coroner Bachand of Sherbrooke,
who held the inquest said that Blay,
the chauffeur, was calm and sincere
in his statement and had full posses
sion of all his faculties during the in
quest. In cross examining Arthur
Wingrow, night foreman in Sher-
brooke munition works in Sherbrooke
who is one of the principal witnesses
for the Grand Trunk Charles A. Prou
ty so confused the witness that his
testimony was contradictory.
All testimony is expected to be in
Friday and the case TO be given the
jury on Saturday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
WILSON'S VIEWS
Prohibition Depends Upon Speed Of
Demoblization

Washington, July 10.-Because of
it's bearing on the after of wartime
prohibition President Wilson's view
that completion of rehabilitation of
the army would depend upon the
speed with which Germany executed
the military terms of the treaty and
with which the pact was ratified by
the various nations was widely dis
cussed today in congressional and
other circles
Prohibition advocates expressed the
opinion that Rehabilitation probably
would not be completed before the
country became dry by constitutional
amendment next January 16 They
said Germany had from one to four
months in which to carry out the mill
tary terms; that the president believ-
ed American troops should be main
tanned on the Rhine dring that time
and that in all probability the men
there could not be brought home and
mustered out much before the first of
the year
Those fayoring the repeal of war
time prohibition in so far as it af-
fects light wines and beer had not
given up hope, however, as they be-
lieve rehabilitation might be de-
clared completed when the army had
been reduced to the $4,000 men au-
thorized in the new army appropria-
tion bill Plans of the war depart
ment now are to bring the army with
in this figure in September.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
WORK ON PERMANENT
HIGHWAY TO BEGIN SOON
Officials Planning for Construction ot
Street to Enterance Of Putnam
Memorial Hospital

The village officials are endeavoring
to put under way the construction OF
the permanent highway leading to the
entrance of the Putnam Memorial hos
pital for which the last village meeting
voted an appropriation of $4,000. The
officials are anxious that the work
should begin at the earliest possible
day but are also desirous that no mis-
take be made in the program. What is
wanted is the best possible construct
ion that can be had for the money.
Some time ago the officials through
Village Clerk W. p. Hogan commune
ated with the state highway commiss-
ion for the purpose of securing the
advice of a state engineer but have as
yet been unable to make any real pro-
press in this direction. The street
committee realize that the work should
begin at an early date.
The officials bave decided that the
best method of procedure will be to
begin the construction of the high
way at the entrance of the hospital and
proceed over Weeks street and Wash
ington street as far as the money will
go. Some definite action will be taken
in the immediate future as the officials
realize that the work should be COM
pleted and given the benefit of some
traffic before freezing weather.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
SAYS GRAVEL ROADS
ARE INSUFFICIENT
Prof. Blanchard at Good Roads Meet
ing-only 35 Responded to
invitations.

About 35 of the 1000 Vermont per-
sons who were invited to attend a
meeting in the Playhouse in Montpel-
ier on good roads were present Thurs
day afternoon at the meeting, over
which f. H. Babbitt presided and
Judge Edward Griffith of Manchester
was secretary. These officers were
made permanent after a canvass has
been made as to whether further or
ganiaztion shall be made To this
end the chairman was authorized 10
appoint a man from each county to be
one of committee of IA to make
canvass to ascertain if there are 200
persons in the state who will agree to
pay $50 year for three years as
nucleus of an organization to be
known as the Vermont Good Roads as
sociation, whose objects shall be to
promote interest in good roads and as
sist in advancing legislation
There seemed TO be quite little in
terest in the matter in spite of the
statement of NJ. l.. Powell of Burling-
ton that unless there was more inter-
est than was shown in the response
to the 1000 invitations there will be
nothing doing Mr.. Babbitt will ap-
point his committee within a few
days, probably this week.
During the early part of the after
noon good roads views we're thrown
on a screen in the Playhouse. after
which Prof. A. H. Blanchard of Co
lumbia university spoke to the as
sembly He is president of the
American Road Builders association
and of the National Highway. Traffic
association. His statements were
along the line that truck traffic will
increase rapidly in the coming years
that last year there were SOC, 900
truck in operation in the country and
this year the factories expected to
put out 100000 for retail trade. He
said that already fleets of trucks are
being operated in some sections and
that Vermont will soon be visited
by them. He stated that gravel roads
viii not hold up truck traffic. He
could not state the expense of con
struction of roads that would outlive
the bond issue but said such could
be constructed, citing stone block
paying on 12-inch concrete founda-
tion that is to be constructed outside
New York He said the labor problem
on roads is fast becoming a serious
one. He said oiling in general did not
help roads; it all depended on the
kind of oil Calcium chloride does not
| impair roads and is good dust layer.
w. a. Hart, who has been handling
the patrol committee work for the
American City bureau, gave the plan
he would carry out could he remain.
He urged q Vermont man and a
nucleus of 200 to 500 men with a
large membership to care for general
expenses.
Upon motion of Mr. Buxton of Mid
dletown Springs, it was voted to au
thoriZe the chairman to appoint a
committee, one for each county, tc
canvass the state and report success
to another meeting if there was inter
est enough. Upon motion of H. B
Alney of Island Pond the chairman
and secretary were made permanent
until such meeting. George f. Chat
fee of Rutland wanted to make the
new organization part of the Yer
mont Automobile club instead of dup
lication of effort but no action occur
lred.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
PRESIDENT UPHOLDS
DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW
Vetoes Agricultural Bill-Says Day
light Saving Has Been of Great
Benefit.

Washington, July 12.-President
Wilson has vetoed the agricultural
bill because of its provision repeating
the daylight saving law He has also
vetoed the sundry civil bill because it
limits the beneficial work of restor-
ing crippled soldiers to useful and
contented lives.
To repeal the daylight saving law,
the president says, would be of very
great inconvenience to the country.
1t would involve serious economic
loss" he said. He declared that the
law had resulted from careful study
and from observation Of happy and
beneficial consequences of similar
legislation in other countries"
THE law, he said had resulted in
great economies of fuel and human
energy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
PRESIDENT GRATIFlED
Glad That Germany Has Ratified
Treaty So Quickly.

Washington, July 1O.-President
conferring with newspapermen, indi-
Gated that he is gratifled that the Ger
man National Assembly has ratified
the treaty so promptly He also indi-
Gated that he felt that trade relations
with Germany should be resumed as
soon as possible for without trade
Germany could not meet the repara.
ton demands.
He made it clear that he believed
troops should be maintained in Ger
many until the Germans had complied
with the military terms. 1t was
pointed out that there were several
million veterans in Germany and
munitions, sufficient for them to oper
ate He made clear that American
rehabilitation would depend upon
the speed with which the military
conditions of the treaty are met.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
CONSIDER ACTION
AGAINST Bella KUN
Supreme Council Hears Representa-
tion of Czecho-Slovakai and
Juqoslavia.

Paris, July 11.-Marshal Foch and
of Czecho-Sloyakia
and Jugoslavia were before the su
preme council of the peace conference
today for a discussion of the move
ment of the partisans of Bella Kun,
Hungarian communist foreign minis
ter, against Czecho-Slovakia and Aus
tria, and the advisability of combined
military action against them.
The different representatives were
asked to confer with their govern
ments to find out to what extent they
are ready to participate in military
operations against Bella Kun's forces.
No decision will be reached until
their reports are received.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
HIGHWAYMAN RETURNS
$50 TO SOMERVILLE
Bennington Cigar Dealer Who Was
Held Up Sunday Night Receivers
More oust Money.

Chief of Police Richard Hurley
went to Williamstown this morning
He was accompanied by Frank Somer-
vile, the Bennington Cigar dealer
who was held up last Sunday night
and relieved of big roll of bills. The
officer and the merchant interviewed
Alexander GilrouX, who admitted that
he was one of the two young men
who held up Somerville, and they re-
covered another 800 of the money.
The first $50 was given up by Joseph
Cornellier jr, on Friday
Giloux did not talk so freely about
the holdup as Cornellier but he ad-
mitted that he had hand in the hold
up. Gilroux was given hearing be-
fore the district court at Williams
town and was put under bonds of
$1,000 for appearance before the SUI
perior court in Pittsfield next Janu-
ary The young man is charged with
two minor burglaries at Williams
town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
The World Never Confers Many Favors on a Crouch
POULTRY CLUB MEETING
Good Attendance Thursday In spite
of Rain

of Rain
The opening meeting of the Poetry
Discussion Glass was held at the home
of Mrs. Clarence Gilchrist in Airing
ton on Thursday afternoon, July 10
In spite of the unprcpitious weather,
a large and enthusiastic number were
present.
Mr.. Bates of the Burr and Burton
Seminary gave delightful talk on
William H. Davies, the Welsh poet,
drawing forth discussion and illus
trating his points by readings from
collection of the poets works.
Miss Jesse b. Rittenhouse, herself
a poet, and secretary of the Poetry
society of America, was present and
led the discussion. Miss Rittenhouse
suggested that this meeting be the
community nucleus out of which to
evolve a Vermont branch of the Poetry
society of America.
The next meeting will fall on
Thursday, the 18th of July at three
O'Clock at Mrs. Gilchrist's home. Mr..
Bates will talk upon poetic origins.
John Mansfield will be discussed by
Mr.. Bates, and selections from his
poems will be read by Mrs. Gilchrist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
"a DAY IN INDIA.
Missionary Sketch to be Given at
Baptist Church

Services in the Baptist church will
be as usual tomorrow The Church
school extends to all a welcome to
meet with it at 9:45 o'clock. The
red and green sides are still tied in
their race to Ocean Park Summer AS
sembly.
The morning service is at IL O'Clock
Rev. j. r. Robinson of Old Benning-
ton will preach.
The evening service at 1880 o'clock
will be in charge of the young people
of the church who will present a mis-
sionary sketch entitled "a Day in
India" The cast OF characters is as
follows:-
Bible Women-Leona Baker, Clara
Stone, Jessie Harris
School Girls-Anna Chase. Agusta
Westfall, Alice Buss.
House Boy-Barabara Robinson.
Punkah Boy-Isabel Remington.
Brahman-Lena Miller.
Hindu Woman Florence Moore.
Hindu Mother-Mrs Edison.
Tourist-Miss Delina jacobson.
Brahman Lady-Thelma Jolivette
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
GARDNER HULL
WILL DIE FROM
TERRIBLE BLOWS
New York Stationery Dealer
Beaten At His Desk
HIS CASHBOX is RIFLED
Bloodstained Hammer Is Found in the
Office-Blows Must Have Been
Struck Swiftly

New York, July 12.-Gardiner c.
Hull, senior partner in the stationery
firm of Hull & Deppisch, was beaten
into insensibility shortly before $50
Yesterday afternoon as he sat at a
desk in his Office on the fourth floor
of 108 Fulton Street. He is dying at
Volunteer Hospital.
No other person was in the office
when Mr.. Hull was discovered. Ten
minutes before Thomas Timonylo, the
porter who found him, had seen Mr..
Hull seated on high stool at a book
keepers desk, poring over a ledger.
The stationer's spectacles were in the
open ledger when he was found with
his head crushed in. They lay as IL
he had put them down to talk with
someone who had stepped in.
Behind the ledger was tin cash
box. The checks in that cashbox or
dinarily are arranged in neat little
piles. When the porter entered for
the second time and found Mr.. Hull
stretched out ON the floor the con-
tents of the box looked as though
SOUlt Uue lldu ilnCQ IL tiuSIily AZ
search of money.
Apparently no attempt was made to
search Mr. Hull's pockets. Neither
his watch nor his money was taken.
His scarfpin also remained in place
The building is a large office struct-
ure on the south side of Fulton street
between Nassau and William streets.
1t is just across the once famous
dead line" which Inspector Byrnes
established.
The police used every endeavor to
conceal the details of the crime and
refused to say whether a robbery had
been committed. They instructed EN-
ployes of the building and of the firm
to say nothing to newspaper reporters
concerning what had happened They
specially instructed the porters, super
intendent and night watchman at the
Office building to permit no reporters
to enter.
Dr. Edward Nachumson, who came
with an ambulance from Volunteer
Hospital, found on his arrival that Mr..
Hull had regained consciousness, but
was unable to speak. His right side
was paralyzed. The surgeon thought
at first that Mr.. Hull had suffered a
stroke of apoplexy.
Then he saw the wounds, which
were so deep that the skull was open
ed, and were about the length of an
axe blade. There was one on the top
and left side of the head, which were
responsible for the paralysis, and
three more at the base of the skull
about an inch apart. DR.. Nachumson
was certain the blows had been
struck as swiftly as Mr.. Hulps as
saliant could use his weapon. There
was not chance he said, for Mr..
Hull's recovery. A blood-stained
hammer was found in the office and
taken to headquarters.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
PENNSYLVANIA KISS WORTH $500
Merchant Who Stole One from En-
ployee Must Pay.

Washington, Pa, July 10.-The
price of a kiss was fixed at $500 by
Judge J. A. McIlvain when he SEN
fenced Israel Schalet, merchant of
Bonteyville, convicted last week of
simple assault upon Helen Check, a
young girl who worked in his store.
Schalet, the testimony showed,
made advances to the girl by kissing
her. She resented his familiarity and
subsequently a prosecution was
brought against Schalet and the jury
found him guilty.
Schalet must pay the fine of $500
and the costs or spend three months
in Jail. Counsel for SchaleL asked
for parole.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
TENNIS MARS BLOOMING YOUTH
Claimed by Close Observers of the
Game

Tennis tournaments rob a pretty
girl of her good looks in the opinion
of close observers of the game in Lon
don.
q have known, pretty girls who
after a season or two of tournaments
have become so completely changed in
appearance and manners that old
friends have failed to recognize
them" said we'll known player.
"Their faces become hard and lined
their youthful bloom entirely dis
appears, and they lose much OF their
feminine charm. have told my own
daughter that she can play in no more
than two tournaments a seasGz. That
means she cannot hope to become
first-class, but l would prefer her to
remain an attractive woman"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
ALL TITLES SUPPRESSED
No Decorations in Poland Except
Military Orders

Warsaw, July 12.-The Polish Diet
voted that all titles should be suppress
sed. In the future there will be no
decorations except military orders
no titles except university degrees.
None may wear a foreign decoration
without the special permission of the
Diet.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
GEORGE WARNER
ELECTROCUTED
EARLY TODAY
Pays Penalty of His Crime of
Five Years Ago
KILLED WIFE'S PARENTS
First Time Electricity Has Been
Used in Capital Punishment in
Vermont
KILLED wIFE'S PARENTS

Windsor, July 12.-George e. War
ner was electrocuted early today for
the murder of his wife's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Virgins at Andover,
Eve years ago. 1t was the first time
electricity was used in capital punish
ment in the state. Previously hang
ing had been the form of capital pun
ishment Warner maintained his in
nocence.
There had been little difficulty in
proving that Warned killed both Mr..
and Mrs. Virgins. but his counsel
defended him ON the ground of his in
sanity. He was taken to the state
hospital for insane at Waterbury for
observation, and was pronounced to
be sane.
Recently his counsel sought a new
trail for him, claiming to have discov-
cred new evidence bearing on the
claim of insanity; but the new trail
was denied. III
Windsor, July 12.-After one shock
of 1000 volts, lasting one minute and
u seconds, George E. Warner paid
the supreme penalty at the Vermont
state prison at three minutes and IL
seconds after o'clock this morning,
for the murder of his wife's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Virgins of ST.
monsyille in 1914.
For several hours preceding the
execution, Warner slept peacefully,
apparently unmindful of his impend-
ing death.
The following persons witnessed
the execution:-R. II. Walker, super.
intendent of the institution Rev. J.
w Rafter, chaplain of the prison; DR..
F. H. McKewen, prison physician; J.
w. McDermott, warden; ]. w. Kim
ball, deputy warden: F. w. Bressor,
steward of prison; Rev. p. c. Manner
OF Jersey City, former prison chap
lain; NJ. H. Loukes of Rutland; DR..
F, E. Quigley and Harry A. Mattison
OF Rutland; Joel c. Hibbard of Wind
sor ]. w Gushing of ST. Adams, DR..
B. II. Stone of the state laboratory of
hygiene, and an electrician.
Warner has been in the death house
for a month. This building is at
tached to the south end of the east
wing of the institution.
The body of Warner will be taken
to local undertaking parlors and will
be removed Monday to Simonsville
where the burial will take place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
BRITISH GOODS FOR GERMANY
Great Britain VIII Send consuls
There Soon

London, July 12.--Great Britain is
preparing to resume consular service
in Germany soon and give every facili-
ty for British firms to distribute goods
there. says the Daily Mail. 1t is ex-
pected Germany VIII see a Charge d.
Affairs here. but that no German Am
bassador will be named for some time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
HOG PRICES SOARING
Have Now Reached $23 Per
Hundred

Chicago, July 12.-Hog prices reach
ed new top price of twenty-three dol
lars per hundred. 1t is explained that
packing house products are making
their way into the interior of Europe,
rendering necessary the replenishing
of stocks by other countries.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Textile men; Second
hands for putting up dept. folding,
packing, etc, cotton piece goods;
man to set up mlues sewing machine
nXer; Crane knitting machine fXer
$50; underwear bleacher, finished per-
cher: mule fixer zoe hour roll coverers;
overseer wooden carding; second hand
woolen carding aud many others.
Charles z. Raymond Agency, 294 WASH
ington St, Boston. 4St3
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
BROKE SPINAL COLUMN
William Dupree Killed by Fall off
Load of Hay in Burlington.

Burlington, July 11.-Falling from a
load of hay as it was about TO go into
the barn at the farm run by the Mary
Fletcher hospital Wednesday after
noon, William Dupree, aged As, OF
North avenue, was instantly killed,
death being due to a fractured spinal
column at the neck. The deceased
leaves only wife, An.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
R-34 WITHIN
FEW MILES Of
IRISH COAST
Is Sailing Steadily Forward on
HOmeward Trip
ONE ENGINE is CRIPPLED
Message from Major Scott States That
There Is Plenty of Gasolene
Aboard

London, July 12.--The R-34 was ar
proximately three hundred sixty miles
west of Ireland at eleven, Greenwich
mean time today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
Always n Time
BAND CONCERT SUNDAY
Program for Entertainment at Yer
mont Soldiers Home.

mont Soldiers Home.
The following program will be rem
dered at Soldiers Home at 3 o'clock;
The Star Spangled Banner
March-Land of Moa Lithgow
Habanera-- Mexican Kisses Roberts
Waltz Times Lake
Selection The Voice of Mcconnell
Cohan
overture-La Croix de Jerusalem
Bledger
Medley-Remick's Hits No. 10 b
Lampe
March--Sons of Uncle Sam Mccoy
America
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
BASEBALL RESULTS
Scores of Yesterdays Games and
Standing of Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York 2, st. Louis 0.
Cincinnati 4. Boston first game).
Cincinnati 6, Boston 2 (second
game.)
Pittsburg 5, Brooklyn 2.
Chicago 6, Philadelphia 8.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
TELEPHONES TIED UP
goo Operators Strike in Cleveland for
Recognition

Cleveland, July Telephone SER
vice was tied up when approximately
nine hundred union operators struck
to enforce demands fer union recogni-
ton
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
WEATHER

Showers tonight; probably thunder
showers, tonight and Sunday. Some'
what warmer tonight.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
Standing of the Clubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detroit 3, Washington 1.
Cleveland 5, New York 1.
Chicago Z, Philadelphia 1.
Boston-St. Louis, rain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-12
BULGARIAN DELEGATION
win be at Peace Conference Julx 2!

VIII be az Peace Conference July Is
Paris. July 1.-THE Delegation of
the Bulgarian government which has
been invited to name plenipotentiaries
to come to the peace conference, will
arrive July 25 newspapers announce.