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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
LINEMAN INJURED WHILE
ON ELECTRIC LIGHT POLE
Harry Jones Suffers Bad Tear In Leg
When Shocked by Electric
Current

Harry Jones. an emplOye of the
Twin Gas and Electric company is at
the Putnam Memorial hospital with a
bad tear In his left leg near the groin
sustained when he came in contact
with the electric current while at
work on a pole at Old Bennington.
He was not severely shocked but be-
came helpless and slipped down the
pole upon one OF the step irons The
tear was caused By the step iron.
Late Monday afternoon. Charles
Walk, was making some changes on
the pole necessary for connections
with the Squier property and was be-
ing assisted by Jones. At the time
of the accident Jones was near the
cross arm while Walk was az work
nearer the ground. Jones hand came
in contact with the wire which car
ries 300 volts and he was unable to
release himself.
Walk az once climbed to his com.
panion's assistance and as he was
wearing rubber gloves he was able to
pull Jones hand from. the wire
Jones was helpless from shock and as
his hand came away from the wire he
fell His fall was short as his safe
| ty belt was about the pole but he
struck the step iron with sufficient
force TO make the tear in his leg.
Walk cut the safety belt about the
unconscious mans body and carried
him down the pole TO the last stel
iron. Here he was obliged to droI
Jones a distance OF about eight fee
to the ground. Jones must have sui
fered a severe shaking up from thl
fall in addition to the injury to hi
leg and the shock from the contac
With the electric current
Once on the ground Walk began q
work over his companion to brin
the man back to consciousness. II
went through the prescribed motion
In such cases and he did It so vigol
. ously that Jones complained more @
the mauling than he did Of his II
juries.
: The unusual spectacle of one lin,
I man carrying another down an ele'
g trio light pole attracted the attentio
of several persons in the vicinit
|. md they began to shout. The voice
n reached Harry Brcese and Edwar
= Briggs, employees OF Harry II. Wa
:. ren, who were at work on the wirin
. Of the Squier barn Briggs had ais
\ noticed that the lights were actin
4 In a strange manner and he was su
= picious that there was an accident
: some kind Once out OF the bar
u Breese and Briggs soon realize
y what had happened. They quick
II placed Jones, who had recovered co
sciousness into their car and start'
q toward the hospital Jones ask'
n that he be taken to his home on Js
d ferson street but Breese thought q
Iy best place FOR the injured man vi
1.-THE hospital.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
NEW ASSIGNMENTS
Work Of the Superior Court Judges Is
Rearranged.

nCdIFon9cu.
Montpelier, June S.-As a result Of
the recent appointment of a new jus.
tice on the Supreme court bench and
a new superior judge, Chief Judge
n. S. Stanton has announced a new
assignment OF Judges by which the
superior judges will work for this
year. The announcement also carries
the appointment OF Frank D. Thomp-
son of Barton as reporter OF decisions
to take the place of s. r. Moulton
who was elected superior judge.
The assignments OF judges fol
low
Judge Orleans, March II;
Essex, April 22; Caledonia, June 8;
Chittenden, September 9; Windsor
October Z.
Judge Butler-Rutland, March III
Bennington, June 81; Washington, Sci
tember o: Orange. December g.
Judge Fish-Washington, Marcel
II; Lamoille. June 8; Grand Isle
August l2: Rutland, September 3
Caledonia, December ..
Judge Wilson-Franklin March II
Windsor, May 6; Wndham, Septem
ber .; Lamoille. December 2 Grant
Isle. January 10, 1920.
Judge Moulton-C Chittenden, Marcl
IL; Orange, June 3; Orleans, Septem
ber 3; Essex. October 2S; Addison
December ..
Judge Chase-Wlndham, April 3
Addison, June 3; Franklin, septen
Der 81 Bennington, December z,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
MOTHER RECEIVERS CHILD
North Adams Little Girl Kidnapped
Three Years Ago.

Burlington, June kidnapped
three years ago by her father. little
Eve year old Dorothy Claremont OF
North Adams was restored to her
mother through the efforts OF Chief
of Police p. J. Russell acting in CO.
operation with the chief of the
North Adams police,
The local authorities received word
yesterday from the Massachusetts of
fclals that the girl. who was two
years old when taken into Canada,
had been left by her father at his
death with family in Burlington by
the name Of Tatro
Investigation revealed the fact that
the family lived on North avenue and
when Chief Russell visited the house
and explained the situation to them
there was no opposition to allowing
the little girl to 20 to her mother
The courts OF Massachusetts had
decroed that the mother should have
custody Of the child, when the father
was able TO kidnap the baby and
went to Canada where he remained
for some time Later making his way
back into the United States he locat
ed in Burlington where he died O
short time ago.
Since his death the baby has beer
cared for by the members OF tn,
Ta,ro family who are sad to thinl
they must part with the baby as 4
had become almost as child Z
them.
Chief Dineen Of North Adams
closed the final chapter In the cas-
when he left here this afternoon TO
home with the child and It's mother
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
BERLIN SEETHS
WITH TURMOIL
OVER TREATY
$4,000 Soldiers Modified for
Emergency
TREATY CRISIS AT HAND
Violent Outbreaks are Expected un-
less. Treaty Is slened-Uprisins
to be Put Down
TREATY CRISIS AT HAND

Berlin, June There are $4,000
soldiers in and around Berlin, which
number is considered sufficient to
cope with any violent demonstration
by the Independent Socialists should
rejection of the peace treaty be de-
cided upon
The Government does not admit
that is the purpose OF the troops
massed here, but readers OF Die Frei-
heit this morning werc informed
from various absolutely reliable quar-
ters that certain Influential parties
here in the laboring classes will per
nit themselves to be provoked to
commit acts which might furnish a
welcome chance for the final suppress
ion of the revolutionary movement.
I'VE desire TO call the attention OF
the laboring classes to these intri-
gues,v says the paper "and expect
that they will see through and frus-
trate them
Within the last few days the dis
content of large masses with the Gov
eminent has been considerably en-
hanced by the speedy execution nj
Munich of the anarchist leader, Le-
vine, whom many considered an ideal
list who should have been pardoned
also by the flight of Lieutenant Vogel
who shot Rosa Luzemburg, and Lieu
tenant Marloh, who gave the order tc
shoot a number Of sailors without
trial in the January riots. Rightly OF
wrongly, the masses believe that the
two Lieutenants escaped with the
consent of the military authorities
even If they wera not aided by them
and blame the Government for toler
ating circumstances that are char.
acterized as worthy OF the blachesl
junkerism.
However, the leaders OF the lnde
pendent Socialists, who met last
night and aiseusse1 lie situation con
cluded that neither the vogel and
Harloh incidents nor the rejection o.
the treaty should induce their adher
ents to expose themselves TO thC
brutality of the Government troops.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
R|CHFORD MAN
MADE HEAD Of
LOCAL SCHOOLS
D. w. McCIelland Elected Super
vising Principal
TO SUCCEED A. W. vARNEY
Trustees Follow Recommendation of
State Commissioner HilIesas In
Making Selection

d. W. McClelland OF Richford was
elected Supervising principal Of the
Bennington high and graded schools
at a special meeting of the trustees
held Monday evening. Mr. McClell-
and succeeds A. w. Varney, who has
been superintendent of the Benning-
ton graded school district during the
past IL years and who recently resign
ed because of contemplated changes
in the district and the condition of
his health.
Mr. McClelland comes to Benning.
ton as the head OF the village school
district now an independent supervis-
ing unit. He is 81 years old, grad
nate OF the University of Vermont and
has been at Richford since soon after
leaving the university. He first went
to Richford as principal of the high
school but at present is acting super
vising principal of the senior and
junior high schools.
The selecting of supervising prin-
cipal for the Bennington schools has
been under consideration by the
y HSeSNo ''-H'a oOult inuHtHS ana III the
election of Mr.. McClelland they have
adopted the recommendation of DR..
Hillegas, state commissioner of edu-
cation, who rates the new principal
among the most strong and progress
I'VE men in education in Vermont.
The school year at Richford will
end during the present month and
Mr.. and Mrs. McClelland and their
two children plan to come to Benning.
ton at once provided they are able to
find suitable house.
The coming of Mr., McClelland to
bennington marks the beginning Of a
radical change in the direction and
management of the village schools
which viii hereafter be under one
head. The plan of combining the high
school pripcipal and the district super.
visor IS one that has been adopted in
recent years by communities the size
Of Bennington and in many cases has
developed satisfactory results. "
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
SEE HERE !!
Do You Want Your Kidneys Expert.
mented On7


mented on7
Kidney troubles are getting more
common every day. Government
health bureau figures say deaths from
this cause are 70 per cent more than
20 years ago.
Anybody who suffers constant back
ache, who feels blue, nervous and ir-
ritable; who has dizzy spells, head
ache and urinary disorders should
suspect kidney weakness. Overwork,
ed kidneys must have rest. Take
things easier; live more carefully.
Take a good kidney remedy to build
the kidneys up again.
But be sure to get Doan's Kidney
Pills-the Oldest, the most widely
used, the best recommended OF all
kidneys pills. now in use all over the
civilized world. Don't experiment
with your kidneys. Thousands have
already tested Doan's. You have their
experience to 30 by. Plenty of cases
right here in Bennington. Here's
one:
A. II. Bishop, prop, bakery, 1OS
River St, says: 81 suffered from
hackache. especially when bent ov-
err Sharp. shooting pains often
went through the small OF my back.
When | read of Doan's Kidney Pills |
used some and they soon brought re.
lief"
Price Goo, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for q kidney remedy--get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mr. Bishop had. Foster.Milbun Co.,
Mfgrss Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
NEARLY EIGHTY
AND NEVER SAW
ELECTRIC CAR
Strange Experience of Mrs.
Sarah Waite
HAS LIVED SECLUDED LIFE
Home Is in SALISBURY and Had Nor
Visited Bennington During
2s Years
HAS LIVED SECLUDED LIFE

Eighty years old, il she lives to
the seventh day of next October, and
never saw trolley car until last Sun
day is the remarkable record in the
life of Mrs. Sarah II. Waite Of Shafts
bury, who Is visiting at the home of
her niece, Mrs. Eugene Moulton Of
Gage street.
Mrs. Waite's home is in the Maple
Hill district, only nine miles distant,
and yet she has not been in the vi.
lage of Bennington for rs years, Dur
ing that long period she has not been
further from her own door than her
mail box except on very few occas-
ions. She made one visit to the near.
est neighbor's house and went to the
cemetery when her husband, the late
Jonathan Waite, died last April and
she has had one short ride in an au
tomobile but these three incidents
constitute nearly, If not all, Of, hei
wanderings from her own fireside in
close to thirty years.
Her second automobile ride was
taken Sunday when grand nephew
Robert Mattison, brought her TO Ben
nington where she expects to visit
several relatives, IL her health con
tinues as good as II is at present
Mrs. Waite charges her hermit like
existence TO the fact that her health
was not Of the best during the frs
half 0f her married life The occas
ion of her last visit to this Yillagl
Twas the dedication of the Bennington
battle monument in 1881, She has
worked hard in making the prepare
tions for the Journey and the hurr,
and hustle caused by the big GROVE
here TO witness the ceremony was tol
much for her. She tainted away tire,
| times during the day and when sh'
reached home at night she declares
that she wonId never make the tri
| again, And she kept her word unit
last Sunday.
| In talking of her secluded life "a
day. Mrs. Waite said that there wa
no actually good reason for Il. A
she became older her health in
lproyed and she could have made frt
qnent visits here had she so desired
1 Her husband sold the products OF hi
dairy in the village and she coul
have accompanied him on his trips a
any time. but the habit OF seclusio
had hecome so fixed thar she lacke
the initiative TO break It. Today sh
: is 4 remarkably well preserved We
man. both physically and mental,
She reads the newspapers withou
glasses and does not leave her teet
on the bureau when she goes to bel
Mrs. Waite was born In Saratogi
. the daughter OF John Church an
Mary Ann Slocum. There were l
: children in the family, six boys an
six girls. and all but two lived Il
grow up and marry When she wa
girl she visited In New York cit
where she had relatives but after he
marriage she was inclined to kee
4 close TO the farm. She was Marie
February i6. 1864. to Jonathan Walt
and they lived together 55 years on tt
Maple Hill farm that he had purcha
ed six days before the marriage Ger
y mony. There were no children bl
there are two OF her sisters livin
o one at Hoosick Falls and one in Cle'
land, o. The latter is two years oil
er than Mrs. Waite.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
cHAlRmEN APPOINTED
For Various Committees OF Women's
League Of Hospital.

The chairmen for the various work
ing committees of the Women's League
OF the Henry w Putnam Memorial
Hospital have been appointed as fol-
lows:
Mrs. George f. Graves, Ways and
Means Committee.
Miss Anna d. Rogers, Bennington;
Mrs. A. j. Holden, Old Bennington,
Mrs, e. d. yelling North Bennington.
Service Committee.
Mrs. F. w. Goodall, Sewing Com.
mittee
Mrs. George NJ. Hawks, Flower Com
mittee.
Miss Florence walbridge Reading
Committee.
Mrs. p. B. Jennings, Recreation
Committee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
METHODISTS REACH
GOAL OF S1O5, 100000
Six Large Subdivisions are Yet TO
Report Their Latest Contributions

Chicago, June 10-The Methodist
Joint centenary campaign for one
hundred and five million dollars pass
ed the goal today, Director Hancher
announced. Six large subdivisions
are yet to report their latest contri-
buttons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
COUNTY CLUBS INSPECTED
Boys and Girls Organizations to be
Visited This Week

Miss Marjorie Luce. assistant state
Boys and Girls club leader will assist
Miss Barbara Hunt, home demonstrate
ion agent. this week in visiting the
clubs organized in the county. The
schedule for the meetings is as fol-
lows: t t t
Today meetings were held, 11:OO a.
M Harwood Hill; 900 p. M, Pleasant
Valley; $500 p. M. Old Bennington.
June 11-Wednesday 400, Stamford
June Thursday, 200, Shafts
bury Center 400 North Nownal.
June 1S-Friday, 11:OO a. M. South
Shaftsbury, 400 p. M. Dorset.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
TONY TASSONI SENTENCED
TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON
Convicted Of Assaultng Fellow ltal
ian With Intent to Commit
Murder.

Tony Tassoni, who has been in the
county Jail here for number of
weeks held on the charge OF attempt.
ng to kill Joseph Martino, was ar
raigned in county court at Manches.
ter Monday afternoon and sentenced
to not less than eight or more than
l2 years in the state prison at Wind
so-.
The case OF LotHe c. Rice OF Ben
nngton VS. bawton G.. Crocker Of
Chester. a suit for damagen for iniur-
les suffered in an automobile acct
dent, was settledy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
PLANNED BOMB ATTACKS
1so Towns Of West Virginia Are
Marked for Destruction.

Charleston, w. Va, June 9.--More
than 1870 towns in West Virginia
were marked by terrorists for bomb
explosions, according to map and
evidence found in possession Of Ed
win l.. McGurty, alleged /. w. w.
leader arrested in Pittsburgh last
Thursday, 1t was announced at the
governors office here today.
Governor Cornwell, who is investi-
eating ratifcations of tht nation
wide plot in West Virginia, said a
roundup of radical agitators would
be made as the result OF data secured
in the McGurty arrest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
EXTENSION OF 80 DAYS
Partnerships TO Make Tax Returns
July IS

July 70
Washington, June 10.-An addition
al extension OF thirty days to July
fifteenth was given today to partner
ships and corporations having fiscal
years ending January 81. February
2s. March 81 or April 80 for making
tax returns The extension does not
operate, however, to delay payment
OF tax installments.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10

Paris, June 9.-While peace confer
ence heads are devoting as much Of
their time as feasible to framing the
reply to German counter-proposals,
this work has not reached such a
stage as to make possible the naming
of definite date for the presentation
OF the document to the Germans
There has been considerable inter
ference with the deliberations OF the
council OF four over this question OF
primary interest.
Monday, the council was completed
to devote much of its session to the
consideration OF the situation in
Czecho-Sloyakia, where the advance
of the Hungarian Soviet troops had
brought about what is admitted a
serious situation The main question
the council now is considering in cor
nection with German treaty is the
proposed change in the league Of ma
tions covenant whereby Germany's ad
mission would be made easier.
The proposed changes are said tC
be prompted mainly by desire tc
forestall the possible formation Of
another combination OF nations, will
Russia, Germany and former Ger
manic allies taking leading roles. i
is felt in some quarters, according t
advises, that 1t would be easier Il
deal with Germany as member ol
the league than il she remained out
side.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
SALVATION ARMY FUND
Bennington Raised Sum Of $2,257.21
In Recent Drive.

Bennington Raised Sum Of $2,257.21
In Recent Drive.
The treasurer's final report show
ing the result of the Salvation Army
drive in Bennington is as follows;
Contributions reported to
May .29th $2,lS6.Ol
Additional Receipts, Young
Woman's Club 1850
Mrs. Mills-Balance Col
lections 2.45
a. S. Payne. Inc. North
Bennington Employees 52.25
Individual Contribution 5000
Total Receipts s2.25721
May 29th reinitted
TO Col. Adams
Clifford, Boston $4,000
June 9th remitted
to Boston 1858
Local Expenses 1858
$2.257,2l
Respectfully submitted.
Homer II. Webster,
Treasurer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes
day. Probably showers wednesday
extreme West portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10

furnishings OF all kinds bought and
sold
Large assortment always to choose
from.
porrERs SECOND HAND sTo..E
River So. Tel. 5O3-W,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
ATMOSP HERE Of
PESS|M|SM IS
ABOUT COUNCIL
Clemenceau Still Opposes Any
Modification
TO FORESTALL TROUBLE
Easier to Deal With Germany As
TO FOREsTALL TROUBLE
Easier to Deal With Germany AS
Member of League Than II She
Were Outside

Paris, June 1O.-The Council Of
Four met today amid an atmosphere
of pessimlsm over the larger questions
of peace-making. 1t is understood
that Premier Clemencean has not
moved from his position against any
modification OF peace terms.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
ILLINOIS FIRST
STATE To RAT|FY
SUF AMENDMENT
General Assembly Approved
Measure Today
SENATE VOTE UNANIMOUS
Wisconsin Legislature Also Ratified
Federal Suffrage Amendment
Only Dissenting Votes

Springfield, H., June 10.--lllinios
is the first state to ratify the suffrage
amendment The general assembly
approved the measure today. The
vote in the senate was unanimous; in
the House. 1872 to 3.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10

Madison, June 1O--Wisccnsin leg.
islature today ratified the federal suf-
frage amendment. The assembly vot
ed 54 to 2. Senate 23 to l.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-10
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-28
The Brace Mine Syeeber,.

1t was hearty and all deserved welcome
which Rear Admiral Strauss and his crews
of thirty-six hundred mine-sweepers re-
ceived this week upon their return from the
dangerous and important duties which thew
performed so intrepidly in the waters of
the North Sea. Utterly lacking though It is
In the pomp. pride and circumstance of
glorious war" mine-sweeping is duty which
only brave hearts would undertake and only
skilled hands could discharge
From Scotland to Norway stretched the
barrage Of mines, four-ifths of which the
Americans had laid when the U-boat menace
was at its height, and the greater part of
which 1t fell their lot to remove. I'm those
SEAS, says a writer in the New York Times
the wind seems to blow hard all the time
and fog and rain, with rare day of sun
light, are the normal weather. In twenty-six
and one-half days observed by Admiral
could be given to sweeping. The discomfort
Sweeps parted several hundred times during
the barrage campaign, and many kites and
several thousands of fathoms of wire we're
lost. Few of the vessels escaped damage from
explosions, although the greatest care was
exercised"
1t was in the teeth of such perils that
those t1irty-six hundred young Americans
did their unpretentious but intellectually use
full duty. They have honored the fleet They
have honored their country. Courage" said
Secretary Daniels, in welcoming them, ''is
traditional in the Navy, and you men have
upheld it's traditions" All America joins in
that tribute.