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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
ANARCHY PREVAILS
Authorities Appear to BE Getting
Upper Hand.

Buenos Aires. Jan. 12.-Although
the iron workers strike was settled
yesterday and the general strike
which had been declared by the reg.
ional federation was called off last
night, there was only slight de-
crease IN the acts Of anarchy during
last night and today.
The federation which Is known as
an anarchist organization, issued a
statement today disclaiming any con.
nection with the lawlessness which. Il
was asserted, was due to foreign agl.
tatOrs
Throughout last night and during to
day there was shooting in various
parts OF the city. and cavalry patrols
clashed with armed groups OF men
Probably the most serious fighting
took place at day break at the peuiten
tiary. the city waterworks and at sew
eral police stations.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Y. W. C. A. APPOINTMENT
Miss Marion Geary Of Rutland Is
Field Secretary.

Rutland. Jan. 1l.--It was announced
at tho recent conference OF the Y. w
G a.. at the headquarters in New
York, that Miss Marion Geary of Rut-
land has been appointed Field Secre.
tary iof the association In Vermont.
Miss Geary attended the conference
and also the meeting of the commit
tee of the North eastern Field of
which New England is. part As a
result of the deliberations OF the con.
ference concerning Y. w. c. A. ac.
tivities in Vermont, Miss Geary will
establish headquarters in Rutland
From Rutland she will go to all sec
tions Of the state. studying local con
ditIons that the Y. w. c. A. may es
tablish centers where its work Is
most needed.
Miss Genry Is considered peculiarly
lltted for the work to which she vii
now give her time. having been fol
i've years Young Peoples Secretar!
of the Womans Missionary Union o
Vermont. and later chairman OF th'
Young Peoples Committee Of the Ma
tional Federation OF Home Missionar,
socleties. For the last two years sh
has been IN charge OF the girls worl
at the Rutland Community House Sh
Is q graduate Of Smith.
Further Y. w. c. A. activities 1
Vermont will be conference OF tn
women who participated In the Uni
nd War Work Campaign which MIR
VI. u. Chittenden Is planning to cal
This conference will be for the pu
pose OF at once taking active mea
ure to spread throughout the state III
various branches Of V. w G. 4. recol
struction work The meeting wi
probably be IN Burlington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
FIRST SESSION
PEACE CONGRESS
|sBE|NC HELD
Officially Designated as One of
Series of Conversations
SAYING GROUND WORK
III viii Also Make Start Towards De.
Gliding Whether the Sessions
Shall be Open or Secret.

Paris, Jan. 13.--The first actual ses-
sion of the peace congress is being
held today, although 1t is officially
designated as one of series of con
versations for laying the ground work
for structure which will later be
presented to formal assembly of
delegates Of all nations.
Today's meeting probably will deal
with the organization by which peace
congress will function 1t is also ex-
peeted to make n start toward de-
cision whether the sessions shall be
under full observation Of the world or
secret
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
GOOD YEARS BUSINESS
Cooperative Savings and Loan AS
ISOLATION Pays a Dividend.


The Secretary of the Bennington
Cooperative Savings and Loan as
sociatlon is mailing to the sharehold-
ers statement of the condition of
the association at the end of 1918
The shareholders are informed,
through an accompanying circular,
that the association has declared a
dividend OF 6 per cent for the year
During the IS months that have
elapsed since the association began
business 1t has built one house and
have assisted other shareholders to
pay for residence property.
The fourth series opened January
l and the shareholders are urged TO
take out additions shares in the as.
sociation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

A good many politicians in Wash.
ington assert that the next Presl-
dent of the United States must be n
soldier. yet the soldiers who are
qualified to hold that Office are
painfully few. BY 1920 We believe
that statesmen rather than soldiers
will be in demNd as Presidential
candidates. burlington News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

sso,ss5cs FOR VERMONT
From the Federal Government for
Road Construction.


Commissioner of Highways S. b.
Bates yesterday received official
notice from the federal government
that the allotment to Vermont for
1919 on federal aid to road construc-
ton Is $sO,395.0S. This sum is avail
able and, unless something unforeseen
happens, will be expended ON the
roads next year under the supervision
of the federal agent. Mr. Stillwell,
who has been in charge of the federal
aid work that has been done during
the last year. This includes the job
in Moretown for which the state re.
ceived one-half Of the amount expend-
cd from the federal government.
Four jobs have been approved by
the government: French hill for SlS..
4S6.29, which was stopped last sum-
mer by the federal order because of
war conditions; the Moretown Job
completed which cost s10,19246; the
Salisbury job, sl7,O15.O9, and Hard
wick job S15,G5644, which war con-
ditions stopped, but which will be
pushed as soon as the next season Of
road working is open.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
MRS. SHARP ACCEPTS
Honorary Presidency OF French provi-
sional Council Of Y. w. c. A.

Paris, Jan l0.--Mrs. w G. Sharp,
wife OF the American ambassador,
has accepted the honorary presidency
of the American provisional council
of the American Young Woman's
Christian association. Mrs. Francis
Bacon of New York is president, and
Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the
American secretary OF state, is vice
president.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Delicate Situation.

1t was a delicate situation this de.
liyering Of farewell message by Gov.
ernor Graham, and the scales were
about equally divided between the
happening of something disagreeable
or not 1t was with great tact that
Lieutenant. Governor Hulburd presid.
ed at the Joint assembly and too much
praise cannot be given him for his
diplomacy and skin st Adams Mes.
annnnr
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
GERMANS CONDEMN ROOSEVELT
they Refer to Dead President AS :
Bitter Enemy.

New York. Jan. 13.-German papers
make extended reference TO the death
Of Theodore Roosevelt. whom they de-
scribe as one OF Germany's most bit
ter enemies In spite OF the courtesy
and friendship shown him by German
papers says dispatch from Amster'
dam
While all describe him as one OF
the most remarkable men who ever
lived. they express the hope that his
death will make pasier q reconoilia
ton between the two peoples.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
"soNE DRY" PROHIBITION
Supreme cour. Says Liquor for Per-
sonal Use Is Included.

Washington, Jan. ts-U. S. Supreme
Court held that the Reed Bone Dry"
prohibition amendment prohibits
transportation into dry states OF intox-
icatIng liquor for beverage purposes
even when It is intended for personal
use. f.
Justice McReynolds, in an dissent.
ing opinion concurred In by Justice
Clark, declared the amendment was
not an interstate commerce regulatory
measure but was direct intermeddllng
with state affairs and beyond federal
power. ,tl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
The sseven Seas

The phrase "scven seas" Is Just a
general reference 20 the ocean. A
man said TO have Travelled the "sevcu
seas" ls one who has been much on
the waters Of the globe. .-.-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
TWO WERE DROWNED
Most Of Crew of castalia Have Been
Picked Up.

Halifax. Jan. l3-Exohanges Of
wlrelesses between the two rescuing
VESSELS Sent TO the aid OF Castalia In
distress off Nova Scotia announced
that most OF the crew have been
picked up. but that two were drowned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Card OF Thanks

| wish to thank ali my friends and
neighbors for their kindness and sym.
pathy during my sickness and in the
loss of my beloved wife and for the
beautiful floral tributes, especially the
Bennington Wax Paper Company and
employees.
Asa T. Shaw.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
PAoEREwsKl WOUNDED

Polish Leader Attacked by Assassin
In Warsaw.
Geneva. Sunday. Jan. 12.--lgnace
Paderewski, the Polish leader was on
~ slightly wounded IN the assassin's
attack at Warsaw. according 20 a telo-
gram received by local friends.
He Is said to be continuing his work
on reorganization OF Polish govern.
ment and Is planning measures
against the Bolsheyists.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont partly cloudy and warmer
tonight and Tuesday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
LUXEMBERGIs
ARRESTED BY THE
Gov 7. SOLDIERS
Loebknecht's Son Is Reported
Also Under Arrest
II A KE SPARTACAN OFFICE
Armlstice Between contendlne Fac
tlons at Berlin Has Been Broken
and Fighting Resumed.

Berlin, sunday, Jan. 12.-Rosa Lux.
emberg. associated with DR.. Karl
Liebknecht in leadership of rebelious
Spartacans in Berlin, has been arrest
ed by government soldiers, says a re.
port in the local newspaper. The ar
rest is said to have been made Satur.
day night when Liebknechts son is
also reported to have been arrested.
The capture Of the Spartacan Office
was effected by the free use Of hand
grenades. Soldiers burned in the
streets an immense quantity Of Bol.
shevik literature found there.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

London, Sunday.-The armistice be.
tween contending factions at Berlin
has been broken and fighting has been
resumed. The Spartacans are still in
possession of a part OF the Tagblatt
building, according to advices from
Copenhagen.
Reports indicate that the Sparta.
cans have lost thirteen hundred killed
since the revolution outbreak and
many more wounded. Thirteen thous
and government troops arrived in Ber-
lin Saturday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

Berlin, Saturday, Jan 1.-THE
plant OF the Vorwaerts was recaptur.
ed by government troops this morn
ing in heavy fighting. Three hundred
Spartacans are reported to have been
taken prisoner. More than 20 Spar
tacans were killed and 40 wounded in
the fighting. The government losses
are said to have been slight.
The building was attacked from ad-
joining streets and house tops. The
attacking forces used light artillery.
mine throwers and gas bombs in an
all night bombardment The Sparta
cans. who we're barricaded in the
building, replied wish heavy rife and
machine gun fire. Panic reigned
throughout the neighboring district
during the bombardment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
NOT SENDING TROOPS TO POLAND
Inquiries in Official Circles oisproves
Story.

Story.
Paris, Jan. 13.-Inquiries in official
American circles here elicits infor.
nation that the United States has not
undertaken to send troops to Poland
as intimated In Paris papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
sALesson.

r. =
TOM DAILY, the Philadelphia poet.
is as delightful in after-dinner
speaking as in the composition Of
graceful verse. ii .y
"Tom." said an admirer, what "a
the secret Of good after -dinner spea IL
ing~' y.s 80. ),
There is no secret" answered the
Nine Mile Bard. I'll tell you 4 story.
though. and maybe that'Il help soma
I know it's helped me.
TITS story. about Bjornsen. the
Norwegian novelist. Bjornsen was
the guest Of honor at a banquet in
Copenhagen, and man with a wide
reputation for wit rose to propose
his health.
1.-THE wit told funny story, and
Bjornsen laughed till the tears rolled
down his cheeks. The wit tod an.
other story and Bjornsen smiled.
Then the wit told a third story.
funnier than either of the others. but
now Bjornsen frowned and shook his
head.
IT am sixty-seven years Of age.s
he said,) and two funny stories are
enough. s.. q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
A. Story by Sa1nlel J. Lewis
G89

Certain, it's toll bridge. I heard
so today when I left y at tn hotel.
/ crossed 1t over Z Moth Denver an
I had t pay 10 cents. like>I give tn
man just now"
"Who owns it-th' man thet COL
lects?" quizzed Phineas as he looked
down the lighted pathway toward the
seedy gatherer Of toll who was seek
ing to assemble the price Of q nights.
bed and board.
9TH city, as I understand It, put up
tn thing. but leased 1t out for ten
years, tn struchoor = be kept in
shape by tn renter, him I: collect tn
tolls an pocket the profits. s good
thing. too. 1 hear tell"
How bout tn AUTOMOBILES an
rigs?" inquired Hoskins, taking in the
whole situation with hne business
sagacity. 9TH Teller don't pear T. be
takin' note o. them"
"All tibet uses tn bridge pay by tn
month. I'm told" carefully explained
Jupiter, one statement dovetailing into
! the other to make q perfect and easy
whole. "They don't want t stop each
time, so bicycle men, AUTOMOBILES
and wagons git monthly permits.
Purity soft, seems { me-" -
II opine as much" envied Phineas,
following with greedy eye the toll
gatherer as another soft-hearted pedes-
trian gave up silver offering on the
altar Of charity. II swan, It looks
like tn easiest money I've seen since
i left hum"
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~

was not the savings of q lifetime,
ieastways not his own life. but the
fortune OF niece. left her by his own
brother-a fortune that he stole ~
trustee and guardian. Chief. DO you
get met A Mecca crippled niece-s
twisted and distorted and suffering
from spinal disease from which
she'll never recover! A pretty girl.
too, for I've seen her and know. He
took that money-that old man
yonder-an orphans money! sweet
girls fortune-all she had and which
might have kept her in peace ana
comfort all her life-and he abscond--
ed. changed his name, fell in with me
and invested.
Mind me. chief? He invested! Z
learned those things and went back
to Nebraska. and here-right here's
duplicate certificate of deposit on
the Hastings National Bank-not the
Fairfeld-showing $4,000 to the
credit and subject to the check Of
Ella Birdsall, eighteen years old,
niece Of Peter T. Birdsall, this OLD
thieving uncle, who wants the law on
decent people. st.t .--
"And now" concluded Soapy, thumpA
ing the folded slip of paper upon the
chiefs desk. that's just my luck. I
never could stand for tainted money.
It's got to come with clean hands. But
I'reckon this old land pirate won't be
saying much more about calabooses
II I don't"
Donaldson turned from the flushed
perspiring face of Soapy to the
crushed, driveling heap Of humanity
huddled into the. corner picked up his
p pencil. laid it down. fumbled again
for the bell. gave it up and apologixeas
Sorry troubled you, Soapy-reals
ly. Goodbye, old man. Be good-or
at least be careful"
Copyright. 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
Didn't Recognize Him.

LARRY LEON WILSON. the hus
- morist. was talking in his palatial
Monterey home about prohibition.
% prohibition" he said, "is a good
thing. but, like lots of good things,
it comes a little bit hard at first.
II know a rich New York bachelor
who didn't believe in prohibition. He
spent his evenings at clubs and caba.
rets. and the truth Of the matter il
that for eight years he never once
went home sober. p
But prohibition came to New York,
and 1t got my rich bachelor friend ON
July 1. That night, for the first time
since 1911. he went home sober, and
his dog bit him."
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years. Said evsry automobeel. q.
ceycle an rig owner in, town paid by
IN month. I saw men coliectin'-
S1s.7oo-an' I paid. canse I'm old an
wanted easy work. Get 1t back fer
me. ofilcer-$13,700. Then lock him
mp in tn calaboose. I'll have tn law
on him. tn GRIMM soap fakerr
How about 1t. Soapy? Shall book
you" broke in the chief. feeling along
the desk rail for the bell.
mot SO fast. Mr.. Donaldson, please"
doomed Soapy, dropping into his best
18th street style. your honor, that
savings Of q lifetime and wanting
easy work need explanation. Now,
gentlemen and ladies, for see there
are two gentlemen present. leaving
Hoskins out Of 1t entirely, did sell
this hick certain Denver property, to
wit, one 14th street viaduct. in good
repair. I did collect $4,000 from him
for the said structure. supposed to be
toll bridge-and q bridge of size.
And did do It, with the intention Of
making a clean and permanent get
away. Butt found, out afterward,
chief. that this .rube wasn't such a
yokel as I thought. sit down, Bird
sail! Don't waste your spinach patch
by pulling 1t out, and throwing 1t at
me-"
Htrt. 81 ,,t...--
At the sound Of the name Phineas
collapsed back into his chair. mouth
agape and eyes wide, while Soapy
went on:
This rural bird celebrated his deal
by opening wine-he got boiling
drunk and he gabbed while I sat and
listened. He jibbered about the $13,-
zoo, and couple of hundred more
that's gone for, good. ! guess. His CAB
that highland papers in his pocket
right now unless he's thrown them
into sewer-prove that the money
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Yes, an it can be bought"

yes, an 1t can be bought"
1T can? Fom tn leaseholders?"
You're right-f'om tn. leasehold-
ers"
You're right-rom them as holds
tn franchise fom tn city. D. you
remember tibet soap man we got tn 81
f'om today? He's tn leaseholder. He
knows all tn men at tn city hall yon-
der" And Jupiter, pointed to the tail.
lowered building three blocks away.
where Denver's onicials and police had
offices. Jail and fire headquarters. ;.
What for does this soap man want
t. let go Of q good thingT'. pursued.
Phineas, nervously fumbling for
match, to light the residue Of a cigar
that had served for hours as smoke
and chew. X .ecj,. .9 ), -
'Whstdyemean.. good thing" SPAR
red Jupiter. casting about for answers
in this unexpected dialogue that
might lead to the cashing in on the
Ncbraskan's wallet. "Oh. yes; he
wants t. sell cause, he's dom well on
tibet soap game. He's got q. city Ii
cense Ter tibet, too, y know, an It's
purity good game. they. tell me. All
daylight work an big money. while
this Is a all-day-an'- might job that he
has t. trust others with part O. tn
time He'll sell for $4,000; git tn
word rom them as knows.
tibet soap man is easy" boosted
Phineas. See how we snapped him
up today on them there two-dollar
bills 'foro he cd cover 'em up. I'll
jest bet he'll take a sight less then
tibet when some one flashes tn spot
spondulicks in, his face" And the
speaker reached for an. inside pocket.
as IL he were going to. display Eek
hibit A" then and there. hut Jupiter,
fearing the sight of SO much loose
capital on a public viaduct at . OF an
evening might arouse others besides
himself. checked the searching hand
andstook safe tack. IS sssr,s,,si,
s "Siow, Mr.. Hoeleins. slews Tn thing
soohs guodj'PlI low bstsf'sn' what. r.
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zap and the Yappers.

cioths. When fully grown. or when
tney nave reached what we term the
voting age in this country. they bios.
som out IN an additional garment con.
sistins or rope made Of colored
ieaves' plus a set of earrings and 4
pair of bracelets. !. =.
me ladies of zap wear a sort Of
shirt made of shredded leaves. They
4 also must have earrings. which are
fashioned from lids of tin cans -
shells. -.
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The Phosgene Kind.

zen. LEONARD WOOD said at d
soldiers banquet:
II heard a story the other day about
a young woman with swollen jaw.
. The young woman. holding her
hand to the sore place, said to =
friend:
ayes, desrie: Doc Forsups hurt me
terrible. He wanted to give me gas,
but my husband was along. and JACK
w6ufdn't Hear of 1t. You Nsee, hs'A
wen sxAssesf hfshsrif oeerNin Franco
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RESIDENT WILSON recently
- smilingiy admitted that he had
never heard of the Island of zap

until 1t was mentioned as pos
sible important American cable station.
1t is quite probable that aside from ma
val officers who have plowed an over the
Pacific that not many Neutrality-suspicious.
had anything on the President in geo.
graphical knowledge. f.a
zap is one of the prominent islands of
the Caroline group. 1t lies in latitude 9
degrees Is minutes north and longitude
]SS degrees east. 1t is variously spelled
zap. Guap, Jap. Jap. Zap, Uaap, all be-
ing considered correct.
The Caroines were purchased from
Spain by Germany in 1899. She paid
$3.500.000 for them.
Inasmuch as zap is about the only
thing the United States will get out of
the war outside of the satisfaction Of
having licked Germany to FRAGILE,
Americans will be eager to learn some-
thing about their very latest possession.
The population Is about 5000, made up
Of savages who are said to have a strong
dislike for foreigners generally and mis-
sionaries in particular. These people
are Of the Malay type, with high brown
complications. They arc OF medium size.
Fishing is their principal outdoor sport
and support.
Their loose change consists Of stones
OF all sizes from pebbles to boulders so
heavy they cannot be moved. The NOV
able stones have holes drilled through
them 30 that q strong pole can be stuck
through and the '.coin" taken from
place to place. Sometimes Yapper be-
comes SO rich that his house will not
hold all Of his stony money. In that
event he merely stores 1t In his yard.
Theft from either front or back yards
Is unknown in Yap. That's wherein the
Yappers differ from some of their Amer
lean friends. 1t would seem that a
stone dollar in Yap doesn't go much
farther than a greenback or silver dol
lar does in Washington at present. To
purchase a ham OF" side of bacon re-
auires a stone four times the weight Of
the desired pork.
Bachelor life in zap is far from
being satisfactory. Bachelors are not
permitted to, board in private fami-
lies or live with relatives. All I'M
married zap gentlemen in each COM
munity are obliged to live together
in one house. Only one woman is per-
mitted to enter and she Is the COM
mon servant for ALL
The social caste is exceedingly
strict. Yappers are either aristocrats
or slaves; there are no middle class
es. An aristocrat is distinguished
from the common herd by the wearing
of fancy bamboo comb about a foot
high. Occasionally some ambitions
young slave seeks to make a hit with
u likely looking damsel by slipping
comb into his locks. If caught he Is
handled roughly.
zap boys are never hampered with
the troublesome wearing Of shoes,
stockings, pants or shirts. in fact,
a contented smile Is their only wear
ing, apparel until they get to be quite
big. lads. when, they are 1olled up in
31st one fsin cloth. Some time later,
they are permitted to wssr two rom