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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-17
HUNTING THE SPERM WHALE
One Taken Off West Coast Of Scotland
Realized Five Thousand Dollars
for Its Captors.

A graphic account of the hunting
and killing Of a sperm whale is told
by one who took part in It, Starting
from the west coast of Scotland the
whaler made for Rockall, lonely
granite pinnacle that juts out Of the
Atlantic about two hundred miles west
OF the Outer Hebrides. Why the
whales go there is a mystery, but in
early summer schools Of them may be
found in the neighborhood. The look
out soon spies n blow" that is the
fountain elected by the whale as 1t
comes to the surface to breathe. Away
goes the whaler in pursuit. After
some tense maneuvering the whaler
gets into suitable position, the skipper
takes aim, fires his harpoon gun and
a harpoon is embedded in the mon
ster'S body. The whale disappears
taking yards of hemp line with him.
Presently he rises to blow again, and
Immediately a second harpo0n is fred
at him and ne goes down with yards
of cable rafting overheard. About
fifty minutes later he floats on the
surface of the water, qui,e dead.
Immediately the sailors fall upon
him. Air is pumped into the carcass
to make it buoyant his AukeS are
trimmed Off, so that he will float in
tow, and the whaler makes for Scot
land again, with a host of screaming
birds in her rear. This particular
whale realized five thousand dollars,
It was a ful-grown sperm, about sixty
feet long.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-17
VERMONT NEEDS MORE
COUNTRY PHYSICIANS
Dean Tinkham Of Vermont Medical
College Says Small Hospital
Would Help Situation.

The providing OF the rural section
of Vermont with the proper medical
attendance and facilities is a problem
which is occupying the attention of
the leading men in the University Of
Vermont college of medicine at the
present. time While some progress has
been made in the direction of helping
matters, Dean H. c.. Tinkham stated
that the situation presented a grave
problem. Some physicians have been
sent by him to territories which were
in the worst shape, but DR.. Tinkham
is Of the opinion that some new sys-
TEN will be necessary before any
marked relief is secured.
The strain which is put on some
of the country practitioners was ev-
idenced in the case of DR.. r. S. Flagg
of Morrisyille, who delayed giving at
tention to himself until he was beyond
all aid and died within short time
of his arrival at a hospital where it
was found his case of appendicitis
had advanced to such a stage that
there were no hopes Of his surviving
the operation. tae%
All through the winter months
DR. Flagga Kept three horses in &C.
tion and himself working night and
day over the wide stretch ct terri
tory which he was called on to cover
during the influenza epidemic The
roads were sometimes impassable
and then he went for miles on snow
shoes. In the district running east
from Hyde Park, Johnson and Nor
risville, and northeast 40 miles ia
North Troy and Newport there was
only one practicing physician, and
the doctors from those towns were
called on to make trips of many
miles to see patients, whom no one
else could reach. In the spring
DR.. Flagg was in poor health, suf
ferng from a pain in his side and a
general rundown condition. The press
of work kept up and he worked until
the pain became so acute that he was
obliged to give up for few hours.
Even then he had two confine
ment cases which he felt needed his
attention and he held back from go
ing to the hospital. One Of his last
acts, when the pain had subsidized
enough to travel off six miles through
"a hilly country to call on patient
When the trip to the hospital became
an absolute necessity, he drove his
car to Burlington On the way he
was sometimes obliged to stop and
lie down beside the road, the pain was
so intense. On his arrival at the hos
pital he was in sta e of collapse and
he died shortly afterwards.
DR.. Tinkham is of the opinion
that the establishment OF small hos
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-17

pitfalls at different points through
out the State would help the situa.
tion to some extent Here maternity
cases and many others could be
treated and this would take big
strain off the doctors. Another plan
would be to use trained nurses. The
nurse could attend the patient when
the doctor wasn't there and he could
cover one section one day and an.
other the next.
The college of medicine is doing
much to help the situation, for with
in the past two years a half dozen
graduates have been induced to take
up practice in small towns. There
is no better opening for young
man as many OF the rural commun-
tiles viii start a young doctor in
BUSINESS as an inducement to get
him to go there, That was done
with two last years graduates Of
the medical college. The doctor
Immediately steps into about all the
practice he wants and at the start
has a lucrative business. IF the doc
tor is OF the right makeup he be-
comes one OF the leading citizens OF
the section at once, and there are
many things to attract him to the
rural communities The tendency
with doctors, as with everybody else,
however, during the past few years,
has been toward the cities.
The college of medicine was never
! Of more use than at present. for
next year about 80 doctors will be
graduated to help out the shortage
Another encouraging sign is the fact
that this years entering Class VIII be
the largest since the requirements for
admission we're raised to their pres
ent level, many years ago, 1t is ex
pected that about 40 freshmen will
fcome in this year. A certain percent
age OF the graduates always settle in
this S. ate.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-17

Mortified, Mass, where they have
been attending a missionary conferen-
ce for a week.
Morning worship at the Consrega-
tional church commences at II
O'Clock. The pastor, Rev w. r. Ham
lin, will speak on Sanity" Sunday
school session Immediately after
Coming, Monday Earle Williams in
when a Man Loves and BigV-
Comedy. In addition to the regular
features there will be two reel film
descriptive OF the Boy Scout organic
Iation,
Mr.. and Mrs. s. O. Tefft expect to
leave Monday for Frankfort, Indiana,
where they win visit Mrs. Teft's
Ibrcther f. j. Mattisou. During their
labsence, Miss Laura Mosher will act
as the local reporter for The Banner,
Telephone 137R,
The guarantors OF the North Ben,
luington Chautaqul, scheduled for july
30.31 and August ? met last evening
for organization. A S. Payne was
elected chairman; Myron Jones, sec
rotary and treasurer; W. c, II. Cush.
man, chairman advertising committee
c. w White chairman canvassers
committee; Rev. T. j. Burke chair
man committee on doorkeepers and
ushers; W. r. Mattison, chairman on
tent equipment. Another meeting VIII
be held Tuesday evening at the bank
room5 for further plans.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-17

Many people prosper on ideas that
come from without In a measure these
are common property. The really great
ventures that make outstanding men
are those born within man and there
fore peculiarly his property, When APP
preciated and acted upon they give him
the inside chance that others will covet
when they see him beginning to climb
So instead of sitting around moping
it's cup to YOU" to start something
Let your thinker sink deep down into
your anatomy and mine the unused
possibilities that are rusting out for
want of use. And rest assured unex-
pected possibilities will open up Just
ms soon as you start somethlng,-Ex-
change.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-17
NORTH BENNINGTON

Mrs. T. X. Wellington spent Thurs.
day in Troy.
Mrs. r. L. Houghton Of Bennington
visited friends in town Friday.
morning service. Young Peoples
meeting at $50: topic; 'eWhy People
are Unhappy and the Sure
DR.. w. A. Dawson of Burlington will
occupy the pulpit at the Baptist
church Sunday morning at 1890.
Tonight, attractive Billie Burke in
Good Gracious Annabelle." The play
will hold your interest and is sure to
please you Also a Mack Sennett com
edy.-Adv.
Miss Mildred Hathaway and Miss
Vera Madison returned Friday from
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-17
Congress Fires Useless JobhoIders

congress FIRES useless JophoIderS
The Administration spenders in
Washington got so in the habit OF
burning up the public's money during
the war that when peace came they
lcould not or would not stop their
Isquander. Names had been added to
the payrolls to fiji war jobs by the
Items Of thousands. A year and half
after the armistice those names were
still sticking to the payrolls by the
tens Of thousands. The story is set
forth in the Republican platform as
follows:
AS an example of the failure to re
trench which has characterized the
post war policy OF the Admnistra.
tion we cite the fact that, not in
GLIDING the War and Navy Depart.
lments, the executive departments and
other Adjustments at Washington
ACTUALLY record an increase subse-
quent to the armistice of 2,1S4 EN-
Iployees The net decrease in payroll
costs contained in the 1921 demands
submitted by the Administration is
only / per cent under that of 1920.
The annual expense of Federal oper-
alton can be reduced hundreds Of mil.
lions Of dollars without impairing the
'etlicientcy of the public service"
But if the Wilson Administration
axe would not chop payrolls to save
the publics money, the legislative
appropriating power could sponge out
names on those payrolls, and it did.
The Republican Congress refused to
appropriate the cold cash to pay all
those useless jobholders. When there
wasn't any money coming to them for
sitting on their useless jobs they be-
gan to drop out fast
In the last several months some
10000 Government employees have
quit because the Republican Congress,
not the Wilson Administration, got
rid CT them If those useless EN-
ployees average only $500 year,
10000 of them would total some
$15,000,00O a year Some $15,OOO0OO
a year will pay the interest at 4 IA
per cent on some three hundred and
fifty millions of dollars Of Liberty
bonds If those dropped employees
averaged $500 a year the money
thus saved would pay the interest on
some four hundred millions of dollars
of Liberty bonds. If they averaged
$4,000 a year the money thus saved
would pay the interest on nearly half
a billion of Liberty bonds.
And if Congress with it's appropri-
ating power could get rid of tens of
thousands Of useless iobholders and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-17
Missouri Weather.

The frequent rains recently have
made us appreciate what an old lady
from Arkansas said about us once af-
ter visit up here. When she made
up her mind to go home she re-
marked: well, yer see, honey, it's
this here-away: In Missouri when 1t
starts to rain it never quits, and when
it clouds up the sun never shines, and
when it does get clear you never see
q cloud again, and when it gets hot
1t never turns cool, and when It once
gets cold 1t never warns up no more"
Clinton MOI Democrat,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-17

save tens OF millions Of dollars year
Of useless salaries in spite OF the Adj
min.stration, what can't a new Ad
minis ration and Congress, after
March 4, get rid of when they are
working together in the interest of
Government efficiency and the pub,
lies pocket?--New York Sun.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-17
Puzzle for ArcheoloaIsts.

Archeologists are puzzled by the pre-
historic carving Of a lion near Vera
Cruz Efforts have been made to trace
the origin of this little known relic Of
historic America, but have thus
far proved futile. The similarity to
the African lion rather than the noun.
tain lion Of this hemisphere has added
to the mystery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-15
SORRY NOW HE
ASKED FOR JURY
Liquor Law Violator i;
Fined $500 and Sent to
Jail for Six Months

Hammond liquor law violators viii
think a long time before demanding a
jury trial ia the city court after the
rough treatment accorded Philip Kon-
zituka SATURDAY.
Ordinarily liquor cases are quieltly
disposed or, but now and then a de-
fendsnt appears who believes he has a
Glance to ESCAPE BY takinz> his. case
before jury. That was the way kon-
zituko looked a II.
konzituko runs soft drink saloon
al 1922 Roberts avenue. RobertsdaIc.
About two weeks ago the Hammond
police raided his place and arrested
him after finding about a. quart OF
moonshine behind his bar. The case
came Up for trial Saturday morning
and It was not until o'clock in the
afternoon that the jury brought ia a
verdict. They decided Philip should
pay $500 aud costs and spend siN
months in jail. They gave him the
Emit.
On the jury were ". G. Norris otto
Rage ". IL. Spellman. A. r. Abbott.
George II. Streeter William Mashino.
J J. Ruff. Claude I.asater. Charles Law
renee, Louis Heckleman, William Ma
einot and Guy w. Eaton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-15
BOLD THIEVES
hob HARBOR STORE
Valuable Fur Display Taken
From Windows Early
Yesterday

In one of the boldest robberies that
the Harbor pol ce have been confront
ed with in years, thieves early Sunday
morning succeed in getting away
with four valuable fur coats and four
ladies dresses from a show window or
Zimmerman and Kahn. $3.50 Michigan
avenue.
That the work is OF a gang OF pro-
fessional thiGVes r the opinion Of Po-
lice officials who are securing the city
and nearby towns for the cuiprits.
Access was gained by the use of a
stone thrown through the window AM
must have been done very quickly. It
Is evident that the thieves had gone
over the ground very carefully AMI
probably were fully aware of the time
that the policemen on the beat would
be around. Two jmmies were founi
by tho police which had been left 1t
the scene Of the robbery by the thieves
who evidently left this clue to make d
quick getaway.
practically the entire display was
taken" stated buyer for the ladies'
ready 10 wear departme nj 1T is =
total loss as there is no Insurance COW
ering the goods"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-15
PERFECT RED
CROSS PLANS
THIS EVENING

Hammond is four days late in get
ting its annual membership drive for
the American Red Cross started. Nari-
Gus conditions have contributed TO this
delay but those in charge hope TO
make the campaign such a whirlwind
affair that tho lateness III getting start
cd will not count
A big meeting is 10 be held this ovo-
ming at the Hammond Chamber Of
Commerce rooms iii the Citizens Bank
building to perfect the plans. The COM
mittce desires that every industry, bus
mess house. church. school. fraternal
organizations labor organizations and
the various womens clubs and societies
have representatives, present.
The Red Cross has busy times ahead
of il and needs money to carry on its
work The membership fee is only 81
and it is believed Hammond VIII come
in strong as usual At least, 10000
members arc expected from the city.
During the thirty-nine years of its
existence the Red Cross has given re
lief in 25e floods, fires, tornadoes and
other unavoidable disasters and direct
ed the expenditure of approximately
$l3.O0o.o00 in this emergency work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-15
FIRE HORSES TO
HAVE LAST RUN

over at No. ( IRE station on Caiu-
met avenue. Hammond the boys are
grooming the horses for their last run.
1t may come any day now for Chief
William NH has received word that
the new motor hose and pump truck
fas been shipped from Cincinnati and
sfould reach Hammond this week
When the new truck arrives It Will
mark the end or the use OF horse drawn
fire apparatus in Hammond. The en-
tire IRE fighting equipment Of the city
will then be motorized, the realiza-
ton Of Chief Nufs dream.
The new pumper is Of the Ahrens-
Fox make and has a capacity Of 900
salons a minute. A recent test was
made in New York IN which one Of
these OUTFITS stationed in Broadway'
furnished the power for throwing =
stream of water from the tower OF the
woolworth building T96 feet above the
ground level The pump maintained
the regular nozzle pressure.
Central station will take the new
pump truck while the one now sta
toned there which has a 500 gallon ca
facity will ge 10 the No. station.
The old truck will handle two lines Of
hose while the new one viii supply
four lines Thus "A IRE in the business
d trict to which both stations always
respond may have six streams playing
on IL within few minutes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-15
TWO ACTRESSES
SLAIN IN CHICAGO
Bodies are Found in Grant
Park on Shore of Lake
Michigan

CHICAGO, Nov. l5.-Chicago is be-
ing combed today by police and scores
Of detectives for the sIayers of two
Young actresses whose bodies were
found on the shore of Lake Michigan.
IN Grant park. only few blocks from
the city's' most famous thoroughfare.
Five men are being held by the police
as material witnesses and a vigorous
search is on for others. who may b..
able to shed light on the tragedy.
Meantime the bodies OF the two slds
girls lie at the morgue awaiting. tae
action Of the coroner. An inquest was
10 be held today
The dead girls arc Miss Marie Alma
Eamey. vaudeville performer. and
well known member of several STOCK
companies and Miss Lillian Thompson.
whose stage activities have been chiefly
confined to carnival companies.
The five men detained by the police
are James C. Meeks. Salt Lake city.
assistant electrician Of the Jac Cowle
company. now playing here in ''Smilin'
Through Robert Mccarthy. Boston.
electrician for the same company: Sill
VIC and Peter Citti. proprietors OF a
grocery store, and James Comas. a
cook said to haze been associated with
the victims.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-15
LEAGUE OF NATIONS In IT'S FIRST SESSION AT geneva
Gas Men
Leave for
Convention

Morse Dell Plain. vice president and
H. 7 Shoarch. comptroller Of the North-
ern Indiana Gas anu 1.ectric Company
arc in New York City this week at
tending the annual convention Of t%e
American Gas Association at the Hotel
Pennsylvania.
Before leaving Hammond, Mr.. Dell
Plain was interviewed by a reporter
OF THE TIMES AM in reply to i, ques
ton Is TO what were the important
subjects 10 be discussed at the con-
vention he said:
As u matter Of fact I am going to
New York more on behalf of the gas
consumers in this district than any
thing else"
The marvellous development of the
Calumet district has necossitated an
unusual outlay OF new capital for main
extensions. The prospects are that
during the coming year NC viii have
an especially active building program
in order to meet ,hc great demand for
houses This will mean that the Gas
Company will have TO again raise an
extraordinary amount of capital 70
mcet the demands. Where this capital
Is 10 come from with the present high
cost Of money Is a big question. and
The executives Of Eas companies through
cut the country are al their wits end
20 know how to meet the situation.
The raising of capital would not be
such problem were it not for the pre-
curious condition in which all gas
companies find themselves as a result
of actual losses which have been car
rlcd by them during the past few years.
Whereas, increases in rates have been
granted to most of the gas companies
throughout the country these incroas-
cd rates have been entirely Inadequate
o place the companies in such posi-
ton as to be able to borrow money in
competition with other lines of business
admittedly prosperous"
T am sure the problem can be sol
sed. but it only be solved by
securing the complete cooperation of
the public who, in the last analysis
are the ones most directly affected be-
cause only as a public service corpor.
alton is in a position to meet the de-
mands of the community for service
can that community develop along
logical lines.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-15
STOLEN HAMMOND
CAR INJURIES THREE
Family of Judge Trude in
Chicago is Hit by Ham
mond Automobile

CHICAGO, Nov. i5.--Mrs. Daniel Il.
Trude wife Of tho Municipal court
Judge, and her two daughters, Virginia.
10 years Old and Jane. II years old,
were seriously injured Saturday IN an
automobile collision at East Thirty
tifth street and Grand boulevard They
were on their way to the loop from tho
residence at 1850 Ell avenue when
the accident occurred. Judge Tru4s
FASTENED from his courtroom TO st.
Luke's hospital, where Mrs. Trude and
the daughters were taken
Mrs. Trudo suffered severe cuts ana
bruises on the face and head Yir-
ginia suffered internal injuries, concus-
sion OF the brain. and lacerations
James injuries are less serious.
EdWard Novak. driver Of the taxi
cab in which they were riding. vas
also seriously injured and was taken
To the Fort Dearborn hospital Ills
skull may be fractured
Witnesses said the car was going
about nifty miles an hour. The Gao
was hurled TO the curb ana overturned.
Pedestrians rushed to the assistance
Of the occupants. Mrs. Trude was abl,,
TO help take her UNCONSCIOUS daughters
from the wreckage
The driver Of the limousine capped
from ihe ear and lied down an alley.
His car bore tho Indiana license 53.G22.
Tho car was stolen from ". J. Dei1 OF
Hammond last Thursday.
south Park Policemen Pound and
paugherty pursued him short ais
tance and Pound was about TO fire at
the fugitive when a pedestrian stepped
in the way and made il impossible for
the policeman to fire without danger
to the civilian.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-15
TAKING Up
NEW WORLD
PROBLEMS
Forty One Nations to Have
Delegates al international
Conference
M NEWTON c. PARKE

IsFfFF GORE PoNDENT I. n. SERNfcEl
GENEVA. Nov. Is Despite non-
participation by the L. 5. the dele-
gates to the Grst meeting Of the as
ser bly, Of the league CT nations today
announced their readiness to take ~
at once the world problems Of the ia
ture. The future potency of the league
may hinge upon the outcome Of the
present meeting.
Standing before a cheap wooden dc. k
with a back ground of p7tted palms,
Foreign Minister Paul IIylnans. Of L 81
Gium raped for order shortly after Il
o'clock and the meeting was unde-
way.
The hopes c:Nm II ons of peoples OF
all nations arc up u as We beg n
cur labors here today" said N. Hy-
mans. The end Of history's greatest
conflict has left the world exhausted
and full of doubts and fears. We com
nance a new world era in which men
hope to settle sanely ard in all reason
ableness. their differences. and to end
armed quarreIs."
Most Of the delegates Of the forty
one NATIONS represented were in their
seats an hour or 3 before the meet NJ
vas called to order. They occupied
plain. wooden benches Ike those Of an
American school room.
The meeting room is a great barn
like structure with seats set aside tor
spectators and the press. All were
Glled to overlooking long before the
historic session opened Outs de the
building the picture sque uniformed
Swiss gendarmes held back the great
crowd of ghtseers who cheeren
loudly as motor cars raced up deposit
ing diplomats from the various coun-
Continued on page ave)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-15
DARING RAILWAY
MAIL ROBBERY

OMAHA, Ncb., Eov. I5-Postoffice in
spectors. department OF justice officials
and the police officials of Council
Bugs and Omaha today are seeking
clews that might enable them TO run
down bandits who robbed the Chicago.
Burlington and quincy fast mail train
between Council Bluns and Omaha
Reports of the amount Of the loot
obtained vary today. 1t is declared BY
detectives working on the case that
:. viii total $1,000. 600. Railway Of
hcials declare that the amount taken
will not exceed 100000.
Ten pouches Of registered mail were
taken. six OF them consigned to Chi
cago IT Is believed that these pouches
contained shipments Of gold. currency.
bonds and stocks. being sent by banks
in California to their correspondents in
eastern cities