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.EX-GOv. MEAD
PASSED AWAY
THIS MORNING
Died at Home in Rutland After
Brief Illness
LEFT COLLEGE TO ENLIST
Gave Up Profession to Develop Howe
scale Works, Hutlard's Largest
Single Industry
LEFT COLLEGE TO ENLIST

/ Rutland, Jan. 12.-Ex-Goy. John A.
Mead, aged rs, whose public and pri-
yate activ ties cover a Der cd or many
years had long made him one OF the
most prominent men of the state, died
at 1925 o'clock this morning at his
home. 36 Washington street, follow
ing short illness CT pleuro.pneu-
I monia and stomach trouble.
! At the time of his death ex-Gov.
Mead was president Of the Baxter Ma
tional bank; president of the Rutland
Manufacturing company; president
and chairman Of the board of direc-
tors of the Howe Scale company of
Vermont and the Howe Scale comnan-
les of New York and Illinois and a
director In the Trap Rock corpora
ton of New York.
john Abner Mead was born In Fair
Haven April 20, 1S41, and was the
only child of Roswell Rowley Mead
and Lydia Ann (Gorham) Mead. His
father was a successful merchant in
/ West Rutland till his death in 1875.
He was educated at the common
school at Malone, N. Y, and at Mid
dlebury college. where he was gradu-
ated in 1854. In 1868 he received his
diploma from the College of Physici.
ans and Surgeons in New York city, In
reality the medical department of
Columbia university He was appoint
ed house physician in the Kinks coun-
ty hospital at Fiatbush, l.. l.. posi-
tion he held for several years. He
then renewed to Rutland where he
pract.ced medicine until 1888.
During the time when by hard work
and rigid economy he was able to com
plete his studies at college. occurred
the struggle for the preservation Of
the Union. He and several OF his
classmates enlisted In Company X
18th Vermont Volunteers. serving for
period of nine months Upon heing
mustered out he returned TO Middle.
bury, graduating with his class. He
was one of the trustees of Middle
bury college. Norwich university and
the University of Vermont and these
three institutions conferred the de-
gree of LID upon him In 1911. In
1855 he relinquished the practice of
medicine to devote his entire atten-
tloh 10 MS increasing business inter-
ests.
In 1888 he reorganized the Howe
scale company of which he became
president, and the phenomenal growth
of that enterprise is largely due to his
energetic and wise management.
In 1872 ex-Gov. Mead married Mary
NJ, daughter of Honorable N. and Mrs.
May b, Sherman of Greenwich. K. /.
he IS survived by his wife. one
daughter Mary Sherman Hinsman. the
Wlfe OF Carl B Hinsnian, vice presi..
dent OF the Howe Scale company and
enc grandson, who bears the name 81
John Abner Mead Hinsman. ~ ans
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
DOES WELL WITH ONE ARM
Englshman Apparently LittIe ineon-
venienced by the Loss Of His
Right wing"

Apropos our recent photograph on
feats performed by arnless men. a con
trlbutor who lost his right arm when
he was a youth. sends an Interesting
account OF the ingenious manner In
which he carries on In spite of his
handicap.
81 get M at seven O'clock" he says,
wash. siiave, scrub my tinger-nails by
holding a small nail-brush between my
teeth. and dress myself without any
help. To ill a pipe and strike a
match is an easy matter, while years
ago | learned to write with my left
hand.
II often play whist. and can place
my cards together as quickly as any
one. But find my chief delight and
enjoyment In playing the piano or Or
gan. love both. do not play with
my left hand only. but play the lower
notes with a stick in my mouth.
81 can open boiled egg and eat 1t
as quickly as anyone with their two
hands. while in regard to wrapping up
a parcel and securing the same with
string, / challenge any grocer to do
the Job more neatly.
"Peellng an apple is quite simple. !
can open a penknife In an instant.
mo one need despair who has lost
one OF their arms. 1t is awkard at
first but after few weeks it is sur.
prising what one can do for them
selves. So to all who have lost an
arm / say: 'Cheerio It might have
been worse l"-London Tit-Bits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
BERGER AGAIN DENIED
HOUSE SEAT 22S TO 6
Wisconsin Voters Who Supported
Berger Declared to Be Traitors
TO the Government.

Washington, Jan. 12-viotor Ber
ger. Milwaukee Socialist, reelected
from the Fifth Wisconsin Congress
ional Dist let, after he had been re
fused membership in the House "be
cause he gave aid and comfort to the
enemy was denied his seat again
Saturday by q vote OF s2s to s.
The House acted in little more
than an hour after Berger presented
himself to be sworn in ~,
Chairman Dallinger of the Elections
Committee. which held Berger inelig
ibe the first time, presented reso.
luton barring him and eyiew the
reasons why he was excluded at the
speciai session. Representatives
Mann, Republican, Illinois, Vo ct, Re
publican, Wisconsin and Sherwood,
Democrat, Ohio, supported Berger's
right to seat.
Chairman Dallinger said Berger
was excluded the first time, mot be.
cause OF his so-called radical views,
not because he is Socialist, but be.
cause he is inelig BILE to membership
under provisions of the Constitu-
tion."
This viii disqualify him perm
ent'y," he declared.
Chairman Dallinger asked mani
nous consent to permit Berger to
speak for 10 minutes, but score of
members objected.
Representative Voight, who was
the only member to vote to seat Ber-
ger the first time, said:
Il am more firmly convinced than
ever thGt Berger is entitled to seat.
If he is a I aitor then there ars 25,-
600 traitors in the 9th Wisconsin Dis
trict"
There are" score of members
shouted.
Those voting to seat Berger were:
Mann. Herreld, Republican,, Oklaho-
me; Voigt, Republican. Visions n :;
Griffin, Democrat, New Yo *; Sher-
wood, Democrat Ohio, and Sisson,
Democrat Mississippi Pepresenta,
tive SABBATH, Democrat, Illinois, vot.
ed present
Berger declared after the vote that
the House action was one of the
worse attacks on the representative
form of government ever witnessed
in this country.
Request for a hearing on Henry II.
Bodenstad's right to the seat den ed
Berger has been made. Bodenstad, a
Republican, was defeated by Berge
by 1906 votes.
Chairman Dalinger said that Ber-
ger had been convicted under the
ESPIONAGE act before the second cleo
ton took place. This, he added.
would strengthen Bodenstad's case.
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OVER THE MOUNTAIN BY AUTO
Ride to Brattleboro in January Is
Rare Privilege

On January tenth and eleventh a
party consisting of F. E. Howe, T H
Southa'l, William Eddington and E
w Williams made the trip to Brat.
tleboro and return through Woodford
Searsburg and Wilmington in an Es-
sex car owned by the Bennington Gar.
age The Essex having a Windshield
TO protect the passengers on the rear
seat, the trip was made with the top
down. giving everyone In the car an
unobstructed view CT the wonderful
scenery, which in the sunshine OF
Saturday afternoon was In condi.
tion OF rarest beauty.
The trees still holding the pure
while snow of the last storm, were a
constantly changing panorama of won.
derful white patterns traced with
edges of evergreen and sentineled by
the lines of the gray and brown trunks
The clear atmosphere and the absence
of foliage permitted wonderful views
OF the landscape showing up many
cross roads, wood roads, mountain
meadows cabins and farms that can
net be seen in the summer
The sunlight covering all with the
oblique rays OF winter produced mar
yelous shadow patterns on the snow
and everything combined ct make the
trip privilege worth much hardship
TO have enjoyed, while the sturdy lit
tie Essex carried on through the
mountain SHOWS sometimes drif.ed to
a depth of three feet with all the trust.
wothiness to be expected from such
a real thoroughbred
Not once did the car fail to get
through the many tough spots In the
afternoons trip without hesitation or
the passengers ever having 10 alight
from the car.
Returning. the party was divided.
Messrs Howe and Wi i'liams returned in
four passenger Hudson Super SIX
and Southall and Eddington drove the
Essex back to Bennington.
The mountain road since the final
freezing up and the first snow was
been open to motor travel all through
this winter and until the last two
5torms has not been particularly haz-
ardrous. The Essex and Hudson cars
OF The Bennington garage have made
numerous trips in both November and
December. This is truly remarkable
as such a condition is not by any
means usual.
The trip is not now one to be under
taken by any but powerful cars OF med
ium or light weight as the last snow
has made an accumulation that would
not furnish traction resistance for a
heavy car or truck and takes too much
power for any but the most powerful
to make the trip Getting over now
without stopping to dig through a
drift or out CT ditch takes a combina-
tion of extra strong car, some extreme
care in driving and generous allow
ance OF good luck
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12

STARK HOSE ELECTS
Company Chooses Officers for the
Coming Year

AT the annual meeting of the Stark
hose company No. l, Bennington Fire
Department, the following officers
We're elected for the ensuing year:
President. James Comar; vice presi-
dent, Raymond Barber; secretary and
treasurer, Roy G .Deniey; foreman,
J. Burton Powers; first assistant fore
man, Ansel Buss: second assistant,
foreman, Harry G. Remington; stew,
ard Ralph Remington; trustees, Roy
2. Perry. Ralph Remington, Raymond
Barber.
The foreman asked for the follow.
ing to act as drivers for the fire
truck: MacLean Stakeholder; Ansel
Buss, Burton Powers, Ernest Cuds-
worth. Henry Stickles, William E.
Hurley, Alden Graves. Benjamin A
Waldron, August Kelscn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
AF FR|QUE SANK
\, THIS MORNING
:. ..,,,... So. .G..:::;;;; .Gs:.::;; =; B|sCAY BAY
-ontpelier. "
French Steamer Sprang a Leak
on Saturday Morning
SOME SURVIVORS SAVED
TWO Boats Picked Up and Loaded
Rats Were Seen After Steamer
Went Down

Paris, Jan. IL. The French steam
er Afr que. bound from Bordeau to
Dakar, sank in the Bay OF Biicay
bout 3 O'Clock this morning after a
st enuous struggle to keep vessel
afioat. The steamer sprang a leak
on Saturday.
The steamer Ceylon Is standing by
and has picked up two boats with sur
vivors. Some RATS W til surv yors
were also seen afoat after the ship
went down.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
pope Donates to S. p. c. A.

Pope Benedict has given donation
nf 1905 francs to the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals,
which has been doing magnificent
work in Italy for years past under
English direction. and mainly support
ed by English and American subscrip-
Mons, although recently receiving also
eunsiderGble Italian support.--Catho.
lie Columbian.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
ENDED HIS OWN LIFE
Ellis Williams Of Fair Haven Was Des
pondent Over Wife's Death

Fair Haven Jan TO- Ellis Wi
liams, who was engaged in the meat
business at this pace, took his life al
his home on River street early yester
day morning by cutting his throat
from ear to ear with a razor.
Mr.. Williams wife died about a
month ago and since that time he has
been respondent.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
Bennington.
snrinnflaId.

Referee-Lonergan: Timer. Hol is
ter; scorer, Fradenburgh. Time one
20 min. period and two ten min. per-
iods
The Y. M. C. A. team will play the
North Adams Y. NJ. c. A. team on the
local court next Saturday evening.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
COAL MINERS AGREE
win Accept Any Decision by PresL
dent Wilson's Commission

Wash ngton, Jan. 12.-The bitum.
nous coal miners will accept unre.
servedly any decision made by Presi.
dent Wilson's coal comm ssion on the
settlement of the recent strike, Act.
ing President John l.. Lewis of tho
United Mine Workers declared today
at the opening of the hearing before,
the commission.
The miners representatives, he ad.
ded, would aid the commiss. .oners in
their inquiry.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
E z WAIST CO INCREASES WAGES
Also Awards Employees Weeks vaca.
ntion With Paw =

The E 2 Waist Manufacturing com
pany on Saturday announced an in
crease in wages amounting to about
ten per cent. The company also an
nounced that in July the employees
would be given weeks vacation
with pay.
1t is the company's plan 10 close
the underwear mill F.iday night pre.
cedns July and to reopen Tue1day
morning, July IL. The amount OF
compensation for the weeks vacation
vii be based on the average wages
OF each individual employe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
LIQUOR DEALERS LOSE
Can Not Test constltutlonality o
Prohibition in New Jersey

Wash ngton, Jan. 12.-The SUI
lpreme court today denied permission
for the New Jersey Retail Liquor
Dealers association to bring original
=. oceed 'ngs to test the constitut ona'-
ity of the national prohibition amend
ment and to enjoin its enforcement
in New Jersey.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
NEweeRRY INDICTMENTS VALID
Upheld by Judge of United States
Court at Grand Ranlds

Grand RAPIDS, Jan. 12-The validity
of the indictments against Senator
Newberry and "a others charged with
violating the election laws in the sen.
atorial contest was upheld by Federal
Judge Sessions today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
POTATOES STILL HIGHER

Further Advance TO SAYS Hundred.
weight in Chicago
Chicago, Jan. 10.-Another big Jump
took p ace yesterday In the price CT
potatoes. Compared with "a hours be-
lore, the market was up to 25@4o
cents a hundredweight at S4.75 for
northern whites, almost equal to the
highest record ever reached in Chi.
cago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12

The Employed boys basketball team
trimmed the edge from the Juniors at
the Y. NJ, G A. in the premliminary
game to the Springfield Bennington
match Saturday evening by the score
OF l3 to g. Beth teams are showing
marked improvement over the form
they exhibited early in the season.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
SPRINGFIELD WAS EASY
All Star Aggregation Badly Beaten
by 60 to 13 Score

The Y. NJ. C. A. basketball team add
ed Springfield. Vt.,~team to Its list OF
victims Saturday evening by the score
of so to 13. Whitley, Paulson and
Levin were the heavy scorers for Ben
nington while Graham did best for the
visitors. This game makes the fifth
straight victory fer the local team.
The lineup follows:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
NO JOYFUL NOTE
ON RATIFICATION
IN LONDON PRESS
Some Editorial Comment Dis
tinctly Doleful
K1LMARNocK TO BERLIN
Leaves london to Re-establlsh DIplo.
matte Relations Between Great
Britain and Germany

London, Jan. IL The ratification
of the Versailles peace treaty has
failed TO elicit any expression Of Joy
from the London press. the editori
ME today cypress at the best on'y a
qualified satisfaction while some
strike a distinctly doleful note
The Daily Telegraph says that the
omission of the signature of the
United States stands for the bitter
est appointment.
Paris, Jan. 12s-The treaty of Yer
saiiles, making peace between Ger
many and the ratifying allied powe s,
was put into effect at AIS O'Clock
Saturday AFTERNOON by the exchange
of ratiications.
The entire ceremony. which took
place in the clock hall at the French
fore gn m n 'stry, was completed by
4:16 o'c'ock
Previously Baron Kurt Won Ler r'ner
head of the German mission. signed
the protocol Of November !. providing
fo.- reparation for the sinking of the
German warships at Scapa Flow and
to insure the carrying ont of the arm
list ce terms.
The signing OF this document occur
red in the office OF the minister of for
eign affairs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
DEATH IN AVALANCHE

Many Persona Reported Killed in
italian Alps.
Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 12.-Por-
rachia, vii age in the Ital an Alps,
has been buried by an avalanche and
many persons have been killed, ac-
cording to reports received here
Five child en- in one family were
killed at midnight Saturday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
ALL HOME FROM eREsT

Last Continuent of American SOL
diers Reaches New York Today
New York, Jan. 1.-THE last con-
tingent of American troops who have
been stationed at the rest camp at
Brest, France, arrived here today on
the transport George Washington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12
ssss .
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight, warmer In north =
west portion Tuesday. partly 3
clody, south; probably snow e
north portion and warmer. =
To Heal A Cough
Take HAYES HEALING HONEY. asc
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12

London, Jan. f2.--Lord Kilmar-
mock left London for Berlin today to
assume his duties as Br tlsh diploma
tice rep esentatiye at the German
capital His departure marks an i'm
portant step in the re establishment
of diplomatic relations between
Great Br tain and -Sdsermany VIII ch
viii be effective almost Immediately.
Consuls and consul generals viii be
appointed by the two governments
shortly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12

Ask for details of the new low cost
policy, protecting against death, disa-
bility and old age, issued to men and
women.
100 Putnnm st. Phone 4O4-M.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-12

WANTED-Woodsm and teamsters
for cutting pulpwood. Good wages,
new camps. Jobs by the cord or day.
The Parker Young company. Mountain
Mills. Vermont. 97tf,
The Washington herald., 1920-08-15
ARMY NURSES
GIVEN MEDALS
Distribution of Victory
Awards to 900 Wo-
men Starts.

Victory medals for the $1,000
nurses who served with the United
States army during the world war
are now being distributed by off,
Gals of the Army Nurse Corps.
OF this number. 1.5OO are still in
the service. Application blanks have
already been mailed to these nurses
and they will receive their medals
in the near future.
The eX-serviCe nurses are being
LotifCd through the medium of pro-
fessiOnal journals in regard to the
course they must follow to obtain
the medals
According to issued instructions,
they are to write to the office Of the
Surgeon General in Washington for
an application blank The blank
will be filled out in that office and
forwarded to each nurse for her
signature.
So far, only = few hundred blanks
have been completed. approved and
forwarded to the supply depot in
PhiladelphiT, from which the medals
are being issued.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-15
FRIENDS PLEAD
POLISH CAUSE
American Aid Implored to
Stop the Bolsheviist
Avalanche.

Resolutions asking the immediate
material aid of the United States
for Poland in its fight with Russia
were sent to President Wilson, Sec
retary of State Colby and members
of Congress yesterday by a COM
mittee representing a mass meeting
of American sympathizers.
The resolution says in part:
We feel IL the moral duty of
America. as the greatest and most
Christian of the civilized nations. TO
assist Poland, a fellow nation now
in utter distress, Immediately and
effectively; and
we feel the government of the
United States should take some
definite and immediate action TO
carry moral and physical aid to Po-
land; and
we declare the cause of Poland
today is that of America-of right
eousness and civilization, and that
once again utmost force is neces-
sary on the part of all civilized
nations to stem this Red tide of in
vasion; and
We declare it would he to the
everlasting shame of all nations Il
they left Poland to fight civiIiza-
tion's cause alone"
The resolution is signed by F. X.
HoindriCh. A. ]. kubIdzis. the Rev.
Anthony Lechert. +. ]. Dekowski.
Benjamin a. KOwalski and Mrs. c.
b. Sniegoski.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-15
DAMAGE SUITS
TOTALS14O,0OO
Automobile and Street Car
Accidents Result in Nine
Court Cases.

Nine damage suits asking a total
Of $4,000 were filed yesterday in
the District Supreme Court.
Henry E. Anderson. his wife. Mrs.
Mary Anderson. and Catherine n.
Regan. passengers in an automo-
bile belonging to J. William Lee &
Sons, auto livery. ask S45.OOO for
their injuries combined. which they
claim occurred on Columbia road
northwest on April 10 when the ma
chine COIIided with another.
Hazel Quinn asks 100000 dam
ages from the American Railway
Express Company for injuries al
legged to have been received on
Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
March s. when she was struck by a
delivery truck owned by the express
company.
Robert W. Walters. Linwood
Walters and Pauline r. Walters ask
$4,000 combined from the Capital
Traction Company. All three alIeEe
that they were injured on NJ street
northwest, September "A. 1919, when
a street car struck an automobile
in which they were riding.
Susan NJ. Stuart asks $4,000 dam
ages from the Washington Railway
and Electric Company for injuries
alleged to have been received in a
collision at Dupont circle. jan
uary "a
Emma r. Cooper asks 10000
from the Washington Railway and
Electric Company for injuries al
legged to have been received when
she attempted TO alight from car
on VI street northwest. May p.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-15
CURED HIS
RHEUMATISM

~ -m eighty three years old and doctor
q tor rheumatism ever since l came out Of
the army. over 20 years ago Like many
Others. J spent money freely for so-caIIed
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EntE J could almost taste it. l could not
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we're 90 sore and Stir could not hold a
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and can walk with ease or write all day
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change You might just as well attempt
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1t took Mr.. Ashelman fifty years to find out
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true cause Of his rheumatism. other dfSnr-
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The Washington herald., 1920-08-15
Good Time TO Treat
Skin Diseases

the surface Of the skin. True. Ii,
irritation and itching and terifyins
discomfort is confined to the sur
face Of the skin. but you must looI
far below the surface to find wha
causes II all.
And, like any other trouble, yor
must locate the cause and direc
your treatment toward its removal
The best possible proof that tho
trouble lies far below the surface
Of the skin is the fact that ONT
ments, lotions, and other locally
applied remedies can give only
temporary relief without making
any progress toward permanent
benefit.
S. S. s., the fine old blood tonic
gives splendid results in all man.
ner Of skin diseases. because #
clears the blood Of the impuntie.
that cause them. A few bottle.
taken at this season will soon CIV,
very satisfactory results, because
now is an excellent time for nature
to assist in throwing of through
the elImInative process all foreign
matter which clogs up the circula.
ton and breaks out in the form Of
skin limitations.
You can get s. S. S. at any drus
store. Begin taking it today, and i
you desire free medical advice,
write fully about your case to
Chief Medical Adviser, 276 Swift
Laboratory. Atlanta. Ga.-Ady.