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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-04
CAPTAIN STREETER
ASKS LEGToMit0 HELP
Seeks Assistance to Possess $50 900
600 Worth of Chicago Lake
Trout

Chicago, Sept fnf4 $trekteiFiheE
in the District Qf tpkd HicibgansG
part of ChicagQ's falhods fGold
Coast is about to be the scene Of the
thousand and first battle in its his
tory, according to notice served on
Captain George Wellington. Streeter,
SO-year cd claimant to $50,O00,000
portion Ct the exclusive Lake Shore
Drive section ""'
Cap" Streeter and William II.
Niles, one time military governor
and commanding general of the army
of the "deestrict, having notified the
federal authorities that they are about
TO again try to enforce their claim
that Streeterville is not in any state
in the union, have invited the Ameri-
can Legion TO assist them and set the
date for the opening of hostlities as
September 6. A letter to the Legion
posts, copy of which was also sent
to Marshal Bradley invites former sol.
d.ers to meet me at the foottuf Sup
erior street in uniform, armed and
carrying flag, and help to end by
force OF arms the REASONABLE acts CT
judges or stand up against wall be-
fore a firing squad" postscript i'll
vites the legionaires to bring their
lunch. 59ee
Captain Streeter has been fighting
since 1886 to establish his claim to
one of the mcSf valuable sections Of
Chicagos lake front In that year his
steamer, the Reutan,. stranded on the
beach during a STORM. Captain Street
er built g breakwater about the
stranded beat, $50 feet off shore, and
made it his home. The rapidly shift
ing sands filled in the space between
boat and shore and added 1913 acres
to the cty's area To this land Cap.
tain Streeter laid claim, and in the
next quarter of century battles by
the hundreds were fought in an effort
to Dust him.
On one occasion 500 police beseiged
Streeterville General Niles proclaim
ed himself military governor of the
district of Lake Michigan" and with
SO men of his escort erected breast
works surmounted by barbed wire
and stood off the police for several
days before assertions in the ranks
so weakened the defending force that
lone policeman finally executed a
flank attack and carried the fort
The courts in 1915 ruled that Street
er had no title to the property and his
brick. castle, which had succeeded
the steamboat home, was wrecked by
deputy sheriffs and then burned.
in 1902 Streeter and two friends
We're convicted of manslaughter in
connection with the death of John s
Kirke, killed in one of the frequent
assaults on the castle. All were SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment but after
a few months were released.
The site Of the "deestrict' is now
covered by more than "a dozen sky
scraper apartment buildings and
hotels. The land is valued at more
than $50000,00O Many of the pres.
ept owners have purchased deeds
from Streeter as well as the state in
order that their occupancy may not
be interfered with by the SOyear-old
free ting veteran.
Streeter's claim is based on the
contention that the act creating the
state of Illinois fixed the "meander
line of the lake as the boundary, and
that therefore his "deestrict' was out
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-04
SOUTH sHKFTsauH4

Mrs. Charles Hawkins, Miss Jennie
Helm, Miss Maude Harrington and
Hoffman Beagle motored to Saratoga
and Lake George Thursday.
Mrs. Olin stockwel was in Benning
ton Wednesday,
Miss Hazel Bells Of East Arlington
was guest Of Mrs. David Hill Fri
day
Mrs Harry Mirfeld visited friends
in Sunderland Wednesday.
Dick Galusha has purchased a Ford
Mrs. D. r Galusha and Mrs. Her
bert Burgess of Bennington are spend
ing a few days with relatives in North
Adams.
Mrs Frank Harris was in Benning.
ton Friday. "
Mrs. Jay Madison, was recent
guest OF Mrs. Floyd SherYin of
Shaftsbury
Miss Maud Hughes OF East Airing
ton, has been visiting her grand
mother Mrs. Elizabeth Bronson.
Walter Bronson, Mrs Maud Watson
son Raymond, Mrs. Nellie Beagle,
son Forest and grandson Cecil Green,
motored to Hedges Lake Sunday.
Mrs. Arlie Green and daughter Flea.
nor, and Mrs. e. j. Beagle spent Fri
day with friends in Sunderland.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. L. Laurence and
son Oliver are spending the week
with relatives in Brandon. and East
Middlebury.
Mrs. Leah Harwood, recently visit
ed at Milo Harwoods,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Beagle of
Springfield, VT, are spending a weeg
with Mrs. Elinor Beagle.
Miss Mary Rudd of Bennington
spent Sunday with Mrs. A. A. Collins.
Mrs. Myron Whitcomb, has re.
turned to her home in Springfield,
Vt. .lu|
b ]. -. Wlbu, sJr., OF New Britain,
Conn, spent the week end at his
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred stickles, spent
Sunday with MIR. Suckles mother in
West Rupert Mrs 'Stckles- has been
seriously i'll, but is improving.
Mrs. d. A. Gleason and Miss Evelyn
Tessier of North Bennington called
on friends in town Friday.
Miss Vivian Mattison, IS visiting
Miss Marble Galusha.
George Tessier is in the North Ad-
ans hospital, with five broken ribs,
the result of an accident, which oc.
cured on the Mohawk trail. Tuesday
night as he and Dewey Bronson We're
returning from Boston with an auto
mobile The latest reports from the
hospital are that George is resting
comfortable.
Mrs. joseph Tessiet is spending the
week in North Adams
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-04

side the state and wed allegiance to
no one except the United States, The
courts held however, that Illinois ex-
tended to the center of Lake Michi-
gan, thcl all land created by natural
connections Of the lake belonged to
the adjoining property owners; and
that all land created artifically be
longed to the state. The stranding Of
streeter's steamship created land ar
tfcally, it was held
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-04
Protect Your child-and Others

The beginning of school brings
coughs and colds to many children.
At the first sign of cold it is well to
give a child dose OF. Foley's Hcney
and Tar Compound, that safe, rei-
able cough medicine, Mrs. j. b.
Pluijmers 246 Autum St. Passaic,
N. j., writes @FoIey's' Honey and
Tar certainly is the best cough and
cold remedy | ever tried for my little
boy Children like It. Good for
coughs, colds, Group whoopng cough
hay fever and asthma. Sid Every
where.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-04
Had Plenty Of lime.

YES, boys continued the stoople
Jack, who was telling true aud thrill.
Ing stories, YES | was working a
clock tower one afternoon about twelve
minutes to G, when l slipped, slid down
the roof and caught on the long hand
Of the clock. There dangled while
the town folks collected below. SO
yells TO EN-, Say you folks, 90 home
to your suppers, it'll he close to half
an hour before l drop"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-04
MonkeYs Numeroug as Rlrds.

American Y w. c. A. secretaries
IN India looking for a camp ground
for their girl guides, have been
amused at the hundreds ot monkeys
that chase about their weekend bum
galow. Instead Of brl-hunts we can
indulge in monkey-hmts," writes one
of them. Indian girls Ike the Amer
lean school girls. are fond Of week
end tramps WITH swimming, boating
and loating thrown in IS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-04
SICKNESS BEGAN
WITH A BAD COLD

When the bodily resistance is low q
moments exposure to draft, sud
den change of temperature, wet feet
or wet clothing may bring on cold.
Lowered resistance means that the
blood is lacking in the elements neces-
sary to maintain health. As long as
the blood is weak there is danger from
colds.
An effective way of building up the
blood and fortifying the system is
demonstrated by Mr.. j. w Steen, of
No. liz Wooster street, Marietta, 0.
"My illness dated from a severe
cold, f" says Mr.. Steen. ut was evil
dent at the time that my blood was
weak, for my complexion was pale
and l suffered repeatedly from chills.
| was run down and tired out and
suffered at times from dull headaches.
My sleep was broken and did not rest
me. l had but little appetite and
suffered frequently from attacks ofin-
digestion. | was nervous and there
was steady pain across my back.
II read about Dr. Williams Pink
Pills and then began to take the pills.
/ felt considerably better in a short
time. 1t wasn't long before | was
able to sleep soundly and gradually my
strength returned The headaches
have disappeared. My blood is SO
much richer that my color is good. I
strongly recommend DR.. Williams
Pink Pills to all those requiring
tonic. | find that the pills have built
me up 50 that rarely have q cold.p
A useful booklet, Building Up the
Blood" will be sent free by the DIR.
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady,
N. Y. Your own druggist sells Or.
williams Pink Pills or you can order
them direct by mcil, postpaid, at 60
cents box.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-04
state OF 0ulo, CITY q -y,aGo,

state OF Oulo CITY G. -yie1o,
Lucas County, SIS.
FRANK j. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner Of The firm Of +. j.
Cheney & Co. doing business IN the City
Of Toledo, County and State aforesaid
ard that said d;,n will pay thc sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for eaej
and every case, e Catarrh that cannot b.
cured by the Use Of HALLS CArARRE
MEDICINE. FRANK j. CHEEE%
Sworn to before me and subscribed iu
my presence, this 5th day OF December
A. u, 1886. *. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Hairs Catarrh Medicine Is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood OF
the Mucous Surfaces of the System Sent
for testimonials, free.
Il. J. CHENEY Il CO.. Toledo o.
Sold by all druggists, 7bc
Halls Family, Pills tor constipation.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-24
STRIKE RUMORS IN
STEEL CENTERS REVIVED

Strike talk is heard once more
in the steel centers of the country.
but employers do not feel anxious
over it.
An official of an important inde-
pendent steel company discredits
the threats of another strike in the
industry this spring. in so far, at
least, as conditions in his plant are
an indication.
He reports that there is an i'm
proved attitude among the steel
workers and that the efforts to
bring on another strike after the
signal defeat given the radicals a
few months ago and the substantial
wage advance since awarded. no
doubt will prove abortive even if
they get under headway.
The radical element in the steel
industry has been talking strike
ever since the collapse of its 1919
movement
Strike leaders have largely dis
appeared from the steel centers and
conditions do not obtain which
would make for success, it is be-
licved.
All employees are doing well,
their pay being higher than ever.
and some of them have found out
to their sorrow that there is no
profit in idleness.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-24
MONEY.

New York. March 2S.-The situa-
ton is unchanged in time money
with only occasional small trans
actions. Nothing is considered un-
der 8 per cent on good mixed ard
S1a per cent on industrial loans.
Bankers continue to sound a con-
servative note.
Out-of-town banks are showing a
fairly good demand for prime bank
acceptances and the local inquiry is
little better than heretofore.
Rates unchanged at 6Aa a6 per cent
on prime member bills, and 6l2 Il
per cent on non-members.
Prime mercantile paper is un-
changed at z per cent minimum and
there is only a moderate local de-
mand. The interior market is some
what more active and in special
cases business is done at ga per
cent.
Call loans on acceptances stand
at 5Aa51A per cent.
Money on call opened at Z, low z,
closed at s which was high with
ruling rate Z per cent.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-24
STOCKS SHOW
MIXED TREND
General Motors Causes Sur
prise in Big
Advance.
LAGGARD TONE SHOWN
Belief Is Setback Should
Come Before Renewed
Upward Trend.
LAGGARD TONE SHOWN

New York, March 23.-The stock
market was under an extremely
nervous tension during the e:rly
trading today. and many were OF
the belief that a general setback
was in order. In fact opinions OF
those working for higher quota
tions were of a nature as to war
rant the belief that stocks must re-
cede before a healthy resumption
ON the upward side can be looked
for.
Nothing of Importance developed
during the days proceedings to
check continued optimism. but the
action of the market distinctly re-
flected a tagging tendency. Money
was a small factor, supply being
offered between and per cent
However, discussion along the lines
of another move on the part of the
Federal Reserve Board to check
any wild speculative moves was
general. Pooling interests, it was
pointed out, were becoming eau
tious, and until some sort of a set
back takes place the market can
hardly be expected to display re-
newed activity.
Central Motors.
General Motors again took the
Street by surprise, advancing
sharply to nearly it's high peak of
yesterday. The shorts especially
for the time being at least General
90 To
shoot at. However, the issues ac-
tion today merely reflects the
strong interests in control of the
crowd would seem as easy to pene-
wall Some day the shorts will
probably wake up to this fact.
White Motors.
Cleveland is said to have been
quietly picking up White Motors
of late. If this is true it is signifi
cant. Cleveland in the past has
been we'll informed on White de-
velopments. There is no secret as
to Whites excellent position. Earn
inGs are enormous, and the COM
pany's financial condition is such as
to easily facilitate the handling of
the presnt thrush of new business.
Whites drawback. however. has
been the fact that it has always
lacked proper market direction. In
other words. it has been one of the
few big issues in which a pool has
not been formed. 1t might be that
Cleveland has some ideas along
pooling lines, and a movement in
this direction could hardly be taken
otherwise than favorable.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-24
Canadian Genefal Electric.

Toronto. March 2s.-The annual
statement of the Canadian General
Electric Company Ltd. shows net,
after preferred dividends, Of $685.
800. against $1,296,4s4 in the preced-
lag year. This is equal to 1872 per
cent on the common, compared with
1920 in 1918. -
Net working capital is shown at
$S.044.34S. compared with $7,s75,e $50
in 1918.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-24
HARVEY CRUDE DIVIDEND.

The Harvey. Crude Oil Company
has declared Its regular quarterly
dividend OF 8 per cent. payable to
stockho,ders of record March 81
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The Washington herald., 1920-03-24
SUPERIOR STEEL pIyIpENn.

Directors of the Superior Steel
Company yesterday declared a divi.
dend of Ia per cent. placing the
stock on a regular per cent yearly
basis.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-24
EARNINGS.

q. Marbison walker Rsfraeseriss rspsrs
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OCy SHOW = NATIONAL MARKETS ~-
Local Securities.
wa.AI.rse. s.oek E.eA..sa
SALES,

SALES.
a.. American Security and Trust Co.. 1 q
MersenthsIer. 10 at 1s5.
Capital Traction, 10 at seq.
Washlngton Railway and Electric pfd.,
The Washington herald., 1920-03-24
Oil Production and Consumption


merry of cton refinery m mt Is k in he fac slight de
aff % % n
The Washington herald., 1920-03-24
HIDE AND LEATHER DIVS.

Renewed efforts are being made
by the American Hide G Leather
Company to work out q satisfac-
tory plan for the payment of the
accumulated preferred dividends of
ia per cent.
A meeting Of the board likely
will be held early in May, when
a definite proposition may be
ready for submission to the d.
rectors.
As yet the proposition is in the
lawyers hands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11
100000 MILE CHALMERS WINS
A 45-MILE RACE.

After it had travelled 100000 miles
in touring service, some boys down in
Los Banos, California, took an old
Chalmers car and cut off the body
and fitted a racing body. They then
stepped out and won a 45-mile race
without trouble at speed OF better
than 65 miles an hour, defeating a
number of special racing cars.
The car that won the race is a
1916 model, six-eylinder, with no
changes from the regular sock mod
ell except that the body was remov,
ed. The track is soft and built of dirt
with chuck holes and unbanked turns
and so dusty that there was a cloud
over the field during the entire race
It is a mile and an eight long and
the Chalmers won with ease, LAP
and half ahead of its nearest com
petitor.
The time for the As miles was Sd
minutes and As seconds.-(Adv.)
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30th division won the first ac-
credited decisive victory of the
world war. The young women found
the mounds we'll cared for and
every facility afforded visitors for
finding individual graves.
The Misses Tapp, daughters of
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther P. Tapp, were
members of small party from this
State, California and Pennsylvania
who toured the war zone in France
a few weeks ago. They saw no area
which appeared to be torn worse
than that where the North Carolina
men fought. Many evidences of the
fighting were still visible twenty
months after the cessation of hos
itilities, "but you can't keep down
the flowers and grass" Rusty
barbed wire escaped the flora's con-
quest, but ugly earth was carpeted
with SUMMERS colors. Where the
Tarheel mountaineers, Piedmont
lads and "down-homers" died, pop
pies blow. The cemetery back from
the old line gave generously of her
blood for Frances freedom.
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ing, about three miles west of
Hampton, using a shot gun loaded
with bird shot. Facts have been ex-
cedingly hard to get, as there was
no eyewitness to the first part Of
the difficulty.
According to those who went to
the scene shortly after the tragedy
it seems that Jesse Let Terrell in
the garden as Terrell returned from
the barn with a bucket of milk in
his hand. Terrell ran for the house
but was shot in the back just as he
cleared the corner of the garden
next to the house. 1t seems that
Jesse followed and reached the door
lust as Terrell put down the bucket
of milk. The mother of the two men
states that Terrell turned around as
Jesse reached the door and said,
"Jesse, why did you shoot me?";
that Jesse did not answer, but push
ed the gun almost into Terelps face
anil fired a second time. killing him
instantl-; that Terrell was
unarmed and apparently made no
effort to defend himself, except to
try to get out of Jesse's way.
Jesse Smith is about as years OF
age and lives within few hundred
wards of where Terrell Smith lived
with their mother on farm. Terrell
was about 28 or 80 years old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11
NEyy INSTITUTION
NEARS COMPLETION
Feeble Minded Home Opens in Sep
tember at Clinton.-Piace Much
Needed.

G. Croft Williams secretary of the
state board of public welfare, says
that the new institution Tor the fee
bic minded at Clinton is fast nearing
completion. There are Two buildings
in process of erection at tne Gresent
time, one of these being near COM
pletion and rapid progress being
made on the other.
One of these buildings viii. be used
for men and boys and the other for
wufien and girls. Men and boys will
be given the first chance of admit
tance as the first building is being
prepared for them.
Each of these buildings provides
accommodation for 4S unfortunates
and in addition the assistants for
each group will have rooms in the
buildings.
This institution is badly needed,
Mr.. Williams says, and there is al,
ready a waiting list. Many of these
people will come from the reforma-
tories, children's homes, industrial
schools and various other institutions
of this type over the state. There are
numbers of feeble minded children
in these institutions who should no;
be there and who belong IN such a
place as this one at Clinton, Mr.. Will
Gams says.
There will be no effort 20 fill uE
the institution at the start as the
work will have to be gone into grad
ually. Mr.. Williams is in hopes that
the institution Will be ready to begin
work about September 1.
The supervising force VIII be small
at the beginning, including a physi'
clan, psychologist and nurse. 4 teach
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11
TAR HEEL GIRLS
VISIT WAR ZONES
OF TORN FRANCE

"a little bit of North Carolina in
France" was seen by Misses Mary
and Irma Tapp, of this city, at Bony
near St. Quentin, recently says a
Kinston dispatch in the Wilmington
Star. They were among the first, if
not the first Carolinians to visit the
military cemetery there, where in
serried rows sleep the dead of the
10th and 12Oth infantries who fell
at "the canal" and elsewhere in the
Hindenburg line campaign when the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11
HOLD UP EXPRESS TRAIN
Dining Car Steward Resists And Is
Shot in Jaw

Chicago, Aug. 9.-Four armed
men tonight held up the New York
Chicago day express train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad near Engle-
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wood station in the Chicago su.s
burbs. A dining car steward who re-.
sisted one of the bandits was shot
and wounded in the jaw. ~.

One hundred thousand persons
died of cancer in this country las.
year. ,
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Terrell Smith Killed BY Jesse Smitl
In Mothers Presence
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Hampton, Aug. 10.-Jesse Smith
shot and killed his brother, Terrell
Smith, at 8 o'clock Sunday morn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11
RULES GOVERNING THE
LOAN FUND OF
WOMEN'S CLUBS

1t is the aim of the South Caro-
lima Federation of Women's Clubs
to assist as many girls as possible.
Therefore, for the present no large
loans will be encouraged, loans
ranging from $10O to $3.50 being
ipreferred.
Each girl borrowing from the
loan fund shall give note for the
amount borrowed, such note being
endorsed by a man or woman =, Of
sufficient financial responsibility to
be satisfactory to chairman of edu-
cation.
Money will be loaned without in
terest for two years after leaving
college or graduating. If not repaid
in that time, interest shall be
charged from original date of note,
and not from date of leaving
school.
Money will be loaned for one
year. at a time. Should girl make
good use of her opportunities, help
will be extended as long as j:
seems wise.
The amount allotted to one girl
shall be paid in. two installments,
one at beginning Of college year
and the rest in mid-year "a separate
note being given for each amount.
Application blank should be fill
led out and accompanied by per-
sonal letter sent to Miss Mabel
Montgomery, Marion, S. c., Chair
man of Education, South Carolina
Federation of Women's Clubs.
SLAIN BY BROTHER IN
HAMPTON COUNTY
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er will probably be needed after
about the first month and the force
will be enlarged as needed.-The
State.
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SLAIN BY BROTHER IN
HAMPTON COUNTY