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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
WINOOSKI RIVER GIVES
UP BODY OF SUICIDE
Frank Prunier Had Left Home In May
Saying he Would Drown
Himself.

Burlington, June 1.-THE body OF
Frank Prunier, former caretaker OF
Green Mount cemetery who has been
missing from his home since May 25
after telling his wife he was going to
commit suicide by drowning, was re-
covered from the Winooski River Sat
urday morning. The body was taken
from the water in the rack at the
Johnson Grain Co., mill ca the Bur
lington side of the river.
Mr.. Prunier disappeared from nome
a week ago Tuesday after infornlng
his wife that he was going to commit
suicide by drowning Nothing had
been heard Of him since that time until
today. He had made his threat and
then gone to work as usual and hls
wife becoming alarmed asked Thomas
Reeves a neighbor to go to the Green
Mount cemetery where he worked ana
see if he was there. Mr.. Reeves did
so ana found him working as usual. At
noon, however, he did not come home
and search failed to locate him
Mr.. Prunier was in poor health and
had threatened to do away with him
self before. The police were unable to
determine whether he had managed to
get out onto the dock in back Of the
mill and drown himself there or had
jumped in the river at some other
point and the body drifted in. under
the timbers Of the rack and had been
held there by the suction.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
CASHIER WHO KILLED
HIMSELF OWED $4,000
Vergennes Man Had Borrowed Sums
From Friends-False Only OF
Bank Trust.

Vergennes, June G.-That his in
debtedness amount to about $4,000 in
stead of about $4,000 has been
brought to light since Charles N.
Strong, cashier OF the Vergennes Ma
tiopal Bank, who committed suicide
by shooting himself when a bank ex-
aminer arrived.
Creditors are numerous and the
claims of some are said to be large
No complete schedule has been made,
and some may, it is thought, never
mention their losses because OF slight
.chance Of getting their money back.
Mr.. Strong's standing in the COM
munition was so high that he had lit
tie trouble in borrowing money with
little or no security, A man in an ad-
jonining town is said to have loaned
$4,000. A local man has note for
$500, with $4,000 of it secured An
other has a note for $780, with no
security.
There are said 10 be bills for many
things, garage, plumbing, carpenter
work, painting, hotel and they ape
said to range from 5000 to $1,000 and
IS1500, Probably none of the creditors
but supposed his bill would be paid
if an urgent request was made.
Although Mr.. Strong held positions
of trust, his bank trust was the only
one he was false to.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
BENNINGTON BAPTISTS
WIN COUNTY BANNER
Annual Christian Endeavor County
Convention Holds Meeting in
PoWnaI,

The Christian Endeayor County Con.
Ivention was held in Pownal Saturday
In spite Of the rainy day there was
banner attendance. The morning ses-
sion was held in the Methodist church.
Mr.. A. S. Edison called the meeting
to order at 10 O'clock. The East Airing
ton society had charge OF the devo-
tional service. The usual business
was transacted and reports received.
There are 16 societies in the county
and reports were given fro all but two.
At 11.45 Miss Work took charge of the
convention and led in the Get To-
gether Games"
Diner was served in the Baptist
church. 1.-THE afternoon session was
also in this church. Rev. j. r. Brown
of Manchester spoke on the "Consecra-
tion Of Money" The Second Congre-
gational society gave missionary
sketch entitled "The Hanging out Of
the Sign" Both the paper and the
sketch were instructive and well receiv
ed The County Banner was awarded
to the Bennington Baptist Young
Peoples society.
The following officers were then
elected; Rev. Leroy Haven of Dor
set president; A. S. Edison, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. T. L. Whitney secretary;
A. j, Hicks of Manchester treasurer;
Rev. Mabel T. Winch, superintendent
of missions and Miss lone Smith OF
Sunderland, chairman banner award
committee. Supper was served at the
Baptist church and the evening ser
vice was held in the Methodist
church.
Principal McClelland spoke on the
"Consecration of Out Time" Rev.
Daniel Clare of North Adams spoke on
I"Consecrated Lives" The name Of
the organization was changed from the
Bennington County c. r. Union to the
Bennington County Young Peoples
Uunion. The convention adjourned TO
meet next year at the Bennington Bap-
tist church.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
LoWpEN GAINS DELEGATES
Name Of Governor Coolidge viii &C
Before Convention.

Chicago, June THE name Of Gov.
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts will
be placed before the convention by
Speaker Frederick II. Gillett of the
House of Representatives
Delegate contests which have fur
nished spectacular features of the pre-
convention period were finished to-
night by the Republican National Conn
mittee with decided advantage to Gov.
Lowden.
Although on actual Instructions of
the 1877 contested delegates Gen. Wood
received IL and Gov, Lowden seven.
with 116 uninstructed, the reported
leanings of the disputed delegates fay;
or the Illinois Governor,
The committee in the two Missouri
contests refused to seat any contest
Iants.
According to the reports of the can
didates favored by the delegates seated
the 1876 delegates involved were dis
tributed as follows:
! Wood Is, Lowden 65, Johnson 4
Judge Pritchard of North Carolina II;
uninstructed and scattering 81, with
the two Missouri contests rejected
entirely.
All of the contests are expected tc
be appealed to the convention oreden
tials committee and subject to revis
ion by the convention itself.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
PERsHIMe SPEAKS IN MAINE
American Commander Urges Citizens
10 Show Wartime Devotion.

Portland, Me-, June Cen. John
j. Pershing, commander-in-chief of the
American Expenditionary Forces" left
Saturday for New York after a three
days tour of Maine. in which he trav.
eled approximately 800 miles and visit.
ed II of the 16 counties. He was ac
companied on the trip by Gov Mill
ken.
General Pershing Saturday made
speeches at Pittfield, Bangor, Belfast,
Camden, Rockland, Waldoboro and
Damarisootta. In his speeches Gen.
Pershing dwelt on the fact that the
country depends on the intelligence Of
the community and that the communi
ty is in turn capable of achievement
only so far as the members of the
community are patriotic.
You have ii in your power to solve
the local problems" said Gen. Perish
ing, but it will be only by exercising
the same devotion which was exercis-
ed during the, war that you will be
able to solve them.
u hope that you will encourage the
men who fought in the late war" he
TO keep up their organiza-
ton
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
WOMEN P|CKETS
DEMAND ACTION
FROM We RM0NT
Warn Leaders They Will Parade
If Notice Is Not Served
AFTER CONNECTICUT TOO
suffs Say They viii See to It That
Nominee Lives Up to All His
Platform Panks.

Chicago, June 6.-There arrived in
Chicago this afternoon a woman alter.
nate delegate from the northern part
of New York State. She brought with
her six or eight bulky bundles of cam
paign literature, and around each
properly labelled, she had snapped
rubber bands. Thus she explained:
From all the avowed candidates for
the nomination ! have gathered their
various propaganda. have it all here
properly classified and separated.
When they nominate one of these can
didates, if they do, | shall throw away
the stuff issued by the unsuccessful
candidates and read again the prom
ises of the nominee. And we women
are going to see that he lives up to
all of them"
The old-tashioned male delegates
the old-timers who talk about the
Grant, Harrison and Mckinley con-
ventions with first hand information
laugh at this sort of political reason
ing, but they'll have to get used to the
women folks, who, sitting as delegates
in Republican National Convention
for the first time, have thoroughly
effective way of doing their own will.
Down opposite the Coliseum the mil
itant wing of the suffragist endeavor Is
preparing to picket the streets around
the huge auditorium. They want TO
know why the Nineteenth amendment
has not been adopted, and they blame
the Republicans of Delaware and Yer
mont and Connecticut for its present
moribund condition.
Tonight the militant suifragists
sounded final warning. The National
Woman's party issued a statement
which holds that Mrs. Abby Scott
Baker, chairman of the party; Miss
Doris Stevens of New York and Mrs.
Lawrence Lewis of Philadelphia COM
pose committee that will call upon
each candidate for the Republican
nomination and demand that he telel
graph Governors Clement of Vermont.
and Holcomb of Connecticut asking
that they call special sessions OF the
legislatures to act at once upon the
suffrage amendment
II the candidates do this, the state
ment reads, there will be no picketing
of the Coliseum this week. But If they
do not the picketing goes as scheduled.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
VERMONT DELEGATES LEAVE
Party Of Twenty Started Sunday For
Republican Convention.

Burlington, June 5.-The greater
part of the Vermont delegation'to the
Republican national convention will
leave tomorrow, and about half a car
on the goth Century Limited from Al
bany to Chicago has been reserved for
them, There will be 20 members OF the
delegation, but one of them, Joseph II.
Fountain of this city who is to be
doorkeeper at the convention, has
gone on ahead, and two others, Red
field Proctor of Proctor and John NJ
Thomas of Middlebury, are planning
to take another route than that taken
by the majority of the party.
The other II men who viii make up
the Vermont delegation and who are
expected to start for Chicago, tomor-
row, are: Paul Kicker and Major II.
Nelson jackson of Burlington, James
e. Dewey of Queeche, G. o. Gridey Of
Windsor Alexander Dunnett of st.
IJohusbmy, Hugh j. NJ. Jones of Mont
lpeier, e. /. Olney of Rutland, A, j.
Cooper and Collins NJ Graves of Ben
nington, Clarence Wells Of Middle.
bury, w. g. Tracy OF Johnson, G. NJ.
Campbell of Iyndonyille, T. f.
IO'Rourke Of Derby, D. N. Dwinell of
Newport, John II, Cushing Of st. AL
bans. ]. Watson Webb OF shelburne
and Mr.. Garrows Of Brattleboro.
This delegation viii make It's head-
quarters at the Hotel Sherman in Chi
cago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
BILLS DIE WHEN
CONGRESS ENDS
LONG SESSION
'Pocket Veto Accounts for
Eleven Measures
ADJOURN UNTIL DEC. 6
Late Congress Responsible for Many
Pieces of Constructive
Legislation.
ADJOURN UNTIL DEC. 6

Washington June THE 66th Con
gress ended rs second session Satur-
day adiourning sine die at 4 p. m.
Unless the President calls special
session, it will not meet again until
Dec. c.
The close of the session was mark
ed by none of the usual hectic rush,
but there was applauding and cheering
in the House chamber after Speaker
Gillett's gavel had released the mem
bers for the first long vacation Con
gress has had since the United States
entered the war.
Eleven bills and resolutions passed
by Congress in the closing days of It's
session, including the water power
measure and the joint resolution re-
pealing most Of the wartime laws and
proclamations, were killed Saturday
by President Wilson through a poe
ket veto"
Fffty-eight measures, including the
Merchant Marine bill and that provid'
ing for the exclusion and expulsion of
aliens from the United States who
are members Of anarchistic organlza'
tons, were approved.
The session of Congress which end
ed Saturday began on Dec /. Import
ant legislation enacted during that
time included:
The Army Reorganization bill pro-
viding for a peace-tms Army OF 297,-
600 officers and men, a National Guard
and reserve force.
The Transportation act, designed tc
assist the railroads over the period i'm
mediately following their return to
private control last March l.
The Oil Land Leasing bin by
which thousands of acres OF oil and
mineral lands N the West and Sou h
were thrown open to development.
The Merchant Marine bill providing
for the ultimate sale OF the vayt
Government owned merchant flee
The Sterling AntisedItion act and
the Johnson bill providing for the de.
portation and exclusion of dangerous
aliens.
The Eagle bill auth rizing the for
nation Of corpora ions to finance
American export trade,
The Civil Service Retirement bill,
The Postal Pay Increase bill.
Important measures which failed Of
passage included; The Solder Bonus
bill, the Budget bill, the bill to regu'
late and control the meat packing in
dustry, the Cold Storage bill, the bill
to abolish the housing corporation and
the annual rivers and harbors supply
measure, which was left in confer
ence.
Besides the legislation passed Con.
gress also sent to the President, and
he approved 16 supply measures,
carrying a total OF $2,6SS,3S5, ,143.
Permanent appropriation bills of a
total of $1,492,O 100000 also were
passed and approved.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
LEADERS EXPECT
CONVENTION To
Be DEADL0CKED
Candidates Each Working Hard
to Get Lead Over Others
MAY SEEK DARK HORSE
Only Woman Candidate WithdraWs
Her Name from Consideration BY
Convention.

Chicago, June 1.-THE affairs of the
Republican convention which begins
at moon tomorrow apparently worked
today to further becloud instead of
clarity the question as to whom will
be the presidential nominee. Wood,
Lowden and Johnson supporters are
struggling hard for an advantage, all
claiming gains as the balance Of un-
instructed delegates arrive.
The best claims for any one of the
candidates amounted TO a little more
than one-fourth of the total delegate
strength on the first ballot, while it
takes a majority to nominate. With
the prospects of deadlock becoming
better hourly, fayorite sons and dark
horse possibilities increased the aeti-
yities and further knotted the pro-
blems with which the party leaders
are wrestling,
Lucy Page CASTOR, the only woman
entrant in the presidential race, has
announced that her name will not be
presented to the convention.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
MAJoR-GALlPEAu
Bennington Girl Married This Morn.
ing to Providence Young Man

A quiet but pretty wedding took
place at Z o'clock this morning at the
Sacred Heart Church when Miss Efz
abeth NJ. Galipeau, oldest daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Galipeau of Pratt
street, became the bride Of Joseph p.
Major of Providence, r. I. Rev. c. h.
Provost performed the ceremony.
The attendants were Miss Margaret
and Theodore Galipeal, sister and
brother of the bride. Miss Galipeau
was becomingly attired in travelling
suit OF navy blue with hat to match
and she carried a white prayer book,
The bridesmaid was dressed in taupe
colored taffeta and wore white hat,
The ceremony was followed by a
wedding breakfast which was served
at the home of the brides parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Major left on the morn
ing train, amid a shower cf rice and
confetti, on wedding trip of two
weeks to Providence. Upon their re
turn they will reside in Adams where
Mr. Major is employed as foreman IN
a textiles factory.
The bride for many years was EN-
ployed by the Cooper Manufacturing
company and recently has been work
ing for the Allen A comapny. She Is
wellknown here and with Mr. Major
has many friends here interested il
her future happiness
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
SOUTH STREET
SCENE Or THREE
MOTOR CRASHES
No One Hurt and Vehicles Sus-
tain Little Damage
MOTORCYCLE RAN WILD
Driver Thrown from Seat and Young
Woman Passenger in Sidecar
Had Narrow Escape.

There were three motor accidents
Sunday afternoon, all happening within
the space of two hours and all in the
immediate vicinity of the postoiIice.
mo one was hurt in any Of the three
mishaps and the damage to the We
hicles was small.
Wilbur Lawrence. while attempting
to avoid a collision with another car
late in the afternoon ran his taxi into
a telephone pole at the pcstoffice
The taxi sustained a bent spring.
Early in the evening Leonard
Norm, with his siser riding in the
side car. attempted to round the cor
,ner of Union and South streets with
out giving sufficient consideration to
the deep gutter and was thrown from
his seat. The machine with its re-
naming occupant continued north
over South street until It came in
contact with the curbing in front Of
the Drysdale store. When the motor
cycle hit the curbing Miss NORM was
thrown out but fortunately escaped in
jury. The machine did not stop until
liz coIlided with the building where it
gouged q holt in the woodwork.
Between 6 and 7 o'clock in the eve
ming a Dodge car, driven by young
man named Thebarge and owned IN
this village, collided with an Olds.
mobile at the corner OF South and Elm
streets and the Oldsmobile was slight
ly damaged The 0ldsmobile was be-
ing driven by p. J. Fuel, travelling
salesman who had left New York with
Mrs. Fuel in the morning and was on
his way to the Putnam house where
he expected to pass the night
The Dodge struck the OIdsmc bile
about midships and made an ugly
dem in the SIDE OF the ear The ac-
cident brought together the usual
crowd that examined the cars ana The
wheel tracks and passed spill yo--
dict. The imWomptu jury was OF the
topinion that the Dodge Was running
at too high speed and tha The Olds-
mobile was not SO far on the right
side Of the road as il Should have
been when rounding the corner
The roads abou the village and ont
into the country Sunday were in BE-.
shape. The slow and long continued
rains had created a coating of slip
lpery mud that was exceedingly
Itreacherous. With the conditions ex-
listing and the large number OF cars
THAT were being operated, it is remark
able that there were net mcce acct
dents and some Of serious nature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07

Chicago, June 6.--It can be stated
with the utmost positiveness that the
Republican National Convention will
nominate no candidate on the first
ballot, nor on the second and pro-
badly not on the third. What will
happen after that nobody processes to
know, not even the most seasoned
politicians who have attended every
convention in the last 80 years
Prospects for a deadlocked conven-
ton are growing with the arrival Of un
instructed delegates who hold the
balance Of power. Out Of the dead
lock which will be produced by the
failure OF Wood, Lowden or Johnson
forces to command a majority, will
come The nominee. be he the dark
horse or one of the big three.
The Lowden forces tonight are
claiming as high as $50 votes on the
first ballot and the Wood forces
equally as many The Johnson claims
are not stated in figures but the Cali
fornia Senator's headquarters are
claiming hourly additions to his col
umn.
After looking over the much mixed
situation with its laek of head and
leadership, the men whose influence
counts in the party councils have come
Ito the conclusion that about the best
way out of it is to let the candidates
with the largest number Of supporters
irOt a few heats to show the conven-
tion what they can or cannot do. Those
favoring this plan feel perfectly GER
tain that none of the candidates viii
be nominated on the test ballots
After the three leading candidates
have demonstrated to the convention
that they have not enough votes to
nominate themselves it is argued that
the delegates themselves will be in
better positions to determine whether
they prefer to combine one of the three
or look at some dark horses.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
FACES THREE CHARGES
John Bean Caught After Saving Way
Out OF Jail.

st. Albans, June 5.-Sheriff George
r. Catlin and Deputy Sheriff II. L.
Perry Of Swan'cn went to Fort Ethan
Allen yesterday afternoon and
brought back John Bean alias John
Bushey. who has been wanted since
March %, for burglary Of the home of
James Kenield Of Swanton
The same night he is alleged to
have stolen a horse and sleigh Of A. l..
Aseltine OF Swanton and driven ts
lbGrville Que, where he left the
sleigh and horse. He was found three
days later and arrested at White
River Junction, and late in April Sher
If Catlin went to White River june
ton to bring him here, but just before
he reached there Bean sawed his
way out of jail and escaped
Bean will have to answer three
charges, burglary larceny and escap-
ing from jail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
URGES C. 0. p. DRY PLANK
Anti.saloon League Official Asks Par
ty to Make Good.

Buffalo, June 6.-"The Republican
party should make good on its claim
to be the party of moral reform by
adopting plank at its national con
vention in favor of upholding the
Eighteenth Amendment On dthe Vol
stead act" declared William II. An
derson of the AntiSaloon League,
speaking here today when this was
a controversial issue we did not pro-
pose that it should be made a national
party matter, but now that / Is the
law of the land the party cannot af-
ford to stand squarely for upholding
H.
Mr.. Anderson said that most of the
furore and attempt to show 4 reaction
against prohibition was due to belief
on the part of the wet interests that
the Supreme Court Of the United
States could be Influenced by noise
and clamor The beer bill was passed
in New York, hoping that it would
contribute to that result. However, We
de not believe that this great court
can be stampeded in any such man
ner."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
MORE PLAGUE CASES
Six New Victims, TWO Of Whom Die
Are Days Toll.

Vera Cruz, June Six new cases
of bubonic plague were discovered in
this city yesterday and two of the vic
tins died today and besides, seven
cases are under observation. An ap.
peal has been sent to New Orleans for
serum and other medl-
cines needed IN lighting the disease.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
PROHIBITION
UPHELD, ALSO
VOLSTEAD ACT
Supreme Court Renders Long
Delayed Decisions
U. S. BONE DRY BY LAW
Eighteenth Amendment Has Been
Before Supreme Court for
Over a Year.
U. S. BONE DRY BY LAW

Washington, une 7--The supreme
court of the United States today up
held the Wohibtion amendment to che
and also the Volstead en-
forcement act.
The eighteenth amendment has
been before the supreme court for
ever a year while the vols.ead aet
was questioned Immediately after it
became law last November.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
TO BUY ROLLING STOCK
Railroads viii At once Be Advanced
Sum of St25, 100000.

Washington, June An immediate
of $125,OOO,0O0 of govern
ment funds for use of the railroads to
purchase rolling stocks was announced
by the interstate commerce commits
sion will be advanced out of the $780,
100000 revolving fund provided in the
transportation act,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
CONFERENCE POSTPONED
Material Not Yet Ready for Allied
German Meeting at Spa.

Paris, June THE postponement of
the Allied German conference which is
to be held at Spa until July 9th is
considered certain in French official
circles because of the inability Of the
officials to prepare the material for the
discussions,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
Results Of Games in Both of the
Major Leagues.
AnaRnInAM EAOIE
AM MERIcAN LEAGUE,

New York, 10; Philadelphia, 6.
Washington, 5; Boston, 4.
st, Louis, G; Cleveland, 2, (1st
game.)
Cleveland, Q; st. Louis, 1. (2nd
game.)
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight and Tuesday; rising
temperature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
Standing Of the Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brooklyn, 81 New York, 0.
Pittsburg, 3; Cincinnati, l. 90 in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-07
WANTED

Young man to work in printing of
flee. Excellent opportunity to
learn trade. Cigarette smokers
need not apply. Call at Banner
ONCE.