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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
NO VOTES FOR WOMEN
In Bennington Next Spring Unless
They Register Tomorrow.

In Bennington Next Spring Unless
They Register Tomorrow.
Women who want to vote in town
and village meeting next spring will
have to register at the office of the
listers not later than tomorrow,
April 20.
1t makes no difference whether a
woman has property or not, the rule
as to registration applies just the
same and no names of women will ap-
pear on the check list except those
who personally register. Last spring
many women who pay taxes were dis
appointed to find that they could not
vote because they had not registered
1t will be just the same next year un.
less they get their names in tomor'
row, Only few have yet registered
even il the federal amendment should
go into effectdt will not give the local
vote to women except to those who
are registered because the laws gov.
erning local elections are made by the
state, Any woman born in this coun.
try and II years old or more can vote
by registering her name and paying "a
poll-tax.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
JOHNSON SHOWING
LEAD OVER WOOD
IN NEBRASKA
Primary Tomorrow Will Deter
mine Fate of Pershing
BOOM BURSTS IF HE LOSES
Fight in Democratic Ranks Between
Bryan and Hitchcock and Friends
of Both Confident.

Omaha April 19.--The Nebraska pri
mary campaign has closed The cleo
ticn will be held Tuesday, when, If
Pc shing carries the State, politicians
say he win become a real figure in the
national convention. II he fails to get
Nebraska, his home State, the same
men say his boom will have been pune
tured beyond I<pair.
There is very small chance of Per
shing having the Nebraska delegation,
if the best versed observers of Ne
braska poHtics are not nIs aiken. The
"fayorite son" slogan has failed to
work. Pershing was Gated COM
mander at the State university thirty
years ago. His managers say this
makes him Son Of Nebraska" but
the voters have not been aroused to
any degree of enthusiasm for him.
Hoover, Lowden and Harding kept
out of the State because of Nebraska
being Peishing's home State" and
their names will not be on the pri-
jmary ballot next Tuesday.
The real fight, according to indica'
tions at the close of the campaign, is
between Senator Hiram w, Johnson
(Ca'.) and Major-Gen. Leonard Wood
And Johnson has the lead on Wood
He is receiving the solid support OF
the Non-Partisan League-the Town
| ley league.
The Democratic fight is on Bryan
as delegate-at-la-ge and on Arthur
Mullen for national committeeman
Hitchcock has defeated Bryan three
times in Nebraska. Hitchcock politi
clans say he will defeat Bryan for a
fourth time next Tuesday. Bryan
men say differently.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
THE FORTNIGHTLY CLUB.
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
Voted 106 to 20 to Increase Dues
Clever satireal Farce Given BY
Club Members.

The annual meeting Of the Fortnight
ly club was held Saturday afternoon.
The annual reports of the officers
were read. BY vote Of the club, 106
to %, an amendment was made TO the
constitution making the annual dues
two dollars instead of one. This
change was made necessary by the in
creased expenses connected with the
running of the club, for the H. c. of
L., has affected all organizations as
well as the home. The sum of three
dollars was contributed TO the Child
rens Travelling Library Fund.
The following delegates were elected
to attend the State Federation meet
ing to be he'd in Windsor In June.
Mrs. f. w. Bradford, Mrs. F, E. Howe,
Mrs. f. B. Huling. Mrs W r. Matti.
0on The club voted to extend an in
vitation to the State Federation to
meet in Bennington in June, 1921.
The officers for the coming year
were elected President, Mrs. Agnes
l.. Whitney; vice-president, Mrs. Will
liam II. Wills; secretary, Miss Brigie
MC1uncs LAtdoulSl Nll5. Jdiitc n. ihS-
Kim; auditor, Mrs. Frank r. Howe
The business OF the afternoon was
followed by the presentation by club
members, of the two-act farce, Sup
pressed Desires" very clever satire
upon pschyo-analysis and its followers.
The play was full of very amusing
situations arising from the attempts
of Henrietta, an ardent disciple of
psycho.analysis, to convert her hus-
band and her sister to the cult.
The parts were taken in most
creditable manner. Mrs. William II,
Wills, as Stephen Brewster, the un-
sympathetic husband of the follower
of psycho-analysis, delighted the audi
ence. Mrs. James Mckee very cleverly
took the part of Henrietta, while Mrs.
Ralph White, in the role of the young
er sister. much bewildered by her old
er sisters theories, did some exception
ally good acting.
The presentation of this play by club
members has again demonstrated the
dramatic ability of Bennington people.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
Y. W. c. HIKE
Club Members and Friends Walked
Five Miles Sunday Afternoon.

Anyone out on Main street Sunday
probably saw company of jolly gills,
evidently bound for anywhere at ALL
AS a matter of fact they had very
definite aim-the open fields beyond
the monument
Under the leadership of Mrs. Mary
Jackson, president of the Young Wo-
mans club, twelve members and their
friends took a five mile hike AL.
though the roads and fields spread
thei dust and mud generously on the
mixers, enthusiasm could not be damp
ened. Between the excitement Of get
ting caught in a deep mud hole un-
able to move for awhile, and evading
cows and catching hats blown away
by the wind. the unfaycrable cond-
tion underfoot were hardly noticed
These hikes will be taken by club
members and their friends every Sun
day afternoon. A chairman for the
new outdoor committee will be APP
pointed by Mrs. Jackson at the spec
ial business meeting of the club Tues
day night This committee viii then
p,an all the details and appoint lead.
Iers for each hike.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
rlews Of tho Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

The dust Is beginning to fly on
some of the streets of the village and
Street Commissioner r. S. Buss stat
ed this morning that he would put
the sprinkler in operation tomorrow
The Loyal Com AIDES will hold a
regular meeting at the Woodman hall
Tuesday evening at O'clock, 1t is
requested that all candidates be pres
ent for the initiation.
Chauncey r. Mann, former physi
cal instructor for the Bennington Y
NJ. c. A., who has been engaged in
similar work at Tonawanda, n. Y,
has given up his position there to be-
come physical instructor for the Troy
public schools,
One of the largest native trout TAX
en- in this vicinity since the opening
CT the season last Thursday was
caught on one of the streams be-
tween this village and North Benning
ton Saturday by Roy Denley. The
fish measured IA inches in length and
weighed one and one-half pounds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
FIRE SUNDAY MORNING
Double Tenement on the Major Brown
Property Badly Damaqed.

An alarm was rung in early Sunday
for a fire in double tene
ment on the Major Brown property
and owned by George NJ. Hawks. The
tenement in which the fire originated
was damaged considerably and thefoc-
cupants lost some OF their household
effects. The less was estimated in
the vicinity Of one thousand dollars.
The fire department responded
promptly following the ringing OF the
alarm and soon disposed of the fire.
The location and surroundings occup-
led by many wooden buildings and
stacked lumber created a combination
that could easily be responsible for
Sc ious confagration and the work of
the department, in confin!ng the fire to
its place Of origin is to be commend.
ed.
1t is believed that the fire was start
ed by amp which either fell to the
floor or exploded.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
SECOND AUTO STOLEN
FROM FREIGHT CAR
Thieves Appear to Be Using Daring
Methods in Vicinity of
MechanicviIe.

Another large automobile was
stolen from a Delaware e Hudson
freight car north of Mechanicville
Wednesday. Consigned to an east
ern point the automobile was await
ing transportation ever the Boston
g. Maine railroad yesterday.
This is the second theft of an auto
mobile from freight car at this
same point, the first car being olen
on March q and recovered the next
day near saltwater.
1t is believed by officials that those
who figured in the last robbery also
staged this one. The robbery is
characterized as most daring one
as the railroad yards are pa rolled by
a number of detectives
The place where the robbery oc-
Cured is some distance above Me-
chanicville near Sucker brooks As
in the former robbery, railroad ties
were pill ID alongside of the freight
car and the machine taken off.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
BENNINGTON BEAT
HOOSICK FALLS IN 9th
Spectacular Finish in Opening Game
Of High School Teams Saturday
Afternoon.

Bennington high school defeated
Hcosick Falls high school at Morgan
park Saturday afternoon in an unus-
ually spectacular game. The score
was II to 16 and the game was won
by Bennington in the last half Of the
ninth inning.
Bennington opened with seven uns
in the first inning after Hoosick Falls
had been hlanked and apparen ly had
the game won. The local boys gath
cred two more runs in the third per.
iod, five in the fourth and one in the
seventh. In the meantime Hoosick
Fails had managed to collect three
runs in the third and one in the sixth
and also pushed ano her man across
the plate n the eighth.
The ninth inning opened with the
score standing 10 to in favor OF
Bennington and Hoosick Falls was
apparently beaten by good margin.
Then things began to happen. The
New Workers began to bat "Gussie"
Lawrence pretty freely and The Ben
nington infleld began to make errors
Eight runners crossed the pate and
the situation became so alarming that
Law. ence was withdrawn in the hope
that the change would steady the
team. Mallory, who went into the
box was unable to stop the process
sion until after Hoosick Falls had
scored three more runs and was one
point in the lead.
Bennington, however, came through
in the last stanza with two runs, one
On a neatly executed squeeze play,
and won by one run.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
ESCAPE | LUNhTIC
SHOOTS AND KILLS
EMINENT SURGEON
DR.. James Wright MarkOe Slain
in New York Church
SLAYER SOON CAPTURED
Another Intended Victim Of Religious
ly crazed Printer Had Narrow
Escape from Death.

New York, April 19,--Dr. James
Wright Markoe, one of the most use
ful and eminent surgeons of America,
was shot to death by a degenerate
lunatic IN St Georges Episcopal church
in Stuyvesant square, toward the end
Of the morning service yesterday. Ten
minutes later the laughing murdered
was disarmed and captured outside
Of the church, in Stuyvesant Park, by
DR.. George Emerson Brewer, friend
and fellow vestryman of Dr. Markoe,
after narrowly escaping death himself
from the revolver of the crazy man.
The slayer is Thomas w. Simpkin,
an Englishman and an intinerant print
er, who came to this country from Lon
don eight years ago, whose brain went
into wild disorder over religion and
who escaped from an insane asylum at
Fergus Fails, Mimi, nearly two years
ago. He had never even heard of DR..
Markoe. The great surgeons identi-
ty meant nothing whatever to him.
AS he sat in the softly lighted, beau
tiful church, with the deep tones of
the offertory anthem swelling in his
ears, the impulse came to him to kill.
He gripped the butt of the cheap re-
volver he had been carrying Tor two
years Two men came toward him in
the south aisle, one offering a collec-
tion plate TO the right, the other prof
fering it to the left. One was Her
bert L. Satterlee. the brother-in Jaw OF
J. P. Morgan The other was Dr.. Mar
koe. 1t happened to be DR.. Markoe
who approached the pew whose south
end was occupied by this man Simp.
KIN, whose brain seethed with mad.
ness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
MOVE TO SET ASIDE
PICKFORD DIVORCE
Attorney General Of Nevada Claims
Decree Was Obtained Through
Fraud and coIlusion

Minden, New, Apr. lT-In the
interest OF the state of Nevada, a
suit asking that the decree of di-
vorce. granted on March 2, 1920, by
Dist. Judge I.angan TO Gladys Il.
Moore. more familiar'y known as
Mary Pickford from owen s. Moore,
be set aside was filed in the distric.
court here yesterday afternoon by
Leonard B. Fowler, attorney genera.
The complaint is based on ale
cations of fraud, conniyance and
collusion between Moore, his wife
and Douglas Fairbanks, TO whcm the
former Mrs. Moore was married a
short time after the divorce was
granted.
Fairbanks is brought into the case
through allegations that there was
conspiracy between himself and his
present wife to defeat that provi.
sion of the California law which ie-
quires that a year elapse before a fin.
al decree of divorce be granted, by
having Mrs. Moore get divorce in
Nevada. In that respect II is a legged,
in the complain, that an engagement
and agreement TO wed existed be-
tween Gladys Moore, and Fairbanks
prior to Feb, Is, 1920. the date on
which Mrs. Moore came to Nevada
Other allegations are that Moore
came to Minden solely to be served
with summons IN the suit that no
substantial facts we're given in court
to warrant divorce, and that Miss
Pickford concealed her identity from
the Judge up to the moment of TAX
ing the witness stand. AS Judge Ian
gan is one Of the witnesses summoned
for the state. another judge viii hear
the complaint.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
MRS. ALBERT sHuLrz DEAD
WellknoWn and Highly Respected
Resident Died Sunday Evening.

Mrs. Bertha Shultz, aged So years,
died at her home on Main street Sun
day evening after linge.ing Illness.
Mrs. Shu'tz was born in Woodford
where she resided until 10 years ago,
when she moved to Bennington. She
was a daughter of the late Elmer
Gleason of Wcodford.
Besides her husband, Albert Shultz,
she is survived by three sons and two
daughters, Edwa d OF Brattleboro,
Elmer. Dexter, Abbie and Nina all Of
Bennington; one sister, Mrs. Mary
Dinwiddie of Nebraska and two
brothers, Dexter Gleason Of Woodford
and Charles Gleason Of Athol, Mass.
The funeral will be he'd frcm her
late homo Wednesday mo ming at II
O'Clock. Rev. w. G. Towart will offici
ate.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to express our thanks. and
appreciation in behalf Of our local fire
men Sunday morning daring the fire
at the Hawks tenement at Major
Brown place for their active and skill
full work. Through their activity they
saved us from all destruction.
We also wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their aGsist
ance in removing and replacing our
household furnishings, etc
Mr. and Mrs. w. G. Carey.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
JOHNSON BANS SECOND PLACE
Presidency or Nothing Western Cam
paian MANAGER Saws.

Washington, April Ex-senator Hi.
ram Johnson will not accept the Repub
can nomination for Vice. President il
he should fail to obtain the President
tial nomination, representative Nolan,
Republican, California, one of his cam
paign managers announced today.
Il am authorized to say for the Sena-
tor that 1t is not intended to let him
be nominated for hitching post Mr..
Nolan declared. He is out for the
Presidential nomination, and under no
circumstances will he take the Vice
Presidency
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19

Now York, April 19.--The nation.
wide railroad strike apparently has
collapsed.
Except in few isolated sections,
railroad officials reported last night,
the bulk CT the men who followed the
Leadership of John Grunau Chicago
trainman, had returned to work. Nor.
NAL passenger service was virtually
restored, they said, while substantial
progress had been made in moving
the vast amount OF freight that has
been accommodating throughout the
country, especially in the east, during
the past three weeks.
Many Of the strikers went out with
out presenting any grievances and lat
er announced that failure to receive
increase in wages granted to other
railroad men prompted their action
The strikers, who acted in defiance
of the railroad brotherhood chiefs,
have generally returned without any
definite promises of more pay.
In many cases. however, they have
been assured their demands will be
presented to President Wilson's iabor
board, which Is empowered under the
federal transportation act to settle
disputes between the railroads and
their men. The board is. new sitting
in Washington.
In Chicago, the original strike cen
ter. railroad officials reported the
strike had lost its effectiveness,
while b. otherhood chiefs declared ac-
tion would be taken today towards the
Ireyokng the charters OF locals whose
members refused to return to wcrk by
midnight Saturday, Not more than
1000 men we're reported to be out
the.e by railroad officials, although
these figures we're disputed by Grunau
who Gained the strikers ranks were
unbroken and that meeting OF "out
law" union heads from all sections of
the country would be held there to-
day TO make plans for continuing the
strike.
In the New York district 1t was ap-
parent that most of the # kers,
whose numbers were yariously esti-
mated from four thousand to 10000,
had returned. Two thousand EN-
ployes of the Hudson tubes which
carry thousands of commuters in New
Yok daily from Northern New Jersey
points, were the only united and i'm
portant hold-outs. The tubes have
been closed to passenger traffic since
Tho man walked ont nril Q
In Detroit an attempt will be made
today to resume switching opera ions
with volunteer crews recruited from
the ranks OF idle facto.y workers. In
Cleveland all local freight terminals
with the exception of the New Work
Central Colinwood yards and the
Erie railroad were still tide up, but
passenger service through the Union
station was normal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
VT. MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1926
Everybody Asylum
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

The Banner is compelled to give
notice to adver isers that for the pres
ent all advertisements a taken sub
ject to omission at our option.
The shortage of paper is so acute
that we are compelled to keep down
to regular size and some days it is
necessary to leave out part of the
advertising.
All advertisers can get their adver.
tisements into the paper but we are
compelled to arrange the schedule Of
insertions and size OF display our
selves in order to live within our
paper allotment.
The Evening Banner.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
Alleged Deception by Mary

Carson City, New. April Ills
trict Judge Frank r. Langan will b.
asked to testify as to his introduc-
tion to Mrs Moore. Just before go
ing on the witness stand she was pre-.
sented to the Judge as Miss G. adys
Smith" This, the state will contend,
is circumstantial evidence that Mrs.
Moore attempted to deceive the court
as to her true identity. The complaint
contains approximately 1000 words,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
World Goes un.

Following notice was received this
a. m. by ]. A. Evans Newsdealer:
April 18th. 1920
To Newsdealers:
Operative Wednesday April 2lst.
1920, the retail price of The News and
the New York World will be four
cents per copy.
The wholesale price to dealers will
be 1926 per hundred copies. I'm.
sold copies cannot be returned for
credit.
Thanking you to make your arrange
ments accordingly. We are,
Very truly yours,
The News, and n. Y. World.
]. S. Sullivan,
Manager Circulation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
Crcoorian Calendar.

The Gregoriun or reformed calendar,
called new style was promulgated
on March 1852, and adopted by
most of tie Roman Catholic countries
of europe before the end of that cen
tury. it was adopted by Great Britain
In September, iijl. AT that time the
United states we're British posses
slons, ard the new calendar was ac-
cepteI ~ them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
For Curtain Rod.

In inserting a rod in curtains II a
thimble is placed over the end of the
rod It Will run easily through the head
Ing. This eliminates the possibility OF
tearing and saves great deal Of time
and patience.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
To Heal A Cough
Take HAYES HEALING HONEY. $50
Your brains are worth

sSS, 1898 II you earn $4,000 year. Your
salary is equivalent to what you
would receive if s33,333 were invested
at per cent p. otect yourself asains;
unexpected cutting off OF your earn
ings. National life Ins. CO., ". Mu
tual) Earle s Kinsley, General
Agent, Mead building Rut and. W.
ADV,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
LEGION FAIR ENDS
Entertainment Largely Attended on
Its Closing Night.

The fair Of Bennington post, Amerl-
can Legion, which opened at Hawks
hall Thursday evening closed Satur-
day night with la ge attendance.
There were $40 tickets sold at he
door, number that crowded he hall
to capacity
The entertainment was a success
financially and Otherwise. The legion
boys were assisted by the women Of
the loca Relief Corps and others
Every detail was carried out in ex.
ce'lent shape.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
CHARLES c. BELL DEAD.
Died Sunday at Home Of Daughter OF
Park Street.

Park Street.
Charles c. Bell aged n, formerly
of Manchester, VT, died at the home of
h S daughter, Mrs, Shirley Williams of
Park street, Sunday, April 49, 1920 at
2;SO p. m, after long illness.
The funeral will be held from the
Congregational church at Manchester
next Wednesday at 2 p. m. The burial
viii be at Manchester. Mr.. Bell had
lived with his daughter here for the
past three years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
RISING COSTS
AGAIN At TACkED
BY CHEESE CLUB
Organizers of Overall Movement
Advocate Lunch Boxes
PASTOR ENRoLLs CHURCH
breaches In Popular Garments and
Members Of Congregation sign
Overall Pledge.

New York, April 19.--The Cheese
club, which introduced the overall
campaign in the south last week, to-
day started brand new attack upon
high prices.
The club has sent out notice urg.
ing members of the overall clubs to
carry lunch boxes from home instead
CT eating their noon meals at restaur.
ants.
A recent increase to dollar and
more for lunches Is the reason for the
latest move of the Cheese club.
Boston, April 19.--Overalls headed
the lists taken by shoppers from their
homes for their usual Monday pur-
chases on the commercial district to-
day.
Last evening, after Rev. Louis l..
Huntington appeared in the pulpit
wearing overalls 200 members OF the
congregation signed the pledge to
wear overalls in an effort to reduce
the mounting costs of clothing.
Groups in several other New Eng
land communities are adopting the
overall plan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
H. THOMPSON. M. d.

II. A. O. D.
Certificate from American Board ef
ophthalmology.
Practice limited to
THE EYE, EAR. NOSE & THROAT
Is Ashland ST.. directly opp. PosteHseas
NORTH ADAMS. MAeS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair and continued cool tonight and
probably Tuesday Probably frost to.
night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-19
THREATS Of MORE
STRIKES MADE IN
CHICAGO DISTRICT
Freight Handlers and Clerks
Will Vote on Walkout Tonight
SWITCHMEN BACK ON JOBS
Return Without Assurances of lncreas.
ed Wages but Place Hope In
Labor Board.

Chicago, April 19.--Threats of a
new strike among railroad employees
in the Chicago district confronted the
ra5Toad managers and brotherhood
officials today. The insurgent switch
mems strike has been broken and the
situation is rapidly returning to nor
NAL.
Eight thousand freight handlers
and 10000 railroad clerks wiz take a
strike vote tonight The clerks, the
chairman of the union says, will prob
ably strike on Tuesday.