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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-03
PLUMBER BOUGHT A C0R0T
Aud Art Deal Whlch Family Gen.
demnsd Melted a Profit Ct s7tcco
for His Estate.

II would seem that the plumbers
capacity for making money IS not nee
csSarIly confined 70 Ills business
William Il. Mccormick, writing ln
Arts ana Decoration. tells ol one With
nothing except hts instinct 10 guide
him who bought superb Corot that
enriched his estate By many thousands
Of dollars.
Duang the exhibition Of famous
collection Of art objects In New YORK;.
twenty-five years aeb, The attendants
in The gallery where he collection was
shown noticed an unfamiliar end not
very weldrossed man spending con.
siderable time each day in front of
C0rots Lake Nemi. oae of the pic
lures in the collection on making
impurities they found BE WIS we'll
todn plumber. wholly unknown In Tie
picture iuyipg world u appeared
later thal be- tol1 his fawDy he iu'end.
ed to buy the painting if possible aud
there was Cue family row oyer he
matter, Hut he stuck 20 his plan
and on the night the c0nyls came un
for safe It was knocked down To- him
for $4,000. As long as hc lived his
family never forgaye him for his ey-
trayagancc Bnt they were forced 70
change thcir opinion of hts action lat-
r ts.4 ..t,.,, az ...f,ff,.s t+.oe c,Il
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-03
Note Told Of rrs.1edy.

A me ssage from the sea washed
ashore ~ southampton. Eng reads +!
"fj000 Rtward.-I am In The hands Of
savages on Cape Verde is'aud Please
send help -Gustave Hamel" The
dramatic disappearance Of Hunei
caused a sensation in 1914 On TWEEN.
ty-third d5y of May of that year he
left Parts with the intention Of flying
to Hendon TO compete In the aerial
derby. Tie reached Boulogne. and
was seen at Calais hut NO trace could
be- got afierwar. The writing is sod
den with water, but the signature Is
intact. and an effort viii be made to
prove its genuineness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-03

A 40 per cent reduction in corn acre
age on account Of the farm labor
shortage elsewhere. and there's not
much hope Of improvement until mil
lion or so people finish tInkerng with
secondhand automobiles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-03
TrottIna Horse cyeIe.

Rising ana sinking In his saddle as
d horSeman does, a lad drives n yeloc-
lpede ne has invented Every time
the saddle desceuds, it dcprcsSes n yer.
teal rack. This rack mrs a ratchet
wheel which, IN turn. is geared to the
rcar wheels A coil spring Keeps me
saddle In contact with the rider as
H. r!sca Tor each power stroke.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-03

Some OF these restaurant owners who
found a cup of coffee costs them 6.5
rents and had to be sold for I cents
seem to have decided on second
thought that 1t is better to lose money
lhan to sell no coffee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-03
Woman Was Clicked

the and
y Il felt
I'd bed there sharp pains would shoot
all breath with the least
of
to
My
ia be
nights panied numerically
my
/
OF
nights have dread
papates
abouti
Woman Hood Tonic in at
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-03
Tslmudlc Wisdom.

Throw no stones into The well
whence you have drunk. The Tai
mud.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-03

Birds Songs on Record.
Photographic records OF blrds
songs have been successfully made for
future reference.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-03

Not Much left.
The world owes you living hul The
paymasIer often gets held up by the
hiIsllerS. Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
WHAT GOOD is WEALTH

if you are in poor health, II almost
everything that you eat distressses you
frequent headaches, pains in the stom-
ach, bad taste in the mouth, dark rings
under the eyes, ETC.? The fact is, lie
is not worth living if you are chronic
sufferer from indigestion and bilious
ness.
When the stomach is out OF order
the liver not working properly, your
heart is obliged to do so much extra
work, that it causes palpitation, faint
ness. and if not checked becomes dan
gerous.
To feel fresh and fit for your daily
duties, you must keep your stomach
well, your liver active, and the bowels
regular; you can get into this healthy
condition. by taking SEVEN Banks;
as a digestive tonic, and stomach rem
edy, it has no equal, and so years OF
continuous sale proves its wonderful
merit.
Get at the root of your indigestion
and constipation trouble by driving al
poisons out of your system for good
No matter how chronic your case is
you can get quick relief by taking ma
lures remedy, SEVEN BARkS; one
bottle costing SOC will prove its value
After you have proven its wonderful
efficiency, you will never be without
it. Ask your druggist for it.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
MAJORS AND MINORS
TRY TO GET TOGETHER
Efforts Being Made at Chicago to Get
Two Organizations on Working
Basis.

Chicago, Feb. l2.--Selection OF a
chairman of the national baseball com
mission to succeed August Hermann,
of Cincinnati, rested to-day with Pres
ident John Heydler of the National
league and Ban Johnson Of the Amer-
can league, and attention Of the va
rious league representatives here
turned to efforts to effect a resumption
of relations between major and minor
organizations.
Five men wrom whom a new national
commission chairman might be chosen
were Recommended to joint Sos SION
of the American and national leagues
by Joint nominating committee and
their names were passed on to the two
league executives. They were Federal
Judge Kenesaw Mountain lands and
Harvey T. Woodruff, sporting editor
of the Chicago Tribune, and William
Edwards, J. Conway Toole and state
Senator J. W. Walker, the last three
of New York.
Two attempts We're made yesterday
to hold a joint meeting OF major and
minor league heads. At the meeting
called for to-day it was hoped to bring
about a resumption Of the relation
broken off three years ago. 1t was
intimated from an authoritative source
that the outcome would be a gentle
mems agreement" and that relations
would be resumed without a written
understanding.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
N. RYEGATE WOMEN SOLVE H.cL
They Save By Remodeling Garments
and Canning Meat.

Burlington. Feb. ll-Fivc women
saved S63.l5 during the month OF Jan
uary by making over their own gar
ments. says Miss Bertha A. Holden,
home economies specialist for the agri-
cultural extension service of the Uni
versity of Vermont on her return from
a recent trip to North Ryegate. Five
dresses, two suits for small boys, seven
pairs of stockings, two pairs of mittens
and five BOYS shirts were made from
materials which were on band, and al
terations were made on one skirt. The
saving of $63l5 does not include the
saving in materials. All this was ae-
complished by the work being done in
the home in cooperation with Miss
Mabel l.. Kelly, home demonstration
agent for Caledonia county,
Every woman in this particular com
munity in North Bycgate is "A farm
bureau member and they have been
studying ways and methods Of remod
cling garments When member com
pleted o garment in January it was re-
ported TO Mrs Edwin Renfrew, the To-
cal chairman. Several more garments
are being transformed from a suit to
dress. or vice versa, and will be re-
ported in February. The project will
be continued in this way for several
months.
North Ryegate women are not stop
ping at their clothing work either. By
canning their own meats, with Miss
Gertrude Brock in charge Of the pro-
iect, they are also solving another
phase Of the high cost Of living.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
WILL OPEN
IN BOSTON
American L e a g ue Team
Will Play Washington
There April IA
154-GAME CHART
is RESTORED
Sunday Games This Year
Year at Washington
and New York

Chicago. Feb. I2-TThe American
league baseball season will open april
"a and close Oct. 3, according to the
official 1920 schedule released last night
bv b. b. johnson, president OF the
league. The schedule shows a restora-
tion of the ia games chart, which was
curtailed last season because OF the
world war. An innovation in this year
schedule is the listing of Sunday games
ut Washington and New York. This
Is the first time in the history OF the
league that this has been done at the
time the schedule was drafted. The
world war was responsible for this.
last season. games were permitted in
Washington and New York, but the
schedule made no provision for these
contests. As a result the schedule was
revised and number of games were
advanced in order to play on the SAB
bath.
The four western clubs will open IN
the west, while the clubs OF the east
will inaugurate the season at the east
ern end of the circuit.
Opening games are listed as follows:
Detroit at Chicago.
st. Louis at Cleveland.
New York at Philadelphia.
Washington at Boston.
Boston is scheduled to close the sea
son before the other clubs The final
curtain for the Red Sox will be rung
down on Sept. % A doubleheader,
with Washington billed as the opponent,
is on the program for that day. The
following day, Sept. %, New York will
close its season at Philadelphia. The
last of the eastern clubs to quit for
the season are the Senators and the
Athletics, who meet at Philadelphia
on Oct 2.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
MONUMENT TO VOLTA.
Father Of Experimental Electricity to
Be Honored.

Rome, Jan .-Alessandro Volta,
the father of experimental electricity,
the inventor of the voltaic pile and the
man after whom the electric volt was
named. is to be honored with monu-
ment in Rome which viii probably be
unveiled in 1927, the Tooth anniversary
Of his death.
The movement for the recognition OF
the services of this pioneer Italian cleo
trician to humanity was launched at a
recent dinner of the Italian Alpine club
by Luigi Spada, secretary of the Rome
branch of the club.
Volta was a native of Como and won
fame as a professor of physiexs both at
Como and Padua. Although he made
many discoveries and inventions in
electricity, his voltaic pile is the one
upon which his fame rests chiefly.
Napoleon l., the emperor of Austria
and the British Royal society awarded
him medals and invited him to demon.
strate the pile, which was series OF
discs of dissimilar metal, sucls as cop.
per and zinc, laid up with discs Of
cloth or paper between them moistened
with acid water, for the production OF
electricity. Upon this discovery the
telephone, telegraph, electric lighting,
heating and electric power develop
ment of all sorts are based,
A small marble tablet is the only
memorial which Volta has in Rome.
On the monument to be erected to his
memory it is proposed to engrave the
names of Galyani, Pacinotti, Meucci,
G. Ferraris and Marconi. all illustrlous
Italians who have contributed notably
to the development of the principles
discovered by Volta.
Antoni Meucci was from Florence
and lived in America with General
Garibaldi, on Staten Island, where they
supported themselves in poverty by
making candles. In discussing Meueci's
service to the world, Signor Spada
said: "Meucc invented the telephone. "
Recounting the other important cleo
trical discoveries Of Italians. he con.
tinued: Antonio Pacinotti OF Pisa in
1864 discovered the electrical ring which
is the principle of the dynamo de
yeloped by Gramme, the Belgian who
appropriated Pacinottis discovery.
He declared that Italians invented
the barometer, the pendulum, the lens,
the telescope and that the submarine,
airplane and asphyxiating gas were in
embryo set forth in the writings of
Leonardo Signor Spada urged that
Italians arouse themselves and develop
the discoveries Of their own scientists
in a broad commercial way.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12

In October, 1918, preceding the armi-
stice, when the l42d infantry was in
front of st. Etiene, on the Champagne
front, the Germans detected American
troop movements by tapping wires. TO
avoid this, Colonel Morrissey organized
signal square of Choctaws to trans
nit the messages in their original dia-
lect. "This barbed wire conversation,
DR.. Dixon said, was a barrage that
non -plussed the Germans"
In working the code" it was found
that there were no words in the Choc-
taw tongue for many military technical
expressions, and it was necessary to
make up table of substitutes, such as
zone grain corn" for FIRST battalion
and arrows" for ammunition"
DR.. Dixon's plan proposes the estab-
lishment Of permanent regimental or
battalion headquarters on or near I'M.
nortant reservations, system OF
schools on or near reservations for the
purpose Of preparing Indian youths for
military career and duties or citizen
ship, and higher school, to be known
az the Indian West Point, for instruct /
ing indians in the duties of non-com-
missioned officers. The plan would al
low Indian non commissioned officers to
enter regular officers schools.
Other sections Of the measure would
declare all Indians of one eighth or more
blood. who shall have reached the age
Of q ears, or who shall have taken the
prescribed oath Of a regular soldier OF
the United States; to be full citizens
of the United States. Subject TO a
reading and writing test, after 1929 all
Indian graduates of the reservation
would be declared full citizens on
reaching 81 years Of age.
Testifying before the House com
mittee, DR.. Dixon charged that the
commissioner If Indian affairs does not
believe in Indian citizenship, and that
he had prohibited the delivery To In
dams in some sections Of copies of tes-
timony before the House military com
mitee in 1917. when Dr. Dixon argued
for the recruiting of ten or more regi-
ments of Indian cavalry for use in the
war. Under ruling by the attorney
general, the commissioner Of Indian af-
fairs was held to have the same pow
or Of regulation over the mail of In
dams as the warden Of a penitentiary
in preventing The delivery of mail TO
convicts.
81 ask YOU 10 note" Dr. Dixon said,
'that the Indian. in the majority of
cases ward of the government, was
treated as convict but still was con-
sidered worthy of being drafted"
The secretary of war opposed the or
ganization of the Indian regiments in
1917 on the ground that he did not ia
vor segregation Of troops according to
race.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
Offered in Senate by Sen
ator Henry Cabot
Lodge
BASED ON BI-PARTl-
SAN COMPROMISE
Do Not Agree Entirely
With Draft Which Dem
ocrats Said Was Agreed

Washington, Feb l2.--The peace
treaty reservations as revised tenta'
lively in recent unofficial bipartisan
compromise conferences were yester-
day presented by Senator Lodge, the
Republican leader, for consideration
when the treaty comes up next Mon
day.
The notifications do not agree en-
tirely with the draft which Democratic
members of the bipartisan committee
said were tentatively agreed upon.
Eight of the Ia reservations would be
modified under Senator Lodges propos
al and the preamble would be changed
so that affirmative acceptance by the
other powers would not be required
-Four of the remaining reservations
were accepted by the Democratic con
ferees without change, the Republicans
on the committee say, which indicated
the other two relating to article 10 and
the Monroe doctrine were left un-
changed.
Democratic acceptance of most OF the
eight modified reservations generally
was predicted, though it was thought
further changes might be sought on
the Senate floor.
The four on which it was said NJ
agreement was reached, but in which
changes are proposed in the draft sub
mitted to-day relates 70 withdrawal
voting power in the league, expenses
Of the league, and the economic boy.
colt
The withdrawal reservation Senator
Lodge proposes to modify 50 that no
tiee of withdrawal from league mem
bership may be given by the president
or by Congress alone whenever a ma
iority of both houses may deem il
necessary. In the original draft there
was no mention OF the president.
Under the Republican leaders change
the United States would refuse to be
bound bv any decision Of the league in
which Great Britain cast more than
one vote, until such time as the coyen
ant may be amended to give an equal.
" of voting strength among the mem
bers
Regarding league expenses, II Is pro.
posed in the new draft that this coun-
try can bear without congressional ap,
preparation only Us share in maintain
ing the office force Of the secretar
lat
From the boycott reservations il j;
proposed to strike out the original pro
vision that commercial relations may
be continued with nationals Of the GOV
enant breaking state who reside out
side Of their own country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
BANK FIGURES
MAY MISLEAD
Large Volume of Money
Does Not Definitely lndl-
cate National Prosperity
SAYS COMPTROLLER
IN ANNUAL REPORT
Merely Increasing Prices
for Home Sale Doesn't
Mean Prosperity

Washington, d. C., Feb, l2.-Warning
that the prosperity and activity indi-
Gated by banking figures may become
artificial and deceptive was given to-
dav by John Shelton Williams in his
annual report as comptroller OF the
currency.
Remarking that in 1919 there was
not a national bank failure involving
loss to depositors and that the banking
power of the country has increased 800
per &c { in the last 80 years, Mr.. Will
liams added;
"A large volume of money cannot
mean increase of real wealth while
there is decrease of production, and the
accumulation and movement of secur-
tiles and currency represent abnormally
inflated values put on diminished sup
plies of essentials.
ut is clear that no country can be
enriched by merely increasing prices OF
products produced and consumed by its
own pepole We might prosper for the
moment, if we could sell our products
abroad at the higher prices and take
payment in gold or in goods at nor
NAL prices, but we gain nothing when
we sell and buy at corresponding alb
normal prices,
All the gold in the world, aside from
50 1885, 000, 900 held by this country,
was estimated by the comptroller at
Sd 900, 100000, or only about 40 per
cent of the credit balance of this coun-
try in the last six years, For that rea.
son, he urged that this country should
adopt a policy Of reasonable help and
encouragement toward debtor countries
with no assets Immediately available,
but having fair prospects OF being able
to pay if given time.
Praise for the part played by the
national banks in financing the world
during a time OF stress, was given I'm
stintedly by the comptroller. lie ex-
pressed hope that the conservative in
luenee OF the banks would lead manu-
facturers and business men to accept
for the present smaller profits with a
view to building up general prosperity
and the habit of thrift and economy
among the masses OF the people.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
DRINK COST E164,ooo,ooo.
Parliament Discusses Management of
Drink Question.

London, Feb. 1.-THE drink question
was briefly discussed in both houses OF
Parliament yesterday. Earl Curzon
told the lords that the bill on this
subject to be introduced would contain
provisions for shorter hours of sale.
The experiment of state management
certainly would not be dropped, he
said.
In the House of Commons the sub
iect was alluded to by Sir Donald
MacLean.
"The fact that America has gone dry
is an economic fact of the gravest i'm
portanee to Great Britain" he said.
He declared the British expenditure for
drink absolutely staggered him. The
country spent more than fl64,0OO,00O
for drink in 1914, he said, and this ex'
penditure increased steadily until it
was f25a 900 900 in 1918, while it was
estimated that the expenditure for She
year ending March 81 next, would be
nearly f400,000,000 He was unaware
what the duty on the consumption for
the last named period would produce
for the public revenue, but the duty OF
1918 was Gas 100000 II was form
of revenue that all chancellors Of the
exchequer would be pleased to be able
to dispense with, he said. The meas,
ures proposed by the government would
prove to be a serious attempt to crap
pie with the evil
The liquor question will be debated
in the House of Commons during the
present week when, according TO lob
bv report, Lady Aston will speak on
the topic, in which she is much inter
nsfpd
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
Important to All Women
Readers of This Paper

Thousands upon thousands OF women
have kidney OF bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove 70
be nothing else but kidney trou lie, or
the result Of kidney or bladder disease.
II the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition. they may cause the other
organs to become diseased
You may sHffe. pain in the back
headache aud loss Of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, II
ritahle and may be despondent; u
makes anyone 80.
But hundreds II women claim that
pr. Kilmcr's swamp Root. by restoring
health e. the kidneys. proved 70 BE- just
the remedy needed % overcome such
conditions
Many send for a sample bottle 70
see what swamp Root. tile great lid
new. liver and bladder medicine. viii do
for them By enclosing ten cents %
Dr. Kiimer & Co. Biuahamton. y. y
YOU nav receive sample size bottle by
parcel post. You can purchase medium
and Iarc, size bottles a. al drug
Ltercs.-Ade.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
AFTER INFLUENZA
The Grip, Fevers and Other Poisoning
Frustrating Diseases,

1t is absolutely necessary that the
blood be thoroughly cleansed, germs OF
disease destroyed or driven out, appe.
tite restored and the kidneys and llVef
restored to perfect regular action.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been before,
the people for 46 years as general
blood purifying Alternative tonic medl-
cine, and it has given perfect satisfac'
ton. Men and women whose grand
mothers gave them Hoods Sarsaparilla
are now giving it to their own children
and grandchildren with perfect conf
dence. 1t is the ideal family medicine,
for a wide range of ailments, always
ready, always does good at any season
of the year, Prepared by educated phar-
macists Nearly 50 years of phenome-
nal sales tell the story of its remark
able merit. For mild, effective lax
alive, take Hoods Pills.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
SURGEONS ORGANIZE.
To Speak on Behalf of British Surgery
as a Whole.

London, Jan. 26.-An organization Of
surgeons Of the United Kingdom has
Just been formed with the object Of
establishing a body competent to speak
on behalf Of British surgery as a
whole. II is to be known as the As
sociation Of Surgeons Of Great Britain
and Ireland, and IFS first president Is
Sir John Bland Sutton One Of the
functions Of the association will be to
link up British surgery with American,
French and Italian
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
SIX MONTHS IN PRISON.
Michael carolan Supposed to Be Con
nected with Sim Fem.

Belfast. Ireland, Feb. l2.-Michael
Carolan, who was arrested on Feb. 4 IN
roundup of persons supposed to be
connected with the Sim Fem move
ment, was yesterday sentenced to i'm
prisonment for six months at hard Ia.
Dor. The crowns attorney asserted
Carolan ut open air meetings declared
that the British garrison was composed
Of spies and that he called for cheers
for the Irish republic
Carolsn was recently elected to the
Urban district council from the Shan
kill division Of Belfast.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
SCHOOL LIBRARIES cLEANsED,
Of Everything Contrary to Spirit Of
the New Time

Berlin. Jan. 25.-The German school
libraries are to be "eleansed,' that is.
experts will soon begin TO eliminate
ANYTHING that "is contrary to the spirit
of the new time. All books that are
chauvinistic, monarchistic, militaristic,
Bysantinish, nationalistic and anti
semitic will be rlthlessly removed. A
committee has been formed to begin
the work Immediately.