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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
NO PEACE WITH REDS.
SAYS GEN. WRANGEL
Southern Leader Declares Russia viii
Quiet At Once With BolsheVjk
Overthrow.

Sebastopo, Crimea, Aug p CAS-
sociated Press) Civil war in Russia
would cease Immediately il the Rus
sian people were free to organize a
Government according to their own
wishes, Gen Baron Wrangel, recogniz-
ed head of the South Russian Govern.
ment by France a few days ago, de
cared here today. They are not able
to do this at present, however, because
of the domination of the Soviet lead
ers, and the fight must 80 on until Rus
SLAMS are free to take matters in their
own hands, he continued
Ever since the South Russian Army
honored me by placing itself under my
command leaders Of various Cossack
organizations have been urging US to
send expeditions into the Caucasus
and Kuban regions to assist in throw
ing off the tyranny Of the }olsheyiki'
said Gen. Wrangel. Soviet domina
on has always been hateful to the
Crossaeks, hut it was not until The
last fortnight that 1t was possible to
meet their appeals. Our navy is now
restored to Il pCht where 1t can effoc-
lively support our troops in any pos
sib'e sea action
"What effect will recogn tion by
France have on the Crimean Govern?
ment?" he was asked
Gen. Wrangels eyes frightened as
he responded promptly: The note of
France was a chivalrous and Just ex.
preston of one ally's recc gnition Of
another's self sacrifice in the com.
mon cause | cannot conceal my sur
prise he continued after moments
hesitation. that other allies have not
given the same generous recognition
Of bloodshed" "
MAY | ask" said the correspondent
what impression the American note
to Italy on the attitude of the United
States toward Bolsheyism created?"
1T was most favorable he replied.
ut was very gratifying to me per
sonally and | am sure to all right
minded Russians.
Wrangels forces have captured the
important city of Noyorossisk, the
Black Sea terminus of the railroad
leading eastward to Ekaterinodar, in
the Province of .Kuban, and have en-.
tered the Douetz basin coal district
according to announcement here. In
the latter region the local population
is SAID to be joining Gen Wrangels
forces.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
LONGSHOREMEN
TIE UP BRITISH
SHIPS BY STRIKE
Women Pickets Start DemOnstra-
tion in New York
SEAMEN JOIN STRIKERS
Protest Refusal OF London Authorl
ties to Reease Mayor of Cork
from Prison.

New York, Aug. 2S. The young
hish girls who have been picketing
the British Consulate since last Mon
day marched along the waterfront on
West street yesterday afternoon carry
ing banners protesting against the inn
of the Lord NJ ayor of Cork
and the detention of Archbishop man
nix by the British Government started
what was probably the frst purely
political strike Of workmen in the his
tory OF the United States Almost 200
oilers, stokers and engineers from the
White Star liner Baltic deserted their
pots end swung into line behind the
young women, and after them came
hundreds Of longshoremen who had
oeen loading British ships on half
dozen piers.
The parade and the impromptu
strike grew in enthusiasm and num-
hers and Gu minated last night in a
tremendous burst OF enthusiasm and
wild Irish patriotism in mass meet
ing at the Lexington Opera House in
Flty-frst street and Lexington ave
nue., called to protest against the Lord
Mayors impr sonment At this meet
ing Frank p. Walsh, chairman Of the
American Commission on Irish Inde-
pendence, declared that 1000 long
shoremen already had gone out on
strike in behalf of the Irish cause, be
sides the oilers and others from the
British ship Baltic and that 5000 more
would leave their posts today Vari-
Gus speakers aroused tremendous Ell
tuhuslasm by shouting that the strik-
ers never would 90 back to work until
the British Government freed Lord
Mayor MacSweeney and permitted
Archbishop Mannix to land in Ireland
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
RECORD OF 81 YEARS
IN LOCOMOTIVE CAB
Engineer, Once Resident of Rutland
Had Service of Half Century
Without Black Mark.

Rutland, Aug. 27.--With a re-
cord of 81 years in the cab behind
him, O Elmer Dennis, a pioneer
locomotive engineer, now pens.oncd
and living in West Springfield, Mass,
but formerly of Rutland and Mrs.
Dennis are renewing old acquaintanc
es in Rutland Mr. Dennis now TO-
weaes the honorary membership
badge in the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers and has been a
member of the Odd Fellows for AZ
years. lie told an interesting story
yesterday to a newspaper representa-
tive.
Mr.. Dennis comes from a family of
railroad men, his father, his three
brothers, and his son, still at it after
2S years service, have total service
record OF 259 years, which Mr. Dennis
declares has never been equalled by
any family in railroad annals in this
country Mr., Dennis himself vacated
his cab three years ago with the en-
yiable record Of having worked under
30 master mechanics and 26 superin
tendents without a black mark
against him. He reviewed the family
railroad h story.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
BANDITS PLANNED
TO ROB BOX OFFICE
Youthful Gangsters Admit contemp.
lated Shooting Of Baseball Club
MANAGER,

Chicago, Aug. 27-Confession Of
plot to shoot Charles A. Comiskey,
baseball magnate and the office force
and police guard at the White Sex
baseball park box office September
16, was made to the police today, by
three boy bandits who were arrested
YESTERDAY in an attempted robbery of
a 5000 pay roll of Wilson and Com
pany stock yard packers
According to the police, the three
said that they intended to steal the
gate receipts Of the White SoX
Yankee game September l6, when
they figured Babe" Ruth would draw
Iecord-breaking aud ence They said
they knew that Comiskey was not
permitted by his physicians to watch
the games but he was in the box Of
flee overy afternoon They told the
police that yesterday they planned to
XIII the bank messengers and escape
with the $4,000 pay roll,
James Ryan, one of the trio, was
identified at the states attorneys Of
fee as member of the gang that
shot and killed detective sergeant
Frank McGurk. recently while the
detective was defending a vinegar
company's plant against robbers
raid.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
2O2 PROMOTED FROM RANKS
Daniels Says Enlisted Man May Now
Hope to Be an Admiral

Washington, Aug Secretary
Daniels today issued permanent com
missions in the navy to 202 men who
won their way from the ranks and
served creditably as temporary Off
GERS during the war In statement
he said in part
Permanent prone tion from the
ranks when won by these officers by
long and honorable records, in which
they demonstrated Their ability to
serve as commissioned officers 1t
was very gratifying to me to s. lgn the
commissions giving naval recognition
to the singularly worthy men who,
lacking Annapolis education, had by
devotion to duty and the exhibition
of large capacity qualified to serve as
commissioned officers along with the
Annapolis graduates who had enjoyed
better earlier opportunities for edu-
catiCn.
"It shows that the navy today is
spelling opportunity" as never be-
fore, and that young men who come
into the service and make good may
look forward to rising from an enlist.
ed man to Admiral"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
CAUGHT BIG SNAKE
Reptile Escaped from Carnival Which
Showed in North Adams.

The good people Of North Adams
who have had occasion to visit the
south end Of River street, North Ad.
ans, have been carefully avoiding the
sidewalk and have been using the
middle of the road ever since five
foot black snake escaped from a car
niyal that showed in North Adams
about five weeks ago. There was a
general warning sent out and the
place was avoided as much as pcs
sible, but the fright wore out with
the non appearance of the snake, and
people began to use the sidewalk
again as usual. The incident, in fact,
was forgotten, Thursday morning,
however, Edward Johnson, teamster
was working in vacant lot OF
LOTUS Street saw what he thought
to be a womans hat lying in the
bushes nearby and he started to in
yestigate, but he only started-for
Just then the hat moved. Johnson,
with horror, recalled the missing
snake, and he made u getaway to a
cOmlOrldDle ulSldHCc llUll Illc udl ,
which was then making itself plainly
evident as the missing snake,
Oscar Miner, who lives on Lotus
street, happened along and Johnson
pointed out the reptile, which did not
seem to be in any hurry to leave.
Miner told johnson he would FIX
the snake, so he went into his house
and put on a pair of very heavy
gloves, and thus armed grasped the
snake by the head as the reptile was
all coiled up ready to strike him. The
snake was very much surprised at
this unexpected action and wiggled
and wiggled and wiggled, but evident
ly the animal saw that it was no use
and its oltime training in the show
business asserted itself and it quiet
ed down good deal. Miner put the
snake in big box and is holding it.,
pending somebody claiming the
snake. The creature seems to be
very poorly fed not having enjoyed
its five weeks of freedom, and very
much appreciated the nourishment
that Mr.. Miner handed out to it,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
GOOD MUSIC AND GOOD COMEDY
Pleasing Combination In Rainbow
Girl" Last Evening.

When one finds the rare combina-
tion of prima donna who has not
only a charming personality but a
rich, sympathetic voice; leading
man Of engaging presence who enun-
ciates the words of his love songs
distinctly; a soubrette who has both
youth and grace, and a comedian who
is really innny one feels that one has
indeed reached hte superlative in mus
ical comedy.
Such a comb nation Manager Harte
presented to large and appreciative
audience at the Opera House last even
ing, an audience whose ready response
Of laughter and applause showed that
they were sensible of the fact that one
Of the most popular musical plays
which had ever set New York city agog
from the Battery to Harlem had been
brought intact to Bennington for their
entertainment.
Katherine Shoup in the title role
sang and acted with finely tempered
reserve and delighted the eye with no
less than six effective changes of cos
tune. George Lydecker made con-
vincing and manly lover, acting Lord
Wetherill with requisite dignity, but
many Of the honors Of the evening
went TO Sam Sidam whose capers in
the role of Buck Evans kept the audi
ence in a gale of laughter whenever
he came on the stage IN one Of his
excruciating funny make-ups.
Not a small share of the honors
went to Johnnie Jordan and Joseph
Daniels who in the roles of house
maid and footman Of unusual pedal
activity, danced their way into the
hearts of the spectators. Miss Jordan
is one of the prettiest ingenues Ben.
nington has seen and she had an effec-
tive foil in her handsome, boyish dane
ing partner. In fact, a high standard
was maintained by the entire cast and
a special word of pra Sc should be Civ.
en- to Jane Burby and Margaret Merri-
man for their clever portrayal of the
two maiden aunts of his lordship who
poured their most gracious hospitality
on much-married actor under the i'm
preston that he was the bishop of New
Zealand.
1t may not be generally known that
The Rainbow Girl" was seen at the
Harte Theatre within the past year un.
der another guise with Marguerite
Clark starring in the pictured version.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
SAYS BOOZE MONEY
Is GOING TO COX
Kenyon Committee Asked to Make
investigation in the Pittsburgh
District

Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 26 United
States Senator Kenyon, Chairman Ct
the Senate committee investigating
campaign funds today was requested
by e. Hutson of the Journal Printing
Company to investigate a reported con-
nect.on between profits on Illicit
whiskey sales in this district and the
Cox campaign fund. In a telegram to
Kenyon he said
Request that all facts in the mat
ter of campaign funds now being
raised in Western Pennsylvania by
bootleggers and Illicit liquor deal
ers in the interest of Gov CoX's cam
paign be investigated
Evidence is easily obtainable that
thousands of cases of whiskey are be-
ing taken from distilleries Of West
ern Pennsylvania under medicinal per
mits issued through two or three men
and the proceeds between the distill
ers' price and the bootleggers' pur-
chasing price going into the political
fund, illicit agents openly making this
statement.
The names of several business
men and Democratic politicians are
involved, Saloons Of city running
wide open on Democratic assurances
that they will not be molested.
Mr.. Hutson says t viii not be dit
fcult for the Kenyon Committee to
unearth the facts he declares exist
The Pittsburgh district has been de-
clared cne of the "wettest" places in
the United States
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
BROTHER is PROUD
OF MAYOR OF CORK
Terry Is Real lrishman, Says Petec
MacSwerey, Who Lives in
New York,


New York, Aug. 27--At No 220
East 3lst Street lives an old man
named Peter MacSweney, who told re.
porters yesterday that he is the old
est brother of Terence MacSweney,,
Lord Mayor of Cork, who is starving
himself to death for the Irish Republic
cause Peter MacSweeney is a shce-
cutter by trade and has been in this
country about ten years,
Yes, Terry is my youngest brother
And no better man lives than the
same Terry, he sad, ITS hard for
an old man like me to hear that he
is starving to death in an English
prison. He is good boy a good hus-
band and a real Irishman. There's a
lot of people nowadays say they're
Irish, but mostly they're politicians
first and Irish next.
IF my brother dies in prison of
starvation the British Government and
Llyod George viii be responsible,
guess the Irish Republic will make
them hum for it if he dies, The fight
he is making is one any Irlshman in
Ireland may have to face any day.
ITS good to know so many people
are comforting him, especially his
wife. ! sent message telling him
the whole world is watching him and
is stirred by hs devotion tc his ma
tive land said we were all praying
for him and Muricl (the Lord Mayors
wilol I'm going to that meeting in
his honor tomorrow night if | never
do anyth' 'ng else
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28

From these figures it will be seen
that the towns which have gained
during the past ten years are Airing
ton, Bennington, Glastonbury, Man
chester and Woodford. Actually
Bennington is the only town in the
county that has gained appreciably
during the ten years just past Ar
lington Bennington and Manchester
are the only towns that have more
people than 20 years ago and the gain
in Arlington in 20 years is only 1T
and in Manchester 102.
Fourteen towns of the county have
lost in population during the past 20
years. The percentage Of loss is
greatest in Sandgate and Stamford
and Sunderland though in actual
shrinkage Pownal appears to hold
the record. Glastonbury appears to
have regained the doubtful honor of
being the smallest town in the state.
The town of Sandgate has less than
one quarter as many people as 1t
had hundred years ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
HAS FAITH IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE WOMEN
Senator Moses, Who Opposed Suff-
rage Confident He viii Receive
denomination

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug, 26 Senator
George II. Moses, who voted in the
United States senate against submit
ting the suffrage amendment to the
states gave out the following state
ment tonight: "The proclamation of
the 10Th Amendment by the Secretary
of State makes woman suffrage part
of the fundamental law of the land and
ii is the duty Of every citizen to ac-
Cept it Loyalty. No matter what his
previous opinion and action may have
been. Equally it is the duty OF every
woman to make use Of the new priv.
ilege which IS now hers. She should
register wherever the law will permit
and vote both in the primary and in
the election
SO far as the women of New Hamp-
shire are concerned, have no misgiy
ings. They have never shirked any
duty aud will not evade this one. am
confident that they will act politica ly
with judicious wisdom They will not
shape their action upon an issue which
has now been settled, but they will
vote in the full light of knowledge
both of parties and of candidates,
SO far as am concerned am en-.
tirely vii ing to submit my cand idacy
for denomination to the enlarged leec-
torste which New Hampshire now has
for know that the women of my state,
like the men, will formulate their
Judgment and cast their vote upon the
larger and practical questions which
are involved in this campa gn. They
will not be delivered by any one They
will act individually and, believe,
most largely as regular Republicans. -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
HAYS DECLARES COX
DREAMS IN MILLIONS
Insists Democratic Nominae Can Not
Prove Charges OF Corrupt
Campaign Funds.

New York, Aug 27.--Will H. Hays,
Chairman OF the Republican National
Committee rep ying to the speech OF
Governor Cox in Pittsburg last night
in which the Demo cratic Presidential
nominee sought to prove the Republi-
cans were consp.ring to buy the
Presidency, declared that Mr. Cox
had such intimate knowledge of the
wasting OF millions in aircraft pro-
duction. during the war, that he
dreamed in millions"
After studying Mr.. Coxs speech Mr.
Hays issued the following statement
at Republican headquarters "Of
course candidate Cox fails to prove
as he has failed. to prove and viii
fail to prove his charges, This is
simply because the charges are false
He says millions have been put IN.
to the Republican National Commit.
tee by sinister Influences to corrupt
the electorate, He first is reported to
have said a hundred million Then
Secretary Roosevelt said thirty mil.
ton Then candidate Cox said fifteen
million, while now candidate Cox
says eight millions
He attempts to prove this by quot
ing from the official bulletin of the
Ways and Means Committee OF the
Republican committee, a pamphlet
published every few days and sent
broadcast over tho country to party
members and to newspapers, all to in
still interest among the workers, and
from an alleged quota sheet which he
claims indicates the amounts to be
raised in certain cities, which he does
not even charge was adopted or any
operation had hereunder.
Candidate Cox, himself a million
are, has had such intimate know
ledge of the wasting of millions in
aircraft production in his state and
Secretary Roosevelt has had such an
intimate knowledge Of the burning
of billions by the administration Of
which he has been an important part
that these men dream in millions.
"They will have an opportunity in
Chicago to prove this insult to the
thousands of good citizens 'all over
the country which are counted in the
Republican party.
incidentally they will have a
chance next week to Indicate the
source of their own money, both of
their National Committee and other
agencies outside of their National
committee raising money to try to aid
in candidate CoX's election"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
CAT MAKES RECORD
Travels g. Miles to Reach Owner
Who Had Moved.

Bloomfield, N. j., Aug 27.-Red,
Bloomfeld's champion tomcat pedes-
trian, today curled upon bag of
bran and purred contentedly while
Lawrence Blamey, his owner, proprie
tor of feed store patiently applied
soothing salye to his paws Reds
claws were worn down to the quick
by a hike Of sixty.seven miles from
a farm, which Mr. Blamey sold a
year ago. Thinking his pct cat
would prefer field mice to those of
the feed store variety Mr.. Blamey
left Red on the farm, but yesterday
the exhausted feline finally succeeded
in finding the new home of his mas.
to'.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
VT, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2S, 1920
Conversation Highly Day Guy
HARMONY MILLS REDUCE
Big Cohoes Mill shuts Down $500
Looms Monday.

Cohoes, Aug. 2S General Agent j.
"a. Perkins of the Harmony Mil an.
bounced yesterday afternoon that ow-
ing to the continued lack of new or.
ders, that, effective Monday, three
fifths or 5000 looms operated by EN-.
ployes of the company would be clos
ed
Five hundred looms which are work.
ing on special orders will be operated
fortyeight hours week and 1900
looms will he operated four days a
week. The carding and spinning de-
partments will be curtailed to keep
up with the number of looms oper-
ated Mr.. Perkins said that no new
orders have been received in some
time, which is the cause Of the cur.
tailment of production.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
REGULATING TRAFFIC
Experiment Being Tried Today at
Putnam House Corner.

An experiment is being made to inn
prove the traffic conditions at Put
nam House corner. Temporarily, the
silent policeman" has been removed
from the center of the street and has
been replaced with four standards 10.
Gated at the four corners. A traffic
officer is on duty to assist in the ex-
pertinent which is being tried in an
effort to ascertain how conditions
may he improved
The change from one to four stand
ards is cnly temporary but If it re-
suits in a better regulation Of traffic
at the congested corner it will be
made permanent and four iron stand
ards will be purchased.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
LIVING COSTS PASS
'fa TOP OF GRADE
Price Declines in Almost All Com
modities with the Exception
of Food.

Washington, Aug, 26.-Marked indi.
cations that living costs apparently
have started on their long awaited fall
was said by the Federal Reserve
Board today to be contained in its lat
est reports. An important down
ward tendency" in prices of all com
modities except ng food is evidenced
in all parts of the country, the board
stated, adding that sharp reductions
in the price of raw products even fore
cast lower food prices
The board said there had been a
pronounced checking of speculation.
as well as an increase in general
efficiency and an equally positive yet
limited curtaiment of extravagant eX-
pend ture aud unnecessary borrowing
There has been also aS sustained
tendency toward the paying off of
loans secured by Government bonds
The board IS reports reveal that with
in the last two months price changes
have been marked in al basic raw
products. but have been most notice.
able in wool silk and leather. These
reductions are said to have been ac-
compauied generally by a drop OF
prices in the retail field on clothing
and shoes.
A depressed .tuation" was said to
exist in the leather and shoe industry.
Shoe manufacturers are slow in plac-
ing orders with leather dealers with
the result that prices on raw materials
have suffered a heavy decline. The
dul season Of late summer was des-
cribed as hedging earlier and lasting
longer. The manufacturers, how
ever, anticipate a heavy fall business,
but this is not expected by business
experts to increase prices in these
lines.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-28
THE DANCING MASTERS
"The Wesleyan" Step Evolved in
Hope of Luring Methodist Approval

he Wesleyan" Step Evolved in
Hope of Lurng Methodist Approval
New York, Aug 27-The public
has had too much jazz and is turning
toward more natural music, said Paul
b. Klough, President of the Music In
dustries Chamber of Commerce. in an
address before the National Associa
tion of Masters Of Dancing, last night.
He also urged a rigid censorship Of
words in music, and said suggestive
lyrics should be discountenanced.
The convention held its closing ses
sion today
A slow, graceful stp named THE
Wesleyan was evolved by the dane
ing masters with the avowed hope
that it will receive approval of the
Methodist Church, the anti-dancing
edict of which the convention has
deplored each day,