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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-08
REPUBLICANS MAY
SPLIT IS BELIEF
BITTER ENDERs" AND "LAsT
DITClIERS" MAY ASK MANY
CONCESSIONS
NY N. 4. JoNissl
Staff COrrcnpOndleut


WASHINGTON. -. G.. Dec. -
Signs are evident here II a coming rift
In the ranks n the Republican party
IN Congress even before Senator Hard.
'ng TX lnaugurated President next
March
Senator Hiram johnson and other
potential figures In the Republican
ranks In the Senate. II ~ now believed
IN Washington, only await an oppor.
iuniiy tn impose their wishes and poll.
cics on President Harding Failing Ia
10 this. warfare viii Immediately re-.
suit between the White House aud the
little group ~ "rcbpls' IN the Senate
Senator In Toilette and Senator Bornh
are two other men who are certain to
speak their own minds, and try TO have
their own way In the Senate. no matter
what MIR. llarding's desires regarding
policies or legislation may he.
senator Johnson VAS ever a man of
independent mind Some ~ his
friends believe that II presidential
primary instead of convention had
made the Chicago nominations he
would have been the nominee Senator
. Johnson Is reported to be- determined
% try to secure legislation changing
the method of making presidential nom.
nations. 80 that the people can directly
Express choice for presidential Candi.
dates rather than conventions.
Every student of American history
and institutions knows that delegates IL
A national political convention do not
really represent the popular demand
FOR this ar that candidate. II In the
big bosses" who settle who will bc
the nominee and the delegates to any
convention. most Of whom are not pro
iessional politicians, are IA putty In the
hands of the president makers" II
Nag "A little cotcric NJ Chicago that
nominated Mr.. Harding II popular
desire had ruled II II probable that
Johnson would have been the nominee
land falling him Wood would have hac
Ia good show. Both men were very
popular with the people.
Not that the nomination of Senator
Harding was not the best possible
,hoicc the convention could have made
MIR. Harding In the highest type 81
American citizen and statesman. ant
viii make a splendid president --onc 81
he best We have ever hnd. In the opin
ion " Washington Observers and prac
ideally the whole membership NJ Con
gress, irrespective ~ party affiliations
Hut the system that nominated MIR
Harding was not "A system directly re
sponsiblc to the viii II the mass Of th'
people though MIR. Harding is himself
acceptable 20 all patriotic Americans
The system. say men like Senator
johnson. In all wrong. not merely bc
cause Il II generally and UNIVERSAL!
Recognized to b. wrong. for the viii @
tho people IL not allowed t. be- express
"a In selecting presidential candidate
under the convention system. Sennto
johnson will continue to agiiatc for
iircct Presidential primary. II n 10
ported here
Influential and strong persona
friends ~ senator Harding In the Sen
ate may. In fact from all Indication
will. fight legislation providing for
i, direct presidential primary and RICH
there Ia where the first clash between
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-08
Evidence Seized
In Base Ball Case
ny Associated Press.

ny Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Dec. 7.--Chlcf Justice g.
A. McDo. maid seized the evidence In
The baseball scandal today. following
discovery that copies ~ papers had
been obtained by Maclay Ioync,
states attorney. shortly before his re-.
tirmcnt from office Monday
All original papers were turned ov =
to the judge. who ordered them i'm.
pounded by the clerk until the cases
~ the eight indicted White Sax play.
ors are tried.
Judge Robert Grove. who succeeded
Mr.. Hoyne. ordered an investigation
after Hartley Reploglc. former assist.
ant states attorney. who conducted
the investigation. notified Judge Nc.
Donald Mr.. Iloyne had demanded
copies ~ the papers Friday.
George r. kenncy. private secretary
10 Mr.. Hoyne. ordered Mr.. Rcploglr
10 surrender the papers. the latter told
the chief justice. Mr.. Reploglc said
he refused until Mr.. Iioync personally
ordered the copies.
Mr.. kcnney said he gave the copies
10 Mt. IOyi:e's stcnographer 10 be- dc.
livcrcd To Mr.. Hoync at his home.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-08
JOIN THE MOOSE.

Try q Daily News Want "A.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-08
Would Increase Water Rates

sp~~tpl ic 1ne sa
Memphis, Texas, Dee, THE
Memphis Light and lee company has
made application 10 the city council
for a 20 per cent raise In rates with
power rates On u sliding scnlc and AN
Increase az 20 per cent minimum fiat
rates. a hearing win he given Dec. :
ON the application.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-08
FOUR ARRESTS MADE IN
CONNECTION MuRpEIi DEPgTy

BOLOGNA. Italy. dec. 1.-The wife
~ Bsh Kun. former communist leader
m Hungary IL living here at the ex.
pcnso Of the local socialist party. She
mas been frequently visited by four
Hungarian socialists who have been
arrested. IN their possession were
found papers tending to show they
we're Implicated In the disorders which
resulted In the death 81 deputy Oior.
dlni
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-08

Mrs, W. J. Sylvester Of SOC West
Nincteenth street. who has been quite
III for several days. liz slowly improv.
Ing. according To reports late last night.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-08
-Mortuary

HaCKETI-J. J. Hackeit who was
In jurrd by an automobile saturday at
t,rnoon. died q, local sanitarium las,
right al 10 o'clock. His brother. j. '
Ilacket, ~ Memphis. Tennessee WAS
with him nj the time II his death.
The body was removed to the Griggs
funeral parlors where IL was prepared
for burial Funeral announcements
win not bc made until other relatives
are communicated with.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12

THEIR SILVER ANNIVERSARY
Enjoyable Gathering at Home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Coulter.

Saturday evening, July 10, over a
hundred relatives and friends gather
ed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin Coulter Of West SALISBURY to as
sist in celebrating the silver ami
yersary of their marriage.
The affair was in the nature OF {
surprise and was organized by MIR,
and Mrs. Fred Harrington brother and
sister-in.law Of the happy couple.
Although not expecting to be the princi
pals in any affair that evening, Mr.,
and Mrs. Coulter, with no rehearsing,
responded to the occasion very gracb
ously.
To the strains of the orchestra the
orchestra, the couple preceded by
Master Raymond Coulter their son,
who acted as flower bearer, marched
into the room and in the presence OF
the guests assembled, renewed their
marriage vows.
Frank Harrington then related the
part of coachman which he played on
the real occasion 25 years ago which
was followed by few happy remarks
from some of those present.
In a few we'll chosen words Mrs.
Harrington presented the couple with
basket filled with silver to the
amount of $50, token of the good
will and regard in which they are held
by their neighbors and friends. Mr..
and Mrs. Coulter thanked the guests
in a very heartfelt manner, after
which they received the congratula-
,tions Of ALL Refreshments were then
served to the large gathering.
Another feature Of the evening was
the presenting of Mr.. and Mrs. Alton
Coulter, recently married, by one of
the new benedicts present, cousin
of Mrs Martin Coulter, who gave
them sent good fatherly advise and
admonished them to try to attain
their silver anniversary the same az
the parents.
Toward the beginning Of a new day
the guests dispersed after wishing
Mr. and Mrs. Coulter many years
more of a continued prosperous mar
ried life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
BENNINGTON COUNTY
EXCEEDS IT'S QUOTA
In Campaign to Raise $4,000 to Es-
tabIlsh Vermont tuberculosis
PreVentorium.

Bennington county exceeded its
quota in the campaign to meet the
recent gift Of Emily Proctor and Red
field Proctor Of Proctor to establish a
tuberculosis preventorium. The gift
lof $4,000 was made with the provis-
ion that a similar sum be raised by
subscription.
statement was recently made In
Burlington, headquarters for the cam.
paign, that the $4,000 subscription
had been raised, Since that an
.nouncement DR.. l.. H. Ross, Benning.
ton chairman, has received additional
information to the effect that sub.
scriptions had reached the sum Of
$55,036.12. Dr. Ross also has the
figures for the work in Bennington
and Bennington county. The county
was assigned quota Of $4,000 and has
reported that sum and $23.20 addit-
iOnal
The state officials for the drive as
sured DR. Ross, when he was made
the Bennington chairman, that If
$500 were raised here that Benning-
ton would be contributing all that
could be expected of the community.
In money and pledges DR.. Ross has
reported $217O4S which gives Ben
nington one more over the top"
record.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
FOUND THAT NEATNESSs PAYS
indianapolis Youths Possibly Only
Needed Good Example, Though
the Pennles,May Have He lped. 80

Somebody invented an old saw to
the effect that bad news. travels
fast" In the vicinity of the Weidely
Motors company's plant good news did
the same tlting, H,'
One day dirty-faced urchin of the
neIghborhood asked Bill Gmpmey of
the Weidely company for a penny.
"Wash your face and hands and I'll
come through" Billy told the kid.
When Mr.. Umphrey emerged from
his office at noon the youngser was
there, his face and hands glowing like
n lO0candle power lamp Hetgot the
penny.
An hour later when Mr.. Umphrey
returned, there, was a lineup as long
as that for theS"Follies." A regiment
Of clean hands was omstretched for
coins of the realm. The generous Billy
came through again.
He started something. Now the
kids have begun work on George
Weidely and Truman Rapp. The re-
suit is that Irish Hill youthful coun-
tenances and hands beam like cir.
Gus billboard.-Indianapolis News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
Told Of the Famous.

Tn his book, "The End of the Chap'
ter" Mr.. Shaw Leslie tells the follow
ing story:
"My grandfather witnessed an efr6O"
tive piece of play in the house of com
mons during a duel between Disrae'i
and Gladstone. During a heated flight
of oratory Gladstone upset some pens
on the table between them. Dlsraeli
rose, and, after calling attention to
the fact, slowly replaced them one by
one. The effect of Gladstonc's speech
was lost by the time Dlsraeli had fin
ishcd"
Speaking of Dickens and Thackeray,
Mt. Leslie says:
"My grandmother recalled the ludi-
crous incident which brought them to-
gether. As they both left the Athe-
naeum. unknown to each other they
seized the same hat. The effect was
ludlcrous enough to appeal even to
professional humorists, and they shook
hands"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
Ibanez's Contribution to Poe Memorial

When Senor Blasco Tbanez said that
the Bronx should erect n memorial to
Edgar Allan Poe-and threw down
500 to show that he means business
he acted like poet. Though Poe
pried into number of hooks and
crannies of European literature, he
seems never to have Interested him
self In Spain or Spanish. His "0val
Portrait is located in "one Of those
piles Of commIngled gloom and grand
eur" which have so long been associ-
ated with Spanish architectures, and
that Is about the extent of his debt
TO the land Of our guest. But poets
do not look for reasons; they are CON
tent with opportunities. Seeing that
we had no adequate Poe memorial, he
seized upon the chance to make a good
suggestion. Possibly, also, Poe's
-Four Beasts in One prompted gem
erous thoughts In the author of 1.-THE
Four Horsemen. New York Evening
Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
A Dlsturber.

1t was a scrubby little room, in a
scrubby little part Of a scrubby little
city's scruburbs, and the London tlav-
eler didn't approve at all.
When he went to wash he found that
there was no water for the basin, no
soap to wash with, and no towel to
dry himself with.
SO he rang.
Five minutes interim bringing no an
swcr, he rang again and then again
and again, until his arm ached. At
the end Of 20 minutes a waiter Of for
bidding aspect opened the door.
did you ring?" he inquired In a
bass rumbling voice.
"Of COURSE l didw snapped the
London visitor
We'll" said the waiter as he with
drew, don't do 1t again You'll wake
the missis w--London Tt.Bits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
MAY REVIVE FUEL A. IS,
% ADMINISTRATION
Pittsburgh Hears Franklin D. Lans 4,
Slated to Succeed Harry A. e4f 3
Garfield, -r.A4 nft

Pittsburgh, July 11-An authorita-
tive report in Pittsburgh yesterday
was that the federal fuel administra-
tion, an abolished wartime activity,
may be recreated as a result OF the
rresen. crisis in the coal industry, at
a conference t. be held Monday in
Washington between government Off
Gals and coal men of the country.
The report here goes so far as to
mention Franklin X. Lane of Califor-
mia, former secretary of the interior,
as the man President Wilson is like
ly to choose as federal fuel admins
traitor If the wartime fuel administra-
ton is revived Dr. Harry A. Gar
field was the administrator when the
fuel administration was discontinued.
Despite priority orders by the in
teTstate commerce commission.
shipments of coal by rail have failed
ITO relieve the coal crisis and large
.centers, particularly New York and
the seaboard trade, are calling fer
relief.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
SLIPS BY FAMOUS AUTHORS
Humorous to Record, but Detract Lit
tie From the Stories as
They Are Read.

The British minister Of education
points out some mistakes that he has
come across In books. One OF them
runs through "Ivanhoe," where the
Normans and SaXOns are represented
ns two distinct races, The fact Is that
at the time with which the story deals
marriage between the two races had
gone so far that Norman could hardly
be told from Saxon; but Sir Walter
Scott did not realize this until the story
was set up in type, and so the famous
novel appears with this blunder right
through It. Another mistake was made
by Mrs. Tfumphry Ward, who in one
of her books made two people take
chairs In Kensington gardens in the
first week in October, though all chairs
nrc removed from the gardens on Sep
tcmber 80. Charles Kingsley makes
John "Brumblecome' recite a prayer
from the prayer book long before the
time the prayer was put in; the poet
Pope makes n weasel eat corn, which a
weasel never does; and likewise In
"Don QulxOte" the merry Cervantes
makes one of his parties Mt a tavern
eat two suppers in one night. The life
of a novelist Is full of trouble, but such
little things do not seem to matter
greatly. We would rather have the
stories with all their mistakes than
have the dull facts without the stories
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
ACTIVE IN CLUB WORK
Bennington County Boys and Girls
Making Progress.

Making Progress.
Burlington, July 11.-Miss Marjorie
r. Luce, assistant state leader Of
Boys and Girls clubs who recently re-
urned from Bennington county, reports
the boys and girls Of that county to be
exceedingly active in club work, She
states that club has been formed in
nearly every town in the county.
Miss Martha r. Pratt, Boys and
Girls club leader of Bennington coun-
ty, according to Miss Luce, is doing
great work in interesting the boys and
girls as we'll as their parents in this
work H.
Blue ribbons and prizes are to be
given at the local and county fairs
and the members Of the clubs OF Ben
nington county are working to earn
these prizes, They win also compete
in an exposition in Massachusetts.
According to the report of Miss
Pratt during the month Of May she
held rs club meetings with an at
tendance of 542, conducted and spoke
to five additional meetings, organized
nine new clubs and covered 574 miles
by automobile,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
NEW BRUNSWICK BONE DRY
In Referendum Refuses to Vote Beer
or Wine License.

St John, ~ b., July 10.-The prov
ince of New Brunswick in a referen-
dunn today, voted to empower the
government to retain the present
bone dry prohibition law passed
during the war, and against introduc-
ling wine and beer licenses.
The vote in ST. John in today's ref
Ierendum was in favor of retaining
the wartime bone dry" prohibition
law by more than 1900 The alter
native to introduce wine and beer H.
censes was rejected by more than
500 Only one-half the registered
voters went to the polls.
st. John county, with % out of Is
polls heard from, has gone dry by
about 400 while the city Of Frederic
ton has gone dry by less than 800
according to available returns. The
towns of Marysvllle and Devon vot-
ed dry by heavy majoritles. NADIA
waska county, a French district, was
reported wet but figures were not
available early tonight
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
DEATH ENDS TRIP
OVER HORSESHOE
!, FALLS IN BARREL
Charles G. Stephens of Bristol,
Eng, Killed in Rapids
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR
Pieces Of Shattered Barrel Recovered
but Body of Navigator Had
Not Been Found.
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR

Niagara Falls, N. Y-Charles G.
Stephens Of Bristol, England, was
killed today when he went over the
Horseshoe falls in 9 barrel. The
cask in which he made the trip,
though built Of stout Russian oak
staves and bound with steel hoops,
smashed like an eggshell on the jag
gard rocks at the base of the cataract.
Pieces of the barrel were picked up
near the bank on the Canadian side,
but Stephens body has not been re-
covered River men say that it may
not come to the surface for a week or
ten days.
Tonight searchlights were kept play
ing on the water be.ow the falls, while
crowds on the banks continued to
watch for Stephens body. At lO;3O
o'clock practically all of the barrel had
been picked up, but there still was no
sign OF the victim of the tragedy.
Stephens. who boasted the It'll OF
Daredevil" was 5S years old, and
has a wife and II children in Bris-
tol. where he was a barber He
served three years in France with the
British army. He had planned to
make lecture tour of England if his
trip was successful.
Bobby Leach, who went over the
Horseshoe falls in 1911, told Stephens
before he started that his trip
would be a failure. Leach predicted
that the barrel would not withstand
the drop OF 168 feet, but Stephens
refused to be dissuaded from the
venture. Leach was among the spec
tators who watched the start OF Steph
ems fatal trip.
Few knew that Stephens was to
make the trip today, and when the
barrel was towed out into the river
from the Canadian side two miles
above the ia ls there was only a
dozen on hand to watch. II was $40
O'Clock this morning when Stephens
was cast adrift. Early sightseers on
Goat island saw the barrel bobbing
up and won in the tumbl ng reaches
OF the upper rapids, but none knew
that 1t carried a, man about to defy
the, e,CatwscF Slfl't'''
Members of Stephens party fol
lowed the cask downstream, ino auto
mobiles, In one of the cars moving
picture operator filmed the progress
of the barrel
Stephens is the third to attempt the
barrel trip over the falls. Mrs Annie
Edison Taylor went over in October
1901, in an oak barrel and Bobby Leach
made the trip in July, 1911, in a steel
barrel Both are st Il living.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
LAFOLLETTE HAS l.
LEAD AS THIRD Y
PARTY CHOICE
Conventions at Chicago Will
Endeav0r to Amalgamate
UNITY is RECOMMENDED.
Labor and COMMITTEE of Fol+y.eiaht"
viii Strive for Common Plat
form and Name Today =

Chicago, JULY 12-Amalgamation
of the labor party of the United
States and the committee of forty
eight" in a new political movement
with a single party name, one plat
form and one presidential candidate,
! is included in the recommendations
which will be submitted to the labor
party and committee of forty-eight"
conventions when they reconvene to-
day.
Senator LaFollett OF Wisconsin reg
mains the most talked of candidate n
the presidential race. Frank p
Walsh, Charles H. Ingersoll nd
Henry Ford are mentioned but tn ere
is no apparent concerted action tc
further their prospects, Wal sh' S
name Is also being discussed for sec
cond place on the ticket.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
EVIL Always in Hatred,

A man should not allow himself to
hate even his enemies, because II you
indulge in this passion on some occa-
Blons, 1t will rise of itself in others;
II you hate your enemies you will
contract such vicious habit Of mind.
as by degrees will break out upon
those who are your friends, or those
who are Indifferent to you.--Plutarch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
BERGDOLL ARREST
EXPECTED SHORTLY
War Department Has information
That Millionaire Draft Dodger Has
Been Located

Washington, July 1.-THE war de-
partment received information yes
terday that Grover Cleveland Berg.
doll had been located in the northern
part of the country and if this in
formation proves to be correct his
arrest is expected shortly,
Officials of the department declined
to discuss this report beyond saying
the information seemed to be more
direct and circumstantial than SINH
lar reports since Bergdoll's escape
from his home in Philadelphia.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
STEAMSHIP sunk Y
/ IN COLLISION Off !
!. y JERSEY COAST
~
Lake Frampton Went Down
Early This Morning
THREE OF CREW MISSING
Steamer comus SO Badly Damaged
She Was Obliged to Anchor
Until Daylight.
THREE OF CREW MISSING

New York, July 12.-The steamship
Lake Frampton, owned by the Unit
ed States shipping board, bound from
New York to Norfolk, was sunk eff
Atlantic City early today, after col
lision with the steamship Comus, &C.
cording to wireless messages report.
ed to the naval communication Office
here
The Comus was damaged and all.
.chored until after daylight.
Three Of the Frampton crew are re.
ported 70 be missing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
NOTICE

For the purpose of making w1ter
connections for the Bennington Garage
the water will be shut Off on West
Main street, at the Putnam Corner on
Tuesday the 18th day Of July A. d..
1920, at $50 o'clock a. m. all citizens
living west from said corner including
the citizens of Old Bennington will be
deprived of water for few hours;
this will not effect South St, or Elm
St. water mains.
w. p Hogan Clerk
Bennington, VT July II, 1920.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
REAL ESTATE SALES
Recent Transactions by the n. Is.
HutcFSins Agency.

The following real estate transno t.
ions have been made by the H. b.
Hutchins real est ate agency,
Ward l.. Lyons as administrator of
estate of Edison E. Ellis has sold the
house and 10: at No. 226 Maple ST,
to Ernest Marcoux and wife.
Emily +. Farnum of Florence, Mass,
has sold the house and lot at $40 Main
street to Earl Harrington and wife.
James Higgins has sold his house.
barn and 40 acres OF land in Woodford
to Edward and Caroline Donnelly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12
sHuToUT CAMBRIDGE
Bennington Defeated Cambridge by
Score of to o.

~Si'f'"bNOH OCIOdeEu SdHpTluNn Dy
Score of to 0.
The Bennington baseball team play.
ed one of its bes. games of the season
yesterday when it shut out Cambridge
at Allen A field by score OF to 0.
Cambridge was exceptionally strong
in the bcx and Bennington failed to
show much at the bat but the locals
put up the better fielding game and
won.
Bennington was materially streng.
thened by the presence Of Burns OF
the University OF Vermont team. be-
hind the bat. The Vermont player
showed that he had good wing and
his throwing was a feature of the con-
test.
There was good crowd in attend
ancc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-12

The joint snake, or glass snake, IL
llmbless lizard Of the southern Unit
ed States, specifically resembling the
snake, 1t Is so called from its fra
gility, the tail easily breaking into
small pieces.