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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
HAREMS ARE VANISHING:
WIVES DISLIKE CHANGE
old Turkish Luxuries Civ, Way To
Poverty-Foreigners Get First
Glimpse of Mansions.

Cen tantinople, April 'S0.-The Turk.
ish harem is quickly passing as a part
of the Turkish hcme. Poverty and the
need for house room are the causes.
The Turkish pashas, effendis. beys
and all the well to-do of other DAYS
whose homes were divided into the
harem and the hareml Ike, that is. one
half of a mansion or palace for the
women and the other for the men
are parting with this luxury as they
have parted with their carriages,
horses, jewels and lands. The peas
ants still keep division of their
houses for the privacy of their wives
AMI daughters and children.
Many Turk sh women deplore the
necessity which compels them to live
like the poor European, they de.
clare that they were happier when liv.
ing apart, that the homer was ca 5ier
to manage and their husbands, too.
n Constantinople the majority of
the private houses show this division,
NV thc ShuliNt W i6Hl one sue OF the
house, or g Sc the acquisitions of AL,
lied troops, has caused families to live
together in on'y one half of their
home
Foreigners are getting for the first
tine peep into the more aristocratic
OF these old homes, until now h 'dden
IN the mystery of protecting garden
walls, latticed windows and hinge
gates or doorways. Th7 visit often
reveals charming interior, with
room, walls and ceilings decorated
with fresco paintings and mosaics
showing charming views of MOSQUES
mountain. seals forests or rivers of
thu old empire.
AS the homes are vacated their e'nb.
orate European furniture. together
with much of the collections of bro.
cades, gossamer silks and fine rugs
are sold at auctions held in the house
or else sent to the dealers or auction
room of the Bazaar.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
ONCE FAMOUS ACROBAT
VISITS BENNINGTON
James kinc5ide Guest For a Few DAYS
OF James n. Whitney and
J. L. McGurk.

James Kincaide, the only survivor
Of the once famous Kincaide family
OF acrobats, bareback riders and aer.
ial artists, has been a recent guest OF
j. II. Whitney and j. L. McGurk with
whom he made lasting friendship
during the days when the two we'll
known Bennington residents were
treking across the country with the
tattooed Greek Prince the lady with
the iron jaw and the o-o-only baby
hippopotamus born In captivity
Mr. K'ncaide, in the days of his
active life was known as one of the
greatest leapers and somersault rid
ers in the world. He was in Ben
nington many years ago with the Den
Stone circus. AT that time Den
Stone, Eaton Stone and John Muir.
ray with the Kincaide family gave
the whole circus performance, Mr..
Kincaide gave up riding in 1888. Since
then he has been employed as eques-
trian director with such shows as the
Anglo-American Van Amhurgh, III.
Barrett & Co, Sells Brothers, the
Harris Nickle Plate, Maybury. Pull
man and Hamilton and Wallace and
Anderson.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
WORKS FIFTY YEARS ON
A TEMPORARY JOB
Employe of Trans-Atiant' c Steamship
Cumpany Is Put On The
Retired List.

New York, April 30.-Edwin j.
Adams was assigned by the Liverpool
otnce OF the White Star line in July,
1871, to temporary job in this city
incidental to the opening of the line s
transatlantic service. He arrived in
the steamship Oceanic, one OF the
giantesse3 of her day, although only
432 feet long, with four square rigged
masts, picturesquely suggestive OF a
combinat'on Of sail steamship when
carrying canvas Capt. Hyde Sparks,
the first White Star agent in America,
came with Mr.. Adams, who hoped to
get back to Liverpool, his birthplace
in a few months.
Somehow or other the main office
overlooked Mr.. Adams. Then it made
him cashier here That was half a
century ago The other day he was
surprised by being told that he might
go back to Liverpool as he would not
be needed here any more. SO he sailed
today aboard the White Star liner Gel
tic to see how the port of his boyhood
looks after an absence fifty years and
and more than fifty six years service
w tn the White Star Line,
Mr.. Adams said sad y, this morning,
that there surely had heen few little
changes since the old Oceanic brought
him here. There came mightier
Oceanic, sunk in the war, and now the
White Star fleet has the mightiest liner
of ALL the Majestic formerly the Bis
marck. about $4,000 tons bigger than
the first Oceanic
The head of the Liverpool office
! fifty ore years ago will not be there
when Mr. Adams lands, so he cannot
have the pleasure of saying, as he
enters Il have the honor to report
that I've lust finished that little job
! you gave me In 1871 What shall do
next?'
The answer of the managers ghost
will be-" Just take a little vacation
for the rest Of your life at our ex-
rense," And that is what Mr. Adams
is going to do.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
GOTHAM IS ALERT
To BLOCK REDS !
MAY DAY PLANS
Police Wiz Guard The Churches,
Public EdiEces And Homes
HALLS TO BE WATCHED
Demonstrations By Radicals VIII
Re Crushed-Two Arrests
Already Made

New York, April 30--New York S
entire police force has been ordered
to rema on duty continuously until
Monday morning This measure was
taken as a precaut on against any pos
sible May day violence of radical
demonstrations
A detailed guard will protect
churches, pubic buildings and the
private residences of individuals be-
lieyed to be IN danger. Others viii
be assigned to the various halls and
auditoriums tomorrow to ferret out
the radicals believed to be active in
an attempt to cause demonstration.
the police declared.
The arrest last night Of Abram Jak
ira and Jacob Amter wo are held on
charges of or minal anarchy. is said
to have broken the spirits of the COM
nun st workers who were expecting
to bring about a demonstration.
Seized literature taken at the time
contained circulars urging the over
throw of the government.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
IDLE WORKERS. ON
MAY DAY TOTAL.
MANY MILLIONS
Nationwide Employment Sur
yey Made By Associated Press
VERMONTS JOBLESS LOOM
Conditions In Rhode Island, Bay
State And New Hampshire
Not Promising

Chicago, April 30. Slightly more
than 100000 men will be unemployed
in n neteen states of the Union when
May day is ushered in tomorrow, ac
cording to estimates given to The As
sociated Press by government, labor
state and industrial officials
A large percentage of those who
are unable to obtain work are in the
big industrial sections of the eastern
and central states, but reports from
the other 20 states where figures were
unobta nable, all show that unemploy.
ment exists and the estimated unem
ployment of the country, made by ex-
perts including labor leaders, range
from 100000 OF 100000 persons.
Reports of much unemp oyment
show up ftom New York, Illinois,
Pennsylvania Indiana, Michigan Wis
consin and Ohio. while pract cally ev.
cry state east of the Missi ;sippi river
and north of the Mason and Dixon line
is seriously affected by the wave that
has swept over the country during the
last year. The reports indicate that
the situation in these more densely pop
ulated states is growing more acute
daily.
Vermont-approximately 80 per cent.
of the 5000 men normally employed in
the various branches of the granite
industry are working.
On January first the industrial EN-
ployment survey of the government
estimated that there were 81 800 un.
employed in Rhode Island.
A canvass made by John S. B. Davis
state labor commissioner of New
Hampshire indicates that one third
OF the normally employed were idle
early in the year
Information obtained from the State
Department Of Labor and Industries In
Massachusetts indicates that unem
ployment is still considerable, but has
been relieved slightly in recent weeks
Dy picF ups in the texti'e, shoe, metal
and machinery industries.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
HOOVER HAS PLAN TO
BLOCK PROFITEERS
Suggest Publication of Primary Costs
OF The Most important
Commodities.

Atlantic City, N. j., April 29.--Mail,
tenance Of government information
service, to complete and publish pro
duction and consumption figures of the
more important industries and the
primary prices of few commod ties
as a remedy for high prices and pro
titeering. was advocated here by
Herbert Hoover, secretary of com
merce. in an address before the ninth
annual conference of the United
States chamber of commerce.
Stability and soundness of business
could be greatly onchanced and vicious
speculation curtailed, Mr. Hoover de-
clared, through reali2at on by the pub
lie Of the true conditions in the vari
GUS industries.
Many forces are involved In the
economic readjustment of the coun-
try, he declared, but there are many
encouraging signs,
"Many manufacturers and whOleL
salers, he said, ARE making cuts in
the Inventories that equal or ex
ceed the increases which~they obtained
when we were up grade. lhey are pass
ing their savings in raw materials and
labor on to the next step in distribut
ion
Economically, the retailer Is OF
necessity the last of the chain to make
lreadjustment and in some localities
and some lines OF business has been
less responsive to the necessity for
this readjustment that the situation
calls for. The processes of the com
petition work very sharply and
promptly upon the manufacturer and
Wholesaler because the buyers are
comparatively few and wise. They dc
not so react upon the retailer because
the public at large is not so wise ant
is too inert to do that shopping around
for the best bargains which is neces
sary to set up the process of compe
t.tion.'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
FRANCE DEMANDS
QUICK ACTION ON
GERMAN MUDDLE
Britain Favors Granting Berlin
Z Days To Make Up Mind
AS TO PAYING PREPARATION
Belgians Join With French In
Protesting Extension Of
Time Limit
AS TO PAYING PREPARATION

London, April 30-An ultimatum tc
Germany giving her seven days from
May to comply with or refuse the al
lied reparations demands is being ad
vocated today by British represents
tives to the allied conference. They
are being opposed by the French and
Belgians on the ground that it is un.
necessary as Germans already had
suffic ent time The French held the
default of Germany in the treaty OBJ
legations calls for immediate military
and economic action and that note
sending should come afterward. 1t is
understood the Belg,ans also favored
this course.
Cabinet Members Resign
Paris April 80 Berlin despatch
quotes the Vossische Zeituing as de-
claring the resignation of Chancellor
Fehrenbach. Foreign Minister Sim
ons resignation will follow the pre-
sentation of the reply from Washing.
ton to the German note on repara-
tions. The newspaper says cabinet
designations also are likely include
the minister of finance and the min
lister OF the interior.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
MAY TlE-UP SHIPPING
Shipping Board, Owners. Marine
Workers Confab "Busts"

Washington, April 3O.-A general
tieup of all shipping at American
ports except on the Great lakes on
May appeared imminent last night
after negotiations between the ship
ping board, steamship owners and
marine workers had been abandoned
as a result of the refusal of the EN-
ployes to accept a Is per cent. wage
reduct on.
Washington, April So.--Represen-
tatives OF the mar ne workers unions
were told today at white house that
the president would take up with the
cabinet officers the matter Of medi-
alton In the wage dispute with the
view of preventing the threatened
strike tomorrow on American ships
on the Atlantic. Pacific and gulf
coasts. The department of labor
interested itself in the matter early
in July. 1
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
TROY MAN CONVICTED
Divorce Swindler is Sentenced To
Three Weeks in the Tombs.

New York, April 30.-A jury in the
United States District Court, before
Judge Augustus ~ Hand, yesterday
found Frank A. Hanscom. SIS, of Troy
guilty of using the ma Is in scheme
to defraud. Upon the jury's recon-.
mendation Of mercy the court sen.
fenced Haucom to three weeks in
the Tombs.
Hanscom was tried on an indict.
ment charging him with obtaining
money from tigants in divorce and
ether su is upon the representation
that he could furnish them with i'm
rortant evidence Recently he OBJ
tanned $50 from Mrs, Theodore p.
Shonts and on March 12. when he at
tempted to swindle w. F.. y. Stokes,
he was arrested by the postal author
tiles. John G. Joyce, Assistant Unit.
ed States Attorney, prosecuted the
case. The defendant was represent
ed by Abner Siegel OF 321 Broadway,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
MEMORIAL DAY pAaDE
American Legion Post VIII Arrange
For North Adams Celebration

North Adams, Mass. April 80 At a
meeting of the Adams Post of the
American Legion to be held in their
meeting hall on Tuesday night, pian
for the Memorial Day parade On May
80 will be formally outl ned
Just what part the members of the
legion will take in the procession
will be discussed and probably defin-
itely decided upon at this gathering.
II is not thought likely, however
according to Information received
from one of the legion members. that
the management of the parade will be
assumed by the legion instead of by
the local branch of the G. A. r., as
heretofore.
The parade will be more impressive
this year than ever before. if the ef-
forts OF the legion are realized
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
OLD RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Esther n. Martin Expires AS
Result of Shock Sustained Tuesday

North Adams Mass, April 30.-Mrs.
Esther H. Martin, 46, wife of Frank
T Martin, died at her home, here
yesterday following a shock suffered
last Tuesday evening. She was born
in Rensselaer,, n. Y daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Hodge and
had lived in this city for number of
years. She. was member of Naomi
Chapter of the Eastern Star and the
Methodist church. She leaves her
husband and one daughter Sybil. The
funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
WOODFORD MAN DIGS UP
REMARKABLE OLD COIN
While Spadin1 His Potato Patch Fred
Bcwles unearths Historic
Silver Piece

| Big. iuly Fred Bowles journeyed IN
! from Woodford, yesterday, to tell his
Remington friends that he's the luck
lest man in his home town. He dates
his paramount good fortune way back
to last Wednesday, when he went in
to the garden patch round about the
family rooftree to plant potatoes
/ There he made the greatest find in
all the h story OF Woodford town.
The discovery was made while Fred
was spading the soil in preparation
for the murphy harvest to-be. And
by way Of depression. a warning
iehould be struck rioht into
this part of the story that Fred
doesn't care to hear anybody's fish
stories unit he will have been
through telling this one about his rare
and valuable Spanish silver coin. Y
was a Spanish silver coin that he
found.
The Spanish coin was dug out Of
the Bow es yard by Fred himself dur
ing his Wednesday diversion with the
shade. 1t was uneavthed at a depth
of 10 ga inches beneath the sod, act
ual measurement. OF course, this
latter fact has no legitamate relation
to the real story about the silver
piece. and it was merely made to IL
lustrate the steam-shovel-'ike power
that drives a digging weapon when
Fred's at the business end thereon
But back to the Spanish coin.
The date on the silver piece shows
{ was of the vintage-or mmtage-
of 1891. The date, by the way, is the
only portion of the coins inseript on
that now is d scernible, even when
viewed with the aid OF poWerfui
glass. 1t is about half again larger
than an American dime and is IN an
excellent state of preservation. SILVER
anyway. doesn't corrode, so there
nothing surprising about that tact.
The value Of the coin Is as yet un.
solved as is the time and manner or
its getting underneath the Bowles
prem ses, where Fred found II.
n did believe Bennington had some
pre.eminent numismatologists, de-
clared Fred in The Banner office,
Fr dsv evening "hut find th9' thev
don't know anything Not darned
one of them had the smallest know
ledge of the history or worth of my
priced Spanish co n'-here he display
ed the piece for the steenth time to an
amazed group of spectators; I'D give
$40 TODAY to know something about
it. hut $50 couldn't buy it from me
When Fred had gone from Ihe ban
ner Office, a Wis tor from Hoosick
FAILS whore the people are sharner
thau tacks-understand that The
panne~ office is the mecca of globe
trctters-remarked that that fell
low, (meau ng Fred Bowles') mas
no license to be in the numbering
business. because he's statesman
with more luck than all the polltlc'
tans out OF jail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
BACHELOR TAX Anglers
MAN SPURNED BY SEX
Mont7na State Fair Officer Just Says
He won't Pay Unle $ spinstrs
Settle, Too.

Great Falls Mont, April 30,--De-
c'aring that "spinsters are RESPONSE
bic for my not being married, in their
refusals Of my wooing in the past,
William Atz nger, 35 years of age a
member Of the board of directors OF
the Montana state fair. yesterday no
titled the assessor of Chouteau coun.
ty that he will refuse to pay the poll
tax of SO levied by the last legisla.
turo upon bachelors.
Tax the spinsters Of the same age
and | will gladly pay, but otherwise
it is class legislation and stand up
on my rights he declared. Further
more | refuse to get MARI ed to es
cape Jail and | refuse to pay bache
lor tax to escape Jail oa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
POLICE MAKE RAID
ON A NEWSPAPER
PLANT IN DUBLIN
Wild Time Makes Night of Ter
ror In Metropolis of Ireland
CROWDS RUN TO SHELTER
Officers Allege First Shot Came
From The Freeman's
Journal

Dublin, April 80 Disorders reigned
here for several hours last night fol
lowing the firing of shots at po Ice
auxil 'aries near the Offices of the Free,
mans Journal. The auxiliaries later
raided the newspaper plant alleging
that the shots were fired from the
building, but today's Journal stated
that no arrests had been made. About
of same hour shooting affair occurred
in Great Brunswick street. The street
was crowded at the time with people
who rushed, shrieking and panic strick
en-, to shelter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30

K. OF c. BASEBALL TEAM
Players VIII Begin to Get In Shape
Monday.

Local players, who will fill differ
ent positions on the baseball team to
be conducted during the coming sea
son by Benn ngton council, knights
Of Columbus. will begin practicing
next week, as it has been decided to
play the first game early next month,
Judd, who has been engaged as
first string pitcher, has been work
ing in several games, is showing up
remarkably well. Another pitcher
will be secured before the season IS
ia rly under way.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
WAIST is DEAD LINE
Jersey Towns Solons Make Vicious
Assault on S1immy Dences.

Camden, NJ j., April 30.-The Cam
den city council yesterday afternoon
passed an ordinance prohibiting vulgar
dancing, particularly the shimmy, the
Washington Toddle, ana the various
Barbary coast Dances The new or
dinance also requires all dance halls
to close at midnight Chief of police
r.. a. Grayesnor will be the dance
censor under the new ordinance. which
fixes a maximum fine Of 500 or thirty
days in jail for any gyratons from
the waist line up.e
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
BARS RED FLAG
Chicago Police Chief Throws Bomb
Into Revolutionary Ranks.

Chicago, April 30,--In granting a
permit for a labor parade on Sun
day May /, to Morris Backall, repre-
senting she Socialist party in Cook
county, Chief of Police Fitzmorris
made it plain that any efforts to dis
play the red flag would result in
somebody getting hurt
Backall obtained Chief F.tzmor-
ris's permission to carry banners
inscribed Long Live the Social Re
volution" and Long Live the Sow
let Republic"
"And we want to carry the red
flag Backall continued.
Not a chance in the world sad
the chef. "Carry the American
flag or you don't parade"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
WON'T ABANDON ALLIES
So Says Senator Lodge While Urging
Passage of Knox Bill.

Washington, Airil 3O.--A treaty
with Germany WI probably follow
the enactment of the Knox peace reso-
luton. Senator Lodge, republican
leader said today in supporting the
peace measure. He declared the
president and the state department
had made it clear that the United
States did not intend to abandon the
alieJ
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
2 coMml1 sUiOlDE
Just Because T, y Had An Argument
And CouIdn Agree

New York April 30,--Two men en-
gagged in argument walked to the mid
die of the Lenox avenue bridge over
the Harlem river early Friday morn
ing and in the presence Of number
of boys who followed them, climbed
the rail and jumped.
Attracted by the boys shouts
bridge engineer ran to the railing.
He saw the men struggling for spell
then disappeared. Police later recov-
cred one of the bodies. II was iden-
tiled as that of Jack Langton, "a
years Of age.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
RECOGNITION FOR SURGEON
Or. Charles G, Sweet to Be Recipient
OF Fellowship In American College.

VI. Cnaries e. Sweet to Be Recipient
OF Fellowship in American College.
DR. Charles Clark Sweet, surgeon
at Ossining hospital Ossining N. Y,
has been informed by the board of
regents of the American College of
Surgeons, that he has passed the ex.
aminations in the art and tech.
ntque of surgery and that fellowship
will be conferred upon h m at the next
meeting to be held in Philadelphia in
Octobe'
only a small percentage of the sur
geons in America are eligible to fel
lowship in the College of Surgeons
and still smaller number quail fy
DR.. Clark married Miss Susan Mon
roe of SALISBURY who resigned her
position as assistant superintendent
at the Samaritan hospital in Troy tc
become his wife.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
STEAMER RUNS ASHORE
Ocean Liner Carrying 448 Passengers
In Trouble Off Block Island.

Block Island. r. l.. April 30.-The
Portuguese steamer Mormugao with
44S passengers went ashore on
Black Rock on the west side of Block
Island in thick fog yesterday. Cap,
tain Teal of the coast guard station
reported that the vessel was leaking
but was not in dangerous position
She was bound from Lisbon for New
YOrt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
,n,, lie who Rends May Ride

Don't just read about the harley-DaX,,
idson Ride one. A demonstration VIII
make YOU a dyed-in- the wool enthusiast
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
motorcycles or rebuilt machines OF all
makes sold on time payment plan. Come
and look them over, No obligation II
you do $. A, Patterson, 12G Dewey ST.,
lei gOD-1, D5t%
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
ALTO BANDITS CHOKE
WOMAN 40 DEATH
Victim Was Returning From Call on
Sick Fr 9nd---chauffeur Covered
With ReVolVers.

South Orange, April 29.-Four
masked bandits today held up an au-
t5mobile IN which Mrs, Celeste Cas-
gese of Orange was return ng from a
Wis to a sick friend, When she
screamed one Of the men choked her
to death. Meanwhile the others coy
cred the chauffeur W tn revolvers'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30

w WANTED-Eye to come TO
iiapeside Hail, shaftsbury for good
time. Dancing every Wednesday and
men, soc. Dancing floor and music free
other nights for round dancing. RE-
lIeshWents served, g5tGs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
THE WEATHER

Cloudy and cooler tonight. Probably
rain In north, Sunday generally lar
and continued cool.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30

FOR SAL5-Bicycle in good running
condition, price reasonable. call at ] lb
Putnam Street, 95t6N