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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
STARK HOSE BOYS
IN REAL THING"
MINSTREL SHOW
Creditable Production Put on at
Opera House Last Night
MUCH MUSIC AND HILARITY
Come " Features, Including
Jokes Of Local Origin, Add
Zest to Entertainment

Stating on time and never losing a
minute the Stark Hose Co.. gave
their mnsue' show, Thursday night.
in Opera house The companys ef-
forts were well supported by the pub.
re, and al II o'c.0ck everyone left
tue Iw house wifi the idea II mind
that the whole affair was credit to
all those who tool, part and a ruus
ing success from beg nning to end
70 lowing the opening orchestra
niece solos We're sung by Earl Chase,
Leslie Lane and Howard Simpson.
tcmc southern songs, accompanied
with appropriate motions and dancing.
were given in pleasing style b. Walt.
er Neyils. Hubert scott, John j. Whit
ney and G deon la CroiI. Spurred
On hy a interlocutor, Dean Martin.
or the witty end men, each number
Nas spersed with good natured
iests and jabs at local places and
pecpC
The second part OF the program
opened with the song "l'll Take You
Home. Kathleen" by T. r. Lane Earl
Chase, Howard simpson Watet
Nadswolth Max Crufekshank. and
Arthur Magee 70 lowed with .e old
iayorite My Galway Rose" sung by
Howard simpson Earl Chase. Walter
WadsWCrth and Arthur Maynard.
Max Cruickshank. in the ron OF a
French Harry Lander, was both de-
ishtful and entertaining Even the
more serious members OF the aud
euce were unable 10 resist laughing
II his monoiogues and Scot h songs.
Arthur Magee. Anthony Partenope,
and ". II. Scott took part in a
genuinely comical sketch ent tlel,
"ronys Return from abroad"
The antics and dancing OF the Whit
ney brothers and the comical sketch
by James L. Whitney and e T. Lane
and their rag doll dancing partners
brought the louse down IN roars Of
laughter
Ca lahan and Howard OF Troy sang
and danced Mr. Howard was handi-
capped by recent Injury to a foot;
but he carried out his part we'll.
4 we'll received number was "Old
Pa, Why Don't You Answer Me?' a
saXaphone solo played by Frank
Mara
The program closed with an old
plantation scene that would Nave
opened a Southerners eyes because
Of its realistic production. The clos
ing number vas the beloved favor
ite old Black Joe sung by James
McGuru
TIL surprising feature OF the enter
talnment was It's general excellence
when the iact that the young men
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
NO WHITE CHRISTMAS
Weather Man Blasts Hope for Snow
Except in Extreme North.

Washington, Dec. % (By the As
soc ated pressl Warmer weather
with rain today promised to destroy
hopes for snow Tor Christmas all over
the eastern half OF the country eX
cept in the extreme northern states.
The weather will be colder gradu'
ally throug Aout the eastern half OF
the country en- Christmas, the bureau
said today
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
CHURCH FOUND GUILTY
SLAYER of TWO Chicago Auto Sales
men Sentenced to Death.

Chicago. Dec % (3y the Assoclat'
ed Press Harvey Church. charged
with the murder OF two automobile
salesmon. was today found gui ty OF
murder in the first degree and was
sentenced to death.
Church killed Carl Asmus and Bern
ard Baugherty when the sa'esmen de-
liyered a car which the young man
had arranged to buy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
NO LIQUOR FOUND IN
CLEVER HIDING PLACE
Automobile Had Compartment Be
tween Top and Wooden

stowe. Dec. 22--Acting under or
ders Of states Attorney w +, Tracy,
Sheriff G. W Buzzell held up Hud
son car at the junction of Maple aud
Main streets in this village TUESDAY
forenoon. The car was detained un'
til the arrival Of Sheriffs Kelley and
stevens when it was searched. Moth
ing cQntrahand was found but the ap'
pearancc Of the car was so suspicious
that the sheriffs took tie car back
to Johnson for further investigation
The number plates were for Buick
car instead of a Hudson and the car
had a peculiar top. a leather cover
left space OF several inches between
that and a wooden ceiling, which ap'
parently was loaded with something.
The two men in the car claimed to
be the owner and driver,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
Insure With Men You Know
Personal Service
Is Your Want
And that IS what you receive in
addition to reliable insurance
when you buy your policy Of ir-
Surance here.
IL Costs No More

to get The reliable Insurance and eff
cient personal service OF this agency
than Of an unknown salesman Ct an
unknown concern
Great financial strength OF a COM
pany and a high degree or alb lty Of
an agency usually 20 together, the
one supplementary the ether The
needs Of the policy holder are studied
in This agency Of the Federal lnsur-
auca Company
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
AMER|CA'S s GIFT BRITAIN |SALONE f.,
|S20M|LL|ON ,I!!l,.. Il a, ll!!eu !!!3, TOPlT DAN
20septl0
STARVING 5LAy5 UN SUBMARINES
Relief Measure Bill Signed BY
President Harding
FUNDS NOW AVAILABLE
Hoover Says Supplies Will Be
Purchased Here and Sent
in American Ships

Washington, Dec. 20. (By the AS
sociated Press The president .-as
signed the Russian relief bill which
carries appropr ations of 500, ,000.0
70 be expended under the supervision
cI the American relief administration
Funds are to he available immediate
ly.
Washington, Dec. 23.--After adop.
ton Of the Senate conference report
on the Russ an relief measure, it was
sent to the President 1t is expected
he will give it his prompt approval as
it embodies one Of the recommends
tions' in his recent message 70 Con
gress
The measure authorizes TIE Presi.
dent to purchase in the United States.
transport in American ships and dis.
tribute corn, seed grain aud presefy-
cd milk to the distressed of Russia
The bill carries an appropriation o.
$2C.O00,00O
Bids will be received at the Gram
Corporation in New York tomorrow
for supply ng grain to ships at North
Atlantic ports for shipment to Russia
Secretary Hoover said yesterday, add
ing that if government machinery Is
not in operation in time. tie grain
would be purchased for the account
of the American Re'iel Administra.
ton of which he is chairman.
"All food said Mr.. Hoover, will
he purchased in the United States
and transported in American ships.
il is expected that the railway
charges from ports to the famine re.
eion--some ] 800 miles will be borne
by the soviet government.
The shipping board. he said. is
preparing TO do good job" and a
survey Is being made of conditions
in southern Russian ports to facilitate
the landing Of grain there, Mr. Hoov-
er said;
The distribution OF the food
purchased under tAe congress
sional authorization will be in
the hands OF the American Re
lief Administration. Except for
refugees. the major distribution
viii he confined to the Folga
/ famine district, and It is not ex-
pected to do any general relief
( in other parts of Russia.
The entire overhead expenses
will be borne by the private re-
sources furnished to the Ameri-
/ can Relief Administration, so
that not one cent of the GOV
ernment appropriation will be
absorbed in any expenditure eX.
cept for actual purchase and
transport of food
The American Relief Admins
tratlDn in Russia now has some
900 stations, feeding about L.
oO0. 900 children. 3srl these sta
,ons will be raAdly expanded
.to provide for adulb3 The dis
tribution viii he rsRelutely in
control of the American staff
who work through local commit
tees of American selection.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
FRANCE ACCEPTS RATIO
Claims Submarines and Coast De.
ftnce Ships Vitally Necessary.

Paris. Dec % (By the Associat :
Press sl--Premier BRAND today So
to Ambassador Jusserard in Washi
ton final and definite acceptance
the capital ship ratio as originaliJ
proposed by the United States.
France, 'however, maintains her pc
sition regarding submarines and
coast defence ships although she Is
willing TO negotiate concerning this
feature of the arms conference de-
liberation. She insists that her de-.
mands are vitality necessary to her
security as indicated but is disposed
to cooperate with the United Statea
as far as possible.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
INITIATED LARGE CLASS
St. John the Baptist Society Has I55
New Members.


New Members.
II. T. Ledoux 81 Manchester n. H.,
presided at init alton of l55 members
into the local order Of ST John the Bap.
tist society, Thursday night in Acale
my hail ne ceremonies were mate
Impressive with word OF advice by
Rev Father Provost and Rev Father
y an Be-scmcn
The musical pant Of the program
was boz well rendeIc p> nd pleasing
10 ai
The CAPTAINS Of the various recruit
Ing teams received prizes for their
work n swelling the membership OF
the order
The meeting closed with a few
words from J II LaFamme Of Nash.
ua y H., who had charge of the
urlNe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
FAMINE DEATHS INCREASE
TWO Hundred 5ur.als Daily in Sara
toy Region in Russ a.

Moscow. Dec. % tBy the Associat-
ed Press The death rate in the fam.
inc districts of Russia is rising rap
idly. over two hundred victims are
buried every day in the SaratoY reg
ion
The American relief admintstra.
ton is feeding over eight hundred
thousand children. All the European
relief organizations combined are
feeding less than a hundred thous'
and.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
For Colds, Grin or lnfluenza

and as a Preventive. take Laxative
BROMO QUGNlNE Tablets. The
genuine beers the signature Of Il. w.
Grove. (Be sure You get nROMOJ
30c Advertisement
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
ANNUAL MEETING,

The Annual Meeting of the Benning.
ton Battle Monument and Historical
Association will be held at the Office
of Bathelder & Bates in the Village
of Bennington on the second Wednes-
day in January (the eleventh day.
1922 at ten O'Clock IN the forenoon
for the election of officers for the
year ensuing and the transaction OF
any other business proper to. be done
when met
EDWARD l.. BATES,
Recording Secretary
bennington VI, December 22nd 1921
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
The Result Up Paper Nothing
SAM M'vEY DEAD
Prominent Negro Pugilist Victim Of
Pneumonia.

New York, Dec 90 (By the Associ
ated Press) Sam McVey, the negro
heavyweight pugilist, died today OF
pneumonia III a New York hospital.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-23
WEATHER tFoREoAsr

Unsettled tonight and Saturday.
snow or rain. Not much
change in temperature
Evening star., 1921-05-08
searching the Jngles for Rare Wild Animals for Menagerie

from Mahommed Ariff. ] was in con-
stant communication with Gaylord.
who encouraged me in my idea of be
coming q collector; also | put myself
in touch with the Australian Zoo!oS-
ical Society.
The district in which the hadji lived
had a population of about 100000.
made up of Dutch. Malays and Chi
neSe. Back Of the settlement lay the
jungle: a dense virgin forest OF trees
that were h.,und together by woven
mass az creepers and vines. The
trunt. rising straight and smooth
fc., fifty or sixty feet, burst into foli-
age that formed a thick, green cano-
py. through which the sun rarely MI
tered On the ground. the vines. palm
ferns, tall grasses and rattan made a
wall that only parangs. the natives
knives, cutting foot by foot. could
penetrate The heat of the open
spaces in the tropics is blistering, but
that of the jungle is damp and stl-
fling: moisture accumulates. and the
light breeZes that blow overhead have
no chance of moving the air below.
which is filed with the smell OF rot
ting vegetation. Especially in the
morning, before the sun has a chance
to bake the water out. il is a drench- =
ing business to 60 into the jungle.
Notwithstanding the climate. the
sight of such country made me anX-
ious to begin work. and / lost no time
in reporting to the Dutch resident.
The Dutch arc strict in their colonial
government and, for the most part.
Evening star., 1921-05-08

along to make room for the otherS
who wanted to buy tickets. After
the crowd had passed into the tent
Charley and his pal would take up
the canvas and sort out the money
from the SawduSt.
| wasn't in on that fam system
but I had another way of making
money. AS head property man.
stood near the entrance to the Dig
top" and when people weren't salts
fed with their seats they came to me
| sold them the privilege of taxing
better seats. The sum acquired IN
this way was known as ""roSS-oVcr
money" and it was supposed to be
turned over to the company. one day
one of the partners objected to thus
He decided that he
would take the 'croSS-over money
himself and have me collect tickets
at the main entrance. The other
partner in the show would not agree
to this scheme. eff Mayer takes the
.cross-over money" he said. I'VE get
half of it. at least; but. if you take it,
we don't get any.
That settled the matter. and. con-
sidering times and ways. I've always
thought that it was good tribute 10
my honesty. 1t was crude business
a nd every man was out for hlmSeif.
To break even man had to be just
as hard as the next one, and to come
out ahead he had to be a bit harder.
| liked the game, but | always had
the feeling that it wasn't the thing
wanted most. / was interested chief
ly i'll the animals, but. as head prop
Evening star., 1921-05-08

er, Gaylord and Fitzgerald decided to
disband. and most Of the properties
and animals were sold to the Carlos
Brothers.
By hard work and careful saving.
had managed to accumulate over
$4,000; so was happy to 4lead north
ward. l returned to New York by
way of London and in December /
met Fitzgerald. A short time after
ward we were in st. Louis. where we
bought the Walter l.. Main show.
which consisted of nothing more than
a tent and some seats. We had no
animals. but we hired performers and
started out on the road.
For one week we had luck and took
in money; then came nine days of
rain. The tent absorbed tons of wa
ter. and we had no way of drying it
and preventing mildew. 1t was so
heavy that the canvas man could
scarcely handle it.
At Springfield I went out to the lot
and found Fitzgerald there; he just
stood there. looking at the wet can
vas spread out on the ground with
Evening star., 1921-05-08

erty man. / had little time to be near
them.
My desire to learn all there was to
know about animals was the main
reason why l cultivated the acQuain-
tance and friendship of Gaylord. He
was an expert animal man-probably
the best informed in the business
and had been =. T. Barnum's conf
dental agent for years. He had trav-
eled the world over. time and again.
1t was Gaylord who negotiated with
the Siamese officials for one of the
famous white elephants Of Siam. Bar
mum had his heart set on having one
of them for his show and he sent
Gaylord out with instructions to go
the limit. The stumbling block in
the transaction was that the Siamese
believe the spirits of the ancestors Of
the royal family are transferred to
the white elephants. The animals live
in the royal palace and are cared for
with all the ceremony given to any
m bers of the reigning family. OF
course, Barnum's plan was just as
unthinkable to them as If he had
offered to exhibit the king in his side
show. There was Il hot exchange Of
cablegrams between Barnum in New
York and Gaylord. in Siam. Final
ly Barnum offered the government
Evening star., 1921-05-08

stakes that are driven into the ground
to keep the seat-stringers from slid
ing. a toe-stake is of just the proper
size and weight to use in fight. and
it is the circus mans idea Of a good
weapon. The crew buried the four
men while the show was on.
thought that there surely would be
trouble before we could get out Of
weapon. The crew buried the fouren
town, but the men weren't even
missed
The Fryer outfit had a Pcnnsylva-
MIA Dutchman called Charley. He was
one of the strongest men l have ever
seen. One night, when the stake
wagon. drawn by eight horses. was
stuck in the mire. he lifted the rear
end of the wagon on his back while
the horses pulled it out. l think that
if Charley had got A good swing a
man and used his full strength. he
could have killed him with one blow.
One day. in Christ Church, New Zea-
land. while Fitzgerald was taking
tickets. larrikin--a tough-came
along and said: "Ticket?-TlI spit in
your eye" Fitzgerald knocked him
down and called for Charley, who was
working at the ticket wagon. Char
ley took the larrikin in his arms just
as easily as il he had been baby
Evening star., 1921-05-08

TT was the lure of the circus-the
tug that every boy feels when a
show comes to town-that start
cd me on my career as a collector
OF wild animals. 1 use the word col
lector rather than hunter. because
hunting gives the idea Of killing, and,
in my business, a dead animal is no
animal at all. In fact, the mere hunt
ing OF the animals was simply the be-
z nning Of my work, and the task of
capturing them uninjured was far
more thrilling than standing at dis
tance and pulling trigger. And
then. when animals were safely in
the net or stockade, came the job of
aking them back through the jungle
to the port where they could be sold.
1t was often a case of continuous per-
fo:mance until l stood on the dock
and saw the boats steam away with
the cages aboard. And l wasn't too
sure of the success of my expedition
even then, because the animals l had
yanked from the jungle might die be-
fore they reached their destination.
was nearly seventeen when Sells
Brothers Circus came to Binghamton,
y. y, where ! was living with my
parents. That day l joined some other
boys in playing hockey from school.
and we earned our passes by carry
ing water for the animals. 1t wasn't
my first circus, but ii was the first
time that | had ever worked around
the animals and I was fascinated. |
didn't miss the big show. but all the
rest of the day I was in the mcnage-
ric, listening to the yarns of the
Keepers and doing as much of their
work as they would allow. That
night. when the circus left town |
slowed away in a wagon.
The next morning, in Elmira- I
showed up at the menagerie bright
and carly. The men laughed when
they saw me. | had expected them
to he surprised and l was afraid that
they might SEND me away. but 1 found
Evening star., 1921-05-08

written agreement and no under
standing as to my commission, but l
was content to start work on that
basis because it meant experience.
1t was customary for the members
Of the crew Of boat to buy animals.
splitting the risk between them. and
sell them when they reached Euro
pean or American ports. Soon after
/ had reached the agreement with
Mahommed Ariff. a German boat came
the captain. l found that he had had
previous dealings with the Malay. and
that he had sworn never to buy an
other animal from him. Finally. he
agreed to make some purchases. but
he took care to draw up a paper in
my representation.
I reported the deal to Mahommed
Ariff. but when i went the next morn
ing to deliver the animals. 1 found
during the night and had collected
the money for them. He refused to
give me my commission because. he
said. the captain was an old customer
Of his. The boat was about to sail
and there was no time to get the cap
tain ashore and settle the dispute.
However. 1 had the written statement,
signed by him. that the animals had
been bought from me. and l sur
prised Mahommed Ariff by suing him.
he was n surprised MALAY "HeH 1
produced the paper in court. and he
paid the commission and costs. The
result Of the suit was that 1 gained
number Of friends and established
reputation.
For the time being all deals with
Mahommed Ariff were off, of course.
and so 1 had to look elsewhere for
business. I induced a Malay hadji.
who had made pilgrimage to Mecca.
to take me to his home at Palem-
bang, in the Island of Sumatra. He
was a buyer of animals from the peo-
pie OF his district and, as he did much
Of his selling through Mahommed
Ariff, he hesitated at taking me with
him. But 1 pointed out the advisa-
bility of having a European agent
peans. The vision of securing more
business without being robbed con-
stantly by Mahommed Arin brought
him around to my proposition. and we
went together to the Dutch general
in Singapore. I told the consul gen.
eral my plans. and. after I had pre-
sented references from the bank. he
gave me a passport and a personal
letter to the Dutch resident at Palem-
bang. Then the old hadji and start
ed of for Sumatra.
THIS was really my start in the
business OF animal collecting. At
Singapore I had seen enough TO know
that the work L wanted to do was
not simply to sell the animals at
port, but to capture them in the jun
gle. My main object in going to Su-
matra was to live with the natives
and learn their methods and language,
SO that. being at the source Of the
supply of animals. I could capture and
sell with practically no Interference
Evening star., 1921-05-08
By Charles Mayer.

show as head property man and trans
portation master. 1t was RESPONSE
BILE position. which required every bit
of the knowledge l had gained in the
few preceding years. | had charge OF
all the circus property and | was boss
of 4 large crew of men. The job kept
me on the jump day and night. The
canvas and property crews were made
up of the toughest characters | have
ever struck in my life-a man had to
be tough in those days. They were
hard to handle. but they were good
workers and l got along all right
with them.
They were always just a little bit
tougher than any local talent we came
up against on the tour. even though a
circus used to attract the worst men
for miles around. At Albuquerque
one night four bad men" came to
see the show. When they. came up.
Fitzgerald, VINO was one of the part
ners, was taking tickets at the en-
trance. He tried to get tickets from
them. but they pulled out guns. One
of them said: These are our tickets.
Fitzgerald let them in and passed the
word along to the crew. The men
took seats. and when the show start
cd they let loose with their guns.
shooting through the tents and letting
a few bullets fly into the ring. Some
times a bullet would strike near
pertOrmer. raising a pun OIL uuSl anu
soaring him half to death. The bad
men" were sitting with their legs
dangling down between the seats.
Some of the crew took seats near
them. just as if they were part of the
audience, and dozen property men
sneaked under the tent. When the
signal was given. they grabbed the
dangling legs and pulled. Then the
circus men in the seats jumped up.
and. without letting the audience
know what was happening. they
Snatched the guns. Down went the
bad men" between the seats. 1t all
happened so quickly and SO quietly
that the audience didn't realize what
had become of them. The canvas men
"toe-staked' them: that is. they hit
them over the heads with the toe
Evening star., 1921-05-08

s250,000 for the privilege Of borrow
ing one of the elephants for just one
year. He agreed to support d retinue
Of priests and attendants and to pay
all transportation charges. The gov
ernmcnt would not even consider the
proposition, and so Gaylard gave up
in disgust and cabled that the deal
was off But Barnum was not dis
couragcd. when Gaylord returned to
this country he found that the old
man was advertising white elephant
from the royal palace of Siam. Bar
mum had simply used whiteWash
brush on an ordinary elephant with
the result that he had q whittier ele-
pnant than the S.amese ever dreamed
of seeing. The animal was so COW
cred with velvet robes and surround
ed by attendants that the audience
could not detect the fraud; the gen
eral effect was good and the trick
brought in a lot of money.
X
GAYLORD was quite deaf when I
knew him, and so was Fryer