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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
AMOUNT STILL UNFiXEO
France Demands Sliding Scale OF Re.
parations,

paratlons,
Paris, Jan 29--After midnight this
morning II was announced that the al
lied committee of financial and eco.
nomic experts named by the. Supreme
Council had reached an agreement on
the reparations Germany must pay.
They have agreed that these repara.
tons shall be paid over a period OF
fortytwo years. and that they shall
be In the form OF annunities, fixed on
sliding scale ranging from 2,Oe0..
100000 marks god the firstl five or
ten years to 6,000.OOO,O0O marks gold
per annum later.
In addition to this they propose an
ad valorem tax OF 1917 per cent. on
German exports after the first five
years.
This, while providing a final settle.
ment Of the German separations Ques
ton. which has yeXed the allied gov.
ernments for two years, still leaves
Indefinite the total amount Germany
must pay
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
ESTATE or NYRoN II. CHANDLER
stntc OF Vermont.
District Of Bennington SIS.

District Of Bennington SIS
The Honorable Probate Court for the
District of Bennington.
70 all persons Interested in the estate
or Myron II Chandler iate OF Benning.
ton IN said District, deceased Greettnet
~ Probate Court, holden at BEN
nington within and for said District on
the goth day OF January. 1921, an instru-
ment purporting to be the last VIM
and Testament of Myron II Chandler
late Of Bennington in said District. de-
ceased, was presented to the Court
aforesaid for Probate.
And u is ordered by said Court that
the 18th day of February 1921. at the
Probate Office In said Remington. be-
assigned for proving said instrument;
and that notice thereof be given to all
persons concerned, by publishing this
order three weeks successively in the
Bennington Evening Banner, news
paper circulating in that vicinity. In
aaid District, previous TO the time APP
pointed
Therefore, you are hereby notified TO
appear before said Court. at the timo
and place aforesaid, and contest tho
probate Of said Will. IL YOU have cause.
Given under my hand at Bennington
in said District this goth day Of Japu-
airy, 1921,
AMY II HARBOUR.
Jan 22-99 Feb Register
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
HEAVY ALlMoAY elvEh

t Wt = ~ &th y.
Burl acton, jim 20 The divorce
case of5ehale r. hunterlys Or. Mat.
thew ". Hunter OF Essex Junction was
brought before Judge Sherman r..
MGattan. an, CHI tenden, county court
%eaaesdey The ltbellaut brought
sat on the grounds Of intolerabie
severity f ~
A bill of divorce was granted with
al money OF $4,000. part of which
was ia 4 yesterday and the remainder
is TO be paid according to the stipu-
,aiions Of the court The witnesses
were Sheriff j. H. Allen and the libe.-
liant. This Is enc OF the largest ali
mon es granted by Vermont court
in a long time Attorney Y. A. Bull
lard appeared for the l.bellant The
case was not contested
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
TAAw YOUR PIPES

c. Fl. Miller has a water pipe thaw
ing device for thawing out pipe when
frozen in the sink or down cellar 1t
is very handy and convenient Any
one who is troubled with freezing OF
water Pipes should have one in the
house 1t is q very simple device Can
be used by an one, the woman of the
house can use this as easy as the man.
If pipes are frozen, you can, by using
this device, thaw them out yourself
while waiting for the plumber and you
can save the plumbers bill. These can
be bought very reasonably. They can
be demonstrated before buying if you
wish. You will save money by buying
one of these devices.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
COMPENSATION HEARINGS
Workmen's Claims Jill Be Heard at
Bennington

Montpelier, Jan 27,-Commissioner
John Buttles has announced the fol-
lowing hearings that will take place
re.atiye to compensation OF working.
men: February 7 at Bennington,
Kofostesky VS.. the National Metal
Edge Box company Solomon Waite
VS.. the Bennington Scale company,
Edward Harrington VS.. the Eagle
Square Manufacturing company; Frank
Myers vs.. H c. White company, DR..
D. V. ODonnell VS. the American Mu-
tual Liability Insurance company in
which the physician wants more com.
pensation
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS
Was Proposal Of Amendment Consider
ti' ed Last Evening.

Montpelier, Jan. 29-That Vermont
in years past has beer closely watch.
ed by people all over the country to
see how the state went in the Septem-
Der election and that from such elect
ions the state gained great prominence
in the nation and the people of the
state took much greater interest in
national affairs that they do today,
was the contention put forth by Mr.
Button Of Mddlebury and other
speakers appearing before the JOINT
committee of the judiciary and House
and Senate at the pubic hearing on
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
MOVING INTO WHITE HOUSE
Furniture Of President-EIect and Mrs,
HARDING Transferred

Washington. Jan. 2S.-MoV ng Of the
personal effects OF Presidentelect
Harding and Mrs Harding into the
executive Offices of the White House
was begun T. day from the Harding
home on New Hampshire Avenue.
Mrs. Harding came here from Mar
ion, c.. Sunday to attend to this work.
The Hard ng house on New Hamp-
shire Avenue Is to be sod together
with the furniture, and only few per-
sonal belongings has oeen preserved
to supplement the household articles
with which the White House is fur
nshed.
1t was upon the invitation OF Mrs.
Wilson extended some time ago, that
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
EUGENE REMEMHEREp
,es. Na-----@ &5sA ~
OF. Empress Wilred. Wonderfus level
W ,&tc Museum. &

parlstJah 20 The'exeehtors vi the
will Of the late. Empress Eugenie upon
opening the deeonlefit, found IN! it a
small sea ed package marked For the
earnayaIetAiuseum. and contained
magnificent jewel representing the
arms of the city Of Paris.
When the Empress Eugene visited
Paris in 1913 she spent an afternoon in
the museum and was so touched by
the aftectionate and cordial welcome
she received that she promised that
she wouIo remember the museum in
her will. This museum is largely
municipal rather than national col.
lection and the Empress desired In
this way to express her affection for
the city Of Paris.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
G. n. MILLER
Corner Elm and South ST., ennInaton
NOTICE.

Agreeable to the amended by laws of
the Village Of Bennington, the mem
bers Of the bennington Fire Depart
ment are hereby notified and warned
to meet at Stark Hose Company's
rooms in the Village of bennington.
on Friday the 2Sth day of January, A.
D., 1921, at seven thirty o'clock in the
evening to transact the following bust.
ness;
Article Ito hear and consider the
reports OF the officers of said depart
ment for the year last past
Article ITO nominate a President,
a Vice-president, a Secretary, Treas.
urer a Chief Engineer a First and
Second Assisting Eningeer for the on.
suing year.
Article 3.-To transact any other
business found necessary aud proper
when met.
VIM P. HOGAN
Village Clerk
Bennington, VT,
January 22nd 1921
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
NOTICE

In answer to my husband Arley r.
Green's posting notice is n mistake.
/ stayed at my sisters one night be
cause | did not dare stay at home after
getting a back eve and other i'll
treatment from my husband in a pub
lie place
am at home now and Il is he who
has left lie picked up his few belong.
irgs and dug out because he was
ashamed to look people in the face
after his behavior.
tSigned) Mrs. Arley Z. Green
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29

Mrs. Harding decided 10 make ready
in advance for the change
An antique settee, several chairs z
number OF pictures which are her
looms OF the family and some rare
oh ma We're among the articles CHI sen
by the President-elect and his wife 10
Dc ,aer.ed INTO the White House. The
single wagon load VIII On was brought
10 the executive Offices Of the VII te
House today Is expected TO remain
there unit | the president elect IS in.
Quoted into Office whom the articles
Wi be transferred INTO the executive
mansion
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
For a Waxed Floor.

MARRIED spots on n waXed floor can
be removed by rubbing very sparingly
with alcohol. Then apply wax thlnly
and evenly and rub in with a soft
cloth
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
Orchestral Chambers in
THE CHENEY

From the pipe organ THg CHsSgY
take, the principle Of these air cham
bers. Being successfully larger in size,
they develop the high, medium and
low tones, keeping them in perfectly
controlled balance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
For Constipation

Indigestion. Sick Headache. Bilious.
meas, Blostine, Sour Stomach, Ga, on
the Stomach. Bad Breath or other con.
diuonS caused by clogged OF irregular
bowels, take
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-29
FOLEY cATnAnTlc TAHlErs

A wholesome and thoroughly cleansing
PhysIe-mild and gentle IN action.
B H.ystd, Ussdilla. Ga. Il fod Policy
Caiharue Tablets ave me quicker relief from
eoniuoaton than anythins lever tried'
ovIu GSCI TwtI1rc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19

entire field were necessary, making q
two base hit the most possible
The game went ton innings. the
Aztecs tying the score for second
time in the ninth, with five runs. The
Roamers won in the tenth on a pass,
stolen base and an error. Brayton
pitched for the Roamers and Haas
and McIntire for the Aztecs.
In connection with tt1a Aztecs, the
writer wishes to correct an impression
gained by a number of fans from the
headline recently appearing: Roam
ers show rowdies how good sports
play"-it being taken to mean that
the aspersion was on the Aztecs. The
headline referred altogether to the
group Of rowdies who attacked the
Roamers following their defeat Of the
Aztecs. Several days later the Aztecs
played the Roamers in northeast
Precautions were taken by the Roam.
ers to see that no harm came to the
Aztecs, and in this they showed q
sportsmanlike attitude set forth In the
headline. An effort was made in the
article in question to emphasize the
sportsmanlike qualities OF the AZtecs
and fully cleared them Of any respon.
sibility for the trouble in southwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
ARGYLE WOULD
LEASE GROUNDS
FOR BIC CLUB
Old Columbia Course and Club
house Sought by New Organ
ization for March I.

An organization to be known AZ the
Argyle Country Club now seems as
sured. as enough applications for
membership have already been re-
ceived by the committee in charge to
warrant going ahead with arrange.
ments for a permanent organization.
Plans have already been instituted
to lease the grounds now occupied by
the Town and Country Club. east OF
Georgia avenue, which Is to be vacated
next March.
The temporary officers elected 10
promote plans and receive applica.
tons for membership are as follows:
J. L. Carr, chairman; c. d. Keller,
secretary, and J. w. Carr. treasurer.
These officers, together with the fol.
lowing, will form the temporary board
of directors for organization purposes:
Henry r. Thurtell. L. F. Randolph.
A. l.. Zachary, E. c. Baltz. J. o. Bobee
and Charles T. Gable.
The above organization will remain
In effect until the first annual meet.
ing to be held March I. An extensive
campaign has already been started to
push the organization to q final COM
pletion. The property which 1t 10
planned to lease has a nine-hole> golf
course, four tennis courts, with room
for a dozen or more. and a spacious
mansion in which every activity Of an
up-todate country club may be con-
Quoted.
The club will have one Of the best
residential sections Of the city to draw
upon for its membership, It Is close
to Piney Branch and Saul's Addition.
and only a short distance from Pet
worth. Brightwood and Parkview. 1t
Is the idea of the temporary officers
to combine both golf and tennis as
major sports, and croquet, billiards
and pool, quoits and other milder
forms Of sports. The clubhouse Is to
be made q home for its membership.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19

Of Roche, Blair. Purdy, Barnhart,
Mccarthy, Crooke, SterZer, Thomp-
son. Giovannetti and others too
numerous to mention are well known
by the fans.
Umplres Arc Good.
1t is doubtful II any more pleasing
selection could be made for umpires
that the choice of Billy Belts and
Shorty" Hughes. The District As
ISOLATION unanimously picked the
vetera n indicator handles knowing
that the fans and players would be
more than satisfied.
Billy Belts is sure to work but
Hughes notified the association that
he would not work in the games. The
selection Of a Non.Umpires' Associa-
ton official will be made before to-
days game.
Today's, series is the twenty.fifth
run off In this city. Without ex.
ception for the past quarter OF CEN
fury Washington has turned out for
the final games to determine the
championship Of league teams.
1t is expected that Dutch" Ster-
ger will start off for the Navy Yard
players while Forrest Thompson will
probably hurl for the Southern Rail
way nine.
Tomorrow the Navy Yard and Elks
will hook UP at Union League Park.
The schedule for the week follows:
Monday-South Railway VS. Navy
Yard.
Tuesday-Navy Yard VS.. Elks.
Wednesday-Elks VS.. Southern Rail
way.
Thursday--Navy Yard VS.. Southern
Railway.
Friday-Elks VS.. Navy Yard.
Saturday-Southern Railway VS..
Elks.
The winner of the District Associa-
ton games will play the Gibraltars,
winners Of the District Independent
Championship series.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
PARK A. c. PLAYERS WANT
GAMES WITH AZTEC A. c

The Park A. c.. winner of the
Junior championship in 1920. would
like to arrange a series Of games
with the Aztecs. runner.up in the
Junior championship of 1891. for the
Junior championship of the southwest
section of the District.
Games are to be played on grounds
suitable for the Aztec players.
Manager John Laycock. 919 Mary
land avenue southwest, will receive
all communications from the Aztecs,
or by phone. Franklin 2737, between
and o'clock D. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
KN|CK STRING
N0WF|FTEENIN
SANDLOT GAMES
Georgetown cIubmen to Try to
Land Twenty In a Row Be-
fore Season Is Closed.

Knickerbocker Club players have
run up a string OF fifteen straight
wins. The Knicks added three games
over the weekend. They see twenty
straight victories before the season
IL over.
More than 5000 persons gathered
in the Hollow in Georgetown yester-
day to see the Knicks trim the Triple
A Of Alexandria by a score, Of 10 to
6, and the Tenleytown representatives.
10 to s. On Saturday the Peerless
Club was victimized, 8 to 4.
D Southern pitched brilliantly against
the Peerless, striking out twelve men
and registering his twenty-fifth win
out OF twenty-eight starts. Fisher
held the Triple A at his mercy yes.
terday and Mccarthy was very ef-
fective against Tenleytown. Mat
thews In the outfield had q total Of
four assists. equaling the best major
league records
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19

Northeast took first honors I'm the
unlimited class with the Gibraltar
club and In the Junior class with the
Roamers. The Linworths took the
midget title and Times trophy to
southwest. The Warwicks gave
northeast second honors In the mid.
get class and won the runner.up cup
for their class presented by the Dis
trict Umpires' Association.
Southeast Gets One.
After Q game fight. for the most
part with teams Of higher age 'av-
erase. the Astecs finally came
through for southwest with second
place in the Junior class, receiving
one OF two runner.up cups given by
Clark Griffith. president Of the
Griffmen. The Shamrocks. of south
east. won the other Of the Old Fox's
gathered by northeast and southwest
Random seems agreed that the
series caused more interest In the
sandlot game than any previous
event Of its kind.
Although no figures are available.
Il Is believed the series was one Of
the largest ever held In the country.
Jack Haas, chairman. and the series
executive committee endeavored from
start to finish to keep the competi.
ton on a high plane Of sportsman
shipl In every instance where q team
was found to have violated a rule
forfeiture Of the franchise was the
penalty.
Three rousing cheers were given
for Haas and The Times when the
chairman presented Times trophy to
the winner and Griffith's cup to the
loser Of yesterdays game. The crowd
was estimated at between six and seven
thousand. Ground rules around the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
K|LBANE SOURS
CLEVELAND BY
UNJUST DEMAND
Commission Bars Champion
From Home Town Unless He
Changes Attitude.

CLEVELAND. Sept. 1s.-Johnny
Kilbane, worlds featherweight cham
pion. will be barred from again ap-
pearing in Cleveland, his home city.
in any match. according to a state
ment by Chairman J. B. Wilberding,
Of the boxing commission, unless he
adopts a different attitude toward
the reasonable demands" Of that
body.
Wilberding cited as reasons for
this attitude Kilban's stand on the
selection of a referee and judges for
his contest with Danny Frush, Of
Baltimore, Saturday, and his failure
to post a forfeit Of $1,000 required
for his appearance Saturday. This
sum, II was revealed, was put up by
Tommy McGinty, one Of the pro-
moters of the match.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
jim THORPE IS /
REAL CLOUTER
IN BUSH SHOW
Famous Indian Athlete, Now
With Toledo, Swatting Ball
for 1863 Mark. !

Jim Thorpe. whose athletic PROV,
ess in the olympic games at Stock.
holm in 1912 started the universe,
has made wonderful strides among
the batters Of the American Associa-
ton players. The big Indian. who ID
a member Of the Toledo club, has
climbed to fifth place with an aver,
age Of 1858.
Jay Kirke, the Louisville sluRrer,
although suffering . slight falling
off in his stick work, continued to
top the batters with an average Of
1881, while Reb Russell, the Mime
apolis smuggling outfielder. has passed
Art Butler, of Kansas City, for the
honors as runner-up to Kirke. Russ
sell Is clouting 1915. Buffers mark
Is 1853. t -
Bunny. Brief, Of Kansas City, who
smashed out five circuit drives In
the past week and brought his sea-
sons record for circuit wallops to
forty, Is in fourth place among the
batters with q mark of .364.
Baird. Of Indianapolis. by stealing
two bases during the past week. IL
showing the way to the base stealers
with sixty-three thefts. Other lead
ing batters: Good, Kansas City, $50:
Acosta, Louisville, 1854; Fisher. MIN
neapolis, .35z; Gamer. Milwaukee,
344. and Lear, Milwaukee, 1913. 2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19

WARRINGTON TIlNEC JPORD
Pittsburgh Panthers
Will Be Heavy
This Year

Latest reports from Glenn War
ner are to the effect that he has
turned out 204 pounds Of fullback
in the person Of Orville Hewitt,
with a line that totals 1,2S8 pounds.
Thus when Pitt meets up with
Syracuse and Penn State to break
last years ties, Captain Davies
will lead just twenty-six pounds
less than a ton Of human ferocity.
He says he should worry what his
rivals think, particularly since his
ton of flesh has more than ordi-
nary animation to move 1t along.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
MONDAY, SEPT. 10. 1927.

College and school football will be wildly
discussed in these pages every day by
Louis A. Dougher and Bryan Morse.
Years Of intimacy with gridiron events
equip these writers TO give you the best.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
MANHATTAN A. c. WINS
FROM TWO TEAMS

Manhattan A. c. scored double vic.
tory yesterday, defeating the People's
Drug Store team. 8 to 4. and the Oak
land team Of Maryland. II to o.
Woods hitting and Hutchinson's
pitching featured the first game, and
the Manhattans' smuggling the second.
The Manhattans want a game for Sat.
urday. c. T. Hutchinson, Of 1906
Rosedale street northeast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19

Inc three IedHlb COHiinB iheO thc
series today are the strongest In the
city. The Elks, boasting twenty
eight straight wins, have one OF the
best teams ever gotten together In
Washington.
Navy Yard, with an impressive ar.
ray of talent, is the best balanced az.
gregation that the yard has turned
out in many q season. The Southern
Railway nine boasts Of exceptionally
good players. with q pitching starr
likely to cause both the Elks and Navy
Yarders plenty Of trouble.
Fans Have Waited.
SandIot fans have waited for these
contests because the clubs have been
well balanced and are more or less
evenly matched. There Is every In
dication that the contests will be close.
Dependable pitchers and catchers.
backed up by players strong Mt bat
and In the field, gives the fans
chance to watch high class baseball.
The National Baseball Federation
has taken a great deal Of interest in
Washington sandlot teams. Prac-
tically every large city in the middle
West has entered team In the
championship series. Cleveland has
supported the sandlot games with
hundreds of thousands.
Much Baseball Here.
There has been q great deal Of
sandlot baseball here this summer.
Many fans and players are Of the
opinion that there have been too
many games for the players, and
that there have not been enough to
60 around on the many teams that
have taken part in the various
series.
The limiting of players to one
league team and one Independent
team might go far toward stopping
the practice Of jumping from team
TO team. Many Washington sand
letters have performed with six or
seven different teams during the
season which has hurt the game and
stopped the development of the
youngsters.
But the battles which start at
Union League Park today will be
staged by the best players in the
District. Performers Of the caliber
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
Makes Five Hits.

The. Judd & Detweiler, master
printers team. defeated the Old
Dutch Marketers, yesterday morning
at Union League Park by the score
Of 16 to IL. Shipman OF the Printers
made five hits, and four runs out OF
live times at the bat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
DISTRICT ASSOCIATION
BASEBALL SERIES DUE
AT UNION PARK TODAY
BY BRYAN MORSE.

District finals with the three best clubs in the
today Union League Park fifteenth and streets northeast
Navy Yard Government League champion and
expected to With the
lacking baseball Of high class.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST
DIVIDE SANDLOT LAURELS

Two Of The Times sandot championship trophies in north
the Gibraltar athletic
clubs crowd sandlot this the
championship by defeating
southwest Union Station plaza field to in ten innings
terday. ..s
The northeast and southwest section be said have divided
fought
period Of about weeks three landed northeast in south
in southea
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
Wins Two Games.

N. PAMELA won two games pitching
for the Christ Child A. c. yesterday.
Capital Traction was beaten. 5 to I,
and Lexington by the same score.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
Benning Trimmed.

Kenilworth players defeated the
Benning nine by s to yesterday,
landing on the offerings Of Hall
Williams with ease.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
GIBBS Win Game.

Gibraltar A. c. players stamped on
Bethesda by 12.to-6 score yesterday
hammering Hudson for twenty hits.