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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
SUGAR CROP is BELOW
NORMAL, SAY PRODUCERS
Capricious Weather and High Cost of
Labor, Farmers Say, Worked
o. AGAINST Them.

Montpelier VT. May 2l-A capri,
cious spring aud high cost of produc-
tion kept the maple sugar crop in Yer
mont below normal this year,
This is the summary of reports to
larger dealers here from sugar farm
ers throughout the state,
There will be no shortage of the
tangy sweet, however, they say, as
there was a considerable surplus from
1924
Although the forest census shows
that there are 10000 600 sugar map.e
trees in Vermont not more than $780,
600 of them have ever been developed.
This year about 100000 were tapped
The sugar and syrup yield, it is esti-
mated. will be less than 5000 tons.
Whether conditions were import
ant factors in the decrease, as the un-
usually warm periods of early spring
were not tempered by the frosty
nights that are neeed to contract and
expand the sap flow so that it will
run freely
Farmers declare they were Obliged
to pay wages equal to the scale Of a
year ago and that other equipment
used in harvesting showed no decrease
in price.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
NIGHT JOY RIDE TURNS
OUT TO BE EXPENSIVE
Few Hours in FIiVVer Will Cost
Three Bennington Youths About
Seventy Dollars Each.

Frank Hodeck, Edwin Stapleton and
Theodore Galipo, who were arrested
near Troy Wednesday night by Oh ef
of Police Patrick Brazell, were ar
raigned in municipal court this after
noon charged with taking and operat-
ing an automobile without the con
sent of the owner, They pleaded
guilty and were each fined S25 and
costs The costs amounted to over
twenty dollars and the owner OF the
Ford car, Postmaster Chas, Harrng-
ton Of South SALISBURY, had b u
for damages that made an assessment
of $lS apiece
When all of the expenses were to-
ia ed t made the cost to each of the
three participants I'm the JOY ride
close to $40,
Municipal Judge William j Mea-
CHER also imposed a sentence Of not
less than two or more than four
months in the house of correction at
Windsor, but I'm ew Of representa-.
tions of States Attorney Collins NJ
Graves ana Officer Bra2ell, the court
suspended the Jail sentence and put
the trio under probation for n year.
Judge Meagher also gave the youths
a heart.to-heart lecture.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
GUARANTORS MEET
FOR NEXT CHAUTAUQUA
Advance Manager Submits Program
Which Is Approved by Local
ORGANIZATION.

A meeting which was called Tor Fri
day evening, May 20. Of the guarantors
of the Community ChaItluqua VIII ch
is to he given the week commencing
August 22. was held last egening in
the Red Cross rooms in the Hawks
block for the purpose of forming an
organization and the following officers
were elected President II H. Hall;
secretary, Hayiland sibieS; treasurer,
II. II. Webster; ticket committee, VIM.
Il. Is sse chairman. F. O. Martin, 4.
j. Hansen; publicity committees, E. T.
Griswold; grounds committee, George
M. Hawks, John 2. Morrissey.
Junior Chautauqua Committee-Mis5
jeanette Perkins, Mrs Harry South
all. Mrs. f. r. Howe. Mrs. William H.
Wills.
c. II. Turner assistant manager of
the Chautaaqua. was present and gave
US a very Interesting outl ne of the
program for the coming year and the
guarantors feel that they can allso-
lutely guarantee this program to be
far superior to any that has been giy-
en- here in the past, aro4q
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
NE6RASKA's A FLlRT
Men Says State Pays Too Much At
tention 10 the Women.


tenton 10 the Women.
Lincoln. Neb., May 81 Enjoying all
the statutory right of suffrage with
men, women of Nebraska have the ad-
vantage OF half dozen privileges and
immunities granted by statute to their
sex, which the men are denied.
For instance, she cannot be allowed
to work more than 80 hours a week
and never between 10 p. m and
a. m.
If she is a dependent mother, she
gets state pension, but no such pro-
vision is made for dependent fathers.
Under the laws of property, moth
ing can. keep her from third of her
husbands realty, after his death. She
also has widows quarantine"
handed down from the common law,
which gives her the temporary use
of all her husband personal property
and $500 in mo"ey during the neriod
of mourning. The converse is not
true as 10 men
She can charge bills for necessities
to her husband and she has the full
right to support.
Under the statNtes Of Nebraska, she
is exempt from po tax aud from jury
duty.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
FRANCE THREATS
TO BREAK AWAY
FROM JOHN BULL
Declares British Premier Arrays
One People Against Another
WILL PLAY GAME ALONE
Plans to Act in the Silesian Mat
ter as She Sees Fit
Uses Plain Words
WILL PLAY GAME ALONE

Paris, May 21--France VIII send
her soldiers into the Ruhr valley in
defense of Poland S claims to the UP
per Si.esian industrial area at any
time she sees fit to do so. That, shorn
of its diplomatic yerbiage is the reply
given by Premier BRAND to the Brit
ish governments request for iniorma'
ton as to what sort of provocation on
the part of Germany would justify, In
French eyes, the initiation of military
measures against the Reich.
The ministry of foreign affairs,
speaking through PHILIPPE Bertheot,
its secretary general, has fatty declin-
ed to spec fly exactly what kind of
German action in respect to Upper 81
lesia would precipitate occupation OF
the Ruhr, but pIainy intmates France
will use her own judgement. The sub
stance of NJ Berthe.ots communication
to the British charge d'affairi became
known yesterday and created a sensa-
tion in political circles, comp etely
overshadowing the rather tame com.
mencement OF the widely heralded de
bate on M. Brands foreign policy in
the chamber of deputies.
The message was the conclusion
reached after several days of secret
negotiations between London and Par
is conducted through the two pow
erS' ambassadors over longdistance
telephone In the light Of these nego.
tiations. Premier Lloyd Georges latest
declaration on the Silesian tangle is
construed here as a threat to break
the Franco.British alliance il France
should carry her championship of the
Polish cause to the point Of seiz.ng
the Westphalian coal fields on her own
initiative and without her ally's con
sent. Only thus. ii is intimated in
official quarters, can reasonable in
depreciation be found for the British
prime minister remark of the inn
portance OF "old or new friendships
in determining the future of Europe.
George Exceis in Dividing.
Taking the phrase "new friendships
as its text the seml-oficial Temps cool.
ly proposes-though not in so many
wOrds-the abandonment of the en-
tente with Britain in favor of French
hegemony over the European conti-
men;
Mus, Mr.. Lloyd Georges policy be
endured indefinitely" its editorial
asks. Shall we never oppose him with
French policy? He excels in dlyid.
ing; he arrays one against another all
the peoples of the continent. Shall
we not know how to unite them?"
In the same vein. Pertinax, writing
In TIE Echo dc Paris, asks of what
value is the British alliance to France
"if it is opposed to the exigencies of
our national def-nse."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
"A LITTLE BIT OF EDEN"
Comedy Drama Developing under Re-
hearsals at Opera House

A successful rehearsal for "A Little
Bit of Eden" the comedy-drama to be
given at the Opera House next Wed,
nesday night by members of st. Fran
c.s de Sales choir, was held Thursday
evening, Only one of the stars was
absent from the rehearsal and as pen
nance his name will be published in
the Banner,
Mrs Murphy" Mrs D. A Ward
accepted a proposal of marriage from
Larry Clancey' Joseph McDermott.
after courtship of seven years. The
sequel viii develop at the production
Of the play Wednesday evening
May Dempsey" Mrs. Bridgie Harte,
gave an exhibition of vamping the
other girls husbands that was lacking
only in successful results. She does
the best she can and other girls are
advised to adopt her method.
The art of loyemak ng, before and
after marriage, are aptly demonstrat.
ed by Nellie Duffy, Gertrude Car
ney Anna Ryan, Anna Powers;
'Mrs, Patrick" Mrs Rena LaTour, all
proving experts.
Miss Catherine Carmody, who has
lived in the south, makes perfect
"Od Nanny. The Patrick children
are a feature.
There will be a rehearsal at the
opera house Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
BOMB-PROOF LAW
To STOP H0OTCH
IS IMPOSSIBLE
Anti-SalOOn League Counsel Tells
Congressional Committee
DRY CLERKS ARE CROOKED
Says They Make Handsome Sum
Through Dishonest Dealing
In Booze Permits

Washington, May III Declaring IT
was not possible to draft a bomb
proof liquor law, Wayne b. Wheeler,
general counsel Of the Anti Saloon
league, told the house judiciary com
mittee that some clerks employed by
district prohibition commissioners
were making more money in a week
through dishonest dealing with fraudu
lent permits for withdrawal of alcohol
than they would earn on straight sal
aries in two years Approximately 35,-
600 0O0 gallons had been withdrawn in
the last year, or considerably more
than a quart for every man, woman
and child in the country, Mr. Wheeler
said, in urging a more drastic law to
correct the situation, His was the
concluding argument on the Volstead
bill to tighten up the Volstead law
and prevent sale Of beer to the sick
Mr.. Wheeler contended that of the
3j.G50,000 gallons, fully eighty per
cent was used for beverage purposes,
and that the percentage OF fraud and
graft could be reduced TO minimum
by amending the law so that none
of it could be removed until it had
been rendered unfit tor drinking.
Touching only lightly on the ques-
tion OF beer as a medicine Mr..
Wheeler presented hundreds of petit
tions from many states. most Of them
from doctors, opposing any let down
I'm the VOlstead law under which
beer could be prescribed for the all
ing The evidence. he declared, show.
ed that medical beer did not have
a chance TO lift its foaming head
While on the subject OF beer sey.
eral of the members of the committee
took a whack at former Attorney
General Palmer for ruling, as he
stepped ont of Office, that the Vol
stead law did not prohibit that pro
duct as a medicine
Representative Summers, Democrat
Texas, took issue with such views,
declaring there was no good sense in
crtcising the opinion of Mr. Palmer
and then proposing legislation. neces.
sary only on the assumption that his
opinion had correctly interpreted the
law.
IF Palmer was wrong he said
turning to Repub lean members.
why don't you 20 to your own at
toTuey general and get right opin-
ion? But whatever you say you
seemingly agree with him, inasmuch
as you have prepared a law to pre-
vent the very thing he ruled was
legal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21

FEDERATION ANNUAL
About a. Hundred Club Women Ex-
pected In Bennington Next Month

Anyone, who Isl willing to entertain
delegates to the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs which is to be held in
bennington. June I, 8, 8, is asked to
communicate with Mrs, Frank L.
Howe About 100 women are expect.
ed and if bennington is TO receive
them with the same generous hospi-
tality that is always extended to the
Federation, this appeal for entertain.
ment must meet with a generous re-
sponse. The delegates are to be in
Bennington three nights, but break
fast is the only meal hostesses viii be
expected to serve.
Ut was fifteen years ago that the
State Federation of Women's Clubs
met in Bennington and the Fortnight
ly club, in extending its cordial invi-
tation to them to come here again
this year, felt sure Of the interest and
cooperation, not only OF all club
members, but Of all Benningtonians
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
QUITS PULPIT rcR MOVIES
Pastor Says He Can Do More Good
as Actor Than Preacehr.

Toronto, May 2l That he will not
again assume charge of a congrega-
tion in Canada after his resignation
has been accepted by the Bond street
congregational church and that he
VIII enter the motion-picture business
as an actor if he cannot get pastor
ate in The United States, is the state.
ment made by Rev. Dr. Millar,
He has had an offer from notioa
picture firm in the United States, but
has not yet accepted it.
DIR. Millar stated that he felt his
character portrayals of Shakespeare
were sermons, and that the Bible and
were so inseparably
as to characters that he
could do more good in portraying life
on the mimic stage or upon the
screen.
DR.. Millar is a graduate Of Ch 'caso
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
WIFE OF MILLIONAIRE IS
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
Obtains Jobs as Maids Said to
Have Looted Homes-Good Re.
covered Worth $4,000.

Chicago, May 21-Mrs Joseph S.
He'll wife of millionaire banker and
investment broker, is under arrest.
here charged with robbing half-a-dozen
homes where she obtained employment
as a maid. A large number of articles
have been found in her home and
identified. the police said by families
that rad been robbed The articles
ranged from gilded canary cages to
silverware, lamps, iewelry and china
fare. The po. ice estimate the value
of the articles at $4,000
The womans husband said he could
not understand his wife peculiar ac.
tions, addind that she had personal
spending allowance of $500 a month,
and often received additional sums.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
aMAY FESTIVAL AND BAZAAR"
Very Successful Entertainment at the
Baptist Church Friday.

THE May Festival and Bazaar"
which was given at Baptist church FRI
day afternoon and evening was great
success from every standpoint and Is
considered to be one of the finest
affairs the Baptist ladies' have ever
had There was very large attend
ance, which was appreciated ana all
reported good time,
No effort had been spared for the
entertainment The refreshments were
the choicest to be had End the decora
tions We're artistic and well worth
seeing. The articles for sac were
most desirable and the music was ex-
celleut and thoroughly enjoyed by all
who heard it, Much credit is due Miss
Kline, who was chairman o. the mus.
Tic committee, and to all the musicians
who helped to make the affair sue
cess
Financially It vas all that could
be expected. ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
TWENTY BANDITS
HOLD UP TRAIN;
MAKE BIC HAUL.
Vermont State Library
Armed DesperadOes Cover Crew
Hold Train Half an Hour
LOOT is VALUED AT $4,000
Silks, Shoes, Clothing, and Auto
Tires Loaded Upon 6 Motor
TruckS--Escape

Buffalo May 2l.-Twenty men
masked and armed, held up freight
train on the Sanborn Branch Of the
New York Central railroad near
North Tonawanda early today
They carried away silks, shoes,
clothing, automobile tires and other
freight est mated to be worth seventy
thousand dollars.
The ira II was held up half an hour,
some Of the bandits covering the crew
and several raiToad deetives on the
train as guards, while the others
loaded the goods into six motor
trucks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
CLAIM FISHING PRIZE
Two Lyndonv'lle Boys Make Greatest
Catch In Towns Annals.

Catch IN owns Annals.
ille-Rupert Martin and
Norman Charland have the ggest
fish story for this section up-to-date
and there is no disputing it, for the
fish was on exhibition Saturday in
the Mathews meat market 1t was q
brown trout 80 inches long. weight ng
II pounds and 7 ounces, and, so far as
any one seems to remember, the big
gest fish ever taken out of the Pas
snmpsic river in this section. The
boys were out In Their canoe near
the Lyndon Center bridge when they
noticed the fish floating in the water
and not acting very much alive. They
roWed up to the fish and with the r
paddles worked towards the bank and
finally got the fish on land. The
fish had been shot or speared as It
had a bad wound in one side. The
boys knew they had prize were
naturally elated over Their luck, and
decided to take the fish to the market
where it was on exhibition in the
window for several hours, many peo-
pie stopp ng to look at it. 1t was a
specimen of the square-tail trout,
with many brown and very scarlet
spots, probably six or eight years
old 1t Is probable that the fish
came from the Van pond near the
Institute at the time the dam burst
a number Of years ago.
James Aver purchased the fish
with the intention of having itmount,
ed and placed in the Cobleigh Library.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
POSLAM REAL
TREAT FOR SKIN
THAT |TCHES

Only those who have itched and
scratched and still itched continually
can appreciate what It means when the
penetrating, antiseptic influence of Pos
lam, And what relief to be rid of any
eruptional biemish which has entailed
prolonged embarrassment Turn to Pos
lam first for the quick healing help
which ailing skin must have You do
not have to wait in uncertainty for
Indications Of improvement. 1t soon
SHOWS.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories, 943
West 47th St, New York City
Urge your skin TO become clearer,
healthier by the daily use OF Poslam
soap. medicated with Poslain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
IF Mr.. WHiTcoMe CALLS
Do Everything You Can To Make His
Vls: Pleasant.

st Johnsbury, May PA man who
gave the name of Whtcomb and said
he was muse teacher from Cape
Cod, Mass. spent Saturday and Sun
day night at the home of d, II. Gal
lupe in this place, leaving Monday
morning after breakfast with over $50
belonging to various people who had
rooms in the house, some taken off
dressers, some from pocketbooks in
trousers pockets and s43 from Mr..
Gallupe mself Most of the people
in the house are employed during the
daytime and it was not until their re-
turn Monday night that the loss was
detected The police were notified.
1t was thought he went north and Off
GERS In Barton and Newport were
warned to be on the lookout
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
PLACE FOR DALE2
Rumor Has Vermont Congre lsman
Slated for Foreign Mission

Montpelier, May 21.-There was a
rumor about town today that Repre-.
sentative Porter H. Dale Of the second
Vermont district had been offered ap-
pointment as ambassador to some
nation, the pace unnamed Inquiry
of Representative Dale at Washington
has not yet substantiated or den ed
the rumor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
Saws Leagues a Sham

London, May 21--The Evening
Standard, commenting on the address
of Ambassador Harvey says that the
decision of the United States not to
have anything to do with the League
of Nations obviously most seriously
affects the leagues postion.lt doubts
whether W thout the United States
the league can continue. without
that backing" the Standard says, 1T
must tend to become a useless and eX
pensive-nay positively 9 dangerous
sham
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
COFFEE is HARMLESS
Such Is Report Made After Scientific
investigation.

Boston May 2l--CaffGu I'M the mod
crate quantities consumed by the av.
erage coffee drinbe- is declared to be
a safe stimulant without harmful after
effects, in a preliminary report of a
scientific investigation conducted at
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech.
nology since June 1920. The investi-
gators directed by Professor Samuel
c. Prescott, head of the department
OF bio.ogy and public health who
makes this announcement of the first
findings OF their research, are now at
work to isolate and identify the other
constituents of the coffee bean. espec-
tally those which determine the fla
yor and aroma, prel minary to study.
ing the best methods of brewing bev-
erage coffee
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
AMERICAN TEAM WINS
Takes Every Preliminary Golf Game
From British Players.

Hoylake, England, May 21.-The
American golf team which will con
test the British amateur championsh p,
beginning Monday made a clean sweep
in foursome matches arranged as a
part Of the preliminary series with
British players today An four con
tests were won by American pairs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
HARvEY'S SPEECH
IS APPROVED BY
ADM|NI5TR RATION
Harding and Hughes IndOrse the
Ambassadors London Talk
U. S. HINT ANENT YAP
Republican Senators Express
GratifcatiOn--League Is
Called a Sham

Washington ID. c., May 2l Mr..
Harvey's speech in London Thursday
night in which he declared in vigor-
Gus and explicit language that the
Tn ted States would not have any
thing to do with the League of Ma
tions or any Of its subord nate organi
cations or committees, was made with
the full knowledge and approval OF
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes
At the white house and state de.
partment it was made known officially
that the speech of Mr.. Harvey was
read with approval At the capitol it
created sensation. Republican com
ment in the house and senate was
practically unanimous in approval
and the treaty ''irreconcilables' were
especially well pleased. Democratic
comment was generally unfayorable.
Close upon Mr. Harvey's pronounce
ment. Chairman Porter (Pa.) OF the
house foreign affairs committee an
nounced that the Knox peace resolu-
on would be expedited by the house.
1t will be taken up for consideration
by Republicans of the committee to-
day and there is now every indication
that it will be passed in amended
form by the house before the end Of
next week
Hint TO Britain
Mr. Harvey's reference to the pos
tive attitude Of the United States rel
ative to keeping open communications
through the Pacific was interpreted
here as direct hint both to the Brit
ish government and to Japan that the
American posit on regarding the
island of Yap VIII be maintained.
Coming as it does on the eve OF the
approaching conference Of dominion
premiers with British governmental
author ties, the reference is assumed
to have a bearing on the proposed
new Anglo-Japanese alliance, whose
lposs bic terms are regarded here as
endangering the closer relations with
the British Empire
In his participation in the sitt.ngs
of the Allied supreme council dealing
with the Silesian question the ambas
sador will act merely as an observer,
it was author,tatiyely said today.
| Comment on Harvey
Some Of the comments on MIR Har-
vey's speech follow:
Senator Johnson (Cal, an irrecon-
ciable: "Mr. Harvey is entirely
right in saying that it would have
been betrayal of the American peo-
pie to go into the League of Nations
either directly or ind rectly, openly
or furtiyely. While this Is obvious,
nevertheless it is refreshing to
have Official confirmation of it,"
Senator Borah Qdaho), an irrecon-
liable: ut was fine-a very fine
speech"
Senator Moses On. H, an irrecon-
cilable: 1t must have been very en-
tertaning to the English people
Senator New (Ind) There is
nothing in the Harvey speech that
reflects anything new. Everybody
who has been willing to accept a fact
has known for months, if he can un'
derstand English, that the United
States cannot be driven or cajoled in
to membership in the League Of Ma.
tiOns"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Sunday Warmer
tonight.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21

FOR SALE--Nn Indian motorcycle.
1920 Scout model has not been run
over 800 miles. Az good az new needs
no rerairing. INQUIRE Fnru, Bureau o.
fee, Hawks Block or write Box 35S
bennington 1916
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE Furniture Of vario"e
binds including many antiques, at 300
w. Main st. 1916
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21

FOR SALE--ileavv double WAGON.
with wood rack ana side boards Nv
ron Cole. u, ARLINGTON. VI. l3t6%
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21

WANTE henr from owner hav-
jNo form for sale, state cash price ana
fun descrintion John y Placr Ner-
mont street Chippewa Falls Wiscon-
sin. l3tGs