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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-06-28

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|gencies.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-06-28

the top market prices
s and Wool, see me be.
/ VIM. A. Rely, phone
Piles Town, W. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-06-28

h wheat. The rate is
same with all agencies,
b event of loss are made
bm the home Office by
ben. Phone 237-R., w.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-06-28

Ute your crop insurance.
Special Crop Policy at a
II Your interest will be
|ts-40 years experience
Is.
Il Alexander & Cooke,
Charles Town, W. Va.
of the American Railway
@any here has received
from headquarters that
Hns for relief in Pueblo,
i was inundated by the
Dc Arkansas river, or for
II portion Of the flooded
DC received at the Office
RspOrted to the stricken
Of charge. Contribu-
.ted, should be sent to
a Pueblo, to the Red
ny relief organization.
slreS to send anything
al in Pueblo or the sur
Non, it is advised, that
anged public utilities in
be sent to the mayor
ross, with proper in
I same will be deliver
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
wv Car 7cII Better One?

eve "'~ro~ nursing a lacerated
Eaad He Na' fishing on Yocum
Clco& and while ba ting his hook "a
big catfish Jumped out of the water
and caught his bait, hand and all L.
Oak Grove, Ark, item
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
LIMITS OIL PRODUCTION
IN u. S. TO 16 YEARS
Supply From Mexico Professor Says
win Cease TO PC Factor In
A Few Years,

Columbus. o.. June 1.-The oil sup.
p y Of the United States VIII be ex-
hausted in 16 years ii present rates
reproduction are kept up and no new
territory is discovered. il
is asserted by Professor John A. Bow
nocker state geslogsk and professor
of geology at Ohio State university.
According to Professor Bownooker
the United States has petroleum re-
serves amounting to six or seven bill
lion barrels The rate OF production
in 1920 was 44O mi lion barrels a year
However. this is thought to be the
highest mark production Will reach
Bownocker said biologists believe. The
production rate is expected to decline
this year
Thus, Professor Bownocker point.
,out, this country actually can produc,
'oii for longer than 16 years. but at {
constantly Decreasing rate each year
!. More than 60 per cent OF the world
Ioil supply is produced in the United
States. Much oil is imported here from
Mexico, second in oil production. but
Professor Bownocker declared. at Mex
ico's present rate OF production, he
we IS will cease to be a factor In tw,
or three years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
PEGGY BLOWS FORTUNE
FOR HER HUSBAND NO. ;
Stars Third Meal Ticket Says He
Spent S1aCoOoo On Her In
Space Of Few Months

Oh cage. June 2, Pretty Peggy Hop
kins Joyce, former stage star, had a
prince and a duke on her chain of
wealthy hearts, in addition to other
we known men on both sides of the
At antic, it was asserted yesterday by
her third millionaire husband, James
Stanley Joyce, IN his rep,y to her pc
ton for $4,000 month alimony.
The document filed by Joyce today
Is the most voMninous of its kind
ever filed in this. country and is also
The most mercile4s legal flaying ever
administered to a woman in divorce
suit.
Joyce says the spent S1,4oo,oOo or
Peggy during the fe wmcnths thai
they were Fng together He says
ne reduced This net income tom {
surp us of $50 600 IN 1919, to the
staggering laefcit in 1920 to $72S. 600
He says she started life a penni
less telephone operator Later SHIT
became manicurist in hotel in Rich
mond, Virgin a. Joyce answer terms
her the queen of deceit" and 81
treasurer seeking adventurlst il
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
TO MEET IN BOSTON
10, 900 People Are Expected to Attend
Convention Which convenes
On lima

On June 3.
Boston Mass. June g.. Between A.
coo and 5000 physicians will invade
this city on next Monday to attend
the seyenty.seccnl annual session of
the American Medical association
@h CHI begin 5 DAY convention. The
house Of delegates will convene Mon
day morn ng and the meetings of six
teen scientific sections wi take place
during Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. For the accommodation of these
meetings aud section headquarters
more than twenty halls and buildings
are ut lied
With invited guests families and ex
hibtors the attendance will be brought
up to 10000 persons.
Among the special features of the
session will be the scientific exhibit
,howing the newer advances in medi
fcine and surgery, motion picture
theatre devoted to demonst ,ation oil
scientific work and the commercial OK
hibit in which several hundred firm;
dealing in med cal supplies will take
part, Preceding the session specie
iclimics viii be given for visitors bS
the Boston physicians and nurses.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY


Bridgeport, CT, June Mrs. Mott
on trial here charged with the murder
OF her husband today pleaded guilty
10 murder in the second degree. She
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
CONGRESS SEEKS VIEWS
OF COUNTY'S FARMERS
Agent Teachout Sends Out 400 Queries
to Husbandmcn Concerning
Possible Leois.ation

County Agent w, T Teachout today
Is busy mailing out to Bennington
county farmers a farm bureau quest.
ionnaire subm tied by Congress. There
are sixteen querie5 in the question
naire, which the farmers are urged TO
answer Upon their replies will de-
pend important proposed legis alton in
behal. OF the agr cultural interests.
There are 2 100000 husbandmen in
the United States and to each of them
a copy OF the QUESTIONABLE VIII be
mailed
Mr.. Teachout says that there are
400 men in Bennington that derive IS
pc" cent or more of their income from
farming. His Job today is to mail one
OF the quest 'onnaires to each Of
these 400 Bennington county people.
Some of the queries propounded
bear no relation to local conditions.
These viii affect only western cattle
and agricu tural interests. Three of
the queries are Of purely local applica.
ton They concern railroad freight
rates, the practice Of short selling In
agricultural products and what is
termed truth-in-fabric legislation. The
QUESTIONABLE as to freight rates reads
VIII you be able to move a mater
ally anger amount OF agricultural
products 1.-THE American Bureau Fed
etation secures an adequate reduction
in freight rates?
The other queries Of moment to Ben
ninston county farmers follow:
do you favor legisat on making
Il esal the practice of short selling In
agricultural products?"
by short sci ing" is meant contrac
ing to deliver at a future date grain
or other soil products that have no
yet been planted or harvested.
DO you favor the truth.in.fabri,
legisation?'
This last proposition would compe
those who manufacture cloth to staml
! correctly the material It contains.
The American Farm Bureau Fedora
tlon does not ask Congress to pas
: SPECIAL legi lation for the exclusiy
Z benefit of its members, according +
i County Agent Teachout. Rather tn
bureau is seeking to consider agricu
$ ture from a broad, national viewpo ii
$ and to have that interest incorporate
into the congressional program whe
(. the Congress undertakes the grea
| job of reconstruction.
There is enc query in the question
g naire Tat will interest people VIII
are not farmers, not only in Bennint
+ ton county, but throughout the stat,
e 1t reads
II Do YOU favor the building OF farm
to'market roads prior to the constru
S ton of trans.continental highways?
g BY this query Congress seeks {
e learn the farming elements sentimer
y as to whether tate roads beneht,n
the farmer should have preferenc
oyer roads like the Lincoln hlghwa
which benefits only the tourist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
PROSECUTORS TO SEEK
LOST RIVER OF GOLD
Location of Stream Vanshes With
Death'of Old Trapper-ls In
Frozen North

Edmonton, Alta, June 2.-Search
for a lost rivera river Of goodwill
be undertaken tn 5 year by several
prospectors, mclud ng old-timers from
the Yukon and Alaska, who are now
here Quitting for the long journey in
to the north country This lost river
bed where the Peace river once flow
edit S somewhere in the big bend of
Peace, bisected by line drawn from
Fort St John to the mouth of the Bat
tie river,
Some years ago an Indian brought in
to FIT ST John ia ! SEED gold nugget
which, according TO the tale told by ald
timers of the north, he discovered in
stream in the country to the north
east Of the post
Soon after this an old trabper, a
white man, who made Fort st, John
his headquarters, came into the fort
with a quantity Of coarse gold, which
he had washed from some stream in a
similar direction to that from which
the Ind an hailed.
He never visited his trap lines after
this, living on the fat OF the land in
carefree idleness at the post. He Of
ten disappeared, whenever his supplies
of necessaries ran low, and would be
away for few days. always return ne
with a fresh supply OF gold.
This aged trapper lived in this man
ner for a number of years He d ed
as many trappers and north country
men have, on the trail His body was
found frozen, With him went his sec
ret. he never having told to anyone the
location of his find The books Of the
Hudsons Bay company still contain
large credit account in the name OF
the old trapper.
Mortimer. who tell the story Of the
mystic FL Dorado north of the Peace
declare that the gold was only ava !
able after heavy fall of snow viii
which the old fellow apparently wash
ed his mineral From an ana'ysis o
the rcumstances generally 1t Is
thought that the place from which the
gold was taken was some old river bee
where the Peace once flowed, blu
whether the story is correct or not re
mains to be proved
ProspeCtors, however, are putting u
good money to test the truth of tn
theory that the precious metal doe
exist somewhere to the north of Clea
Hills in large quantities.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to thank our kind friends
and neighbors for the ympathy and
kind deeds done during the sad be-
reayement OF the death Of ous dear
wife and mother, especially to the EN-
p Dyes Of the Bottum & Torrara for
their beautiful floral tributes. S gned
Mrs. Harvey Macumber and family
Mr. and Mrs Henry c. Monroe,
Mr.. ana Mrs. Raymond Leaver.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02

Ezra says his position simply is
that any town man who will keep
Il growing rooster ought to be com.
PEELED to get up when the bird calls
b NJ.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02

Three-year-old Kitty strayed down
to the barn where a well-fed COW lay
coutcItedly chewing her cud. After
watching the regular movement OF the
animals Jaws for time an idea
struck the little girl. Turning to her
father She asked "What flavor gum
does she like best, dodY-Copntry
Gentleman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
washington's Masonic Affiliations.

George Washington received the de-
gree Of entered apprentice in Mason
ry in the lodge Of Fredericksburg Va
November 4, 1892, the second degree
March 3, 1903 and the degree of Mas
ter Mnson August 4, 1853, and was
serving as master of Alexandria
Lodge No, 30 when he died. Among
his papers was an eloquent apprecia'
ton of Masonic teachings.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
Now a-Noted Vet Gets Rid of Rats
Farmers Heed.

Dr. II. II. Butler says. II use RAT.
SNAP around my hospitals every
three months, whether see rats or
not It does the rk-RAT-SNAP
gets them every time i recommend
is to everybody having rats Don't
wait until there Is a brood of rats
act Immediately you see the first one
Three sizes, 35c, Csc Slips. Sold and
guaranteed by b. A. Quinlan's Phar
macy, u. A. Ward and A. II Wmslow
ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-02
"Its an m Wind.

The ministers can thank Isaac Nees
for getting everyone in town up early
last Sunday morning. His oil stove
caught fire and filed the house with
smoke, but no serious damage was
done. The fire bell rang long and
loud and nearly everyone turned out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Protecting American Ships

In his address yesterday Admiral
Benson summed up simply and di-
rectly about all the facts bearing on
the shipping strike that citizen
need bother to understand.
During the war, in the shipping
industry as in other industries, wages
were greatly increased. Then came
a drop Of wages in the merchant
marines of other and competing
countries. Considerably a notable
enlargement in the purchasing power
i.of the dollar occurred, marked by a
lessening Of living costs. Justice re-
quired that wage scale boosted 100
per cent should come down. The
Shipping Board after careful con-
sideration reached the conclusion
that Is per cent wage decrease
was not only justified but imperative
if American ships were to keep the
sea.
The seamen, who spoke through
labor organizations, declined to sub
NIT to the cut. They thought 1t
fair, while the mass of their fellow
citizens were getting less, for them
to get more-to the degree that their
dollars had greater market potency.
The rest of us were TO pay the bill in
high rates for transported goods.
The losses of the farmer or the fac
tory worker If he shipped goods in
American bottoms excited no sym
pathy.
The Shipping Board conceded the
principle of collective bargaining
in fact favored it. But Che leaders
of the organized seamen were not
satisfied with this. They asked for
closed shop or union preference
system, which amounted to q closed
shop. Managing a nationaIized
business. the Shipping Board, of
course, could not agree to this
could not adopt a rule which ex-
Guided vast majority of Americans
from sea employment. So negotia-
tions for settlement failed.
The Shipping Board had no on.
ton but to resist. Resisting it is,
and Admiral Benson announces it
will continue to resist. 1t fights not
only for fair play and an equal
chance for all, but to save the Amer
lean merchant marine, now threat
ened with grave disaster. In the
contest all-of-us, represented by the
government, seem to be winning.
Ships are moving. The appeal of
Admiral Benson for support has not
fallen on deaf ears. A large per-
centage of the marine workers are
taking pot luck with their fellow
citizens and others are coming for
ward to fill the vacated places.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
The Yale Suspensions
To the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: An Inadvertently misleading
headline in your issue of May 10, does
an injustice to Yale, and therefore to
the cause of college education in gen
eral. Your headline reads: "Ya.e
Suspends Entire Class Over Cheat
ing"
l find that several people who saw
only the headline received the i'm
preston that the students of whole
class. e., all sophomores at Yale
were suspended, whereas the context
shows that students in but single
course were affected by this most un.
typical occurrence.
Think not that I have any thought
of signing this letter IAN Indignant
Yale Alumnus," for I was graduated
from the same institution as Haywood
Broun, whose impartial and discrimi.
mating judgments of the merits Of
certain universities have my most
cordial sympathy and understanding.
But l don't like to see the Ellis un.
fairly abused. They have had enough
troubles recently as it is.
HAROLD r. PULSIFER.
New York, May II. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Obstructing

The purpose of the Meyer investi-
cation committee being to examine
and report upon the government OF
the City of New York, its work is
naturally distasteful to Hizzoner.
So he Enthusiastically translates
this distrust into obstruction.
Though the committee has hardlv
begun work, the city administration
has prevented city officials from ties.
tifying and has questioned the right
Of the committee to "impound public
records indefinitely"
Apparently the plan is to involve
the committee in legal proceedings
and by raising technical objections
to prolong litigation indefinitely.
The first reaction Of an honest
citizen to such tactics is to wonder
what the Mayor has to hide. OBJ
struction comes close to confession.
What do the Mayor and his hackers
fear will be discovered? Why is
there such aversion to publicity?
The Mayor may as we'll make up
his mind that lodging will not help
him. The committee has drawn a
mark. He must toe it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
The Edison QUESTIONABLE
Varied Comments on The Inventors Inquisition

To the Editor OF Tho Tribune.
| Sir, When Mr.. Edison speaks he Ia
apt TO electrify us. IT'S way he has
Some people are grumblfng because
he has shown us up, bat 1t seems to
me that he has done US once more q
useful service. For he Is perfectly
right about It. Too many Of us who
have mot lacked opportunity to do bet
ter go through life with poor, thread
bare, dusty equipment of general
knowledge always dressed in shabby
mental old clothes, so to speak.
] spent while to-day porting over
the already famous questions. They
cover wide yet quite practical and
reasonable range. They are not at all
too much to expect young man OF
woman to know. But among them |
found not one relating to the subject
of health, neither TO public health nor
personal hygiene. And was moved
to wish that the wizard Of Orange had
included In his list some such CUES
tions as these:
Name six cardinal rules Of health,
2-What Is the normal weight for
your height and how much do you
weigh?
Slow many calories Of food should
man engaged in your occupation con
sumo day to keep him fit?
What Is the most indispensable
article Of human food?
5-Name the chief Bodybuilding
foods.
6-In what foods are vitamines
found?
7-What is the minimum rate at
which boy or girl between the ages
Of six and fourteen should gain In
weight?
S-Are there scales in the schools in
your home town?
9-How much does sickness cost this
country every year?
10-What proportion Of the average
family income in the United States
goes in taxes, direct or indirect, on
account Of sickness?
11-Can you give any facts in regard
to the vast economic Importance of Ill
health?
12-What famous Prime Minister
said "The health of the people is the
foundation on which repose the power
and happiness of any country, and the
care of public health should be the
first concern Of every statesman?
ANTOINETTE r. PETERSON.
New York, May II, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
The War ON Cancer

There was note Of encourage
nlent in the remarks of eminent spe-
cialists who reported on the progress
OF cancer cure at the reception in
honor of Mime. Curie at the Ameri-
can Museum Of Natural History.
After years of hope deferred even
the slightest sign Of optimism from
those at the battle front in the unre-
uniting war against mankind's arch
foe gives ground for rejoicing.
That the subtle element which
Nine. Curie discovered does break
down cancerous tissue appears to be
definitely proved. It is thus possible
for the layman to conclude that il
radium Is curative agent in some
cases even the most deep-seated can
GERS must succumb to it's mysterious
power when methods of It's applica-
ton shall have been perfected. Mime.
Curie apparently shares this opin-
ION, and thus 1t gains impetus.
Nor does plain-spoken DR.. Robert
Able, specialist of the first author
ity in radio-therapy, close the door
to expectation. He frankly says:
eve must wait. It would be impos-
sible to say now whether radium is a
certain cure for cancer. Within the
next few years I am confident that
Nine. Curie will be able to reveal
something new in this remarkable
agent that will help all humanity"
Speed the day when the good news
will come that the battling disease
which fells one woman in nine and
one man in thirteen has been brought
under absolute control!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Napoleon a Collegian
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Just word regarding the
test Of The college man "a la Edison"
That man from the little isle of
Corsica, who attended three colleges,
excelIing in mathematics, said over
one hundred years ago that Natural
born ability or talent, united with the
highest education, brings the greatest
rewards on this earth" This has
been exemplihed all through history.
Whether or not this man could answer
the questions Of Mr.. Edison l can
not say, but his preparedness In one
or two subjects led him to the top,
SO that he was the only man who made
mean men kings and brought kings
down to men of low degree.
The young men in search Of prepare
ton for life's work are seeking col
lege education in greater number:
thar ever. The future of our land
rests in the hands Of the thinking
college men. F. D. NJ.
Brooklyn, May 10, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
The Truth About Russia

Senator France, Of Maryland, has
announced that he will leave for
Russia next week "to get the truth
for Americans" He apparently is a
remaining specimen of a tribe once
numerous which parroted that the
truth as to Russia was not known.
If the Senator enters Russia it
will, Of course, be with Lenine's con-
sent, and this will signify that Lee
nine believes he can be trusted to
give favorable report. Having been
disappointed by several visitors who
peered from behind their binders,
the Russian autocrat is now extreme
ly careful. For long time the gates
of Russia have been sealed to impair
tial or independent observers. Lenine
holds guest is guilty Of a gross
breach of hospitality if he sees what
he is not supposed to see. Senator
France claims to be open minded.
This plainly is not the understanding
Of the sovieteers.
One does not need to leave home
to be informed as to the main facts
concerning Russia. In a land of al
most unequaled natural resources
there is general misery. The social
istic experiment has brought expect
ed results. In the degree that So
cialism has been applied human
degradation has increased. Only by
relaxing MARKHAM principles have
the soviets avoided the greatest FAM
inc in human history. These conclu-
sions are not based on the testimony
Of hostile witnesses, They flow from
official Bolshevist reports published
in their own newspapers.
The truth about Russia is, sadly,
matter Of no doubt. 1t is not nee
essary for United States Senator
to waste time looking out Of car VIM
dows as he is hurried from one off,
cial reception to another. Out of
Russia have streamed thousands Of
refugees who have spent their lives
there, persons who know the country
with a thoroughness that a visitor,
with no acquaintance with it's Ian
guage, cannot expect to attain to in
a couple Of weeks. 1t may be sus-
pected that the Maryland Senator
will carry in his baggage the alleged
information he will bring back with
him