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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
PROTEST Lands AS
BASEBALL ARBITER
Chicago Attorney Insists Judge Should
(, Net So Act While In Federal

Chicago, Jan. IA petition
protesting aga INST the employment OF
Judge kenesaw NJ. Ladies' as national
baseball commissioner has been pre-.
pared BY Thomas J. Sutherland, a
Chicaso lawyer, and sent to members
Of Congress from Illinois.
e In letter to Chicago newspapers
Informing them OF his action, Mr..
Sutherland urged that they Com
pfehend the Importance of this peti.
hon' and called their attention to
this "attempt to mulct the govern.
rnent and also to set an example OF
yicio1s infidelity to public service"
The petition seeks to show that the
tudse. IN accept ng salary from the
baseball commission OF $42,500 year,
While drawing $1,000 a year as fed
efsl Judge, Ia acting In violation OF
the spirit cf statutes preventing a
government officer from engaging n
remuneratiye private enterprises.
Judge Iandis,~ says the petition,
by his contract with the leagues, has
attempted to barter away what be-
longs TO the government and all the
people, to an organization OF a spe-
clal few and to receive therefrom an
Office OF profit In direct violation OF
the mandates of the constitution and
Laws. 49, s.b
4"Unfortunately, II has been done
publicly and ostentatiously with all its
vicious and demoralizlng influences; /;
and II hls conduct Is to remain un-
challenged by Congress 1t will become
an incentive to lawyers of certa n
class TO seek appointHents to the fed
eral bench with the purpose partly
OF doing precisely what he has done,
10 its degradation"
When told of the petition Judge
said:
Il looked into things we'll before
accepting this baseball work. feel
that did right In accepting the pace
offered TO me-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
Lies That They They
JEROME 3. SMITH
Fourth Death in Week Among Civil
War Veterans


Deaths arrows have fallen thickly
OF late at the Soldiers Home, the lat.
est victim being Jerome B, Smith, who
died there Sunday afternoon. He had
apparently been in his usual health
unit the middle OF last week, when he
was suddenly stricken with the
disease. pneumc MIA which caused his
death
He was born on farm in Rutland,
Oct. 26, 1874. and his lfe until his
enlistment was that OF tho farmer boy
In his young manhood he worked in
various towns OF Rutland county,
West Rutland, Castleton and Pitts.
ford. He first enlisted from pIttsford
In the I'd VI Battery, Oct IA. 1861,
and was discharged for disability,
Aug. "a, 1863. He next enlisted from
Rutland for one year In Co. G, 7th VT,
Feb. 23, 1865, and was discharged ex.
actly one year from that date. His
entire service was in the Department
of the Gulf, battalion OF his regl-
ment having been sent to the Mexican
border at the time OF the Macmillan
tlasco.
Leaving the army, he entered the
railway service and was locomotive
engineer for many years in Vermont.
Missouri. Kansas, Colorado and the
Rocky Mountain region, His tales OF
adventure in that then wild section
were extremely interesting As he
would have said OF those days, 81 was
a wandering sheep, did not love my
home But during his life at the
home, which he. entered
March 2S, 1911, he embraced the
Christian ia tn, chiefly through the In
fiuence OF a band of Christian work
ers who held meetings there, in which
he was q frequent speaker. and there
after lived and died In that faith, He
a rugged eloquence which,
but for his limited education, would
have made him famous as an exhcrter.
He married early in life, but his
wife died some years ago, leaving a
son, and was buried in Gardner,
Mass. where his remains have been tax
en- for burial under the G, A. II. ritual
by Farragut Post Of which he was
member.
Much more might be said of this
more than ordinarily intelligent man,
but these are the salient points OF his
life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
II M|L|T|ANEN
IN JAIL CHARGED
lN!L.I].Hl,L. LII :! .ys'e''-lG
- "l "alossssis- -~dnaU
Guardsmen May Have Avenged
Staying of Comrade
TAXI DRIVER CONFESSED
Says He Drove Car for Masked Men
and Named Soldiers Later
Arrested.

Birmingham, Ala Jan. H. Elever
members Of company NJ. Alabama
national guard, have been arrested and
are lodged in Jail here charged with
the lynching of William Baird, min
er, at Jasper, Ala. Thursday night.
Baird, who was In Jail awaiting trial
on the charge OF having killed James
Morris, guardsman, in December
was taken out by mob of masked
men and shot TO death.
The arrests OF the guardsmen were
made last night after Leslie West, a
taxi driver. had made a confession of
the part he took in the lynchng and
named the eleven soldiers,
West confessed that he drove one OF
the cars that took Baird and the mask
cd mer to the spot where tho miner
was shot.
At the time of the lynching 1t was
believed that Baird had been rescued
from jail by his friends and this be-
lief continued until after the finding
OF his body
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
JAPAN ADVISED
To TAKE TROOPS
OUT OF SIBERIA
Informed She Has No Sovereign
Rights There
PREPARATION REQUESTED
Also Guarantees that Incidents SINH
iaE 10 6hootIna Of Lanadon Shall
Not Occur In Future.

Toxic. Jan. lG.--Government Off
cials have not yet made public the
text OF the American note protesting
the shooting OF Lieut., W. II Langdon
cf the cruiser Albany by a japanese
sentry at vladivostok,
Publ!cIsts here, however, express tho
belief that the Washington government
has asked for reparation with guaran-
tees removing the probability Of SINH
lar Incidents in the future.
The note again points out to Japan
the wisdom of reducing If not with
drawing altogether her troops from a
country In which she possesses no
sovereign rights but In which her mill
tary power now dominates the llttoral.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
LEGION AUXILIARY
First Annual Convention Held Last
Week in Burlington.
| life.

|
Montpelier, Jan. i5.-The first an
nual state convention of the Women s
Auxiliary OF the American Legion was
! held Yesterday IN the Hibernian hall
on Main street with National Comman
der Galbraith of Cincinnati, o., in at
tendance, Commander Galbraith dc
lIyered a short address to the a sem
lbled delegatcs from the ~ units IN the
state. Seyentyfour delegates fron the
several units were present, as wall as
a large number OF local and out.oftoVTn
guests. "'s -. .e't 'l ~
/ The convention was called to order
by John Y. Sullivan OF st. Adams com
mander Of the Department OF Vermont,
and the cal OF the meeting was read
By Allen Fletcher of Montpelier, adju.
tant OF the department OF Vermont
Mrs. II. L. Norton of MontFeller
wife OF H. l.. Norton, the Vermont de-
partment organizer. WAS choTen as the
temporary chairman. and Miss Snow
OF the department adjutants Office IN
Montpelier, temporary secretary.
The work Of adopting a department
constitution and by.laws az well al the
discussion of the several matters that
would necessarily come before a con
vontion OF the sort. took UP the after
noon session. An excellent luncheon
was served to the assembled delegates
and guests by the members of the aux
Hilary unit of the local post OF the Le'
gion.
Commander Galbraith spoke in part
as follows
I'VE realize that the ex service men
making up the Legion did not do It all
In the war. 1t was the help of the wo'
men at home. and OF those who were
chosen for home jobs that made our
success possible We want the sympa.
thy and understanding of the people
who were not as close to the war as
we ourselves were.
Our fundamental purpose is to work
side by side with you women. While
you are joiring US in this great work
nothing can transpire against our coun
try. The great Selective Draft act took
men from all walks of life, from fac
tory, office and profession, but thank
God II was never necessary to drait
the women They were there,
eve ask for your help to make 1t
possible for the American Legion to
march down the street with any other
organization IN the country to the tune
OF the star Spangled Banner. ANY
organization that cannot do that is not
wanted II Is an undesirable"
Following the adoption of the Consti
tuition and bylaws, officers of the de-
partment auxiliary were elected as well
as a department executive committee
The officers elected we're as follows,
President, Mrs. Eliza p, Clifford, Ran
dolpb; first vice.presldent, Mrs Henry
IL. Norton, Montpelier; second vice
president, Mrs. r. l.. Thomas, EnoS
burg Falls; third vice.president, Hrs
Elvina Nourse, Rutland; secretary
Miss Marguerite Snow, Montpe Ter;
treasurer Mrs. K. W. McCuin, Yer
gennes; executive committee, Mrs
OBrien, Burlington, chairman; Mrs
Max Fisher, Barre; Mrs. Harold Pow
! ell, st Johnsbury.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
CRIME REVELS
KEEP Ne " YORK
IN SPOTLIGHT
Murderers, Thugs and Holdup
Men Have Merry Sunday
TWO KILLINGS REPORTED
One officer Swings a Good Club and
Pounds Four Robbers into
Submission.

! New York, Jan. 1.-Two cases OF
homicide. numerous holdups. robber.
les and increased pohce activity were
recorded yesterday when New York 8
wave OF crime, abated after the Christ.
mas holiday, apparently broke afresh.
-Four or six men who entered a
Greenwich Avenue hvine today were
captured after fight with William
Royen. his wife and daughter A po-
liceman, attracted by their shouts for
help, clubbed the four into submis-
sion. The others fed. Those arrest.
ed were held in 81 500 bail each for ex.
animal on Tuesday.
The renewed operations OF outlaws
resulted in the detailing of $50 recruit
policemen to special detective duty in
brooklyn and sections outside the
business distr CT cf Manhattan.
Police raidIng squads operating late
last night along the Bowery in Har-
lem and the lower East Side. arrested
more than $50 men. All we're charged
with gambling or being suspicious
characters.
Attacked by un Identified men as he
entered his home In East Ninth Street
today, Alexander Lukin, salesman.
was dubbed into insenslbllity. He
was taken to hospital and had not
recovered consciousness tonight.
After beating young woman tic
ket agent to the floor a man today
robbed the boxoffice OF West SIDE
moving picture house. ran into the
theatre and escaped through rear
exit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
EXTRA MUSICAL NUMBERS
For Local Talent Production Of "Th'
Rose Girl" Next Week.

Owing TO the large number OF parti
cipants In the Girls clubs big musical
extravaganza. The Rose Girl" Mr
and Mrs. Philbrook are staging many
extra musical numbers Miss Anne
Powers and Spencer Lee. both OF
whom have prominent roles in the
play. will be seard In the song Hand
In Hand" made popular by Donald
Brian ard Julia Sanderson in the New
York theatres. A novelty rarasol
dance accompanies this number
To Miss Powers falls also the
swinging melody, Take It From Me-
brightly costumed feature in which
she WHY have the assistance Of Cecilo
Jackson. Jane Montgomery Dorothy
Gold Dorothy Cook, Elizabeth Cor
bett Rita Cardinal. Elizabeth Cutler
Sylvia Shimlintgky, Marie Stakeholder,
Agnes Schramm. Katherine Fraden,
burgh. Edith Barrett Julia Hughes
Margaret lockwood, Catherine era
han and Leah Pellerin.
The Rose Girl" will be presented
at the Opera House next week Monday
and Tuesday,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
TOWNS MIGHT GET
ALONG WITHOUT
PAYING ANY TAX
Some European Citizens Get
Dividend Instead of Tax Bill
FORUM SUNDAY EVENING
Prof. X. r. 8. Flint Was Speaker on
the Subject of City and Town
Government

Prof X, r. B. Flint, head OF the de-
partment Of Political Economy at Nor
wich University, was the speaker at
the Forum Sunday evening and was
one OF the best Of the series, The fact
that his subject had to do with the
everyday affairs OF everyday towns
and cities made his address of greater
interest to the average citizen than do
the more abstracted subjects common
ly chosen by public lecturers.
Prof. Flints subject was "Communi-
ty Planning not theoretical ways Of
improving ideas and advancing morals,
but dealing with those things of local
government which may be improved
upon from year to year
He said that Americans have been
so busy developing the great resour-
ces OF new country that they have
not given sufficient attention to some
/ things and that one of these neglected
subjects is the local self government OF
cities and towns. AS rule, American
towns, arge and small, are not we'll
governed. The record of the United
States in this respect is not equal to
that of several of the countries OF
Europe and considerably behind our
nearest neighbor, Canada.
During the past few years, however,
many American cities have turned
their attention to an improvement and
have made real progress. Among
these cities are Galveston, following its
ruin by tidal wave twenty years ago,
Dayton, Lockport, N. T.. Norwood.
Mass, and many others. The first
step was through the commission plan
which wa, q partial success, and then
by the combination of commission
and town manager.
Instead of hap-hazard election OF Of
fisdais who are otter not QUALIFIED tpO
manage the l. affairs. which cemenintol
/ their hands, popular sselfgovernmerta
iunder demoegatie forms OF control is
hbesttseryed bye,selecting a asmailf com,
mission, which in turn names a town
fmanager. It is the same principle as
AA'N 9toN NAptNFio sOi az liiuloNftdi cur
Eterprise selecting board of directors.
and the directors then choosing plant
superintendent t 1~
He called attention TO an opportun-
ity that exists in Vermont for towns
and cities to become selfsupporting
without taxes; through owning forest
lands. In Europe there are hundreds
of towns which have gradually acquir-
ed timber lands and handled the husi-
ness so we'll that the income pays all
the bills. One town, larger than Ben
nington not only has no taxes to pay
but gets enough from its city owned
forest to run its street car system with.
out co lecting fares and sometimes, in
addition, the citizens draw a cash dl.
vidend.
While this is an exceptional case,
there are scores of others, including
cities Of considerable size which pay
no taxes. Generally these cities get
their income from owning forests but
there are cases where it comes from
assets such as docks, apartment
houes and other property which have
been accumulated under good buT-
ness management of town ard city
affairs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
THE FoRTNlGHTLY"
Diversified Program Presented satur.
day Afternoon.

The committee on Current Events,
Miss Agnes Whlpple, cha rman, pre-
sented an unusual pre- rcgram, Saturday
afternoon.
There are so many topics under dis.
cussion at the present time that while
choice OF subjects seems an easy task
yet just which are most vital Is quite
difficult to determine when one has a
limited amount OF time at his disposal.
However, the committee succeeded in
bringing in an unique way two of the
ccuntry's big problems.
Mrs. Myra Endress In her usual
charming manner summarized a book
dealing with the Japanese California
problem MSS Amy L. Cutler read a
clever little story. Ma Turns Social
Ist." In which a clever woman salts
factorily solves the capital-labor prob
lcrr.
Miss Alice Shepherd Gilman, princi-
pal OF the train ng school OF the Sa.
marilan hospital. In Troy, gave q sheTt
talk onlihe training OF 10 nurse max
Ing quite elcar to her audience the d.f
ference In the terms, graduate, trained
and registered nurses,She asked for
cooperation IN betterings training
conditions and the maintenance OF
high standards. in the nursing profes-
siOa. ts s.i...tar,-, Il. ,,.,.. ia.
The program was punctuated Wlth
music. song THE Barefoot Trail"
by Frank c. Phillips and a parody
''The Lost voce" by Mrs. Howard Els.
tes, with Harry Phillips as accom-
PIANIST
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
ONE GUESS ENou SH.

linrold Lloyd doeSu't know ycl
whether Harry Pollard was "kiddlng'
him or not The comedians were din
ing in u los Angeles cafe wien Pol.
lard pointed to the menu card and
Snid;
Sec that hors d'oeuyre thing? I've
always wondered what Il means"
on said The ohliging Harold
that's French and has to do with the
beginning Of dinner; anything you
start of with"
81 get you,' Harry Interrupted
knife and fork, ch?"--MiunCopolis
Tribune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
rAEIa SILVER ANNIVERSARY
Event Observed by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Harrington.

|
Mr. and Mrs Fred B. Harrington OF
the SALISBURY re ad celebrated their
silver wedding anniversary Saturday
evening, January 18TH About one
hundred relatives and friends assisted
In observing the joyous event. Be
sides those from the immediate Wcini.
ty, there were some present from
+ Bennington, North Bennington and
| Hoosick Falls.
| Mr.. Rawson, pastor of the North
Bennington Baptist church, received
| the newly pledged VOWS of the happy
pair, and read to them ten points for a
happy married life, CLEANED from the
experiences OF an old philosopher
Representing the friends assembled,
Russell Tinkham, who was one Of
those present at the original wedding.
presented Mr. and Mrs. Harrington
with basket of silver coins, amc unit
Ing 70 SOS, substantial token Of the
esteem OF their many friends.
Some OF the wedding apparel worn
by the bride and groom on rs years
ago was donned for this occasion.
Scl cl'llS W DIiHS lno wilmer cNoHt
somewhat nearer. The fluctuations
OF the guests then followed those of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrington pastor. Dur.
ing the evening several selections
we're played by the North Bennington
orchestra.
A very nice luncheon was served
which included an artistically decorat-
ed wedding cake, bearing on It's glazed
surface a miniature bride and bride
groom. The cake was the handiwork
OF Mrs. Ralph Herrick and Mrs, Al
ton Coulter. two nieces OF Mr. and
Mrs Harrington.
Al late hour the guests dispersed
to the echo OF many good wishes for
the future OF their host and hostess.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
HELD FOR ASSAULT
Joseph F. Hogan Arrsigred in Munich
pal Court Saturday

Joseph F. Hogan was arraigned in
municipal court Saturday charged
with assault upon Edward Murphy
nearly year ago He was placed
under bonds of 5000 and the hearing
was cont nued to February s.
The alleged assault charged against
Hogan was committed February %
and is understood to have developed
out Of game of craps Immediately
after the occurrence, Hogan dsap.
peared and had since managed to
keep out of the clutches of the officers,
Recently it became known that Ho.
gan had been seen at a boarding
house being operated by his mother
lat Woodford City. Early Saturday
morning Sheriff Perry b, Gardner,
Deputy Sheriff Edward Shanahan and
Officer j. j. Morr ssey surrounded the
boarding house. The sheriff entered
the house and Hogan went out, only
to land in the arms Of one OF the Of
! llcers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
LECTURE BY WORLD TRAVELLER
Dr. James N. Taylor Speaks at Meth
odlst Church Tomorrow Evening.

Or. James NJ. Taylor OF New York,
world traveller, lecturer and mission
airy evangelist, will speak at the
Methodist church Tuesday evening.
He will also speak ,H the Woman's
Missionary society meeting at 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
Or. Taylor has travelled more than
100000 miles outside the United
States, visiting mission fields and un.
explored portions of the world.
He has travelled FIVE times through
South America, and in is recent tour
of the Orient he Travelled $4,000 miles,
going into the interior and also visit
ing the head hunters of Borneo.
This lecture will be OF interest to
all. both young and old. DIR. Taylor is
marvellous speaker There is no adj
mission fee; COLLECTION being taken
for expenses only People from all the
churches and from no church are
cordially invited.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
MILK PRICE TO STAY UP
North Adams Dealers See No Pros
pectJ OF Reduction.

n has been stated In scme quarters
that the pr CO of milk will come
down within a short time. But this
rumor does not correspond ,ylth the
statement OF several local milk
dealers. They declare that it is i'm
possible for milk TO come down in
prices so long as grain and hay
remain at present prices. Hay will
not come down in price so long as
farm labor is expensive and hard
to ind. The farmers have not re.
duced their he'ps wages OF their
force. they declare. because wise
farmer knows he will soon need all
the help he can get At tho present
time M TX is retailing at Is cents
per quart, locally, and II is expected
that this will be the price for some
time to come--North Adams Heard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
Or on the spinnet.

First Cobweb-Well. what are you
going to do In this cellar?
Second C0bweb Me? rye picked
out a nice resting place on that old
organ in the corner
First Cobweb--Very we'll. I'll ac-
company YOU on this ukulele, Car.
toons Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
POSTING NOTICE

whereas. my wife, Mabel Gardner.
has left my bed and board without Just
cause or provocation, this is to noti-
fy and warn all persons from harbor-
ing her or trusting her on my account.
as will not be responsible for any
bills of her contraction after this date.
ELLIS GARDNER.
North Bennington, VT Jan 10, 1921
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17

A small boy, born in q Turkish
harem, Is said to have 4S stepmothers
living. Our office boy, however. is still
undefea'ed In the matter OF recent
ly defunct grandmothers. London
Punch
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
Neglected.

Friend Husband--l was In n guam
dary today.
Mrs Knagg--lt's like YOU TO 60 Joy
riding without me and then come home
and brag about il, No one ever takes
me out In a Quandary,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-17
For eues,room poo,.

A thoughtfnl touch in the furH!Nh'
Ing and decorating Of the gu"stroom
IL the addition of knocker on the
door. There ARE many quaia; 3ow'
cred ones Designed, which 1rc as dain'
ty as they are practical