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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
528 BANKS FAILED IN 1921
ONLY 4 IN NEW ENGLAND
Comptroller crisslneer Says Southern
Division Bore 5runt Of
Failures.

Washington, April S-During the
calendar year 1921 total Of 52S state
and private banks in the country were
closed, according to a statement IS
sued yesterday by Comptroller of the
Currency Crissinger, summarizing the
bank failures for the year However.
he added, 1863 OF these banks were able
to reopen or otherwise liquidate their
liabilities.
The liabilities of the other 365
banks. he reported, aggregated approx
imately $96,00O.0OO, making the aver
age per bank about $2630OO.
The southern geographical division,
Mr. Crissinger declared, was the most
seriously affected in respect to the
number OF bank failures and the vol
ume of liabilities, there being 13l fail.
ures with liabilities totalling $27,000,-
600 in that section
Failures In the western states. he
said, numbered l22 and the liabilities
exceeded Sl6,OOOOO0. In the middle
states the number of failures was 60
and the reported liabilities $9,S26000.
Failures to the number of 43 with liza
bilities exceeding S13,5O0,OOO occurred
in the Pacific states.
There were only five bank failures
In the eastern states with liabilities
Of S3,6O00OO. Mr.. Crissinger said, and
four in the New England states, whose
liabilities we're Sl7.700,000.
Failures in states in which the de-
positors guaranty system is in opera
tion we're Mississippi 6. Texas &c.
North Dakota "a, Nebraska %, Kan
sas II, Oklahoma %. Washington, II.
The calendar year 1921, Mr.. Girls
singer said was the third most disas-
trous year with respect to the num-
ber of failures OF national banks in
the history of the national banking
system. there being 81 national bank
failures with liabilities Of S2S677,367
The most disastrous year in this re-
spect was 1898, when 65 failures oc-
Cured. and the next was 1897, when
there were SS failures.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
IRISH COUNTESS
SAYS REPUBLIC IS
CERTAIN IN ERIN
Anything Less Will Be Opposed
Indefinitely
READY FOR PRISON AGAIN
Considers Collins and Griffith
Traitors to Their Coun-
trymen

New York, April S.--Countess Clio
rangian Markewicz, leader of the ir-
reconclable Irish women opposed to
anything short Of a republic in Erin,
arrived yesterday on the Aquitan!a
Tor speaking tour in the United
States. The Countess let it be known
right away she considers Collins and
Griffith traitors and said she was
willing to go to jail again-as she so
often has in the past--in fact she
was ready to sacrifice her life in the
fight rather than acquiesce in any
oath OF allegiance to Britain. At the
pier she was cheered by a group OF
Irish Republican sympathizers.
In the matter Of sentiment toward
the aims OF the Irish Republicans,
she said she did not think America
needed to be instructed As for her.
self, she does not recognize the eX-
istence of an Irish Free State. The
only position Griffith could have that
as based on the will of the people o.
Erin, she argued, is that of head Of
the Irish Republic
The Countess said her present mis-.
sion was to put the truth before the
friends of Ireland in the United
States who so magnifcent.y sup
ported us in our fight
Few women Of prominence have
gone to jail as many times as
Counties Markiewcz. yet one Won d
never guess in looking at her that
she Is any more accustomed to pac.
ing up and down a cell month after
month than any other middle-aged
woman OF position.
The Countess hasn't been to Jail
so many times that she forgets any
of them, not even for moment.
Some one asked her to verify a print
ed synopsis OF the events Of her life
while she sat talking on the sun
deck OF the ship today, and sle quick.
| ly noticed that her four months In
Jail during 1919 we're not recorded.
ut doesn't matter, though" she
said, reading on TO find other lines
that needed correction
In speaking, her voice though soft
seemed as firm as her convictions.
Words came faster when she de
nounced the Free State treaty and is
supporters
No matter what happens. she said
the Irish are going to get the repub.
lie. They are ready to 20 out and
die for II, she was sure.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
IRISH RIOTERS SMASH
5000 CASKS OF WHISKEY
Boycott Against Belfast Goods Brings
Violent Attack on Large
Dlstlllery.

Dublin, April S.--The worst attack
yet made in pursuance Of the boycott
on Belfast goods took pace at 3
o'clock yesterday morning when the
bonded stores of the custom house
were raided and large quantities Of
wine and whlskey, mostly from a
Balfest dlstillery with vAich Sir
James Craig, the Ulster premier is
connected, were destroyed. One
hundred men, armed with reyolvers,
sledge hammers and pickaxes broke
their way into the premises, where
they smashed casks Of liquor, pour
ing II over the floor and into tle city
sewers.
An official estimate of the damage
has not yet been made, hut the Dub
lin Evening Mail places the figure at
hundreds of thousands o. pounds.
Most of this. however, would be the
duty, so the loser is the government
authority, the provisional govern
ment. The boycott comm ttee states
5000 casks were destroyed, or. rough
ly, 100000 gallons. 1t estimates the
value OF the LIQUOR apart from the
duty. at e250,OOO.
Boycotting Belfast goods Is now
the prominent activity of the dissent.
lent republican army section. The
chef officers of this group are found
at Orange hall, which was recently
oommandeered and which is occupi
ed partly by expelled Belfast work
ere
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
HIGH-LOW TWO-MEN
TEAMS TOURNAMENT
First Ten Pin Matches to Be Rolled at
Y. M. c. A. Alleys Next
Monday Evening.

The committee f, j Cook Brsker,
and Hansen in charge OF the highlow
two man bowling tournament met at
the "Y" last night and drew up the
arrangements which will govern this
tourney 10 be held April 10, II, Is
and Il on the ~" alleys The en-
trance fee was placed at S1.OO per
man to be distributed 60 per cent for
prizes and ~ per cent for the three
games watch each man will bowl. a
prize will be given 70 the first sec
ond and low team and 1t is hoped
that some good scores will be turned
In.
The teams are picked as follows:
The man with the highest average
during the season pairs off with the
man with the lowest average and so
on down and up the list respectively.
In order to make this tournament a
success it is necessary that every
man be on hand on time with his
partner This is tle first time such
tournament has been run; and
everyone should do his best to make
it success so that 1t will become an
annual affair.
The initial game will be rolled by
the team OF Ryan and Hodge Monday
night. April 10 at 1880 At 500, the
team of Pnllng and Russell will get
away At $50 Cook and Hart will
bowl their three strings. At 900,
Thompson and Snow. and at $3.50
/ +. Perry and Hogan
Tuesday night. April IL, the sched
! ue is as follows. 1880 w. Har
wood-Dean s, J. Comar-R white
$3.50, Atwood-W. Barratt. .. Whit
Itaker-Schramm $50, oat-Moore
Thursday night, April l3. 1880. Al
/ len-O. Harwood; S. G. Comar-Dun
nam; $3.50. Brisker--R Perry; Q, Per
ey-Sawyer; $3.50, Hanley Hurley
Friday night, April II will be the
last night of the, tournament The
following teams will bowl at the
spec fed hours 73O, LaFlamme-
Sears; S, Hansen-F. Morse: $50
Mallory -Mattison; O. Stewart-A
/ Barratt; $3.50. Powers Clifford.
The committee expects thes,
teams to be on hand punctually Sc
tlat the tournament can be run OF
in record time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
ASSOCIATION FAV0RS
LOWER HOTEL RATES
Sentiment Of Resolution Adopted at
Annual Convention in Rutland
Friday

Rutland. April S.--Dehnite steps
looking toward the placing o. YER
mont in its rightful position as one
OF the principal Fairgrounds oil the
East we're taken by the Vermont
Hotel association at It's annual meet
ing here yesterday This action fol-
lowed a discussion participated In by
prominent hotel men from inside and
outside of the state and metropolitan
newspaper men who had listened to
n report bv Robert H. Derrah OF Ches
ter. who for 10 months has been max
ing a survey OF the Green Mountains
10 ascertain the reason for the pres
ent "stagnatlon" on the part Of the
people.
A motion endorsing a resolution
for Statewide reduction OF hotel
rates was carried. Mr. Derrah told
the men assembled that Vermont S
salvation lay In a wide advertising
campaign. lie recommended the
maintaining of information bureaus
able to give detailed facts about
every nook and corner of the state,
prompt acton as to what sort OF
roads are needed in various sections
and building of the roads. 1t was
voted to retain MIR Derrah for an
other year and he will be given every
possible cooperation in getting TO-
gether his Information bureau.
Denny b. Goode OF the Boston
Chamber Of Commerce appealed tc
Vermont to awake to a realization OF
the wonderful country they have to
offer to pleasure seekers lie point
ed to the West as a great field from
which to attract visitors.
The Vermont association elected
| Arthur Il. Wilder Of Woodstock. pres
idcnt and Robert c. Boynton Of Rut
land. secretary and TREASURER.
The meeting ended this evening IN
banquet, at which Charles A. Car
rigan. manager of the Robert Treat
Hotel. Newark, n. j., and Editor
jean T. Cushing OF the St. Alban,
Messenger were speakers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
RAILROAD WORKERS
OPEN SESSIONS MONDAY
viii Discuss Change from Federal
Control to Private Ownership
and Other Problems.

Chicago, April S-The two years OF
private ownership of the railroads,
since their release from federal con
troll after the war vii be reviewed
and many vital questions acted upon
by the biennial convention OF the
Railway Employees Department of the
American Federation of Labor, which
conyenes here April 10.
Five hundred delegates from every
railroad in the country where the de-
partment's organizations are repre-
sented have been chosen. The six
shop craft Observation-Disclosures,
blacksmiths, carmen, sheet-metal
workers, electrical workers, and
machinists and the clerks and
switchmens unions comprise the
membership OF the department.
b. NJ Jewell, president OF the de-
partment, has no opposiaion for re-
election. J. II. McGrath. vice-presi-
dent, and John Scott, secretary-treas'
urer, are also expected to stand un'
opposed for reelection.
Although long list of questions
) will probably prolong the convention
4 for two weeks or more, the most i'm
portant discussions are expected to
center about the recent action of sew
eral railroads in contracting shor
work to outside firms. thus removing
the shop men from the jurisdiction OF
the Railroad Labor Board, and a re
view Of the boards decisions on wages
and working conditions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
MINERS RECEIVE
LAST PAY CHECKS
UP To BIG STRIKE
Total Amount May Run as High
as $3O,0O0,OO0
"SUPER-POWER" DISCUSSED
Cabinet Considers Project to
Save 100000 Tons of
Coal Annually

Indianapolis, April S.-lde coal
miners of the country, starting today
and continuing next week, will receive
their last pay checks estimated by
union officials to amount to 100000 .000
and regarded by them as strike fund.
From both union and operators
sources here it was stated that the
miners would receive on an average
of $50 to $50 each with some operators
estimating the individual amounts as
high as SIS per man.
Washington, April (By the Asso-
ciated Press) The proposed super
power project" for the Atlantic sea
board between Boston and Washing
ton was taken up by President Hard
ing and his Cabinet yesterday during
a general discussion Of the coal strike
as means Of minimizing the effect
of similar strikes in the future on the
economic fabric of the country. The
discussion was said to have been most
thorough although no definite conclu'
sions were reached.
The discussion was based on the re
port of commission of engineers for
such a project which was submitted
to Congress nearly two years ago and
has since lain dormant. Secretary
Hoover, who was a member of the en-.
gineers commission, submitted the
proposition for discussion and it was
said that the Cabinet intends to con
tinue It's study of the subject with its
possibilities of opening new era
in the power field
Another phase of the power situa
ton in this country said to have been
discussed at the cabinet meeting was
the possibility of developing hydro
electric power along the Colorado
river and other waters Of the west
as we'll as harnessing water power
from Niagara to Great Falls, above
Washington.
The Atlantic seaboard superpoweI
project. according to engineers, would
save 50,OO0,000 tons of coal annually
and in addition stabilize the coal in
dustry by providing regular employ
ment at the coal mines.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT
Reports Show % Per Cent More En-
ployed Than Month Ago,

Washington. April S-lncreased
employment ranging up to 2S per
cent over the preceding month was
reported yesterday to the employ
mcnt service of the department of Ia.
bor from 43 to 60 representative
cities for the month ending March 81.
The automotiye and allied indus
tries. iron and steel and their pro
ducts and lumber headed the trades
showing improved activity TIE net
increases for the country, figured on
reports from LAPS firms, was 20 per
ccn,
Many OF the 30 cities reporting de.
creases we're IN the New England
states. their reports retlecting the re.
SUITS of the textile strikes now in
progress Leather. chemicals and
food products also employed fewer
workers in March than in February.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
AMERICAN GAMES IN ALBANIA
Duck on the Rock and Hop Scotch
Popular.

Albanian children are learning to
play for the first time since the be-
ginning of the war and are being
taught American games. This has
been made possible by funds contri.
buted by Americas children to the
Junior Red Cross.
Until now the children Of Albania
have never learned to play or to
laugh Ten years of war and inter
nal strife denied them entrance into
childhoods promised lane But
every day now, outside the old parla
ment building In Tirana, schoolboys
may be seen playing Prisoners Base,
Burn the CITY Duck ON the Rock,
Hop Scotch and other games that
have made the American Children the
brightest in the world.
The girls indulge in all the games
and rolics popular among their IT.
tie sisters in America, During
school hours they are taught also to
sew embroider and care for the sick
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
FUNERAL HoNoRs PAID
Last Services In Memory Of the Late
Frederick S. Pratt.

The body of the late Dr. Frederick
S. Pratt was laid at rest In the family
lot in the village cemetery Friday
afternoon attended by large con
course Of his neighbors and friends,
including the employees Of the Rock
wood mill and a delegation from Mt
Anthony lodge, + and A. NJ.
The funeral services were held al
g o'clock at the Baptist church OF
which DR.. Pratt was one of the lead,
ing members and for 27 years treas
urer. Rev w. G. Towart ohiciated
and was assisted in the Masonic serv
ices at the grave by Rev. Vincent r.
Booth and Rev !. ii. Benedict
The bearers were | r. Gibson, HaI
rison l. Norton, H. II. Nic1ois, a
Sidney Edison, Harry s. Moses and
Pro-. Hubert Botsiord Of William.
college where he was a classmate OF
Or. Pratt. The floral tributes were
many and beautiful.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES

Tomorrow being Conference Sun.
day. there will be no preaching sery.
ice at the Methodist church, either
morning or evening.
Sunday school as usual at noon and
Bpworth league meeting at $3.50 p. m.
The full Easter choir will meet with
Prof Il. Il, Long tomorrow afternoon
at 1900 p. m sharp, at the church.
The Brotherhood will hold its semi.
monthly meeting in the social rooms
on Tuesday OF next week. Collins NJ
Graves will be the speaker and guest
of the evening, T.. T, Griswolds team
will serve the refreshments
The Methodist church will unite
with the Congregationalists and Bap-
lists Sunday evening IN a union len
ten service at the Baptist church.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
BANANA SKIN AesoLVEo
slip on Cake Of Soap Is Different
Matter.

New York. April S--A banana skin,
tossed to the sidewalk by tenant
cannot be charged to the owner of
the tenants house IL a passerby skids
on It and falls. But It's quite a differ.
ent matter when a discharged cook
slips on a piece of soap carelessly left
on the steps in her former employers
house. and breaks a leg
These doctrines were set forth by
the appellate division Of the supreme
court yesterday in appeals from the
lower court which had guessed wrong
in both cases
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
OPPOSE PRIMARY
Maine Democrats Protest BY Resolu
ton at State Convention.

August, Me, April S.-The Demo.
cratic state convention In the plat.
form adopted yesterday recommended
repeal of the direct pripay law The
Republican state conyc1t!on took sim.
liar action.
The platform charged the Repub.
lican party with being frankly re.
dictionary" and denounced what il
termed the attempt OF the Repub.
lican party to make partisan issue
of prohib't 1t declared that all
future water power development in
Maine must be under rigid state con.
troll for use within the state,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
KILLED BY SAP coNTAlNER.
Tank with 40 Barrels of Liquid Fell
on Myron Voz.

Brattleboro April S.-News mas
reached here from Whitngham of a
fatal accident to Myron Voz there
late Wednesday Afternoon Mr.. Voz
was employed in Edwin p. Wheeler's
sugar house and climbed upon a tank
of sap wlich was supported on a
frame work Of tmbers. The tank,
which had capacity of 40 barrels
was full, and the added weight OF
Mr., Voz caused the framework to
collapse and fall Mr. Voz was bur.
led under the wreckage and wa9
killed almost instantly.
MIR. Noz was about 80 years old
He leaves his wife, who was the
widow of Cyrus Phelps Of Readsboro
and who has six children. Mr.. Wheel
er lives about a mile north of Whit
ingham station,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
SLASH PRICE OF COAL.
All Dealers in Salem Cut Price SO
Cents Ton.

Salem, Mass, April S.-Practically
all of the local coal dealers Thurs.
day announced "A reduction OF 80
cents "A ton in the price OF coal, max.
ing the price Si450 on anthracite.
The price affects only the coal now
IN stock as further deliveries dur.
ing the coal strike are problematieal
The decrease at this time follows
a reduction OF SO per week in the
wages OF teamsters OF several coal
concerns. The employees are now out
on strike
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
POST OPEN SHOP NOTICES
Granite Men at Barre viii Not Open
Quarres Unit April II.

Barre, April Tn line with the
announced purpose of operating Their
quarries on the open shop plan, mem
bers Of the Quarry Owners assoc'a.
tlon have posted notices of the regu'
ations to govern working conditions
and the wages to be paid on the
same
While these notices are being post
ed now It is not the purpose, 1t is
understood. to really begin operating
the Quarries before April II. The
time is set forward to this date be-
cause of weather conditions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
YOUTHFUL MESSENGER
NO MATCH FOR BANDITS
They Take Away $500 Payroll and
Speed across State Line In
High Power Auto.

Portchester, y. Y, April S.-Three
bandits in a limousine today inter.
cepted a youthful messenger Of TIE
Mint Products company as he was
on his way from the bank with the
weekly payroll OF $4,000
The bandits proceeded to relieve
the young man of the money, stepped
into their car and hurried toward the
Connecticut line.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
Thumbs Down.

In the gladiatorlal combats which
took place In ancient Rome wounded
man would sometimes call for mercy
by holding up his forennger The spec
tutors would thereupon either wave
their handkerchlefs in token Of mercy,
or condemn him TO death by holding
out their clenered fst with the thumbs
down
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
SINGERS JEWELS FOUND
ealll.curoi Receivers Gems Hidden
Under Tree.

San Diego, Cal. April S.-The
Jewels valued at $4,000 reported lost
by Nine. CALI Curci noted singer at
a restaurant at San Juan Caplstrano
Thursday were found yesterday by
an automobile expressmau and return
ed to their owner, according to an
announcement made by her manager.
The Jewels we're found under a
tree by the side Of the highway be
tween this city and Los Angeles
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
Mons Going OnlyInLoveW
WOULD DEPORT
GENERAL SEMENOFF

Washington, April S,-Declar-
ing that he had received charges
that men, women and children
had been butchered in Siberia
by General Semenoff, Cclair-
man Borah OF the Senate labor
committee announced today that
he was endeayoring to bring
about the deportation Of the anti
Bolsheyist leader released on
bail in New York following his
arrest on the charge Of having
stolen furs valued at nearly aalf
o a million dollars and claimed to
be the property Of an American
firm.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
TORNADO SWEEPS
OVER SOUTHp 'V.:i;': g i:;':..i. ].
8 KNOWN KILLED
Destructive Storms Visit Texas
and Oklahoma Towns
MANY SERIOUSLY INJURED
Search of Ruins Will Probably
Increase the List of
Fatalities

Bellinger, Tex, April S.-Six per.
sons we're killed, seven injured and
six homes were destroyed by a tor
nado six miles northwest Of Rowena
at ! o'clock this morning.
1t Is feared that the death list will
be increased following a searol Of
ruins
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
coMMANDRY ELECTION
r. Havland sibley Is Elected Emil
nent Commander.

nent Commander.
The annual meeting of TAFT Com.
mandry. knights Templar, was held
Friday evening at Masonic temple
The reports showed the organization
IN healthy and prosperous condt
ton. Past Commander W. II. Mich
OILS presided at the election.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year: Eminent Com
mander. +. Haviland Sibley; Gener
alissimo, ]. w Hurlbut. CAPTAIN
General, Clarence L. Hslden. Pre-
late, r. A. Davenport; Recorder. +
S. Braley; treasurer, Dean l. Mar
tn; Senior Warden, A. J. Holden
Junior Warden, w, G, Towau.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08

Wichita Falls, Tex. April S.-One
man was killed and several were in
jured in a tornado at Electra near
here early today. Twenty-Five houses
were destroyed in one section Of the
town
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08

Lawton, Okla, April S.-One per-
son was killed and scores were in
iured, some seriously, and extensive
property damage was created by a
tornado that swept Lawton early
this morning
Telephone poles were leveled in
the main section of the town and
numerous dwellings in the outlying
districts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
BANK PRESIDENT AT 81.
Gordon L. Willis Of Pittsfeld Young
est President In Massachusetts.

Pittsheld, Mass. April Cor
don L. Willis OF l15 Wendell avenue,
cashier Of the Third National bank
Of this city has been elected presi
dent of the Hampshire County Trust
Co, at Northampton. lie is 81 years
Old and is the youngest BANK presi-
dent In Massachusetts He VIII be.
gin his new duties, April 10.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-08
WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy tonight Slightly cooler
sunday prQp2nlY showers