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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
RAND 5 THEATRE
IN TROY BURNED,
Loss Of $500 &C. !.
One Of City's Landmarks Com
pletely Destroyed
FIREMEN BATTLE s HOURS
Building Erected in 1853 Was
City's Leading Opera
House For Years

Troy Feb. 1.-The fire department
Lattled for more than eight hours
yesterday before subjectlng one OF
:he most disastrous confagrat'ons in
tle history Of the city and which re.
suited IN the destruction of RAM 3
thoatre at the corner Of Congress
ana Third streets and resulted in nm
estimated loss OF 100000 to 5000 900.
The first alarm was turned IN at
lL2i IN the forenoon and It was not
until s O'Clock IN the evening thai
the ont tap was rung.
outside of the theatre building. in
"hici the fire. is believed to have
originated, the greatest loss was sl5
tained by the Troy Grocery company
and Bakers shoe store The stocks
o. the two concerns were ruined.
The building was one of the land
marks Of he city. having been erect
ed IN 1888, and las always RENAME
10 possession Cf the Rand family.
For long period it was tho prlnci.
iai theatre la Troy but IN later
years had lost It's attractions for the
bigger productions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
KIDSFROM | 7O8O
TO PARTICIPATE
-Jseptis uI UUII
Bennington Carnival Puts no
Limits on Age
INSTRUCTORS TO ATTEND
Program Arranged for General
Enjoyment--No Spectacu-
lar Features

Benn!ogtons winter carnival for
1922 Is TO be community event for
Bennington kids. age limits one year
to eighty. Az many visitors as may
come viii be most welcome and may
share the fun to the limit but the
carnival rs not to be an attempt to
arrange spectacle OF professional
performance TO attract paying at
tendance from without the communi.
t..
Skating contests aud exhibitions
" Il be arranged with graded
classes and prizes. a, wood chop
ping and saving contest has been
proposed. a trap shott may be ar.
ranged. With good luck az to SNOW.
skiing and snow shoe eyent8 viii be
pu led off and baseball game on
snow shoes has been suggested.
Instruct ons II skating and skiing
are u be provided and after two
days Of instruction for bennington
ski experts some interesting ski con.
.ests are hoped for among Benning.
ton boys on the last day. A tobog-
IAN slide IL TO be constructed and
perated continuously for everyone
to enjoy.
One evening will be devoted TO
costume skating carnival with
prizes for costumes both beaut ful
and grOtesque Another evening
viii DO dewted- to grand carnival
tail and third to monster coast
ing pary with fires, and refresh
nentg consisting o. hot dogs ani
ioughnuts with sugar on snow.
a moderate amount OF finance
will be necessary. The demand
inau9ial support is t1 be dstribuiet
possible as widely as the fun. TO
be in order while watching or taking
rert in the carnival you must have :,
, carnival tag These red tags Will
e sold beiore and during the carni-
tal 20 deiray expenses and everyone
must show tag TO prove his sports
nanship Pay for your tag all
yood sport your size ought 10 pay to
'aost llenningtons winter carnival.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
WORD SOBER" OBSOLETE
Releested TO Scra3 Head by Advent
OF Prohibition.

Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. l.-Pr0hi.
bltlon has rendered obsolete the
word sober" according to the City
Council here, and the term has been
rocgated to the scrap heap officially
by that august body The council re-
Gently in considering an automoh le
ordinance which provided that Ger
tain persons must be sober aud of
lgood moral character was surpr!s'
ed when one member objected
strenuously to the inclusion Of
j"sober
1T is q reflection on the govern.
ment and the consttut' on The nom
Der said "lt recognizes violation
of the law. aud since we have pro.
hihton It has become obsolete
The objection at tlrst was not TAX
en- seriously but upon nsistance the
term was eliminated by a vote Of -
to Z. one councilman refused TO
vote stating that he "didnt know
whether man could be drunk or
sober under the new order Of things"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
TROY AUTO SHOW
Eighth Annual Exhibition Or.ns
Next Week.

Eighth Annual Exhibition Or.ns
Next Week.
The eighth annual Troy, n. Y, au.
to show will be held February ith TO
the llth inclusive at the new state
aHNory The Troy show will again
he directed by Frank NJ. Baucus Nho
is We known throughout aut0mo.
b le circles in New York state and
this In Itself is Indicative of some.
thing worth while IN the'line o. auto.
mobile exhibitions.
The new state armory whore the
show viii he held Is one of the larg
est IN New York state. II is the
last word IN armory construction.
The pleasure car exhibit vii! exclus.
velv occupy the main floor or drill
shed as It is known IN arm0ry cir.
cles So dealers showing from fifty To-
sixty difrereut makes of pleasure
cars. The decorative scheme will be
yellow and VIII To aud added to this
will be hundreds Of brilliant high
powered tungston lauls. Each
booth will be suitably marked max.
'ng it a simple matter % locate any
particular exhibitor
In the basement the accessories
and trucks will be located also a
very good restaurant From present
indications the Troy auto show III s.
year viii be the finest aud largest
i1ow expected to be he d in this
section o. the state as II will com.
pare very fayorably with the nation.
al SHOW recently held IN New York
cit
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
MISS HELEN CUMMINGS
We I-known Resident Died Sunday
Night at Putnam Hosp tai.

Miss Helen Frances Cummings
died late Sunday night aged 81
Years, at tie Putnam Memorial hos
pital after IN illness o long dura-
ton
Miss Cummings had lately made
her home on North street but the
body Is at re home OF relatives. Mr.
and Mrs. James Hogan, Mckinley
street
The deceased came origina ly from
Hoosick Falls but for about 20 years
had lived Ia and about Pennington
The funeral vii be Thursday
morning al 9 o'clock at st. Francis
DC Sales church. Rev T A. Carty
viii onlciate. The body viii be
placed iu the vault In Cd Benning
ton cemetery and will be interned
IN the spring in North Bennington
Cahtolic cemetery.
Miss Cummings is survived by
ha g. f.r Thomas Cummings oi
Hoosick Falls. her half sister, Mrs.
Edwaid Guiden of the same village,
and haie brother, Edward Cum
mings. schenectady.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
PITS IN CALIFORNIA
RECORD OF CENTURIES
Enables Scientists to Trace Animal
inhabltEnto Of Locality More Than
Million Years AGO.


Los Angeles Cal, Feb. THE pre-
historic past of the fox, deer and an.
telope OF er a fed for fertile re-
search as result OF finds In the
famous LaBrea pits. a tomb OF half
million years. Dr. T. Il. Hadley, lo-
cal pa,ecnto ogist told members o,
the Southern California Academy o!
Sciences He reviewed the past 4
mil OH or more years in which the
movements of the elephant or mas
tadon. the three toed horse or mo
hippus. the camel or cameiops, the
sabertoo'. sd ger o. smilodnn, aud
the sloth .amily we're traced beyond
the pleistoeene age into the pliocene,
miocepe, oligocene and eocene peri
ods OF the tert ary era
VIII q the horse. camel AMI ele-
phant of today remain they are very
small compared to their ancestors
who were apparently y " ped out by
the last glacial period when the great
ice fields OF the ;h swept down
over California that was not 80
sunny, and these prehistoric giant
mammals with the giant ground
s!oth became extinct in this freezing
spell OF 25O,OOO years ago, said Dr.
Iladiey
But, back IN the eocene period a
mil on or more years before, just af-
ter cone us on OF the mesoz0ic age,
there were no giant animals, and the
great ground sloth o. the p.eistocene
age was just Little armadi'lo such
a. nov exists IN South America, he
said The lmperiul Elephant more
than twice the size OF any existing
today also came fIom little un nal
t6at probably was no larger than our
horse or pony 81 today.
Tho saber-toothed tiger, several
spec: mems of VIII ch were found In la
Rrea, was the most terocious anlmH
in tie world about a half a million
years ago. Dr.. Had!ey said
While these facts have been asoer-
taIned by paleontologists there IS
vel much TO be discovered about the
prehistoric lfe and peregrinations OF
md American iox, antelope, deer ava
hsar. II Is doubtful whether the La
Irtea pls will contribute any more
or reveal anything beyond the p els
tooene aye, Or. Hadley said, though
tbey have revealed more and pre-
Sgryed for the world a larger variety
81 pre.g aclal period relics a. nam
ma.la than any other spot Ill lho
w6rid yet uncovered.
q There has been much discussion
afSthe human skull found IN the la
pnea pits. Or. Hadley said, but noted
snIhorit Is have contended that II Is
NV ten thousand years OF age, ana
Ssea not date back with the slolh
n6d sdber-toothed tiger but a tree
Sas been found in the pits, cypress
which is believed to have grown
TSors than a quarter of million
years ago, of.,hose
Dr. Aadley said that none oil ,nese .ss
onlp,ols had been traced beyond the
cotSne age OF the tertiary era, out
ycolorsts have gone back tnroubh
sks6zdo carbonic, deyonian' shul'
an eras to the ancient cambr'an era
,Sblth some say is a billion anu
NM Years ago, and have PROVIDED
Geological fund for pa'eontogolc,al
research that does not promise 10 We
come exhausted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
MILLION AND MORE
LARCENIES PUT Up
TO MAX MITCHELL
President of Defunct Cosmopoli-
tan Trust Indicted
FIVE SEPARATE CHARGES
Nearly All Methods Of Bank
Looting Specified in Grand
Jury Findings

Boston. Feb, l9 (By the Associat.
ed rressl-Max Mltcleu president
Of the de unct Cosmopolitan Trust
company was arraigned today on
hte secret indictments In 8h Oh he
Is charged with larceny to the
amount Of Sl,500000.
. Mitchell it is charged, obtained
ipossession of the funds OF the In.
stltution ,hroull fraudulen, loans,
conversions. faise reports and en-.
tries and with altering notes
I He was admitted to bail In the
sum OF $4,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
NEW ENGLANDERS TO
HELP PUSH SCHEME
hrSious that oovornment Should Ac,
In Sup rFower De> clap.
ment

fl@Nks
Boston, Feb. l--Seyeral New Eng.
land engineers ana manufacturers are
going 70 Ne~ York to attend the an.
nual meeting or the Water Power
League Of America. Inc. on Feb :
and 8.
That meeting will focus attention
again on the great hydro.electr.c
power project for what has become
known as the super.power Zone be.
tween Boston and Washington. Tho
project is 10 be- developed under tho
provisions OF the federal rower aet
passed by Congress IN 1920, but no
progress Is being made because the
administrative comm ssion IN Wash.
lnstOn is inactive Power devotion.
meut which Il was intended to .aci .
ttato Is deadlocked. Hundreds of
Applications for permits to start DOW.
&c . ants have been fled In Wash.
uston without securing any action
IL estimated that these applications
represent y2,000.0O0,0oO Ia construct.
ion work, all OF which Is being held
NJ
Industries, railroads and munici.
palites a9e Interested in speed np
Up OF the Washington machinery: but
they contend that The admin strative
system as set up by the federal
power act Is faulty Hence the conven
tlon OF the Water Power League
VIII concern Itself main v with the
idea of gettng results.
but New England has also a second
interest lor Industries want thelr
pfcpollionate share OF the power
sites 40 Niagara Fa Is and On the ST.
Lawrence river They nave been d 5.
cussing this ,or many months. some.
what apprehcusiyo that the great
power interests in New York might
secure exclusive rights TO power dc.
ve'opment 50 that New England
would simply appear i'm the role OF
power purchaser = strong delega-
tion going from New England VIII be
expected 20 represent the claims O.
this sccticn OF the country so that
the Power League Of America shall
speak adequately for New Eng and
when the question o. granting power
sites ccmes up for acton In Wash.
iEetop
Tho Boston Society of Ciyu Eng.
ineers has ven long consideration
- problems In connection with this /
5upei power system. and after care I
fu study OF the federal power act OF /
1920, has como 20 the conclusion that
the act must be amended in ccrtalu
essential respects before any actua .
work can be done A committee rom
the SOC city has investigated the situ
alton and draws w II recommends
hons for amendment that uul0uhted
y will be brought 70 the attent on OF
The New York meeting on Feb. ana
The first change in the federal
water power law suggested by the
Boston Society OF Civil Engineers
that the present form OF
made up of three Cabi
let officers The secretaries of war,
Interior and agriculture be ABOLISH.
ID, and the administrat on placed W
/ 81 table governmental department
lrefe, ably the department OF the In
erior. with an appropriation Tor the
of an adequate staff to
administer the provisions.
The second change suggested is
hat Section 3 OF the federal power
lct,. which attempts to define "navlg.
ible waters" be changed so that fed .
,ral jurisdIct on will be limited to-
waters actually aid commercially
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
PREVENTING ACCIDENTS
At RAILROAD SWITCHES
Angle Pisces Of Wood Being Attached
to Ties to Enhance Safety
Of Pedestrians.

Employees OF the Rutland railroad
have been at work recently fasten-
ing wooden angle pieces against the
inside of main rails and against the
outs de OF guard rails at all
switches irequented by pedestrians.
The work Is being done TO elimi-
nate the danger OF catching foot
In between the two rails, The wedge
shaped blocks are tapered so that
they ut snugly under the lips of the
rails and widen To thickness OF
two inches at their base on the ties.
They look very Insignificant but
might sometime be the means OF
saving a life People have been
known to catch a foSt between the
two rails aud be run dowA before
they free themselves.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01

WELFARE ASSN nolN's.
Increasing interest in Bowling at the
Y. NJ. c. A.

Tuesdays from to 6 has again be.
come bowling day for ladies' at the Y.
business girls are taking advantage OF
the hour from 5 to to have their turn
at the game,
To make this announcement is SUN.
Client invitation 10 all OF our women
enthus 'asts. Novices are particularly
invited to enter thls fascinating phys.
lcal exercise Twelve cents covers
each game Two games covers an en-.
joyable long period Remember It's
any Tuesday, any time from to C
0 clock.
Business girls basketball teams are
showing up well and arrangements for
match games are being planned. Two
more teams would help make a tour
nameDt more interesting. A dozen
girls have expressed an interest IN
basketball Now ~ the opportunity to
show the interest by coming out any
Thursday at quarter to eight In the
Y gym Don miss tho fun any
longer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
CHI TO pHlLLY
Regular st:amshlp Sery &C Begins
Next Summcs

Regular St-am5hlp SctV &C Begins
Next summct.
Chicago. Feb. /. Without waiting
for acton on the proposed Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence deep water route
to the sea, Chicago will have regular
steamship service 10 Philadelphia
next summer, according 10 officials
Of tho Chicago Steamship company.
Five ocean going steamers have
been purchased . START the l.no. A.
the ships come " thin the present
Dimensions OF the Weland canal
locks. so they can pass from the
lakes to the st Lawrence
One of the vessels, tAe George W.
Clyde. left Philadelphia for Chicago
several weeks ago loaded with sugar,
but after being buffeted by winter
gales off the Nova Scotian coast,
wns caught by ice In Lake st. Clair,
above Detroit, and is now held there
wait ng for n thaw The c yde Is
able to plough through six inch ice
in the open lakes, hut the narrow
ST. Clair has been jammed with
thick foes.
Two other ships, purchased from
the shipping board at Seattle, are
QUILTING there for the long trip va
the Panama canal and the ST. Law.
renee. The same trip was made
last summer by the passenger steam
er Petoskey. formerly in the Seattle
Alaskan service.
The Chicago steamship company
has purchased two other tramp
steamers, one OF which is now at a
Cuban port and the other in Phila-
dolphin.
The five ships will make regu ar
ports of all including Detro't, Mont
real Quebec. Boston, New York and
Philadelphia, according to ]. c. Hos.
kins, general manager of the Inc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
MINE rs WILL AID
R. \. MEN TOFICHT
WAGE REDUCTION
Statement Issued Today by Pres
ident John L. Lewis
JOINT MEETING PLANNED
Sixteen Major Organization Of
fcials Invited to Attend
Conference

indianapolis, Ind Feb. ! (By The
Associated Press) Tho United Mine
Workers Of America are willing to
"unreseryedly pool THAR interests with
the railroad organizations and stand
With them IN resistance to the pro-
Posed attacks upon their wage sched
uIos 90 John L. Lewis. international
president Of The miners organization,
declared in-a statement issued here
today
Invitation to participate in joint
meeting has been Gent to officials Of
i6 major organ'2at ons OF railway
workers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
MRS. ELIZABETH oIesoN
One Time Resident Of Bennington
Died in Detroit Tuesday.

Yrs ElIzabeth tHbson, widow Of
the late Ora e, Gibson, died at De.
troit January 81 Mrs. Gibson, who
was about 80 years 0 4, was former.
" q resident OF Bennington Before
her marriage she was Miss Fnlan.
She leaves two sisters who live IN
Bennington, also three childrer. Ray
Gibson. Mrs Gladys Mathews and
Miss Doris Gibson al OF Detroit
TIE body win be brought to Ben.
aington by the sou. Ray Gibson and
daughter Miss DORIS Gibson, and
services will be held Friday at the
chape at Park Lawn cemetery Rev.
j. A Perry viii oaiciate
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
FOR BETTER PICTURES.
Reso'I tions aent to Managers Of Bur.
inetone c nem5tograph House,

Reso'ltions 9ert TO Managers Of Bur-
inutone c nem5tograph House,
Darlington. Feb. The following
te eioiutons regarding the character Of
certain moving pictures recently
shown IN this city. have been sent TO
the manag rs Of The Strong Majestic
and Orrheum theatres. These resolu.
tons had been passed upon by the
Sunday chools in the various Protes.
tant churches of the city and were
signed by the spperntendents OF the
Sunday schools OF the'Baptst. Un.tar.
ian, First and Methodist Churches. ami
by the Rev J. G. Smart for the College
Street Church and the Rev S. Halsted
Watkins for St Pauls Church.
The Resout ons
Whereas. OF recent date some of
the moving pictures displayed in our
city have been Of a character unit for
the eyes Of the pablic. especially Of
the young people; and
Whereas, We feel II our duty to do
whatever is reasonable and proper to
conserve the good morals OF the city;
ana
Whereas, We are confident the pro.
pretora of the moving picture houses
m our cty are Gesrous OF showing
pictures which are proper 20 be seen
by both old and young. aud viii take
ths action on our part In the spirit
Of goodwill
Now therefore. be it resolved that
we do earnestly request the proprie-
tor OF the moving picture houses OF
this city t. guard more carefully
against the display Of pictures tending
toward loose or immoral or nnahas.
tened character, in order that the
minds of the young may not be- cor.
rupted, aud that parents ana guardians
OF the young may not find il necessary
to prevent attendance, and IN order
that all asses Of our people may az.
tend the shows with q feeling of safe.
" and propriety.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
1.-THE LITTLE MINISTER"
Screen Version Of 5arrle's Famous
Novel az Opera House

Great care was exercised in select.
ing the cast for The Little Minister
the screen version OF BaTie's famous
novel, to be shown at the Opera House
Friday and Saturday Alice Calhoun
takes the part of Lady Babbie and she
Is said to possess all the witchery
which has made the character beloved
by thousands OF Barrie readers
James Morrison impersonates Gavin
Dishart, the earnest passionate cleric
in love with the gypsy and other char.
acters have been chosen with equal
care,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
SUES FOR $too,ooo.
MeeiIIvray Brings Action Against the
Deerfield Pulp Co.

Montpelier. Feb. Thomas McGnl
vray was given judgment OF com
pensaton for eco weeks under the
General Laws He was injured while
employed by the Deerheld Pulp com.
pany.
He vas brought suit for 100000 dam
ages In the Massachusetts court and
when these suits come up next spring
in Massachusetts the defendants will
plead the action of the Vermont court.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01

II was the custom of the congrega-
tlon to repeat the rwentythlrd Psalm
IN concert and Mrs Armstrong; habit
was to Keep about dozen words ahead
all the way through \ stranger was
asking one day about Mrs. Armstrong.
"Who," he inquired, was the lady who
was already hy Tie slin waters while
the rest of us were lying down In green
pastures T"-- Metropolitan
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
GOES OUT OF BUSINESS.
Tn. Orchards, Inc, Was Authorized 70
~ y is5ue Capital Of S500ooo

Montpelier, Feb, 1.-The Orchards
INC an unorganlzed corporation form
cI dn Bennington IN December, lSlo'
q "a ia. out of existence, according 10
aSce,tidcate received by the secretary
N state from Edward L, Bates one
* the incoporators. The other two
bicorporators we're Edward II Everett
and William II Bradford Of Bennlng'
ton The corporation was formed Tor
tha purpose OF farming, growing ana
marktting fruit, and dairying 1t was
authorized to issue capital stock TO
the amount OF 100000,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
snake .Eaterg AyoId Venom.

Animals which eat suakesthe
hedge hog. fox, eagles, etc.--neyer
ent the head % Il poisonous snake,
according to j. Beyor whose German
articles on venomous snakes is trans.
lated In the Scientific American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
JANlToR HAS RECORD
Maurice Carey Has carsd for Court
House Boilers 20 Years.

St Alhans, Feb. Maurice Carey,
probably unsurpassed by any janitor
a local janitor, has a record which is
IN Oh s section
one of the many various duties of
Mr. Carey is caring for the Franklin
County court house, u duty which he
has faithfully performed for % years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
BABIES THRIVE IN ST. LOUIS
City Said to Have Lowest Infant
Mortality

ST. Louis, Mo. Jan Sl-St, Louis
is the healthiest O, the larger cities
for babies, declared Max c. StarklofG
health commissioner, today Dr.
Stark off made public figures show.
ing that this city IN 1921 had the
lowest death rate among infants un-
der I year of age.
The health commissioner gave out
a table showing the mortality rate
per 1000 infants IN the various cit
les. The table he said was based on
federal stat sites
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
SECRETARY DAVIS I'LL
Head OF Labor Department Patient
at Battle Greek Santarium.

Baltic Greek. Mich, Feb. ! Nny
the Associated press) Secretary of
Labor Davis is q patient at a local
sauitarium 10 arrived IN Battle
Creek yesterday and is said TO be sui
iering from physical breakdown
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
FIVE MORE FOR TIGERS
Leading Ten Pin Team Downs tho
Independents.

The Green Tigers decisiyely defeated
the Independents on the ~" alleys
last night taking all FIVE points. Bar
rett's 537 wa; high for the evening.
Pn.ng was right on his heels with
$40. Moore for the Independents had
400. Pilngs 23O was high single.
summary
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-01
SALOON KEEPER HELD
No Bail Allowed Man Charged with
Selling Poisoned Booze.

Jersey CITY, Feb. (By the Associ
aied Press Nicholas Zynkawky. a
saloon keeper, was today aeld with.
cut bail when charged with man.
slaughter in connection with the
deaths Of . man and woman last
night from alcoholic poisoning