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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village and
Advertisements.

See Saturday Night" Friday and
Saturday night. Opera house.
Special for Dollar Day. only
Mems fine dress shirts, values $l.b0,
special for $1.OO, at Noyeck,s. 92t2
Special for dollar Day only,
mems heavy Khaki pants, regular at
$500 special at $145, at Noyecks. :
92t2
Jimmie Smiths orchestra Will play
for a dance at Hedges Lake Tuesday
evening, August 20. Admission 81
per couple. = 92t2
We have four vacancies for men In
our shipping department. Permanent
inside job, Phone AZ, or call at office.
The Allen A. Co. 91u1
a rafting good western, "The Russ
Of the Rather, starring j. p. Nc
Gowan, a Pathe News and Rolin
comedy. Harte theatre today
A mammoth production with Lea
trce JOY, Conrad Nagel, Edith Rob
erts, Jack Mower and Theodore Rob
erts in the cast, Saturday Night
Friday and Saturday nights at the
Opera House.
Mr.. and Mrs Hans Dahl and daugh
crs, Misses Mildred and Helan from
Lansingburg, N. Y, and Miss Cor
della Viger from. Albany. n. Y, mo
tored to Bennington Sunday and yisi
ed with Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Mars
celIle and Miss Josephine Viger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-22
WEDNESDAY
Is the day when your Dollar will
90 farthest

Brief ON FIRST FIOOR-Wih Dress Fabrics Towels Sheets
Cases Gnghams Cottons Fanne Bed Spreads Trimmings
Ribbons Neckwear Toilet Articles Gloves Hosiery Stationery Muslin
Underwear Everything for the Wee TOT
aace priced wonder preparations for busy being
made.
ON SECOND FLOOR Garment DeparmntIIou Dresses Skirts
Skirts Sweaters All Merchandise everything go
make for Fall goods arriving daily.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
CANAL ZONE COUNTRY.
Raneher $50 Miles from Canal Tells of
His Surroundings.

As much as we have heard and read
OF the Panama Canal, most of us know
Httle of the country which is adjacent
to 1t. according to Hugh J. White of
balboa Heights, Canal Zone. Mr..
White. who went down to the Canal
Zone 10 years ago, in the early days of
the construction, now owns cattle
ranch 30 miles from the canal
The climate where my ranch is To-
Gated is ideal" says Mr.. White ut is
in the Province of Chirique. near the
foot of an extinct volcano LOO feet
high. There is perpetual springtime.
Strawberries and blackberries can be
picked every day of the wear. The soil
Is made extremely rich bt the lava de-
pnSit from the old eruptions This is
about 16 feet thick. According to the
biologists it is 10000 years since the
last eruption. so we do mot have much
fear of another.
The country is very beautiful Here
the famous bouquet coffee grows. Pan
anna Is land of flowers. and is especially
noted for its orchids, of which the 'es-
prIto santo is the mbst exquisite and
far-famed. One can travel to Panama
now under the most agreeable condi-
tons. Excellent steamers make the en-
tire round trip in u to 2S DAYS. stop-
ping at Cuba and other points in the
e West Indies. You .can live on the
steamer in comfort .all the time. The
quickest time a steamer can go through
the canal from one ocean to the other ia
four hours and u minutes. and. OF
course, very large one takes longer
The experience is well worth while .
New York Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
MILITARY HONORS
ACCORDED PINGREE
Many Prominent VermOnters Attend
Funeral of Former Governor
Old War Veteran Present.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, June
5.-In sheltered, forest uncovered
cemetery, overlooking the White River
here, the remains of Samuel Everett Pin
gree, so, Nermonts grand old man,
Civil war veteran and governor of this
state from 1884 to 1886. who died at his
home in Hartford Thursday, were laid
at rest with full military honors late
yesterday afternoon.
Present and former state officials and
many Others prominent in Vermont af-
fairs attended services at the Pingree
home.
Among those in attendance were Gov.
and Mrs James Hardness of Springfield.
ex-Gov. Percival w. Clement of Rutland.
Col. Herbert j. Johnson, adiutant gen
eral of Vermont; ex-GoV. Charles w.
Gates of Franklin, ex-Gov w. w. Stick
ney of Ludlow, Redfield Proctor of Proc
tor, Judge r. H. Edgerton of Rochester,
Representative Fred l.. Davis of Hart
ford, Judge Sherman Evarts and Pro
bate Judge Frederick G.. Southgate, both
of woodstock, eX-Lieut.-Gov. Mason :.
Stone of Montpelier, Attorney W. Il. {.
Stickney of Rutland and Attorney j. q.
Sargent of Ludlow, Prof. f. L. Ingalls, of
the Vermont agricultural college at Bur
lington, ex-senator Frank Partridge of
Proctor and Attorney Roland Il. Stevens
OF Hartford, a member of the Vermont
board of control.
Among those present from New Hamp-
shire were Col. Joab NJ. Patterson of
Concord, n. H., commander of the G.. A.
h, and Hon. Clarence C.. Carr of An
dover, Capt. Horace French of West
Lebanon, the latter three being the re-
naming ones of the Unique Quartet"
of which Gov. Pingree, as a Civil war
veteran, had been the leading member
The acting bearers were Representa-
tive Fred L. Davis and School Director
Alfred Il. Watson of Hartford, Supt. of
Schools Clarence l.. Joy of White River
Junction and Prof. f. l.. Ingalls, of Bur
Iington. The honorary bearers were
Rev. Joseph Hamilton and l.. ID. Wheeler
of White River, Capt. Horace French of
West Lebanon, n. H., and Horace c.
Pease of Hartford
About 600 persons attended the flu
neral, one of the largest ever held i'm
this section of the state The procession
to the grave was led by a large deIega-
ton of uniformed ex-service men. mem
bers of Hartford post. American Legion.
followed by 60 members of Hartford
camp, NJ. W. A, of which Gov Pingree
had been a member
Ritualistic services We're conducted bv
Rev. +. L. Ford, ID. D., of Hartford.
The funeral sermon was preached by
Rev. Robert Heseltine of White River.
assisted by Rev. S. III. Smith of Quebec.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
MORE CATTLE IN VERMONT
Census Shows 49,, 4s0 Head In 1920
Franklin County Leads.

MONTPELIER. June ). 49, \ census
bulletin just issued shows the number
of cattle in Vermont i'm 1920 to have been
435, 4S0. compared with 400. 314 in 1910
This state leads all the New England
states by a good margin. The average
number of cattle per farm reporting is
l6.7, which is larger than the average of
any other New England state. any Mid
die Atlantic state any East South Cen
trail state. The only East North Central
state to exceed Vermont is Wisconsin.
which has an average of III; the only
one in the South Atlantic group is Flor
ida. with an average of 20; and the only
one in the West South Central group is
Texas, with an average of 2O.G.
The report by counties shows that in
Vermont Franklin county leads witt
49649 cattle. Orleans is second witt
445S2. Rutland third with Il 800 and
Addison fourth with fl .457. Ranking
close TO these counties are Chittender
with 3S.219: Caledonia with 81. 2S7
Windsor with 1902; Washington with
5000, and Orange with 35.5S4. Wind
scr county led in number of swine and
chickens and eggs produced.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
And 1t Was a Wet NfcIt

Two friends reached the railroad sta
ton very late one night-or. rather
early one morning only to find that one
OF them had missed his last train home
The other. who lived in Evanston. was
more fortunate, and insisted upon TAX
ing his companion along with him
You mustn't mind a walk. old chan
he said, as they left the station. MY
house is a good mile away"
Lead on" said his friend, and they
footed it together.
1t was pouring wet night. and they
d!d the first three-quarters of the way in
silence
Suddenly the host halted
WHAT'S up, old chap" asked his
COMPANION in weary surprise.
"CpE retorted the other. ITS all
up! forgot we moved to Oak Park
yesterday, and that's a mile the other
way Chicago Tribune.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
SPORTING NEWS
ROSARY HIGH PUTS
LOCALS TO ROUT
BrattlebOrO Shows Complete Reversal of
Form and Loses Ball Game, - to
3-Many Errors.

Slowing a complete reversal of form.
the BrattleborO high school team had
a bad attack of stage fright Saturday
on the Valley fair grounds and took a
terrific beating from Rosary high of
Holyoke, % to 3. The visitors hit Win
chester consistently, and this, coupled
with II errors, made it a total rout
10 start things right every player in
the local infield made an error i'm the
first inning, and this. coupled with one
safe blow gave the visitors an eight-run
lead. In one instance the ball was tray
cling SO slowly that the player could
have brushed it off with a feather buster
before it got by, but the play was mussed
up just the same. Again the Holyoke
boys came through in the fourth, when
three hits gave them three tallys. Their
runs in the sixth and seventh were due
also to healthy clouting, although their
closing tallies in the ninth came on An
derSOn's wildness and two errors.
Before Wynn the local hitters were
as helpless as babes in the woods, in fact
they did not get even n scratch single
off his delivery in the six innings that
he twirled. Meanwhile was not as eff
fective, however, and the locals got
three runs in the seventh. preventing q
ShutOut. In that inning Clarity got on
on a feeders choice Plumb got scratch
single and Roberts got on on Fitzgerald's
error, filling the bases. Chickering then
came through with n healthy twO-base
clOut that cleared the sacks Here the
Holyoke pitcher speeded up and there
was no more scoring.
Miller was the only player on the
local team playing the whole game who
did not make an error. His four put
outs included two pretty running catches
which were about the only redeeming
features of the locals defensive play.
The score:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
THE VOLGA FAMINE.
Physical Nature of VOIga Peasants Has
Enabled Him to Survive.

Only a complete, careful census of the
survivors would reveal the exact toll in
human lives of the Volga famine of
l92l-22, but. terrible as has been the
death rate during the CHASTITY winter just
ending, it is now clear to the observer
that the great majority of the popula
ton has, some way or another, managed
o live through it
Estimates and predictions made last
summer, that 100000, 100000 or
even 100000 of the Volga valley :
population would die before spring un-
less fed from abroad, and that several
millions would die regardless of the as
Sistance then being rushed toward them.
are not borne out by the evident facts
hat confronted the correspondent in
fortnight s trip through some of the
worst affected districts at the worst
period of the famine.
In some villages farthest removed
from the railways. where cannibalism
has in some cases been resorted to by
the hunger-desperate population and the
general suffering has been almost I'M
imaginable to the western mind, the
Heath rate has been 30. 40 and even as
high as 60 per cent of the population.
Famine such as this, however. has been
the exception rather than the rule, in
Samara province.
Doubtless many thousands would have
lied in every ''vOlOst,' - or county, had
not American and other aid been at
hand for the children. The Soviet gov
eminent as we'll as foreign organizations
has assisted the local peasant authori-
ties and has dOled out its mPager store
If food in the communes which needed
it most.
But it now apnears that it was the
very nature, physical and mental, of the
Nolga peasant that enabled him to live
through a wear of stomach onawino HIM
ger that would have taken much heavier
toll among a population less Injured to
hardsh'ns from childhood
Hundreds of thousand of them have
died in Samara province which. before
the famine. had a population of 2700,-
900. PerhanS the death rate has been
10 or even - Der cent but the majority
of the peasant stomAchs have dipasted
+he clay. grass. weeds and other bread
substitutes.
Even from the worst stricken villages
the neasants who came to the railway
stations driving camels, horses and oven
attachod 10 sleiuhs to be laden
food for thnir children. as a whole aD-
after siv month : diet &C at~ocioue
an American c;tv dwaller in a hosnital
IN q w"ek and in the graveyard in a
fC~trioht
Some of them. more cannv than the
oth"rs. doubtless had saved and hidden
cal groin 10 last thnm through the
wi~t"r hut the ma io~itv Of those livino
rrdorwont tho aGn-eld test of the sur
vival Of the rhvsicallv fittast and wore
helnnd through it nv their fatalism that
-aucht them not to worry over their
troubles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05

n German gas company has begun the
production of gas by a new process. Gas
for every purpose is made from leaves
of trees. heather sawdust, and vegeta BILE
waste of all kinds. 1t is cheap and safe.
and burns with brilliant white light
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05

sell hatpin protectors for one cent each
to all women who wish to buy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
BRATTLEBORO HIGH

sacrifice MT, Caroly. Two-base hits.
Chickering. Scanlon. Stolen bases, Mil
Ter. Clarity Austin, Crowley, Walker
,, ODonnell, Sullivan. Struck out. by
Winchester Z, by Wynn 6, by Meanwhile
,. Bases on balls, off Meanwhile 3, off
Wynn >, off Winchester ,. Time, >
hours 80 minutes Umpire. Bowler
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
Up Against 1t.

Z. When I growiup,'' soliloquized the
little Meriden girl, g l must have hus-
band like mama has or be an old maid
like Aunt Susant / certainly am in a
bad fix. ''-Meriden Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
National League.
JOHN s. STRUTHERS.
Was Well-KnOwn HOtelman and Lover
of Horses

WESTFIELD, Mass, June John
=. Struthers, 73 years old. we'll known
to the older residents as hotelman
some years ago, died here yesterday fol
lowing short illness. Mr. Struthers
had been living in Southwick of late.
He was born in CRANKY. Conn. and
made his home here for number of
years. He formerly conducted Struth-
erS hotel here and was also engaged in
other hotel operations. Some years ago.
when the sport of horse racing was at
its height in this section. Mr.. Struthers
took an active part in the promotion of
lumber business
He was u charter member of Meta
comet Tribe of Red Men of this city. He
leaves a wife, one brother, Benjamin of
Leslie u. Clark of Fitchburg and Mrs
Agnes Le'Iang of Stamford, Conn. The
funeral will take place in the Memorial
chapel, Pine Hill cemetery. Tuesday aft
ernoon at , o'clock Rev. c. f. Holmes
will ofhciate. Burial will be in CRANKY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
Wife Kept Him Busy.

Peck-That woman hos kent my nose
to the grindstone for fifteen years.
Heck-Yes. and. bv George. she's made
You turn the grindstOne, too.-BOston
Transcript
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05
National League
GAMES TODAY.
American League.

American League.
Boston at st. Louis.
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Detroit.
Washington at Cleveland.
National League.
st. Louis at Boston.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Other teams not scheduled.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-05

More than 800 business and industrial
firms in Great Britain publish their own
house magazines, filled with details Of
pension and welfare schemes and the
social, athletic and other activities of the
workers.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-05
Rumors of Drive
On Obregon Fails
To Stir Mexico

MENfCO CITY, June Not
withstanding rumors that rcvolu-
tionists inside and outside the re-
public are Attempting 20 launch a
movement TO drive President obre-
gon from office. there apparent
" Il no more perturbation either
In tho capital or TN the various
states that has been noted during
the past three mcnths
n there are any troop move
montS heinE carried oui they we're
not 10 be observed here today itea
iteration ways made nj the various
governments departments today
that the revolutionary talk OF the
past fortnight was enemy propa-
sande and that unless the cenrors
are Withholding rebel news frcsl-
dent Obregon was facing a no
more scrio = problem IN a military
sense than vac the case three
months aEo.
The reported amaGalmniion Of
the Carranzlzian. Oonaallstaa ana
cansuislaa under the Dlaa banner.
Il was declared. encouraged d.
fruntled leaders within the rrpuh-
lic 40 ASSERT themselves In the
hope that concerted action might
overthrow obrenon. hut q central
directing head Tor the movement
seems lacking.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-05
DAEHMETEFF
WILL QUIT AS
AMBASSADOR

WASHINGTON, June Re
coRuition of Boris nakhmeteff a.
Russian ambassador to the United
States. continued despite the col
lapse five YEAR, ago of the kcrrn-
- government which appointed
him. Will cease after June 20,
Mr. Bahkemetof has been nnti.
fled of this decision OF The Ameri-
can government In letter from
Secretary Hughes. rep Nng IN n
coutmuniea Uon from the arm hassa-
doc in which the latter. stating
that HE chief function IN recent
months of iiquiduting property
claims growing out Of tho war WAS
now about completed, had offered
TO retire should the Washington
government desire IL,
Tho correspondence. pubiiahcd
today was dated hate IN April. at
ter senator Borah had challenged
the Ambassador status. long the
subject Of controversy an connec-
ticn with nttrmpts 10 hail him be-
fore senate COMMITTEES, and In
he communication Mr.. Bakhcme-
tcff states that the renewed dis
cuasion" Of the subject had he'd HIM
10 question whether his continu-
ance as ambassador would serve
the hest interests of my country
and the convenience of the United
Slatee."
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-05
UNIONS LIABLE
UNDER THE
SHERMAN LAW
Highest Court Rules
Labor Organizations
May Be Held for
Damages M

WASHINGTON. June Labor
organizations are MOI exempt from
prosecution under the sherman
antitrust law, the supreme court
announced today.
The court delivered such an
opinion IN the celebrated Corona
do Coal case, one OF the most im-
portant pieces OF labor iegfsia-
tion ever 70 come before the ma
tion'a highest tribunal.
The court held that labor organ
ization can be held liable for pro-
perty and other damages caused BY
the acts OF members during ntrikeh
The decision was delivered BY
chief Justice Taft. The case wac
brought against the United Mine
Workers OF America by the Cur
donado ana other coal companies
arising out Of the Arkansas strikes
OF 1914.
Chief Justice Taft In delivering
tho opinion stated that there
should be NJ misjoiHdef Of partiea
In the suit as brought. lie dis
cussed at length the question Of
the STABILITY % the national and
international unions II the unions
were responsible for what IL done.
pointing out that In common law.
be a,red a. indlyiiuaIa nut from
necessity Of existing eonditions Il
W.. utterly impoaaibie Of doinr
otherwise than BY holding labor
unions snable.
With regard TO the United Mine
Workers OF America. the court
found that the international organ
ixntion and ~ officers did not or
der the strike or ratify u ana
that they should not have been
maze parues 70 the SUIT
The lower redcrel courts had
awarded the Coronado ana eight
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-05
BRITISH TROOPS DRIVE
BACK irish INVADERS
AND CAPTURE VILLAGES

Prime Minister Lloyd-Georre n
expected TO arrive from Wares to-
night In readiness TO meet the
Irish Representatives who. II IN be-
llevcd. will return tomorrow. RE-
sumption OF the negotiations u
expected soon after their arrival.
Authentic details OF the recap
turc Of rettlroe show that a Brit
lsh staff officer entered the VII
iage at noon yesterday and gave
the republicans holding the town
fifteen minutes Ia icsyc. Some iIn-
mediateiy departed, hut about i0o
decided to oppose the military.
A. the expiration OF the time
limit tho British crossed the bridge
leading into the village. and were
received with machine gun and
rifle fire. Thcn .he British ar.
iillcry came into action and When
the first shell landed on n hill be-
hind the town some of the more
timid OF the defenders dashed foi
safety. -Four moro shells followed
in quick succession and one, strik
ing IN tho middle OF a party OF ths
retreating Slim Feiners. inflicted
several casualties
Troops which had been landed
secretly from boa Island. In Lougi
Erne, during the night took the re
puhlicans In the rear. but som'
escaped through superior know
edge OF the country. when tbs
occupation Of the village was com
plete soldiers were detailed 10 bur,
tho dead. and all the Sim Feineri
were Inferred In n field nearby
The prisoners were removed "a En-
niskillen last night
Republicans stationed nj Nantag'
points with machine guns hel'
nut. frequently firing NJ The troops
who replied with a Lewis gun. !
is believed that one Sim Fcin gui
crew was wiped out
II il officially stated that bs
one member Of the crown force
was killed Seven republicans ar
known to have been killed, whil'
sixteen were made prisoners, In
ciudinE the commandment.
The military has taken stroni
positions on the neighhoring hill
Of Belleek TO prevent \ surprise At
tack. while the special consiabi.
are on duty on all the F'crmangl
roads leading to pettigOc.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-05
80 ARE BELIEVED
TO HAVE PER|SHED
WHEN SHIP SINKS

HuENos AIRES. June s-Ony
The Associated preasl Eighty per
SONS are heiieVed 20 have p-riHhcd
in ihs slaklng yesterday OF the
steamer villa Franca on the Par
ana river. near i,,-adea A. that
point tho river forms the roun-
dairy between Argentina and Para
quay.
The vessel carried 30 cabin pas
aenkers 10 SECOND rlass passcn-
gers and a general carEu.
one survivor said the sleeping
nnsacuEera were awakened al 40
a. M. yesterday hy cFi3s 81 ALARM
aad rushed on deck 10 tlnd the
Nevrrl envelupcd In flames. A few
seconds after there wns heavy
explosion which caused the boat
TO fiii and sink rapidly nearly a
mile from the Parnauayan shore.
some Of the uninlured survivors
swan ashore
An unconflrmcd report said that
the only cabin passengers saved
were the members of a family of
North Americans, end thsss others
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-05
COAL MERCHANTS
AND HOOVER MEET
TO TALK PRICES
Plans to Name Com.
mittees to Be Under
Consideration

WAsHINGToN. June s. An i'm
mediate Increase IN the retail price
ef coal a. a result Of the fair price
maximum of ta.ho ton al the
mines. ceta bnshcd last we-k was
predicted today hy RodeF,.k Sio-
phens. chairman % the board of
directors of the national Retail
Coal Merchants association. at a
conference of members with Com
mcrce Secretary Hoover.
WASHINGTON, June Mem
hers Of the National Retail Coal
Merchants association headed by
Homer D. Jones of chicago. preri-
dent were here today TO confer
with Secretary Hoover on n plan
for securing the cooperation of the
retail coal dealers of the country
In order % insure 10 tho pubic tho
benefits of the maximum prices
for coal at the mines established
last week with operators IN more
than No percent of the present
producing fields for the duration
OF the strike.
Al this conference and one iafor
IN the week with Representatives
of the wholesale coal trade, II u
expected that an afrnpgcmcut sim
liar 10 thas adopted with the oper-
nfora viii hu worked out ~ that
BY means of price committees In
different sections of the country
the various branches of the In
dusiry can he linked IN passing
onto tho consumer the prices
agreed upon.
The whole scheme contcmplaten
cooperative ARRANGEMENT with
the department OF commerce 10
hold urlcea Al a reasonable level
during this strike.