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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
Public Is Amazed at
Continued Enormous
Demand for TanlaC

stored to health and happiness By
taking Taulac.
Tan lac has never been advert, ed as
cure-al or that it would perform un-
heard-of wonders 1he advertising
has been clean. straightforward and
conservative. Actual facts and fig
ures have been stated and stated 10
true. business Ike way that has CON.
manded tho confidence OF Oh In tho
conservative claims set iortM
The enormous demand for Taulac
Is due TO merit alone. for no amount
Of adyertisinf would continue to sell
any article that does not possess real
merit Un3ess full value uuderlays
the article advertised. the advertising
will ultimaely fall OF It's own weight.
You can fool some OF the people ,ome
of the time, but you can't fta ~ OF
the people al pt the time
Tanlac has been well adyp 4 It
is true, hut such a large and ,apdly
growing demand could not be brought
about by advertising alono. H. n What
the people themselves say that lunts
ono bottle OF Taulac Is SOD III a
ne e'ghborhood Though advertising, but
ten more are sod In that same com.
munily as o result Of the salo Of that
first bottle and that Is why T4ulac
has succeeded People are lays
willing 20 talk about their outs.
hut thoy arc moro than glad u toll
others OF The medicine that helped
thom 1t is something they could not
keep to themselves It they trlod. for
the Impulse Is to sympathl1e with your
tellowman aud want to help him Is
ono Of the strongest, as we'll as ono OF
the biggest things In human nature.
That Is the reason why the people
Of every section OF the United States
and Canada, have become to speak of
Tanlac as the Worlds Greatest. Tonic.
And that is the reason why the de-
mand Tor this remarkable medicine
has grown to uch proportions that II
is almost impossible to keep dealers
supplied
Taulac is sold in Bennington b. W.
I. uokay; IN North bennington By A.
n shepard in pownal by JOS. NJ.
Proud aud in South 6haftsbury by G.
X. oud A n Hawkins --Ad, 5rtIse.
ment
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
DAUGHERTY PROPOSES
PRICE INQUISITI0N
Departments Reach Agreement on
Msthod OF Procedure 90 De In.
stituted Soon.

Washington, Jan ll-Tcnlative
ngreement for an investigation OF
wholesale and retail prices through.
out the country to be carried on by
the Department OF Justice. Com
merce Department and Department
OF Labor has been reaC3ed, Attorney
General Daughcrty said Yesterday
AT a conference vita SECRETARIES
Hoover and Davis today MIR. naueh.
e'ty said. II was virtually decided
10 broaden the retail price nvcstiga.
tion Of the justice department 20 IN
clude the cost of various cuwm2di
ties from their origin to the couSum'
cr aud to make the survey joint! 10y
i.lo threo departments.
committee composed Of q mom'
ber from ouch department, he ad-
ded. would be appointed TO conluct
the Investigation.
More extensive investigation Is
necessary MIR. Daugherty declared 10
order that the puolic may know the
cost Of the egg as 1t travels from
the hen to the breakfast table, anu
the government plans TO study the
whole field OF prices aud costs oi
manufacturing and production lie
indicated that clothing, food ana
inc, would be- included in the survey
investigation of prices and costs
Mr.. paugherty said, could be made
more thoroughly and economiealiY
Inv the three departments loinuy
than through separate surveys az
though It was probable tlat each
department would give more partlc-
ular attention TO tho subjects of
especial interest to Il ana thus avoid
overlapping
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
HOOSAC TUNNEL
AND WILMINGTON
RAILROAD SHIFT.
Indicates Absorption by New
England Power Company
MEANS SOME REBUILDING
Valley to Be Flooded by Big
Power Project at Whit
ingham

North Adams, Jan H.. 1t was an.
.nouncei Yesterday that James p.
Kelas Of Malone. n. T.. for many
years president Of the IIoosae Tun.
mel & Wilmington railroad has been
succeeded In his position by Freder.
lex J. Dunn Of Worcester, connected
with the New England Power com.
pany. The change In TIE official head
of the road is an Indication Of an
early elimination ni the rumored
deal pend Dg between the railroad
officials aud the power company for
The tansfer OF the railroad 10 The
interests of the latter
While officials OF both iie road
and the power company are reticent
regarding the reported deal, It Is gen.
eral y understood that negotiations
arc under way ior the transfer Of the
raliroad 90 the power conn any IN or
der that the latter viii be IN a 20.
,itlou Ia discontinue the line and
continue rs own enormous powcr
development throuf1 tho peorhed
NdiifA " lAU NNf Vt hilAAfN f4 tNt
road it e. the belief ot many inter.
ested that The line from the tunnel
up through Wilmington. Jackson
yille, Whltlnsham and otAer towns
would be abandoned I'm order that
The pcwer company may food the
yallcy and make way Tor tho MI
lion dollar dam sOon TO be construct
cd at Whltlngham Il would pFac'
ticaliy he impossible for the power
company 70 carry out its program Of
power development through the
DecrGeld valley WITH tho railroad in
operation IN It's present location. The
railroad above Nottingham station
Wit have to be rebuilt on higher
level or discontinued, and tho latter
seems hardly possible
The company is to expend 10000
900 IN power and electric develop
ment In the valley and TIE dam at
Nottingham IA Yhica wGTk Is 10 b.
started socn VIII cost round mil
lion. The IIoosac Tunnel d. Whining
ton railroad Is n branch running
from the east portal OF the Hoosar
Tunnel Up through the gorge to i1e
north and has been In operation for
30 years It provides the only ral.'
road communication jetween the
towns along it, route and the main
trunk line o. the Boston & Maine
railroad
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
FIRST NATIONAL I
4; Il. ;$;DorD l'l.'Ij 1AvINGS Of /.
!. 100000 IN 1921.
Prosperous Year Disclosed at
Annual Meeting Tuesday
ASSETS ARE sl,78O,O37.3s
Substantial Sum Goes into Sur
plus after Payment Of Gus
tomary Dividend

The stockholders of the First Ma
tional tank Of Bennington hold their
annua meeting Tuesday forenoon at
the banking rooms on West Main
suee,
Tho earnings o. the bank for 1921
were very satisfactory. A substan,
tial sum was added to und ided pro
fits after the payment of pgull divi
dend- The deposits IN taa ynas
department Of the bank ip aased
100000 during the year. 7 ~ az
sets At the close OF bust m-
Der 81 amounted to si7J 1887 H.
Directors for the ca4elpE year
wero elected as follows: George J.
Graves. Louis A. Graves. William A
Roo. VII lam H. Bradford, Arthur
". lockwood and Arthur J Colgan.
The board Of directors made the
following organization. President.
George +. Graves; yIce.president
Louis A. Graves cashier Arthur J
ColGun
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
Character

Character is the hardest problem e
solve. Lives Of promise easily get ~
tered down To- cOmm0nploces. Wbea
pleasure substitutes tor obligation
character takes wings Tor HE harrene
and ths future collccys scrlnps ,roB the
husk heap When wilpower hec@ia'es
sncmic Il takes orders from environ
inent and yies with others ii conlrib
utlng to folly This "one.ofitc-crowd.
CONDUCT hes left many well endowed
life wrecked on the rocks uf c.rcuin-
stances
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
TO WOODROW WILSON
A PROPOSED TRIBUTE
Letter From Mr. spsreo Relative TO
Fund 70 be Raised This
Month.

Editor OF The Banner Inquiries
Ytich have reached Inc from mauy
places in the State Indicate that
there Is stGl a good deal Of mean.
derstanding aud confusion o. mind
concerning the Woodrow Nilsson
Foundation Fund to be raised dur
ing the present month
No part OF the fund Of one million
dollars that is to be collected VIII
10 TO the former President, OF course
u IS simply proposed to raise fund
b. national subscription I'm recog-
milton of the national and information
al services Of Woodrow W lson. twice
President Of the United States, who
furtbered Ire cause o. human free
dom and was instrumental IN point
ing out effective methods for the co
operation OF the libcrnl forces Of
mankind throughout the wor d. The
sum so raised will be funded and its
income pad out from time TO time In
the form OF awards TO the lndiyidu-
al or group that has rendered With
in specified period, meritorious
service to democracy, public welfare,
liberal thought OF peace tdrough jus
tice The plan Is exactly similar
to that OF the Nobel Peace Prizes.
II may be that some persons
among your readers would like TO
contribute 10 this fund, but viii not
be reached by the cauyassers. Such
persons will be glad to know that
they can send their contributions 10
the treasurer OF the Vermont Com
mi,tae. ifon. Frank G. Martin, Ben
ningicu, VI
tSiguedl JOHN sPARGo.
Chairman Vermont Committee
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
Believe Kissing Girl Am None too Strong Painters
ALFREDA MERCER
Woman suceumbs to Illness OF Ten
Months Duration


Mrs Alfredo MERCER, Wife Of VII
Liam Mercier OF Park street. died at
tIer home Monday night at $3.50. Mrs.
Mercier's death was the result Of a
shock suffered last March.
Mrs. Mercler who was ~ Years
old and was born In Canada but has
lived IN Bennington 80 years Be
fore her marriage she was Afreda
Maynard Mrs. MERCER was mem.
Der Of ST. AIMS society in which she
was an enthusiastic worker. .sSe
was thoughtful, helpful ncighbor
and friend and VII DO greatly missed
by those who knew her.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Mer-
cier is survived by a daughter, Alfre.
da who lived at home, three sisters,
Mrs. Thomas Butler OF bennington.
Mrs. Emma Mainville OF White Rock,
X. l., and Mrs. Henry Lebasaire Of
Tarkin. r. L. also by three brothers
Charles and Frank Maynard Ct Ben.
ningtou and Henry Maynard Of
North Bennington.
The funeral Will be held from the
Sacred Heart church Thursday morn
Ing OF O'clock The body will be
placed in Park Lawn vault
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11

dulgod IN led by Rey Vincent Raw
Booth % Cd bennington with d. Ed
Moore as accompanied
The speakers of the evening were
IL. r. McCheBney Of North Beupme
ton aud NJ J. peet, who has pgacti
caily devoted his lie, thirty years tu
missionary work In Cdlna. while Mi
MoCheeney was u years in Japan
and CHINA
Mr.. McChesney touched upOa thr
Hawaiian islanda, the great sugar
Industry and the comparatively ro-
cent enormous development Of the
pineapple raising aud canning indus
Try. The speaker gave as a reason
for Japanese predominance in those
lslanis, the fact that until recent
years, tie methods OF living persist.
ed In by the native Hawalians was
q Itself 4 sure road to race eXtinc-
ton.
The speaker then carried his audi.
once TO japan and gave an Insight In
20 the rapid modernzing Of that
country and It's Germanlike growth
OF imperialism. He also made Gear
that the reason why japan holds the
Key TO t,lc door OF the far East stu
alton is becausc OF her great nation
al spirit. whereas her awuking neigh.
Dor. Chlna, is yet. o nation OF lndi-
viduaiis,s. He. also, gave Japan
what credit is due her. and allowed
that she has made wonderful pro
gress IN the past few decades and
has accepted tho methods aud bcne-
Gts of the civilized word TO sur
prising degree
Mr.. Poet sketcbed few character
delineatious which pictured the aver
age Chnamau as a hard worker. ply
sically a. tower OF strength and On
duranco, industrious, optimistic, and
naturally persgicacious. put a giant
who Is du ind by long sleep, and
'.as not awakened To his own
strength, q nation nearly drowned in
ancient suuorsti,ion shaking loose
from the shackles OF n cruel, destroy
inv CLIQUE OF rulers and. religious
customs that have he'd the people III
bordege aud healheuism Tor cenIar'
ea until covering fear OF evory'
thing and everybody has Oeccmc sec
ond nature
Tbe views bot speakers coin.
cided surprlslngly Mother blamed
lapan too much for her present I'M
per .alism. rs 4 was crammed do"N
her throat alonS with other hard los
sons that she learned from her toach'
.rre. Fug and. l'cnuco, Portugal ana
mast of all, Germany Sc was
onlct lo c,t cuto horsof, as MT
WcCbesnoy put Il and Is nos 6tt ny
,h, s,mo Goa, to China Whether
Cblna viii como to herself as a
whole IN tfmr to save her nationa,
life and climb the ladder Of natloua'
undrrslaud,ns aud civilized unity is
,he gront QucstiCn. the question as
bot1 Speakers brought cut tbat the
washington conference Is bathing
With. .t
,sh, ON tho situation than can 90
eaned from much reading 1noSo
who wcre responsible for the up,
ponrance last night are to be nlS&y
commended.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
TRAM CAR DRIVER
BY QUICK ACTION
BEATS OUT BOMB
Explosion Skaters Vehicle but
Passengers Escaped
MAN AND HIS WIFE KILLED
Victims Of Rifle Volley Sweep
Ing Belfast Street Follow
ing Explosion
Han AND HIS WIFE KILLED

Bel asst, Jan. II (By the Associat.
ed Pressl-A bomb was thrown at a
tram car carrying Is persons yester.
day. Quick action by the driver. VINO
put on full speed when ne heard a
revolver shot, saved the occupants
and the missile missed It's mark. The
explosion aplntered the rear end Of
the car but no one was hurt
A man and his wife living in n
touHe nearby who went to the door
% ascertain the cause of the com.
motion were shot dead by a rifle vol
ley that swept the street.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11

HEARS SOME THING
ABOUT FAR EAST
l., E, McChesney and M. j. Peet
We're Speakers
CLAN CHOwDER SUPPER
Mr.. McChesney and Mr.. Peet
Had Both Lived For Years
In China and Japan

The semimonthly meeting Of the
Methodist brotherhood was held
Tuesday night In the churcl base
ment.
A satisfying clam chowder supper
was served at $50 O'Clock This
over the men removed the table.
ware to the kitchen and drew their
chairs into social circle. The bust
ness part Of the program followed.
Wlich consisted OF accepting several
now mcmbers into the association.
Then good hearty sing was in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
PROF. ABEL cANru
Professor Of Span sh 70 Speak Here
Saturday Evening.

Prof. Abel Cantu. q member Of a
cultured Mexican family, educated IN
his own country and at American
colleges, VIII speak Saturday even.
Ing at the Methodist church.
Because Of Ills knowledge Of az.
fairs IN his native country and bic
long residence in tho United States
Prof Cartu Is particular y well equip-
pel 10 discuss present day problems
beyond the Rio Graude and their re.
latiou 20 the government o this
country His appeal to the United
States IS FOR teachers that better
understanding between the two peo,
pies may be ntt8ned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
COMPANY ELECTION
Icon II, Boyd Chosen Captain
New Organization.

Leon H. Boyd vas last evening
elected captain Of tie howitzer com.
pany and Harold G. Boyd was elect.
cd FIRST lieutenant at a meeting held
at the Y NJ G. A. gymnasium Cap
thin and first lieutenant constitute
the commissioned officers required
The non commissioned appointments
VIII DO announced when the organi
cation has complied with certain re-
Quirements,
Not u Of tn young men who had
signed the roll we're present last
evening but 81 were selected as per,
maneut members OF TIE company
The examinations conducted by DR..
+ A. Tobin resulted much more sat
isiaetori y than was expected
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
gl-y Potato Growing. 7

Although potatoes were cultivated
privately In Scotland In the beginning
~ the Eighteenth century the: were
rarely raised 10 fields before 17;i. In
1881 The drst Scots writer on hue
bonhy strongly recommended their
cultivation Ia The fields.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
WEATHER FORECAST

Heavy snow this afternoon and To-
night Thursday fair. No change IN
temperature. shifting gales be-
roniing northwest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
Jua rurkins

Jud Tunklns says be- doesn't see
how you arc going 10 gci rid of claSs
distinctions when 70 many people are
landlords and so many others are te:i.
ants.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village ard
Advertisements.

Advertisements
Tho signal which will be used for
no 'lool on stormy days - three
whistle blasts: pause; tiroe more
a pause ard three more. 1ie Allen
A whlste win be used.
Pierce Mahouy was elected mana.
ger Of the hockey team that is orga
nizlug at tho high school This viii
be the first year that bennington
high has had hockey and there
Is much interest taken in the sport
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11
100 LArE ro CLASSIFY,

NOTICE-Sturt n bu8lncsb OF your
.oyy,, I'm Huntington. Wcrl, part or an
lime For particulars address Boa ip3,
Olon Cow, y. Y, W.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-11

TO RENT -Rooms with steam heat
electricity and all modern convent
cuces Apply aal North ST btb'
TO RENT -Four room tiat on South
uranch st Apply ia Fillmore aud
Slnde, toll 500. Jti.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
.NEBGRE CLUES
FURNISHED N
MURDER 4! CASE
Los Angeles Police Work
ing on Taylor
Murder
CONSIDER MOTIVE
Indications Are That Man
Is Guilty Of Killing
the Director
[By Associated Press |

{ Los ANGELES. Feb. 81 Re
venge, jealousy, hate, unanswered
love, all were considered by the po-
lice today In continuing their
search for the slayer Of William
Desmond Taylor; motion picture dl.
rector, whose body was found yes.
terday in his apartment here.f
While the meagre clues obtained
so far pointed chiefly to the com.
mission Of the crime by a man, the
detectives working on the case said
they believed it possible that Tay.
lor had been killed by a woman.
Their hunt was largely conferred
along three lines; It wasy said: The
trail of the skulking figure Of a
man seen around the directors
apartments both before and after
neighbors heard a shot in the
night; the whereabouts OF for.
mer servant, arrested for the alleg.
ed robbery Of the director and re-
ported to have threatened revenge.
and the sender OF anonymous let
tiers in. which were enclosed pawn
tickets for articles stolen from Tay.
lor.
The officers also had under con
sideration close scrutiny OF the
life history of the director to learn
II the crime might have been com.
mitted by the. holder of an ancient
grpdge, as for instance, some sol.
der he might have offended by the
CONTINUED on page two)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
ARBVCRLE Jury
! Discharged ! ! !
Failed to Agree After
Being Out for along
Time
[By Associated Pressl

.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-The
jury failed to agree and was dis.
charged today in the second trial
Of a granddaughter charge against
Roscoe G. Arbuckle, in connection
with the death Of Miss Virginia
Rappe, motion picture actress.
Foreman ]. j. McElroy an
nounced that the vote stood two to
ten. He did not designate whether
the MAORI. y was for conviction or
acquittal. =
There Is o chance for us to
agree" McEiroy said. A pool Of
the jury was taken to determine
II they should agree on further de-
liberation. All emphatically said
no." Arbuckle seemed downcast
at the disagreement. Neither pro.
secution nor defense would an
nounce its intentions regarding a
new trial
The case was put over until Mon
day to be set for trial The court
room was crowded for the result Of
The jury's elaboration. The Jurors
all seemed haggard and worn.
Gavin McNab, chief defense coun.
sci, said he would make a state.
ment later.
Corridor gossip said that the
poll was ten to two for conviction.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
STILL BALLOT
ON NEW POPE
Four Ballots Will Be
Taken Each Day of
Conclave

ROME, Feb. S-voting for the
election of a pope TO succeed
Benedict XIV was begun by the
c6nclave OF the Sacred College
today. Two ballots had been taken
up to one this afternoon, neither Of
which gave sufficient number OF
votes to elect.
-Four ballots will be taken daily,
instead of two as has been the
rule 1t is learned through the Irish
college, and confirmed in other
quarters. The number and issue
OF the successive ballots will be
evident to the people congregated
outside st. Peters by the custo-
mary vote burning. a common iron
stove having been installed Just
outside; the 1imitssot the long lines
q Card nal Is thfpIt On me Sistiht
chapel. Two sacks Of strawFiie
nearby. this Is used to color the
smoke OF the burning voting
papers, dark smoke indicating to
the crowds watching the chimney
that there is still no election, and
light vapor that a new Pope relgns.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Situation =Co,:nplex
In Italy Today

ROME, Feb. 3.-The Italian
political situation has become ex.
ceedingly perplexing5 as the result
Of the designations yesterday OF
the cabinet OF Premier Bonomi.
From that the Bonomi government
g out there seems to be no one
eligible for the premiership who
caS command a working majority
In parliament Although the name
OF formes Premier, Giolitti who
preceded Bonomi in office has
been strongly advanced, the
strength OF his support is not
deemed dependable. During his
last incumbency he depended up.
on the Catholic deputies but these
are now understood to have de-
serted him, being d!sgruntled be.
cause Bonomi was forced out OF
office. Giolttti could depend on
the center and the right, but In
the latter. he would have to deal
with the Fascist, who are not
wholly in sympathy with his recent
statements. ff7 Z
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Say This is
a Real Cold
Snap Story

Aaskas may be new but %
years ago today Fairmont
looked like an Eskimo sand.
witch when the mercury dropped
TO IS degrees below zero, The
cool spell continued three days.
The trigid weather was recalled
by John A. Clark, OF the Clark
coal interests, as he pulled on
a stout Havana today
Mr.. Clark says % years ago
we had Just as ideal a Ground
Hog Day as yesterday and the
sun rshone brightly, followed by
one Of the coolest waves ever
experienced in northern West
Virginia. TheSbig drop occurred
over night. 1.-THE whole town
was froze up. except stimulat-
ing refreshments. added a by.
stander, to which the speaker
said everything was froze up
but liquor, because they did
put water in It in those days"