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papers telling OF his being elsewhere
When he and the Senator walked
out from dinner the newspaper men
walked in and the boss was so upset
that he was detected for hours.
Croker never liked heavy gambling
especially on cards There IS story
OF a poker game on a train coming
home from a State convention in
Buffalo. Croker looked in on the
game several times. and each time a
prominent man urged him TO sit in.
The boss declined, but the repeated
urging irritated him. The man who
did the urging was SlSO0 loser when
the train reached Syracuse and an
other invitation was extended.
"All right, I'll sit ill.," the chief
said, TO the astonishment OF the poll
ticians. The dealer showed $1,000
stack of chips to him and Croker
asked what the limit was.
Fifty dorars!" he explained.
You're all crazy. The limit is now
80 cents"
And fifty cents 1t was all the way
to New York while the big loser with
the cordial invitation squirmed with
out a chance Of getting back his
money.
When Croker came home in Sep
tember, 1901, the day Mckinley died
he gave orders to have all district
headquarters draped in memory OF
the dead President and gave as his
tribute, 1T Is Gods Way, Not Ours;
His win BE Done He ordered that
these words be put above the door
ways of all club houses in while let
ters. He rebuked a district leader
for holding an outing when the
President was dying and directed an
other leader to postpone an outing
and return 1000 tickets W.lich had
been sold
Crokers fayorite cartoon showed
him landing with Tom Reed, Speaker
and boss of the House of Representa-
tives. on English soil where The
Prince OF Wales was greeting hin
and saying, who is your fat friend?'
That became one of his pet PHRASES
( When John Redmond and Lord May
orc Talon of Dublin came here fol
funds to preserve the Parnell home
stead In Ireland, Croker sent ou
word to district leaders who raised
$4,000 In one day He made up tn,
difference himself and Redmond anC
Talon went no further
Every member OF Tammany VII,
is expelled turns reformer," Croke
once remarked and he told newspap
er men that Republican nominees 70
President always considered them
selves bigger than the flag.
When he came home in 1901 in th
middle OF the Seth Low campaign
and was told things were going bad
ly he was advised he must dow
Deyery, Police Commissioner. HI
thought Il over for a day and then is
sued statement that "Devery is, TIL
best Police Commissioner New Yor
ever had" The defeat in that cam
paign convinced him there was a di
loyal element in the Hall gunnlnI
for him and he retired soon after,
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BEvERIDGE MAY
HAVE MAJORITY Of
$4,000 OVER NEW
y. S. Senator from Indiana Con-
cedes Nomination to Opponent
TAKES OFF HAT TO WINNER
Victor in Primary Says Factions
and Feuds in Party
Are Buried

Indianapolis, Ind, May 4.-Defeat
of United States Senator Harry s,
New Republican candidate for re-
nomination, was virtually certain ear
iy last night when t,le unofficial com
pilation OF the vote at Wednes'
days primary election gave a ma
iority Of 1920 votes to former Sen
ator Albert J. Beveridge with aD'
proximately one.tenth of the total
vote missing.
Senator New conceded the nomna
ton of former Senator Beyeridge.
In a statement Senator New said:
There Is no doubt that Mr.. Beye-
ridge has been nominated for the sen
atorship, do now, as | always have
done take off my hat to the winner.
A claim OF a majority Of 25,000
votes was made by Beyeridge cam
paign manager, Clarence h. Martin.
No upset in the Republican contests
for national House OF Representa-.
tives developed as the vote piled up
and indications were that seven mem
bers of the present Indiana deiega-
tion in Congress, who had contests
would win by large majorities. Five
other Republican congressman were
renominated without opposition, as
also one other who entered the pri.
maries on the recent retirement from
Congress Of James Dunbar in the Cd
district.
Former Senator Beveridge. in a
statement declared that on account OF
the result of the primary that fac
tions and feuds in our party are
buried forever" His statement fol.
lows:
Il am grateful for the expression
of confidence Of our party and shall
try TO be worthy of 1t. am esp-:ial-
ly happy teat all elements Of our
party contributed to the result Re
actions and feuds in our party are
buried forever in Indiana"
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TOWN TEAM WILL
PLAY FIRST CAME
a. SATURDAY, i|II.!.y! MAY q
Date Selected for Opening of
Baseball Season
CONE FIELD WILL BE USED
Gable Prindle, Former Berkshire
League Star, to Act as
Captain =

The directors Of the Bennington
Baseball Association have had sever
al meetings during the past. two
weeks. At the first meeting at the
Stark Hose rooms April 21 the direc-
tors organized with J. p. Morrissey,
chairman and H. S. Phillips, clerk.
A discussion of the different play
ing fields available followed, and fin
ally grounds committee consisting
Of Messrs Scott. Morrissey and Phil
lips was appointed. This committee
has personally visited the various
fields and finally decided to secure
the Cone field, which is situated just
below the Governor Robinson bridge
on the left side of the trolley road
and located within 500 feet of the
road
This field is large level meadow
on which diamond was laid out last
season by a local athletic organiza-
ton NJ. ]. burlington has been se-
cured to survey and lay out the
grounds and within few days active
work on the diamond and surround
ing field will be begun. A suitable
roadway will be built from the con-
crete road into the grounds. A COM
modious grand stand will be erected
which will have seating capacity OF
not less tran 500.
The personnel Of the team itself for
the season will be much the same as
tie Knights OF Columbus team OF last
year. W tn one or two new men TO fill
out. Cable Prlndle OF Williamstown
has been secured as Captain and will
play his usual position at center
field. The full list of players aud po-
sitions will be given out little later
after complete arrangements have
been made.
II is now intended to open the sea.
son on Saturday May 81 and strong
attraction will be secured for the
first game. The present organization
of the directors Is w. H. Bradford,
president; II. s. Phillips, secretary;
NJ. G. Townsend, treasurer; and ]. p.
Morrissey, general manager.
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MISS AAGGIE o. SEGIS
Is FORTY POUND COW
Amount OF Butter Produced in a Week
BY Young Holsteln Owned
in California.

Delavan, Wis, May 3.--Forty pounds
OF butter in seven days Is the produc-
tion record just announced for q Cali
fornia COW by Malcolm II. Gardner,
superintendent of testing for the Hol-
sten-Friesian Association of Ameri.
ca. The COW is Miss Aaggie Ormsby
Segis, registered Holstein, owned by
Fred Hartsook, Lankershim, Calf
Her milk production during the seven
days was 6449 pounds The test was
supervised by the California Agricul-
tural college, the California State AS
sociation and the National Holste!n
Association.
Miss Aaggie established a worlds
record over all breeds for two year
oldJ several months ago producing in
ten months 22,0S4 pounds Of milk,
yielding S34.7 pounds OF butter. it was
stated The daily average for the ten
months test was more than 20 pounds
OF milk day or more than 35 quarts
every twenty-four hours. She fresh
ened for her last record the last days
OF March, only few months after
completing the ten months record,
the announcement stated Less than
fifty cows have produced 40 pounds
OF butter in a week. according to rec
ords of the United States Department
OF Agriculture.
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LAST STAND OF STONE AGE
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Territory Has Long Furnished Good
Hunting for Seekers OF Pre-
Historic.

Victoria, B. c., May 3.-T'he stone
age which, scientists say, cam to an
end in Western Europe about 100 B.
c., was carried on for more than three
thousand years later and in its most
characteristic form existed in British
Columbia UP until as late as a cen
tury ago in some districts, according
to findings OF archaeologists who have
been exploring some of the old com
munity sites, mounds and aboriginal
graves along the coast and the inter
Tor OF the province
The stone age in British Columbia
has for many years been the study Of
scientists Of note who have been work
ing the field in an effort to build up
the story of the evolution of the pre-.
historic civilization as exemp.ided in
the tribes who worked out their ex.
istence between the Rocky Mountains
and the Pacific. Valuable collections
have been obtained.
II was only recently however, that
British Columbia, in an effective way.
turned It's attention TO the past I'm
der the direction Of Premier John or
yer, the Provincial Museum has been
partially rebuilt and the collections
put on exhibition.
The aboriginal occupants OF the
country belonged to the neolithic, or
new stone age scientists determined
from the specimens obtained from old
villages and burying places. Stone and
bone tools were in common use when
the first white explorers visited the
North Pacific although iron and cop
per in small quantities were found
almost everywhere.
In some instances the native races
had Developed a degree of art. One Of
the feature exhibits in the museum
/ Is a copy Of q seated human figure
holding a bowl. 1t was Clipped from
a solid block of stone and then pol
ished. There are two of these speci-
mems very much alike. One was dis.
covered near Departure Bay, Nanai'
mo, and the other in North Saanich,
on Vancouver Island.
Perhaps the most characteristic Of
the stone age are the stone axes and
hammers discovered in many places.
They are almost identical with the
tools of the neolthic man found in
Europe,
The stone weapons include daggers
and war clubs. There are many ex-
amples of stone dishes, hewn from
slpall boulders. With what appear to
have been rolling pins Of somewhat
angular design the prehistoric woman
of this coast seems to have been well
supplied.
Primitive man in British Columbia
apparently did little smoking now
and then. Old shell mounds on the
Thompson and Fraser rivers have
yielded what appear to have been
stone pipes The early explorers
found the native races using a true
tobacco, nicotine attenuata which
grows wild in the Thompson river
country and was smoked alone or
mixed with grease and kinnikinick.
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SUITS IN THREE COURTS
OVER CROKER WILL
Former Tammany Leader Believed to
Have Left Estate TO Young
Indian Wife.

New York. May 4.--Contests over
the estate Of Richard Croker former
Tammany leader who died last Sat
urday in Ireland, may be carried on
here, in Dublin and In Florida. That
they will be started became more eyt
dent when word was received from
Dublin that MIR. Croker had insisted
on making a new will only three
months before his death and after
his legal advisers had opposed his
making 1t for fear OF litigation which
such a document would produce.
Members Of the Croker family here
and tleir counsel said they had re.
eeived no personal information from
Mrs. Croker regarding her husband s
death or the conditions involving his
estate estimated at from $3,0OO,000 TO
S5,0O0,0OO, The sons and daughters
have got their ony information from
an old employe.
Law suits still are pending in Flor
ida, One of these on which decision
is expected soon questions Mr.. Gro.
kerr S soundness of mind and viii de.
term.ne largely what is to be done Is
other suits.
II is now assumed that the new will
left everything to Mrs, Croker, the
Indian princess bride Of the Tam.
many mans latter years. Whatever
action grows out of that will be COM
plicated by the fact that the proper.
ty involved is located here, in Flor.
ida and in Ireland.
Tammany men are telling Croker
stories as they talk over the old days
when he was dictator. Thomas f.
Smith, secretary of the Hall when
Croker was there and VINO still has
the job, reca led the great delight
which the Boss always took In elud
ing reporters and reading in the pap
ers that he was in half dozen differ
ent tsplaces at the same time.
! hurried over from Ireland. Nixon met
up the Tammany leadership, the boss
hurled over from ireland Nixon met
him and they went out on the Nixon
| houseboat, where for several days
they were in sight Of the city white
newspaper men searched the country
for him. The newspapers finally hat
HIS placed in Samuel Untermeyer',
lodge in the Adlrondacks, Croker
spent most of his time with helt
glasses watching for reporters whom
he expected to see row out to hin
leyery hour
After few days he became bolt
and decided to visit Senator Edward
Murrhy at the latter's summer hom,
in Elberon, ~ j He made round
about trip; walked across lots an,
arrived at the Senator's house with
out being detected. Most of the din
ner hour Croker laughed over hi
success and read the evening news
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RIVAL FACTIONS
BEGIN TRUCE At 4
THIS AF FTERNO0N
Two Elements of Irish Republic
an Army Seek Peace
HOPE TO MAINTAIN ORDER
Both Divisions Will Combine to
Protect Life and
Property

Dublin, May 4 (By the Associated
Press) "A truce between the rival
Irish Republican army factions has
been declared, it was announced to-
day.
The truce will be operative from 4
clock this afternoon to O'Clock
Monday afternoon with view to CIV
ing both sections of the army i'm
mediate opportunity to discuss a
basis for unifcation Of the army.
The provisions of the truce will ap-
ply to all operations except training
and ordinary army routine, Both sec
tions will cooperate to maintain or
der and to prevent acts Of aggression
against persons or property
The document Is signed by Owen
O'Duffy and Rian Lynch, chiefs of
staff OF the rival forces.
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NJ 'CUMBER BONUS
PLAN IS ENDORSED
BY COMMITTEE
Will Be So Presented to Presi-
dent Harding
SMOOT STANDS BY HIS OWN
Utah Senator's Scheme Has In
surance, but No Loan
Provision
MOOT STANDS BY HIS OWN

Washington, May 4.-Chairman Nc
Cumber OF the senate finance com
mittee was today informally authori2
ed by a majority of that committee
to present his soldier bonus plan with
the bank loan provision to President
Harding as the committee plan.
Senator Smoot, republican Of Utah
informed ten committee that he
should lay before the president his
bonus plan which contemplates 20
year endowment life insurance with
out any specific provision for loans
to be made to world war veterans.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-04
NATIONS FARM CROP
INCREASES 15.2 PER CENT
Iowa Led the List Of States in Two
Departments With Texas In
Second place.

Washington. May 4-Products Of the
farms of the country had a gross
value of s21, GA in 1919 the
Census Bureau announces. That was
an increase Of 1922 percent, or S12,
9S1 ,393,307, over 1909 when their
gross value was SS,494 ,230,307.
Iowa led all states in gross value OF
farm products with a total OF s1,447,
9SS,473 Texas was second with 81,
S69 Al 705. Illinois was third with 81.
POS, ,906,947.
The gross value Of crops produced
aggregated S14,755, S64.S94. Texas led
in production of crops, with total
value of s1,071,542,1OS. Iowa was sec
ond with sS9O.S91 ,299 and illinois third
with $S647S7,S33.
II is estimated that animals sold or
slaughtered were valued at 1851 050,
600. Iowa led with s420,S0O,0OO Hin.
ois was second with S2T4, 500, 600, and
Missouri third with s270 100000.
! Livestock products were valued at
S394S21,S2S. North Carolina led with
S32. 1885, ,26S. Virginia wah second with
4 IS2414242S and Georgia was third
with S2l ,65I 200
/ Nursery and dollhouse products
were valued at s97S14,619. New York
led with s10999,57S. Illinois was sec.
ond with s10.75s,696 and Pennsylvania
was third with S9,266,563.
The term gross value of farm pro-
ducts" is explained by the Bureau OF
the Census as corresponding approx.
imately with the gross value of proc.
ducts for manufacturing industry,
and for many purposes forms fairly
satisfactory index of the relative i'm
portance of agriculture in different
areas. It contains. however. officials
say, large element Of duplication on
account of crops fed to livestock and
some duplication where domestic an.
imals are sold and resold within the
year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-04
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village and
Advertisements,

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Foster are
spending the day in Troy
Born, Tuesday, May 2, son to Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Fallon of Lincoln
street;
There will be an adjourned meet
ing Of the village board of trustees
this evening at o'clock.
There will be a regular meeting of
Putnam hose company at TIE hose
house this evening at o'clock, day
light saving time.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Kings Daughters will be held
Friday, May 5, at o'clock with Mrs
F. w. Goodall.
Grant Bronson of Sout.1 SALISBURY
was in Bennington today. He has
sold his farm east of South Shafts
bury village to Antonio Guett.
For Fords, Kenyon Cord tires
$500 including tax Why use fab
rics when you can buy cords at these
prices? Bennington Wholesale Co..
2tf
The annual meeting of Woman's 8
League of the Putnam Memorial hos.
pital will be held at the Y. NJ. c. A.
next Thursday afternoon, May II, at
3 o'clock.
LOST Handbag, containing $l2. or
t1ereabouts keys, cards, etc Find.
er please return to Miss Dora Clark,
Red Cross rooms, phone 100, and re-
eeiye reward.
A number of Bennington people
have gone to North Bennington today
to attend the golden wedding exer.
cises at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
George Elwe: About eighty guests
were invited to participate in the
observance and to enjoy a chicken
dinner
Announcements have been received
Of the marriage, April 2S, of Miss LII
lie Agnes Rudd daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Rudd of Los AngI es, tC
Herbert Van Riber also Of Los An
geles Mrs. Van Riber is a grand
daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Elmer Rudd
of Washington avenue.
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many So That No One Is Willing to Wear Out Any More
LOTUS MALE QUARTET
Pleasing Concert Wednesday Evening
at Baptist Church.

The Boston Lotus male quartet
gave delightful concert Wednesday
night at the First Baptist church.
The auditorium was packed and sew.
eral chairs were occupied in the chap
ell. This was the third appearance of
the quartet here and the capacity
house showed that theii ,,ant
has not diminished. am.<.,'
concert was said to be til -9'SF
three.
The program was varied Every
selection was we'll given and after
every number the men responded
with two or three encores. The club
has reputation of being generous
in this line and Bennington people
know from experience 1t is true.
The club is not only an entertain.
ing organization but also plans to
leave a message. The closing nun.
Der which is always of a religious
character is given from the choir
loft. "The Old Rugged Cross" was
a fitting closing. The club has been
together for 16 years. They sing
twice every Sunday at the Baptist
AItuleHI 1tulple III boston ana LlO
they are on the road a great dea'
they are always back in Boston for
Sunday.
Rarely if ever has a Bennington
audience listened to such reader as
Mrs. Velma Bailey Hicks. She has
charm and grace, and is delightful
reader AT the Ball Game" kept the
audience in laughter from beginning
to end. Every fan in the audience
thoroughly enjoyed it. Every select
ion was a gem and Mrs. Hicks return
will be awaited with pleasure.
The quartet was assisted by Miss
Esther Starkey at the piano Her
work there was appreciated by all.
In addition to the concert the Lo-
tus quartet went to the hospital and
the soldiers home and entertained
the inmates. Both of these concerts
were highly appreciated. bennington
will always give these artists warm
welcome.
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FULLER SMITH OUT
Messenger Ayers St. Adams Man MOI
Gubernatorlal Asprant

The Montpelier Argus of Wednes-
day, under heading, Political Cos
sip" carried the following:
A report was in circulation around
the state house today that Fuller C..
Smith of st. Adams, was to enter the
lists for governor. Mr.. Smith was
formerly secretary of The public ser
vice commission, later was member
of that board, and afterwards was
national bank examiner. leaving that
position near the end Of his term to
engage in the business of the sale of
investment securities, He has been
a member of the Republican state
committee The addition of Mr..
Smiths name would make three can.
didates for governor, Lieut. Gov.
Foote and Redfield Proctor have al.
ready announced their candidates..
1t isn't kind to cause unnecessary
suffering among avowed candidates
for the governorship bp suggestin
the possibility that this or that eli
gible is considering coming into the
race, so the Messenger takes this
first occasion to say that when told
of the Argus story Mr. Smith greeted
II with a laugh and so dismissed the
matter. The mention of Mr. Smith re
calls the platform he suggested for a
candidate some time ago, which
caused great deal of merriment
about the state, as 1t was intended tc
do, and brought forth the declaration
that il was not a platform but a raft
as there was not dry plank In it,
st. Adams Messenger
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-04

Harold W. Redheld. a well known
travelling man Who visits Bennington
frequently, and was recently accused
of being newly married, says that the
report is considerably exaggerated.
The nearest he has ever beefi TO the
nymeneal altar has been TO act as
best man at the wedding of friend
and even that was some time ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-04
lear Than Rust Folks Germany So
TENNIS AT PLAYGROUND
Girls Teams Practiclng for Tourna.
ment In June.

Girls tennis started yesterday af-
ternoon on the playground tennis
court. Nine high school girls have
already entered for practice. Junior
high school girls were disappointed
in practice this morning by the
rain. The girls tennis tournament
will be arranged in June Finals will
be played before the public.
Now is the time for every girl to
start learning. Miss Johnson, will be
more than pleased to teach all begin
ners. There are racquets at the
playground. Each girl should bring
one tennis ball of her own which she
will keep always and I.Ing each time
f.le plays.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-04

Karl G. Paulson has been made To-
cal agent for the New York Life In.
surance company. His territory com.
prises Bennington county. TIE last
representative. w. ]. Randall was
transferred to Poughkeepsie some
time ago and no permanent agent
has since worked in this territory.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-04
LIABILITY CASE ARGUED
Catherine Kelley VS.. Hossae Lumber
Co. and Liability Company.

Montpelier, May 4.-The Benning.
ton county case of Catherine Kelley,
widow of Simon ]. Kelley, VS.. Hoo.
sac Lumber company and Employers
Liability Assurance corporations, was
argued yesterday before Vermont su
preme court at Montpelier. r. h.
Healy appears for the paintiff, and
the attorneys for the defendants are
Harvey Maurice Whitney and Fits,
The case Is an appeal from the com
missioner of industries
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-04
MAYOR HYLAN SHAKEN UP"
Not in Election But In Automobile
Trolley Car Crash

New York, May 4.-Mayor Hylan
narrowly escaped injury today when
his automobile was struck by troll
ley car in Brooklyn.
The mayor was thrown from his
seat but was only shaken up, None
OF the other occupants of the ma
chine was injured
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DEMPSEY AFTER WILLARD
Champion Seeks Another Match will
Former Title Holder.

Paris, May tBy the Associated
Pressl-Jack Dempsey, champion
heavyweight pugllist of t'fe world. to.
day stated that he would be glad to
again meet Jess Willard in a finish
fight.
Dempsey said that he was also
ready to meet the winner of the Car
pentier.Lewis bout In London. M