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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
EASTER SERVICES
Program for Tomorrow at Second Con.
gregat,ona Church

The Easter services Of the Second
Congregational church, Rev George S.
Mills. minister, begin with an early
morning meeting in the chapel at 1880
under the auspices of the Christian
Endeayor society This meeting will
be led by Secretary I. f. Munger Of
the Y. VI. c. A.
For the 1890 service a special order
OF worship will be followed An at
tractive calendar has been printed.
II is the custom of the church to re.
ceive into membership at this time
groups of boys and girls OF the proper
age who have been fitting themselves
by certain studies during the weeks
of Lent Some older people also are
to be received on confession of faith.
and some by letters from other
churches. The rite of baptism will
be administered to a number Of adults,
and it is expected also some parents
will present their young children.
The special Easter envelope offering
will be for benevolent purpose The
church committee recommends Near
East Relief, Piedmont College, or the
Communion Fund.
The theme OF Mr.. Mills sermon will
be Immortality As Way of Life -
The order of music is as follows
Prelude, Alteration
Organ anu Violin, Felix Borowski
Hymn of Praise,
"Tha Day OF ResurreCt on Smart
Carol, o Morn of Resurrection,
Harvey Murry
Anthem,
Praise, My Soul, the King of
Heaven p A. Schneider
Anthem, Christ Is Risen"
Louis r. Dressler
Hymn, Come. Ye Faithful
Arthur Sullivan
Anthem,
Golden Harps Are Sounding"
Thomas G. Sheppard
offertory, Violin Solo Andante,
Mr.. McGurn
Carl Hahn
Bass Solo, Resurrection Song,
Mr. Estes
VIM. L. Wood
Hymn, 81 Say to All Men," Handel
Postlude in G, ]. l.. Galbraith
The choir Mrs, Howard c, Estes
soprano: Miss Jessie l. Loomis, con.
tralto; VIM S. Boynton, tenor; How
ard c. Estes, bass; Francis McGurn
v!olnist; Mrs George w, keeseman
organist and director
The public is very cordially invited
to these services. This invitation is
extended to casual church attendants
to strangers who may be in town, ant
to other friends who have no church
obligations elsewhere The Mems
c'ass will meet in the aud torium as
usual for a brief session at the clos,
OF the morning service, and the churcl
school in the chapel There will b'
no afternoon or evening service at thiI
church, and It is therefore hoped tha
all who can possibly do so will attenJ
one or both of the morning services.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
TRAILING ARBUTUS Is
BEGINNING TO OPEN
Admirers Of Plant Urge People to
Exercise Care in Gathering
fragrant Blossoms.

The first sprays of arbutus are be.
ginning to appear on the streets, worn
by those who number among their
friends early visitors 70 the woods
The much sought and sweet smelling
trailing plant Is one of the first green
things, aside from a few shrubs, to
respond to the influence of spring
Formed in the fall and protected dur
ing the winter by a waterproof coat Of
scales, the buds swell and cast off
their coverings in sheltered places,
almost as soon as the snow and ice
melt
Because OF It's creeping nature its
roots penetrate the earth a very short
distance and unless care is exercised
in gathering it, an entire arbutus
plant is pulled up and left to die at
every attempt to pluck spray of
blossoms This means that the plant
will die and will not deposit any seeds
looking toward a future crop of flow.
ers. In Massachusetts so much in
terest has been taken in prevention Of
EXTERN nation Of the arbutus by ruth
less gatherers that society has been
formed to protect 1t by educating the
people to pick 1t properly. There is
a statute in Vermont which forbids
the taking of roots of certain plants
which are rare
In this part Of the state, once warm
weather commences. several species
of plants follow the arbutus in quick
succession, the hepaticas, wood ane
mono, bloodroot. threeleaved ginseng
adder's tongue, early yellow violet
sp.cebush, moosebush, and spring
beauty, all putting forth their bios
SONS during late April,
There is an interesting fact in con
! necton with the distribution Of the
familiar hepatlca, the "Mhytlower"
of the little folks. There are two spe
cies of the plant found about Rutland
/ one has sharply pointed lobes to tn.
leaves and the other rounded ends tC
the leaves. The sharplobed variety
belongs to fora of more northern
distribution than the other and &.
found only in the Green Mountains
or in colder places In the valley!
while in the sandy woods and opel
hardwoods, which are characteristic,
of the Taconic range to the west, thu
round leayed plant predomnates
These plants are good points to con
slider, botanists say, in determining thu
line of demarkatlon between the Cana
dian and Transition zone tloras TO
bennington is so situated that plant
native of boreal regions mingle will
those which flourish best In life zonl
where the average temperature for tn
year Is several degrees warmer as Il
the case in the Hudson. Champlail
and Connecticut valleys.
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MANCHESTER CENTER

There VII be the regular preach
ing service at the Baptist church next
Sunday morning The topic will be
"An Easter Meditation Bible school
will be at noon The c. E. meeting
win be at $50 p m followed by he
Mission study class The topic OF
the Christian Endeavor society last
Sunday evening was "The Masters In
yitaton,' with A. J. Hicks as leader
The meeting was very helpful, for II
showed what a large variety of oppor
tunities for service there are The so
ciety pledged at this meeting $25 for
the education of a girl in China for a
year. At the meeting of the Mission
study class. which followed the c. E
meeting. the study of conditions In
Africa was taken up, to which much
interest was added by Miss BATHS
story of her personal experiences In
some of the countries OF Northern AZ
rica. The topic of the Easter Sunday
meeting will be "Citzens of Two
Worlds" with E H. Storrs as leader
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
ANSON, GRAND OLD
MAN Of BASE BALL,
DIES IN CHICAGO
Veteran, at 70, Fails to Rally
from Operation
LEFT DIAMOND FOR LINKS
Famous First Baseman, in Later
Years Becomes Devotee
Of Golf

Chicago, Ill.,, April 15--Adrian c.
Anson, for more than half a century
one Of the notable figures of baseball
died yesterday at St. Luke's hospital
after a weeks illness and just two
days before his seventeen birthday.
The death Of Pop Anson, as lie was
called by the thousands OF baseball
followers who have known him as
one Of the legendary heroes Of the
national sport, came suddenly after
it was believed he was well on the
way to recovery, following an opera
ton last Monday. He had been
stricken on the street Sunday with
internal trouble.
Mr. Anson was about 10 years old,
but despite his age was active in
outdoor life UP to a few days before
his death, only recently becoming
manager Of a new golf club.
While much Of his life was spent
on the baseball diamond. his first
games being played when he was still
in his teens, in recent years he had
become a great deyotee OF golf. He
seldom missed day at golf during
the summer months, being known to
thousands Of public links golfers
who knew him simply as "Old Man
Anson," without realizing that he
was one OF the first baseball players
in the professional game, and that he
was an international character
He was known through his life as
an advocate OF clean sports and a
man who had done much to build up
baseball and keep It on a high plane.
Mr. Arson occupied a unique posi-
tion in the history OF American base
ball. His diamond career began with
the period which marked the birth
Of the professional player and closed
after the professional league game
was firmly established To the pres.
ent day fan he was Pop" Anson. a
player Of the past. surrounded with
a maze Of legendary baseball deeds
and records. To those Of his gener-
alton he was Captain Anson the
greatest player; the forerunner and
peer of Charles Comiskey. Dan
Brouthers. Roger Connor, Pat Te-
beau, Jiggs Donahue Dan McGann.
Frank Chance, Hal Chase, Jake
Daubert and others who have made
baseball history at first base.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
BASEBALL FANS
VERNON, >. g,;..,,,, s,,'' a'',,z ,TORG
FOR 1922 SEASON
Big Gathering Shows Interest in
National Game
BOARD GIVEN AUTHORITY
Will Choose Officers and Have
Full Direction Of Ben
nington Team
BOARD GIVEN AUTHORITY

One Of he largest gatherings of base
ball fans, other than attendance at 10.
cal games, assembled in Bennington in
recent years, was the meeting held
Friday evening at the Bennington
Girls club rooms for the purpose of
organizing an association.
The meeting did not go into details
and there was not much discussion
relative to prospects but there was an
evident desire on the part Of every
one present that Bennington should
be represented in the national sport
during the 1922 season.
The meeting did not develop into a
flaming bee" at any stage OF the pro-
ceedings. What was apparently de.
sired was action in the most direct
manner.
John p. Morrissey, who has had Of
fetal connection with every represen-
tatiye baseball club in Bennington for
years called the meeting to order and
descr bed the purpose of the gather.
ing. Edward j. Hall was elected Sec
retary and steps were Immediately Ia
ken to create an organization.
A nominating committee consisting
OF DR.. J. H. Reichling, John N. Leon
ard, Maurice Murphy, Edward ST.
monds and p. T. H. Pierson was
named from the floor and reported the
fono--'" names for a board of direct.
harry s. Phillips. Fred T. Tiff,
,Jhn F. Morrissey, William F. Scott.
Mortimer G. Townsend. William H.
Bradford and Edward Simonds Four
alt rnates were also named: Elmer
J Hansen, J.. Alden Graves, Arthur J..
Cc,gan and Robert E. Healy The re-
port Of the nominating committee was
accepted and after inshTcting the
hoard to fill all vacancies the meeting
adjourned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
ARLINGTON

Announcing the opening of the sea-
son on Easter Sunday of the sale of
international ice cream at Mousos*
Prof. Charles A. Adams has been
spending a few days in town with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs o. Il. Adams
OF Main street
John lyman, who attends Rutland
High school Is spending weeks va
cation with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James w. lyman.
Two shipments OF latest style
ladies' and children's spring hats
from New York and Boston Come
in and look them over at Mrs. Geo.
G. Cullinan's residence.
For Sale-At George G. Cullnan
& Co.. Pine tree Red Glover at 2sc
per lb. and Pine Tree grass seed
tested $3.50 pure. At $500 per bu.
of 45 lbs. or at. the same rate per 100
lbs. $3.50 per 100. S6t4
Work has been started on the Red
Mountain Garage at Arlington and II
is expected it will be ready for oc-
cupancy about May /. The business
Will be conducted by A. VI. johns
stone and II. X. Webb. Their many
friends wish them success in their
enterprise They have secured the
agency for Chandler and Cleveland
cars.
Theodore Gagnon, aged 42, died at
the Hotel Vermont in Burlington, Sat
urday, April 8. He was born in Chic
ont.mi, p. O.. Canada. in 1880, and
was educated in French in that
place. Afterwards he took a post
graduate course In English at the
Bennington high school Mr. Gag.
non came to Arlington to reside
when his parents came number OF
years ago, He was a member Of the
Bennington Council knights OF Co
lumbus. A large delegation from
that organization attended the fun
eral. lnterment was in the Catholic
cemetery south Of the village
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15

day schools OF the denomination will
be used at this service.
Regular morning worship at l1:OO
Triumphal March Macks
Anthem
lis Night A Sabbath Calm is Brood
ing Now Trowbridge
Anthem-Triumphant Strains Arise
Chapman
Anthem
Christ is Risen From the Dead
Coombs
Ofertory solo-As It Began to Dawn
Coombs
Postlude-Pngrims Chorus Wagner
There will be the special selections
at the morning service. Theme OF
sermon Easter Memorial. Tat Com
mandery will be guests Of this sery
ic,.
Evening service 1880:
Cantata From Death Unto Life
r. NJ. Stults
Part I-Christ's Passion and Death
Introduction-Organ
Bass solo and chorus
He Was Despised and Rejected
Soprano solo
He was Oppressed and Afflicted
Tenor recitatiye, solo and chorus
Behold all Things That Are Written
Soprano and alto duet, trio and quar-
tet--
II is the Voice of Jesus
ChOrus and a To SOLO
And When They had Come TO a Place
Called Calvary
Chorus-The Grave Itself Garden is
Part II The Resurrection
lntroduction-Organ
Chorus-Break Forth with JOY
Baritone and bass solos-duet, so
prano and alto
The Sepulchre Made Sure
Women's chorus, women's quartet
tenor solo and chorus
And When the Sabbath Was Passed
Chorus-Angels Roll the Rock Away
Chorus
Why Seek Ye the Living Among the
Dead
Soprano, tenor solos and chorus
And They Departed Quickly
Chorus-lie Is Risen
Easter Postlude HOsmel
Sopranos, Mrs Karl Paulsen, Mrs
Robert Dodge, Mrs Roy Paddock
Miss Edna Harrington; altos, Mrs. l.
II. Nichols. Miss Edith Joliyette, Mrs
Harry Moses; tenors, Frank Hurley
L. H. Nichols, William Andrews, bas:
d. w. McClelland; organist, Miss
Bessie Knne; choir director, Franl
Hurley.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
ARMED RADICALS
TIGHTENING GRIP
ON CITY OF SLIGO
Prepare for Pro-Treaty Speech
by Griffith Tomorrow
SEIZE VANTAGE POINTS
Commander Office of Indepen-
dent Newspaper and Place
Guard in Building

Belfast, April Is (By the Associat
ed Press The forces Of the insur
gent section Of the Irish Republican
army are strengthening their fold on
Sligo where Arthur Griffith has an
nounced that he will hold a pro
treaty tomorrow.
The republicans have followed up
their seizure of yesterday by taking
over the postoilice and town hall in
Guilhall together with the barracks
until now they control virtually every
position of advantage.
The office of the conservative news
paper the Sligo Independent, was
Communicated last night and on
armed guard was stationed in tie
building.
Armed forces Of the Republican
army also patrol the streets.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
Daughters While Fathers Think They Than
Mothers Claim That They Used to Behave Better
MANUAL TRAINING EXHIBIT
Specimens Of Work Turned Out b
Junior High School Students.

Specimens Of Work Turned Out by
Junior High School Students.
Some examples Of the wood work
ing craft as taught the manual train
ing students of the Junior high
school are now on exhibition in the
disp ay window Of Partenope's shoe
repair shop on Main street. The var
ious pieces show better than can be
explained the process Of construction
from the time that two or three
D eces are mortised together to the
completed foot stool with WOW
en- rattan top nicely finished and
vanished.
The furniture that is shown, al
though 1t passes under the name Of
foot stools, can be used very hand
lily in many ways about home, eth
er for spare chair, foot rest or a
small table.
The finished article, though mis-
sion in style, requires considerable
care and pains besides the use OF
many different tools. The concrete
results speak plainly for the train
ing the boys have received and what
an opportunity they have to put into
practical use their own natural abili-
ty and also to increase that ability
with actual work.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
CONFLICT IN COAL
FIELDS STILL A DRAW
Some Non-Union Fields Have Beer
Unlonized, But No important
Advantage Secured.


Washington, April Secretary
Hoover said to day the Department Of
Commerce had as yet noted no appre.
ciable effect Of the coal strike on
business.
He declared the country's coal sup
ply appeared to be sufficient for nor
NAL consumption and with the excep-
tion of men laid off by railroads there
has been no material increase in un.
employment Tie added he knew of
no steel mills closing for lack Of coal
Pittsburgh April l4-As the coal
strike made further inroads today
in the pivotal non-union fields in west
ern and central Pennsylvania, first
steps were taken to eyice strikers and
their families from company.owned
homes
In Indiana County non-union work.
ers on strike at mines Of the Berwind.
White Coal Company received notices
to yacate homes they occupy. This
issuing of notices is the forerunner
usually Of evictons.
In Windber Somerset County, head
b VNhA kEta AWWH VI AAlE A1tA " il4A~ W lllAE
interests, union officials are starting
a cooperative store, because the Eu-
reka Supply Company, Berwind-
White subsidiary, operating the chief
general store in Windber. is calling
/ in all store books in the hands of for
mer non-union employees, and is refus.
: ing to sell strikers or their families
Z on credit or for cash.
John Brophy, president Of the Cen
/ tral Pennsylvania district No. 2, Unit
ed Mine Workers of America today
said that in the last twentyfour hours
/ zoo former nonunion mine workers
had been enrolled and reported the
un on organizing movement in the
/ Cambria-Somerset non-union field as
moving smoothly.
Vice President p. T. Pagan of Dis
trict No. 8, United Mine Workers, the
| Pittsburgh or Western Pennsylvania
District said.
Il have reports 20 to "a mines are
/ closed in Westmoreland county, with
probably $1,000 non-unlon mine work
ers, employees Of the Hermin'e Coal
and Coke Company, Keystone Coal
and Coke Company, Berwind-White in
terests, Pittsburgh Coal Company and
other interests idle"
I Fayette county, the greatest coke
producing territory in the world, is
stlll the most important battle ground.
While southern Fayette has yielded to
the pleadings of union officials, the
vast northern section, where are To-
Gated some of the largest operations
of the II. G. Frlek Coal and Coke
/ Company and the Rainey Coal and
| Coke Company remains loyal to oper'
ators. All the big coke producers in
the northern end today were working
at high pressure making up in part
for losses in tonnage sustained in
southern Fayette.
If the diggers and coke drawers in
northern Fayette continue at work
operators declare 1t is only question
OF days when former non-union men
in the south return.
In West Virginia reports of opera
tions in nonunion fields are conflict
ing. In the New River field It was
reported yesterday 26S cars Of Goa
were loaded, a slight gain over the
preceding day.
Menace OF the coal strike to the
steel industry IS openly admitted by
plant managers in the Mahoning Val
ley. unless non union workings re
sumo. Production has already started
to slow up.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
MANCHESTER

Max Breitkopf of Caldwell, n. j.,
was in town for few days the lat.
ter part of last week renewing his
acquaintance with his many friends
in Manchester,
Word has been received here by
the committee of the Congregational
church that was appointed to find
pastor for the church, that Rev. John
4, Ten Dyke o. Dobbs Ferry, n. Y,
has accepted the call extended to
h m last week.
AT the meeting of the Community
club on Friday evening, w. Il. Bis.
sell, manager of the n. Il. T. and T.
Co, will give an illustrated lecture
The men Of the club are invited to
jon the ladies' at this meeting, and
enjoy the lecture, refreshments and
q social hour
Dr. Vincent Ravi-Booth of the First
Congregational church of Old Ben.
n'ngtou, lectured this wSek at the
Society of Arts and Crafts In Phil
adelpha. He also has dates for lee.
lures at both the Russell Sage Insti-
tute and Emma Willard School in
Troy DR. Booth was for several
years pastor OF the Congregational
church in this village.
A. II Martin, r. ], orvis, Frank
Regan and G. S. Bennett of this vii.
Ilage, and Hon, j. w Fowler and f,
IC. Williams of Manchester Depot
were in Rutland Friday to attend the
annual meeting OF the Vermont Hotel
association. James T, Brown of
/ Springfield, Mass, Manager at Wor-
thy Inn, also accompanied them.
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EXPLORERS RETURN
FROM JUNGLE TOUR
More Danger in Broadway, They Say,
Than In Wilderness Of the
Amazon.

Amazon.
New York, April 14-After spending
ten months exploring the jungles
bordering four tributaries Af the Am
azon River in South America three
members Of the Mulford expedition,
financed by the Muiford Company.
manufacturing chemists Of Philadel-
phia, landed here yesterday from the
Booth liner Justin with two and a
half tons Of specimens, mostly pre-
served in formaldehyde, and collect
ion Of birds, small deer, monkeys
and other tropical creatures.
The returned scientists are Bg Or.
land +, White of the Brooklyn Botan.
ical Gardens, Or. VIII am L. Mann.
entomologist of the Department OF
Agriculture, and Prot Nathan b.
Pearson, ichthyologst OF the Uniyer.
sity Of Indianna The original lead ar
OF the party. DR.. II. II. Rusby of lie
Columbia University College of Phar.
macy, was forced to return to New
York several weeks ago because of
illness.
The explorers travelled by mu e
pack, man pack, canoes and motor
boats about 5000 miles, and had no
perilous adventures. They had plenty
to eat whi e near the rivers they nav
igated, but were forced to subsist
partly on young monkeys in the jun
gle depths. They found the q!ttle mon
keys tender and resembling Ch cken.
The old fellows were tough and un.
palatable The Indians, all of whom
We're friendly, regarded young mon.
key meat a delicacy. In the Bopi River
they sudden y encountered uncharted
rapids, in which their craft was up
set and they were spilled into the
stream, wth all their boxes. The In
dians, who are fine swimmers, saved
nearly everything.
On the Benz River a young ranch
owning American, Alfred Howard, vol.
unteered to help them stun fish with
bombs thrown into the water. One ex.
ploded and blew off his right band.
and the party gave him first aid and
then carried him twenty miles in an
improvsed stretcher to the nearest
settlement, where they found DR..
Martinez of the Bolivian Army, who
treated the injury successfully, and
complimented the scientists on their
medical skill, which he said, had say.
ed Howard's life.
The explorers said there was more
danger in Broadway than in tie South
American jungle through violent acci.
dents, but that they were much both.
cred by the hook worm and the screw
worm, and had to eat lot OF quinine
to staye off malaria. The screw worm
came from eggs Of jungle flies laid
in abrasons Of the exp orer's skins
They manifested themselves after the
abrasions had apparently healed, and
il was necessary to cut open the
flesh and clean them out to prevent
serious sickness.
Three OF the original party of sever
A. McCarty, secretary and historian
gnd two photographers, Mac Cragh
and Brown, were left working on the
lower Uaupes River, on the Brazilian
Colombian frontier. Before DR.. Rusby
left the expedition McCarty had been
bitten by a tarantula, but soon got
over the infection through the minis
trations of the doctor.
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TWILIGHT" BASEBALL LEAGUE
Welfare Society May Sponsor organi
cation in Bennington.

1t is possible that tAe Public Wei
fare association will stand as spon-
sor and director for a twilight base
ball league in Bennington during the
coming -oqson. The twilight leagues
composer Of teams that meet for
games at the end of the days work
have come to fill distinct need in
mary communities.
In Bennington, as in every indus
trial town of similar population, there
are probably more than a hundred
men of l6 years and more who would
be available as players in a twilight
league.
Twilight baseball leagues, as orga-
nized in other towns, have been COM
posed of industrial groups, club
groups, school groups and Sunday
school groups. Such a league could
be put in effect in Bennington as we'll
as elsewhere and with as satisfying
results.