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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
SAYS GIRL OF 1922 is
FUNDAMENTALLY SANE
Dean Wasson Of U. v. M. not Alarmed
by Bobbed Hair and Abbre
Waited Skirts.

At the regular meeting on Saturday
afternoon, Mrs. Pearl Randall Was
son, dean OF women and instructor Of
English at the University of Vermont
addressed the FortnigAtly club on the
Problems of the 1922 Girls"
Mrs. Wasson said that the problems
confronting our girls Of today are not
so different from those Of a genera.
tion or two ago To be sure the re.
actions resulting from the strain and
sacrifices brought about by the World
War have to be considered, neverthe.
less the girl OF today is fundamental
ly sane. Granted that she does wear
her hair protruding several inches
from the sides of her head and her
dresses a few inches below her
knees, did not her mother pile her
tresses just as high or even higher on
top Of her head? Was not her skirt
mado to trail along the ground at
least two inches, a menace to heath
and cleanliness?
Never before in the history Of the
world have such demands been made
upon women. Working shoulder to
shoulder with men. entering profess,
ions heretofore sacred to him, she
must measure up to his standard OF
self.rellance, dependability and re-
spons.bility. She must learn TO
inmate the purely personal note.
Dean WasSon is very optimistic OF
her final destiny The girls of today
are the most delightful she has ever
known. individually and collectively.
Taken as a group. they stand for the
same staunch, true womanhood as has
been evidenced by the tried and true
o. every generation past That they
will meet the tremendous competition
the women Of today must meet Is as
suredly certain. with her opportuni.
ties for special training and her ma.
tural gift OF good health so carefully
planned for Dean Wasson sees a bril-.
liant, successful future ahead o. her.
The club unanimously chose Robert
Frost as its candidate for the Yer.
mont poet laureate Of the Vermont
Federation Of Women's clubs.
! The next meeting, April S. Is the
annual meeting when officers for the
ensuing year VIII be elected The
chair appointed Mrs. Lester H.
Nichols, Mrs. Lucretius II. Ross and
Mrs. Harry S. Moses to act as the
nominating committee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
THREE MEN IN AUTO
KILLED AT CROSSING
Engine Stalled on Track In Front OF
New York Central
Train.

Yonkers, March 27-Three men
were killed shortly before noon yes.
terday when their automobile was
struck by a northbound train on the
Putnam division OF the New York
Central railroad at the Gray Oaks
station on the outskirts of this city.
The dead are; Reuben Levine
thirty.elght years old and Samuel lie.
vine, twenty.seven, president and sec.
retary, respectively, of the Levine
Iron works, and John Plgot, thirty, an
employe of the concern.
The men were returning from a fish
ing trip and while crossing the tracks
which are unprotected by gates, their
machine became stalled Before they
could start II, or jump to safety, their
car was struck by the engine. The
bodies of all three we're dragged sew.
eral hundred feet An automatic bell
alarm at the crossing was found to be
in good working order after the acci.
dent.
Eugene Kirk, engineer OF the train,
was parole1 on a technical charge OF
homicide in the custody of railroad
officials
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
FOUR MEN KILLED IN
BOILER EXPLOSION
Boiler Thrown 25o Feet into Dwelling
Which Is Destroyed by Re-
suItinq Fire.

Port Huron, Mich, March 27--
Four men we're killed and property
damage estimated at 100000, was
caused by boiler explosion on board
the ferryboat Omar d. Gonger THIS
afternoon. Tho explosion shook the
entire downtown district. The boiler
was thrown 25O feet into a dwelling.
The dead men were at work ON
the ferry, No one else was aboard the
boat at the time OF the explosion.
Three persons were Injured, none
seriously,
The dwelling into which the boiler
was thrown was burned to the ground
The occupants of the house, VIII
liam Smith and family, were attend
ing a movie at the time.
A steam radiator was thrown 1000
feet into the chapel of Albert A. Falk
where a funeral was in progress
Mourners were injured by splinters
Glass was broken in store fronts two
blocks away.
The explosion was due to scarcity
of water in the boiler, it is believed
The boat was tied at the dock in
Black river,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
Lands ADMITS DRAFT
SITUATION DANGEROUS
Commissioner Condemns Course oil
Minor Leagues for Refusing to
Return to Old System.

Dallas, Tex, March 27.-ln discuss.
ing the draft situation here yesterday
morning, and berating the minor
leagues which refuse to return to the
old system, Judge Lands for the first
time admitted that the situation was
dangerous one for organized baseball
from a legal standpoint. This has
been hinted at, but not until yester
day did the judge come out with that
statement.
aside from the fact that the alb
sence of the draft prevents many play.
ers from advancing, 1t endangers the
legality Of the business enterprise Of
baseball said Lands.
This statement is particularly inter.
esting because Lands was the Judge
before whom the famous Federal
league suit was tried in Chicago. It
will be recollected that he induced the
contestants to settle their case out of
court as the suit endangered the fab
ric of baseball
Organized baseball has always cited
the draft as the main reason for the
trustlke construction of its business
from majors down to the class d
leagues. II the Baltimore Federal
league appeal were to come up before
the Supreme Court in Washington
while the five most important minor
leagues refused to accept the draft the
legal position of organized baseball
would be decidedly precarious, And
Judge Landis, Judging from his state
ment, appreciates that.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
NON-UNION MINERS MAY
REFUSE TO STRIKE
Operators Declare that Call of Lewis
For Assistance viii Not
Be heeded.

Springfield. ILL.,, March '27.-WYth
ranks OF union coal miners of the
country unbroken and ready to strike
at midnight March 81, John l. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, at home here last night,
declared his headquarters In Indian
apolis is awaiting the first response
to the invitation to the 100000 nom
union miners to lend their aid and
.S-n II the nationwide walkout
Mr.. Lewis indicated he expected IA
yorable action upon the invitation by
many Of the non-union workers, but
coal operators here secuted the idea.
The call to non-union workers to
join the United Mine workers In the
strike was authorized at the confer
ence in Cleveland Friday, and the
calls are to be sent out early this week
from district headquarters in the
States where the-non-union forces are
strongest. Virginia, West Virginia.
Penns ylvania Alabama, Kentucky,
Tennessee. Colorado and New Mexico.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
WHlTlNeHAM MAN CONVICTED
Found Guilty by Jury Of Possessing
Intoxicating Liquor.

Brattleboro, March 27.--In the trial
of r. Medici of Nottingham, charged
by the state with illegally possessing
Intoxicating liquor which was tried
in the town hall in Wilmington Fri
day before Acting Judge w. r. Daley
of the Brattleboro municipal court
and a jury, the jury returned YER
dict Of guilty after considering the
case " minutes. The verdict was
returned about 800 p M.
Acting Judge Daley fined Medici
$500 and costs of $l16.45. He also
sentenced the respondent to serve
not less than six months nor more
than seven months at hard labor in
the house of correction. but suspend
ed the prison sentence on payment OF
the fine and costs. In the event that
the fine and costs are paid thus
avoiding incarceration, the respond
ent will be placed in charge Of the
probation officer until further order
iof court.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
Soft Place Top Investigate Locality Dir
MRS. BRIDGET LAWNS
Highly Respected Citizen Of North
Bennington Dead.

Mrs. Bridget LAWNS, widow of the
late Joseph Lawns, quietly passed
away at 1920 o'clock Sunday night at
her home in North Bennington. The
deceased had been in poor health for
a number OF years but had been con.
fined to her bed only for the past
three weeks.
Mrs. LAWNS was born in Kilkenny,
Ireland, but came to this country at
the age Of eight, and has lived prac.
tically all her life in North Benn nng.
ton. She was woman OF sterling
character loving mother and kind
friend. The news OF her death will
be received as a severe loss to a
host OF her friends.
The deceased leaves to mourn her
loss three daughters, Mrs. James f.
Cone OF Bennington, Mrs. Joseph For.
tier and Mrs. George Harris of Sche.
nectady. N. Y, and one son, Joseph,
with whom she resided, also ten
grandchildren.
The deceased was a devout mem.
Der Of st. John the Baptist church,
from which the funeral will be held
Wednesday morning at 8 O'Clock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES

On Monday evening Is held the
monthly meeting Of the Woman's
Home Missionary society at the home
of Mrs, S. A. Patterson, Dewey St
This meeting is the annual opening OF
the mite.boxes, all ladies' holding the
same being requested to bring them
or give them to Mrs. John Evans
mite-box secretary, before the meet
ing.
The ofilc al board holds its regular
business meeting Monday evening at
8 o'clock This is very important as
1t is the last meeting of the confer
ence year All subscriptions for eur.
rent expenses and benevolence for
the year April LIST, 1922 to March 81,
should be handed in II at al possible,
Tuesday evening the class.meeting
Is held in the church at the 1880
hour; the Brotherhood meeting at
o'clock
The minister is in charge of the
mid-week service on Thursday even
ing, topic for study being Nehemiah,
Prof. Il, Il. Long meets the choir Tor
weekly rehearsal Friday evening at
1880.
The payment of the subscriptions
for the Christ an Advocate should be
in the hands of the minister before
he goes to conference April 4.
BY request Of the bishop and dis
trlct superintendent the churches OF
the Troy Conference will make their
annual Easter Offering next Sunday
so the proceeds may be counted in
this conference year,
The minister will receive candi
dates for church membership mex
Sunday morning
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
TURKS GIVEN REINS
IN CONSTANTINOPLE
Allied Ministers Vote to Remove All
Military Forces on Straits
of Dardanelles.

Paris. March 27.-The retention by
Turkey or Constantinople and
large part of Eastern Thrace; the
demiltarization of the territories ad'
Joining the Straits Of the Dardenellas
whether allotted to Turkey OF
Greece; and that an international
commissioner shall attend to the up
keep of the straits, were approved by
the allied foreign ministers after hVe
days consideration.
The conclusions o. Premier Pom
care, the Marquis Curzon, the Brit
ish Foreign Secretary and Signor
Schanger, the Italian Foreign Min
lister, are believed to mark a step to-
ward a settlement OF question
which has been one of the roots oil
unrest in the Old World. The amica'
Bile offer of mediation between Turk
ey and Greece removed the dilemma
facing the further hostile offensives.
Should the Turkish Nationalists
leaders find that the proposed modl-
6cations OF the Sevres treaty DO not
20 far enough, it is pointed out that
nothing has been done at Paris which
would stand in the way Of continu-
ing the negotiations. The authorities
at Constantinople have already ac'
cepted the armistioe proposal made
several days ago, and the Angora
representative when told OF the
foreign ministers decision last night
did not hide their feeling of salts
faction.
In connection with their proposal
hat the straits territories be demil'
itarized. tie ministers suggested that
allied forces on the Gallipoli PENN
sula and allied mi itary inspectors be
charged with the task of enforcing
the measures The proposals are tc
be submitted to the interested par
ties. who will be invited to SEM rep
resentatives to city to be chosen
later, within three weeks.
The task of finding a means OF sat
isfying the desires Of the Armenian;
was conhded to the League of Ma
tlons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
SHOOTINGS IN NEW
YORK TOTAL THREE
IN NIGHT AND.DAY.
Mysterious Circumstances At
tend Trio of Killings
WOMAN LURES TO DEATH
Gunmen Get" Victim BY Fir
ing Through Windows
of Taxicab

New York, March 27.-Three men
were shot to death under mysterious
circumstances last night and early to.
day. One Of the victims, lured by
fashionably dressed woman, was shot
down by pair Of gunmen who fred
through the windows of a taxicab.
Another man was killed as he was
walking through a crowd Of pedes
trians near the corner of 10th street
and Fifth avenue.
The third victim, propped between
two men standing on a Brooklyn street
was loaded into an automobile and
taken to a hospital. He was dead
upon his arrival at the institution.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
BUTCHERS CLEAVER
CHECKS HOLDUP MEN
Thieves Escape in Auto although
odarp Blade opsns One

New York, March 27.-Frank Kram
er, ased 55 owns a retail market at
295 Eleventh avenue, between Seventh
and Eighth streets, in the Park Slope
section of Brooklyn. He is feet
inches in he ght and weighs las
pounds, mostly muscle and bone,
About o'clock Saturday afternoon
during a lull in business Mr.. Kramer
behind the counter was sharpening q
meat cleaver. Mrs. Kramer was in
the small cashiers cage and a man
assistant was putting a razor edge on
a butcher knife. Four young men.
all We dressed drove up in an auto.
mobile. Three alighted while the
driver sat at the wheel with the en-.
gine running.
81 am an inspector and want to look
over your store,' said one OF the men
to Mr.. Kramer as he displayed a
badge.
II guess about the tnlv thing you
want to inspect is our cash register,
said Mr. Kramer, looking the "inspec-
tor" in the eye Just then a woman
customer entered and the man reach
ed for his right hip pocket.
Don't you pull a gun or I'll chop
your head of with this cleaver," said
Mr., Kramer The woman screamed
and the inspector" ran TO the side
walk, Mr.. Kramer and his helper
lleaped the counter with the cleayer
and the butcher knife ready for
| business.
The three men had jumped into the
automobile and started down Seventh
avenue, when MIR. Kramer reached
the sidewalk. He threw the cleaver
with all his strength, striking and
puncturing a rear tire. But the au-
tomobi.e gained speed and disappear
ed on Seventh street. The till held
about $500 at the time
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
LAWRENCE TEXTILE
WORKERS VOTE STRIKE
Hold Mass Meeting and Declare SOL
idly Against 20 Per Cent.
Wage Reduction.

Lawrence. Mass, March PA mass
meeting OF mill workers on the Com
mon here yesterday under the aus
plces Of the one big union voted with
out dissent in favor OF strike. Seven
Lawrence mills employing $4,000 o.
erat.ves have announced wage re-
duction of 20 per cent effective today,
and some OF the craft unions have de-
clared a strike.
The speakers including Ben Lege:e,
head Of the o. B. o.; Oliver Christian,
president Of the Loom Fixers Urion.
an Sam Brahmall head Of the 1919
strike committee urged the English
speaking workers to start the strike
and declared that the o. b. U. would
finish It.
REPRESENTATIVE OF the mills said
last night they would open today as
usual They would make no estimate
as to the probable number of men who
would 90 on strike.
About hundred machine printers
in the Pacific mills yesterday accepted
a 10 per cent. wage reduction. 1t was
stated that these men we're skilled
workers and that the cut brought their
wages down to what IS known as "the
standard scale
Seven mills here have announced a
90 per cent. wage reduction effective
today and some of the operatives have
declared a strike Another mill has
announced an indefinite shutdown be-
ginning today. and the Lawrence Tex
tils Council has declared this to be in
the nature of lockout. The big mills
of the American Wooen Company
have not Joined in the wage cutting.
The largest plant affected is the
Pacific mills employing some 10000
operatives. The six others at which
wages are reduced employ a total of
about 5000. The wool sorters, affili.
ated with the United Textile Workers
Of America and first to declare a
strike, are planning to picket the Pa
cific and Everett mills today.
The declaration that the strike in
New England mills will go to the
limit to see whether stockholders.
by refusing to cut fat dividends, can
force workers to reduce their meager
wages" was made yesterday by Thos
+. Mcmahon president of the United
Textile Workers of America. Mr..
Mcmahon was in Boston on his way
from Rhode Island to strike centers
OF northern New England.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
MOTORCYCLE OVERTURNED
Fred chesbro Suffers Broken Collar.
bone and sprained Ankle.

a motorcycle owned by Leon
Fletcher and driven by his step-son,
Fred Chesbro, was overturned on the
Co gate road yesterday afternoon.
The driver suffered a broken collar.
bone and sprained ankle and the own
er OF the vehicle who was riding in
the sidecar sustained some uncomfort
able bruises and skin abrasions on
the hands.
The machine at the time Of the ac-
eident was coming toward Benning.
ton and according TO Mr. Fletcher
who was instructing his step-son in
driving, was running at slow rate
of speed.
Near the gate house to the Col
gate property the machine struck a
rough piece Of road and the rear tire
on the cycle and the tire On the side
car wheel blew out.
Rupturing OF the tires overturned
the machine and the occupants were
thrown into the highway. Assistance
was soon secured and the young men
we're taken to their homes in Ben.
nington. The motorcycle was not
much damaged.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
NINE. cURIE AS REFoRMER
Urges Shorter Study Hours for High
School Girls.

Paris, March 27--Mme. Cure, dis.
coveror of radium, appears to be talk.
ing her duties as member of the
Academy of Medicine very seriously.
She was present when the Academy
discussed reforms in secondary edu.
cation and spoke In favor of shorter
hours of study in high schools The
motion under discussion was to the
effect that the time devoted TO
classes and home work should not eX.
ceed eight hours for the lower cRsses
and nine for the higher,
Nine Curie gave her opinion that
eight hours was too long for the
smaller children and the motion was
therefore sent back to a sub-commit.
tee for reconsideration.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
ILLINOIS COAL
MINERS To MEET
WITH QPEE Q|!PI]!E, ,RAT0Rs
Vermont StAas LsOss
2Oseptia
Harrington, President Of Union,
Plans Chicago Conference
MAKES NO PREDICTIONS
Says He Does not Look for Sep
arate Wage Scale at
This Time

Springfield, ILL.,, March 27.--Actlng
upon the promise to coal operators,
President harrington of the Illinois
union miners today wired the presi.
dents OF the three coal operators as
sociations of Illinois that he would
meet with them in conference in Chi
eago Wednesday.
When asked if this conference
might result in separate wage scale
might result in separate wage scale
mot at this time, ! believe,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
FIGHTING
IN MEXICAN CITY
WITH FIVE DEATHS
Radicals and Catholics Clash in
Guadalajara
USE CHURCH FOR REFUGE
Workmen Forced to Flee while
Returning from Sunday
Services

Mexico City. March 27.--Fiye per-
sons were killed and II we're serious
ly injured in series OF clashes at
Guadalajara, state Of Jallsco, yester.
day between radicals and various
Catholic groups.
Radicals are reported to have at.
tackled pedestrians and motorists in.
discriminatory, finally coming in con.
tact with a group of Catholic work.
men who had been attending church.
The workmen took refuge in a
church which was fired upon by radi.
Gals.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
LARGEST cHlLpRENs HOSPITAL
constantnople institution Is Financed
by American Funds.

Constantinople, March 27.-A chill.
drens hospital said to be the largest
in the world. has just been opened at
Alexandropol, in the Southern Cau-
casus II is under the direction of DR..
r. T. Ubls of Fitchburg, Mass, and is
financed entirely with funds sent from
America by the Near East Relief,
The hospital at present has 2,7OO
beds in forty wards, but when fully
completed next May 1t will hold 5000
beds.
The child patients are drawn from
six Russian, Armenian and Greek
provinces. occupying an area larger
than New England, and all suffering
from trachoma, malignant eye dis
case, which has become the scourge Of
child life in this part of the world.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
FIND BODIES OF 8 DROWNED
Boy Scout Officials Identify Victims
OF Lake Accident

South Bend, March 27.--The bodies
Of the eight members of the South
Bend Boy Scouts organization who
We're drowned yesterday at Magician
Lake, near Dowagiac, Mich, were re-
covered yesterday Identification of
the victims verified the list OF dead
as determined Saturday night
l.. H. Mcdonald director of the de.
partment of camping, New York city,
and ]. p. Freeman, assistant national
director of the Boys Scouts of Amer.
lea, came to South Bend yesterday to
investigate the reports that negli.
geuce had caused the accident and
they reported that every precautlon
had been taken for the projections
of the Scouts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
ULSTER CABINET
TO Be PRESENT At
LONDON MEETING
Premier Craig and Associates to
Arrive Wednesday
MORE BELFAST KILLINGS
More than Fifty Fatalities Thus
Far During Month Of
March

Paris, March 27.-Turkey is conced'
ed nearly all of her claims except
Adr!anople and the eastern part OF
Thrace in the adjustment agreed upon
by the allied ministers yesterday.
The memorandum prepared by the
ministers was forwarded today 10
Athens, Angora, ard Copstantinople
with a view to acceptance as a pre-
liminary peace settlement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27

Belfast, March 27-Up to six o.
clock last evening the total number
of persons killed thus far in March in
the disorders here was fifty-six-ffty
civilians, three regular policemen,
two special constables and military
officer.
Two men and girl were killed at
midnight Saturday night The girl was
struck hy stray shot fired by the
military during the panic caused by
a woman shouting, Murder" while in
an alteration with her husband. The
people in the nelghborhood, fearing an
attack was being carried out, screamed
and blew whistles. Military and de-
fense corps contingents Immediately
appeared and opened fire, the military
using machine guns. Two men were
shot by unknown persons in other
parts Of the city during the night
Yesterday afternoon there we're two
more deaths in the hospitals of per
sons wounded in affrays during the
week
The first fatality along the disputed
border between the North and South
occurred yesterday, when a man feed
ing cattle near CalledOn, was shot by
a snper from the free state side and
died later in the Armagh infrmary.
Firing along the border continued yes
terday and two bridges we're blown up
at Carrickmore. Tyrone. The funerals
of owen MacMahon, the saloon keeper
and the members of his family who
were murdered in their home early
Friday morning, took place yesterday
Large crowds attended. Joseph Dew
lin, Irish Nationalist member of par
Lament for Belfast was among the
mourners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-27
NEW YORK STILL GROWING
Population Of 5,sse73s cla med by
Health Department.

New York March 25-New York
city has increased It's population by
219,00O since the federal census was
taken in 1920. making the present
population 5.S39, 1888, and a statement
issued today by the health depart
ment.