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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
SUPREME COURT TO
PASS ON SKIRT LENGTH
Case Of TWO Kansas Girls Expelled
from School to Be Taken to
States HIGHEST Tribunal. /.

Lawrence, Kan, April 7.-HOW
short girls skirt must be to be a
disturber Of scholastic peace, and
wien, II ever, it becomes the concern
OF school board. are questions ex'
pected to be laid before the supreme
court OF Kansas, following the recent
action o. District Judge Hugh Means
in sustaining demurrer of the
Vinland. Kansas, rural school board
against his jurisdiction in an action
brought on behalf Of Alice Hansen
and Maude Buchanan, Vinland hig1
school pupils against the board.
Alice and Maude are Is years old,
and both are farmers daughters
Court action was brought by J. +
Hansen. father of Alice, when the
Vinland school board, after adopting
rule requiring pupils to wear skirts
three inches below the knees, decid
ed that the skirts Of Alice and Maude
did not meet specifications, and ex
PEELED them until such times as theil
skirts should be lowered.
On application OF Mr. Hansen
Judge Means issued a temporary or
der directing the school board to pei
nit the girls to return to their stud
/ les. They did so, without reserya
tions or amendments as to skirts
length Then the school board tilet
demurrer to Judge Means jurisdic
tion, which the judge upheld, an'
! Hanseu's attorney announced an ap
peal to the supreme court.
The action of the school boar'
stirred up a hornets nest in the us
ually placid community o. Vinland
Supporters of the school board sal,
the board was right, that three in
Ches below the knee was liberal al
lowance for skirts. Others, part
cularly friends of the girls mothers
said they believed Mrs. Hansen an
Mrs. Buchanan, who made the cos
tunes in question at home knew
more about what was right and mod
est for girls to wear than any tire,
men in the county, school board al
rectors or not.
Judge Means was made the recip
ent Of much unasked advice and con
mendation, from hundreds of per
sons in all parts OF the Untel
States.
Serious minded women wrote t
him gravely, pointing out the merit
OF short skirts from a sanitary stanl
point
Others feared TIE decadence of ma
tional morals, and still others wer
concerned over the peril to nationa
liberties II school boards @ere to b
permitted to determ ne styles.
The most voluble adherents o
short skirts among Judge Mean.
correspondents were women.
One woman said that morals an
skirt lengths had no connection
that it was all a question of TIE pun
pose and intent with which clothe
were worn. Another declared skirt
anywhere between the kneews an
the shoe tops were entire,y proper.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
TUNNEL EXPLOSION
WITH FATAL RESULTS
One Man Killed and Four Injured by
Underground Blast at Whit
Inaham.

North Adams, April 9.-One man
Is dead and four are in the North Ad
ans Hospital suffering from serious
injuries as a result Of an explosion
Saturday afternoon in a tunnel which
is being built at Nottingham, IN
connection with the water power pro-
ject being developed by the New Eng
land Power Company. The dead man
is John Cameline, 20, o. Readsboro
laborer.
The injured are Santo Vexonar, 1893
State street, North Adams, fracture
OF the skull, and more than 100 cuts
and bruises on his body from flying
rock: Dominic Maseis, 30 Centre
street Newark. n j., mutt pie
wounds and fractured thipl MalChi
Brown. colored, 27O West G3d street,
New York both eyes badly injured,
multiple cuts and bruises; Thomas
Joeo, Albany, y. Y. cuts and bruises.
The men were working in the tunnel
about l50 feet from the surface when
the blast which was caused, IL is
said, by premature explosion OF dy.
! AtthAAaN' htAAAS AofA " ANNofu lOAh III
the tunnel, occurred.
The men were hurled in all direc
tions. Their bodies were shattered
and torn by flying rocks and soon
eight were lying in the camp hospi
tai. Three of these, however, were
able to leave after receiving first aid
/ The other four were brought to the
North Adams hospital
None could be found this evening
who could tell anything about the
explosion The men were hurried
on a special train down the side ot
the mountain to the Hoosac Tunne
station Of the Boston & Maine, where
an electric engine was attached L
the train and a record breaking run
was made 70 this city, where ambul
ances awaited them. II was stated
at the hospital tonight that all of the
men will probably recover.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
Had Almost Too Much learning.

The cultured calculators have been
extremely rare. The extraordinary
Barntier may, perhaps, be cited, born
In 1921. who, at the age Of twelve, had
all the mathematlcianS guessing He
could read NJ three; at four he could
speak Latin, French and German at
seven he knew Greek and Hebrew at
eleven he had written a dictionary of
the last two tongues; at thirteen he
was sending contributions to the yarl.
Gus learned societies, etc. Finally, Mt
nineteen, on Sept. 3, l7i0, having
learned apparently all there was to
know, he died.s That's what much
learning leads to,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
CHICAGO MAIL CLERKS
LIKE FICTION WITH PEP
Strong Tendency Toward Stories of
Wild West, Far North and
South Ssa.

Chicago, April THE lonely cow
puncher or sheep-herder reading
thumb-marked novel Of metropolitan
society life beside his camp fire on
the Western plains might exchange
jobs with clerk in the Chicago post.
Office to their mutual satisfaction, ac-
cording to the Librarian at the post
Office swing room" recreation center
Of the Jerks off duty.
S,cL hundred of the 1000 post.
L...oe employees in Chicago are regular
patrons of the public library branch
maintained at the post.office. Their
favorite fiction includes the books of
Jack London, James Oliver Ctrwood
and other authors Of wild west, far
north and south sea stories. They
want action stun" the librarian says.
And the girls want the love stories"
Next to the red-blooded fiction, the
strongest demand is for text books on
a wide variety of subjects. Hundreds
OF the younger extra clerks are stu
dents in various schools and colleges
in Chicago, working in the postofice
to pay their way through school. Be-
tween shifts they do their studying in
the swing room Library.
The swing room" itself occupies
several thousand square feet of floor
space and at any hour of the day or
night from 100 to 1000 men and
women are gathered there, resting.
reading playing cards or checkers. or
patron zing the cafeteria which they
themselves operate on a cost basis.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
BOTH CLAIM REWARD
Two Make Claim for II Following
Arrest Of Foraer.

Bellows Falls, April lO.-An in
teresting legal case was tried here
last week in which evidence has been
taken before Municipal Judge O'Brien
regarding the award Of reward for
apprehending Charles Dow. alias
Angley alias Whitlock. vlo was
wanted two years ago for larceny in
Lebanon n H. and for whom siz.
able reward was offered.
The fellow cashed forged check
here at the store of Goodnow. Jew.
EFT & Bishop and then was followed
by one Of the clerks to Keene. n.
H., where he was arrested TIE
clerk, Amidee Fontaine, and local Po.
lice Officer Angus McKinnon both
claimed the reward which was re.
mitted from Lebanon to the Bellows
Falls Trust company to be paid to
whoever is entitled to It. The case
has not yet been decided. but is de.
veloping some interesting legal ques.
tions
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
ENGINEER LOSES FOOT
George w. Du5ray in Hospital Fol-
lowing Accident.

Rutland, April 10 George W. Du'
Bray OF q Park street freight con
ductor employed by the Rutland rail-
road, is confined to the Albany y, Y.
hospital suffering from injuries re-
ceived while he was at work at Chat
ham. y. Y, Saturday morning Mr.
DuBray was taking the numbers OF
certain cars that were in the yard
when an engine, which was engaged
in switching, backed against him and
knocked him down, 1t is believed
that one of the wheels crushed his
right foot
Medical assistance was summoned
and Conductor DuBray was rushed t.
the Albany hospital It was founC
necessary to amputate his right foot
His wife left Rutland Saturday af
ternoon and is with him at the hos
lp.tal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
Wasn't Prosperous Looking Who uSupposeS
pENATURED BASEBALL
National Game In Bennington with
"kick" Extracted.

At an informal meeting held at the
home of Karl II. Martin Of O.d Ben
nington preliminary arrangements
were made TOR the organization of
an Old Bennington baseball team to
represent the ancient village in a
series of games to be played during
the coming season.
Considerable enthusiasm was mani
tested and the outlook for good
team is more than promising. A
movement is already on foot for the
organization of teams in Williams
town, Manchester, Dorset and Hoosck
Falls. If the project goes through it
Is more than probable that a league
will be formed for series OF games
to be played in the several communi-
ties.
1t is planned to use the indoor base
ball on diamond considerab y
smaller than tie regulation field and
contests will be carried out under
official rules made for this partcu.
lar brand of sport
Indoor baseball on an outdoor dia-
mond has become a popular sport on
the Connecticut shore Of Long Island
sound and at the seaside resorts
The new game provides a large
amount Of fun and exercise without
the strenuous exertion and constant
practice required of big leaguers.
The Old Bennington aggregation is
exceedingly anxious to make It's first
demonstration Of skill and ability
against a nine representing Algiers
1t has made no restrictions or limi
tations but would not be disappoint
ed If suc1 prominent athletes as vii
liam Z. Bissell, DR.. f. s. Braiey, Rob
ert f. Healy and other well-known
deyotees of cow pasture pool should
be found in the opposing lineup.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
Early plsllIusionment.

When l was eight years old was very
much In love with a neighbor's boy,
three years my senlor-or imagined l
was. one day my dad bought me u
pair Of shiny new Shoes of which /
was very proud. When my young
knight came over to see my brothers |
showed him my new shoes. He looked
them over then said to my brother,
Are they yours? They are big
enough for an elephant Thus ended
my first love affair.-Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
HOLY WEEK OBSERVANCE
Program Of Exercises at Second Con.
greuat,onal Church.

The Second congregational church
observes Holy Week, as has been its
custom for many years to the inter-
est and profit Of the people, by spec
ial services.
These services will be held on four
nights OF the week, from Tuesday to
Friday. The place Of meeting Is the
chapel, and the hour Is 1880.
The service will be. short, not over
as minutes, excepting on Thursday
night when the Sacrament Of the
Lords Supper will be administered,
which will require the usual hour
1t will consist of wors2lipful song,
prayers to be said by the people, and
brief address by the minister.
The subject Of the address each
night viii correspond wi.l the sug-
gestion for the day in the readings
of the Fellowship of Prayer, as
follows
Tuesday-"The Call for Clear
Thinking"
wednesday-"The Sure Founda-
ton"
Thursday-"The Victory Thro Sur
rende?."
Friday-"The Victory OF Magnani
nifty"
Friends not of the membership Of
this CHURCH will be very welcome tc
attend these services. The members
Of the church are earnestly asked tC
keep in mind the Thursday evening
meeting. This anniversary OF the
institution of The Holy Communion
has particular he pfulness for those
who participate in IT, At this time
will be presented the names Of thost
who are to be received into the
church at the Easter Morning serv
ice.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
POLICE HUNT SLAYER
Frank ViVlano Of Albany Wanted for
Killing at Watervllet.

Troy, April l0.-Frank Viviano. Al.
bany, whom the Wateryliet authorit.
les want for the murder in that city
Saturday night of Frank Ga2zitano.
"a, of l13 Green Street, Albany is
still at large, and no clues regarding
his whereabouts have developed.
The shooting occurred about $50
p. m. in front Of the residence OF
Mrs. James Tempay 1il1 Seventh
Avenue. The murdered man at tie
time was walking with Vlylano's wl.e
and Angelo Lomascolo OF 1886
Seventh Avenue, and the' latter's chill
dren, They had been to Troy and
were returning to Lomascolos home
when confronted by Viviano. who or.
dered his wife to go home Then he
turned to Gazztano and demanded TO
know what he was doing with his
wife, Without waiting for reply he
drew revolver and fred three shots.
one of which pierced Gazz.tano's
heart.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
DUFFY DRAGGED
FROM PLATFORM
BY HOSTILE MOB
Adherents of De Valera Resent
His Pro-Treaty Remarks
ENGLISH TROOPS IN DUBLIN
Collins Declares Only Miracle
Can Prevent Civil War
in Ireland

Tullamore, Ireland, April 10 (By
the Associated Press) George Cor
don Duffy, minister Of foreign affairs
in the Dali Eireann cabinet, was Sc y
ed by a crowd Of young men and
women and dragged from platform
while making a pro-treaty address
before a large gathering here yester-
day.
After causing a general disturb
ance the crowd withdrew shouting:
Long live Eamonn De Valera,
Long live the Republic OF Ireland"
Dublin, April 10 CBy the Associat
ed Press) British foot soldiers full
ly armed appeared in the streets
here yesterday for the first time
since the creation Of the truce In Ire
land and caused much surprise.
In a speech delivered at Wexford
yesterday Michael Collins declared
that unless there was an immediate
Change in the tone and tactics of Ger
tan Of the people "it looks as if civ
il war can only be ayerted by d
miracle"
Mr.. Collins added that in such q
contingency there was little doubt
the British would return to restore
the order which the Irish would have
s.1own themselves unable to pre-
serve.
A statement issued by the Irish Re
public and publicity department to
day contradicts rumors that Eamonr
De Valera had been deposed as lead
er OF the republicans at a secre
meeting OF the Irish republican army
held here yesterday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
ENLARGE POWER PROJECT
Additional 100000 To Be Expended
at Whitinqham.

North Adams. April 10-The ex-
penditure OF an additional $4,000.
600 for power development projects
under way by the New England Pow.
er company in the Deerfeld valley at
Whitingham, will result from plans
which have been practically complet
ed for enlarglng the original under
taking. The tunnel, which was to
have been about ha'f a mile in length
will be continued through the noun
tain for distance Of four miles to
Sherman's, where a 500 foot drop
will be constructed to the bottom of
the mountain, generating an enorm.
Gus amount OF electric power
Test holes along the side OF the
mountain, where the tunnel is to be
installed, have shown satisfactory
conditions. 1t is p'anned to start
the tunnel. from the side OF the l,4OO
foot dam under construction at Whit.
ingham.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
SETTLE $4,000 SUIT
Rockingham Was Sued for Death Of
Sidney {. osgood.

Bellows Falls. April 10.-Papers
have been fled showing the settle.
ment Of a $4,000 suit for damages
brought against the town of Rocking.
ham on account OF the death OF Sid.
ney Earle Osgood Of Saxtons River
November Z, 1920 The suit was
brought in April 1921, claiming an au
tomobile accident on the Springfield
road four miles north of here was
caused by the lnsu'ficieney OF the
highway in not having a railing to
guard a culyert.
Tie case was to be tried by the
Windham county court and the com.
promise amount paid by the town
was $500.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
MORE THAN SCORE
FRENCH SOLDIERS
KILLED BY BLAST
Terrific Explosion in Smelling
Plant in Upper Silesia
MARTIAL LAW MAY RESULT
No Evidence Discovered Incul-
pating Resident German
Subjects

Berlin, April 10 (By the Assooeiat-
ed Press -Twenty.three French sol
diers and one German foreman are
reported to have been killed and ten
other men injured in yesterdays ex
plosion at the Huetten smelt ng
plant, near Gleiwitz in Upper Silesia
Tremendous excitement is report
ed at G.eiw.tz with the expectation
that martial law will be proclaimed
1t is stated that so far no evidence
inculpating German subjects has
been discovered.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
FoRTNIeHTLY ANNUAL
Reading BY Mrs. Elliot at Season.
End Meeting.

The annual meeting Of the Fort.
nightly club was he'd Saturday after
noon. The reports OF the officers for
the year were read.
The nominating committee, Mrs.
Lester II. NiChols chairman, was un'
able to make report.
The afternoon was in charge Of
the Dramatcs committee, Mrs VIM
II. Wills chairman. Mrs. Arthur Ell
lot read Bernard Shaws Androcles
and The Lion. Mrs. Elliot, who needs
no Introduction to Bennington
people, always delights her audience
and Saturdays program was no ex
ception to the rule
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
.a.IlnsF'' ~. ua..'E HOPS
ptl0
| OFF ON FLIGHT TO
PACIFIC COAST
Explorer Leaves New York on
way to Seattle
PLANNING FOR ARCTIC TRIP
Will Embark June / for Drifting
Voyage Into Far Polar
Regions

Central Park, ~ Y, April 10.-Cap-
tain Roald Amunsden, the artic ex.
plorer, hoped off today in mono.
plane for Cleveland on the first leg
of his transcontinental fight to Seat.
lie, where he will leave June on
drifting voyage in the polar regions
The explorer announced that no
would leave Cleveland for Chicago
during the night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
orloin OF pews.

The origin Of pews for the use OF
worshlpers may be traced back to the
time Of the Norman mobiles. In those
days the ordinary church.goer sat on
three.legged stool, while the lords OF
the land enjoyed back when at their
devotlons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
salty.

Salt beds covering an area Of forty
square miles exist in Nova Scotia. one
bed alone is said to be 300 feet wide
and eighty feet deep.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
literally or FIauratIyeIY.

You can't stand well with other
people by treading on their toes
Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
SPECIAL MEETING

A special meeting Of the stockholt
ers of the Bennington Restaurant
Corporation will be held on Monday
evening, May 1 at eight o'clock a
the Cafeteria for the consideration o
important business
William s. Boynton,
Clerk.
Bennington, VT, April 10, 1922.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
COAL MINERS FIRM.

Union Leader Lewis Says Situation is
Favorable.
indianapolis Ind, April 1O.-The
second week of the nationwide coal
strike got under way today with the
union organization presenting an un
broken front and the situation in the
nonunion fields becoming more favor
able to the union cause according Ia
President John L. Lewis Of the United
Mine Workers Of America.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10

Genoa, April TO- (Assocated Press
The preliminary move yesterday
on the European chess board plainly
showed all nations great and small
courting Russia, though they wished
to appear not oyereager in the court
ship. Therefore the Russians seemed
to hold a position of distinct adyan.
tage, all depending on how they man
ipulated their pawns, in their project
to be admitted to the Council Of
Nations as the representatives Uf the
Russian State
The conditions OF Russias entry
are the outstanding and dominating
subject OF the conference.
The Soviet Russian delegation, in.
ltludng NJ. Tchitcherin, Litynoff,
Joffe and Vorovsky, who was the
last Russ an representative in Italy,
were received this morning by Pre-
mier Facta and Foreign Minister
Schanzer in the royal palace.
The conversation was described as
most cordial THE Russians, II was
added demonstrated q spirit of con,
clliat on and a keen desire to collab-
crate with the other countries for
the economic resurrection Of Europe
Tchitcherin said the Russian dele
gates had come to Genoa with the
firm determination to do their best
to contribute to the success OF the
conference
Members OF TIE Japanese Qelega
tion. which numbers about fifty, EN-
Iphasized keen interest in the Russian
question. The negotiations, whicl
We're still dragging on at Dairen be
tween Japan and the Far Eastern r,
public, they pointed out, could no
logically be completed until Japal
could see the turn of the Russ al
problem in Genoa.
Under the gentleman's declaration
made at tie Washington conferenc
Japan is committed to the eyacuatio
of Siberia at the earliest momen
this being dependent upon assuranc
of the protection of Japanese inte
ests and also an unQuivocal agre,
s lment that the Bolsheyiki will not pu
lsue their propaganda in the Siberia
llittoral adjacent to Japan or alon
the Manchurian-Corean frontier.
II Is considered here unlikely tina
Japan will agree at Genoa to any pr
gram of evacuation further than he
delegates want at Washington ever
II Soviet Russia is permitted TO er
ter the family of nations, belieyin
the specular conditions in Siberi
create a special situation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
.FACTA IS HOPEFUL
FOR WORLD WIDE
RECONSTRUCTION
Italian Premier Formally Opens
Economic Conference
RUSSIA IN STAGE CENTER
Attitude at Genoa Of Distinct
Advantage to Soviet Rep
resentatives

Genoa, April 10 (By the Associated
Press The Genoa economical con
ference was formally opened this al
ternoon in the historic palace of st
George by Premier Facta Of Italy.
The premier was applauded as he
arose to deliver his speech of vel
come to the representatives Of all
countries assembled to take steps for
economic reconstruction and to he'll
restore normal conditions throughout
the world.
He expressed the hope that the con
ference would be successful and lend
itself to the betterment Of all nations
OF the earth. He then read the wei
coming address Of King Victor En-
manuel.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-10
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight. Tuesday showers
and cooler.