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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
FIRST DAYEVENTS
Of CARNIVAL NOW
WELLS OUTLINED.
Skate - cLiis prednninata In
Vermont State Library
2Jsept18
SNOW BATTLE A FEATURE
Other Details of Three Day
Schedule Soon to Be
Completed

The detail of the competitive events
for Thursday afternoon, February 16,
the first day Of Bennington's Winter
Carnival, is as follows:
800 P. M.-following exhibition
work on skates and skies by our best
local fancy skaters and by Williams
College men and local ski artists, will
come ski contests for boys and girls
under IL years Of age. The work OF
the boys and girls will be judged
separately and first and second prizes
will be given for the winners of both
the boys and girls contests. All school
contests on skis will consist of coast
ing for distance, coasting around OBJ
stacles, 100 yard dash and cross coun-
try dash OF from one half to two
miles as may be suitable for age OF
contestants A predetermined number
of points will be awarded the winner
of each event and the holder Of the
largest and second larges number OF
points shall be awarded the first and
second prizes.
300 p. M.-Slmultaneously with the
hhl COHte5l lot oHldll ClllluASu VIII
star the skating contests for the next
older class, IL to is years Of age.
Skating events will be divided into
fancy skating contests and fast skat-
ing contests, with points awarded for
winning each. Holders Of largest and
second largest number Of points will
receive prizes. More points will be
credited to winner Of fancy skating
event than winner Of fast skating con-
test.
430-These classes will be reversed
and the skiing contest for the boy
and girls, II to is years Of age, will
tart while the skating contest for the
children under IL years win take
pace.
A snow battle will be staged dur
ing this afternoon, the toboggan slide
win be In continuous operation and IL
snow conditions permit snow shoe con-
tests Will be arranged.
The arrival Of plenty Of snow may
permit a number of additions to the
program. The detail of Thursday eve
ming competitions consists of fancy
skating for mixed doubles. the compe-
tition for prizes for costumes as out
lined In earlier articles in The Ban
uer and possible prizes for stunt coast
ing feats.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
Angeles Though
HENRY A. AAamAN
Former Member Of Bennington Law
Firm Dies in Rutland.

Henry A. Harman, lawyer, county
clerk and one OF Rutland's most re.
ispected and highly educated citizens,
tdied Thursday morning at his
lhome, 1877 Grove street, after years
Illness OF complication Of diseases.
| Mr.. Harman was born In Pawlet,
May 6, lS45, and was tie son OF
George Washington and Laura Ann
t(Penfield) Harman. He was educat-
ed in the Bennington public schools
Burr & Burton Seminary. Schenecta-
dy Union Academy, Williams Col
lege, where he received an A. B. de.
'gree in 1867; Massachusetts Insti.
tute Of Technology and Harvard Uni
versity with an LII. d. degree In 1871.
4 In 1876 he married Ellen Melissa
Bromley of Castleton, SIX children
being born to them, Paul Bromley Of
Chicago, Walter Penfeld of Washing
ton, f. Il. Stetson and Richard Jer.
ONE Of Wilmette, H., and George
Nathaniel OF this city. A daughter,
Laura L., died at an early age.
On November "a, 1886, he mar.
iried Jean Florence Woodard Of Low
ie l. Mass, who survives him.
The deceased was admitted to the
Bar at East Cambridge, Mass, on
June q, 1871, and subsequently was
admitted TO pract ce before different
Scourts in Vermont and New York. He
began the practice OF his profession
lat Bennington in 1871, and during
The greater portion of Ills residence
there he was a member Of the firm
OF Gardner G. Harman, which con
tinued until the decease of Iieuten-
ant-Governof Gardner in 1881
Mr.. Harman came to Rutland in
1884. and continued an active legal
fpractlce here until 1893, when upon
the death OF Honorable John Howe,
he was appointed Clerk Of the coun
ty OF Rutland, a position he held un-
mn his resignation on August /, 1916.
HE had always taken an active inter.
Test in educational matters and from
1895 to 1900 he represented the sixth
ward OF this city on the Board OF
School Comm ssioners.
While student at Williams Col
l1ege Mr.. Harman was the permanent
secretary Of tie class of 1867. among
the members of that class being G..
Stanley Hall, President Of Clark Uni
yersity. Frank l.. Stetson OF New
York. general council tor the United
States steel Corporation. Sanford
B. Dole former Governor of the
Philippines and w. Mabie, noted au-
thor and lecturer He was also
member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fra
ternity at Williams College.
From 1880 to 1882 Mr.. Harman
practiced law at Buffalo, n. y. He
was the author of The Vermont jus
tice," and Public officer as well as
the author OF Harman's Manual oil
Court Procedure. law books found in
every law Office in the State OF Yer
mont .N. , !.
In 1898 he was eected deacon or
the Congregational Church and held
that Office up to the time OF MS
death.
The funeral will be held from the
house Sunday afternoon at zSo
o'clock Rev. George f. Price, pas
tor OF the Methodist church. will Of
ieciate. Burial viii be In the Pitts
field Cemetery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
RECEIVERS MEMORY
LOST FOUR YEARS AGO
Soldier Shellshocked In World War
Recognizes Brother In St. Paul
Court.

81. Paul, Feb, 10.--Frank U Dur
rents home on Riverside Drive, N. Y,
rents home on Rievrslde Drive, N. Y,
four years ago, while suffering from
the effects Of she'll shock, recovered
his memory In st. Paul Police Court
We terday when confronted suddenly
by his brother,
Police had arrested the lad on a
vagrancy charge, but the charge
against him was dismissed in court
HIS brother, o. V. Durwarde, Mon.
tana rancher. had come to court to
pay the fine of one Of his cowboys,
who had imbibed too freely of moon.
shine.
As Frank Durwarde started from
the court room. he bumped against
his elder brother. For tense mo.
ment they stared at each other, then
words of recognition broke from them
both AS memory returned to the
younger man, he became unnerved and
sobbed.
After Frank had been attended by
a physician he boarded a train with
his brother for the east II was said
that the Durwarde family had spent
thousands of dollars serching for the
war veteran.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
AGRICULTURE HAS
REACHED UPGRADE
SAYS PRESIDENT
Harding Confident Worse Phase
is Past History
WRITES LIVE STOCK MET
Declares Improvement Well Be
gun Will Continue from
Now On

Crookston. Minnp Feb 10 (By the
Associated Press) The general in.
dustrial condition Of the country is
such as TO justify the confidence that
we are well past the worst phase OF
the agricultural crisis. President Hard
ing declares in a letter read today to
the farmers attending the Red River
farm and live stock show
The improvement now we'll begun
will continue from this time forward,
the latter said
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
BANNER VALENTINE DANCE
Str king Decorations, Unique Favora
and Various Feature Dances.

The employees of the Banner Office
win hold an informal ST. Valentine
dance at High school hall Tuesday
evening, February H. Hurley's four
piece orchestra will furnish music
for dancing from 8 to l o'clock.
A great deal Of time has been de-
voted to decorations, favor dances,
etc, and a good time is assured all
those who attend There has been
mo dance of this kind In Bennington
for some t me and 1t will be to your
advantage to purchase tickets in ad-
vance as the proceeds will be used
toward "a good time"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
Independents.

Taylor at that time as a Lieutenant.
An embarkation ticket, bearing the
name OF William d. Taylor, the of.
fcia stated, showed also that he
was a Lieutenant. II bore tle army
number F-56979 and the regimental
Setters l.. f. c., Il. A. S. C.
| 1t Is further stated Taylor was DIS.
charged with the rank of Captain. Ef.
forts to trace the slain directors
army record are being made in Lon.
don.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
How to Danish
Piles
Thousands Bless Or. Leonhardt, the
Physician Who Discovered
Common Sense Remedy

II You think that the surgeons knife
is the only method of escape from the
misery OF piles, it's because you
haven't heard Of the new treatment
known as DR., Leonhard's HEM R0ID.
The Doctors treatment is internal
BY experimenting for years he discov-
cred the exact cause of piles and then
went further and compounded a
remedy that would remove the cause.
DR.. Leonhardt wants every suffer
er to benefit by his discovery and so
that there will he no doubling or de.
lay. w. l.. Gokay and all druggists
are authorized to sell HEM.ROlD
with guarantee that it will do as
stated or money back.
On that honorable basis every suf.
ferer should secure package Of Or.
Leonhardts HEM-ROlD today.-Ad-
yertisement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
TAKING wHlskEv NO THEFT
Judge Hogan Of Syracuse Rules
Man Cannot Be Convicted for Il.

Syracuse, N. Y, Feb. 1O.-John T.
Ats, boiler manufacturer and promi.
nent business man Of Oswego,, whose
conviction with two policemen Of the
Oswego force for the t.left of whis.
key valued at $3.50 was upheld by
the appellate division has obtained
a certificate Of reasonab doubt from
Judge John w. Hogan Of the court
OF appeals.
Judge Hogan granted the certi1
cate on the ground that under the
Volstead act whiskey has no vaue
and therefore a man cannot be con.
victed Of theft for taking it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10

: Belfast, Feb. 10 (By the Associat
ed Press)-A party OF Ulster special
constables was ambushed last night
by 30 men who opened fire upon the
police upon the police car at Gladly
on the Donegal-Tyrone border which
has previously been the scene OF a
number of disturbances. A London
derry constable was killed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
GAME FOR ODD FELLOWS
Easily psfeated independents In Y. M,
c A. Ten Pin Match.

The Odd Fellows FIVE secured an
easy victory over the Independents in
the Y. NJ c. A. ten pin tournament last
evening. taking five points. Cook turn
ed in his usual consistent score, to.
ta'ing $50. Sears was high man for
the independents with 454. Summary:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
KIDNAPPED UNIONISTS
CONTINUE PRISONERS
Ulster Government Has no knowledge
Of Men Spirited away by
Raiders.

London, Feb. 10. (By the Associat
cd Press)-The situation created by
the kidnapping of Unionists in Ulster
continues to bear grave aspect.
The northern Irish government this
afternoon had received no intimation
that any OF the prisoners had been
released nor had it received any in
formation concerning their where
abouts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
Have You Heat Flashes ?
Are You Nervous, Miserable?
All Women Need a Tonic at Some
Period Of Life. Read this.

y" women Need Tonic az Some
Period Of Life. Read this;
Schenectady, N. Y..-"Women
who have reached middle life and
are distressed with heat flashes.
nervousness and generally miser.
able state of health, will find great
relief and renewed health In DR..
Pierce's Favorte Prescription. Th
splendid tonic and nervine brought
me thru this citical period in such
good condition that would never
hesitate to recommend II to all
women who are ailng weak and
nervous, and especially to those
passing thru the time OF Middle
life. ~ Mrs. Sadie Thurston, 400
Veeder st.
Go to your nearest drug store and
obtain this Prescription of DR..
PierGes now in tablets or LIQUID, or
write Or. Pierce's Invalds' Hotel In
Rufalo, N. Y, for free adyIce.--Ad
'yertlsement,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
SANDS IN KANSAS
JAIL, DECLARES
DEPUTY SHERIFF
Ex-Valet Suspected Of Killing
Movie Director Taylor
VEIL OF MYSTERY CLINGs
Investigation of Murder Appar.
emily Making Little Ma
terial Progress

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 10 (By the A3so
clated Press).-A man held in the
Shawnee county Jail and who was TAX
en- from Sante Fe train Wednesday
answers to the description of Edward
r. Sands, former secretary and valet
to William Desmond Taylor, the mur
dered moving picture director, Under
Sheriff Carlson declared today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
"a YEARS, A MINISTER

Ontario Town Claims Longevity Rec
ord for Clergyman 100 years Old.
Oakyiie, Ont, Feb. 10,-The North
American longevity championship
for Me lodist preachers is claimed
for the Rev. T. NJ. Jeffries OF Oak
yille who will celebrate his Tooth
birthday next Wednesday. Mr.. JEFF
ferries has been "A years In the min
istry,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
WEATHER FORECAST.

Fair, and rain or snow late tonight
or Saturday, warmer,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
Town officers to be Nominated satur.
day, February 10.

day, February 10.
The Democratic voters OF the. Town
of Bennington are hereby notified that
a caucus of the Democratic party will
be held Saturday evening in Cullin-
ans hall, South street, in the village
of Bennington, TO place in nomination
candidates for town officers to be cleo
ted at the annual town meeting to be
held on the first Tuesday In March,
1922.
Committee,
Dennis Enright,
w. Gibney, tAM
w. p, Hogan,
John Scarey,
II. d. Fillmore, F'fl
A. ]. Griffin,
John P. Mulligau,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10
GRADING IN STUDIES
High School Pupils Ranking Above
Recognized Normal Standard.

The system Of grading at the high
school gives a pupil chance TO
gan more credit than normal, II he
or she does better than normal
grade Of work Permitting 100 per
cent. to represent the normal, the fol
lowing pupils are listed according
to their degree o.. excel ency, on the
mid.year records.
Helen Eaton, 12l.
Charles Bennett, ll9.
Richard Holden, 119.
Harriet Harwood. 1881.
Howard Armstrong. HIS.
Kathleen Bretell, HIS.
Molly Drysdale, ll7.5.
Rhoda Southall, 1173.
Eleanor Carrigan, III.
Myra Elwell, lis.
Doris Harbour, 115.
Leanna Leblanc, lis.
Esther Plumb, 1l5.
Mary Spargo, ia.
Marion Holden, 1875.
The'ma C.tase, HIPS.
Lucy Morgan, Hips.
Howard Rudd, l1l25.
Catherine Graham, Ill
Perry Gokay, 10.
Agnes Rockwood 10.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-10

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The Washington times., 1922-04-13

from adding a No. 4 to his array Of
The thingmabob that plopped into
the fingerbowl and choked the gush
OF poetic romance that had gripped
his soul and tumbled from his lips
waB----
A false toothi
And Esther Muir, then seventeen,
In the spring OF 1891. just up and
fled the room. lest her irrepressible
laughter bring upon her the wrath
OF the house. Grafton, vexed and
abashed beyond possibility OF fur
ther ardent speech, followed.
Grafton Was Game.
But Grafton was game. There
after, in his letters 10 the child. he
referred to himself as the tooth
less wonder"
Esther told a reporter today of
how. after being refused by her
two elder sisters, he pursued her in
quest OF her hand. Esther is a
model at Lucille's, and at the time
OF her acquaintance with Grafton,
who is now under indictment for
bigamy, was In a musical comedy.
She is a sister of Ethel Mary Muir
of the octette in Carrie Cartons
production of '"Tangerine" at the
Casino Theater, and of Nellie Muir
| the eldest of the three.
Another member of ''Tangertne'
involved In Grafton's romances IA
PauIette Lorayne. who claims him
as husband, as do Ellen Curley Nc
Intyre, stenographer, and Peggy
Davis, ''Follies" girl.
Grafton first sought the heat oi
Ethel, and, falling, assailed that OF
Nellie, and finally laid suit to Esther
the girl now with Lucille's.
That his audacity had no bounds
is instanced by the fact that when
in Toledo, he was escorting Ethel
to and from the theater, sending her
fruit and flowers, taking her auto
MODELLING, proposing desperately q
score of times a day and thresten
ing suicide unless she accepted him
he was, at the same time, sending
love letters and proposals to her
Younger sister, Esther, then playins
on the Coast in ''The Love Race"
Esther said today:
His letters were cleverly worce ed
and the envelopes were often ad
dressed in the form OF sketches, 81
which he was adept. On one on
velope he drew two hearts. one pur
suing the other, the Love Race. On
another he wrote: Miss Esther Muir
Winner in the Love Race.
He gave my sister Ethel bull
dogs and a wolfhound. He gave ne
a skunk and a turtle. Later ne
traded the skunk for a guinea pig
The turtle one day heard him MAX
ing love 10 ME at our home I'm Ridge
field Park and the turtle ran away
and was lost. 10 was too much for
himl Ny sisters, to whom he had
proposed. were in the house while
he was asking me to marry him.
IT was a kid when we first met
only fifteen. He used to send IN,
ice cream for breakfast and
thought he was great. But I usec
The Washington times., 1922-04-13
Bigamist Released as
First Wife Pleads
For Him

NEW YORK, April 13.-
Alleged by psychologists at
Bellevue Hospital to have "a
$3.50 mentality" Harry A.
Warren yesterday escaped a
five years sentence for bigsmy
after wife No. / had made a
strong plea for him and he had
told the court that he was in
toxicated when he married the
second time and that when ne
was intoxicated he got "matri-
monial fever"
Both wives were In Bronx
county court when Warren
came up for sentence after hav-
ing pleaded guilty.
Wife No. Mrs. Caroline
Laney Warren-ltold Judge
Gibbs that she and her nine
year-old son loved the prisoner,
that she had forgiven him his
touch of "fever," and that she
wanted him home.
Wife No. Mrs. Dorothy
De Artenay Warren-told the
court she wanted him TO spend
the rest of his life In jail. She
said she did not know OF wife
No. / until she met her at a
house party.
Warren left with No. 1 on
his arm.
The Washington times., 1922-04-13

to get him furious by calling linn
when the tooth fell out he said
ne guessed that showed he was TOO
old for me and he'd have to try some-
body else. But he sure could make
love. 1t was a good thing my sister
cautioned me-"
This is one of the poems Grafton
wrote the girl:
when she was four she played with
And ether harmless foldsrois
| Would please her hugely then 90.
But now her tastes progressed q Dit
| No longer dolls can make hit
|, She likes to play with men,
Women of the world eluded the
sbopworn tricks OF Grafton, the
| professional lover, and sneered az
| his plagiarisms in the realms OF art
and literature.
knowing life and experience, they
detected In his gushing letters and
insipid love lyrics ideas nlched
from Broadway's vapid songs, and
knew that the sketches with which
he illustrated his passionate out
bursts were tracings OF the work
of famous cartoonists. So Grafton
baited his trap for untutored youth,
| and when he went at various times
| 10 the altar, each new mate was
scarcely more than a f1edgling.
The woman known on the stage
as Lotta Faust was little more
than a child when Grafton married
her. Mrs. Ellen Curley Mcintyre
Grafton, former Pittsburgh book
keeper, is twenty; Peggy Davis is
not yet seventeen; Paulette 9oode
In in her early twenties, as ts Ethel
Muir. Grafton shupned the older
In the vocabulary OF Ethel Muir.
| one of his dupes, Grafton's credo
was: Catch 'em young. treat 'en
rough, and tell 'em nothing"
| Showgirls he considered fair
game, and once, Miss Muir says, he
fluttered in the wake of most of the
girls in her company. One night In
a restaurant, however, he was re-
buffed by a well-known vaudeville
actress, and on another occasion
when he called a picture star on the
telephone and asked in his most
prepossessing manner: "Is this Mrs,
Graftop7" the woman made such
sport of him that Grafton was
Obliged to retreat. And then there
was Elaine Hall. my very first
vamp, and whose real name I never
knew" according to his confession,
who kept the Pittsburgh Don Juan
dangling.
Victims Face Destitution.
For one entire summer Grafton
remained at Ethel Muir's New Jer'
sey residence, she says, and paid nc
board. When he deserted his last
and, SO far as known, his youngest
wife, Peggy Davis, Grafton's pockets
contained s1,700 of her money
Later he came back TO the apart
ment and made off with her sewing
machine, Peggy said.
Peggy Davis and her mother
Mrs. Capitola Laird, are nearing
destitution. The former Juvenile
actress arose from her bed, where
she had been since an operation
today and walked for while in
the park.
Tim afraid I'll never get another
job" she said.
Since the publication of Grafton's
love letters to her, Ethel Muir says
she has left her position In q
Broadway show, and one of her sis
ters, who is with Lew Fields com
pany. also is aggrieved at the pub
licity, she said.
Miss Muir's fiancs is furious
about the Grafton letters.
A friend of Grafton or Orator.
The Washington times., 1922-04-13
LOW GRADE.
DENTIST TRY.
SAVED HER
The Moon Shone, Soft Music
Played, Thrp Out Dropped
His Truant Molar.

NEW YORK. April 1s.-Cozy
nook Ia Broadway restaurant.
Lights dim and shaded by roman
tic drapes. Man and girl In earn
est conversation at table. Mans
face flushed with fervor Of his
cause. Girls lashes droop In be-
coming occurrences at his words.
Fists Pound Bosom
His hands clasp In dramatic de-
spair at his heart. His eyes roll
toward the general direction of
heaven I'm gesture of divine bliss.
His fists pound his heaving bosom.
He leans closer to the girl. His
hands trap her wrists and he draws
her near I'm a final excited demand
that she save his soul for an ex'
The Washington times., 1922-04-13
LOST ONE SWEET GIRL WHEN OUT POPPED FALSE TX

more than 100 years old and. Il u
oontended. should be classed ss an
tiques and not dutiabIe, but they
were sewed together I'm several
large mats for. exhibition purposes.
which process. IL is said, cost them
their antiquity under the law.
Mrs. Mccormick contended the
leces were sewed together with
another piece OF the rare lace re-
duced TO thread.
The Washington times., 1922-04-13

himself has sent threatening let
ters 10 Paulette Goode, known on
the stage as Polly Romayne and
Polly Lorayne, since she has
dropped from the public view. A
similar threatening letter has come
to Miss Muir and the district at.
torney's office Is making an at
tempt TO trace the writer's.
Photographs of Grafton have
been sent throughout the country.
Mrs. Laird and her daughter Peggy
The Washington times., 1922-04-13
MRS. MCCORMICK REFUSES
TO PAY DUTY ON LAcES

CHICAGO. April 1s.--Rather than
pay duty on antique iaces valued at
about $4,000 which she gathered
In Europe. Mrs. Edith Rockefeller
Mccormick today said she would
send them back to Switzerland.
The pieces OF lace are said 20 be
The Washington times., 1922-04-13
Dentist Takes Teeth
of Delinquent
Patient
by international News Service.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 18.--
John Burch, with not care in
the world-with not a thought
of the $I2 dentist bill he
owed-was strolling languidly
through the park with his wife
today when the sudden shifting
of gears attracted his atten-
ton.
DIR. Frank A. Paschek, dental
surgeon, sprang lightly from
the car.
Then, it is alleged, he walked
up to Mr.. Burch and forcibly
extracted from Mr.. Burch's
mouth two rows of teeth
bridge, plates, and all.
you'll pay your debts or
you won't eat" he said.
Burch now talks with a lisp,
had the dentist arrested for
stealing" his teeth. DIR. Pas
chek denied this; he says he
merely took them back.
The Washington times., 1922-04-13

quisite eternity by becoming his
wife.
He Is plunging ahead in an unre-
strained torrent OF emotion and
Plop!
And into the fingerbowl drops a
ipearly thingmabob. The man gasps
and clasps his mouth in chagrin.
The girl bursts into hysterical gig.
giles. The proposal is off. And
Joseph Donald Grafton has been
cheated by a dentists miserable job
The Washington times., 1922-04-13

DistinctiveIy diff~ont intensely
interesting, fun OF fascination, The
Sunday Times represents the biggest
dimes worth that can be found In
the National Capital.