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mwww? TO TiTRTT TVT 7 7 1 -j: hii MftJ EIGHTEENTH YEAR NO. 4829. BENNINGTON, VT Fill DAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1921. PRICK 2 CENTS 12 CENTS PER WtElt Troubles Like Those at Eist Arlington Grow Out of ThingsLikeThose Which Existln Most Towns But Attract Attention Only Occasionally 1 JLX BANDITS AFTER MPT. SHELDON WHISKEY SLAIN TURNED DIN BY IN GUN FIGHT; HIT SENATE Whiskey Valued at $20,000 Has Disappeared i RANDIT LEADER KILLED Liquor in Transit By Truck Under Guard CaDtured Near I Monmouth Junction, N.

J. Now Brunswick, X. Fej. 11 The slain loader of tne automobile Wndit.s who a truck load of whiskey, at Monmouth Junction ilast fter the ivhootsng of ono guard C. a three others, vis today identified by the as Frank Walsh of Puasa wanted by the Newark authorities for alleged Walah was found dead in a wrecked autcmoblle near the city and bo-lived to havo been killed by his associates or to havo lost h.s I fe in an encounter with another gang of liqucr bandits Tho negro di ver of the truck is reported missing.

Tho iolico payihe may havo been slain. An automobile truck eonta ning twenty barrels of whiskey worth about $20,000 was stolen last night about 8 o'clock by few men who held up and beat tho driver of the truck and helper on Lincoln Highway at Monmouth Junction, N. J. The New Jersey authorities 'believe that the bandits are tho same gang wiiy vu Vwuuesiiay ght stole thirty barrels of bonded wine worth $30,000, from tho warehouse of the Speer New Jersey-Wine Company In- Passaic, after they had smashed in." two largo dcrs. Tho wine was taken away in an automobile truck.

MORE AMERICAN CARDINALS Will Ee Appointed By Pope at Next Consistory. Rome, Feb. 10 Archbishop I tough-crty pf. Philadelphia. will the.

next Atawkan card nal, according to the view held On Vatican circles. The offt-rial announcement Is awaited- taour-'y, and the almost unanlmms opinion is thai the chij.ee of Archbishop Dougherty is definite Tho Rppcntment of a new American cardinal at next secret consistory, whiou tvill bo hold early iu March, the whole attention of the Vatican has centred few some time on the Anierl-; can candidate. From .1775 1311 America had only one cardinal. Pope Pus for the-first time In the cons'story of 1911, in i ctear-ed the number of American. card 1 1 nnl to three.

In ndd'Aon. Mgr. Fal-' conio, Apost6Hc delegate at Washing-Um-, vino reeved tho red hut ji tho same ccnslstory, was an American citizen. Pope, Benedict has preserved the tradition' of Plus by keeping the number ot American Cardinals at tu-eo but in v'ew of tho liict that tho United. States is the third Catholic power, the wor'd.

frilow'ng Iwmed'afe-ly after Italy and Francs, the pruv.vl'n.s opinion he-o has been that the Cardi-nalates in United Status wou'd be increased in number. Italy, respect to the church, oc. cupies a special pofvtVn. At the present fine, she has twenty-one Cardinals cut of fifty-seven Spa n. th 20.000,-000 Catholics, has four, and -will have Kit, after the next Consistory, while1 the United States, with tho Ph'Iip-: Porto Hlco, Gunm and Hawa'i.

totalling more than 24,000.000 Catho- UcA, wlTl have but half of Spain rep roaentatlon. WILLIAM HENRY MONTGOMERY Civil War Veteran and Long Time Resident of Pownal. "William Henry 'Montgomery, a veteran of the CIV.l War and nearly life long resident of Pownal, passed away euddonly Thursday, February 10 nt fc Rowing nahort illness, with "bronchial cold and alter several years of falling hea th. Ho was born at Wlljiamstown, December 12, 1844, the son of Horace and Elza, Peters Montgomery. Fo.rty-Bovon years ago he married Sarah Jane Knapp who sum ves him news Of his death came as a surprise to tho community of IVwnal Center wherein ho has passed tho lut-tor portion of his life and where he has heen well liked and respected.

iVosides the widow, tho deceased leaves three daughters, Mrs. Hutto Card, iMrs. Linus Towsleo of Pownal and Mrs. Alfred Harbour of Kenning-tfn, tieven grandchildren and oue stepdaughter, Mrs. SoIoukii Towslee of Pownal.

The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at ilhe Pownal Centor. church preceded by prayer at the homo at one. Interment will bo made at Oak Hill Cemetery. Discreet All Times. eiii'ilc.

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sd'el tln-d, top carriage. Rood onr 1 rhr. epif Bhnpn'l bent Intr stove f)IIprt Harsom. 106 rioafinnt St. Tel.

2D1-X yon SALE 200 pk roller tray Jehu Storey Incubutor. Ti'l. 192-23 2Ctfl War Veteran Named Fish and Game Commisionei BY GOVERNOR HARTNESS Senate Yesterday Refused To Con- firm Governor's Choice for Highway Commisioner er, Feb. 11. Tho ftSenate this monlng followed up Its refusal confirm Governor Hartness, appointee for state highway commissioner by refusing to confirm tho nomination of ('apt.

Harold P. Sheldon, cf Fair Haven, a world war veteran, os fish and game conun ssioner to succeed It nus Ijoavens who was first ap-IKjinted four years dgu by Governor Gnthani. Tho vote this morning against con-firmatXn was 16 to 14, a equal divison than yesterday when the voto was 19 to 11. Tho Senate confirmed 'the nomination of John S. Butt es of Brandon, as coram of industries and also thixio of three trustees of M.ddlebury v(llego, P.

Me. don of Rutland, Judge Harland 15. Howe of Burlington and Kiiner A. Darling of East Lurk Re-fusing by a vote of 19 to 11 to confirm the apK)iiitment of O. M.

Brooks of Keene N. as highway commissioner for in place of Stoddard B. Bates, who has held the position sine he was firnt by Governor Charles W. Gates lu 19 15, the Setiato yesterday wn.te another chapter In the State f.uid which has doveloiKHi between James Hartness and tho Legislature. Kvi-r since Governor Hartness ap-peared lxforo the Joint aseuib'y la.st and t.ld the solons tvi a he was not gxiln? to re-appoint Bates ho was not a "coordinator," feeing has bem runu ng h' gl in opposition to the governor and this act of the Seuate shows where that body itauds in the matter.

An.on;; the bl Is introduced are the Co'lt 'A 11. 60 By Mr. Ordway of Fa to amottd section 69S' or' tho "ii-nai laws relating to the deposit mills nia. I enaity cf not ban $25 tier more than n0 for depoUin sau-, dust j1 '-tre'iuis. i By rntley of S-andgrtto to approprkite the sum of two thous-'ind dollars aid the town oi in improving the main toad to Aning- H.

SIR Mr. Ryan of Fa rfield re.fit.nc to rellgoiis exercise in in-1 receiving aid; officer in (barge shail net co.t.vh'I pujdl or in-mato assist in or attend religious exen'tes against which he has objections. I H. 279 -By Mr. Chase of Bennlng-' ton, to section 737 ij of the gen eral laws relating to tho expense to reporter of decU.ons.

I H. 'M By Mr. int of Northfield. To amend sect 500 of tho general laws amended by fsectlou 1 of No. 18 of the acta of 1919 relating to the I ve stock commissioner and defining his powers and duties; applicants for tuberculin tost who are owners of a herd contrutng to the local milk of a municipality shall have priority over other appl cant.

ANCIENT HARPS CF IRELAND Two Instruments, Having a Dis tinct Purpose, Were in Use in Olden Times. The indent Itish harp was two kinds small instrnmiMit used chiefly fur religious putpeses, llrst by the old Druids in their riles, itrtd later by the Christ inn bishops mid abbots. The other Imrp was large, mid was tis(d in public assemblies and In battles. The liatpipe-s were introduced Into Irelutid froth 'aletliitila. They had the Mime use in the Irish iirinies they now lmve iu the Highland regiments.

But the Irish nmde. In the course of time, Improvement, using bellows to fill the chanter, Instead of the mouth, and continued improving the instrument tint! the union-pipes of today lire the result. As to eurly Irish harpers mill their music there Is little known, but nt Queen Klizabeth's court, Irish tunes were popular. Of late huge books of ancient Irish melodies have been collected and nrrunucd. IVtrle has attracted attention to this field by bis thorough Investigation of Irish folk music.

Docs Away With Long Climb. Something unusual bus been nceom-I pllshed In the completion of the en trance to tne museum, I.os Angeles. The building Is sllu aled on a high bill and until recently It has been necessary for pedestrians lo make a long and laborious climb up the hill to reach the main entrance. New, however, the clltnh litis been obviated by an nrlisllc as well as practical Improvement. A tunnel, 221 feet was bored Into the hill and ended In large octagonal walling room, on one side of which Is a twelve-passenger electric elevator of the automatic type.

The elevator innlms a climb of 10S feet, delivering the passenger into the muln ball of the museum. LAST OF THE FORUMS Final of the Winter Ser es to Be Given Sunday Night. The lat of the Forum scries comes next Sunday night. Dr. Henry A.

of New York, General Secretary oi the Church Peace Uu on will be tho speaker. Dr. Atkinson has been homo only a short time from a three months' trip in Europe during which ho via ted nlnu counts en and travelled extensively through tho Balkan States. He writes tho Forum Management, "Tho Situation is complex and exceeding perplexing." But Dr. Atkinson as a ti a.ned observer and glily compo tout in giving opinions.

What ho will have to say to his Bennington audience wvil be very woith hearing lfu exact subject wdl le, "Some Impressions cf Present European Conditions." it Is proposed also at the meet.ns Sunday night to present a statement with regurd to the bid 'before the leg-L'slaturo for censoring Motou Pictures in Vermont. Opportunity will be given for discussion of this matter, and it Is poss- blo ine resolution v. 11 bo offered as expressing the sentiment and conviction of the audience as rep resenting the churches of Bennington and the moral in ml of the community COMPENSATION RATES Opposition to Inclusion of Occupational Diseases. Feb. 8 At a pubic heni' ng before tho comm.ttoen on commerce and labor this evening of labor and cap.tal and others Interested, crowded the reception- room to r.utfocaLf to advocate or protest agamst House bill No.

12U, wheh Increuses tho compensation under the workmen's compensaton act and to include compensation ft oc cupat.onal disease. The labor side of the controversy was well represented. Jack P. Mason of Bur ington for the Federation of I-alwr, Alexander ironside, Fied W. Su.tor cf Bane and others were heard lu beha.f of the granite eloquently and forcibly settng forth the dangers of stone cutters' tuberculosis and urging that on account of the increased cost of living the compensation in the present law represented only about no half of the former earning power The employers protested against the measure, at this time, vshen was a quest.

on where they would look for business. They urged that the inclusion of occupational disease an a ground compensation would make necessary fur employ-era to shut out men who were not guaranteed sound and healthy. 'wjp united by the manufacturers that tho proposed would raise their costs about 75 p-er cent vn ta lain'i men declared that the redncAd'eamlng power of a do.lar had cut down their compensation fully 100 per cent. TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST I British Rcyal Ceographicnl Society Said to Be Contemplating Am-bltious Expedition. Enormous Interest bus been aroused by the announcement that the Royal Geographical Mv ioty contemplates fitting out an expedition to the ascent of Mount Mverest, In the IMmnluyn.

Tor not only Is this the highest mountain en the glol.e; but It is also the world's mystery mountain. Although it was discovered 70 years ago, no European has yet succeeded in getting anywhere peurer than about lifty miles to It, much le.s-i setting foot en Its slopes. This is because It io happen that It Is situated partly In Nepal and partly in Tibet, and the covernmetils of both these countries object to the presence of Kuropean explorers. Besides tills the Nepal base of th glnnt mountain Is in any case practically unapproachable, owing to the dense Jungle growth, extending for width of (ti) or 70 miles all round, and Into whose depths no white man may venture and live. The proposal now Is to attempt the ascent from the Tibetan side.

This Is doubtless possilde, but whether tho summit can be reached or not Is another matter. Must experts say not, and point to the fact that the duke of AhruzI's attempt to scale Mount Godwin-Austin, Everest's mighty neighbor, and lie second highest peak ill the world, resulted iu failure. He ascended as far 21.000 feet, but was then obliged to turn bade, owing to the dilllcuity of breathing, due to the extreme rarefaction of the air. Mount Everest is more than 20,000 feet Object Lesson Too Realistic. A demonstration of bell file was civ.

cn a woman by her husband in their homo in Chit ago. The couple had been arguing about the future life, and the man had stonily maintained the theory of eternal damnation and of actual burning. When they went to I bed Hie husband poured gasoline over 1 his wile and applied a match. Neighbors broke Into the house just in time to save the woman from being burned lo death. The nun Is being examined I by alienists-.

Filthy Lucre! A beggar woman eighty years old. ot Lyons, France, has amassed a bank account of several thousand pounds, which, along with railway shares, treasury bonds, and stock of ready money, was discovered In her lodgings. The hoard was unearthed from I mnvs of rnes find moldy fond by snnltary officials, called In by the neighbors in tho Interests of public health, STATE TROOPERS TEMPER SPIBITQF ALBANY STRIKERS Heaviest Guard Since Trouble Began Proving Effective MILITIA READY FOR DUTY' Union Leaders Declare Men Will Not Accept Reduction but Are Rgady to Arbitrate, Albany, Feb, 11 Six inches of moist new snow stopped the cars thin morn 'iig' even more effectually than the strike. Several cury wero started but cculd not get through tho fnow. The state troopers arc on duty in the dlstrcu where the strlko feeling Js most r.tense and order has been maintained today.

Albany, Feb. 10 Both A'bany and Troy were quiet tonight under tlie heaviest guard of state troopers and police assembled sinco trouble l'gan to develop from the strike of the United tract on company's 1200 employes. Downstala mil It amen were ready frr a possible summons to duty In buh clt'es where violence, for two days followed attempts of tho com-tany to resume trolly with crews of strikebreakers. There veie lew drmrders today, however, and the I nu on company nnn "uneed that expected have 125 cars half Its normal number In operation soon. Only five cars, each heavily screened and guarded, ventured out of the barns today, two of them op-perat In Troy and three la Albany.

All were run back under cover lie-fro nightfall. A bare handful of passengers them. i Disorde In Troy connoted only of -the toss-cf a single stone at a stalled car but Mayor VV. Flom-ng lequested Gov. Miller t-send state troopers 'here a precautionary measure aiul this was done, lu Albany few wires were brken down and attempt was made to assault a strike breaker.

Officials t.n union men on strike refused to a return to work at the 25 per ct it redtr on lu which i ret the walkout 1.1 days a eo bet insisted they were will, ing to arbitrate. i IMMIGRATION CHECK Senate Committee Votes Against Recommending Johnson Bill Washington, Fob. 9. The Senate eomtn.ttoe cn Immgration divld ed by a vote of live to four ag list recommending tho passage of tao ho called Johns. in blli for one year re-ftiiction to immigration.

It was decided to re.iort the Dillingham substtute pre posal wh.ch w.il Uni linin.graLcm on a percentage basis, the percentage not having yet been agreed upon. It is expected to be 5 per annually which Is the figure most of the ronim ttee do-fro A meeting will hi; held tomorrow, and who are for the Johnson id 1 try to have the percentage teduce.l to 1 per cent. The veto was as iollows: For the percentage bl'l, Senators Colt, Sterling, Dillingham, Keyes, Re-publ and Phelan, Democrat. Against percentage and for the John son bill. Senators llarrie, Harrison.

King, Democrats and Johnson (Cal), Republ uu Here Is the important feature of the bill ns ngieed on: "That the number of al'ens of any natii'naity who may be udm tied to tho United states lu any Ilscal year shull be limited to a percentum of the number of persons of su.h national ty resident In the United States, as determined by the census next preceding. "This provision shall not apply to government otlieials, their fam. I es, at lendants. servants and employees, nor to aliens In continuous transit through the Un. ted Stales, nor to al ens who have been lawfu.ly adm.tted to tho United Stales, and who tdial' later go in transit ironi one part of the United States to another through foreign con-t gin im territory, nor to u'lcns visit ng tlie United Slates as tourists, nor temp orarily for business or pleasure, nor to al ens coining from countries 'Immigration from which now regulated in accordance with treaties or agreements, net to aliens win: are native bom or natural zed citizens of the Dominion of Canada, New Foundhind.

the Republic of Culm the Republic of Mexico, countries of Central and South America, and adjacent islands. "For the purposes this act, nation ality shall.be determined by country of birth, but the term 'country' shall not be held to include colon' es or dependencies, which colonies or doeii-dencies shall be considered as separate countries. A Noisy Donation. My most inbarrassiiig moment happened to be while I wuu churcii Sunday morning. I had to, lector, thirty-live peuiles pui ihein lu i to give to the Christinas collec'ion.

I was Just about to put the pen ih In: the basket when alas, Ihi- cover came off of the box ami my preilnin thirty-five pennies went rolling ail eves' tlu floor. I could lot wall rl.ure.i finished, as I felt all upui no n. I picked up my pen'o'er1. Tribune. JOSEPH HOGAN SETTLES Pays $69.35 for Assault Committed Nearly a Year Ago.

Attorney James K. Batche'der appeared in municipal court this aftor-noon and settled the Hue and ocsts amounting to C9.35 In tho caso of Joseph Hogan who had entered a plea of guilty in assaulting David Murray on Wash ngton's 1 rthday anniversary a year ago. The assault took pluco ou North utreot and according to the evidence laid before State's Attorney Colilns M. Graves fo' lowed a game of cards or craps In which Murray waB the winner. A complaint was made at the me, but Hogan disappeared before ho could be placed under arrest.

Ro-cently ho was traced to board ug houso in Woodford and his arrest was cf ected by Sheriff Perry B. Gardner and other officers Ho was- admitted to ball and the caso was i continued. Hogan decided to plead guflty and the matter was closed by the payment of the line of $50 with costs this morning. DILLINGHAM PLAN APPROVED Five Per Cent L'm cn Foreign Immigration. Washington, Feb.

11. Legislation permitt'n admission of from 600,000 to 700,000 a'ien Immigrants any one year into tho Uti ted States was formally ordered rejwted to tho Senate today by tho Senate Comm'tteo on It Incorporates the percentage plan orlgnally proposed by Sena tor U'ngham, hut fixes 5 per cent. 3h the tempo-ary ratio and limits tho opera t'on of the bill to fifteen months, beginning April 1, 1921, and ending Jun- 30. 1922. The rat of mans that 5 per rent the number of a' -ens from any one country In the Un'ted States, as slviwn by the 1910 census, mav he ndm'tted annually.

The Johnson 1T was rejected by tho omrr'ttee and the percentage 11 sub st'tnted. Advocates of mnngrat'on re-strctlon hea led by Senator Harrison (Miss.) sought to lower the ratio to 1. 2. .1 and 4 per respectively, but were defeated on every amendment o'fered. Senators Harrison, Har rls and ng, Democrats, Ml voted for 3 pe- cent, but the ma'orty nsisted on tho 5 per cent, ratio, and the bill was ordered reported iu that form.

COOPERS PLASTER MASONS Ten Pin Tournament at Alleys Thursday Even'ng. Thursday evening the Cooper Kstate shattered the walls of the Masons th ten-pin match with a good margin. F. Pe-ry had the high single score w'th 1 S4 He also had high total score with 507 pins. Cooper Estate Total Perry 1 S3 141 1S1 Refisegue 174 lti'i 160 K.

Perry 173 125 156 451 W. UnrW 151 176 1.16 465 J. tV-mar 180 153 169 602 863 760 805 2428 Masons Totil Moore 1S1 171 1R3 505 Kivirhts ll US 128 360 Wh to 107 165 164 431 Kay 100 127 335 Shultz 109 176 10'J 3M r.92 757 6S1 2030 TTfNIGHTLY TOMORROW Commun ty W-v Cnney Creek by Miss Rogers. sa I M. gers, teacher of English in the H'th school at Paw-tucket Rhod Is'and.

will sreak at The F-rtnightly Saturday arternoon cemmun'tv work on Caney Creek bo-n the subject. ss Rogers spent the greater part cf the last summer at the Creek and by her understanding of and deep sympathy with the mountaineers of this re is enabled to give a vivid portrayal of the habits of thought and wavs of livng of tlvs unique poop e. who until the establishment of tho Commun'tv Center by Mrs. A'lce IJoyd, hod been for two hundred years, with almost no communication th the outside world. WEATHER" FORECAST Cloudy tonight and Saturday, p-ob-hHv -now.

Not much change In temperature Youngster Carries Weight. The Fai Boy of I'eckbam has rival in New York Gustnve Blazer Is only eight years old nnd 4 feet 8 Inches tall, yet lie weighs between 175 ami. ISO pounds. The boy ents very little and often goes without his breakfast, but bis mother says he Is of contented frame of mind, and perhaps that accounts for his girth. Vicar Had Sense of Disaster.

John's church. West Ealing, Ens-Innd, was gutted by fire on a recent Monday night. The subject of the last sermon In the building was "Purified by Fire," and the vicar said afterward that all that Sunday he had been oppressed with sense of Impending disaster. Lightning Repeated. Lightning does sometimes strike twice In the same place A house near Chlpmnn.

N. wns struck twice In three weeks. The first time the Hue was shattered and a hole made In the root. The second time the house was almost stripped to Its framework. Nature's Time Limit on Age.

Rats are Intended by nature to live four years, rabbits ten years, rhrep fifteen, cats fifteen, pigs twenty, cowr from twenty to thirty, dogs twenty-five, horses nnd aLfes thirty five year. THIRTYT Vermont Statu LfttMT I 20boJU8 Lnu iiLiL.mi i i in Georgia Storm Sweeps Five Mile btretch in Georgia MANY VICTIMS NEGROES School House Twisted to Pieces but Only One Child Suffered Serious "Jury. Oconee, Feb. 10. A tornado that struck the Gardner settlement, one ml from here, short.

after noon today, brought death to two white tpersons and nearly 30 Net-gpcos, and serious injury to five white persons and more than a 6Core of Negroes. A Btretch of land extending almost to Toomsboro, nearly five m'les long and about half a mile wide, was as barren as a prairie tonight. Not a bit lding or tree was left standing. Among the dead is Benjam Orr, 14, who was decapitated. The other wh'te person who met death was tho daughter of E.

L. Ml nor, manager of Shepherd's commis-sa-y at the plant of tho Cleveland-Oconee lumber company. Tho Negroes were a'l employes of the lumber company The casualty list would havo been much larger, it was '-tnti'd, had it not been for the fact that the storm struck during the noon hour, when scores of the employes had gone to their homes While the winds fury centered about the plant of the Cleveland-Oconee company, the main building just otmpleted a few weeks ago, was practically unharmed. One of the old bu'ldngs was wrecked and 50 dwol'-ings, homes of Negro employes, were demolished. Stacks of aliout feet of lumber in the yards were leveled.

A rcMef train took tho Injured to Saundersvl'le and Tennille. The lumber plant was valued at 1 400.000, hut it was stated tonight no estimate could he made of tho damage by the storm. Eghty-two children and three teachers were In a school bui'dlng on the edt'e of tho Gardner settlement when the tornado struck. Tbo balling was twisted to pieces and the fragments scrattered for mi'es. Children were picked un by the wind and carried for some stance, but it was announced tonight that only ono was seriously bra sod.

Approximately 4 uses were blown down in the Gardner settlement. The Shepherd Bros', cotnmlssa-y at the b'g lumber plant was reduced to kindling wood, Orr and four Negroes meeting death there. Ten feet away from the commissary, tho general office of tho Cleveland-Oconee lumber company was untouched. Literature of the Czechs. Czechic literature lias voluminous and Impressive accomplishments to show.

Take, for example, Bohemia's three great writers of the nineteenth century, Dobrovsky, Jungmann and Palneky. Jungniiinn compiled dictionary of tlie Czech language in live volumes, Palneky wrote a work of pages on Czechic history, and Dobrovsky wrote grammar of Czechic. Tho most Indefatigable writer, however, was Juroslav Vrchilcky. He translnted Dante's "Divine Comedy," Ariosto's "Orlando Ftirloso," Cnlderon, "Faust," Wait Whitman, ns well as works from French. Hebrew, Yiddish and Chinese.

No one knows how he found the time to do it. Among tlie leading Czech writers of the present, Frnna Snimek, Tonian Kodlcek, the Cnpek brothers and Theer rank high. New York Evening Post. Before and After. "Before and after pictures," said an opera singer at a Philadelphia musical, "afford some very striking contrasts.

This Is especially true of before and after pictures of marriage. "A man sat with pipe and book and an SIS bottle of hooch before the radiator one night while his wife turned a ihree-year-old dress. "The man laid down his book nnd tossed IT his fifiii drink of hooch. His wife looked up at him calmly, and said: 'George, when you propo'-rd to me you said yon were not worthy to undo the lutchets of my "George stared at her In amazement. "Well, what of he snarled.

sue answered; 'only I will say for you that whatever else vou were, you weren't a REPULICAN CAUCUS To Be Held at Young Woman's Club Saturday Evening. Tho republican voters of the town of Bennington are hereby notified to attend caucus of the republican party to be held at the rooms of tho Young Woman's club over the Banner office Saturday even ng, February 12, ot 8 o'clock, to plnoo In nomination candidates fcr town offices to bo voted for at tho annual meeting of the town to ho held on the first Tuesday March, 1021. i Edward H. Hrldon Wa ter H. Berry, H.

HutcWns, 1 Peter Bongtin, I Ralph A. Jones. Republican Town Committee. Denuiugton, Feb, 9, 1921. DN SDIT I Harold Blair Seeks $20,000 i Damaces of Vernon Field SERVED WITH WRIT TODAY Immediately after Securing Bail Fok i lowing Arrest for Violation of White Slavs Act.

Vernon W. Field, the East Arlington young man who waa tarred and feathered on the n.ght of January 26 by a crciwd of his fellow townsmen and who was brought here Thursday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Edward Shan-ahau following his arrest at Chester on a charge of violating the Vermont wlrte slave act must have realized this forenoon that trouble usually travels bunches. F.eld, who passed tho night In the county jail, was brought befCTe Municipal Judge William Meagher at the ollice of Collins M. Graves this forenoon and waived examination. He had Just been -bound over to the June term of county court at Manchester and tail the sum of $1000 had just been accepted when wa3 halted on his way tho door by Officer Richard Hurley and served with a writ a yjn.Oipj alienation sat Drought by Harold Blair tho East Arlington r.llaga bla-ksm'th.

Tho latest suit required that bondsmen should qual fy in tho sum named in the wH Field aunt, Mrs. Ralph and her husband of North Bennington, who had furnlBhed bail in the criminal case were unable to qualify had they so desired and Officer Hurley took eld back to jail. State's Attorney Graves communicated with Field's attcrneys in Rut' and, Jones Jones, who are appearing in the damage suit brought by Field acalnst six Arlington men who, he alleges took part the tar and feathering, and arrangements were made for further hearjig this afternoon when an attempt will bo made to reduce the amount of ball. Field arrived in Bennington with Deputy Sheriff Shanahan on the flyer Thursday afternoon. He waa accompanied by his younger brother.

Paul, and by George Jones of tho firm of Jnes Jones which is understood, wil apiear in tho alienation suit as well as in tho $20,000 damage litigation. News cf d's arrest had apparently reached Arlington 'eajly in the day for at the station the train was boarded by Beveral men from East Arrn.Tten 'nclud'ng some' of the all named in the $20,000 damage stilt. Fioid was taken to the office of State's Attorney Graves for the' purpose of a prel minary hearing before Judge Meagher. It wns understxod that rartles in Arlington who had asieed to act as bondsmen wore on thu ay to Bennington. Later it was lea-ned that this arrangement had fa.len through and after wa'tlng some time Deputy Shanahan took his pr.son-er to the county Jail.

There was little de'ay in the proceedings th's rnornng. Mr. and Mrs. Gau! had como prepared to go on the oiing man's bond and as soon as they had ntialifed for this purpose ibail was fixed in the sum of $1000 and eld was given to understand that he was at liberty. Then he was served with the wr in the enution suit nr.mgt In behalf of Mr.

Blair by Hoi-den Healy. Iu an action of. th's nature the ball required Is In an amount equal to the ilamas.es elm med. Mr. and Mrs.

Gaul were unable to. qua'lfy had they so desired and the proceedings came to a standst 11. Whl'e the situation was be ng discussed in an informal way tho state's attorney received a telephone call from the office of Jones Jone-j. L'ft'ng tho receiver the prose-cut ng officer began a conversation that ran somewhat as follows: "Yes, Mr. Jones, he's waived examination and ball has been fixed." "Y'es, bail has been accepted and he's been released." "Yes, It's all fixed up.

But here, wa a niiiute, he's been arrested again on a a'ienatlon suit." "Yes, twerty thousand," "Yes. that's nil." Tho state's attorney was formed over tlie telephone that a member of the il-m Jones Jones would arrive in cn the flyer. It Is presumed that Fiold will then go before Assistant Judge Edmond Latraa-(h i-e and that application will be made for a reduction of the amount ot bond rq i red. eld is a rather pood looking young drip, nearly six feet tall and erect Ilka mm the young men who were in service during the world war. His -light brown bar Is c'osely cl'fpped about the neck and combed backward in a long pompadour.

He wore a brown belted back overcoat grey suit and so't collar nnd conveyed the lm presslon that ho was accustcmod to take- more than usual jxilns with hia personal appearance. Ho was plainly worked by the situation hut bad himself well iu hand. Mrs. Zella Moynahan ot Arlington spent Thursday In town. Mrs.

Thomas Mann ot Arlington was In town Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. F. J.

Sto'lste'mor of ArMirrtnn were town Thursday on I Mr and Mrs. Clayton Reed cf South Rhaftsbury were in town today on I buslnesr Mr. and Mrs. George Mulhcarn ot Troy motored here Thursday. IDFElTHfflE.