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Show Protection against the use of his name for advertising ad-vertising purposes has been granted by the ap-1 ap-1 pellant division of the supreme court of New York to Jack Blnns, the wireless operator whose message called help to the sinking steamship, "Republic." It is to be hoped that this does not give Mr. Binns a monopoly on all use of the words "John" or "Jack Blnns." Otherwise one celebrated musical classic of our childhood days will go to the dust heap. We refer to the beautiful beau-tiful song, the chorus of which runs as follows: I'm the ghost of John James Christopher Benjamin Benja-min Binns; I was cut down right in the midst of my sins; For my home is down below; I'm let out for an hour or so; When the cock begins to crow, Farewell, Benjamin Binns. |