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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
KINEo TO OAKLAND

TKuns daily, except Saturday,
tStops signal or on notice to Conductor
qSundays only
For trains where there is no time shown at Bingham
passengers will take and leave train at Moscow
CONNECTIONS
AT Oakland with Maine Central Railroad. A! ON on,
erse, Junction, with Canadian Pacific Railwly ~
Kineo Station with Coburn Steamboat Company ~
al! points on Moosehead Lake At Norrdsewos'
with stages for Skoshegan, Smithheld and NeI8sl
At Arson for |awyer's Mills. AT North A. ~ ~
North and West New Portland, Dead Rive az.
staff and Eustis. At Bingham for Fork, doo''
River, Mayheld, Kingsbury and Abbott.
GEO. F. EVANS. Vice President
F. +. BOOTHBY. General Passenger Agent!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Iepnessee-to-Gulf Convention

The coming of the steel trust to this district should i'll the friends of a canal between the Warrior and the Tennessee with confidence, for it means that this district would be a better market for Tennessee products, and 1t means that the Warrior will be improved and opened to slackwater navigation to Birmingham itself A canal 93 miles long will then extend this direct line of water communica- tion from the gulf and from Panama which means the vast Pacific ocean to an Open Tennessee. It means the full utilization of the magnificent Ten nessee river.
 The convention will essentially be Tennessee-to-Gulf body, for the gov ernment is already committed to the improvement of both the Warrior and the Tennessee. The work on each river is we'll advanced, and the conven- tion should concentrate it's energies upon the connecting link. Every eff fort should be made to arouse interest in the connecting link in the Tennes- see valley. Delegates from Knoxville and from the rivers that are concen- trated at or near Knoxville should be invited to be present at the conven- tion, for every man, woman and child in East Tennessee is directly inter- ested in the digging of canal from the Tennessee to the Warrior, and cheap transportation to and from the gulf.
 The coming of the Steel corporation to this district means that the canal is to be built, and the convention should turn it's energies to steps that will ex- pedite it's survey and construction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Waefnu inc Walker

When Edward Payson Weston, the professional pedestrian, was 29 years old he walked from Portland Me, to Chicago, distance of 1230 miles, in 26 days He averaged 47 miles day, or about four miles an hour in each day of 12 hours. He is again attempt ing the task, and he is now 70 years old. He hopes, however, to make the trip in better time than he did 40 years ago. If he succeeds in doing this he will demonstrate the value of temper ate habits, of systematic daily exer- else, and of a generally well-regulated life, for Weston has all these to his credit and advantage.
 He has vigor and physique at three score and ten that should be a lesson to all who eat or drink too much, to all who do not appreciate the value of daily exercise out of doors. His walking feats go to show that a life in the open-the simple life, that is to say-means long life and good strength and health in old age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Reserved Riahts of Alabama

The message of Governor Conner addressed to the extra session makes the contest between the state and cer- tain railroads a square stand-up affair in which hard words and strong state ments predominate. Governor Conner appeals to the members of the legisla- ture to stand by the principle of,state's rights, especially in relation to the intrastate traffic of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The governor does Central of Georgia, but he reserves his fire and passion and vigor for the shots aimed straight at the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Its action in the past and its policy toward recent state legislation are both condemned in the messagey
 The governor submits as remedy certain bills'-he does not say how many-that were drawn by the states lawyers, and that he desires to see passed just as they stand. The gov ernor does not present a summary of these bills. They no doubt go to the root of the conflict which has arisen between the state and two of her rail- roads, for in a sense all intrastate rail roads are state railroads.
 The reader should turn at once to the bills submitted by the governor of this state. They are strongly indorsed by him. He asks his supporters in the legislature to pass them just as they have been written and he makes ap- peal after appeal to them to stand by the rights of the state in the matter of railroad regulation.
 The message serves to show that Governor Conner seeks no compromise. Neither does President Milton H. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Both are plain-spoken, posi- tive and determined The financial crisis has not modified their views. They stand precisely where they did last summer, and the issue goes to the legislature for treatment and arbitra- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
LUSITANIA MAKES
 ANOTHER RECORD

New York, November S.-With $lo.oo0, 600 of gold in her strong boxes and new transatlantic record written on her log, the Cunard turbiner Lusitan2a steamed past Sand Hook lightship at 1;4O o'clock this morning In one grand performance the great vessel broke her own world s record and brought to the rlfef of the money market here $1o,ooO,Ooo in gold.
 The westbound trip was made approxi- mately in days 19 hours and 10 minutes The exact time can only be known from the official record. Her hourly average was a little better than 24 knots an hour. and she has probably beaten the record about 40 minutes.
 The former western record of the tur- Diner, completed October II, last, was 4 days, 19 hours 52 minutes. The average speed on that trip was 24 knots an hour for the distance of PISS miles. The best days run was GIT knots.
 The Lusitania fought out the last lap of her race against time in the teeth of a southwest gale She had been favored with ideal weather until early yesterday when she ran into the off-coast storm that considerably bothered her. When she swept by the lightship this morning she cut her way through a tumbling sea. The turbiner came to anchor outside the bar where she waited for daylight for the passage through Ambrose channel, which is not yet lighted She is expected to dock about 9 o'clock this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Great Benefit To eirminoham.

11 look on the purchase of the Tennes see Coal, Iron and Railroad company by the United States Steel corporation as great event in the history of Birmingham and the Birmingham district" said Rob ert Jemison yesterday
 Tt presents two features which should be for the upbuilding of Birmingham and the surrounding territory The Steel cor poration has ample funds with which 10 develop the properties it has bought We have literally only scratched the sur face of our mineral deposits, and with the unlimited capital of the United States Steel we will now be able to go deeper and develop to a far greater extent than has ever been done before.
 "The strict enforcement of the rate laws by the interstate commerce commission has made it absolutely necessary for the finished products to be close to the mar ket There are no special rates for any one now and no special concessions for large enterprise over a small one For that reason the Steel corporation must nave plants in the south, for the south is one of the large markets for iron, steel and finished products. Therefore It stands to reason that the trust will develop these properties on a large scale at once
 Another feature in the situation The steel corporation has world of followers who will come to Birmingham and buy property These people make it a rule to always buy property wherever the Steel corporation buys property or plants
 T look to see the city and district grow more rapidly than ever before in us history I have always been a firm oeileVer in Birmingham and it's future ana my belief is greatly strengthened now. expect to see the city grow im- i'ieiseiS. expect to see the improve .iienis ih the Tennessee property as great ih proportion as the comparison between what the street railway system was be- lore 1t was consolidated and what if ia now" ~ 10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Unheeded Suggestions

Among the hotel lobbies' of The Age-Herald 1 have read several very good suggestions made to the straat car company, the City Council officials and the merchants" said a citizen
 put It is surprising how few of them nave received the attention they de- served.
 rake the sweeping of the payements along the business blocks. as an in- stance Considerable objection has peeh raised to this matter by pedes- trlans, especially by ladies. but sin the thing goes on. The payements should be swept and the window-wasr- ihs uohe before o'clock, that being the hour at which the general traffic begins.
 But something far worse than either Of these is the practice of emptyine trash cans after o'clock in the morn lns,- have seen the contents of these cans dumped into a wagon and a cloud of dust and dirt sent flying in neonIa,s faces and over their clothes. have seen these trash wagons piled up above the sides and the trash falling off and litterlns the street far worse than it was before sweeping. Suggestions have been made that these wagons should have canvas cover over them to prevent the contents being blown or shaken off, but the suggestions were wasted.
 The street car company has been Informed through the lobby column that there ought to be some better means of distinguishing the ears on the various lines than the miserable little bit of sign in front, but the company takes no heed. It is just such a disregard of public accommodation that leads to the law suits and little sympathy the company gets.
 Our city officials and public util- ittes should pay more attention to the suggestions occasionally offered They will find 1t to their advantage when the time of election arrives or fran chfses are to be granted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
The mutable, rank-scentedl many.
 -CymbeIne.
Development of the District

In addition to the good effects in Wall street of the sale of the Tennes- see company to the Steel corporation, the consensus of opinion is that it will prove even more beneficial in this dis trict. It was primarily brought about as a measure for the restoration of confidence in two trust companies in New York, but it will beyond a doubt prove even more valuable as means for the fuller development of this dis trict.
 Without disturbing anything except a portion of it's magnificent credit the Steel corporation has secured posses sion of vast deposits of ore and fuel and of an open-hearth steel plant and rail mill located on a river that the water navigation the year round This will equip the chief concern in the iron and steel trade against the opening of the Panama canal, and any one with a business eye must see that it means immense development in this district.
 There is one thing that can be pru- dently accepted as a prophecy, namely, the Steel corporation will make steel Fo in tho cnltth around the gulf, in South America and through the Panama canal where it can make them at the lowest cost of production and transportation. If, for example, it can make rails here more cheaply than it can at Pittsburg, and If it can place those rails at tidewater at water transportation rates, then here it will make rails and other steel products to the full extent of the de- mand for them. Those who believe, as Colonel Shook plainly does, thai in this district steel billets can be turned out at lower cost than in Pittsburg will hold with him that the recent sale will prove "a great boon" not only to this district, but to the remainder of Dixie land.
 Open-hearth steel, raw materials lying side by side, to be supplemented in the nesA' future by water transporta- ton, are the keys to the situation. They are, too, the secret impulses that led the steel trust to come into this district, and they point to develop ment that ought to fill this district with confidence from end to end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08

by old students than Dr. Barnwell. He has been at the university since the fall of 1899 He succeeded the lamented pr. Meels, who. for a. .goodly number of years prior to his death was the un- versitys professor of English.
 
 Ellison H. Bingham. identified with the Merchants National bank, Tuscaloosa, passed through Birmingham yesterday. MT. Bingham was formerly a popular member of the class Of 1903 at the University of Alabama
 Ernest Lacey. representative from Wal ker county, was in Birmingham Yester. dya. He leaves for Montgomery this morning
 Jere King. the well known Jefferson county representative in the lower house, will leave this morning for Montgomery to attend the extra session of the legls- lature.
 Dr Joseph B. Greene a brother of Judge Samuel E. Greene, judge of pro bate, has returned to Birmingham after the completion Of a special course in med icine in Vienna Dr Greene has studied extensively in the American institutions and has been for several months study ing in Vienna. He has many friends among the practicing physicians, who welcome him to Birmingham again, Dr. Greene will practice here.
 Mayor George Ward left for Mont gomery yesterday morning to look after business before the legislature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Chicago Will Issue Scrip.

Chicago, November 7.-Members of the Chicago Clearing House associa- tion last night decided to have printed clearing house checks of small denom- nations that may be used as currency in case the circulation of such a me- dium should be deemed advisable by the time the checks are prepared It will take a week to print the checks. If financial conditions improve sufficiently within a week the scrip will not be issued
 President James B. F'organ of the First National bank, a member of the committee, tonight said that the print- ing of the checks was ordered as a precautionary sfep to meet a possible continuance of the present financial stringency and that decision whether to issue the clearing house checks would be made later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
TO AGE.

By Walter Savage Landor. Welcome, cid friend These many year.
 Have we lived door by door; The Fates have laid aside their shears
 Perhaps for some few more. was indocile at an age
 When better boys were taught But thou at length hast made me sage
 IT l am sage at aught. Little I know from other men,
 Too little they from me. But thou hast pointed well the pen
 That writes these lines to thee. Thanks for expelling Fear and Hope
 One vile, the other vain; Ones scourge, the others telescope
 shall not see again. Rather what lies before my feet
 My notice shall engage. He who hath brav'd Youths dhaxT neas
 Breads not the frost of Age
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Some Very Slow Fudoe.

"Oh, tudgel" exclaimed young lady yesterday afternoon. The special dellY- cry department at the postoffice here is badly III need of shaking up or some thing else that will make 1t move faster. l went to work last Friday night and made whole heap of fudge for very dear friend of mine-a young man. too and being afraid to trust the regular mes senger boys with it 1 placed the pack age in the postoffice Saturday afternoon with a special delivery stamp on it. fully expecting it to be delivered Saturday night. Imagine my dsmay and the,youne. mans disappointment when day after day rolled by and the fudge failed to reach him. But we should never give up hope for Wednesday night a special delivary messenger strolled up to his house wish the box tucked under his arm. But that wasn't so bad-just four days to deliver the package right here in town
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Shippinq Cotton Bales

The flnanciers in Wall street are looking for help to the cotton bales that southern farmers are holding Out of a total shipment in the present cotton year of, say, S,00000O bales but i.320000 bales have been exported. Nearly 100000 bales are yet to be sent abroad, and those bales are worth well-nigh 40O,0O0,000 The financiers very naturally desire a credit of that mount in European money centers- h London, in short.
 True, we may send away wheat corn and oats to the value of $240,000 000, but grain shipments are not looked to To carry the country through time # stress and strain so much as are
 ton shipments.
 Prices of cotton do not permit an pffer above 10 cents for middling spots, .nd many farmer will reluctantly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
THREE PRESIDENTS
 CONFER ON PEACE

Managua, Nicaragua, November r. Presidents Zelaya of Nicaragua, Davila of Honduras and Figeuroa of Salvador were in conference yesterday at Anal pala, for the purpose of peace in Central America. The results of their meet ings are as follows:
 They agreed to. forget the past differ ences and declared that fraternal rea- tions existed mutually and that previous treaties of friendship were in force. They will communicate with the delegates of the Central American peace conference at Washington, which has been agreed upon at Amalpala and will order them to proceed according to instructions to be given.
 The three presidents further agreed that they were united forever for peace in Central America and decided to hold peace congress to follow the Wash ington conference at which delegates from the five republics of Central Amer lea should endeavor to make uniform respective codes of international law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08

part with cotton at 10 cents. The cot ton bales are here, the picking season is exceedingly favorable. and nothing stands in the way of free exports ex= cept an agreement over prices and a full supply of cash at the initial buying points. The farmer has no time to study a new improvised currency, and rather than do that he will let his surplus cotton, which is not in distress, stay where it grew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Plan to Disfranchise Nearoes.

Baltimore, November 7.-Democratic party leaders, realizing that the dem ocratic majority in the next legislature will enable them to do so, have taken definite steps looking to the introduction of an amendment to the state constitu- ton which will disfranchise the ignorant negro vote in Maryland Isaac Lobe Straus, the attorney general-elect. says that he has been requested to make thorough examination of the constitutions of all the southern and some of the north ern and western states with view to framing an amendment to the constitu- ton of Maryland that will be acceptable not only to- regular democrats but also to the independents and to liberal minded republicans as well, and that he will do so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Japanese VIII Be Turned Back.

Ottawa, Ontario, November 7.-The fed- eral government has received no confirm ation of the press dispatches from Homo lulu stating arrangements are being made to send to British Columbia in the near future several shiploads of Japanese as- gregating three or four thousand. If the dispatches are correct and an attempt Is made to land these Japanese at Vancou- yer, 1t is not improbable that they will be turned back In view of the fact that they will not have passports from the Japanese government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
sri.ish plscuas Moneu Anairs.

London November s.-The newspa- pers this morning give much attention to the rapid advance in the discount rate of the Bank of England. They reflect also some anxiety regarding the serious handicap thus placed upon British trade and enterprise, but they recognize that the directors of the bank had no other course to pursue Several financial writers interpret the advance s an indication that the posi- tion of the United States Is worse than heretofore has been thought here, and they consider that tte directors of the Bank of England were animated by a desire to convey q strong hint that the American government must take meas ures to restore confidence and prevent the continued hoarding of gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
No Objection to Recount.

Newark, N. J., November 7.-Former Governor Franklin Murphy. chairman of the republican state committee. when told today that Chairman Hudspetch of the democratic state committee had inti- mated that count might be demanded said the republican party would not in any way oppose a count if there were grounds for 1t.
 ''If there is any doubt as to the cleo tion of Justice Fort he said, i've do not want him sworn into office. The party will not oppose in the slightest de- gree any plan to get at the expression of the will of the people through a count of votes if there appears to be any doubt as to which candidate they de- sire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
RECEIVERS APPOINTED.
Cotton Manufacturing Plant In Finan-
 ciaI Difficulties.

Burlington, Vt November 7.-Receivers were appointed for the North Pownall Manufacturing company of North Pown
 all today on petition of the North Adams National bank of North Adams, Mass.
 the bill of complaint alleging indebted
 ness of about s177o.OOo The present &C.,
 tion is due to the financial stringencyl and the condition of the Arnold Print Works of North Adams Mass, to which the North Pownall company sells ftsl products and which has been placed in| the hands of a receiver The NorthI Pownall Manufacturing company wasI incorporated in Vermont in 1904, for thel manufacture and sale of cotton goodsl with @ capital stock of S300,000. Its as- sets and property are valued at sl,SOO0c0. The corporation employs about 400 handsI in its mills at North Pownall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Conqressmen at Panama.

Panama, November 1.-The congression- al committee under the leadership of Representa- tive James A Tawney arrived in Panama tonight from Colon. They inspected the work at Cristobal and Ga tun on the way over. The congressman today informed the reporter of the As sociated Press that they were favoraDly impressed with the progress of the work. The members of this committee have come to the isthmus to study conditions and before acting the request for the sS,o0o.OO0 to complete the work on the canal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Trial of Steve Adams.

Rathdrum, Idaho. November 7.-John R. Gentry was on the stand in the Steve Adams trial today. Gentry, in company with Edwin Stansbury. found the body believed to be that of Fred Tyler, and reported the fined to the coroner of Shoshone county. Mir. Gen try described the skeleton and the arti- cles found there and identified the cloth ing. MT. Stansbury reported the find to the coroner and he. with several others went to the place on July 2S and se- cured the remains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
Atlanta Up Aqainst lt.

f'How are you people getting along with prohibition over in Georgian" was asked of Mel Nenable, a prominent At lantian, yesterday. "Oh, we are getting along ine,' replied MT. Venable Every body is smiling, even those who were op- posed to It. If they didn't smile they would be groucby all the time for they cant go anywhere else to improve their condition Every other place in the coun- try is going dry and there is no place for those to go who don't want to live Tn dry town. So we are all staying there and are going to boost the town more than ever"