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The Washington times., 1907-01-20
FEAR OF KAISER
AROUSES FRANCE
FeveIish Activity 10 Strengthen
Defenses Of
Country.
FeveIish

PARIS. Jan. 19.-Thst the French gov
eminent has not much confidence In
peace and expects the country 10 be
implicated in a world war is made evil
dent by the feyeTish activity With which
81 endeavors 20 strengthen the defenees
OF the country.
A man very close TO the minister Of
marine who, being a government en-
ploye. does not want his name mem
toned. tells me that the minister is very
Suspicious Of the Kaiser, who. ne fears
IN case Of the government being de-
teated at the coming reichstag elections,
will declare war against France TO dis
tract the attention Of his people from
the situation AT home,
France has given up the idea Of rails
ing an army as big as the German, and
I'm case OF war the task OF the French
soldier Will merely be TO de;e4d the
country against an invasion; but the
navy, which IS 10 crush that OF the
Kaiser and seal up all German ports, is
70 be made as powerful as possible.
Orders have just been given for the
construction OF four aTmored cruisers Of
ls. 600 tons and as the government yards
placed with four French private ship
yards
The Importance Of this order will be
seen by the fact that II involves a larger
amount than any French minister OF
marine has ever placed on his own re-
spOnsibIlity, but he evidently considers
himself justified in doing so under the
present conditions.
The Washington times., 1907-01-20

BELGRADE. Servia, Jan. l9.-The con
spirators against King Peter have com
pleted their plans for his removal, which
will be accomplished by.a military coup
d'etat.
No bloodshed will be permitted to in
crease the disgrace which Servia stiH
bears for the murder of King AleXan-
der and Queen Draga. Although milf
tarv force will be used passively, the
King and his family viii be quietly con-
viewed to the frontier and expelled from
Servian soil.
Al the time appointed the palace VIII
be surrounded by soldiers TO ensure the
safe and peaceable accomplishment Of
the deposition.
King Peter and his family, once out
OF the country, the overtures which the
plotters have already commenced TO OBJ
tain a foreign prince for the throne
VIII enter a decisive stage.
AS the American correspondent has
already stated. the favOrite selection for
Servia's next King is Prince Arthur, OF
Connaught, but II Is very doubtful
whether he or any other prince would
be willing to take the risk.
II no new King is obtainable, re-
public may be established A move
ment in favor OF this solution OF the
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
COnSpiratOrS Prepared
To Remove King Peter
Do Not Propose to ASSaSSinatc the Servian
Monarch, But Simply to Eject Him
From the Throne.

problem is gaining strength, and is
enthusiastically supported by the stu
dent element
Meanwhile King Peter is passing IN
der an ordeal of accumulated troubles
Apart from the DamOcles' sword. which
the consplrators hold over him, the out
rageOus conduct of his half crazy son.
the Crown Prince, adds 10 his anxiety
lie is looking aged and care-worn, and
will probably welcome the deposition
when Il comes.
Not only is the King highly excited by
the mad behavior OF the Crown Prince,
but he fears that the latter may be
used TO carry out coup d'eJat against
himself The Prince, on the other hand,
fears that his father may be induced TO
adopt violent measures against him
Therefore. the life of father and son,
under one roof, in such circumstances,
is naturally deprived OF all comfort.
The Government no longer appears 10
possess any authority. The gendarmes.
who We're formerly willing emlssaries OF
DIR. Parics. the Premier. have no longer
the courage TO fire upon the revolution
airy element At the last great disturb
the loan, the gendarmerie fired, as is
now known, ten students were killed
and twelve seriously wounded.
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
ONE MURDER, TWO CONFESS;
SWISS JUSTICE PERPLEXED

PARIS Jan. 1.-Two confessions to
the murder of one woman Is a problem
which Swiss justice is wrestling with.
Jacob Bloesch has confessed that he
murdered his wife near Sombeval,
Canton of Vaud. IN the autumn Of 1905.
and that Messarli. who is now serving
a sentence OF four and half years
penal serYitude for the crime. is inno-
cent.
Nine. BlOesch was stabbed 10 the heart
with one blow of dagger. Her husband
and Messarli. who were strangers to
each other. y ere both arrested on sus-
picicn. Messlrli confessed and was con-
Victed
When BlOesch was arrested more than
a year afterward on a charge of rob
berry he astOnished the police by de-
claring that IL was he and not Mes
sari who was guilty of his wife's
murder.
The Washington times., 1907-01-20

merits OF the porcelain house. Water
and wash-ieather only are needed 10
replace the annual household terror
known as spring cleaning"
The most artistic decorations can be
introduced into the rooms. and in style
the Elizabethan, Louis XIV, Adams,
etc. would he replaced by the Sevres,
Crown Derby. Lockwood, Worcester,
and ali the beautiful kinds OF china
known to the collector.
The sheet porcelain, glazed. and deco
rated on both sides, can re produced at
about $50 the square yard This cheap
ness and cleanliness make the porcelain
house the ideal homs for working peO-
pie. and IL IL h9iled as a possible solu-
giish cities. the housing OF the poor.
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
PRINCE AND COBDLER
RIVALS FOR REICHSTAG

BERLIN. Jan. ia prince and a
shoemaker are opposing candidates for
the votes OF the electorate Of Gotha in
the coming general reichstag elections
on January ..
The hereditary Prince zu Hohenlohe-
LangenbuTg. who Was regent of the
duchy during the minority OF the pres
ent Duke Of SaXe-CObuTg-GOtha is run
ming in the Radical interest. and his OPP
pOnent, Johann Book. shoemaker. is the
Social Democratic candidate. Although
the prince is personally popular, the
Radicals have a certain distrust of him
as a politician, as he is a close friend
OF the Kaiser. and was until lately di-
rector Of the discredited colonial depart
ment.
Book. on the other hand, is a we'll
tried legislator. having sat In the reich
stag for Gotha since 1893
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
NEW FORCE OF NATURE
IS FIND OF INVENTOR

BERLIN. Jan. 19.-What is believed TO
be a hitherto unknown force OF nature,
by which weather forecasts can be made
has been discovered by Herr c. Gruhn,
a noted Berlin inventor.
Herr Gruhn found that a wooden rod
suspended by IA silk thread in a closed
glass vessel was under certain circum-
stances infiuanced from outside by
another rod OF metal or stone. AS the
rod outside was brought near 10 the
vessel the suspended wooded rcd was
sometimes drawn toward II and some
times repealed.
The movements OF the wooden rod de-
pended on the condition OF the atmos-
phere and Herr Gruhn discovered that
each variety OF weather correspondent
with particular movements of the wooden
rod. The inventor has been able TO fore
cast weather changes twelve 20 thirty
six hours ahead by this apparatus.
The Washington times., 1907-01-20

more serious than the public is allowed
10 know by the official bulletins. Her
condition requires the constant attend
EnCe OF a physician. who either sleeps IN
the house or pays midnight visits TO see
the royal patient
1t now seems unlikely that the prin-
cess will for a long time be able 70 re-
sumo her morning walks with the Duke,
In Oxford street. where Her Royal
Shyness." as she is called in the family
circle. was a familiar but unrecOgnlZed
figure
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
Physician at Her House
in Constant Attendance
on Patient.

LONDON. Jan. 1S.-Anxiety is felt by
all the royal family concerning the Prin-
cess Royal Duchess OF Fife, King Ed
wards eldest daughter. whose illness is
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
RUNS MOTOR 800 MILES
INTO WILDS OF AFRICA

BERLIN. Jan. Is.-The pioneer auto
mobile IN the field of Germany's colonial
war is a big machine owned by Count
Stmfried, who claims TO be the first
man 70 drive an auto through the wilds
of German Southwest Africa.
The Count successfully ran his ma
chine from Windlock TO KeetmanshO0p.
a distance Of more than 30 miles, carry
ing six passengers, and "a large quantity
az baggage. Count Sulfried having
shown that The country is passable FOR
automobiles, the authorities are expect
ed 10 establish a regular service OF autos
AbetWeen tie different German posts.
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
PRINCESS DOES GOOD DEED.

PARIS. Jan. 19.-The ex-Princess Of
saxony, who has suffered so much in
having her little child snatched away
from her. has kindly thought OF the
children OF Nine. Galley wife OF the
clerk OF the Compton d'Escompte. who
ran OF with the contents OF the cash
box last year. She has sent TO the
mother. who is I'll and In hospital, a
sum OF money TO be spent for her isItle
ones.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-15
To Be Tried In Courts
During This Year.
Fraud In Mining Stock Sales
Alleged In BiddetoTd.
l., B. & B. R. R. Sued..Sebago Lake
Water Causes Litigation.

Portland, Me-, April 14-Joseph G..
Taylor, Lucy A. Taylor and Harry C.
Sherman of Boston, George f. Shepard
of Franklin Falls, n. H., and William
j. Davis of Windsor, Vt, have brought
suits in the United States court
Biddcford National Bank, and Charles
Goodwin Of Biddeford, cashier of the
Biddeford National Bank. and Charles
4. Wiley. proprietor of the Hotel
Thacher. BiddefOrd.
The allegation in each suit is that
the defendants fraudulently represent
ed facts in soliciting subscriptions of
stock in the Corson Gold Mining Co, a
corporation organized under the laws
of Arizona and having business Office
in Manchester, n. H., and alleged to
have ownership of u mining plant at
Nome Alaska
Five suits against these defendants
are entered for trial at the April term
of the circuit court, which will be
opened in this city next Tuesday. Mr..
Wiley sets up the special defence that
he is not a resident of the federal dis
trict of Maine, but is a citizen of Lex
ington, Mass.
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MORTALLY WOUNDED.
Wealthy Real Estate Dealer Shot At
His Home In New York.

New York. April 14.-GeOrge Sham
bachcr q wealthy real estate dealer.
sc years of age. was shot and fatally
wounded while in the dining room Of his
homo in East 44th street early today.
His family believe that n burglar sur
prised Mr.. Shambacher and shot him.
Mrs. Shambacher told the police that
she and a son. Herman, were aWak-
ened by the report of weapon dis
charged and both hurried to the dining
room in time to see Shambacher stag
ger across the floor and fall. In reply
to questions, the dying man said only:
I've been shot" and pointed To an
open window. Immediately after H. be-
came unconscious and within a few
hours died.
The famiIy'S theory is that sham
bachcr. who came in late after having
collected rents from several tenants.
was unable to sleep because of asthma.
to attacks Of which he was subject. ana
that he left his bedroom. which ad-
joined his wife's. with the intention nf
walking up and down the dining room
He had done this before when restless.
they think that he interrupted the
work Of house breaker He WIS shot
in the intcstines and the wound did not
suggest suicide to the surgeons.
The widow was Shambachcr's second
wife, to whom he was married five years
ago. She was formerly 4 maid in the
family. The children. of whom there are
ninc, two sons and seven daughters,
were by the earlier marriage.
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$4,000 DAMAGES
Asked BY Sebaeo Steamboat Co. for
Loss of Business on Lake.

Portland. Me, April IA series Of
suits growing out of the occasional
low water in Scbago lake, caused by
the demands made upon it by the great
cupy the attention of the courts for
weeks to come.
Charles L. Goodridge of the Sebago
Lake, SOngo River * Bay of Naples
Steamboat Co. has brought suit
against the Sebago Improvement Co.
to recover $4,000 for damages he al
legged he sustained because the drawing
off Of water for manufacturing pun
poses made the lake unnavigable. That
suit is now pending.
Suits to restrain the manufacturing
companies on the Presumpscot river
from lowering the lake below naviga-
BILE point will, it is understood, follow.
verdict for the defendant was re-
turned in the Cumberland S. ]. court
Friday. in the case of Lewis A. Goudy
against Melville II. Kelley. treasurer
Of the Saco and Riddeford Savings In
sttuton. The suit was for the re-
covery Of the market value of ESQ
shares Of stock in the Strowager Au-
tomato Telephone Company, which
MI. Cloudy had put up as collateral for
a loan of $4,000. The jury was out
more than three hours. The issue was
whether the stock in question was
pledged as collateral for this one loan
or $l210 or had been given to Mr..
Kelly by Mr.. Cloudy to use as ne saw
fit III obtaining numerous other loans
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PEARY'S DASH
For the North Pole Will
Begin July |, Next.
Will Follow Exactly The Same
Program as on Last Trip.
If Failure Results, Will Think 1t
An Impossible Deed.

Portland, Me, April 14.-Commander
Peary, who had just arrived from EOS
ton to pass Saturday night at his sum
mer home at Eagle island in Casco bay.
said he had received notification of the
threeyears' leave of absence granted
him by the navy department and pos
lively Will start on his next polar trip
about July l.
lie will go in the steamer Roosevelt,
which is now undergoing repairs at
New York, and expects to arrive among
the Ice fields the middle of July.
Regarding his proposed trip, Com
mander PcarY said the plan in gem
cral would be identical with that an
ranged for his last expedition, but that
with the exception Of Capt. George r.
Bartlett of New F'Oundland the make
UP of the ships company which will
go with him in the Roosevelt will be
new. Capt Bartlett will attend to the
details of equipping the vessel. and
will select his crew from among the
fishermen ana sealers Of New Found
land.
He will buy 200 dogs when he arrives
i'll Greenland and take them along with
him. He anticipates that the same
length of time Will be required as on
the 1905 trip.
He stated that sufficient money has
been raised for repairing the Roosevelt,
and that the necessary fund of 100000
to equip the expedition will be raised
before July l. He left today for New
York accompanied by Mrs. Peary.
''in relation to my plans" said Com
mander Peary, II shall follow, almost
to the letter. those of my last trip. I
guess it won't be necessary for me to
go into details about those, as they are
too Wei known. shall go as far north
as possible with the Roosevelt and af-
ter securing the dogs from my Eskimo
friends I shall start over the big ice
fields by slods. While en- route we will
establish sub-supply stations or
(CoQtinued on Page Two)
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Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, April 1.-THE Western
area of high pressure has reached the
middle Mississippi valley much diminish
ed in strength. 1t is being closely fol-
lowed by a depression whose center IS
now over the Dakotas. Light snow has
valley and the Mountain region of New
York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia
In all other portions Of the country eN-
cept California and Nevada. where local
thunder storms have occurred, the wealth
cr has been fair.
AbnOrmally cold weather continues
from the Mississippi valley eastward In
the upper Ohio valley and the lower Lake
region the temperature tonight is at the
freezing point or few degrees below.
In the Rocky Mountain region and inc
Plains states Their. has been sharp rise.
The weather Monday in the lower Lake
region ana the New England ana middle
Atlantic states WIN b" cold and biustery,
mOdcrating somewhat Tuesday. Showers
with rising temperature are indicated for
rhe Mississippi valley Monday and for
the Lake region ana Ohio valley Tuesday.
The Temperature will rise quite generally
in the ATLANTIC states Tuesday. Inc
winds along tho New England coast and
middle Atlantic coast will be fresh to
brisk northwest; south Atlantic coast
fresh northwest
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MANY EMINENT men DELEGATES,
New York Racing Season Will Be-
gin Today==Premiers of All Brit
iSh Colonies to Meet In London.

Yale and Edward Everett Hale are ex-
pected to take part.
The annual Marathon road race. %
miles, will be held near Boston Fri
day.
The metropolitan golf season will
open at Garden City on Tuesday with
a three-days' tournament.
Premiers of all the British colonies
have arrived in London to attend the
fourth colonial conference, which will
assemble April Is. The convention
promises to be the most important yet
held. Among the chief questions to
be discussed are a project providing
for preferential trade between the
colonies and Great Britain, migration
and imperial defence schemes.
The evacuation of Manchuria by the
Russian and Japanese troops and the
restoration of Manchuria to China
April Is as provided for by the treaty
of Portsmouth will be completed on
that date and the terms of the military
convention fulfilled.
King Edward, who last week visited
King Alfonso Of Spain, at Cartagna
will meet King Victor Immaneuel of
Italy April IS, at Gaeta, near faples.
Pope Plus has decided to hold a
cOnsistory April Is, when seven car
dinals are to be created. No American
or Canadian prelate will be included
in the list
On April - changes in tho local gov
Crnmcnt Of the Panama canal zone
which Will abolish all the municipal
governments row in cXis:ance and re-
siIlt il the harmonizing Of The various
parts Of tha zone will become effective.
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BISHOP FOR UNITED STATES.
rope Will Accede to Request Of Ruth
erian Catholics In America.

4 Rome Arril 1i.-In his allocution 1T To-
lnorrow's Consistory. Pope Plus will do
IFOte an important paSsag" to the conflict
IetUeen France and the Vatican. 1t Will
II protest against thc conditions the
lhw law has made for the church anu
ne methods the French government has
&lopted all through the controversy, eS-
4Fcally with regard to the seizure of the
arguments in the Papal nunciatrre and
ieeir publication.
The Vatican denies that it intends to
punish a White Eooi lin answer tn tn,
Ia0lcation of the documents of Mgr.
sOntagnini
The Congregation OF the Propaganda
rs decided TO grant the claims of tn"
.0henian Catholics in the United States
me appointment of a bishop ana has
.Aned stephen Sctere Brtynsky. who Is
member of the Ruthenian order of Ia
uahS, as titular bishop Of Daulin
u'eecel, with the mission to assist the
u'nenian Catholics throughout the
""ed States. His nomination VIII be
announced at tomorrow Consistory.
y IS expected this concession will re-
" the Claims Of the Poles in America,
-O Tor years have desired their own
aOps, but whose requests have been
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A $4,000 SUIT
Against L., B. G. B. r. r. BY Heirs Of
Late Lewis Cameron.

Lewiston, Me, April 14.-Suit in the
sum of $4,000 has been brought
against the Lewiston, Brunswick &
Bath Street Railway by Barrett Pot
ter, of Brunswick. Mr.. Potter is act
ing for the heirs of the late Lewis
Cameron of Brunswick, who died last
summer from the results of injuries, it
is alleged, received by being struck by
a trolley pole on the local line at
Brunswick. 1t is understood that the
case will be tried in August. Probably
Judge William H. Newell of this city
will act as attorney for the electric
road
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VulT THE USE OF WHiSkEY
IA tsveryday ills. Sanford's Ginger
MueS as effective. always heaithful
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|asntSaai increase 245S, 5S1 for twelve
1904
C~. = yTs. New EngIand's favcrite
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FAIR AND COLDER.

Washington, April 4.-Forecast for
Monday and Tuesday for New England:
Fair and colder Monday. Tuesday in
creasing cloudiness; brisk northwest
winds.
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ELOQUENT TRIBUTE IN SERMON
By Rev. John Van SChaiCk, Jr.. OF
Washington-=ServiCes and Inter-
ment at Bryant's Pond.

Paris Hill, Me, April 1.-THE funcr-
al services If the late Ex-Governor Sid
ncy pcrham nf 1IA:ur. VINO died Tues
Cay night At mis- winter home in WASH
iEgtor, ID. a.. were held here today in
the presence of Il large gathering OF
CID fri .nds ana fellow t"wnsproplc.
The caskct. surrounded with floral
tributes was placed in the parlor Of tine
Pc:ham summer residence at Paris
Hill, ana there hundreds Of residents
of Paris ana ncighboring towns as well
as distinguished citizens from distant
cities gathered t. attend the services,
W HIGH were extremely simple.
An eloquent tribute was paid tho
memory of the departed in the funeral
sermon. delivered by Rev. John Van
Setback. Jr., pastor of the Church Of
Our Father, Universalist. Of Washing
ton.
Services will BE- held and interment
made Monday at Bryant's Pond. his
last resting place being near the scene
Of his birth and near the old Univer-
salist church which he was largely in
stru,nental in erecting.
Mr. Van Schaick in his sermon said:
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COURT AT BATH.

Adjournment Saturday Noon Of April
Term-The Divorces Granted.
Bath, Nc, April 1.-THE April term
of the Sagadah9c supreme judicial
CONTINUED on Page Four.)
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Boston Forecast.

Boston, April 14.-Forecast for Boston
ana vicinity Generally cloudy; coid"'
Monday Tuesday cloudy; brisk north
west winds.