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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-05
Come TO Maine to Meet
Our Business Men.
Visit Portsmouth and BiddetOrd,
Then Go 10 Portland.
At Bath and Brunswick Today and
Spend Night In Augusta.

Boston. May 4-Bound on mission
for the commercial and industrial adj
vancemont of New England and to es-
tablish mutual relationship between
the merchants of Maine and New
HAMPSHIRE and those in Boston with
whom they do business. about 125 mem
bcrs of the Boston Merchants Associa-
ton left today for tour of the prln-
cipal Eastern New England cities.
Tie trip is expected to occupy three
days. Portsmouth. the only New
Hampshihe city to be visited. beng the
first stopping place. The itinerary Tor
the succeeding days includes visits to
most of the cities of Maine where elab-
crate plans have been made perfect Tor
the rcception of the guests. A number
of the smaller cities and towns where
the tourists have not planned to stop
have made arrangements to have eX-
cursion trains run to the nearest city
on the, list of stops in order to particl-
pate in the festivities.
At Saco and Biddeford committee
headed by Mayors Horrigan and
Mitchell met the Boston party and at
Portland. where the train will stoi
over night, Mayor Leighton and com
mittce took the visitors to the Fat
mouth House for a reception and ban
quet
In all the cities the Boards of Trade
and other civic organizations will be
represented on the receiving commit
tees.
The train will leave Portland early
tomorrow morning for Bath, where a
reception will be given in Armory hall
At Brunswick. the next stop. the party
Continued on Page TEND
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THE HAMS TRIAL.
Pathetic Scene as Mother Of Defendant
Takes the Stand.

Flushing, n. Y, May Airs. Vir-
ginia Jenkins Hams, mother of the de-
PENDANT. concluded her testimony this
afternoon after a trying and pathetic
ordeal on the stand in an effort to save
her son, Peter c. Hams, Jr.. who Is on
trial for the murder of William E. An
mis-. Now that father mother and two
brothers of Capt. Hams have testified.
the trial soon will reach the "Alienist
stage" The defence has but two more
lay witnesses to examine. and the five
alienists retained to show that the
young army officer is insane probably
will testify Thursday.
Feeble and on the verge of nervous
collapse, the testimony Of Mrs Hams
was the most dramatic incident of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-05
LIBERIAN SSIONERS
Leave St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands,
for Monrovia.

Washington, May 4.-With all the
members of the United States Liberian
Commission and attaches aboard, the
scout cruiser Chester sailed from ST.
Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, today for
Monrovia, Liberia. Owing to some de-
fects in her boilers the scout cruiser
Birmingham, which carried the three
commissioners from New York to st.
Vincent, did not accompany the Ches-
ter but will remain in port and make
repairs. 1t is expected these will re-
quire until May 10 to complete. Then
the Birmingham will proceed to Mon
rovia and rejoin the Chester. The
Chester should reach Monrovia next
Friday.
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|]1DAy'S JOURNAL CONTENTS
Page One.

4 Page One.
Observation-Disclosures Found Guilty of
4;rder in First Degree-Iiains Trial Al
LAW Hampshire and Maine-Maine Ma
4 (ms Open Grand Lodge at Portland-En-
Efucement Commissioners Visit Bangor
sAda Minor Atrocities Almost Beyond Be
'Hd
Page Two.
LOCAL AND TELEGRAPIi-Abo
IuNOOO to BE Spent This Year by the L.,
\ & W. Railway-Gardiner Local News.
Page Thres.
|LOCAI.-Gardiner. Hallowell, National
Home and winthrop Local News,
Page Four.
| SPORTING AND FlNANCIAL-Roston
Nationals Win and Lose in Doublc-head-
q at Brookly Washington Trims Red
|0ox l-N-Other Baseball notwithstanding
Ind Other Sports-Market Quotations.
Page Five.
classified ADs-Wanted-To Let
Tor Sale-Real Estate-Busness Chances
Hotels.
Page Six.
| EDITORIAL-The Cleaning of a City
business Growth and Improvement-The
Foce Of the Hard Wheat Belt'.News-
hper Criticism-Briefs-M Maine Gossip
Press Comments.
Page Seven.
LOCAL AND GENERAL-Prof. Hitch
)xs Trip in Interests of Maine Fruit
Oxford County Holstein Breeders Asso-
fetion Is Organized-Other State House
and Somerset Items
Washington Special Letter.
Page Eight.
LOCAL-Amusements at Opera House
And Theatre Comique-Appointme OF
Receiver Asked for Waterville Grocery
&fhm-New Developme in Case Against
EEa0,OOO Maine Mining Corporation-Su
breme Court Asked to Interpret VIII of
dallowell Woman-Local Briefs.
Page Nine.
L0CAL-List of Boston Merchants VINO
|fll Be Entertained by Board of Trade
fty League Baseball Schedule-Brlets'
Page Ten.
h DECENTRALIZATION Department
Issues Statement That Will Help the
lpackers-Line of Airships Being Planned
lv the Germans Rhode Island Observes
Independence Day May 4.
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Again Open Grand Lodge
Sessions at Portland.
Officers Elected by F. and A. N.
and Royal Arch Chapter.
Reports Show Good Gains In Mem.
bership for Past Year.

Portland. Me, May 4-The annual
of Maine were begun today in Ma
sonic hall and Will continue until
Thursday night.
The Grand Lodge of Maine Free
and Accepted Masons. met in Corin-
THAN hall. Grand Master Edmund B.
Mallctt, Of Frceport presiding.
There was an unusually large attend
ance. After the preliminary business
the grand master reported an harmoni-
Gus and prosperous year. There are
1864 members. gain of sos. There
have been 1903 initiated and 493 have
died a rate OF almost is to thousand.
The financial reports showed the usual
prosperous condition.
The election of grand officers re-
suited as follows:
Grand master. Edmund B. Mallctt,
Freeport; deputy grand master. Rev
Ashley A. Smith. Belfast; senior grand
warden. Frank J. Sole. Bangor; junior
grand warden. Winfield S. Hinckley
Lisbon; grand treasurer. Willard F.
i'''i
stephen Berry Portland; committee OF
finance, Albro l.. Chase. Portland
George 4 Shaw. Portland; Hugh r.
Chaniin. Bangor; trustees, charity fund
for three years. Archie l.. Talbot
Lewiston, Leander NJ. Remission. Cam
den: trustee charity fund for one year
Howard ID. smith. Norway.
The Grand Lodge called off until
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of
Maine met at O'clock, Grand High
Priest Franklin r. Redlon of Portland
presiding Forty-nine of the 80 chap
ters were represented and other dele
gates may arrive later.
The address of the grand high priest
showed the order to be in good condi-
ton. The reports of the other visit
ing officers We're also presented and
referred to the appropriate commit
tee. The following officers were elect
ed:
Grand High Priest, Franklin r. Red
Ion, Portland: deputy grand high
priest, Thomas H. BODICE. Augusta
grand king. Wilbur J. Dorman. Bel
fast: grand scribe, Alfred S. Kimball
Norway; grand treasurer, Leander w
Fobes, Portland; grand secretary
Stephen Berry. Portland; committee Of
finance. Willard F. Hicks. Portland
Continued on Page Ten.)
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THE WEATHER
FAl r..

Washington. May 4.-Forecast for
New England Fair Wednesday, in
creasing cloudiness and warmer Thurs
day; moderate southerly winds
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7-20-4

l0c. Cigar.
] Present. output upwards of 100000 per
nnum. Moneys worth to the consumer
alh the story Factory. Manchester.N N. II
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Boston Forecast

Boston, May 4.-Forecast: Fair and
somewhat warmer Wednesday and
Thursday; light southwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-05

Tarsus, Asiatic Turkey. Saturday,
DAuil "a. Via Constantinople. May 4
iAuthentic details of the atrocities COM
United by the fanatical Mohammedans
In the villages and farms in this dis
ltrct are now coming into TarsuS with
(sekenng abundance. The worst par
|,ic1lars of these narratives cannot he
mentioned, but they set forth without
houbt that at least 10000 persons lost
heir lives in this province and some
Estimates place the total casualty list
|at $4,000 Villages like Osmanieh,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-05

been numerous instances of the MUIR
dering of women and children with de-
liberation and there are other instances
where women We're brought out one
by one and shot down. the bystanders
clapping their hands at each fresh
execution.
The local authorities are giving to-
day four cents a day for each refugee
in Tarsus.' There are about 1000 re.
fugees here and this sum does not suf-
flee. The government allotment is be-
ing supplemented with funds of the
American mission. The local officials
say they are soon going to discon-
tinue their contributions and if this
is done there will be famine.
The yard of the American mission
house looks like a prison pen. When
the captain of a French man Of war
at Mersina came up to Tarsus with a
number of officers on visit he called
at the mission house. my Cod he
said, this is terrible: where do all
these people sleep?"
The men wander around all night
trying to keep warm. The women and
children sleep at night on the floors of
the school rooms. Very few of them
have beds. In the daytime the men
take their turn. usually curling up in
the sunshine outside. There have been
four births at the mission since the
refugees came in.
In the meantime the Moslems in the
wasted country round about, are pas
turing their horses and cattle on the
green crops of their Armenian victims.
The Armenian population of the viii
lage of koZolook was put to death un-
der the following circumstances:
Word that the MohammedianS were
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-05

The Countess of Oxford. wife of Rob-
ert Horace Walpole. fifth earl of Or
ford. died suddenly Tuesday at WolterA
ton Park, Norwich, Eng. The countess
was Miss Louise Melissa Corbin,
daughter of D. c. Corbin Of New York.
She was married to the Earl in 1888.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Likes The Black MinorCas.

have bred single comb black Mi.
norcas exclusively for the past II
years and will say that | have found
them to be the most profitable and
the best all-around fowls in existence,
says a writer in the Baltimore Ameri-
can. They are great layers, being
non-sitters, and lay the largest white
eggs of any breed. For eating pur-
poses they are fine, the white meat
being very juicy and tender. They are
very snowy and attractive birds, with
large red comb, clear, white ear lobes
and plumage a glossy greenish black.
They are much larger than the other
breeds in the Mediterranean class, the
standards weights being as follows:
Cock, 9 pounds; hen, ~ pounds;
cockerel, 7h pounds; pullet, 6k
pourss.
From my many years experience in
breeding poultry l can heartily recon-
Mend the single comb black Minorcas
to any one wishing to take up stand
ard bred poultry either for pleasure
or profit. There are few if any other
varieties which make as good an ap
pearance in the show room, at the
same time possessing the excellent
laying qualities and quick growth o.
the single comb black Minorcas.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Value Of CoWpeas.

The cowpea is a large, bean'l1ke
plant that produces a large amount OF
1t is valuable for a green food
or for blowing under for green ma
nure. 1t has been used successfully
for improving WORKOUT soils, espe-
cially those that are light and sandy
in texture. It's greatest advantage for
this purpose is its ability to gather nj
trogen from the air and mineral ele-
ments from the subsoil. When the
CROP is plowed under these are left
near the surface, where they will be
available to shallow-rooted crops and
those which cannot get nitrogen from
the air. 1t has been little used for
hay in the north because it cannot be
readily dried in that climate. 1t makes
a good green feed for mich COWS be-
tween August Is and September 10 or
it may be preserved in the silo by
mixing with corn fodder. For green
manuring the seed should be sown
broadcast in late June OF early July,
at the rate of TX bushels per acre. 1t
is especially valuable for growing in
young orchards. When wanted fol-
fodder it should be sown in early June
in drills 2h feet apart, at the rate
of one bushel seed per acre.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31

grew stronger, and within three months
/ was a perfectly well woman.
IL want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound."-Mrs. JOHN G. MOLDAN,
2115 Second St., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
Inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight Of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
Ifyou want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
hewilltreatyOurl strictly
confidential. For 20 years she
has been helping sick women in
this way, free Of charge. Don't
hesitate write at once.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
CALLING DOWN THE B0AS1ER
Good Little Story Told by william
Dean HoWelIs as a Rebuke 10
Spread Eagleism.

ut was William Dean Ho"ells,
said a Chicago editor, who irst re-
buked us Americans for our spread
eagleism, for our foolish boastlng. |
see that Mr.. HOwells has just joined
a mems society for the promotion OF
woman suffrage. Trust him to be IN
the forefront always.
Il once heard Mr.. Howells deliver a
Fourth of July Grafton in Maine. Inc
orator preceding him had boosted a
good deal. Mr.. Howells showed that
some of the mans boasts were even
impiOus.
He said that these spread-eagle
boosters deserved the rebuke thai the
little child administered to the cack-
ling hen that had just laid an egg.
| The child, argered by the hens con
| tinuous cawk-cawk-cawk, cawk-caWk'
! cawk-cawk, shook his little finger al
her and said:
You fink you're smart. But DOC
made dat egg. You touldnt help bu'
lay ito
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
FOR GOOD BUTTER MAKING.

Stir the cream every day.
Stop churning when the butter gran.
ulates if you want to wash out all
the buttermilk.
The best butter is made from the
best cream; but the best cream comes
from the best milk.
Butter washed with water that has
been boiled and cooled keeps much
better than that washed with unboiled
water.
When the conditions for the cream
rising are unfavorable put less milk
into the pans or cans; the cream will
rise quicker to the top.
Do not allow smoking near the
dairy; nothing absorbs tobacco smoke
more quickly than milk, and butter
tainted with tobacco smoke is an
abomination.
Fine butter has a clear, nutty flavor,
a nice color (not too high, a firm,
waxy texture, free from moisture, and
a grain which, when broken, shows
like cast steel.
An overloaded churn is sometimes
the cause of slow coming Of the but
tor. If the amount of cream Is toe
large for the size of the churn, turn
ing it over and over will not agitate
the cream sufficiently. The chur1
should be less than half full, ant
should not be turned too fast to al
low the cream to drop from side t.
side of the Churn.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
The Dairy farmer.

No Farm worker has a steadier IN.
come than the dairy farmer. The work
requires some close application, but
not more than many another business.
By having competent help the propri-
etor has plenty of time off when 1t
pleases him.
And then think of the fertility that
comes to the owners soil! Not only
does his bank account grow plethoric,
but the vital energy of his land wakes
strong and powerful. No more indie
pendent citizen lives than the dairy
farmer.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
SOWING PLASTER IN CLOVER.
After the First Crop Is Housed Sow
Pure, Fine, Ground Flour Com
position.

After the first crop of clover is cut,
cured and put into the barn, If you
have a good stand, SOW 200 pounds or
plaster to the acre. There are sew
eral kinds of plaster on the market;
the Nova Scotia plaster or gypsum IS
said to be much the best. Plaster
that is mixed with marble dust, slate
and ground shells has little value.
Buy pure, foreground, dry, flour plas'
ter. Plaster is not a direct plant food.
but it acts indirectly in drawing moist
ure to the plants and making avail
able the plant food already IN the
soil. 1t is especially valuable to
spread over all the leguminous plants
when a few inches in height. The way
to test its value is to SOW marked
strips over the clover or other le-
guminous plants. We have found
, that it was a great help in increasing
| the growth of the Cloyerseed crop;
when sown on newly seeded red and
white clover-and over ambro sugar
cane intended for midsummer green
feed.
A thin dressing of fine manure
scraped up from the COW yards, anC
where manure piles stood during the
winter, spread over the clover SOC
early This month will increase the
yield of the second crop, also make
more and heavier seed. If clover
seed is wanted the field should not bt
pastured at any time, as the trampinE
of the cattle compacts the soil.
loose mellow soil is needed to absor'
an abundance of rain to nourish tn
clover roots when the seed con
menceS to form in head.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Training Tomato Plants.

Il is worth while to train a few to-
mato plants to single stems. To do
this pinch out all lateral shoots. Tie
the plants to stakes or a trellis OF
about three wires. Single stem train
ing possesses several advantages and
is practiced to a large extent in the
Marietta trucking district OF Ohio. 1t
is necessary to tie the plants at three
or four points to give the proper sup
port.
The arguments in fovar OF single
stem training are that the bulk of the
crop ripens early; there is greater
uniformity in size and shape, a small
er percentage of decayed specimens
cleaner fruit, easier picking, and
spraying and cultivation may be con
tinued later in the season II neces
sary. The system is rather expensive
but tie acreage grown by this method
is gradually increasing.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Law Of Attraction.

The attractions of men to women
and women to men are full of the most
p%erplexing inconsistencies and contra
dictions imaginable, It is, for instance,
a physical law that magnetism is not
simple attraction of one thing for an
other, but the difference of two oppos-
ing forces of attraction and repulslon,
of which the former is the greater.
The same law holds il relation to the
attraction of men and women for each
other, in which, as a rule, the mascu'
line is the superior force.-T. P.'s
Weekly, London.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
He Bit.

The city man was jogging on to-
ward the summer boarding house in
a rickety old wagon. The driver was
glum and far from entertaining, and
the city man felt rather lonely.
"Fine field over there" he VEN
tured, after a long silence.
Fine" grunted the driver.
"Who owns it"
"Old man Bit"
"Old mar Bit, eh? Who are those
children stacking up hay"
"Old man Bits boys"
"And what is his idea in having
them out there in the field such a hot
day."
oval, l reckon he thinks every lit.
tie Bit helps, stranger. Anything
else you want to know? Get up here,
| hCsses."
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Exact Copy Of Wrapper.
The Thrifty Scot.

A Scotsman and his wife were com
ing from Leith to London by boat.
When off the Yorkshire coast a great
storm arose, and the vessel had sew
eral narrow escapes from laundering.
"Oh, Sandy moaned his wife, I'm
ma afeard O deem, but | dinna care
to dee at sea-
"Dianna think O deem yet" an
swered Sandy; but when We do, ye'd
better be drooned at sea than any
where else"
An why, Sandy" asked his wife.
"Why?' exclaimed Sandy. Because
We wouldn't cost sac muckle to bury
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Tuberculosis Conference.

Under the auspices of the Swedish
National League Against Tuberculo-
sis, the International tuberculosis
conference held its annual meeting in
Stockholm July s to 10. Among the
American speakers on the program
were DR.. Hermann NJ. Biggs of New
York and DR.. John c. Wise, medical
director of the United States navy,
who was the official representative OF
this country. Two subjects Of special
interest discussed were: Care OF
Tuberculous Families, Especially OF
Healthy Children and Tuberculosis
and the Schools"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
SURPRISED HIM
Doctors Test Of Food.

A doctor in Kansas experimental
with his boy in a test Of food and
gives the particulars. He says:
81 naturally watch the effect Of Diff
ferent foods on patients. My own lit.
tie son, a lad of four, had been i'll
with pneumonia and during his conva.
lescence did not seem to care for any
kind of food.
81 knew something Of Grape-Nuts
and its rather fascinating flavor, and
particularly of its nourishing and
nerve-building powers, so l started the
boy on Grape-Nuts and found from
the first dish that he liked it.
His mother gave it to him steadily
and he began to improve at once. In
less than a month he had gained
about eight pounds and soon became
so we'll and strong we had no further
anxiety about him.
IAN old patient of mine, 73 years
old, came down with serious stomach
trouble and before I was called had
got so weak he could eat almost moth
ing, and was in a serious condition,
He had tried almost every kind OF
food for the sick without avail.
Il Immediately put him on Grape
Nuts with good, rich milk and just
little pinch of sugar. He exclaimed
when | came next day why doctor
never ate anything so good or thar
made me feel so much stronger
g" am pleased to say that he 60
we'll on Grape-Nuts, but he had tt
stick to it for two or three weeks
then he began to branch out a littl'
with rice or an egg or two. He go
entirely well in spite of his almos
hopeless condition. He gained 2
pounds in two months which at hi
age is remarkable.
II could quote a list of cases wher
Grape-Nuts has worked wonders"
there's a Reason" Read 9TH
Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever. read the above letter: A ne
one . from time to time. The
are. genuine, true, and full OF huiaa
interest.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31

Rough on Rats, unbeatable exterminator
Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c.
Rough on Bedbugs, Powder orLiq'd, Csc.
Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, rs.
| Rough on. Reaches, Pow'd, 15c. ,Liq'd,2
| Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, Csc.
Rough on Shelters, agreeable tonse Csc.
E. s. Wells. Chemist. Jersey City. N. ].
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
SKIN ERUPTION CURED.
Was So Sore, Irritating and Painful
That Little Sufferer Could Not Sleep
Scratched Constantly.
C%uticura's Efficacy Clearly Proven.

when about two and a half years
old my daughter broke out on her hips
and the upper parts Of her legs with a
very irritating and painful eruption. It
began in October; the first l noticed
was a little red surface and a constant
desire on her part to scratch her limbs.
She could not sleep and the eruptions
got sore, and yellow water came out
Of them. I had two doctors treat her,
but she grew worse under their treat
ment. Then l bought the Cuticura
Remedies and only used them two
weeks when she was entirely we'll.
This was in February. She has never
had another rough place on her skin,
and she is now fourteen years old.
Mrs. R. R. Whitaker, Winchester,
Tenn, Sept. %, 1905"
Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corp, Sole Props. Boston.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
His Preference.


Commander Maxwell of the navy
enjoys telling of an unique complaint
preferred by a recruit.
On every man-of-war the bar OF
Justice is aft in front of the stick"
or mast. The recruit had gone to the
stick to state" his grievance. WELL
what do you want?" asked the
executive officer.
please, sir, l want to complain or
the breakfast this morning.
What did you have"
"Burgoo, crack.hash, hard tack and
coffee, sir"
What did you expect?"
please. sir, l always like to start
my breakfast with a nice steak and
pair of eggs."-Illustrated Sunday
Magazine.