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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-23
SCHOOL BOARD REAL ESTATE
COMMITTEE IN WRANGLE
inspector Snitgen's Move for More
Competition in Building Frowned
Upon by Machine" Members.

The usual harmony did not prevail
at the regular meeting OF the school
board committee on real estate and
school buildings, composed wholly or
machine" members. Tuesday after
noon. Inspector Snitgen refused TO
stand with the gang" when 1t turned
down a request from the Master Mas
ons association. urging u change In the
manner of awarding contracts SO as
TO admit of more competition than
under the present method.
That's just what we need, moro
competition in bidding on school build
ings,' declared Snitgen.
The Master Masons asked that the
contracts now let under he one head
of masonary specifications be subdivid-
ed into cut stone, plastering, structural
iron and terra Gotta work, as was
done In former years President
George objected on the ground that
the plan would cause delay In the
work
You have delay now" returned
Snitgen. How about the Cass high
SCHOOL,"
"Oh, that's due to special set OK
circumstances" was Georges ready
reply.
Snitgen moved the adoption Of the
recommendation and Al. Iiely prompt
ly interposed an objection.
when did you change your mind?'
asked Snitgen in contempt. Two
weeks ago you were In favor OF the
PLAN
"Oh, I've talked to a few contractors
since then" explained Hely.
Snitgens motion was not even Sec
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-23
The funeral Of Mrs. Elizabeth BaIsley
xxha died Tucsday morning, VIII be

held Thursday afternoon at Ego
O'clock in the family home. No. 400
JIouardst Mrs Balsley was the
widow OF Theodore 5, Balsley and
mother Of former Park Commissioner
Harry BaIsley She has been III Tor
some three years, following stroke
- naralvais suffered at the time OF
her husbands death. She was az
wears old. Surviving her are three
children, George S. and Harry Bals
ley. and Mrs. @. H. Hazard All OIL
Detroit.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-23
Dominion Dsy-Grand Trunk Railway
System.

Tickets will be sold 10 Canadian
POINTS June Both and July LIST. Valid
TO return until July End. One first
class fare. City Ticket Cffice. 12i
Telephone NJ. 80.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-23
vincent Alec, I4-year-oid truant,
-. ..nlenced nv .Indge PhcIan,
Attorney warn n. chonte was showing

TO his friends nbout the cOunty
building Tuesday. potato Whlch
grew in his garden this spring. The
6otato was about three inches in
length and two inches wide. IL was
IN the ground just So days. This is
remarkably large potato. Mr.
Cboate says, and he ought TO know.
60 proud is he OF IL that he carries
n about in Handsomely lined box,
resting In a bed OF nne COTTON pat
ttng The tuber is OF the "Bovee"
%
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-23

District Attorney watson and Special
Examiner DeMoOdy, of the depart
ment OF Justice. went 10 Lansing.
Tuesday Dew cody Is to- be ad-
mitted TO practice before the su-
prcme court OF Michigan.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-23

Bids for sites for the new Eigh.
teenth ward school and the new east
side school were opened and found to
be considerably lower than those frs
received and rejected. Some of the
east side property first offered at sci
per foot is now offered at Sl8.85. All
bids for the Higgins school heating
and ventilating contract were rejected
as being in excess of the appropria-
tiOn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
AROUND THE COUNTY.

Miss Allie f. Lane, Bates '09, has
been elected an instructor in the
Pressure Isle Norman school.
While Emery o. Beane of Hallowell
vas driving from the lake into town in
lis auto Wednesday morning. at what
known as Meadow Hill, he overlook
fine large doe moving leisurely along
lie almost had to drive her out of the
way when she quietly turned into the
woods perfectly uncOncerned. ..--
The City of Bangor after it left Bos-
on Tuesday evening was covered with
,rown-tail moths. which were evident
y attracted by the lights. When the
'oat reached Seguin light Wednesday
morning only few could be found.
out even after the boat reached Gar
liner few crawled in sight but were
Ipeedily killed. n,
Miss H. Mabel Cobb of Gardiner has
lily in blossom which she plucked
Wednesday from one of her friends
plants. At Easter time blossom was
AIKEN and from which shoot broke
orth with the result that there are
low two more blossoms besides this
me. All those who admired it We'd
,esday wanted it. but when the office
losed Miss Cobb still had the lily in
her possession.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
TELEPHONE STOPS RUNAWAY.
Use of Telephones Save 5000 Horse
From Serious Injury.

Spokane, Wash, July 15.-(SpeciaD. -
Telephones were utilized to good ad-
vantage in stopping a runaway on a
country road near Waitsburg in Walla
Walla county. Wash. southwest of
Spokane, and probably saved Benny M,
a standard trotter. with mark of ZIG,
from injury by barb wire fences. While
the driver was exercising it on the city
park track few days ago, the horse
broke and started to set new record
along the road, heading for the Shell
ranch, three miles distance. Instead of
following the animal the driver went
to the park telephone and advised the
owner and other ranchers along the
route to watch for a runaway. Several
of them responded and the horse was
brought to standstill before serious
damage resulted. The animal is val
ued at $4,000. This is said to be the
first instance in which the telephone
was pressed into service in this part OF
the country for similar use. though
stock men have used the instrument to
call out assistance to check cattle
stampedes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16


compahgre. Colorado, 10000 acres;
Garden City, Kansas. 5000; North
Platte, Wyoming and Nebraska, no.
900; Truckee- Carson. Nevada. 100000;
Hondo, Carlsbad and Rio Grande. New
Mexico, $4,000; Bufford Trenton. North
Dakota. 10000: Belle Fource, South
Dakota, 100000; Shoshone, Wyoming
100000, and Strawberry valley, Utah.
5000.
Several millions of acres of land will
also be covered in Montana, California,
Washington. Colorado, Arizona. Idaho
Texas. Nevada. New Mexico. Oklah-
oma, Wyoming and oregon as soon as
the funds are available. y;
More than 100000 acres OF lands
are under private plans in various
states where plans are now under way
to put 100000 acres under the ditch
during the next three years. If these
projects are carried out the Horse
Heaven county, in Washington, will
contain a single tract of 100000 acres
watered at a cost OF $15,OOO.0OO. The
Canadian Pacific project in the Bow
River valley. east of Calgary, Alberta
upon which work started in 1904, will
cover 100000 acres at a cost of SIS.
100000. making it the largest single
tract on the continent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
MALAY PIRATES.
What They Actually Were in Their
Great Day-PIunder and Slaves.

1 Singapore is agitated by a tale of pi-
racy. one of the old sort. legendary now.
Some few weeks ago a Chinese Junk was
boarded near Johore-that Is, within sight
of the island, If not of the city-and
seven men were killed, besides the cap
tain. spared for torture until he surren-
dered his valuables. Police, bluejackets
ana volunteers are searching for the mis-
creants. Perhaps there is no case on re-
cord so outrageous within such a trif1ing
distance from the men-of- war in Singa-
pore Roads, but elsewhere in those seas
1t would not have been remarkable less
than fifty years ago, writes Frederick
Boyle in THE Pail Mall Gazette" MA
lay pirates are SO closely Identified with
hctiOQ of the boys adventure class that
skepffcs have doubted their existence in
plain fact. But the widest romancer
would not dare to describe them as they
actually were in their great day.
About 1850 Rajah Brooke put the num-
Der Of those who swept the coasts of
Borneo alone, going and returning with
the monsoons, at five thousand. When
at Bruni, somewhat later, st. John esti-
mated the population which lived as one
may say. by piracy. at sixty thousand
And II 'casuals'' had been included With
their women and children, 1t would have
been vastly larger.
The judicious reader instantly replies
that trade must have come to an end
promptly under this infection It was
welcome, but they sought slaves-and
blood. Inexplfceble as 1t seems to us,
the parompaks. though mostly Mahome-
tans, regarded their employment as a
Ceiling or profession to which they were
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
FOREST ASSISTANTS.
Forty-seven Graduates of Fores,
Schools Have Been Appointed.

Washington. July 15.-(SpeciaD.-
Forty-seven young graduates of nine
| American Forest schools have just re-
ceived appointments as Forest Assis-
| tants in the United States Forest Ser
| vice. But five of these appontees hav,
| been assigned to the Washington Office
| the other forty-two receiving appoint
| ments in the six Administrative Dis
tricts in the West. These men have Sc
| cured their appointments as result
of passing the regular Civil Service ex.
animation. which is the only avenue OF
employment as a forester under TIL.
government.
Forest assistants are men who have
| completed their preliminary training
for the profession OF forestry. as thu
graduates nf law or medicine have
completed theirs. and are ready to en-
ter upon practical work. Until they
have gained experience. hawever. thei
positions are necessarily subordinate
They are at the foot of the ladder and
must prove their fitness to mount high
err. The government pays them $1,OV
year at the start.
On, the National Forest the Fores,
dSSlStdIlt OlNCIi- dCtS us lcCIlIiCdI duNlS
er to the Supervisors in charge, who
are western men experienced in al
practical matters. but usually without
school training in the science of for
estry. Or they may be assigned to tho
study Of some particular problem
which needs to be investigated in the
interest of good forest management
AS forestry means knowing how, to get
the most out of any given piece of for
est land, 1t calls for. studies and ex-
poriments, both scientific and practical
much ike those which nave to be made
In the interests of good farm manage
ment. and the Forest Assistant is pre-
pared to do valuable work along this
line.
There is a growing interest in the
profession Of forestry now, and many
young men are asking how to get int
it. and what 1t promises. Clifford Pin
chot, United states Forester. in an ad-
dress to the graduating class in fores-
trv at Harvard University this year,
said: "a ,D@NNl
THE government and the country
need more men trained in the knowl-
edge of forestry, and it offers opportu-
nifty to make a mans life loom large
and to count for much among the
many phases of human endeavor To
he a good forester a man should COM
bine something of the naturalist with
good deal of the business man. To
know how 70 use the forest he must be
able to study it, He must have, there
fore. the power of observation. fond
moss for nature and tho ability to non.
citrate her secrets. He must be re-
sourceful. able to stand by himself
willing to undergo the privations Of
rough life. and capable of commanding
the respect of rough men, who quickly
recognize virility and genuineness Of
character. but will not tolerate pre-
tense or the assumption of superiority
A forester. should be sound In mind and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

At the meeting of the Portland city
council Wednesday evening 1t was vo-
ted to sign the contract with Norcross
Bros. of Worchester. Mass, for the
construction of the City building along
the lines recently planned by the City
hail commission. The contract calls
for the office building at a cost of $685.
O0C
Three subways, an enlarged and re-
arranged station and train shed, an
addition to the general Office building
and important proposed changes in
streets leading into Railway square
have been announced by officials of the
Maine Central Railroad. 1t is proposed
O discontinue Congress street for team
travel where all the tracks cross it at
the station, build a subway beneath it
for fot passengers, widen Portland
street bridge, widen St. John street
from Congress to Portland street and
possibly construct a new street from
Congress to Portland street west of the
tracks. the changes to be made without
expense to the city. Sideways are to
De built under the tracks in the train
shed from the waiting room and from
Congress street. No estimate was made
of the cost.
Adelbert E. Richie, otherwise known
as Woods, was arrested in Kennebunk
Wednesday on request of the Portland
police on warrant alleging a statu-
.ory offence. Later developments in
ludc an admission from Richie that
he has a wife living in Somerville,
Mass, although he claims to have
been laboring under belief that she had
applied for and been granted diverse
or desertion. He left his first wife a
year ago, he says, because they could
not get along together. He was mar
led about month ago to Miss Sarah
:. Hoar of this city. who makes the
complaint against him, having re-
:eived the information from the first
wife that she was still welded to Rit-
HE. Ritchies first wife was Mary r.
Tailor of Medford, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Relatives at St. John. NJ B.. received
kilograms Thursday announcing the
death of Hon. w. Dell Perley. a mem
her of the Canadian Senate. He died
at his home in Wolsely, Alberta, where
for years he operated a large farm
He was native of New Brunswick
province and II years of age.
The will of the late Robert d. Evans
President Taft's summer landlord, who
died last week as the result of in.
juries received by fall from a horse
left his whole estate, valued at $12,-
100000, TO tn widow, according to in.
formation made public when the will
was filed Thursday in the probate court
at Salem, Mass. Upon Mrs. Evans
death the estate is to be divided be-
tween his heirs and hers. Mr.. Evans
besides owning Woodbury. point, Pres
ident Taft's summer home was large
holder of other real estate and mining
properties.
The famous Harvard bridge connecting
Cambridge and Boston is unsafe, accord
ing to a report made Thursday by COM
mission Of Boston and Cambridge engi-
neers, and work will be started on Mon
day next towards strengthening the
bridge. All the iron and steel beams in
the structure, which is nearly three
quarters of mile long, will have to be
replaced by new ones. the draw bridge
will be elevated three inches and new
surfacing will be put in. The Boston
Eelevated Railroad Co. has been ordered
to install new rails and new supports.
The weakness of the bridge has been
known for some time and during the past
six months the heavier type of electric
cars have not crossed it. ......
Theodore S. Whtmere,. the motorman
acquitted year ago on charge of hav-
ing murdered his wife, whose body was
found in, a swamp in Hudson county, New
Jersey. was Thursday in New York SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for two and a
half years for grand larceny by Judge
Rosalsky. Whitmore created a scene in
court by declaring that evidence agains:
him had been obtained through tamper-
ing with his mail by the police and con-
stituted an invasion of his ''constitu-
tional rights" Whitmore was convicted
of stealing a $500 diamond and rub ring
from the residence of Mrs. Grace Miller
on Riverside Drive, where he had been
engaged in hanging awnings. ...
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
WON DRESS FROM JEFFERSON.
Original Gretchen in "Trip Van Win.
kIe" Still Living.

Mrs. John Ellington, who is still liv-
ing in London, and who took the origi-
nal part of Gretchen in Joseph Jeffer-
sons first production of Dion Bouci-
cault's RIP Van Wrinkle" in London
in 1865, relates that in those days an
American actor was looked upon In
the same light as a Cherokee Indian
would be at this time. When she was
told there were only two women in the
play, and that she was suited to neith-
err part, She said: Then 1 shall go
through the provinces with Toole."
But to this Boucicault objected. as he
always wanted her to appear in his
productions. so she was obliged to play
the part of Gretchen. -.
The play was great success from
the very beginning. There were five
or six curtain calls after the first act.
and Mrs. Ellington said to Mr.. Jeffer-
son, 1T will run hundred nights"
Mr.. Jefferson modestly replied that he
was willing to wager that it would not.
what will you bet?" said the ac-
tress.
II am willing to wager new silk
dress to silk hat" was the reply.
The piece ran ITO nights, and to this
day Mrs. Ellington points to a photo
graph taken of herself in the very silk
dress she won in her bet with Jeffer-
son.
So sure was Boucicault of the fail
ure of the play that he refused to be
present at the first performance, and
it was several nights before Jefferson
knew him to be among those present
in the audience, recognizing him by his
shiny bald head. After the perform
ancc the author went around to the
actors dressing room and congratu-
lated him.
But" he said, Joe. think you are
shooting over their heads"
Il am not even shooting at their
heads" was the reply II am aiming
at their hearts,"
After the first week in London it
was Joe Jeiferson's RIP Van Winkle."
not Boucicaults, although the play
wright was at the time SO popular that
the name of 'Boucicault alone was suf-
ficient to draw a large house, and the
name of jefferson did not appear in
big letters, nor was 1t featured
Upon his return America greeted the
wanderer, proud of the victory of an
American actor in an American play
in foreign lands.-Eugenie Paul Jeffer-
son in New York Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16

From an isolated summer resort,
Staney Brae, Muskoko Lake. Ont,
here was sent to New York in special
dispatches Wednesday. an interview
with Miss Mary F.. Stewart, of Pitts
,urg, the -year-old- girl. who was
With Lieut.. James N. Sutton, not long
before he met his death at Annapolis.
Her most important: declaration was
nat she was sure that young Sutton
had not been killed in a quarrel over
Ter. She was equally emphatic in de-
nying any knowledge of the circum-
stances which preceded his death.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
COMING TO MAINE.
Railway Agents Stop at Boston o.
Way to Portland Convention.

Boston. July ia special train bearing
about 200 Western delegates to the con.
vention of the National Association OF
Railway Agents to be held July 16. II and
Is at Portland, Me-, arrived at the South
station today. Sightseeing automobiles
were in waiting and the entire party was
taken on a trip about Boston. In the
afternoon there was trip to Nantasket
Beach and return by steamer. In the
meantime the special train was trans
ferred to the North station, from which
it will leave for Portland early tomorrow
morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16

The Canadian Freight Association con-
yention, with delegates present from all
the present points in Canada and the
United States, concluded it's business at
Halifax Thursday morning and spent the
balance of the day sightseeing. In the af-
sion on the harbor. and Thursday night
they were entertained by the Waegwoltic
Club at the Northwest Arm. among the
attractions being a parade of illuminated
motor boats. j. F. Morsman of Buffalo.
general agent of the Wabash Hne. and
W. J.. Mullin oil Albany. general traffic
manager of the Delaware & Hudson.
thanked the Haligonians for their hos
pitable treatment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
DAMAGING CONFESSION
WRUNG FROM EVELYN THAW
CONTINUED from Page One1

wrote note in blue pencil and passed
it to the reporters stating that the wit
ness was at the head of the Psyco-
pathic Institute on the New York State
I, Commission of Lunacy and was about
to be made head of that department
in the Medical School at Johns Hop
kiDs University.
HE Is said to be at the head of his
profession in America" Thaw wrote
At the conclusion of the witness ex-
animation, Justice Mills propounded
the following question:
"It is evident from your testimony
| that Thaw told you he believed he had
evidence against White that he was
guilty Of strange practices and that
the evidence was not sufficient to con-
vict Whate at law. Now in such a sit
| uation did you ask him if he thought
such a man should be punished outside
of the cOurts?" 49,
The witness said he did not ask Thaw
| that question, but that Thaw had said
the element of self-defence excused q
man for killing If -notfused' to excess
and also Thaw denied that he had ever
declared the hand of Providence guild
ed him in shooting White.
Recess was taken at this point.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was recalled
as witness by the state at the open
ing Of the Afternoon session She had
been waiting all the morning in the
district attorneys office expecting to
be called.
DR.. Britton Evans. the alienist, who
| testified for Thaw at his trial in New
York county, was in court today and
| sat in chair next to Thaw. DIR. Evans
| coined the phrase brain Storm" re-
| ferring to the form of insanity with
which Thaw suffered when he killed
White, at the former trial.
| Justice Mills ruled that the witness
could answer the questions in regard tn
band during the conversation at Mat
teawan asylum which had been exclud-
ed from her former testimony on the
grounds of privilege.
Deputy Attorney General Clark ask
/ ed.
| did Harry X. Thaw at that time
say this to you, or this in substance:
4 shall have to kill you when / get
out of here?'''
Mrs. Thaw appealed to the court and
| begged Justice Mills not to make he,
answer the question. Can 1 claim. q
privilege on the ground that 1t would
tend to incriminate me?" asked Mrs
Thaw. ze
/ Justice Mills said she could not claim
a privilege on that ground. Turning
to the court with tears in her eyes
Mrs Thaw said:
Il don't want to answer that ques-
tion, it places me in terrible posi-
ton. Ny husband will refuse to sup
port me the minute l answer it and
will incur his everlasting enmity. ]
know it. I am very much afraid tc
lanSwsr 1t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Bridge and Abutment Work at Ssbee
Maine.

Proposals will be received at the ONCE
Of the State Commissioner OF Highways.
Augusta Maine, until noon of the 18th
day of July, 1905 for furnishing all ma
terial and building highway bridge over
Sebec Stream In Sebec Village, Maine: u,
Proposals will be received separately
on either or all of the following items:
First-For a single span steel struc-
ture, 176 IT. c to c OF end bearing.
Second-For two span steel structure,
each span being 81 IT. G to Of end bear
ings.
Third-For the masonry for either Of
the above structures
Fourth--For a.4concrete arch bridge
The bidder to name a lump sum for the
entire job complete on design to be fur
nished by the bidder
A certified check will be required with
each bid and bond must be furnished
for the faithful performance OF the work.
Plans and specifications may be had on
application to
Paul D. Sargent.
State Commissioner Of Highways.
- 49,. Augusta, Mslns.