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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-06

County Attorney HiIdreth presented
the arguments for the state in the
Mcadcr non-support case Immediately
after the opening of court Tuesday
morning This is an appealed case
from the Augusta municipal court in
hich William Meadcr of Rome was
found guilty of neglccting to provide
support for his eight minor children.
Joseph Williamson and Walter NJ.
Sanborn were counsel for the respond
ent. The case was given to the jury
at 1o.15 The jury after being out cx-
actly six minutes brought in q YER
dict of guilty.
The next case to come up was the
illegal possession case against George
A. DaVian, a Waterville druggist.
Two challenges were used by the State
and three by the respondent before
the panel was completed The tales
men were all used and the coming in
of the other jury before the panel was
completed furnished the extra tales
men. Fred W. Clair of Watcrvlle ap-
pearod for Davian 49,.
Deputy Sheriff J. w. Dawson of Wa
tcrvilc was the first witness called by
the state. He testified that he visit
cd the place of business of the re-
spondent July 90 1909, in company
with Deputy Sheriffs Ham, Bucklin
and Weymouth. The officers found a
pint bottle of whiskey in Il drawer
among some nursing bottles ana sever
al jugs and kegs containing liquors in
the cellar. On cross examination wit
ness testified that the drug store was a
large one and carried a large stock
of goods. The store was in no way
different from any other well con-
Quoted drug store.
Deputy Sheriff A. r. Buckln of
Litchfcld also testified to finding the
kegs and jugs of liquor in the cellar
and can of alcohol up stairs, also
a bottle containing "split" in a drawer
under the prescription counter. Cross
examined witness testified that there
was no attempt on the part Of the re-
spondent to conceal the liquors, which
We're found in the drug store.
Deputy Sheriff Frank J. Ham Of
Augusta corroborated the testimony of
the other officers in regard to the de-
tails of the seizure. Witness saw pint
DottltS IN the SINK IN the Dack ROOM
in the process of being washed The
officers We're on the premises about an
hour and 4 half.
The respondent took the stand in
his own behalf He testified that he
occupied the ground floor and cellar
of the store at 50 Water street, Wa
terville. Witness was registered
druggist and had been in business
about seven years. He carried stock
worth about s1O500. Witness testified
that the alcohol seized was used in
the manufacture of extracts and tinct-
ures. Witness used whiskey both in
the store and in his family. All the
liquors came to the store. Respondent
identified two prescription books which
were put in evidence by his counsel
to show the large volume of legitimate
business transacted at the drug store.
Witness had issued about 1900 pre-
scriptions during the last three years.
Witness testified that since the first
of January neither he nor any of his
clerks had sold any liquor. All the
liquor seized was either used in COM
pounding medicines or was for his own
,,co
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-06
BETTER Not Take Whiskey.

The next time you have sudden chill
you or any of the folks at home-dontbother
with whiskey or waste time. Take quickly
a teaspoonful of Perry Davis Painkiller in
half glass of hot water or milk. Its good
record of 20 years proves reliability. At your
druggists. The new size is Soc. or SOC. q
Qarger) bottle. You ought to have it on hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-06

Among the recent births which have
been recorded at the office of the city
clerk are the following: Sept. II, to
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Larivee, daughter
to Mr. and Mrs. John Allison, a son
Sept. %, to Mr.. and Mrs. George T.
Simpson, a daughter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-06

elaboration by the jury consumed
hardly an hours time.
The Thomas assault case from Car
diner and liquor matters are expected
to occupy the attention of the court
Wednesday. 1t is not thought that the
Pringle case VIII be reached before
Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-06

1t is expected that the regular
monthly meeting of the Governor and
Council which will be held today, be-
ginning at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
will be quite prolific in pardon cases
as three are on the docket for the con-
sideration of the executive body, they
being the Edward a. Chase petition,
the Ralph F.. Hindc petition and the
John f. Gilligan petition. Chase ana
Giligan are serving terms at the State
prison at ThOmaston and Hindle i'm the
Pcnobscot county Jail at Bangor. The
Chase pardon matter is the more i'm
pOrtant of the three from the fact that
he is serving a life sentence at Thorn
aston for murder in the first degree
The crime of which Chase was con-
victed was that of shooting and killing
Mrs. Ida Stevens of Gardiner at the
railroad station in Portland in April.
1888, for which he was tried at the
October term of the superior court for
Cumberland county and sentenced to
the State prison for life This is tn =,
fifth time that he has appealed to the
Governor and Council for pardon and
each time the granting OF the petition
has been opposed by Hon. Joseph F..
LdQQ OF Gardner, I1e 1dtlleF OF tnt
murdered woman. In his different
petitions Chase has been represented
by able counsel and this time he has
placed his destiny in the hands Of
MOrey & McGillicuddy of Lewiston.
Hindle is serving a term of IS months
in Jail for breaking, entering and lar
| reny, and Gilligan, who belongs in
PASSPORT, is serving term of two
years and six months at Thomaston IN
a similar charge.
1t is also expected that at the meet
| ing today a decision may be rendered
| in the case of Lee f.. a. Torncy, alias
Leroy A. French of Pennington, who is
| now confined in the building for the
| criminal insane at the Maine Insane
| hospital in this city, and for whom his
relatives are trying to get pardon IN
| the ground that he has property and
| that they are willing to take him off
| the hands of the State and take care ot
him. The case was heard at the Au-
| gust meeting of tho Governor and
| Council at which time Arthur S. Lit
| tlefield of Rockland appeared for the
petitioners and County Attorney Cyrus
| n. Blanchard of Franklin county for
| the state.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28
What q Good Road is Worth.

~ Ew FARMERS FULLY realize wha, good
HNl roads will do for them. no, only In tho
ILL greater facility for hauling produce. and
savnx tho tar on horses and wagons but In the
general improvement OF tho neixhborhood. Right
aero. where now 1.-Two. there IL farm a
smooth shelf road where there was formerly deep
sand This farm vas sold under tho old condi-
lions TO tho present owner for 3aT an acre Hc
has refused e2so an acre for IL. and told me re-
comfy that hc could Got $500 per acre on that
part OF tho farm that Ties near tho city limits II
no wanted TO sell II.
Gu, on another nnc road four miles from
town there 10 another farm that has not
been improved at all. My mother sold
that farm over so years ago for IS per acre. II
u now held ~ $50 per acre. and land all around
II 10 selling for $50 to $50 per acre totally un-
improved. aud mainly because there is u nne road
ioadisx through the section. Part OF this road
Ia shcll.d and part IL covered with clay on the
deep sand. and that part IL occasionally dragged
With n king log drag. and Ii an excellent road
and made ehcaply. for tho original deep sand
gives good drainage. Few people realize how
eheaply good road can be made In a sandy sec
ZION by covering with clay and dragging. or how
chcapiy In clay section the road may DO made
good by shaping II 10 drain and covering with
sand or gravel Making good roads should also
DC part OF the instruction In the rural schools
along with the elements of agriculture.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

perfectly nnc. IL treated In this way and ,ramped
and narrowed I'LL tho surface In nne. there Will
be little winter killing II tho seed sown with
hoe drill that sii put them la about three
inches and leave furrows To feed In to them.
Sow clean seed IL you Ind cheat in the crop
In the spring. IL will be because you aow cheat
seed In the fall. The cheat seed looks like n
shrivelled oat and with a good fan they can be
blown out. as they are lighter than Data. nu, act
IL down as "A fact that II you SOW clean oats and
there In no cheat seed In your soil. you will never
have any cheat In the crop. for chca, ever grew
from an oat seed but always from It's own seed
and no other. Hence the Importance of getting
perfectly clean seed.
II your corn was grown on "A sod that had ma
nure spread on II as II should be. you will! need
only acid phosphate on red land and acid phos-
plate and potash on gray or sandy soil Say 400
pounds OF acid phosphate and 25 pounds OF muri-
ate OF potash per acre
Where "A man farms right with good rotation
OF corn, oats and cotton. with crimson clover and
peas thrown In at every chance there Is no reason
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28
Professor Massey's
Editorial Page.
Grow Winter Oats.

ETH1 PRINC OATS IN tho South arc usually
l~ worthless and light. but even for spring
@ sowing ! would tho Southern winter
varieties rather than the Northern spring oats
since they ar. harder and keep better weight
have used the Virginia Gray Turf oats and the
Texas Rust-Proof. but have had experience
with the Burt nor the Appler which have become
popular Of late years. The chief danger tn getting
the Texas oats IL. that II the seed comes from
Texas. you are apt TO get Johnson grass seed with
IL. and while johnson grass IL certainly an excel
lent hay grass. It's aggreasivenesH should keep II
out of sections where IL In not now common.
The common fault In the South IN too late COW
Ing OF oats. so that they are neither winter nor
spring. The best success In usually had from
early September sowing. or October In tho far
South. The soil should have the same careful
preparation and nning and compac,ing Of the sur
face that wheat demands. for IL oats are so~n In
very freshly prepared and loose soil they will win
ier-kili worse than IL the soil had been we'll com
pacted by narrowing and tramping before sowing
Any OF the wheat drills will SOW oats II they are
made very clean. but II not they will choke with
short straw. etc. Never leah than two bush
els per acre. and II sowing In spring. SOW two and
half bushels per acre. II Sow = early fall
the plants will tiller out anA~n,, nut they
VIII do little Of this In spring 'N"'
In regard TO the practice so~,ng In open fur
rows. can say nothing. as have never tried H.
but there Is no reason why good crop of winter
oats should not be grown anywhere from central
virginia south II the land is pu' =" Il con
oiton. III sown after a corn crop "a. after
o"'uhg ana shocking the corn. merely disk the
'hi about three Inches deep. but would go over
ahd over 1t with drag harrow after the disk TIL
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

The man who 10 deprivng himself OF the COM
torts OF life In order that he may lay up bank
account lis cheating himself. No person is 90 far
from real enjoyment In his life as the miser-
Selected.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28
LARGER OATS AND WHEAT AS GUIDE POST TO $500 MORE YEAR

T in which we can make
the wheat and oat
cropsrespecially the
oat crop-add to the profits
from our farming. the first 10
by growing a larger acreage.
the second 10 by putting them
min better shape and thus rails.
ing more bushels per acre.
The oat crop comes in at Q
time when the Southern farm
er - usually short Of feed and.
for horses and mules especi-
ally, there 10 no better feed to
be had. Indeed. every farmer
who keeps brood mares and
raises colts should try to have
. supply Of oats on hand
practically al the year round.
He will no. wan, to make
them IN exclusive feed. Of
course. but for combining
with corn for the grain ration.
or for adding variety to the
feed there 10 nothing quite 90
good When the rasions OF
our horses and mules contain
q larger percentage Of oats
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

why any farmer I'm tho South should no; go, his
land up to tho making OF 60 TO 70 bushels of oats
per acre. and ind them a very profitable crop.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

presence OF mind and courage In distress are
more than armies to procure succsss-Dryden
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31
England Shows the Effects
of Land Hogs.

The head of the government financial department is
man named Lloyd George He has prepared budget that
has raised much of rumpus in England the Payne
Aldrich bill did here.
Only it works the other way
The working people given fair chance and the rich
are taxed each according to his wealth.
England has few hundred great land owners-mostly
lords and dukes and things like hat-and the of the
people pay rent And all the taxes shifted by the land
owners to the tenants.
LloydGeorge wants to cure that by heavier tax on
incomes.
Acres and of land which should furnish homes
shelter and food for human beings fenced off by the
nobility and held parks and hunting grounds.
Lloyd George would stop this by taxing the unearned
increment That u.s. he would tax idle land basis of
what NIGHT produce if it not held in dleness by
The result has been dreadful row among the rich and
ssnobe' classes
They say Lloyd George is a socialist perhaps an
anarchist They say that his scheme of taxation could
only be proper Of and if the nations life
in peril
But he replies that it is war budget and that the ma
lions life peril when its people kept out of work
and its lands lie idle.
he said In one speech:
'sThs is a budget 1t is budget for wagng i'm
pacabe warfare against poverty and cannot help hoping
that before this generation has passed shall have
made great advance towards the good time when pow
dation which always follow in its camp will be remote
from the people of this country the wolves which
infested its forests
That sounds like patriotism and sense
And the way the landhogs squealing is marvellous
We, in America, may well look ahead a century or so
hogs.
The operations Of the land grabbers-rairoads and
other OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that such condition will
come unless we wake up-and stay awake
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31

OF

documents tell us that the honor of
these women and children-mostly
Austrians-was sacrificed by their
husbands and fathers because they
had to in order to make peace with
their grating and lustful bosses.
Attorney William N. McNair for the
strikers, who obtained these sworn
charges, said:
To-day we found young strik.
er who married not long before the
strike started six weeks ago. He
has told US he did not see his wife
the first three days Of their mar
ried life. She was with her hus-
bands gang boss.
"ln one Of the families exicted
from a company howell last Week
was child whose father was a
boss in the car works. It is easN to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31

The belief has taken stronu hold
Of members Of the city council that
young lawyers ought not to use the
corporation counsei's office 40 q
stepping stone to build up q law
practice.
That attorneys employed In the
corporation counsel's office should
be required to drop all private prac-
tiee and devote their whole time
to the city 10 the idea Of some Of
the counclImen. This plan 10 fol-
lowed by the attorneys employed
BY the county In the prosecutors
office, who rarely look after prI.
vate practice.
In times past, and even among
the attorneys in the corporation
counsers office today, the plan has
been to combine the city's work
with the private practice of the
lawyers. One Of the assistants to
the corporation counsel at the pres.
emit time made the statement to
The Press at the time OF his an
pointment that If he were COM
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31
BY J. v. KNIGHT.

special Correspondence to The Press
PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 81
While 5000 men are on strike, serf-
like. asking rights Of the Pressed
Steel Car Co. and getting bullets
for answers, the word OF one man
could give them the boon of justice
they seek.
That ma ms F. N. Hoffstot, presi.
dent OF the company; what the
strikers ask is arbitration. Hoff-
stot says moi"
While Hoffstot-'Baby" Hoffstot
he Is called--is curising in his pri-
vate steam yacht along the Atlantic
coast, his former workmen are hud-
died together in the streets of
'Hunkeytown" near McKees Rocks,
watching constables evict them
from their homes. They are miser-
able little novels, those homes, and
they are owned by the company.
The landlord is evicting the men,
women and little children not be-
cause the rent is unpaid, but be-
cause they have not paid it in ad-
vance.
The bodies of those strikers
which were gathered up out of the
retreating ranks the other day
after a bloody fight, do not mean
much now to the foreigners who
worked here for pittance.
What their families and fellows
are seeking is arbitration. The men
whom they want to decide their
grievances may be corporation law
yers, railroad observation-disclosures
at all who has a fair mind. The
strikers are convinced that ANY
BODY who can hear their stories
of abuse at the bosses hands will
not fail to restore them to their
rights as workmen.
Tales that have shocked even
Pittsburg are told under oath daily
by these men. Their wives and
daughters time after time have
been demanded as the price Of
right to work-to live. Foremen in
the different crews at blood-ridden
Schoenville had grated continually
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31

PEELED to drop private practice he
would not accept the place. Pa
pers have recently been filed In
private cases in the superior court
on which the name Of one Of the
city's lawyers appears.
The matter came to IN issue In
the city council last night when
COuncilmen Dalke and Lambert
suggested the plan Of moving the
corporation counsel's office to the
city hall. To this Corporation
Counsel Conner objected, on the
ground that 1t would cost $1,000
for library.
Councilman Shaefer, who is {
lawyer and has offices opposite
those Of the corporation counsel
In the Hyde building, said that the
different lawyers in the corpora
ton counsel's office should at least
be grouped together into one office.
Mr.. Connor said that such offices
would cost the city at least $140
per month. He was asked to get
rental figures to present tonight.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31
Spokane seems to be en-
tering another big building
season. She has been en-
tering one after another of
4 Great Building Season
Is On.

years. and people who coming here now and were here
live years ago. do not recognize the city, SO fast has
grown But this fall is going to witness the ambi
tous period.
site the Paulsen building Riverside has begun. The
$4,000 Shubert theater and hotel building will be in
course OF erection week two The struc
ue to be erected by the Eers Piano House will be going
up IN about month. The fine building for the Spokane
club will be under way very Probably erection of
other smaller buildings being erected in the bust
ness district And important this work are the build
ing OF hundreds of and attractive homes in every
section of the city.
All this means the expenditure of millions of dollars in
Spokane this fall and winter the employment of thousands
OF men and the resultant prosperity for people general
and the business district in particular.
Spokane will grow faster than before during the
coming six months In five years this city will have the
present population of Seattle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31

tell these children merely by tax.
ing a walk through 'Hunkeytown.'
Their mothers try to hide them
fro n,the visitor by conceaiing them
behind the others when a group
lines up for inspection"
Although the company recently
acknowledged the grating and
rapine among the bosses by GUST
ing rs such men, 1t has not further
made amends for such conditions.
AS the English-speaking public
is learning more Of the horrors suf-
fered by the 5000 men of ~ middle
European nationalities until even
their stolid endurance could bear
no more, popular sympathy is COM
ing to the support of the strikers
in a way never before manifest in
American industrial history.
Great public subscriptions for the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31
WORSE THAN BULLETS, WIS., (,|AM DEATH WAS SHOCKING
SACRIFICES MADE BY PRESSED STEEL CAR Co S SERFS

support of the strikers are being
raised. Stores, corporations, even
banks are contributing. The rail-
roads are lending a silent support.
Newspapers are urging the men to
stand together SO that public opin-
ion may win for them.
The revelations made by the
strikers have raised up a stencil
that not even Pittsburg can
stomach.
Hoffstot's one word yes" could
end all this, tits true. But Hoff.
stot is along the New England
coast, watching his white boat
cleave through green waves. He
has purple sunsets in the evening.
Down here in "Hunkeytown"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31

there is only black dust, coal
with the continual poverty.
smoke, heat and starvation to go
Even the funerals OF riot VIC
Tins did not stop the work of
throwing families and furniture
out into the streets. More than
forty families day are being
kicked out now, and are finding
temporary refuge in McKees
Rocks, where some noble women
are helping them keep together, in
spite Of no money and no food.
Children follow the lines Of COM
missary wagons and, snatching
bread from the drivers, tear it to
pieces and devour it, so great is
their hunger. Yellow cards bear
ing the words "No Trespassing'
decorate more than half the houses
in "HunkeytOWn."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31
NOTHING TO DO BUT EAT.

HNHI4IN. Aus. 30.--Mr. Reid. of
nsln. II IN Berlin making
iDFoparatiQns Tor the coming visit Of
no11orlaa waterways commits.
= o1id 0utllnlng : program Of the
11yestigation. Alex. M. hackeray,
~ American consul general here,
- also been engaged In collect.
~ data for the use Of the visit.
~ body.
When tbs congressional commit.
~ arrives thers will be nothing
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31

What Is there about an incubator
baby that makes it so subject to
KIDNAPPING?
Surely Roosevelt ought to find a
digdig around Saigai Sal.
Idaho has woman game ward
en-. Has bridge become a factor
that far west?
President Taft has to work all
day Sundays. A vacation is a de-
fusion and a snare, but duty is
duty.
The mayor of Tokyo has offered
10000 cherry trees to be planted
on the banks of the Potomac river
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31

ION the men. Pittsburg knew ythat
right along. 4
More than $50 affidavits have
been sworn to. and attested by jus
tees of the peace In whose office
safes they are on file. These sworn
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31

left for 1t to do except to eat COM
plfmentary dinners given In its
honor. The German authorities are
ready to offer every facility for q
thorough servey of the national
waterways system and its effects
~ factor on inland freight traffic.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31

WARRINGTON. D. C-Union la
Dor organizations charge that u. s..
department Of commerce and labor
10 assisting corporations to fight
strikers by sending out immigrants
40 strike-breakers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-31

Gave Up Wives and Daughters Bosses As the Price Of
Work, the Work That Meant Life to Their Families
President Hoffstot Whose mo" Arbitration is Caus
ing Riot, Death and Misery and Starvation to 5000
Souls, Enjoyng Himself on His Steam Yacht Off New
England's Delightful Shores